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After levees broke at the Industrial Canal and the 17th Street Canal, some areas were flooded with several feet of water. Homes were submerged to their roof lines, businesses were gutted and thousands were stranded. The city's correctional facilities, although built to withstand hurricane-force winds, were also subjected to widespread damage.
After the floodwaters damaged emergency generators and cut off power, the Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff's Office faced a dire situation. Nearly 6,000 inmates had to be evacuated from facilities throughout the city that were inundated with water. The department needed help and soon, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections stepped in to coordinate the relocation process.
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Facility Name: Bossier Parish Maximum Security Jail
Type: Maximum security facility
Construction Budget: $22 million
Number of Beds: 564
Area: 128,800 square feet
Construction Start Date: May 2003
Completion Date: August 2005
"We work real well with the department and they were in a nine-yard bind," Dean says. "They were setting up tent cities in their prison yards and we believed that we needed to help them."
"It was functional and operational, but we hadn't put the first person in it yet," says Bill Altimus, parish administrator. "We learned real quick as to whether or not it was going to be effective. Like I told the jury, after these people got here, if the next day you heard they were chasing people through the woods like rabbits, then you know things didn't go to well."
Fortunately for all parties involved, no such emergencies were reported.
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"Due to the tremendous growth, we really needed to revamp a maximum-security prison," Altimus says.
The facility in use at that time was built in the 1970s on the fifth floor of the courthouse in Benton and it was reaching the end of its lifespan. The jail was quickly becoming overcrowded and outmoded.
Officials received support from the public for the new facility in the form of a voter-approved $40 million bond measure that provided $27 million for jail construction. The other funds were used for courthouse renovations.
"Not everyone wants a prison built next door to them," Dean says. "But, people came forward and said, 'We look at it as economic development and it will be something that is good for our community.'"
"With the new facility and all three of the corrections pods we have in the prison system, and the work release center, I really think that we've created a good 10-year window that will work to be a part of the arm of the infrastructure of corrections," Dean says.
Simplicity in Design
The simplicity of the maximum-security jail's design and open lines of sight were two factors that contributed greatly to the successful relocation of New Orleans inmates to the facility.
The facility was designed so that from central control, prison operators can monitor the entire facility, including outdoor exercise yards. Housing pods equipped with video visitation, classrooms and their own outdoor exercise facilities eliminate the need for inmates to leave their pod once they are admitted.
Hebert says the success of the design can partly be attributed to a computer program that allowed jail operators to visualize the facility.
By using the computer model, planners were able to make adjustments based on feedback from jail officials.
"Obviously, it's not possible to see everything all the time, so we prioritized what was important to them," Hebert says.
Video visitation is a concept new to the parish that was implemented to limit opportunities to bring contraband into the facility. Hebert says his firm usually designs video visitation stations for visitors within the facility, but Bossier officials opted to have the visiting stations in a separate building.
"In most facilities we don't do a separate building," Hebert says. "Contraband was a big issue with this particular sheriff, so we gave him another option and he actually proceeded in that direction."
"The inmates don't like it — not having contact and seeing their visitors right there — but it has worked," says Ken Weaver, Bossier chief deputy of corrections. "All visitation is conducted with the video in the pod, so the inmate can go into the pod and once he's been sentenced he never has to leave the pod unless he goes to medical or any activity that we might have inside for him."
The facility is also outfitted with a wireless communication system that allowed the parish to save money during construction.
"We looked at putting down copper or T1 lines, but they are always being cut and it's a very large expense for each line," Altimus says.
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Jail officials were able to contact their distributors and have rush orders for 300 mattresses, kitchen supplies and other necessities delivered to the jail, but the parish still only had about 40 percent of the staff needed to operate the facility.
The parish brought in all the people it could to operate the jail and the state prison agency brought prison workers from other parts of the state to Bossier, along with some parole and probation officers.
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To help with daily operations, such as general upkeep, cooking and laundry, 38 inmates were brought in from other Bossier facilities.
When the New Orleans inmates eventually arrived at the facility a new problem emerged — there was no paperwork providing identity information or the nature of the offense for which inmates were convicted.
"When all those inmates came to use, they came in uniforms and that was it," Weaver says. "Some had wristbands identifying them, but that didn't tell us anything. We weren't familiar with the system used where they came from."
Through the use of Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems, jail officials were able to identify all of the inmates within about a week.
After the inmates were identified, it was relatively smooth sailing for officials at the jail until the New Orleans prisoners started to filter out of the facility as they were relocated or released.
"We started receiving some relief toward the end of September," Weaver says. "We ended up transferring some inmates out to other facilities. They just kind of dwindled out."
As New Orleans inmates left the Bossier facility, operations gradually shifted to normal procedures. Officials were able to make adjustments to improve the facility that could not have been made during the initial rush of inmates.
"We didn't have the luxury of coming in here and slowly opening one pod and seeing, as a team, how things worked," Weaver says. "At first there was some different management issues going on in each pod until we pulled them back together."
Although Weaver says he is happy with the general design and operations at the facility, if he were to do the project over again he would add a segregation unit for the 128 females housed at the facility.
Unlike the men's portion of the jail, which is equipped with 32 segregation units, when women have to be locked down the only option jail operators have is to lock them down in their cell in the housing pod.
"When we've got them in segregation, it's very minimal movement in that area," Weaver says. "In the pod, when you lock them down there is still movement out in the day room and other inmates can approach them and talk to them through the hatches."
But after all is said and done, Weaver says the jail's performance in the wake of Katrina speaks for itself. Only two other facilities accepted more inmates than Bossier Parish: Angola and Hunt penitentiaries, both operated by Louisiana's prison agency.
"It was a challenge and we accepted it and did a good job," Weaver says. "We took pride in that, knowing that they could call on us like that."


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Hello Max,
I did have a few questions in regards to the nature of scientific explanation and furthering (or 'advancing', if you prefer) scientific knowledge. Hume had recognized that the problem of induction can not be justified by an inductive rule (that would be circular) or a deductive rule (or else the principle wouldn't be inductive – we cannot deduce the truth of induction from the axioms of logic). This of course being Hume's fork.
However, does Karl Popper's interpretation of scientific methods being deductive (or falsifiable) solve this problem more so than science on the inductive interpretation? In short, Im just curious if we are reasonable in rejecting Hume's skepticism, but sound in still adhering to science hinging off of induction.
