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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Sept. 23, 2009) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, ranked second in the world, dropped a heart-breaking five-set match to Cuba 19-25, 16-25, 25-16, 28-26, 15-10 on Wednesday evening in NORCECA Continental Championship Pool B action being held at Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Cuba improves to 2-0 in pool play, while the U.S. falls to 1-1. Team USA, which was playing fifth-ranked Cuba for the first time since the Americans' victory over the island nation during the 2008 Olympic Games semifinals, concludes pool play against No. 30 Costa Rica on Thursday at 6 p.m. (3 p.m. Pacific Time). Earlier today, Mexico (1-1) defeated Costa Rica (0-2) in four sets. The NORCECA Continental Championship concludes Sept. 27 after the quarterfinal round on Sept. 25 and semifinals/classifications on Sept. 26.
The NORCECA Continental Championship winner qualifies for the 2009 FIVB Grand Champions Cup to be held Nov. 10-15 in Japan. Each of the four continental champions earns a spot into the FIVB Grand Champions Cup, along with host Japan and one wild card team.
The U.S. overcame a 15-12 deficit in the opening set using a 4-0 scoring spurt and tallying the final 13 of 17 points to propel it to a 25-19 victory. The Americans jumped to a 7-3 lead in the second set and led 22-12 before settling in on a 25-16 victory. Cuba rebounded to gain a 6-2 advantage in the third set, held off a U.S. charge to close to 12-10 before wrapping up the set at 25-16. The U.S. led 22-20 in the fourth set and had three match points before Cuba bounced back to score the final three points for a 28-26 victory. In the tiebreaking fifth set, Cuba scored the first three points and built a five-point cushion at 9-4 and went on to win 15-10.
"We can learn a lot from tonight and I hope we can meet Cuba again and make the adjustments we need to make," U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon said.
Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa) scored a team-high 16 points in leading the USA with 14 kills on 32 swings, one block and one ace. Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) added 14 points via 12 kills, one ace and one block. Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.) charted seven kills and a block for eight points. Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.) and Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) each scored six points at the middle blocker position. Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio) contributed four points in a reserve role, while Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) rounded out the American scoring with two points apiece.
Berg handled eight assists during the match, while Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.) added three assists in a reserve role all three sets. Larson paced the U.S. defense with 14 digs and 13 excellent receptions on 38 attempts. Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) tallied nine digs to go with 12 excellent receptions on 19 errorless attempts.
McCutcheon started Berg at setter, Metcalf at opposite, Bown and Scott-Arruda at middle blocker and Barboza and Larson at outside hitter. Sykora was the libero for the match. Fawcett and Thompson were involved in double switches in all five sets, while Pressey was a sub in the fourth set.
Cuba out-scored the U.S. 62-47 in kills and 14-7 in blocks, but the Americans benefited from 44 Cuban errors while committing just 21 of its own miscues. The U.S. had a 41.5 excellent service reception percent to Cuba's 46.9 percent. Team USA converted 35.6 percent of its attacks into kills with a .220 hitting efficiency. Meanwhile, Cuba tallied a 42.2 kill percent and .306 hitting efficiency.
Cuba's Nancy Carrillo led all scorers with 23 points through 16 kills, match-high five blocks and two aces. Kenia Carcaces added 17 points on 15 kills and two blocks. Yanelis Santos chipped in 16 points in the victory, while teammate Wilma Salas tacked on 14 points.
The Americans and Cubans are no strangers to meeting on the court, and the matches often go the distance. The U.S. defeated Cuba in three sets during the 2008 Olympic Games semifinals to avenge a pool-play three-set loss in the event. Leading up to the 2008 Olympics, USA and Cuba had engaged in four consecutive five-set matches with both teams winning two.
For the NORCECA Continental Championship, the U.S. is grouped in Pool B with defending champion Cuba, Mexico and Costa Rica. Historically, this year's Pool B participants have ruled the NORCECA Continental Championship with all 20 previous titles. Cuba (1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2007) has won the event 13 times, while the United States (1981, 1983, 2001, 2003, 2005) has won the championship five times and Mexico twice (1969, 1971). Further, USA and Cuba have played against each other in 16 of the last 17 finals.
