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When it comes to storytelling, you've probably heard the terms 'first-person' and 'third-person' tossed around. You've read first-person narratives that tell a story from inside a character's head (using 'I'), and you've encountered third-person narratives that describe a character's actions from the outside (such as, 'Mary walked to the park.'). Still, did you know that there's a point of view between first-person and third-person? Guess what? You're reading an example of it right now.
Whereas first-person uses 'I,' and third-person uses pronouns (like 'he' and 'she') and names (like 'Mary'), second-person point of view uses the word 'you' to describe the main character. In other words, you (the reader) are the central character in a piece of writing that uses second-person. However, in second-person, there is still an implied speaker telling the story, even though an 'I' might not appear at all. It may help to think of a second-person narrative as one person talking to a second person.
Our first example of second-person point of view comes from Italo Calvino's 1979 novel If on a Winter's Night a Traveler. The first chapter (and every odd-numbered chapter after that) is told in second-person, addressing the reader's experience of reading the book. Because it draws the reader's attention to the fact that they are reading a work of fiction, this kind of storytelling is known as metafiction.
Reading a description of metafiction isn't as effective as experiencing it, however. To give you a better understanding of the term (and perhaps to inspire you to check out this strange, engaging novel), here are the first two paragraphs of If on a Winter's Night a Traveler:
'You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought. Let the world around you fade. Best to close the door; the TV is always on in the next room. Tell the others right away, 'No, I don't want to watch TV!' Raise your voice - they won't hear you otherwise - 'I'm reading! I don't want to be disturbed!' Maybe they haven't heard you, with all that racket; speak louder, yell: 'I'm beginning to read Italo Calvino's new novel!' Or if you prefer, don't say anything; just hope they'll leave you alone.
Find the most comfortable position: seated, stretched out, curled up, or lying flat. Flat on your back, on your side, on your stomach. In an easy chair, on the sofa, in the rocker, the deck chair, on the hassock. In the hammock, if you have a hammock. On top of your bed, of course, or in the bed. You can even stand on your hands, head down, in the yoga position. With the book upside down, naturally.'
For our second example of second-person point of view, let's turn our attention to poetry. Here is the first stanza of Richard Hugo's 'Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg:'
You might come here Sunday on a whim.
Say your life broke down. The last good kiss
you had was years ago. You walk these streets
laid out by the insane, past hotels
that didn't last, bars that did, the tortured try
of local drivers to accelerate their lives.
Only churches are kept up. The jail
turned 70 this year. The only prisoner
is always in, not knowing what he's done.
As you can see, Hugo's use of second-person narrative is very different from Calvino's. Hugo doesn't seem as interested in making the reader think about the act of reading. Rather, he invites the reader to enter the landscape he goes on to describe, even giving us a sense of the town's emotional climate.
Furthermore, the speaker of this poem is also addressing himself (in a later line, he claims 'You're talking to yourself'). By using second-person point of view, Hugo creates more rhetorical distance between himself and the reader. Rhetorical distance is a rather fancy-sounding term for the distance between us and the author's ideas, thoughts, and feelings. To give you a better sense of how this works, let's see what the first few lines would look like if Hugo had used first-person:
I came here one Sunday on a whim.
My life broke down. The last good kiss
I had was years ago. . .
I only changed the wording slightly, but the mood of these lines is very different, isn't it? Instead of inviting the reader to enter a certain frame of mind, these lines simply show the speaker complaining about his life. Because there isn't enough rhetorical distance between us and the speaker, we're a bit left out when we're presented with the private thoughts of the 'I.' Therefore, Hugo's use of second-person is especially effective, since it allows the speaker to talk about these emotions without making the reader feel excluded.
Now, let's wrap up our discussion of second-person point of view with a summary. Second-person is a point of view that uses 'you' as the main character. Still, there is an implied speaker telling the story. In the case of Italo Calvino's novel If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, the speaker uses second-person to draw the reader's attention to the act of reading (the defining characteristic of metafiction). In Richard Hugo's poem 'Degrees of Gray in Philipsburg,' however, the speaker uses second-person to create a greater rhetorical distance between himself and the audience.
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The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the biggest trade show in the United States, officially kicks off Tuesday in Las Vegas. It's where any consumer tech company worth its gadgets — okay, perhaps not any — showcases its latest and greatest innovations. But many in the tech coverage world are less than enthusiastic, eliciting what could be deemed a collective yawn in the face of what ZDNet's Andrew Nusca called the "Super Bowl" for consumer technology.
The organizers are, of course, pumped. In an interview with The Post's Steven Overly, Consumer Electronics Association President Gary Shapiro said, "We've successfully positioned ourselves as the innovation event for the year, so we have a diverse set of industries represented. ... Consumer electronics does not begin to describe what's at the show, frankly."
That may be the case, but consumer electronics are still the leading — if not the only — reason people attend and follow the event. And a brief tour of the Web's tech blogs shows that not everyone agrees that CES will deliver when it comes to cutting-edge innovation.
"CES is a waste of anyone's time who is going there," writes ZDNet Tech Broiler's Jason Perlow. Perlow, who writes that he will not be attending the event this year, predicts that less than half of the products presented at CES will make it to market. The marketplace, he argues, is controlled by a shrinking number of online and brick-and-mortar retailers; products have started to become increasingly similar, and Apple's big product announcement comes after CES. Once it does, he continues, it will likely send companies that announced products in Vegas scrambling back to the drawing board.
"CES 2013 is an illusion, a 'Hunger Games' with few surviving winners," he concludes.