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I did a lot of work on this question in my MA thesis. My full answer is a bit long but I hope it's easy to follow. For the Reader's Digest version, I'd say that I'm not a fan of deductive arguments and I prefer inductive arguments. (Actually, I love abductive arguments much more but that's another issue!) I'm very sympathetic to Popper's criterion of falsifiability but it's not a necessary condition for science–it's just preferable. I'll try to contextualize and elaborate on some of the hidden talking points in your question so some of the readers can follow along.


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The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), is a pest of several major crops in South Carolina. In addition to grain and grass crops, it attacks alfalfa, cotton, cowpeas, peanuts, potato, soybean, tomato, and other crops. The greenish or brownish caterpillars grow to about 1.33 inches. They may be identified in the field by observing a conspicuous inverted Y on the head and three yellowish-white, hairlike stripes down the back. When serious outbreaks occur, the larvae exhaust their food supply and begin crawling, literally by the thousands, seeking more plants to devour.
Some of the natural mortality of fall armyworm larvae in corn and sorghum is caused by beneficial insects. These include insect parasitoids which in the larval stage, grow and develop inside the fall armyworm, eventually consuming the soft tissues and killing the fall armyworm. Incidence of parasitism in early instar fall armyworms has reached 21% in corn and 40% in sorghum during the fall (Table 1). The most common parasitoid in late-season sorghum and corn is a braconid wasp, Chelonus insularis Cresson. It provides at least 50% of the late season parasitism of fall armyworm in sorghum and corn.The tachinid, Archytas marmoratus (Townsend), was reared from fall armyworm larvae collected as late as 3 December. It emerges from the pupal case of the fall armyworm. The braconid wasp, Cotesia marginiventris (Cresson), was detected as late as 1 November from sorghum and 8 November from corn. This may provide some insight into the overwintering potential and possible role of these parasitoids in integrated pest management.
Table 1. Late-season parasitoids reared from collections of first through fourth instar fall armyworms, Spodoptera frugiperda, in South Carolina in 1984*
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Hey guys,
I am looking at running my first, short-term, campaign in Pathfinder. I have not GM'd before, but I have played in several systems, and I think I have a fairly good grasp on the Pathfinder mechanics. I do have a fairly noob question though.
I am going to run a Module, but the recommendation is for Four Players. I am likely to run a group of about 5 players. What overall recommendations can people give me for adjusting to suit additional players?
I have seen that some people recommend adding smaller minions to higher challenging encounters. Would you recommend that I recalculate the APL with CR as per description in the Pathfinder Corebook for each encounter? Or would you recommend only doing it for counters that are significant? Or, does it not matter so much with only one additional player?
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Welcome to the Pathfinder GM club!
In my opinion...
Adjusting them by adding smaller minions to the encounters, is most of the time a good idea. It helps out the morale of the players as they quickly destroy the chump monsters, but it also makes the normal encounters harder because it gives more turns to the planned evil creatures because the minions are the first to go. (Magneto X-Men 3 "That is why the pawns go first" during the endbattle.)
I would probably upgrade the CR on encounters that you feel are significant. But in the end, you're the GM! If you feel after the fact that the encounter drained more resources then was planned (after you adjusted the monsters) give them more XP by upping the CR. A good GM needs to be able to adjust things on the fly, cause even if you completely prepare for an encounter, you never know what ideas can occur in the minds of the players, good or bad.
Also, unless you're planning to play the entire adventure in one sit down, you'll be able to see the power level of your players and be able to adjust accordingly! If they get destroyed in one encounter you adapted, then don't change a later one down the path and see what happens.
When you GM more, you'll get better at this!
Hope this helped!
I second Garm's suggestions.
And I would add -- if most of your players are new, best to err on the side of caution and make things a tad easier rather than harder/more deadly. You can always make things more challenging as the players gain experience and the campaign progresses... but multiple/re-curring character deaths early on might turn some people off the game.
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And I would add -- if most of your players are new, best to err on the side of caution and make things a tad easier rather than harder/more deadly. You can always make things more challenging as the players gain experience and the campaign progresses... but multiple/re-curring character deaths early on might turn some people off the game.
I actually have a varied group of players. 2 Veterans (one is the GM in another game I play in), one intermediate who has played in a Pathfinder campaign, and the last two are complete noobs. Prior to jumping into the module, I am planning 2 prelude encounters to set up the story. I have made some alterations to setting and flavour, so the first couple of combats I can guage party cohesion and efficacy. I have read forward into the module at some of the later encounters that includes Vampires and a few various Demons. As a player, that scared me, as a GM, I was a little too excited. Mostly because the player who is also my GM was responsible for my first ever PC death (I had been pretty lucky to have never had one of my PCs die until he ran a campaign for us). Looking forward to putting him into some awkward situations :D


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This weekend, Ohio State University will turn into a destination for connoisseurs of comics.
Starting in 1983 and recurring every three years, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum has hosted the Festival of Cartoon Art, with speakers representing a wide swath of the comics community — including professional cartoonists, representatives of publishers or syndicates and scholars who study the form.
"The original idea was to celebrate cartoons and comics and their creators," said Jenny E. Robb, the library curator.
Scattered among those who attend are usually aspiring cartoonists — which is what Jeff Smith was when he went to the maiden festival in 1983. The graphic novelist whose creations include Bone was, at that time, a journalism student at Ohio State.
"I was in heaven," Smith said.
"You'd have Sergio Aragones from Mad magazine and Lynn Johnston from For Better or For Worse just sitting in the audience with the other attendees, drawing pictures for them."
Early festivals were sometimes held in the old Ohio Union.
"It was much smaller," Smith recalled. "The library, of course, was much smaller, too."
In September, the library moved from the basement in the Wexner Center for the Arts to a renovated 30,000-square-foot spot inside Sullivant Hall. The 2013 Grand Opening Festival of Cartoon Art, which will take place today through Sunday, is on a scale befitting the expansive new library space.
In the past, registration for the festival was limited to about 300 to better promote dialogue between speakers and attendees. This year, like most, registration quickly filled up.
But to attract the average fan of the funnies, additional events were added to the usual assortment of panels and presentations, such as talks by cartoonists Matt Bors, Brian Basset and Kazu Kibuishi. Individual tickets can be purchased for each.