Bown and Barboza scored consecutive kills to give the U.S. its first lead of the opening set at 3-2, but the lead changed over to Cuba at 6-5 on a Giselle Silva kill. Cuba stretched its advantage to 11-8 which included two kills from Salas. Larson scored an ace at 11-10, only to have Cuba respond with consecutive points to return to a three-point edge at 13-10. The teams traded two-point scoring runs right before the second technical timeout with Cuba leading 15-12. However, the U.S. kicked into gear with kills from Scott-Arruda and Barboza leading to a 4-0 scoring run giving the U.S. a 16-15 lead. Scott-Arruda and Metcalf pocketed back-to-back kills followed by a Cuba error to lift the U.S. in front 20-16. Larson scored consecutive kills giving the U.S. a 22-17 advantage. Larson scored her sixth point of the set at 23-18 and the U.S. went on to win 25-19 on consecutive Cuban errors.
Metcalf scored the first two points of the second set before Cuba regained a tie at 3-all. Bown started a 4-0 U.S. scoring run with a kill followed by three Cuban errors at 7-3. Barboza chipped in back-to-back kills at 9-4. After Cuba cut the gap to three at 9-6, Berg scored an ace and Barboza landed a kill during a 5-0 American spurt at 14-6. Cuba responded with four unanswered points as Santos nailed two aces. However, Team USA put together five straight points with two kills from Larson and a point by Metcalf for a 19-11 advantage. The U.S. lead reached double-digits at 21-11 with a Larson block. Cuba whittled the gap to seven at 22-15 with a Carillo block capping three straight points. Larson and Metcalf contributed consecutive kills to yield set points at 24-15, and Metcalf ended the frame with her sixth kill of the set at 25-16.
Cuba never trailed in the third set as it built an early 6-2 lead and pushed the gap to five points at 12-7. Metcalf served an ace after her own kill followed by a Bown kill to cut the deficit to 12-10. Cuba answered by scoring seven of the next eight points to take a commanding 19-11 lead. Berg served an ace after consecutive Cuba errors to move the U.S. to 20-15. Cuba scored five of the final six points to win 25-16.
Cuba gained an 8-5 lead at the first technical timeout of the fourth set, but Scott-Arruda scored two kills and a block to tie the set at 8-all out of the break. Cuba answered with its own 3-0 run to assume an 11-8 advantage. Trailing 15-12, the U.S. scored four straight points to take a 16-15 lead at the second technical timeout as Bown put up two blocks around two Cuban errors. Cuba regained the lead at 17-16 with a Santos kill and ace. Scott-Arruda gave the Americans the lead back at 19-18 with a block. The U.S. extended the lead to 21-19 with back-to-back kills from Pressey and Larson. Cuba knotted the score at 22-all on a Kenia Carcaces kill. Larson gave the U.S. its first match point with a kill at 24-23. After Pressey gave the U.S. its third match point opportunity with a kill at 26-25, Cuba scored three straight points capped by a Yusidey Silie block at 28-26 to push the match to the tiebreaker.
Cuba jumped to a 3-0 lead in the fifth set as Salas scored two kills and Carrillo added another forcing a USA timeout. Cuba extended its lead to 6-2 as Salas followed up her own kill with an ace. Cuba gained a 9-4 lead after kills from Carrillo and Silva, which led to USA's second timeout of the set. Metcalf put up a block at 9-6 after a Cuba service error. However, the U.S. could only trade points through 13-10 and Cuba scored the final two points.
U.S. Women's National Team Roster for 2009 NORCECA Continental Championship
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Hometown, College)
1 - Nicole Fawcett (OPP, 6-4, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State)
2 - Danielle Scott-Arruda (MB, 6-2, Baton Rouge, La., Long Beach State)
3 - Angie Pressey (OH, 5-8, Lake Mary, Fla., California-Berkeley)
4 - Lindsey Berg (S, 5-8, Honolulu, Hawaii, Minnesota)
5 - Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M)
6 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-6, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
7 - Heather Bown (MB, 6-3, Yorba Linda, Calif., Hawaii)
8 - Cynthia Barboza (OH, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Stanford)
10 - Kristin Richards (OH, 6-1, Orem, Utah, Stanford)
11 - Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
12 - Nancy Metcalf (OPP, 6-1, Hull, Iowa, Nebraska)
13 - Elisha Thomas (MB, 6-3, Grass Valley, Calif., Long Beach State)
16 - Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, Aliquippa, Pa., Penn State)
18 - Courtney Thompson (S, 5-7, Kent, Wash., Washington)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Coach: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.), Tom Pestolesi (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.)