ReadWrite's Dan Lyons takes it a step further, calling CES "the most horrific waking nightmare in every techie's life." Lyons will be attending this year after years of refusing to attend the conference. He has discovered one redeeming factor to what he describes as the "the regular old 10th circle of hell" — finding the absolute worst product at the conference.
Then there's Mark Hachman, also of ReadWrite, who outlines the 6 reasons that this year's could be "the most boring CES ever," Among them the wave of "crap," including USB keys, notebook sleeves and smartphone cases that "dominate huge swaths of CES's show floor."
But not all tech writers are grumbling in the face of CES. The Verge's Joshua Topolsky writes that the conference is "the most wonderful time of the year. If you like CES. Or consumers. Or electronics. Or shows." Okay, perhaps it's not the most robust cheer one could make, but it's certainly a few steps up from Dante's "Inferno."
Point me in the direction of that conference.
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track is a 1/4 mile asphalt road course and fast to get around. It
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2016 Season Update
Written by Dave Smitchger Tuesday, 09 August 2016 20:20
Wow what a season this is turning out to be. Can you believe two rainouts? Whoever heard of rain in July in Idaho?
But for the good news, the Jr1 LO206 class is growing and very competitive. After race number six there is a three way tie for first place. Bring your "A" game for the next two races.
Jr2 Briggs Animal is another growing and competitive class with a two-way tie for first after race six. Very exciting.
See you in September.
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Inherent Tensions on Nationalism
Nationalism, a hydra of a term which in this case I am using in the sense whereby it refers to the idea that "a people" of unified ethnic, cultural and/or religious heritage have a "right" to their own nation state which expresses their identity as a people, is a force which has been at the root of a great deal of suffering since it burst upon the world scene — arguably via the French Revolution followed by Napoleon's empire. As such, it has a fairly well deserved negative reputation these days. And yet, like many intellectual vices, it is often denounced even by those who hold it dear.
Case in point: Can one seriously claim to be against nationalism if one believes that the Palestinians have a natural and human right to their own nation state in which they are the dominant ethnic and cultural force?
For a couple decades, the "Palestinian" territories were parts of Jordan and Egypt respectively. For the last 50 years, they have been controlled by Israel. If one is truly against nationalism, is either of these situations a problem? Or the the problem only when whatever governing authority controls the West Bank and Gaza Strip fails to provide equal political rights and privileges to the residents of those areas who are Muslim or Christian Arab in background?
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The operative definition of "nationalism" in this piece is not necessarily the concept that the political left might object to.
When nationalism involves very strong self-identification with one's nation, it might include that one's nation is of primary importance. To be clear, I am primarily interested in human affairs as they relate to America because they affect me, the people I love, and the country I live in. However, without the right moral parameters, patriotism can morph into a nationalism that involves a negative view of other races or cultures based on broad generalizations that are not necessarily rational. I would bet there is an extreme positive correlation between self-identified patriots who believe in "supporting Israel" and who hold the prevalent Republican view on immgiration.
So, I think there is a question regarding definition of "nationalism."
Either way, I don't think the "left" or "right" are terribly consistent on these issues.
Fair point. We are, often, two factions divided by a common language.
That said, I would argue that the definition of nationalism that I just outlined underlies most of the manifestations of nationalism which the political left decries (as well as some it applauds.)
After all, the instinct to desire a "pure" Jewish state of Israel is really no different from the desire to have a "pure" Arab state of Palestine — except that the two desire are mutually exclusive, since both groups claim the same land.
Since one of the things that most Americans admire about the US is that it is a "melting pot" of immigrant groups, I think it's far too easy for us to forget that in nearly every other part of the world (and certainly in Europe and the Middle East) nationalism is very much connected with the desire (often militant) of cultural/ethnic groups to have a state to themselves.
We are patriots. They are nationalists. It brings to mind the old George Carlin quote: "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"
One important distinction to consider is the odd monkey-wrench which the United States happens to throw into the usual considerations on nationalism.
Usually in the history of the world "nationalism" is an expression of some form of racialism. The Germans of the 1930's weren't unusual in this regard: They rallied around their German-ness defined by family lines, culture, history, and genotype, and even invented some silly unscientific views of their origins to support it. (Aryan! Ha! The closest things to Aryans the Nazis dealt with were the gypsies, or "Roma," who they slaughtered with only slightly less gusto than they did Jews! Now if they'd invaded [i]Persia[/i] they could have dealt with some Aryans.) This was all part of German identity, it was who they were.
The United States, though, takes a very different approach to identity, to self-definition. German-ness may be all about family, but American-ness is centrally about a particular approach to human liberty and its implications about what constitutes good government. Americans have traditionally gone out of their way to emphasize that the "great American melting pot" was held together, not on racial lines, but by that common agreement on a point of [i]ideology[/i]; something with which anyone could potentially embrace, no matter their birthplace.
Put crudely: When a war occurs between other nation-states and in other centuries, peoples would get worked into a state of frenzy asserting that [i]we[/i] were better than [i]those guys[/i]: A necessary bit of cheerleading, perhaps, but when the only differences between us and them are our genetic heritage and those bits of culture which come as accidents of birthplace rather than from willful adoption of a creed or cult, then…? What? Surely we can't claim [i]moral[/i] superiority on such a basis. It is hard for most nations to exhibit nationalism without going for some kind of racial superiority angle because that, at heart, is what defines the nation.
But whenever the United States was involved in a war, nationalism took a different tone: From the revolution onward, an ideology was involved. Thus does American cheerleading differ from the conventional nationalism: It is about freedom and human rights and opposition to tyrants and such.
The odd thing is that this means the American expression of nationalism — the kinds of things being said and championed — has a better than usual chance of actually being true, of being worth championing.
