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Economist Paul Seabright is fascinated by human cooperation. Mistrust and violence are in our genes, he says, but abstract, symbolic thought permits us to accept one another as "honorary relatives"—a remarkable arrangement that ultimately underlies every aspect of modern civilization.
In developing these ideas for his latest book—The Company of Strangers: A Natural History of Economic Life—Seabright traveled widely, especially in Eastern Europe and Asia. He currently lives in southwest France, where he teaches economics at the University of Toulouse.
American Scientist Online managing editor Greg Ross interviewed Seabright by e-mail in March 2005.
You point out that human society has led us to interact as strangers only in the last 10,000 years, while we still carry deeper instincts toward violence and suspicion of outsiders. How fragile is the social contract?
How full is the glass? It can seem extraordinary that the vast complexity of human cooperation—from road traffic patterns to markets, the Internet and the systems that keep our houses and cities safe—should rest on nothing more solid than social convention, as though civilization were founded purely on table manners. I may think my property is secure and my life reasonably protected, but that is only because the rest of the world has agreed, for the time being, to let them be so. And what people have agreed to respect today they can agree to violate tomorrow. Yet it is just as remarkable how robust many of our conventions turn out to be in practice. Partly this is because conventions govern our reactions to people as roles and not just as individuals—an assassinated president can be replaced by a vice president, and the system as a whole can go on functioning, with people listening to the new president much as they would have listened to the old. Partly it is because the hydra of social life has too many heads to be easily incapacitated: The conventions that sustain our physical security are not coordinated in one place, such as the U.N. or the Pentagon, but are the result of billions of individual decisions concerning how we react to neighbours, friends and colleagues. Some circumstances—the genocide in Rwanda, for instance—upset those conventions radically, so that neighbours, friends and colleagues become each others' greatest threat. But those circumstances are—fortunately—rare, and the capacity of societies to recover from them has historically proved remarkable.
It seems a huge gamble for our early ancestors to risk trusting each other. Even if they could calculate the potential benefits of cooperation, the outcome was uncertain and our nature is quite violent. How do you think that first experiment took place?
It doubtless took place many millions of times, and led to millions of unrecorded tragedies. The first itinerant traders of prehistory may have lacked the panache of great warriors, but they are among the true heroes of our civilization. Two things must have tipped the balance: need and familiarity. Need because many isolated hunter-gatherer groups lived a very precarious existence, with starvation perpetually threatening, along with other costs of isolation, such as inbreeding. Of those that took the risk of reaching out towards strangers, many must have regretted their temerity. But those that succeeded—perhaps only a few of those that tried—thrived and spread, and became the ancestors of everyone alive today. What helped them to win the trust of strangers would have been to play upon familiarity—behaving in ways that are like the ways we behave towards our family and friends. That's why we smile at strangers, just as babies smile at their mothers. That's why we invite strangers to eat with us, because the common table is the centre of family existence. Mastering the mimicry of family interaction must have helped enormously to interact safely with unfamiliar people.
No one directed the evolution of society; the institutions we have are simply the ones that were tried and proved viable. Are there other theoretical paths we could have chosen?
Some turning points in our social evolution seem luckier than others. Agriculture was independently adopted at least seven times in different parts of the world, suggesting that prior conditions made it highly likely, if not inevitable. And agriculture, by making us sedentary, made it more or less inevitable that we would evolve some kinds of institution to mediate our dealings with strangers. It also allowed for the increases in population that enabled us to colonise a wide variety of habitats and thereby become less dependent on the vicissitudes of nature in the woodland savanna where we first evolved. On the other hand, the mutations that made modern Homo sapiens so very different from our hominid ancestors and cousins seem very contingent indeed. And there were probably many periods when the human population was so low that our survival owed a great deal to sheer luck (after all, several other promising hominid species did not survive). So, yes, we might never have become an agricultural, social species, though perhaps only if we never had the genetic mutations that gave rise to modern Homo sapiens. And once we did, it was probably inevitable that we would have hierarchy, warfare, slavery, markets and religion (and perhaps also, sooner or later, take-out pizza and Sex and the City). But these might have taken very different forms than they did—just as they have taken widely different forms throughout history.
It seems we've gone beyond trust and into mutual reliance. Today many people would starve without trade.
Certainly they would—but that doesn't mean they are necessarily more exposed to risk than they would be without trade. Historically, trade has been a great way of spreading risk, since it makes any one community less vulnerable to geographically concentrated disasters. Most self-sufficient communities in history have had much higher mortality rates from disease and starvation than we do from all causes combined. Many countries that have espoused strategies of self-sufficiency have had cause to regret it—because, for instance, the absence of export goods makes them unable to import supplies when their own harvests fail.
There are externalities—pollution, or the poor management of shared resources like water. But we devise rules to address even these. This seems so abstract as to be almost altruistic—some people "vote green" even though they have no immediate personal stake in the issue.
Our rules for addressing externalities are of mixed effectiveness—some work well, but others amount to little more than pious injunctions that make us feel guilty without effectively coordinating our behaviour. One great advantage of price measures (such as charging for water) is that they give us a personal stake in conservation: We use water only if the benefits are really more important to us than the "opportunity cost" (the next most important thing we could do with it). They thereby also economize on our altruism, allowing us to focus our civic-mindedness on other areas where pricing measures are not feasible or don't work well.