Athletic Trainer: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)
Team Leader/Manager: Carl McGown
2009 NORCECA Continental Championship Schedule
Pool A: Canada, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago
Pool B: Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, United States
Pool A Round Robin
Sept. 22: Canada vs. Dominican Republic, 6 p.m. (Match 3)
Sept. 22: Puerto Rico vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 8 p.m. (Match 4)
Sept. 23: Dominican Republic def. Trinidad & Tobago 25-12, 25-10, 25-7 (Match 6)
Sept. 23: Canada vs. Puerto Rico, 8 p.m. (Match 8)
Sept. 24: Canada vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 2 p.m. (Match 9)
Sept. 24: Puerto Rico vs. Dominican Republic, 8 p.m. (Match 12)
Pool B Round Robin
Sept. 22: USA def. Mexico 25-18, 25-10, 25-13 (Match 1)
Sept. 22: Cuba vs. Costa Rica, 4 p.m. (Match 2)
Sept. 23: Costa Rica vs. Mexico, 2 p.m. (Match 5)
Sept. 23: USA vs. Cuba, 6 p.m. (Match 7)
Sept. 24: Cuba vs. Mexico, 4 p.m. (Match 10)
Sept. 24: USA vs. Costa Rica, 6 p.m. (Match 11)
Sept. 25: 2nd Pool B vs. 3rd Pool A, 6 p.m. (Match 13)
Sept. 25: 2nd Pool A vs. 3rd Pool B, 8 p.m. (Match 14)
Classification 5/8
Sept. 26: 4th Pool A vs. Loser Match 13 or 14, 2 p.m. (Match 15)
Sept. 26: 4th Pool B vs. Loser Match 13 or 14, 4 p.m. (Match 16)
Sept. 26: 1st Pool A vs. Winner Match 13 or 14, 6 p.m. (Match 17)
Sept. 26: 1st Pool B vs. Winner Match 13 or 14, 8 p.m. (Match 18)
Classification 7/8
Sept. 27: Loser Match 15 vs. Loser Match 16, 2 p.m. (Match 19)
Classification 5/6
Sept. 27: Winner Match 15 vs. Winner Match 16, 4 p.m. (Match 20)
Bronze-Medal Match
Sept. 27: Loser Match 17 vs. Loser Match 18, 6 p.m. (Match 21)
Gold-Medal Match
Sept. 27: Winner Match 17 vs. Winner Match 18, 8 p.m. (Match 22)


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Women in politics
Election Day saw some ups and downs for women in local politics.
Tupper Lake voted in its first female town supervisor, Patti Littlefield, and Harrietstown and Franklin voted in the third woman ever to serve on the Franklin County Board of Legislators, Barb Rice, who also currently serves on the Saranac Lake village board.
But at the same time, at least three and maybe all four women were voted off the Essex County Board of Supervisors, which would leave the board without a woman for the first time in more than three decades. In addition, the second woman on the Franklin County board, Sue Robideau, R-Brushton, was unseated.
Women are generally grossly underrepresented on local boards throughout the area. In Essex County, women make up 48.2 percent of the population, and they make up 45.1 percent of the population of Franklin County, according to 2010 census numbers, but women representatives on local municipal boards tend to be the exception rather than the rule. There are currently no women on the Tupper Lake or Lake Placid village boards or the North Elba town board, and there is only one each on the Saranac Lake village and Harrietstown town boards. The Tupper Lake town board seems to be an anomaly with two women on it for the last two years.
"It's important for our elected officials to be representative of the population," Rice told the Enterprise. "I would like to see more women get involved."
Our area fares better on the state and national level, with Betty Little and Janet Duprey representing parts of the Tri-Lakes in the state Senate and Assembly, and U.S. Sen. Kristin Gillibrand being one of two senators representing the state. The North Country also has Sen. Patty Ritchie and Assemblywoman Addie Russell in Albany. Overall, New York ranks 32nd nationally on the list of the proportion of women on state legislatures, with 21.6 percent of the Legislature made up of women, according to Rutgers' Center for American Women and Politics.
Tupper Lake
Some municipalities have a stronger history of female representatives than others.
Though there are no women on it now, the Tupper Lake village board has had a string of female trustees since 1989, including several times when there were two women voted onto the board at the same time. It has only seen one female mayor, Sandy Strader, who was elected to serve two terms in the position starting in 2001, according to village Clerk Mary Casagrain. Casagrain also served one two-year term as trustee in the late 1990s under her maiden name, Mary Edwards.