Setting aside the issues of justification and the violated ceasefire terms and all that, it is plainly true that Republics with Constitutionally Limited Government by Democratically Elected Representatives with Encouraged Entrepreneurialism, Enforceable Contracts, and Educated Populaces are just plain [i]better[/i] than anything the Taliban, or Al Qaeda, or the sleazeball Saddam & Sons regime, or Russian kleptocrats, or the Soviets before them, could ever offer.
Don't misunderstand what I'm claiming, here. I'm not attempting to argue for justification for attacking the Taliban. I'm not saying that the nation with the best ideas about government should go 'round invading all the ones with lesser notions.
I am putting all that to the side, and focusing on the question: Does American "nationalism," when expressed, differ in any qualitative way from "nationalism" as usually defined?
I think it does. I think a person who rallies to the flag in the U.S. isn't rallying to a race or to a racial culture or to a racial history, as he would be in other countries. He is rallying to a set of abstract moral imperatives embodied in an approach to governance and society-formation.
And, all things considered, the moral imperatives and the approach to governance and society-formation which are cheered on when an American puts up his flag are [i]good[/i] ones. Quite good, actually.
That this difference between American nationalism and Xian nationalism is overlooked accounts, I think, for the disconnect about "patriotism" between right and left.
The fellow on the left sees a bunch of red-staters mounting flags and gets surly and suspicious: Don't they know how badly white people treated the American Indians? Don't they know about exploitation by American corporations in Latin America?
Meanwhile the fellow on the right sees the fellow on the left getting surly and suspicious and feels that limited government, enumerated powers, democratic republicanism, and the Bill of Rights are being dismissed or shown contempt — by someone who enjoys their benefits, no less!
Now if the fellow on the right thought "America" meant his relatives and their cultural habits and history, he'd agree the guy on the left had a point. But since his idea of America is all tied up with the Revolution and the Constitution, he thinks the guy on the left is merely off-topic, and a bit of an ingrate.
The guy on the left takes note of the frown of the guy on the right, and shouts, "Don't question my patriotism!" The guy on the right responds, "Didn't say a thing, bud…but if the principles I hold dear offend you so much, y'know, there are other places you could live where they hold different ones…."
And neither side realizes that the other is talking about something entirely different.


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San Juan – The U.S. Attorney's Office brought 130 prosecutions for official corruption in 2011, more than any one of the country's 92 other judicial districts, according to a report from the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section.
Going back to 2002, Puerto Rico has seen 396 public corruption cases, second only to New Jersey, with 429.
"It is our obligation to prosecute corrupt conduct that reduces public trust (in government)," the U.S. attorney for Puerto Rico, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez Velez, said in a statement.
"When that trust is broken, it is the responsibility of the Department of Justice to bring those who corrupt the system before the courts," she said.
The Public Integrity Section is legally required to report to Congress every year on the Justice Department's efforts against official corruption.
Entrenched corruption is a major problem in Puerto Rico, according to the FBI field office in San Juan, which two years ago arrested more than 100 Puerto Rican law enforcement officers and other public servants on charges of colluding with drug traffickers.
Legislators from the island's two main political parties have also been caught up in corruption scandals.
Puerto Rico came under Washington's sway in 1898 and island residents were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, yet they cannot vote in presidential elections, though Puerto Ricans living in the continental United States can.
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Breakfast links: More bikes in more places
by Michael Perkins on Dec 10, 2012 8:59 am • link • report
by Friend at Intelsat on Dec 10, 2012 9:05 am • link • report
"As to shedding the companys longtime business address in D.C., Bryan said that was not so much of an issue given the global reach of the Luxembourg-based company. In Tysons Corner, the companys new home will be closer to Dulles International Airport."
And I suspect that is the kicker.
I am not an expert but is each municipality competing their hearts out against each other the way to go? Commutes to places like Tysons and even some Maryland to Maryland commutes are bears.
If Dan T is so into lowering costs why does he want to move the FBI?
Oh and another story - how about those Redskins? Football fans here? Hello, anyone?
that Intelsat specifically cited the Silver Line, is a win for NoVa transit advocates. One more step toward the transformation of Tysons.
That would be an expensive piece of real estate for the Feds to buy just to house embassies (which traditionally pay for their own chanceries). It's especially unlikely that they'll use more of it because the State Department is already getting property at the old Walter Reed site to house new embassies.
In any event, it will likely be replaced by something. As it is, only half of the building's million square feet is actually usable space. What a waste next to a Metro station.
I wouldn't be surprised if at least part of the Intelsat campus is purchased by the District. It'd be a great opportunity for UDC to expand its campus.
Additional retail w/ residential units on upper floors would also be appropriate, given the proximity to Metro and the already-existing business districts in Van Ness and Cleveland Park.
Streetcar taglines:
A Streetcar Named Gentrifier (stress on the third syllable in "gentrifier")
DC Streetcar: Activating the Urban Core with a Vibrant Brand of Traffic Jam Since 2028
DC Streetcar: More Projectile Rock-Proof than the Bus
DC Streetcar: Move b***h, get out the way. Get out the way b***h, get out the way.
As for Intelsat, which is a stone's throw away from where I live... given that it abuts the Chinese Embassy, chances are that State and the Secret Service will not allow anything without massive setbacks and walls.
Anything can be "gourmet"
They're idiots if they don't.
DDOT wants your input on which one of six taglines
All 6 suck, but I could not answer that.
The store will get a name change to Healthy Gourmet Market in hopes that dropping "organic" from the name will help dispel the perception of high prices.