Terrorism directly challenges the trust between strangers. You point out that most modern societies would survive the assassination of a leader or the destruction of a symbolic target. But terrorists also sow fear and mistrust among a general population. How serious is this threat?
Terrorists are not average or typical people, but in modern society we depend upon so many others that we have to worry not just about their reliability "on average"; the whole chain of our dependencies can be threatened by just one weak link. So, yes, terrorists benefit from a multiplier effect: A single act of violence can frighten millions or billions of us. On the other hand, terrorists are skilful symbolic manipulators, often making us afraid in ways that bear little relation to objective risks. In today's world you are 20 times as likely to die from a stranger's infectious disease as from a violent act. The guy in the subway clutching a holdall and muttering imprecations may do you much less harm than the placid-looking businessmen who, unknown to both you and him, has just contracted avian flu. This doesn't take away from the seriousness of terrorism, but it underlines how keeping it in check requires initiatives in the realm of ideas and not just of surveillance and repression. We can never eliminate entirely the threat of violence on our streets, but wise political leadership can do a lot to make sure the threat does not paralyze us.
As a species, we're prone to arms races—when one group promotes its security, other groups feel less secure. Can we overcome the modern mistrust among ideologies? What outcome do you see?
One of the difficulties of ideological competition is that many ideologies blur the extent to which we have common material interests that transcend group membership, by holding out the promise of a victory over rivals, whether phrased in terms of class struggle or jihad or the Second Coming. That may be why we evolved to be susceptible to ideologies—by making us less willing to compromise, ideologies make us fight harder to hold on to what we have. In the zero-sum competition that must have characterized many hunter-gather encounters in resource-scarce habitats, that may have been very adaptive—fanatical fighters were probably more useful to the tribe than negotiators (let alone reflective philosopher types) and were probably more successful in impressing females as a result. But today, when global interdependence means that almost none of our encounters with rival groups have this zero-sum character, we need to find ways to overcome our fatal emotional weakness for narratives that entice us with the prospect of eliminating our rivals entirely. That means finding a more explicitly businesslike way of speaking about ideological competition—what does the Islamic world need from the West, for instance, and can we find ways to make that possible, compatibly with what we need from the Islamic world? Can we do deals? The language of deals doesn't have much panache or passion, and that is precisely why we need it.
Have these ideas affected your own daily life? When you watch the news today, do you see it differently?
Watching the news can sometimes make the veneer of civilized behaviour displayed by politicians seem very thin indeed. The biggest impact has come from my sense that the capacity for violence is quite close to the surface in most of us, especially in men. When I read about soldiers who commit atrocities in wartime, for instance, I wonder how likely I would have been to act differently. The fragility of our defenses against our violent nature makes it all the more important, obviously, to strengthen those defenses we have (including through social condemnation of violence). But we should not be naively surprised at the consequences when we place young men in situations from which most of the social defenses against violence and aggression have been removed.
In terms of a more humdrum influence on my daily life, I complain a little less than I used to when a train is late or the bakery runs out of bread, as I have become more conscious of how strange it is that we should ever expect modern society to work at all.
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Tolls on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are going up for the seventh straight year.
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The leak shut down two streets in downtown Youngstown Tuesday.
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New Music: Coheed and Cambria, Flying Lotus and Ben Gibbard
We round up the best three albums coming out this month including Coheed and Cambria, Flying Lotus and Ben Gibbard.
Until the Quiet Comes - Flying Lotus
Ever since we came back from Lollapalooza, we've been anticipating the fourth Flying Lotus studio album, Until the Quiet Comes. The album marries the past and present of music beautifully by giving a heartfelt nod to Steven Ellison's great-aunt and -uncle, Alice and John Coltrane, through keys, string harp and bass, and mixing in the 21st century techno sound fans of Flying Lotus are used to. Explained as "a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies" by Ellison himself, the album, which features guests Erykah Badu, Laura Darlington, Niki Randa, Thundercat and Thom Yorke, will certainly become the new soundtrack to your daydreams. Buy here.
Former Lives - Ben Gibbard
Known as the frontman of Death Cab for Cutie, Gibbard won't be spreading his wings with his first solo album; he'll be reminiscing on the past. "These songs span eight years, three relationships, living in two different places, drinking then not drinking," he said of the dozen tracks on Former Lives. "They're a side story, not a new chapter. In Death Cab, we've always been very specific," Gibbard explained. "We record for the album and then maybe two or three more. When I'm home between records my only job is writing songs. So when I get up in the morning, what else am I gonna do?" Former Lives is out October 16th; upcoming shows can be found here.
The Afterman - Coheed and Cambria
The first half of Coheed and Cambria's double album The Afterman, which paints the life of celebrated cosmonaut/astronomer Sirius Amory who lives in Coheed and Cambria's mythical universe, is set to release October 9th. "With all of our older albums, my thing was always figuring out how to fit my life into the Amory Wars concept," Claudio Sanchez said. "I knew where each one sat in terms of the story. Whereas with this one, I allowed my life — my experiences and what I was going through — to frame the concept." The second half of the album is expected to drop in February 2013. Pre-order here.