The town of Tupper Lake has seen fewer women on the board, though Kathy Lefebvre has been a mainstay for several years and Littlefield joined her as a councilwoman two years ago. There was at least one other time when two women served at the same time: Carol Staves and Beth Bierwirth in the late 1990s, town Clerk Laurie Fuller told the Enterprise.
Littlefield said she didn't even realize she would be the first female town supervisor until the day after elections when people were congratulating her at work.
"I think it's darn cool," she told the Enterprise in a Wednesday phone interview. "It's a real honor, and I'm glad I could be the one that made that mark for Tupper Lake.
"When you think about 800 people casting a vote for you in Tupper Lake, that is a lot of good people. It's really amazing. And I don't take that lightly in any shape or form. I think it's a great honor."
She said she keeps thinking about how proud her parents would be, especially her father, who was in politics for most of his short life before he died at the age of 48. His involvement made local politics a part of her life and encouraged her to carry on the legacy and run for office.
"He thought it was important to be part of your community," Littlefield said.
She said she's not sure why more women don't run for office.
"I think it's a nice place to be for a woman who wants to make a difference in their community," she said.
With plenty of work experience in budgeting, business and bidding, Littlefield said she's never felt like she had a hard time finding a place on the board.
She said the key is to be comfortable seeking out information and asking questions in order to have an idea of what's going on. She doesn't feel like she needs to know every detail about how to operate heavy machinery, but she likes to know what the machines are and to have a department head she can ask questions of if necessary.
"I don't like to actually separate men and women in their job," she said. "One can do just as good a job in any field as the other one."
Barb Rice
No woman has served as mayor in Saranac Lake, as far as village Clerk Kareen Tyler is aware. There have been several female trustees recently, including current Trustee Barb Rice.
In January, Rice will also become the only woman on the Franklin County Board of Legislators. She said she's disappointed Robideau was voted off the board before they could work together.
"I think it would have been kind of nice to have another female voice," Rice said. "But, you know, the voters made the decision."
The only other woman to serve on the Board of Legislators was Carol Perry, who represented Malone from 1989 to 1991, according to Jamie Rivers, secretary to the clerk of the board.
Rice said she thinks women are often hesitant to get involved in politics because they think things through more thoroughly, so they have to be invited to run for office multiple times.
"Women tend to be really much more self-critical," she said. "It just doesn't seem to be the same with men. They'll jump in feet first regardless."
Like Littlefield, Rice had a strong role model in her mother Gail, who was one of the few women to serve on the Harrietstown town board and was also president of North Country Community College. Her father Bob was also Harrietstown supervisor at one point. But even with that background, Saranac Lake village Mayor Clyde Rabideau needed to ask her to run for office multiple times before she agreed.
Rice said that tendency of women to carefully think things through and weigh options is part of what makes them good board members, and a good complement to men on municipal boards.
It's also tough for many women who take control of the bulk of household responsibilities, which can often be like a second job in itself, to get involved in politics, which Rice said can become like a third job. She waited until her son was grown and independent before she ran for office, and even then she had to rely on her husband to take care of most of the household responsibilities during campaign season.
Rice is interested in the topic of women in politics, and she recommends the book "Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead," by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, to others who are interested as well. It stresses that women should demand equal treatment and step up to make themselves counted.
Rice noted that even if there are gaps women could fill on the municipal boards in the area, there are plenty of women in the Tri-Lakes in positions of power, like Saranac Lake Central School District Superintendent Diane Fox, Enterprise Publisher Cathy Moore and Adirondack Health CEO Chandler Ralph.
"It's sort of fascinating when you look at it that way," Rice said. "I think we need to fill in a little more of the gaps."
Nichole Meyette
Harrietstown Clerk Patricia Gillmett said no women have served as supervisors there, and she said Gail Rogers Rice may have been the only other woman to serve on the town council before current Councilwoman Nichole Meyette.
"It's historically been a male board," Gillmett said.
Meyette said that despite being active in community organizations, she never expected to get involved in politics because she always had a negative view of them. Like Rice, Rabideau convinced her to run for office, and now that she's on the board, she said she understands the process better and appreciates the opportunity.
She doubted she would ever get elected, but she did. When she first started on the town board, Meyette said she was extremely nervous, but she thinks she proved herself quickly and earned the rest of the board's respect.
"I think it can be very intimidating, even as a strong woman," she said. "I'm a very strong, independent thinker, and I don't get easily intimidated."