Wow. The customers don't see (and then avoid) high prices. No, the perceive them. Oddly, it must be caused by some spell...
Corporate incentives don't work
Can GGW please cite this study every time we discuss a corporate tax break?
An expansion of UDC is an interesting thought, but isn't that institution struggling with significant structural problems that would make such growth prohibitive?
I definitely agree that the property is not the best use of land so close to the Metro. On a related matter, it was a real shame to see the old gas station on the corner of Veazy Terrace and Conn. Ave replaced with, sigh, a two-story Walgreens.
The FBI wants a better building. GSA doesn't want to pay for what it would cost to upgrade the current one, so moving is the remaining option to meet the current requirements.
Actually the FBI move is something GSA is doing under the President's directive to reduce real estate costs:
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Not mentioned is whether lower taxes played a role. All other things being equal, if the cost of doing business is less in one place vs. another, that's going to be an advantage.
Also, not mentioned is that Tysons has many other satellite related businesses. That would certainly increase Intelsat's potential labor pool.
Also on Thursday there was a link that compared prices between Yes! and Anacostia Grocery Warehouse and found they weren't that different. Now I would guess Yes! would suffer in price comparison to Giant or Safeway but I think the perception of price differences is greater than the reality. Though I'm not sure how much using "Gourmet" in the name helps that.
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I think it's that the FBI needs a bigger building, perhaps larger than can be housed in their current space (even with expansion), and that the opportunity cost of office space there is well beyond what GSA has authorized federal agencies to pay for space.
So the better option is to sell the Pennsylvania space for development, and use that money to buy a much larger building outside of DC where costs are cheaper.
I think the argument that people avoid it based on price is a bit of bunk. Plenty of people of lower income shop at corner stores, which are quite expensive.
I tend to agree, they likely lost business due to the fact it is perceived to be more expensive/yuppy etc.
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The Intelsat building was sold to a private company. Not certain of plans, but I would love to see it torn down and rebuilt. They have a huge campus, in a terrific location. Could be put to so much better use than "Silos" with huge wasted space in the middle of each.
Organic, Gourmet or whatever you want to call it. The "name" of the store is the very last of its problems.
Wrong Store in an even worse location. No need to try to figure things out beyond that.
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As for too few restaurants near 4500 East-West in Bethesda, that's 101% bull*%^t. Downtown Bethesda probably has more restaurants per square mile than any neighborhood in the entire DC Area. Maybe there isn't a huge selection right at the front door, but walk a block North, South, or West and there's plenty of diverse restaurants to satisfy any individual.
As for car accessibility...First of all, who cares? It's an urban area and the building is nearly right on top of the Red Line station. There's also a huge public garage literally on the same block, not to mention underground parking options that are sure to be built.
Okay so they basically think that the Riverfront is still a ghetto. Fair point. However, the only advantages of the Tysons location over the Bethesda and Arlington locations is that its closer to Dulles, and people who like to commute to a sprawling, un-walkable, traffic-choked (even in the middle of the day), poorly planned, over-sized office park won't be disappointed.
That building doesn't fill all of its space, though. Besides the moats, only half of Hoover rises to its full height, and-- mirroring Main Justice across the street-- it has a large interior courtyard. I'd like to think that any development that replaces the Hoover building will use much more of that space, but will use it more efficiently, and will seem less massive. I suspect, however, that it will only end up being less dramatic.
As for the streetcar slogan, I would suggest "At Last!"
Intelsat and its car commuting employees care and in this instance, that's all that matters. Bethesda is simply not as highway accessible as Tysons nor is it as auto-oriented (for better or worse).
people who like to commute to a sprawling, un-walkable, traffic-choked (even in the middle of the day), poorly planned, over-sized office park won't be disappointed.
Either your description of Tysons is inaccurate or there are huge numbers of people who like what you've described. Obviously, something must explain why Tysons attracts far more companies than Bethesda.
The viewpoint that the only reason Intelsat could possibly choose Tysons over Bethesda is that they are idiots sounds like companies who think that anyone who doesn't buy their product is an idiot. Not a winning strategy.
'Capital Riverfront is not at all "ghetto" but it is also still lacking in retail and restaurants.'
I was bluntly translating their "not there yet" excuse.
"Intelsat and its car commuting employees care and in this instance, that's all that matters. Bethesda is simply not as highway accessible as Tysons nor is it as auto-oriented (for better or worse).
Either your description of Tysons is inaccurate or there are huge numbers of people who like what you've described. Obviously, something must explain why Tysons attracts far more companies than Bethesda.
The viewpoint that the only reason Intelsat could possibly choose Tysons over Bethesda is that they are idiots sounds like companies who think that anyone who doesn't buy their product is an idiot. Not a winning strategy."
Well Bethesda is definitely a huuuge step up in highway-accessibility from the present HQ in Van Ness. Plus, most employees already live in MD and DC.
I'm not saying they're total idiots. As I mentioned, close proximity to Dulles (especially for a foreign-based company) is a legitimate (albeit weak) reason to move to Tysons.
I also suspect that their original intention was to move to Tysons anyway. The Maryland move was a ploy to draw incentive packages from the state, forcing Virginia (which is well known for bending over for big business) to provide a better counter-offer. Northrop Grumman and Hilton did the same thing even though a move to Maryland made for sense, not least because their biggest competitors (Lockheed Martin and Marriott respectively) were already located in Bethesda.
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You realize that the breakfast links are user submitted right? Did you submit it? Why not post it in the comments? I'm certainly intrigued.