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A 33-year-old Sulphur man is in the hospital and facing numerous charges after leading police on a high-speed chase, authorities said.
Sulphur Police Department spokesman Mel Estess said Jason Goodwin, of Maple Street, has been charged with resisting an officer with force or violence, DWI, running a red light, hit-and-run driving, careless operation, driving under suspension and felony possession of marijuana.
Estess said officers responded to reports of a reckless driver at 8:14 p.m. on Tuesday.
"When the officer arrived he located a Goodwin," Estess said in a Wednesday news release. "When Goodwin saw the officer he attempted to back down the street and hit a trash can. The driver then proceeded towards the officer, who gave verbal commands to stop. Goodman attempted to drive around the police unit and struck the door of the unit, pinning the officer to the door."
Goodman struck a mailbox and ran a red light before losing control and crashing into a utility pole at the intersection of US 90 and Beglis Parkway, Estess said.
Estess said Goodman was transported to a local hospital with serious injuries while the officer was treated and later released.


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Single mothers' life is hard. They raise and take care of their children alone. They also face life alone. They might still have a good job to fulfill their and their children's needs, but how about their emotional especially if many people underestimate and criticize them? This is usually hard for them to face. To survive, you should follow these tips: » Read more: Survival Tips for Single Mothers
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Planning to divorce with your spouse you might have household problems that can't be solved anymore. You need to submit your claim to the court so your divorcing problems will be finished well. In this case, if you decide to divorce, you have to find the right attorney that can support you during divorcing process at court. Some tips that are going to be explained below will be able to help you in finding attorney. » Read more: Tips on Finding the Right Divorce Attorney
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Nowadays, the numbers of divorced couple keep increasing properly in all around the world. People have their own reason when they decide to divorce their spouse. The most common reason might be their spouse have affair with another person. This is very reasonable so that's why people choose divorce as the best solution. On the other hand, the characters' difference also becomes common cause if people are not able to solve their household problems anymore. » Read more: Bad Effects of Divorce


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This Morning: Meet, Tweet, Repeat with Apple, Questioning OLED, Cheers for TMUS
Here are some things going not this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up $8.60, or 1.8%,a t $485.35, after activist investor Carl Icahn a short while ago tweeted "Had a cordial dinner with Tim last night," meaning Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, "We pushed hard for a $150 billion buyback. We decided to continue dialogue in about three weeks." Apple is already undertaking the biggest buyback in corporate history, $60 billion over three years.
Icahn plans to talk on CNBC at noon, Eastern, today.
Shares of organic light-emitting diode technology maker Universal Display (OLED) are down $1.91, or almost 6%, at $30.12, after Canaccord Genuity's Jonathan Dorsheimer cut his rating on the shares to Sell From Hold, and cut his price target to $19 from $30, despite raising his estimates, writing that his most bullish case for what the company would make off of television set, smartphone, and tablet use of OLED materials doesn't support the valuation.
"Under these assumptions we calculate between $775M and $1.3B in discounted cumulative cash flows. These figures compare to the firm's current enterprise value of $1.23B – meaning a somewhat generous base case computes a fair value 37% below current market value and a very generous bull case which is only 5% above the current market value."
Shares of Microsoft (MSFT) are up 26 cents, or 0.7%, at $33.54, as Citigroup's Walter Pritchard this morning reiterated a Buy rating on the shares and a $35 price target, writing that the ultimate naming of someone to replace Steve Ballmer as CEO will be a "binary" event: either it'll be someone who continues "business as usual," or an "unaffiliated outsider" who might reduce spending on the "devices and consumer" business and thus cause investors to look more at the sum of the parts at Microsoft.
Craig Moffett of the boutique firm MoffettNathanson, this morning raised his rating on Verizon Communications (VZ) to Neutral, writing that a decline in the shares no longer made it a compelling short. He continues to recommend T-Mobile USA (TMUS) as his preferred telecom pick. Verizon shares are up 14 cents at $46.81.
Speaking of T-Mobile, Oppenheimer & Co.'s Tim Horan raised his rating on the shares to Outperform from "Perform," citing "an improved postpaid churn trajectory, better than expected cost savings, and signs that pricing will remain stable for the foreseeable future."
T-Mobile stock is up 45 cents, or 1.7%, at $26.42.
Shares of Symantec (SYMC) are down 17 cents, or 0.7%, at $24.58, after the company late yesterday said its CFO, James Beer, is leaving to become CFO of McKesson (MCK). Israel Hermandez of MKM Partners this morning reiterates a Buy rating on Symantec shares, writing that "Mr. Beer is a holdover from prior management regimes (prior CEO's John Thompson & Enrique Salem) and has had a mixed reputation with investors given Symantec's relative underperformance from 2006-2012 so his resignation, in some circles, will likely be viewed as a longer-term positive. "