Meyette said that in this day and age, she wishes the conversation could stop being about whether women are in politics and shift to being more about what people believe in and how they will represent their constituents. But she recognizes the reality that women are underrepresented, and she realizes that there needs to be more discussion on the topic.
"I hope that in the next few years, we can get past that," Meyette said.
She agrees with Rice that women have a more thorough thought process than many men, and that men and women working together on municipal boards can complement one another.
Shirley Seney
In the village of Lake Placid and town of North Elba, one can't talk about women in politics without mentioning Shirley Seney. Seney was on the school board for about 10 years, then she was a trustee on the village board for a little while before becoming mayor for four years. After that, she ran for town supervisor and lead the town from 1996 to 2007.
"Now I'm just a citizen at home," Seney told the Enterprise. "I really enjoyed every minute that I represented the people of the town of North Elba and the village of Lake Placid and the different areas that I served."
Seney said she never thought she would get into politics when she was growing up, but as an adult she got concerned about a possible new school that was going to be built. She was constantly spieling about it at home, until finally her husband suggested she run for the school board.
"I said, 'I don't know anything about running for school board,'" Seney said. "And I did."
She lost by four votes the first time; then she ran again and won, launching her political career.
"It was a challenge, in that when I would attend different meetings and things where there was mostly men, there was times that I kind of stayed in the background a little bit," Seney said. "But then, as I began to realize what I was there for and what it entailed, I began to get very mouthy. I didn't hold back when I felt like I had something to offer that was worthwhile."
Seney was doing all this when her children were in school, and there were times when she missed things they were doing because of her board duties. But her children supported her, as did her husband.
Being on the Essex County Board of Supervisors as head of the town of North Elba was an extra challenge, Seney said. She felt like she had to get mouthy sometimes to get people to pay attention to her, and the men would say, "Oh God, here she goes again."
"I really had to stand firm on what I believed in, and I'd kind of lobby some of the guys beforehand, and then they'd roll their eyes," she said. "But you know, I had a lot of support. I never, ever remember being degraded. They were gentlemen."
Essex County
Seney was on the Essex County board at the same time as two other strong North Country female politicians: Joyce Morency, who represented St. Armand from 1982 to her death earlier this year, and Teresa Sayward, who represented Willsboro and went on to represent the area in the state Assembly.
Morency started on the board only two years after the first two women were elected to it: Mildred Dobie, who represented North Hudson from 1980 to 1995, and Florence Hathaway, who represented Willsboro from 1980 to 1987, according to board Clerk Judy Garrison.
Since those women started, there has always been at least one woman on the board, but January could be the first time the board doesn't have a single woman on it. Ticonderoga town Supervisor Deb Malaney, Essex Supervisor Sharon Boisen and Elizabethtown Supervisor Margaret Bartley all lost Tuesday to male challengers.
Minerva Supervisor Sue Montgomery-Corey lost at the polls to Stephen McNally, but only by a difference of eight votes. There's a chance she could still retain her seat, since 37 absentee ballots were sent out for that town and the Board of Elections has received 23 back, Election Commissioner Mark Whitney told the Enterprise. Whitney and his colleagues have to wait until Nov. 13 to start counting absentee ballots, and any that come in before then with a Nov. 4 or earlier postmark will also be counted.
Encouraging others
All the women the Enterprise talked to said they wish more women would run for office, and that it's been a rewarding experience in their lives.
"I think our elected officials should be representative of the population, and that just isn't the case at this point on the local level or even on the national level," Rice said.
Rice said it's especially important to get women involved at the local level because politicians can rise from there to state and national positions, where women can have more control over issues like child welfare, health care and education – issues that are especially important to women.
"It is clear that we need to be more proactive in recruiting women, we need to find ways to support women who choose to run for office, and we need to start early," Rice told the Enterprise. "Young women need to see themselves as viable candidates, and in order for that to happen they need role models. The more women we elect to office, the more likely we will be to get other women to consider it."
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Edmund Truell on pensions, public life, and how he'll save £17bn
Edmund Truell, the City financier set to become chairman of London's public pension fund, has said the UK could save £17bn over five years if more of the country's public funds were merged or consolidated - an estimate that formed the centrepiece of his robust performance before a confirmation hearing by London politicians last week.
In initial comments setting out his stall, Truell, who was proposed for the £31,000-a-year part-time post by London Mayor Boris Johnson, told the members of the Greater London Assembly on Monday: "This is a very significant win that we can achieve."