Not really, no. Yeah, Bethesda is a little closer to 495, but not that much. Plus, with the clusterphudge around NIH, it might be just as quick to go up Connecticut from Van Ness as the crawl up Wisconsin from downtown Bethesda. The mile between the 2 roads on the Beltway can be pretty clogged up, but it doesn't add that much to a commute to/from the west.
As someone who does the reverse commute, from Bethesda to Petworth via Connecticut, I can certainly attest to the fact that Connecticut going north in the evenings is an absolute mess. Just as bad as Wisconsin going north tbh.
Most likely Intelsat could get more $ from VA to move there.
As payback, DC just paid $7M "moving expenses" for United Negro College Fund to move from Fairfax to DC.
Entities make a lot of money taking incentives from different competing jurisdictions every few years.
I agree that Wisconsin between Jones Bridge Rd and Cedar Ln through the Medical Center/NIH campus is horrible in rush hour, even more so now thanks to BRAC. However, Connecticut through Chevy Chase is just as bad, especially since a lot of drivers trying to avoid the Wisconsin traffic take that route.
Distance wise, it's not even comparable. The distance between Bethesda/East-West and the Beltway is half the distance between the Beltway and Van Ness and that doesn't take into account the 10 million traffic lights along Conn. Ave in DC. Also, commuters coming from I-270 have direct access to Wisconsin. To get from I-270 to get Connecticut you have to get on the Beltway, albeit only for a short distance (which can seem pretty long in rush hour though).
Gov. McDonnell offered a $1.3 million grant which matched or bettered Maryland's offer.
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I meant to write an article at the time to correct some of Dr. Parker's gross exaggerations about the magnitude of the budget cut and point out his GSP statistic is meaningless. Now Dr. Parker's column is popping back up on Facebook and on the Save Our Schools blog.
Now it's time to dispatch this meaningless statistic once and for all.
First, we must know what "General Fund appropriations to NSHE as a percentage of Gross State Product" really means. This is simply the state general fund spending on higher education as a percentage of the state's overall economy. Lets break this statistic down piece by piece.
GENERAL FUND appropriations are a portion, less than 1/3rd, of all revenues for the Nevada System of Higher Education.
- Dr. Parker and many other university officials pretend that the other 2/3rds of revenue are tied down and can't be used for anything but their intended purpose. This is not entirely true, in fact, wisely using the resources from the other 2/3rds means you don't have to spend from the general fund to support them.
- Think about this for a moment. Parker et. al. complain that if you cut from 1/3rd of the budget they won't be able to fund the other parts of the budget either. In other words, they're divorcing 2/3rds of the budget when it is to their advantage, but include the other 2/3rds if they can make it sound like the budget cuts will harm those programs too. Pure information manipulation.
Ok, now we know they artificially lower the amount of spending by ignoring a very large chunk of revenues and expenditures. What else is wrong with this statistic?
Well, what is Gross State Product?
- Gross State Product is basically the state's version of Gross Domestic Product. It is simply the market value of all final goods and services produced within a state. High GDP or GSP means there is lots of wealth within a country or state. Dividing GDP or GSP by the population tells us the wealth per person. It is an imperfect, but best available, statistic for measuring wealth.
- Taking X as a percentage of GSP does not tell us the expenditure per person using the service, it is simply the expenditure as a percentage of the overall economy.
- So if you're a really wealthy state and spend even an average amount on a government service you may have spent a lower percentage of GSP on that service than a poorer state. It does not mean you underfund that service.
State 1: GSP of $1000 with 100 citizens of which 10 are students ($10 GSP per capita). State 1 spends $100 on higher education ($10 per pupil) or 10 percent of GSP.
State 2: GSP of $500 with 100 citizens of which 10 are students ($5 GSP per capita). State 2 spends $90 on higher education ($9 per pupil) or 18 percent of GSP.
Not only is State 1 wealthier per-capita, it spends more on higher education overall! State 1 also spends more per-pupil on higher education than State 2. However State 1 spends less as a percentage of GSP. In this example, Dr. Parker would want you to focus on the latter statistic and conclude that State 1 underfunds higher education.
In reality, State 1 is the better state to live in. Not only are they wealthier per-person, their system of higher education appears to be far more efficient and productive. In fact, you want low spending as a percentage of GDP/GSP and high incomes; that is the best possible result because you have lots of extra wealth to now spend on other things.
If we could also prove that Nevada is a wealthy state, Dr. Parker's statistic would be rendered more meaningless, especially since he's been trying to prove Nevada underfunds higher education
- Nevada is a wealthy state. We've enjoyed a high household income (ranking 18th highest int he U.S.), high per-capita income (ranking 13th highest) below average poverty rates, and a high GSP/GDP per capita (20th).
Dr. Parker's GSP statistic also doesn't tell us who uses higher education. What if few people need higher education or few people use it? Spreading out the expense of higher education for a few people against the wealth of everyone doesn't make any sense unless you're an elitist who simply wants a bigger cut of the pie (Dr. Parker does work at a school that is mostly white upper-middle class with very few poor students and an under-representation of minorities).
- Few people in Nevada attend or graduate from college. This is may seem strange since Nevada has a high income per-capita and a low poverty rate. This tells us that higher education isn't very useful in Nevada for getting ahead in life. In other words we can expect spending to be low as a percentage of the overall economy.
Let's put this all together.
- Dr. Parker has ignored 2/3rds of revenue and expenditures so he's artificially lowered the amount under examination
- Nevada is a wealthy state, so we've got a relatively high GSP to compare with an artificially lowered spending figure
- Few people in Nevada need or use higher education so of course spending will be low as a percentage of the overall economy.
- None of this tells us about spending per-pupil - the most useful metric for determining how much you spend per person actually using the service.