"This is our grand opening," Robb said, "so we want to make a big splash and be more visible in the community."
As a frequent guest at Comic-Con festivals nationwide, Smith applauds the move to become more inclusive.
"Most of our conventions, even when the publishers show up with exhibition booths, it's still open to the public," he said.
Smith is one of the headline attractions and will participate in two events. On Friday, he will share the Mershon Auditorium stage with cartoonist Paul Pope, whose works include Batman: Year 100 from DC Comics.
"We chose these artists because they are both OSU alumni," Robb said.
David Filipi, director of film/video at the Wexner Center and co-curator of a recent exhibition of Smith's work, will moderate. He suspects that one item on the agenda will be the remarkable evolution of the once-tiny library that Smith and Pope used as undergrads.
"Did they ever imagine that this day would come where Ohio State would have this beautiful, new, fancy cartoon museum?" Filipi said.
On Saturday, cartoonists Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez will talk with Ohio State professor Frederick Luis Aldama at the Mershon Auditorium. The siblings are a force in Latino comics.
"They are not as well-known in the general public," Robb said, "but their work is something that I encourage everyone to discover."
As the festival winds down on Sunday, attendees will be able to enjoy an assortment of Looney Tunes cartoons, introduced by Smith.
"That's what I bring to the party," Smith said with a laugh.
For those who usually get their dose of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck on television or video, he added, the big-screen presentation will be a revelation.
"The jokes are just much bigger and louder," Smith said, "and the drawings are so much better than you realize."
This year's festival overlaps with the opening of the library galleries, which have been under wraps since the library set up shop in Sullivant Hall in September.
The inaugural exhibition, "Substance and Shadow: The Art of the Cartoon," can be viewed beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Exhibition curator Brian Walker gathered material from the library to produce "an introduction to cartoon art."
"There (are) famous pieces like Walt Kelly's 'We have met the enemy and he is us' Pogo strip," he said, in addition to magazine cartoons, comic-book art, and art from films. "We have some animation drawings from Peter Pan of the crocodile pulling Capt. Hook's pants down."
Even as it broadens its reach, however, the festival will stay true to its brainy roots, Smith said: "It's still a very smart, intellectual event about comics."


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23 U.S. Code § 515 - General authorities and requirements
§ 515.
General authorities and requirements
(a)Scope.—Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the Secretary shall conduct an ongoing intelligent transportation system program—
Intelligent transportation system research projects and operational tests funded pursuant to this chapter shall encourage and not displace public-private partnerships or private sector investment in those tests and projects.
(c)Cooperation With Governmental, Private, and Educational Entities.—
The Secretary shall carry out the intelligent transportation system program in cooperation with State and local governments and other public entities, the private sector firms of the United States, the Federal laboratories, and institutions of higher education, including historically Black colleges and universities and other minority institutions of higher education.
(d)Consultation With Federal Officials.—
In carrying out the intelligent transportation system program, the Secretary shall consult with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate.
(e)Technical Assistance, Training, and Information.—
The Secretary may provide technical assistance, training, and information to State and local governments seeking to implement, operate, maintain, or evaluate intelligent transportation system technologies and services.
(f)Transportation Planning.—
The Secretary may provide funding to support adequate consideration of transportation systems management and operations, including intelligent transportation systems, within metropolitan and statewide transportation planning processes.
(g)Information Clearinghouse.—
(1)In general.—The Secretary shall—
maintain a repository for technical and safety data collected as a result of federally sponsored projects carried out under this chapter; and
(A)In general.—
The Secretary may enter into an agreement with a third party for the maintenance of the repository for technical and safety data under paragraph (1)(A).
(h)Advisory Committee.—
(1)In general.—
The Secretary shall establish an Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on carrying out this chapter.
(2)Membership.—The Advisory Committee shall have no more than 20 members, be balanced between metropolitan and rural interests, and include, at a minimum—
a representative from a local highway department who is not from a metropolitan planning organization;
an academic researcher with expertise in computer science or another information science field related to intelligent transportation systems, and who is not an expert on transportation issues;
a representative from a nonprofit group representing the intelligent transportation system industry;
a representative from a public interest group concerned with the impact of the transportation system on land use and residential patterns; and
(3)Duties.—The Advisory Committee shall, at a minimum, perform the following duties:
Provide input into the development of the intelligent transportation system aspects of the strategic plan under section 508.
(B) Review, at least annually, areas of intelligent transportation systems research being considered for funding by the Department, to determine—
whether these activities are likely to advance either the state-of-the-practice or state-of-the-art in intelligent transportation systems;
whether the intelligent transportation system technologies are likely to be deployed by users, and if not, to determine the barriers to deployment; and
(4)Report.—Not later than February 1 of each year after the date of enactment of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes—
(1)Guidelines and requirements.—
(A)In general.—
The Secretary shall issue guidelines and requirements for the reporting and evaluation of operational tests and deployment projects carried out under this chapter.
(B)Objectivity and independence.—
The guidelines and requirements issued under subparagraph (A) shall include provisions to ensure the objectivity and independence of the reporting entity so as to avoid any real or apparent conflict of interest or potential influence on the outcome by parties to any such test or deployment project or by any other formal evaluation carried out under this chapter.
(2)Special rule.—
Any survey, questionnaire, or interview that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the reporting of any test, deployment project, or program assessment activity under this chapter shall not be subject to chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code.
(Added Pub. L. 112–141, div. E, title III, § 53003(a), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 899.)
References in Text
The date of enactment of the Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Act of 2012, referred to in subsec. (h)(4), is the date of enactment of div. E of Pub. L. 112–141, which was approved July 6, 2012.
The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec. (h)(5), is Pub. L. 92–463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Effective Date
Section effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub. L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of this title.
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Not a moment too soon
As of the day of this writing, I have officially joined the ranks of the carless.
Don't worry, I'm not about to go all holier-than-thou on you. I didn't make this decision for any of the myriad lofty and honorable reasons I could have. Terms like "sustainability" or "reduced carbon footprint" didn't enter into the discussion at all. The fact is, the decision to ditch my 2001 Hyundai sedan was based on simple, cold, hard economics—we just couldn't afford the bucks that it would have taken to restore my car, driven into the ground as it was, to proper roadworthiness. (We didn't "ditch" it, actually. We donated it to WJFF through the "Car Talk" vehicle donation program. See www.wjffradio.org for details).