He said: "By reducing the cost of administration you can reduce the burden on taxpayers as much as 90% in terms of annual running costs. If you could roll that our across the entirety of the UK public sector, one has calculated that the savings could be £17bn over five years. That is an enormous gain, and would pay for the Olympics a couple of times over."
Truell said one of the reasons he was attracted to the role at the £4.2bn London Pensions Fund Authority was that its executive team, led by Mike Taylor, has taken "pioneering steps" to further this consolidation agenda, by taking on contracts to run other public pension funds, including the fund for Hertfordshire County Council and several London boroughs.
In a wide-ranging hour-and-a-half session before 10 of London's Assembly Members, Truell set out his thoughts on a wide range of pensions and investment issues, doing enough to win unanimous backing from the committee's Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green members.
Here, Financial News takes a look at some of his thoughts:
• Truell on the pensions industry
"I don't know if any of you have ever had statements from your pension providers, but I got one from a well-known Scottish insurance company, and I did not understand it. So I took it to two other chief executives of insurance companies, and they didn't understand it either.
"That is completely unacceptable. We cannot be operating with our cards that close to our chests. I want people to understand the bad news as well as the good news and that would be one of my key objectives."
• Truell on climate change
"I should declare an interest here as chairman of the Sustainable Technology Fund. I am an absolute ardent believer that we should be looking at sustainability in all the businesses in which one invests, not just the ones labelled 'clean tech' or 'green'. It is good business."
• Truell on public life
John Biggs, the Labour AM chairing the hearing, raised laughter when he enquired if Truell was "too much of a gamekeeper turned poacher". Truell, smiling, replied: "I'm pleased you put it that way. Some might say I was a poacher turned gamekeeper".
• Truell on infrastructure
"I think this is an area that has been very poorly addressed by UK pension funds and the UK financial community. The pension funds have not got the conduits through which these investments can be made. One of the great advantages of the LPFA, and opportunities to aggregate a number of different pension funds, is that these can then afford a significant allocation of money into these activities.
"I don't want to be preemptive, but infrastructure and sustainable infrastructure is absolutely on my list of asset classes in which I would like to see the pension fund put some real work into seeing what we can deliver."
• Truell on the gender-equality agenda
"I think we need to look at how advertising of jobs is undertaken in that respect. I would expect us to have more women [on the pension fund's board], I would expect us to have more people from international backgrounds, and not just the 'pale male', or whatever the phrase is."
• Truell on Boris
Asked whether he was the kind of person who could "look the Mayor in the eye and say no", Truell replied: "I think people who have dealt with me over the years would not have any hesitation in worrying about my ability to say no. I am not shy about putting my views forward."


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Skip to comments.Venezuela Nationalizes French-Colombian Retailer Exito
Posted on 01/17/2010 1:36:09 PM PST by Cheap_Hessian
CARACAS (Dow Jones)--President Hugo Chavez ordered Sunday the seizure of a French-owned retail chain on accusations that it raised prices after Venezuela devalued the currency by half.
"Until when are we going to allow this to happen?" Chavez asked during his Sunday television program in reference to the alleged price hike by Almacenes Exito, headquartered in Colombia and controlled by French retailer Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (CO.FR).
The Venezuelan leader said that new law may need to be approved to carry out the nationalization. "I'm waiting for the new law to begin the expropriation process," he said. "There's no going back," he added.
Almacenes Exito saw some of its stores closed this week by government authorities on accusations that it was increasing prices regardless of Chavez's orders that retailers were not to adjust prices after he devalued the currency to 4.3 bolivars per dollar from the previous rate of VEF2.15.
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I am sure 'Zero' is watching and taking detailed notes.
This move hasn't made Citgo gas any cheaper has it?
This whole thing should end badly for Chavez and my prediction at the beginning of the year stands, by the end of the year he's either dead or gone from the country.
I wonder about the American companies. Procter and Gamble for instance. Do they still make Pampers on Hugoland
I always think 'nationalizes' should be in quotes. You can call your theft what you like, but you're still nothing but a common thief.
Hmmm Chavez will take the retailers bank accounts, Real Estate Property, fixtures, and stock of goods. But how does Chavez restock the store shelves?
Next year the headline will be as follows:
President Obama and DemocRATS ordered Sunday the seizure of all privately-owned retail chains on accusations that they raised prices after Federal Reserve devalued the dollar by half.