I don't think Dr. Parker is a stupid man, so did he purposefully select a data figure that he knew would produce a low outcome in order to deceive us? Even putting aside looking ONLY at general fund appropriations was he simply ignorant that few people in Nevada attend college in our above average wealthy state?
Given the facts above, there is no denying that looking at general fund spending on higher education as a percentage of GSP is a pretty useless statistic in determining whether or not Nevada underfunds higher education.
Let's look at a more useful spending figure. How about the amount of money spent on education and research per student? In this way we're ignoring all non-education and non-research spending like debt repayment and capital expenditures. That sounds fair doesn't it? Well how does Nevada rank then?


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P2 – Sign: Welcome to Millennium City
P3 – Inset: The Holy Man of the Maya sees all in the sacred Zaztun Stone. He sees dark shadows over Oliver Warbucks' shining new city on the Yucatan peninsula.
P4 – Inset: But Warbucks knows that already …
P5 – Annie: You mean this whole place is a sting? A setup to lure terrorists?
Double: Like bees to honey, Annie!
P6 – Double: Who better than American multi-billionaire Oliver Warbucks to draw the agents of the world's medieval madmen?
Annie: Yeah, and you've sure told them where they can find you …
P7 – Double: But security men are aboard every cruise ship putting into Millennium City! Checking every manifest! When the known bad actors come sniffing around, and they will, we'll be watching …
P8 – Double: As for the town itself, my men are everywhere! We've spotted a few local disrupters already. We're onto them. Enjoy your lunch, Annie! All will be well.
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In exactly what poorly written geography book did you find that bit of information? From the first sentence of the article on the Yucutan Peninsula in Wikipedia: "The Yucatán Peninsula (Spanish: Península de Yucatán), in southeastern Mexico, separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern coastline on the Yucatán Channel." Pretty much the same thing is in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Today my heart is sad, yet I am thankful to God for nearly four decades of a special, life-changing bond with this giant in the faith." – Pastor Benny Hinn
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by Sherman Alexie
I am always amused
By those couples--
Lovers and spouses--
Who perform and ask
Others to perform
Musical chairs
Whenever they, by
Random seat selection,
Are separated
From each other.
"Can you switch
Seats with me?"
A woman asked me.
"So I can sit
With my husband?"
She wanted me,
A big man, who
Always books early,
And will gratefully
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To trade my aisle seat
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More important than yours.
Dear solitary traveler,
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As contained
Within my marriage--
Are larger than yours."
O, the insult!
O, the condescension!
And this is not
An isolated incident.
I've been asked
To trade seats
Twenty or thirty times
Over the years.
How dare you!
How dare you
Ask me to change
My life for you!
How imperial!
How colonial!
But, ah, here is
The strange truth:
Whenever I'm asked
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The cheapest one Was with TACA Air for 354.-$ one way. (grrr)
I flew from Quito to Manta with AirGal for 61 $.
could have taken the bus for 10$, but that takes 10 hours.
Manta is much smaller that quayaquil and so is the port
Everything is just more easy to handle.
The car was already there when i arrived.
My agent in panama kept telling me, that i need a custom agent for another 300$ to process
the aduana and port issues.
Its all a little money making i guess.
I had to get an agent in Manta that prints out a "permission to leave port" paper which
the port needs to verifiy that everything is in order. This cost 30$. (yeah)
Well the Lady from Marglobal SA (the agent near the port ), told me to talk to the
Boss of aduana, which i did indeed and it helped a lot.
All of a sudden my "temporary car permit" was issued (for free!!)
Then with my agents paper, i went to the port office where i paid 2.80 $ per day parking fee
of my car in the port. for 3 days i paid 9 $.
Then i was ready to leave.
Additional Info:
as a tourist with a vehicle, you do not need a "Carnet de passage in Ecuador".
Instead you have to sign a statement that you will leave the country with your car
after period given, or be punished.


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In response to today's announcement regarding H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler's retirement as President and General Manager of Lowe's Motor Speedway and President of Speedway Motorsports, New Hampshire Motor Speedway Executive Vice President and General Manager Jerry Gappens issued this statement:
"To me, throughout his career, Humpy personified the great characteristics of P.T. Barnum, Walt Disney and Don King," said Jerry Gappens, executive vice president and general manager of New Hampshire Motor Speedway. "He entertained fans like P.T. Barnum by creating that three-ring circus atmosphere in Charlotte. Humpy had the vision to see into the future and paid attention to detail like Disney. He promoted every race like Don King promoted heavyweight title fights. It wouldn't surprise me to see him become the world's greatest fisherman or at least promote some great fishing boat races off the Carolina coast!
"On a personal level, I have so much respect and admiration for him, not only as one of the greatest promoters in sport, but more importantly as a human being. He represents high standards, moral integrity and outstanding family values. I learned so much from him in my 15 years at Lowe's Motor Speedway. I am happy that he can step away with no regrets and spend quality time with his wife Pat and the rest of his family."
Editors Note: Gappens worked under Wheeler's tutelage for 15 years at the Concord, North Carolina track before being promoted to his current role at New Hampshire by Speedway Motorsports Chairman, Bruton Smith.
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Carrie Underwood Talks Gay Marriage & Celebrity Cheaters In The February Allure
Taking some time out from her world tour, country music star Carrie Underwood made time for a stop at Oklahoma City's historic Overholser Mansion for a cover shoot and interview for the February issue of Allure magazine.
The 29-year-old country singer, happily married to Mike Fisher of the National Hockey League's Nashville Predators for two-and-a-half years, discusses why she believes her man will never cheat on her and reaffirms the controversial comments she made about gay marriage during an interview last June.