But this turn of events has reminded me of a bromide attributed to Winston Churchill: "In the long run, Americans will always do the right thing—after exploring all other alternatives."
I could have gotten rid of the car some time ago. Once my father passed away in 2008, after all, I no longer needed to be able to drive to North Carolina on a moment's notice. My daughter would have gotten to and from high school just fine on the bus. But we held on to the car... because, at the time, we could.
But no more. Now I have to adjust.
I'm lucky. My workplace is well within walking/biking distance, as are most of the other places I frequent, from neighborhood bar to post office to grocery store. And my wife still has her car, so we can travel farther if necessary. But if you had asked me before, I probably would have insisted that I needed my car, for one reason or another, despite the fact that I was perfectly cognizant all along of the many arguments to the contrary.
And having rid myself—no, rather, having been stripped of my car—I find unexpected benefits. I am getting more exercise, I have a bit more disposable income, and I actually have more flexibility in my life than I might have anticipated.
So, if I may be allowed to generalize from my personal experience: when we think about the deep and fundamental changes to our economic structures being suggested by the Transition movement (see www.transitionhonesdale.org) or the Occupy Wall Street folks, we have to ask, "Under what circumstances will these changes take place?"
The answer, it would seem, has to be this: "When they absolutely have to, and not a moment before."
This is good information to have, as it happens. If we can keep this in mind, it might help us to keep perspective, spare us some needless frustration, and also help us maintain hope throughout what is sure to be a very difficult 12 months between now and the 2012 elections.
Eventually, the unsustainability of the present way of doing things will become inarguably apparent. Eventually, people will add up the costs of business-as-usual, and realize that the numbers no longer make any sense, and can no longer be justified. Eventually, inevitably, the changes we wish for will become realities... because there will not be any alternatives left.


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Our ideal candidate is someone who has a passion for professional cycling and understands the excitement that fans get from following our team throughout the race season. We have a casual workplace and flexible hours that require a willingness to work independently and execute projects and tasks without daily supervision. We're also looking for someone with "can do" attitude that isn't afraid to start new projects that may or may not be outside of their daily duties. Initially this position will work on a part time basis, but has the opportunity to grow into a full time position for the summer of 2013 and beyond. This position will report to the Director of eCommerce.
Skills and experience:
*1-2 years experience in online customer service.
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*1-2 years working with Magento, Prostores, Shopify or other eCommerce platform.
*Understanding of online shipping software, Shipworks, processing and fulfilling daily orders on the team shop.
*Basic understanding of bike assembly is a plus.
*Ability to understand and communicate our full product line of technical cycling apparel.
*History of successfully managing eBay auctions in the outdoor sports category.
*Previous knowledge of professional cycling, or interest in learning more about the sport we love.
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This position is based in our Boulder, Colorado office. No relocation, Front Range Denver / Boulder applicants preferred.
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#198390 - 03/19/11 05:33 AM Re: spacing conventions [Re: Faldage]
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Loc: Alaska
Originally Posted By: Faldage
As for lay vs. lie, in my experience that's the way most people say it these days. It doesn't seem to me that your job as an actor is to be an arbiter of word choice.
We all have our quirks and foibles, and many of them are pretty harmless when we indulge them. One of mine is to be word-perfect in my delivery of lines in a play. I scarcely think that a rare act of rebellion constitutes being an arbiter of word choice.
In my experience, directors are fairly free with changing words, deleting or transposing sections of dialog or whole scenes; some actors paraphrase liberally. I'm not terribly ashamed of altering one little vowel sound.
#198391 - 03/19/11 05:57 AM Re: spacing conventions [Re: Avy]
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Originally Posted By: Avy
Peter, you said there were places where you were uncomfortable with the playwrights choices in dialogue; has there been any instances where you were uncomfortable with the playwright's choice of action for the character? Have you ever had your study of a character not fit one action that the writer has him do.
Being uncomfortable with an action is a far cry from not having it fit. If the play is going to work, then all of a character's actions have to fit, no matter how convoluted the shaping process. It's my job, with or without the director's help, to figure out how to make it fit. It doesn't have to be rational: the character may not be rational; but the actions have to fit the character, the character has to fit the actions. If I can't justify my character's action, then I'm not reading the character right. That, in conjunction with figuring out how the character says the lines, is far more work than the memorization of lines or blocking.
#198447 - 03/22/11 04:04 AM Re: spacing conventions [Re: Tromboniator]
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Posts: 1706
Loc: down under
Talking about plays, acting and getting words perfect, Peter
Luke thought you might be interested in this.....
Edited by Candy (03/22/11 08:11 AM)
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#198454 - 03/22/11 07:23 AM Re: spacing conventions [Re: Susan G]
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Interestingly, that link takes me to a Gmail error page; however, a Google search found it. There are several versions to choose from, but it's a rather nicely done bit of work, whichever you choose. The fellow has done his homework on getting the lines right, but I think he needs to spend more time coordinating the parts he mentions with the diagram and the model. sorry, but I've been in directorial mode for the last several weeks, and we're getting down to the nit-picking stage.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I enjoyed it.
#198455 - 03/22/11 08:04 AM Re: spacing conventions [Re: Tromboniator]
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Originally Posted By: TromboniatorThe fellow has done his homework on getting the lines right.....
And so have you.
I don't know why the link isn't working because it did two days ago...maybe its because it came from my email, I don't know
but glad you enjoyed it. As soon as I saw it I said 'Peter should see this'.
I have tried to fix above post/link
As an actor..it must be the hardest to deliver a 'deadpan' performance and carry it off.
#198458 - 03/22/11 10:49 AM Re: spacing conventions [Re: Candy]
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Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 8541
Loc: Land of the Flat Water
I think of teleprompters._________________________
----please, draw me a sheep----
#198465 - 03/22/11 03:53 PM Re: spacing conventions [Re: Candy]
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Posts: 954
Loc: Alaska
Originally Posted By: Candy
I have tried to fix above post/link
As an actor..it must be the hardest to deliver a 'deadpan' performance and carry it off.
Thanks for fixing the link: I liked that version more than the ones I watched last night, especially the second speaker's reference to a WUPD2 (whoop-do-doo). Apparently those people recorded versions for a lot of different companies. Luke, they may have used a teleprompter or similar aid, but as often as the description of the device was recorded, I would guess that the fellow knew his stuff. It's difficult to pull off some of those nonsense words and phrases without great familiarity.