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One of the new-found "fans" of the Boston Red Sux who has limited to no knowledge of the game of baseball, and who buys expensive and scarce tickets to the ball game because of the frat-party like atmosphere, and so he or she can brag of their allegiance around the water cooler. The pink hatter is so named because their team apparrel purchases are unconventional in color, and are merely chosen in an attemp to call attention to themselves and their amplified hipster factor. Pink hatters can be found in the ballpark taking the seat of a more interested and less casual fan that was unable to get a ticket.
Did you see the movie Fever Pitch where Drew Barrymore gets hit in the head by a baseball at a game because she is using her lap-top computer? That scene was meant to be humorous, but it made light of the serious problem of the confluence of pink hatters to Fenway Park. Geez, bandwagon fannery has certainly gotten out of control.
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Opera Orchestra of New York to Present ANDREA CHENIER at Avery Fisher Hall, 1/6
The Opera Orchestra of New York presents an opera-in-concert performance of Umberto Giordano's verismo opera, Andrea Chénier conducted by Music Director Alberto Veronesi at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 4:00 pm. Tenor Roberto Alagna sings the title role of Andrea Chénier, one of opera's most dramatic lyric-tenor roles, for the first time, with soprano Kristin Lewis as Maddalena di Coigny, baritone George Petean as Carlo Gérard, with a special appearance by mezzo soprano Rosalind Elias as Madelon.
Single tickets priced from $35 to $165 can be purchased online by visiting www.operaorchestrany.org, www.lincolncenter.org, or by calling CenterCharge at 212-721-6500.
Andrea Chénier is based on the life of French poet, André de Chénier, who was wrongfully imprisoned and executed during the French Revolution. Set around the time of the Revolution, the opera tells the story of a love triangle formed by the poet Chénier, the aristocratic Maddalena, and her family's servant, Gérard that ultimately ends in the death of two lovers. Maddalena has been sending anonymous love letters to Chénier. Gérard, who has not expressed his feelings for Maddalena and is unaware of her writings to Chenier, joins the Revolution, climbs the ranks and sets out to marry Maddalena. Meanwhile, Chénier stays in France after the Reign of Terror in order to find out who has been sending him love letters and eventually learns that it is Maddalena. After Gérard discovers that his friend Chénier is the recipient of the letters, Gérard makes false accusations against Chénier in order to get rid of him and make Maddalena his own. Maddalena tries to save Chénier from death by offering herself to Gérard, but when Gérard fails to stop the execution, Maddalena secretly takes the place of another prisoner and dies with Chénier.
Last performed by the Opera Orchestra of New York in 1988 led by then Music Director Eve Queler, Andrea Chénier is best known for its lead tenor role with four arias including "Come un bel di di maggio. Maddalena's aria "La Mama Morta" was made famous in popular culture when the aria, sung by Maria Callas, was featured in the 1993 movie "Philadelphia" starring Tom Hanks.
Tenor Roberto Alagna http://www.robertoalagna.net/en/, praised for his radiant and luminescent voice, made his Opera Orchestra and Carnegie Hall debut in 2010 in the double bill of Massenet's La Navarraise and Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana. Born in France of Sicilian parents, Mr. Alagna began singing cabaret in Paris, and has since gone on to become one of today's leading tenors. In recent years Mr. Alagna has been an advocate of neglected French operas from Massenet's Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame to new works such as his brother David Alagna's Le dernier jour d'un condamné. Mr. Alagna has a vast discography on Deutsche Grammophon. His recent recordings include an album in honor of Luis Mariano titled Sicilien, and Pasión. He is currently singing one of his signature roles, Radamès, in Aida at the Metropolitan Opera.
Soprano Kristin Lewis http://www.kristinlewis.de/, a native of Little Rock Arkansas, will make her Opera Orchestra debut in the role of Maddalena. Ms. Lewis, a two-time national finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions, now lives in Vienna and has performed in many European opera houses including Vienna Staatsoper, the l'Opéra de Paris, the Arena di Verona, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and the Bayerische Staatsoper.
Romanian baritone George Petean makes his Opera Orchestra of New York debut as Gerard. Following his Romanian debut in the title role of Don Giovanni in 1997, Mr. Petean has performed with leading European companies including Covent Garden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opera de Paris Bastille and Rome Opera, among others, and he was a permanent soloist at Hamburg State Opera from 2002-2010. Mr. Petean made his Metropolitan Opera debut as Marcello in La Bohème in 2010 and has since performed Valentin in the Met's Faust.
Mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias has had one of the longest and continuous careers in operatic history. She has performed more than fifty leading roles throughout the world, including with the Metropolitan Opera, where she created the role of Charmian in Antony and Cleopatra at the Met during its first Lincoln Center season, as well as with San Francisco Opera, Washington Opera, LA Opera, Vienna State Opera and Paris Opera. After more than 60 years on the operatic stage, she made her Broadway debut in 2011 as Heidi in the Tony-nominated production of Sondheim's Follies. Ms. Elias is the recipient of two Emmys and three Grammys. She is also making her Opera Orchestra of New York debut.
Alberto Veronesi began his role as Music Director of the Opera Orchestra of New York in 2011. In 2010, he made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting the Opera Orchestra of New York in the double-bill of Massenet's La Navarraise and Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana starring Roberto Alagna, El?na Garan?a and Maria Guleghina and last season he led OONY in Celia's Adriana Lecouvreur with Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, and Anita Rachvelishvili. Mr. Veronesi has also previously conducted Roberto Alagna and George Petean in critically acclaimed performances of Mascagni's L'amico Fritz at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, which were recorded live and released on CD by Deutsche Grammophon. The recording is part of a Mr. Veronesi's verismo opera series on Deutsche Grammophon that also includes Giordani's Fedora, Puccini's Edgar, Leoncavallo's I Medici, Puccini Rediscovered - a collection of original editions and alternative versions of Puccini's arias and ensembles, and La Nuit de mai - an album of Leoncavallo's songs and arias.


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The GOP's Alternative Budget
President Obama offers us the option of European big government. By Paul D. Ryan
Today, the House of Representatives will consider two budget plans that represent dramatically different visions for our nation's future.
We will first consider President Barack Obama's plan. To be clear, this is no ordinary budget. In a nutshell, the president and Democratic leaders in Congress are attempting to bring about the third and final great wave of progressivism, building on top of the New Deal and the Great Society. So America is placed in a special moment in our history -- brought about by the deep recession, Mr. Obama's ambitious agenda, and the pending fiscal tidal-wave of red ink brought forward by the looming insolvency of our entitlement programs. If this agenda comes to pass, it will mark this period in history as the moment America turned European.
House Republicans will offer an alternative plan. This too is no ordinary budget. As the opposition party, we believe this moment must be met by offering the American people a different way forward -- one based on our belief that America is an exceptional nation, and we want to keep it that way. Our budget applies our country's enduring first principles to the problems of our day. Rather than attempting to equalize the results of peoples' lives and micromanaging their affairs, we seek to preserve our system of protecting our natural rights and equalizing opportunity for all. The plan works to accomplish four main goals: 1) fulfill the mission of health and retirement security; 2) control our nation's debts; 3) put the economy on a path of growth and leadership in the global economy; and 4) preserve the American legacy of leaving the next generation better off.
Under the president's plan, spending will top $4 trillion this year alone, and consume 28.5% of our nation's economy. His plan would mean a $1 trillion increase to the already unsustainable spending growth of our nation's entitlement programs -- including a "down payment" toward government-controlled health care and education; a $1.5 trillion tax increase to further shackle the small businesses and investors we rely on to create jobs; a massive increase in energy costs for families via cap and trade. Moreover, the Obama plan would result in an exploding deficit, a doubling of the nation's debt in five years, and an increase of that debt to more than 82% of our nation's GDP by the last year of the budget. This approach will ultimately debase our currency and reduce the living standards of the American people.
Instead of doubling the debt in five years, and tripling it in 10, the Republican budget curbs the explosion in spending called for by the president and his party. Our plan halts the borrow-andspend philosophy that brought about today's economic problems, and puts a stop to heaping evergrowing debt on future generations -- and it does so by controlling spending, not by raising taxes. The greatest difference lies in the size of government our budgets achieve over time.
Here's an outline of what we propose:
We strengthen the Medicaid safety net by converting the federal share of Medicaid payments into an allotment tailored for each state's low-income population. This will enhance state flexibility and sensitivity to spending growth.
In one of the most valued government programs -- Social Security -- our budget begins to develop a bipartisan solution to the program's pending bankruptcy by incorporating some of the reforms advocated by the president's budget director. Specifically, we provide for a trigger that would make small adjustments in the benefits for higher-income beneficiaries if the Social Security Administration determines the Social Security Trust Fund cannot meet its obligations. This is a modest but serious proposal which would not affect those in or near retirement, but is aimed at helping develop a consensus, across party lines, toward saving this important retirement program. We also assure that benefits for lower-income recipients are large enough to keep them out of poverty.
On the business side, the budget permanently cuts the uncompetitive corporate income tax rate -- currently the second highest in the industrialized world -- to 25%. This puts American companies in a better position to lead in the global economy, promotes jobs here at home, and strengthens worker paychecks.
We hope the administration and Democratic leaders in Congress do not distort and preach fear about our Republican plan. Some may be tempted to appeal to the darker emotions of envy and insecurity that surely run high in times like these. Yet we know Americans are stronger, smarter and prouder than this ploy assumes.
In the recent past, the Republican Party failed to offer the nation an inspiring vision and a concrete plan to tackle our problems with innovative and principled solutions. We do not intend to repeat that mistake. America is not the greatest nation on earth by chance. We earned this greatness by rewarding individual achievement, by advancing and protecting natural rights, and by embracing freedom. We intend to continue this uniquely American tradition.
Mr. Ryan, from Wisconsin, is the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee.