"We've seen a lot of celebrities, professional athletes, not exactly always being on their best behavior away from girlfriends, wives, families," Carrie tells Allure. "People would say, 'Do you ever worry that -- you know -- he's an athlete, he's young, he's good-looking?' And I've never had to worry about him, because I've never trusted anybody so completely. Or I didn't know the true meaning of trust. He just...he just wouldn't do that."
Underwood believes that her spouse, who she met at one of her concerts back in 2008, is her perfect match.
"[Women] want that person to be everything we've always wanted," she says. "If they're not Prince Charming, we try to make them Prince Charming. But Prince Charming does exist! I found one."
Last summer, the Baptist-raised singer made some comments about gay marriage in Britain's Independent that caused a bit of controversy in her Christian fanbase. She told the paper that she fully supports same-sex unions and couldn't imagine being told she "can't marry somebody" she loves.
"I can't imagine how that must feel," she said. "I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love."
Carrie revisited the topic for her interview with Allure; saying, "I'm in favor of acceptance. And I am a Christian person, and I do love the Lord, and I feel no matter who you are, what you believe, how you live your life, it's not my place to judge.
"I don't have that power. I don't want that power. It's my place to love and to show God's love to other people, even if they don't live a life like I live. So that's where I'm coming from."
The couple now belong to a non-denominational Christian church that's "gay friendly" she says.
"Above all, God wanted us to love others. It's not about setting rules, or [saying] 'everyone has to be like me'. No. We're all different. That's what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on with each other," she explains.
"It's not up to me to judge anybody."
Check out Carrie's full interview and see more pics in the February issue of Allure magazine; and read more at Allure.com.


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UCLA dispatches Pepperdine
LOS ANGELES - UCLA expected to have its fair share of tough games early on: Kansas, Notre Dame, Mississippi State, and a few potential NCAA-Tournament teams in this weekend's 76 Classic.
One week into the season and that list continues to grow. The Bruins turned in another patchy performance Monday before dispelling Pepperdine, 71-52, at Pauley Pavilion.
"I think this whole preseason is what we've needed heading into this tournament," forward Drew Gordon said. "We're going to have our ups and downs and we're on an up right now."
Senior guard Michael Roll and his five assists led UCLA for the third consecutive game. His 17 points and five 3-pointers were just as important. Pepperdine had cut a double-digit deficit to five midway through the second half when Roll connected on his third 3-pointer of the half. He added two assists soon after and another 3-pointer as the Bruins closed the game with a 25-11 run.
UCLA shot above 50 percent (54.3) for the second game in a row. Gordon had a team-high 18 points, nine rebounds and three blocks. Guard Malcolm Lee had 13 points and three steals.
"We all have to keep contributing," Roll said. "Drew opens it up for me and Malcolm. Teams are definitely going to have trouble covering all three of us. At respective times we all have open shots."
UCLA was noticeably tougher on the defensive end, forcing 17 Pepperdine turnovers and holding the Waves to 41 percent shooting. Coach Ben Howland said he was especially pleased with three charges UCLA took.
Reserve point guard Mustafa Abdul-Hamid had 10 points and three assists — all in the second half — as guard Jerime Anderson sat out all but one minute after halftime with leg cramps.
The Bruins, which led 28-20 at halftime, limited Pepperdine guard Keion Bell to three points in the first half but watched as he briefly brought the Waves back. He finished with 22 points.
Howland says last week's loss to Cal State Fullerton in the season opener still hangs over the Bruins (2-1).
"When you get beat you have that sting in your feet," Howland said. "We expect to win. When you lose that game it hurts everybody."
A lawyer for UCLA starter Nikola Dragovic (DRAH-go-vich) says his client will plead not guilty in an assault case that led to his suspension.
Dragovic and a friend were arrested last week on a felony warrant charging them in an October incident in which the basketball player allegedly knocked a man into a glass display case at a Hollywood concert.
Attorney Jon Artz said in a call with reporters Monday that the other person was the aggressor, was drinking heavily and slapped Dragovic's friend.
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Recently I was invited on a tour overseas to meet with other entrepreneurs, investors and philanthropists, and in travelling to different countries, I had to consider the currency I was using.
Being an Australian, I admit that there are so many aspects of Australian money that I just don't know.
As we go on our everyday lives, we often overlook the very interesting and quirky facts about money even though we typically handle our coins, cash and credit cards numerous times each day.
Yet if you're an entrepreneur or business person, wouldn't you like to know a little bit more about money especially when most of us are trying to get more of it?
Weird Facts About Aussie Money
I'm going to specifically use Australia examples of money here because it just relates to me more, and I found it fascinating that there were so many weird things about money that I just didn't know.
For instance, did you know that:
- Before the term "Australian dollar" came about, there were a number of strange currency names that were proposed such as the "roo", the "kwid", the "boomer", the "oz", the "dinkum", the "kanga" and the "austral". At the time, Prime Minister Menzies even influenced the proposals with the "ming" after his nickname and his top suggestion of the "royal". The "dollar" was eventually chosen as the name.
- Australian money notes are made from plastic polymer technology. The polymer note technology was developed in Australia after the Reserve Bank of Australia discovered several instances of counterfeiting of the former $10 paper notes. Australia was the first country worldwide to use a completed system of polymer money notes, and many other countries have since followed Australia's innovation.
- The Australian dollar is one of the most traded currencies in the world. It is well received by currency traders around the globe because of Australia's reputation of relatively high interest rates, a stable political system and economy, less government intervention and diversification in the Asia-Pacific region.