Obama seems to want to nationalize the auto industry, banking, and investment bank sector. Nice place for Democrat Politicians to land like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. All political contribution will be directed to Democrats.
Considering the actions of our current President, Americans need to STFU when it comes to Chavez Nazi actions.
Comerso, a new government-run retail chain which seeks to sell its products at "socialist" prices
Chavez is forcing retailers to keep prices below cost despite devaluation, at least until the coming Venezuelan election is over. He doesn't want shoppers to see the real devastation to their savings and income. So he makes an example of one foreign retail firm to bully the others. No doubt store shelves are emptying fast because imported goods are not arriving at the ports. Chavez was bullying Toyota to assemble more vehicles, fat chance they will send many parts. lol
Vendors who export to Venezuela can sell as long as they have a letter of credit confirmed by an American bank.
My experience is that American manufacturers in Venezuela use raw materials such as the elastic in Pampers that is made in America
My experience with the French is that they buy from offices in France and source where stuff is cheap. Hugo lost the purchasers by closing the stores
My favorite recent Hugo stunt was when he announced that the wildly popular Venezuelan soap operas, known as culebrones, are now going to have to be based on "socialist themes." Sounds exciting!
They used to be Venezuelan versions of "Dallas," all sex and bling. So maybe now they'll show socialist sex offered by citizens to the commissars to increase their coffee ration, and socialist bling where Hugo steals all the private property? Those are socialist themes allright...
Chavez knows he is an idiot. He just cut the value of their money in half, of course prices have to adjust. They are going to end up with nothing but Hugo-Marts and what they sell will be unpredictable, like everything else Hugo touches.
I hope France slaps sanctions on Venezuela.
They are going to end up with nothing but Hugo-Marts
But every kitchen will have a rice cooker...
Maybe not now but within five years if socialist
progress continues.
If I were the French I'd set fire to the stores and say screw Chavez. Bunch of socialist thugs they ought to be hunted like dogs and strung up for crimes against liberty and humanity.
Only the military can take him out now.
Chavez's end will come quickly during the night. The country will celebrate. Hollywood will cry.
Exito should have went Francisco d'Anconia a long time ago. Too late now.
"Comerso, a new government-run retail chain which seeks to sell its products at "socialist" prices"
And they'll become just like the Soviet GUM store, where the prices are so high that only High Party Officials and the Well-connected Rich can afford to shop there.
The Peons will be forced on to the Black market for every day goods.
Welcome to Socialism!
French socialism meet Venezuela socialism.
Venezuela is a big importer. Either prices go up or the shelves are empty. Which does he prefer?
He owns the military....
He owns the military....
DEAD is the preference of freedom-loving Venezuelans and sane Americans.
I'll even send him some flowers - poison sumac.
I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. — Mark Twain
Eventually of course it falls apart. Then you blame the United States.
Chavez hasn't come up with anything new.
What Chavez does today, Obama does tomorrow.
Problem for Chavez: the goods are imported!!! lol
Chavez will blame the US of course. International Businesses will export to Venezuela or Venezuela retailers but will demand cash terms. The retailers will then face the dilemma of selling goods at a loss or face nationalization. The government businesses can sell at a loss as economics is immaterial when the welfare of the people is at stake. Viva la Revolución ! lol
All the corporations who suffer from nationalization of their investments in Venezuela should come to invest in Honduras. Their investments are safe here.
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Although macro issues are integral to social work, students continue to struggle with the acquisition of knowledge and skills pertaining to larger systems. Educators have developed innovative methods to integrate learning across systems of various sizes however it appears an imbalance persists. This challenge is supported by baccalaureate student responses to a social work program evaluation. Four years of data from 295 undergraduate students revealed that they felt less prepared to practice with larger, macro systems. Changes in curriculum to reflect collaboration and holism, and more research are needed to adequately provide macro learning and macro practice opportunities within the generalist model and in the context of the current socio-economic-political environment.
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U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Anne C. Richard, and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance Nancy Lindborg visited a refugee camp for Syrians in Turkey. While there, they met with Turkish partners and assistance providers to discuss the needs of Syrian refugees and ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts.
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Katie Morrison was a trailblazer. She told a story of watching the Wisconsin State Legislature in action and coming to the conclusion that she could do that too. At the time, 1974, she was teaching at UW Platteville. A year later she was sworn in as the first woman to be elected to the Wisconsin State Senate.