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Cass County receives Association of Minnesota Counties achievement award
Five programs from Minnesota counties, including Cass County, were recognized with Association of Minnesota Counties' (AMC) 2012 Outstanding Service Awards for exhibiting excellence and innovation in their counties.
Recipients were nominated by their counties and selected by a committee of county officials, chaired by 2012 AMC second vice president Toni Carter.
Cass and Itasca counties were recognized for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court.
The Cass County/Itasca County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court is a collaboration among Cass County District Court, Itasca District Court and the Leech Lake Tribal Court. The Wellness Court has received numerous awards for its innovative problem-solving concepts that reached across jurisdictional boundaries to help chronic alcohol offenders change their lives.
The collaboration has served as a national model of intergovernmental cooperation that saves lives and in the process saves taxpayer dollars.
The Wellness Court is led by the team that includes a district court judge, a tribal court judge, coordinator, probation, county attorney, public defender, county and local law enforcement, and local treatment providers.
The program is responsible for transforming the lives of its participants and their families from chronic alcohol offenders to productive taxpaying citizens.


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Waikato Expressway project goes some way to remedying Maori grievance over roadworks done in 1960s.
Maori fortifications from one of the fiercest battles of the 19th century land wars will be commemorated as part of a $105 million highway bypass of Rangiriri in the Waikato.
Preparatory work is due to start this week on the project - another link in the $2.4 billion Waikato Expressway - which will move State Highway 1 to the west of Rangiriri and a hill which was the most heavily defended point in a battle in which up to 130 British and colonial troops and 41 Maori died 150 years ago.
Motorists will not be the only beneficiaries from late 2016 of a straighter alignment, closer to the Waikato River, for the new 4.8km stretch between Te Kauwhata Rd and Rangiriri to be built by Fletcher Construction.
The project will also go some way towards remedying a grievance held by Waikato Tainui Maori over the construction of SH1 in the 1960s through the middle of the old Rangiriri pa site and a trench which extended much of the way from the river to Lake Waikare to the east, an escape route for many of the defenders.
Rangiriri is becoming a growing visitor centre as a gateway to the Whangamarino wetland, and Transport Agency principal project manager Richard Young says moving the highway will make it easier for people to walk from the village to the battle site, where interpretive panels and pou will be installed around a re-creation of part of the trench.
"It is the site of the seminal battle of the land wars in 1863 - it's an incredibly important piece of New Zealand history," he said.
"The damage that was done when the road was built in the 1960s was probably something that nobody is particularly proud of, looking back. It probably took about half the fortifications, which nowadays would be unheard of.
"Obviously we can't put back what was there, but there is a joint recognition of making that a site not only of cultural but also of visitor significance."
Tainui historian Tom Roa said Maori were pleased with a high level of consultations leading to proper recognition of a site denigrated by the previous highway construction.


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Redmond 'Marathon Mom' back from Boston
Jennifer Myers: 'I'm going to keep running'
BEND, Ore. - A Central Oregon runner who finished the Boston marathon minutes before two bombs went off Monday is back home in Redmond.
It was an emotional moment for Jennifer Myers when she crossed the finish line of the prestigious race on Monday.
"You do so much build-up for that, and you turn that corner and you see it -- it's waterworks," Myers said Friday.
Her marathon started out just like the other five she's done before. Four hours after she began, the first explosion ripped through a crowd of people.
"When we first heard it, we all just looked at each other," Myers said. "You always have that pause where you wonder what it could be. You know it's a big event with lots of people."
She says the group she was with thought at first it was something from a nearby construction site.
"Then we heard the second one go off," Myers said. "That was definitely a little bit more alarming -- that's when police just started flying by. They had panicked looks in their faces."
After living through a nightmare, Myers says she hopes some day she'll return to Boston, to run for those who lost their lives.
"I think that people should keep running," Myers said. "I'm going to keep running. I'm going to keep racing. I'm not going to let someone instill fear in me and keep me from doing the things I love to do."