While you may have found these facts to be interesting, let's take a closer look at Australian money, literally.
A Closer Look at Australian Money Notes
There are some very interesting stories that you'll discover if you carefully examine your Australian notes and coins. You'll find that there are a number of Australian icons and famous people, many of which you may not have even learned about before.
Although you'll be pleasantly surprised because if you do some further research, you'll realise that these Aussie icons certainly are "noteworthy" – even for today's business people and entrepreneurs.
Australian $50 Note: David Unaipon, Indigenous Inventor
Take the example of the Australian $50 note. Take out your wallet, and look at your $50 note, and there you'll find the picture of David Unaipon, Australia's own "Leonardo Da Vinci".
He is a famous and inspirational indigenous Australian inventor who used innovations to take out provisional patents for 19 inventions. The most successful of his inventions can be found in the provisional patent 15 624 which was a shearing device that used straight line movements that are used in modern mechanical shears today.
A$20 Note (One Side): Mary Reibey, Successful Businesswoman
Australian businesspeople will be fascinated when they check out the face on a $20 note. There you'll discover the picture of Mary Reibey who gained the reputation of having strong business acumen and charisma as a businesswomen in the early colony of New South Wales. For instance, she ran and expanded a number of shipping operations.
Not only was she a leading business entrepreneur, but she was also involved in a number of social concerns and charitable work during her time, such as philanthropy and leadership in the advancement of education.
A$20 Note (Other Side): John Flynn, Founder of World's First Air Ambulance
Entrepreneurs who are interested in social concerns, especially social entrepreneurs, will want to pay attention to the figure on the other side of the Australian $20 note. The man pictured there is John Flynn who founded the world's first air ambulance which is today known as the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Flynn combined new technologies at the time, including radio and aircraft, in order to provide a more responsive medical service for Australians living in the outback. Flynn helped to grow the air medical service nationwide while being the public face for the organisation and helping to raise funds to continue the work of the service.
More than Just a Piece of Paper
Business and entrepreneurship is often about making more money so that you can grow and expand the enterprise and provide even more value in the form of quality goods and services.
Money does help make the economy of the world go around, but there has been such a complex history and development behind it. There's also very interesting and weird facts about the coins and cash that make up the money system, especially for Australian money.
Most notably, when you examine the pictures of the people that are on the notes of Australian money, you'll discover some very inspirational business leaders, inventors and social entrepreneurs who can inspire us today.


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We would like to officially announce today that we're parting ways with Johan "NaNiwa" Lucchesi after over a year of service in our Alliance family.
Johan was more than just a player for us. He was a champion, an excellent training partner, and kept the foreign hope flame burning. Most importantly, he was a friend.
I remember when I first started managing him last year and during one of our talks he expressed an earnest desire to not only be the best foreign StaCraft II player, but the best in the world. That conversation stuck with me and today I am proud to call him not only one of the best foreign players that have ever competed, but truly one of the best that has ever played the game.
A few weeks ago shortly after withdrawing from ASUS ROG due to an illness, Johan came to me asking if he could take a break from StarCraft II for 4-6 months. During the last couple months, he was having a hard time finding motivation for the game and mentioned that he did not want to go to IEM. After some discussions we came to a mutual agreement that IEM World Championship in Katowice would be his last stage of his career for now as I felt he owed it to himself to compete after playing so hard at IEM New York. I urged him to take the next few days leading up to the event to practice in hopes he would rekindle his flame for the game since IEM is such a prestigious event. Sadly things didn't go as any of us hoped, but we still gave it a shot.
Johan is without a doubt an extremely dedicated, hardworking, and talented player and I certainly believe he still has a lot left in him as a professional. But with his decision to take a break for at least six months to pursue another game, it will no longer be possible for Alliance to keep him on our StarCraft II squad. However, if he were to decide to return to competitive StarCraft II again, we would love to sit down and discuss another future together.
We at Alliance are extremely grateful for his contributions to our team and organization. He will always be part of our [A] family. Johan, we'll definitely miss cheering for you and we wish you nothing but the best in your new adventures.
Kelly Ong Xiao Wei
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Statements from Johan's Teammates:
When me and Johan just joined Alliance, I didn't really know the guy and I did not know what to expect. But after being on the same team with him for over a year, I have grown to respect him immensely and I have really got to see that he is a true competitor and he takes his game very seriously. In person he has never been anything but extremely respectful and friendly and I have come to realize that I will miss cheering for this boy.
Over the last year or two I've gotten to know Johan quite well. The community sees a lot of negative stuff around him which I think is sad. From my perspective there are a lot of good things about Johan and he's one of the pro gamers I have the most respect for. Nothing is black and white and I wish him all the best in whatever he chooses to do from here.
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Also one of the main reasons might be that you did not allow him to go to Korea for practice.
Question, will you [A] consider giving him a second chance if his love for the game comes back and his professional level increases?
I'm glad to see that the over amount of drama does not shine through this post :) For me the whole iem thing kinda felt like they made a duck out of a feather.
Hopefully Nani will get mad and decide to be the best once more!
ggwp to both you Alliance and Nani for all the fun times!
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THANX AGAIN mammas!
I have considered the *pump & drive* I think it mite be worth a try. I hope that I will find out about a new position this week & I think that will be a big help. Im not getting much sleep in the daytime since DS dosnt sleep much And Im sure that dosnt help with milk production.
since my LO sleeps well @ nite (10pm-3am) I think a daytime shift will be better
I do get 2 even 3 letdowns when Im relaxed, the headfones is a GREAT idea Im doin that 4sure
Im back to work tomarro nite so hopefully things will be better this week