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Most organizations place a strong focus on intrusion prevention technologies and not enough effort into detective technologies. Prevention of malicious attacks is ideal, but detection is mandatory in combatting cyber threats. Security vendors will only provide blocking signatures when there is a near zero false-positive rate. Because of this, there are signatures that are not implemented resulting in false-negatives from ones security devices. This paper provides a look at tools that can be used to improve the detection of attackers at every phase of their attack. The intelligence learned from these attacks allows one to defend against these known attack vectors. This paper will look at a variety of open-source network IDS capabilities and other analysis tools to look at preventing and detecting attacks earlier in the cyber kill chain.
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Going from technical guru to Information Security Manager can be a bigger step than you might think. Taking on the role of IT Security Officer in an enterprise that treats information security as an IT problem can offer many challenges and many opportunities to learn.
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The task of designing a secure infrastructure for IIS 5.0 web servers within a DMZ is difficult enough. Securing an existing DMZ becomes exponentially more difficult due to the added requirement of retrofitting those currently working servers with more appropriate security settings, policies and operational procedures while not adversely affecting website or application availability and keep costs to a minimum throughout the process.
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Security Education for Users: A Starting Place for Network Administrators by Blou Baker - July 23, 2001
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iHerb Customer Reviews
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Don't waste money buying this product!
Posted by Supplementsdiy on Nov 17, 2013
This is the first detox product that I had used. What is appealing about this product it is a 3 in 1 cleanse, instead of having to do a separate colon, liver and kidney detox separately. During the entire process (10 days), I don't feel anything at all. This made me wonder if this product was either super gentle or did not work at all. Having personally tried Dr Schulze's detox programme (known to be one of the strongest, if not strongest), I would say that this product does not work at all. The product does contain magnesium stearate in #1 & 3. Whether there is any health effects from magnesium stearate like claimed, it is highly debateable. Pricewise, it is very cheap that if it works for you. Check out my page for more reviews!
Don't Bother
Posted by Reviewer3336698 on Nov 13, 2007
Did the cleanse and it made no difference in any way whatsoever to my life. No changes in skin, moods, headaches, etc. It did make bowel movements a little easier after about 5 days of drinking that horrible sludge. I would highly advise this is a big WASTE OF MONEY!!!!!!!
I Do NOT Recommend this...
Posted by Reviewer2998582 on Apr 12, 2009
I found no difference whatever after using this product. The only thing I noticed was I continually felt bloated and gassy - not fun!
The Perfect Dud!!
Posted by Reviewer2678051 on May 31, 2009
How do you spell, C-O-N-S-T-I-P-A-T-I-O-N!! I did not even complete this 10 day cleanse. On day one I felt some rumbling, and the next day was anticipating the bowel movement as the instructions stated, but that did not occur. On day four I felt constipated and let my intestinal tract work itself out by eating foods high in fiber (did not wish to go the way of the laxative). Obviously, this cleansing product did not work for me. I commend iHerb for its fast shipping and really great product offering.
Didn't work for me
Posted by Reviewer1332203 on Apr 29, 2008
I am very regular in regards to elimination. No problems at all. I made the soup you are to eat and followed all the instructions. I had no movement for almost 3 days and then got the runs and could not leave the house. I stopped taking the product after 4 days as it was making my stomach very noisy. Try a different product. If I could give 0 stars, I would have.
I have had way better cleanses
Posted by Reviewer1505454 on Nov 18, 2008
I did not feel that cleanse worked as well as some other brands I have tried.
Garden of Life
Posted by Reviewer1898861 on Jan 18, 2009
I can only take one pill at a time. The next morning my hands shake and I feel sick. I don't know which one of the three make me sick. I take half of the scoop of powder. Ute
Not sure about this one.
Posted by Reviewer2701274 on Mar 06, 2009
Used this cleanse for 10 days - honestly I did not notice any difference. Initially the first 2-3 days I had to get up during the night to urinate - but other than that nothing different.
Posted by Reviewer1500452 on Apr 27, 2008
I didn't care for the product
Perfect cleanse
Posted by kight02 on May 21, 2013
I would not purchase this product again mainly because of the way you have to take it at a certain time before meals and then so many minutes after your meal at night. Then another before bedtime. I find Whole Body Cleanse to be easier and works really well These are personal opinions and I still have some of this product left because I got frustrated and ordered a more convenient cleanse. I did not feel it worked well even when I remembered to take it.
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