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This is a GREAT sweetener. It measures like sugar, has almost no calories, has the mouth feel of sugar, doesn't cause cavities, tastes very similar to sugar, has no aftertaste, and has no bitter or off tastes. When eaten in crystal form, it has a cooling mint-like effect, similar to Xylitol. However, there is no cooling effect when it is dissolved. Unlike sugar, it forms crystals very rapidly. Sugar takes several days to grow large crystals. With Erythritol, you can grow large crystals in an hour or two. I've made great rock crystal candy with it in less than 1 hour. I've used it to bake cupcakes, make root beer, really smooth ice cream, chocolate milkshakes, and more. My family and I love it. Erythritol is especially good in ice cream where it helps make the ice cream smoother by preventing ice crystals from forming. Erythritol tastes more like sugar when mixed with a little fructose or small amounts of high intensity sweeteners like Lo Han Kuo, Stevia, etc. I find the combination of Erythritol, Stevia, and Lo Han Kuo makes one of the best tasting and most useful all natural lo calorie sweetener mixes. I typically use a mix of 3/4 tsp Erythritol, 1/4 tsp SlimSweet (Lo Han Kuo), and 1/32 tsp SoooLite Pure (Stevia) to replace 1 tsp of sugar in many recipes and it turns out great. Sometimes I mix in a little bit of Fructose which really gives it a rich taste.
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A previous reviewer posted that this product is non-GMO. In fact, if you look at the product descrption, NOW say that the product comes from a corn source, but do not state it is non-GMO. NOW has a policy to use Non-GMO products when possible BUT they can't guarantee that this product is produced from NON-GMO corn. For those interested, they do state that their Xylitol is from a non-GMO source of corn.
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It tastes great and I like that it mimics some properties of sugar. I like to replace it 1:1 for sugar, then make up the additional sweetness with NuNaturals Stevia; the two seem to have a good synergy.
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I purchased Erythritol because I'm trying to get away from all the products that have Aspertame as the sweetening agent. Erythritol tastes like sugar but it costs much more and you have to use a lot of it to get the same sweet taste.
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Make this sandwich in summer when tomatoes and basil are in season. Prosciutto is a particularly delectable and luxurious sandwich filling. Seek it out at specialty food stores or supermarkets.
Makes 24
350g-500g (3-5) tomatoes (ripe but firm)
18 slices white sandwich bread
200g butter (softened)
285ml (1 cup + 2 tbsp + 1 tsp) Sandwich Mayonnaise
½ tsp flaky sea salt
¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper
120g-140g (12) prosciutto slices
24-36 basil leaves (washed and dried)
1. Using a sharp serrated knife, slice tomatoes into 4 or 5 thick rounds, discarding the ends. Place tomato slices in a single layer between paper towels and leave for 5-10 minutes to remove excess moisture.
2. On a clean work surface, place bread slices in 3 rows of 6.
Butter all slices then spread with Sandwich Mayonnaise. Top first row with tomato slices, season with salt and pepper and cover each with a second slice of bread, buttered side down.
3. Butter top layer of bread and spread with mayonnaise. Top with 2 slices of prosciutto and 4-6 basil leaves. Top with final slices of bread, buttered side down. Using an electric knife, remove all crusts then cut sandwiches into 4 squares or triangles.
Recipe reproduced with permission from Ruth Pretty Cooks At Home by Ruth Pretty (Penguin Group NZ, RRP $65).


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Do the Canadiens need to get bigger?
That's a question Tomas Plekanec has heard many times while a member of the Canadiens.
"Every year? For the last 10 years?" he replied with a grin Saturday when asked how often he has heard that question while clearing out his locker in Brossard.
"I think our team identity is quickness and speed," Plekanec continued. "When we play that game, we are successful. I don't think it has anything to do with size. We have guys with size, who play like it. …
"I think somebody once said we were missing size and all of a sudden everybody started to think, 'That's it.' I don't think so. My opinion is we're a good, quick team.
"Everyone says how tough Boston is, but we were down by two goals in the third period in their building this season and we came back. They're tough and we're not supposed to be. But we showed a lot of character."
Plekanec said it was timing more than talent that was the Canadiens' playoff undoing.
"What we missed was having the most players possible at their best at the right time," he said. "To have your goalie being hot, your defence playing tight and your forwards scoring a lot of goals.
"You don't need to score a lot of goals, but you need to score at the right time," he told The Gazette's Dave Stubbs. "It seems like we didn't have that. … We've had injuries the last couple years (so) it's easy to kind of pinpoint that we need size and toughness. But I think we have that.
"Maybe we actually need more scoring."
Speaking of scoring, Plekanec assisted on all three first-period goals Tuesday as the Czech Republic beat Norway 7-0 at the World Hockey Championship in Stockholm. The victory put the Czechs in the quarterfinals against Switzerland on Thursday and eliminated Norway. Plekanec was playing his first game of the tournament after the Canadiens were eliminated.
P.K. Subban will make his debut with Team Canada in Thursday's quarterfinal game against Sweden.
(Photo by Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
Plekanec says size not a problem, by Dave Stubbs
Bergevin wants big, fast, young team, by Pat Hickey
Bergevin a finalist for top NHL GM, by Pat Hickey
Quatable: Bergevin holds court, montrealgazette.com
Bergevin's greatest moves, canadiens.com
Subban added to Team Canada roster
Habs could use another Sergio Momesso, by Stu Cowan
Round 2 playoff schedule, NHL.com
Four Original Six teams still in playoffs, montrealgazette.com
Leafs' post-mortem will wait until pain subsides, montrealgazette.com
Aislin weighs in on Leafs loss with cartoon
Boogaard lawsuit shows culture of hockey goons, montrealgazette.com


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LINE: Giants by 4 1/2
TV: Ch. 5 ( Kenny Albert , Daryl Johnston )
RADIO: WFAN-660 AM, 101.9 FM (Bob Papa, Carl Banks), Nationwide on Compass Media (Chris Carrino, Brian Baldinger)
FORECAST: Cloudy, low 60s, 7 mph winds, chance of a showers.
Aside from the Packers' QB woes, with third-stringer Scott Tolzien making his first career start, and the loss of several receivers, the Packers have a lot of walking wounded. LB Nick Perry (ankle, foot) is out, and DE Johnny Jolly (groin) is very iffy. OLB Clay Matthews will play with a different type cast over his broken thumb that has severely limited him. The new cast is supposed to give him use of his fingers. Giants DE Jason Pierre-Paul (shoulder) is a question mark after being limited most of the week. CB Corey Webster is out. The Giants are hoping to get back RB Brandon Jacobs .
QB Eli Manning vs. S Morgan Burnett and M.D. Jennings
There have been a lot of excuses, but Manning has not played up to the level required. His 16th interception last week — and third pick six — was another example of a bad decision. The Packers have always thrived on turnovers, and giving their offense short fields to work with but that has not been the case this season. Manning, who has struggled against pressure, can't give them any gifts. Maybe he has to rein things in again like last week and let the running game control things because you know defensive coordinator Dom Capers will come after him.
"The Packers defense has gotten pushed around for two straight weeks, just physically beaten. They are banged up but they are also not making tackles, making mental errors and just getting beat one-on-one. That's not their character at all. (Giants back) Andre Brown is a hard runner and he's fresh, not a good matchup for the Packers. He gets everything out of his runs. The Packers need to get pressure up the middle against Eli and they can with B.J. Raji and Mike Daniels . Tolzien played pretty well against the Eagles, better than expected for a guy basically off the scout team, and that was off the bench. He made some good throws and should be at least better prepared."
The Giants have won three in a row against flawed quarterbacks, and the scenario is the same again this week. The weak NFC East has given them some hope for the playoffs, and you can sense there's a little more optimism in the locker room, but they are still working with little room for error. Packers head coach Mike McCarthy was livid after his defense caved in against the Eagles. There have been other factors, but some of the blame has to fall with the coach, who hasn't had them prepared. That will not happen this week. Don't expect the Packers to not put up a fight.
PACKERS, 24-22: Call it a hunch, but the Packers are due to step up."