Yes, Candy, delivering ridiculous material is quite a challenge, particularly if it still seem funny after many repetitions. It's hard enough if an audience starts laughing, but if a fellow actor loses control (unforgivable!) it's a severe test. I would think that doing a performance for video would be difficult because those off camera would not be under the same constraints as those on, so that even if they managed to stifle audible outbursts, the actors could still see their physical responses.
#198466 - 03/22/11 04:52 PM Re: spacing conventions [Re: Tromboniator]
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Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 8541
Loc: Land of the Flat Water
Sorry for the mislead. With teleprompters I was speaking
more of politicians, and we know they don't rehearse._________________________
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#220964 - 04/27/15 11:16 PM Re: spacing conventions [Re: Faldage]
Registered: 04/15/15
Posts: 47
Originally Posted By: Faldage[quote=TheFallibleFiend]
Personally I find double spacing between sentences in proportional fonts much easier to read.
"Hmmmmm..." Sherlock Holmes said puffing on his pipe. "She's in her fifties...vision so telling..."
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In the Know for 11-3
Happy Goers club announces fall bus trips
MARTINSBURG – The Happy Goers Travel Club has scheduled the following bus trips:
Nov. 17: Maryland Live Casino and shopping;
Nov. 30: New York City;
Dec. 13-15: New York City Christmas trip;
Dec. 28: Atlantic City, Tropicana Casino.
For more information, call 304-267-8723.
Police Academy accepting
HAGERSTOWN, Md. – Applications are now being accepted for the next class of the Hagerstown Community College Police Academy.
The class starts Jan. 6 and runs through June. The application deadline is Dec. 4.
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Free market returns today
SHEPHERDSTOWN – Back by popular demand, The Shepherdstown Really Really Free Market will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 3 in the heart of Shepherdstown at 104 N. King St., directly in front of Shepherdstown city hall in the street.
The Really Really Free Market is a community-wide sharing event in which every item brought to the market is considered absolutely free.
No buying, selling or trading is allowed. If you wish to donate items to the RRFM, please do so at the designated check-in table.
Almost all items are welcome at the RRFM, but please refrain from bringing "trash" to the market.
Items such as old paints, tires, broken appliances, child's car seats and or toxic/degraded industrial chemicals will not be accepted and should be disposed of properly somewhere else.
Also, if you are donating clothing, furniture or fabrics, please ensure it is clean.
All unclaimed items will be donated to other charities/thrift stores at the conclusion of the market. Volunteers are needed to sort and organize items as well as drive leftover goods to thrift shops.
For more information on the event and volunteering, call Robert Glenn at 304-839-9317 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The market's Facebook page can be found at "The Shepherdstown Really Really Free Market."
Myrtle Beach trip planned
MARTINSBURG – Peacemaker Seniors are planning a bus trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C., from Nov. 4-8. Cost is $495, which includes lodging, shows and some meals.
For more information, call Betty at 304-263-5695.
Embroiders Guild meeting
WINCHESTER, Va. -The Winchester Chapter of Embroiderers Guild of America will meet at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Activities Room at Westminster Canterbury.
All levels of stitching are welcome.
Please join us as we explore many different needlework techniques, expanding our skills with the guidance and camaraderie of fellow needlewomen.
For more information or directions, call 540-665-5739.
Bird walk
SHEPHERDSTOWN – The Potomac Valley Audubon Society will sponsor a bird walk on the C&O Canal near Harpers Ferry on Nov. 13.
There is no fee, and anyone with an interest is welcome to come along regardless of their birding skills. Children will be welcome.
The walk will involve about four miles of level terrain along the towpath.
Participants should plan to meet at 8 a.m. outside John Brown's Fort, where Potomac and Shenandoah streets meet in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. Parking is available along Potomac Street near the train station.
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Species likely to be sighted include raptors, waterfowl and other winter birds.
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The society will provide binoculars for those who do not have their own.
The walk may be canceled in the event of heavy weather.
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LSAT prep workshop
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Society events
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Owling Banding trip: Nov. 16, 9 to 11:30 p.m. to South Mountain, in Washington County.
For more information, call Kelly Wolf at 304-229-6229 or email kheldreth;
Outdoor cooking classes: Offered from noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 16 at Cacapon State Park, in Berkeley Springs; and Nov. 23 on a farm in Jefferson County. Participation will be limited and pre-registration will be required.
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Food handlers workshop
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Chicken Jalfrezi
Member recipe by caaaath
ServingsServes 4
A great recipe for a fresh tasting, home-made jalfrezi
- The sauce:
- 1/2 a large onion, roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 green chilli, chopped
- 1 tin plum tomatoes
- 1/2 pint of water
- 1 tbsp ground coriander
- 1 tbsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp turmeric
- The meat & veg:
- 2 or 3 chicken breasts, diced up
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- 1/2 a large onion, sliced
- 2 red chillis (optional)
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 2 tsp garam masala (spice mix)
- a handful of fresh, chopped coriander leaves
- You will also need a food processor.
- Take the chopped chicken and coat it in the cumin, ground coriander and turmeric then leave it to marinade in the fridge while you make the sauce.
- To make the sauce, fry the roughly chopped onions with the garlic and green chilli in a large pan until browned. Add the water to the onion mixture and simmer this for around 20 minutes.
- While that is simmering, put the plum tomatoes in a food processor and give it a good whizz - aim for a smooth consistency. Heat another large pan and gently fry the ground coriander, cumin and turmeric in a splash of oil for about a minute. Add the tomato 'sauce' to this pan and simmer for around 10 minutes.
- Next give your onion mixture a good whizz in the food processor and add it to the spiced tomato sauce. Give it a stir and simmer for 20 minutes. You can make large batches of this sauce and freeze it for later use.
- Fry the marinaded chicken in oil and stir continuously. After a few minutes, turn down the heat and add the other half of the chopped onion, the red pepper and chillis. Stir this until the onions and pepper soften (and the chicken is cooked, of course).
- Add the earlier prepared sauce to the cooked chicken and simmer for around 10-20 minutes. Just before you dish it up, stir in the garam masala and chopped coriander leaves. Serve with basmati rice or naan bread.