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Note: This recall is not related to the recall of cantaloupe due to Listeria by Jensen Farms of Colorado. No illnesses related to this finding have been reported. The finding of Listeria in romaine lettuce was a result of an FDA research program to understand the prevalence of Listeria in fresh produce, particularly lettuce and leafy greens. FDA will monitor the recall and work with the company to determine the source of the contamination.
True Leaf Farms Announces
Voluntary Recall of Bagged, Chopped Romaine
True Leaf Farms
Steve Church
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 29, 2011 - True Leaf Farms is voluntarily recalling 90 cartons of chopped romaine because of the potential of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled product was shipped between September 12 and 13 to an institutional food service distributor in Oregon who further distributed it to at least two additional states, Washington and Idaho. The romaine affected by this recall has a "use by date" of 9/29/11.
No illnesses related to this finding have been reported
Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
The recalled bags of romaine were packed in True Leaf Farms cardboard cartons and distributed by Church Brothers, LLC, and shipped between September 12 and 13, 2011. All bags carry a "use by date" of 9/29/11. Produce affected by the recall was labeled as follows:
- 2# bags, chopped romaine - Bag and box code B256-46438-8
Photos of the recalled product can be viewed at www.churchbrothers.com/recall. This recall includes only chopped romaine as described above.
FDA notified the company today that a sample taken as part of a random check from a single bag of chopped romaine tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. True Leaf Farms is working with FDA to inform consumers of this recall. In addition, the company is working with its food service distribution customers to ensure that other romaine products that may be implicated are pulled from the market.
"We are fully cooperating with the FDA, and we are contacting all of our customers to ensure prompt removal of any product potentially associated with the recall," said Steve Church, True Leaf Farms. "We are committed to conducting this recall quickly and efficiently to reduce any risk to public health."
Anyone who has in their possession the recalled romaine as described above should not consume it, and should either destroy it or call Church Brothers, LLC for product pickup.
Consumers with questions or who need information may call Church Brothers, LLC, the sales agent for True Leaf Farms, at 1-800-799-9475, or may visit www.churchbrothers.com for updates.
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Tasers coming to local jail
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. - Right now the Washington County, Tennessee detention center has a little more than 550 inmates. The officers working in the jail only carry a chemical spray like pepper spray in case they need to defend themselves against an inmate.
But soon the deputies working in jail will have Tasers. "The sheriff decided he was going to take the money out of the drug fund for purchasing," says Captain Bryan Horton.
At first Sheriff Ed Graybeal was hesitant to purchase Tasers, but after doing some research the department bought some and in the last year and a half they've been used six times. "Anytime you need to use non-lethal force the officers have the options of either using their chemical agent or Taser," adds Horton.
That's why the decision was made to give Tasers to some officers working inside the jail. "What the sheriff looked at was to give officers another tool to protect themselves and not have to potentially hurt a suspect or an inmate," Horton says.
To give you an idea of how strong the Tasers are, the average outlet has 110 volts; the ones officers carry have 50,000 volts.
All of the officers carrying Tasers know just how 50,000 volts feel, because part of the training includes getting Tased.
That's just part of the eight hours of training required to carry a Taser. It's a process they're hoping to be wrapped up by May.
For each officer to get a Taser it will cost about $1,000. That is for the Taser, batteries, cartridges and training.


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Asian Studies Electives
As well as the units listed below, taught by the Asian Studies program, you can find Asian Studies electives on offer in the current year, taught by other departments and programs, in the Asian Studies Unit of Study Table in the FASS Undergraduate Handbook.
ASNS4011 - Asian Studies Honours A
Semester 1, 2011 | Credit Points: 12
Coordinator: Lionel Babicz
The Honours program in Asian Studies consists of:
1. a thesis written under the supervision of one or more members of academic staff
2. two seminars that meet weekly for two hours for one semester.
The thesis should be of 18000-20000 words in length. Each seminar requires 6000-8000 words of written work or its equivalent.
The thesis is worth 60% of the final Honours mark and each of the seminars is worth 20%.
The following seminars are on offer in 2011:
Semester 1: Theory and Method in Asian Studies (Dr Olivier Ansart)
Semester 2: Engaging Asia (Dr Michele Ford)
For more information, contact Dr Olivier Ansart, Honours coordinator.
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Scallop-Wild Rice Pie in a Hazelnut Crust
This dish is very tasty and comforting. Bay scallops are small, but if you want to use larger sea scallops, simply quarter them. Any type of mushroom works; wild mushrooms such as shiitake and porcini are delicious in this dish.
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GISWatcher reports from "the free Tunisia"
By Khaled Koubaa for GISWatch
TUNIS, Tunisia, 21 January 2011"For those who don't know Tunisia," writes Khaled Koubaa, Global Information Society Watcher based in Tunis. "Tunisia is a small country but a great nation. It was the first Arab country to abolish slavery in 1848, the first Arab country to establish a constitution in 1861, the first Arab country to abolish polygamy in 1956 and legalise abortion in 1973. And now Tunisia is the first Arab country to kick out its dictator and this without the help of any foreign nation!" Read more of Khaled's report on the GISWatch website. Full article at http://giswatch.org/node/412/


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[quote user="JPizzack"]Hope everyone had a good weekend.[/quote]

Wedding in our gazebo on Saturday. My step daughter was beautiful and old Morehead sang a song I wrote for the occasion. Should be pics out there somewhere.