Comments, questions and tips
Comments (82)
My hobby is to replicate the restaurant curry at home. This recipe is one of the best I've come across. I always do it with chicken tikka. Add a teaspoon of sugar and a dash of lemon juice.
Once marinated in the tikka spices i cook the chicken in the sauce without browning it this gives succulent meat
Very authentic jalfrezi! this is exactly how we make it in pakistan at home. I didn't use as much turmeric, in fact i only used 1/4 tsp. the steps can easily be simplified. i browned the onions and garlic, took them out of the wok, popped in the blender and gave them a whiz. fried the marinated chicken cubes till they turned white and added back the onions. I added tomatoes directly into the blender, gave a whiz and added the mixture to the chicken. added all the spices and let it all simmer. in the end, I "bhoonofied" the chicken, i-e i cooked till the oil and the tomatoe sauce separated because this helps get rid of the chicken's natural odor. took me 40 minutes tops (if not less)
I have just made & sampled a Jalfrezi using this recipe as a guide & I must say it is by far the best curry I have ever made or tasted :)
My girlfriend said it was as nice if not better than any curry she had sampled in town.
I too never used a food processor. I prefer a full bodied curry rather than just sauce.
I added mushrooms & served with mushroom pilau rice & garlic cheese nan bread.
Will deffo be making again soon.
I love this recipe. I do slimming world and this recipe was really easily adapted to be suitable for me, the ability to batch cook the sauce seperately also means I have something in the freezer to prevent takeaway cravings. This goes really well with saag aloo, chapati and sweet potato and red onion bhajis to make a full meal.
I've never cooked any kind of curry before but under pressure from my son, who regularly eats ready meal Jalfrazi, I made this for him and he would now like it twice a week!
I followed the recipe to the letter apart from using a can of chopped tomatoes so didn't need to use the processor for that. I didn't find that the garam masala changed the colour at all. I used the green and red peppers with the seeds intact. It was quite time consuming but well worth the effort. I would say that the portions are small for 4 people. My son had half of it without rice - just the curry and vegetables.
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Heavyweights slug it out on fund cost disclosure
Alan Miller calls it a scandal. Richard Saunders says it is a technical argument. Either way, disputes over the best way to disclose the costs incurred by investors in mutual funds are not going away any time soon.
Miller and Saunders had a heated debate on the pages of the comment section of Financial News in April. To cut through the arguments, Financial News invited both men to debate the issue face-to-face earlier this month on the neutral ground of the City of London Club, with FN's Mike Foster and Gren Manuel acting as referees and enforcing Queensbury rules.
Saunders is former chief executive of the Investment Management Association, the trade body whose members now manage more than £4.5 trillion of assets, although he was at pains to point out he no longer speaks for them. He is currently a non-executive director at Investec Asset Management.
Miller has a long history in fund management, including six years as chief investment officer at New Star Asset Management, and before that at Jupiter Asset Management and Gartmore. Miller is now chief investment officer at SCM Private and doubles up as a co-founder of the True & Fair Campaign for cost disclosure. By campaigning against high fees, Miller draws attention to SCM's relatively low cost of trading its exchange-traded funds portfolios.
The core of their argument is about the total expense ratio, or TER, a figure funds are required to reveal but which covers only their fees and administration costs. It doesn't include one of the biggest costs of running a fund – commissions on trading the portfolio.
In the debate, Miller said investors needed to be told the costs they will be paying before they buy a fund, after totting up adviser, manager, administration and explicit trading costs. He said: "It is about honesty and ethics. If you buy a car, you are allowed to know the price of the car – even a second-hand car dealer will tell you the price before you buy."
Saunders said that, while at the IMA, his research team compared the net performance of a sample of mutual funds against benchmarks and found the difference was less than the average TER. He said: "This suggests very strongly there is no systematic consumer detriment."
There are differences between the two. Miller says investors should know the cost of performance fees and explicit trading costs, while Saunders does not see this as practical. Miller argues European legislation will impose aggregated costs by 2016. Saunders is not convinced this can be achieved.
However, the debate threw up a surprising level of agreement. Both men agreed, for example, that adviser fees should be disclosed by advisers or investment platforms. They also agreed that regulators should act to impose cost disclosure standards on the industry.
Which is probably fair enough.
• ROUND ONE: Measuring costs
Richard Saunders: Ultimately, what matters to investors is what they are going to get at the end of the day. The first thing to say about trading costs is you have to incur them in order to access the return from the markets.
The second thing I would say is that there are some disciplines on fund managers, there are regulatory rules. You have to get the best deal for your clients.
There is an alternative way of looking at this, which is to cut through and say, 'What is the actual investor experience here?'
A couple of years ago, when I was chief executive of the IMA, I commissioned our statistics team to have a look at this. The results were in a paper which does seem to show that pretty much across the board, the difference between the net return to investors and the performance of the market is less than the average total expense ratio. This suggests very strongly there is no systematic consumer detriment as a result of so-called hidden costs.
Alan Miller: What is the biggest complaint when people talk to their adviser or fund manager, or whoever? It is, nine times out of 10, 'I don't understand that, the markets have gone up, but I haven't made any money. Why is that?' It is normally part of two reasons, either they bought at the wrong time or they were sold it at the wrong time, or they did not realise what the full costs were.
I was taught a long time ago by [Professor Emeritus at London Business School] Elroy Dimson and he produces a fantastic book called An Investment Yearbook. Within the latest one, he shows a piece of research, this is over a long period of time, 20 years to the end of last year, the annual total shareholder return was 9.3% for the S&P 500 Index. The average actively managed fund was 1% to 1.5% less than that. It is no coincidence that, only this week, professor David Blake [of Cass Business School] looked at a random selection of stocks and funds, over long periods of time, 1998 to 2008, and found that the average active fund underperformed the index by about 1.44% a year. That is almost identical to what was found over 20 years in the States. The figures are consistent.
The return has to be that average minus the costs in aggregate. You need to know how much you are paying upfront. It is about honesty and ethics. If you buy a car, you are allowed to know the price of the car – even a second-hand car dealer will tell you the price before you buy – but the second-hand fund manager, seemingly, cannot do the same.
We hear the response from Yes Minister: 'I wish it was possible, Prime Minister, but regretfully it can't be done with 100% accuracy.' This is the excuse I hear from many types and, if you think about it, which would you rather, would you rather know 50% of the total with 100% accuracy, or 100% of the total with 95% accuracy?
• ROUND TWO: The merits of total expense ratio
Mike Foster: Richard, you were scribbling away furiously there.
Saunders: Yes, there is quite a lot there, obviously. Typical total expense ratios for active equity funds are between 1.5% and 2%. You quoted a figure of 1% to 1.5% as the shortfall compared with market return. But that supports my case: there is no extra drag from transaction costs.
On the layering of distribution charges unbundled by the Retail Distribution Review, I could not agree with you more. When I was at the IMA, I was saying very forcefully to the FSA, as it then was, and I have since said to the FCA, that they really have to get a grip on this, that people are not seeing the total cost of investing and that they need to mandate an obligation on the people nearest to the client – which might be an IFA, it might be a wealth manager, it might be an 'execution only' platform – to pull the costs together.
Miller: The European politicians have passed legislation where the different layers are going to have to be added up. You can debate as long as you want but we are not far away from December 2016 and legislation.
Saunders: What I wanted to say on disclosure is that when I was at the IMA, we led in advocating some disclosure around explicit charges and Daniel Godfrey [IMA chief executive] has taken that a step further. I applaud him for that. I think the explicit charges are quite easy to get your hand around, because you can add up the amount of brokerage that is being paid to commissions, you can see the stamp duty bill.
When it comes to the implicit costs, it gets much murkier, firstly, because it is difficult to quantify; secondly, I think there are quite different conceptual issues. For one example, when it comes to the market spread – the difference between what the marketmaker buys a security at and then sells at – all that cost should be loaded on the person buying the security and none of it on the person selling. I have never understood why. Market impact is a difficult thing to get your hands around, because it is a zero-sum gain.
• ROUND THREE: 'There is no scandal here'
Miller: The key is to do things practically and supply the most information in a readily available format.
Saunders: The key point I wanted to make is that there is no scandal here, that investors are not being systematically misled about what it is costing.
Miller: But why can't you show it in a place where they see it? You have a calculator, you can add things up, so why not add things up and put it in a place they see?
Saunders: Ultimately, when you look at the net returns, the total expense ratio does seem to give a pretty good idea.
Miller: So if you had the choice of investing in two funds, and both had identical net returns, and one turned its portfolio over 10 times a year and the other once a year, which one would you buy? I think I know which most people's answer would be.
Saunders: A fund that is turning over 10 times a year and a fund turning over once a year are following different strategies, and the idea that they will be delivering identical returns seems fanciful.
Miller: But it is giving the investor the right to know.
• ROUND FOUR: Incomplete information
Foster: A lot of your argument, Alan, is making transparency more public, like putting it [total expense ratio] on the front of the prospectus?
Miller: Yes, the Oxford English Dictionary definition of 'hidden' is 'out of sight'. And this is key.
Foster: It could be more prominently displayed; I think that is fair to say?
Saunders: I agree. The FCA has now picked up on it and there should be much greater prominence around the total expense ratio rather than the management charge.
Gren Manuel: I think the issue is about transparency: is the consumer better served by a small number of very easy to understand numbers? Or is it better to have huge disclosure for people to pick through on their own?
Miller: Talk about confusing. We have fund charges which do not include initial charges, performance charges or transaction costs. I agree that, in terms of transaction costs, it should just be simply what is practical – taxes, commissions and spreads – because that is a practical way of doing it. You still have to add the other layers, because the consumer needs to have one number, to compare one with another.
Saunders: The TER is a perfectly good indicator of what the investor experience is going to be. On the other things you mentioned, performance fees are virtually unknown in the UK retail market. I don't understand how you would fold performance fees into a simple disclosure. You could certainly disclose what the basis of performance fees is, as hedge fund managers do, but to fold that into an indicator for investors becomes very complicated, because it is, by definition, dependent on performance. As to initial charges, they are basically disappearing from the market.
• ROUND FIVE: Running out of logic
Miller: On performance fees, back to my point on the fund rather than the average fund, the fact of the matter is, you say they cannot be done, it used to be done, until a year and a half ago it was in the TER.
Saunders: A whole lot goes on, but the practical realities of the world, the way it is, the TER gives investors a good enough indication of what their experience is going to be. If you say they are going to get all these extra charges on top, that is simply, firstly, giving them an unnecessarily gloomy picture of the experience they are going to have and, secondly, putting them off saving.
Miller: It is funny you just said that last point, because of the reasons I have heard from year to year, from different people. And when people run out of logic or sense, two reasons always come up. One is 'We can't do it, because it is not going to be 100% accurate', which is that, basically, you tell a half-truth accurately, rather than a full truth to a greater degree. The other one, which is what you have alluded to, is 'If people really knew the truth, they would not invest.' No other industry operates by that standard.
Saunders: I don't think it is a trivial answer that is difficult to measure, actually. I think it is a perfectly reasonable answer, but also we are in the position where the European regulation mandates the total expense ratio, and the pragmatic evidence of what happens in the real world, rather than in this slightly abstruse discussion about these arcane matters, is that it is a good measure.
• ROUND SIX: Tell investors total costs
Manuel: If you were to say that there needed to be between one and three numbers at the top of the sheet, which investors could understand, what would the numbers be that you would put on there?
Miller: I think the simplest number is the total, so it is the total of fund costs, including transaction costs, including…
Foster: Even including the implicit transaction costs?
Miller: The brokers and the spreads, because you can work out the turnover and multiply by the spreads to get the costs of the spreads quite easily, to add to other layers of costs. If you are buying through an adviser who is charging you upfront, you annualise that over a consistent period and add to the other numbers. So you have, in essence, what used to be called a reduction in yield.
I am a qualified accountant. Accountants have been valuing completely different businesses, showing the profits and losses for years, and there are many, many more moving parts than in the world of investment. And why is it they can come up with common standards, common principles and the investment world can't?
Saunders: Reduction in yield was a means of combining initial and continuing charges, which ceases to be an issue in a post-RDR world.
Miller: But it included adviser costs and initial platform costs.
Saunders: The big problem is that reduction in yield was based on a full-cost return and investors used to get a misleading picture because they would be given something which assumed that this product they had just bought was going to grow at a steady 10% a year. It was 7%, before it was abolished.
On the other costs, I agree with you, but I don't think the fund manager is in a position to give them.
Miller: Why doesn't the person you are buying it from? They know their costs and they go down the chain from beginning to end.
Foster: So the adviser comes up with a document including everything?
Miller: It isn't hard.
Foster: I think we have slight differences on…?
Miller: The methodology.
Saunders: But the debate gives rise to lurid stuff that gets picked up in some of the press and by the politicians.
Miller: There is an easy solution to that, which is you show it to them and you show it in a place they see it, it is not hard, is it? I have always said one number; we have always said one number from the beginning.
• ROUND SEVEN: 'Consumers want one number'
Manuel: If Alan came into a position of power, where he could implement his disclosure proposals, do you think that would make a difference to people? Would it put them off investing completely?
Saunders: I doubt that it would make much difference to people's behaviour, actually. If it is one number, I would opt for the total expense ratio, which is where we are today, for the reasons I have given. If you put a different number there, I doubt it would have much impact on behaviour at all.
Manuel: To me, however, a good analogy is the food industry, where for years the amount of information you used to have to disclose on a packet of cornflakes became longer and longer and longer, and the print became smaller and smaller and smaller, so the manufacturers could say, 'We disclose everything that goes in our product,' but nobody could actually read it or understand it. The moment that actually worked was when the government, effectively, mandated down to a very simple scheme on the front, where you say how much salt, how much sugar. The problem with too much disclosure is actually it can serve to confuse.
Miller: We have said, from day one, from day one every year, and we have backed it up by research with consumers, what consumers want is one number and they want it in pounds and pence.
Saunders: You make a good point, Gren. This is exactly what happened in the funds world and in the Ucits IV Directive in 2007. They said, 'Look, there is a mess of stuff that is out there, that is being given to investors, so we are going to mandate a two-page document,' it is called the Key Investor Information Document, 'and we will lay out precisely what must go in that, you cannot deviate from it, anywhere in Europe, as part of the single market in funds, because there is an active single market in funds in Europe,' and that was precisely what was done.
We have been round that course and there is risk in this. A risk in layering, starting to put more disclosures up there, and the IMA or anybody else cannot depart from that, from what is in that document, although, obviously, firms have more freedom over what they put in factsheets.
• FINAL ROUND: 'Regulator needs to act'
Miller: The European Parliament has voted through legislation, it is about four lines long, and it is clearly worded, it is the total costs from the underlying investment as to what you receive in one number. It actually says the word "aggregated", there is not any formal debate.
Saunders: Mifid does not cover the disclosure of Ucits charges. It is different legislation.
Miller: Actually it does, because whoever is selling that fund or investment to the public, they are going to be a Mifid firm, they have to show all the costs, so they have to show their costs and all the other layers down.
The only solution is to have a regulator who forces it upon everyone, because we have seen voluntary codes only operated by those where it is in their personal interest, so they never work, they never get followed by the vast majority or in a proper way.
The only way is for a government and regulators to actually put something sensible, and everybody has to follow it, and then everybody competes to a common standard.
Saunders: I would agree with that.
The transcript of this debate was first published in the print edition of Financial News dated July 7, 2014


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By Tom Philpott: CNJ columnist
A small group of U.S. war veterans, the age difference among them as wide as 70 years, gathered this month at American Legion Post 177 in Fairfax, Va., for a special event at the annual Veterans Day Community Fair.
They had agreed to participate in a "living history," co-hosted by VFW Post 8469, and organized by its commander, Floyd Houston, a man committed to ensuring local war heroes, old and young, don't fade away.
For two hours they told war stories and stood by to answer questions that never came from local Boy Scouts seeking to earn merit badges for their time there. The public too was welcomed but didn't show.
What they missed was more than the usual compelling personal accounts of war. They missed how deeply some veterans of past wars are disturbed by burdens being carried by the current generation of volunteers.
Avon Blevins, a retired Navy chief, began his talk by pulling a few mementoes from a paper bag. He was a teenage radioman aboard USS O'Brien when that destroyer escorted 50 landing craft, with 200 infantrymen apiece, toward Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
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O'Brien's guns took out enemy pillboxes and a machine gun nest. It was relieved that evening by its sister ship, USS Meredith. When O'Brien returned at dawn, its crew could see the Meredith on fire and sinking from an explosion later confirmed to have been caused by a German mine.
Three weeks later, an eight-inch German shell from a shore battery would rip into O'Brien below its bridge, causing 32 casualties, Blevins said.
After repairs, the ship sailed to the Pacific. Blevins was still aboard when Japanese Kamikaze aircraft struck, twice.
"Almost blew the ship in two. We had a lot of casualties," Blevins said. "We had part of the pilot too. I never will forget he had three or four uniforms on. I had one of his shoes until an officer took it away from me."
By the time retired Army Col. George Juskalian, 95, arrived at Legion Post 177 in his wheel chair, the Boy Scouts had moved on. But sharing his experiences through three wars, including capture by the Germans in Tunisia, wasn't his priority this afternoon.
"It starts with my anger at our present military policies," he said. "We have military personnel redeploying to theaters of war five and six times and we're not doing anything about it.
"We expand the Army by about 20,000, which is a drop in the bucket. But nobody is mentioning the draft. Nobody. Most of the country doesn't even know we're in a war. After eight, nine years of fighting, when in the hell are we going to level with them? How are we going to continue this all-volunteer business, especially for the Army and Marines taking the losses?"
Yes, he said, because of a poor economy the military is meeting recruit requirements. But before civilian jobs grew scarce, the services were lowering standards, Juskalian said. "Who's kidding who?"
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- Organizers of an investment conference in the Cayman Islands have been forbidden from disclosing any details about a speech by former President George W. Bush in the offshore financial haven, an event spokesman said Thursday.
The keynote speech by the former president was "totally closed to all journalists," and conference organizers were banned from discussing any aspect of it even in general terms, spokesman Dan Kneipp said.
"We've got a complete blackout on discussing the Bush details," Kneipp told The Associated Press.
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The restrictions were imposed by the former president's staff, he said. Bush was scheduled to speak Thursday evening at The Ritz-Carlton on Grand Cayman Island.
"It's totally their decision," Kneipp said of the decision to close the event to the media.
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Cayman Islands officials are proud of the British territory's role as an offshore finance center. But members of the U.S. Congress and advocates for changes in tax laws have accused corporations and wealthy individuals of using so-called financial havens to improperly avoid taxes.
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