Morehead was very handsome in his tux (I definately showed up the groom)

85 people in my yard. Glad its over though. Also my daughter and her husband flew up for the wedding from the U.K. and got to spend the weekend with them which was awesome.

[/quote]Awesome, glad to hear it went well! Hmm, Moorehead in a Tux, I'm picturing someone in my head? Did you drink Dos Equis? [/quote]

I had to apologize to my step daughter for looking better than the groom.

Being good looking can be such a burden sometimes.


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New Visions Charter School
What's New
Secretary Paige is keynote speaker for Innovations in Education Exchange; New Leaders for New Schools calls for nominations for its 3-year training program; a new website in Minnesota offers charter school data such as test scores and demographics; Black Alliance for Educational Options welcomes two new chapters; the Hispanic Council for Educational Reform Options releases "Choice, Change, and Progress: School Choice and the Hispanic Education Crisis;" two charter schools complete the first semester on the shared Kingsman Charter School Campus; and Newark Charter School opens doors to its renovated building.
Innovations in the News
Arkansas Virtual Academy receives a charter as a public school; plus more information on charter schools and Advanced Placement.
New Visions Charter School Trains Teachers from Traditional Public Schools
Educating children can often be a process of unlocking each individual child's strengths. It can also be a process of unlocking a school's strengths and sharing the key with others. The New Visions Charter School, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, implements a program that builds on the underlying learning readiness in children. The success of this approach has created a demand for this charter school to train teachers from traditional schools throughout Minnesota and in other states.
Since 1999, the Minnesota Learning Resource Center, developed by New Visions, has taught staff from 45 Minnesota public schools, and 74 public schools in other states, in the "SMART/Boost Up" program. "SMART/Boost-Up," begun in 1987, increases learning readiness so that all children, but particularly those who are underachieving, gain word recognition and vocabulary skills by combining physical and classroom activities.
In addition, New Visions trains teachers in the A Chance to Learn Curriculum. The curriculum, developed by A Chance to Grow, a health care agency that fosters the development of innate abilities following the normal course of each child's brain and body development, has been expanded by New Visions into a full-day program for kindergartners through eighth graders.
Over the last five years, 100 public school teachers from 16 different school districts in North Carolina have attended New Visions' four-day training workshops on the Chance to Learn Curriculum, which has been replicated in schools in Minnesota, California, North Carolina, Georgia, and Wisconsin.
As a result of this training, Drexel Elementary School in Drexel, North Carolina, for example, implemented the Chance to Learn Curriculum in all of its first and second grade classrooms. All nine of the first grade classes made an average reading gain of one year and nine months, after implementing the curriculum 30 minutes a day over the school year. The nine second-grade classrooms made an average reading gain of one year and five months, after only using the curriculum through February.
The New Visions School is committed to promoting cost-effective, multi-disciplinary programs and models to help parents and professionals serve students better. The goals of the New Visions School include:
- improving vision and auditory skills to increase reading ability;
- integrating multi-disciplined developmental intervention into the curriculum;
- striving for reading gains in excess of one year;
- giving students the academic tools in order to function independently; and
- providing students with a safe and secure environment for learning.
On average, students enrolled in New Visions make a 1.3-year reading gain. There is a full-time science teacher and a nationally recognized science curriculum that includes many environmental, off-sight science experiences. New Visions also integrates technology into all areas of the curriculum; there is an up-to-date computer lab in the school with a mini lab in each classroom.
The New Visions School received a grant from OII's Public Charter Schools Grant Program in 2003 to expand implementation activities in urban and rural schools and conduct the first full replication of SMART/Boost-up with a scientifically based evaluation component. A grant from OII also supports New Visions' training of educators from traditional public schools to use its method for increasing reading skills among children in K-3.
Note: The featured innovation is being studied through a scientifically based evaluation to determine replicability. The success of the project described may not be replicable, depending on unique conditions in differing locations.
What's New
Secretary Paige's Speech from OII's Innovations in Education Exchange
Secretary of Education Rod Paige was the keynote speaker for OII's Innovations in Education Exchange, December 2nd, at the Sumner School. In speaking on the topic, "Closing the Teacher Quality Gap," the Secretary said, "If we're serious about closing the achievement gap...then we need to get serious about closing the teacher quality gap." (Dec. 1)
New Leaders for New Schools
New Leaders for New Schools is calling for nominations to its 3-year training program to support the next generation of outstanding urban public school leaders. Please visit their website for deadlines, a schedule of information sessions, criteria, and the application. (Dec.3)
Minnesota Charter Schools Innovative Website
The Center for School Change, the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools, and the EdVisions Cooperative have developed a new website that offers Minnesota charter school data such as test scores, demographics, and student-teacher ratios. For more information, go to Center for School Change and select "Profiles of Minnesota Charter Schools." (Nov. 2003)
Black Alliance for Educational Options
The Black Alliance for Educational Options continues to grow with the addition of two new chapters: South Carolina and Tampa. (Nov. 2003)
Hispanic Council for Educatonal Reorm Options
The Hispanic Council for Educational Reform Options recently released a report, "Choice, Change, and Progress: School Choice and the Hispanic Education Crisis," by Jennifer Aguirre and Matthew Ladner. (Nov. 2003)
Richard E. Thompson Kingsman Charter School
December marks the end of the first semester on the Richard E. Thompson Kingsman Charter School Campus in Washington, DC. This renovation project of the Charter Schools Development Corporation is the home of not one, but two, charter schools now housed in the building that had been a neighborhood eyesore. (Dec. 1)
Newark, New Jersey Charter School
Newark Charter School (NJ) has opened the doors to its renovated school building in downtown Newark after three years in trailers on the site of a Boys and Girls Club. The school's goal is to provide a high quality college preparatory education in a structured, safe environment. (Nov. 26)
Innovations in the News
Charter Schools
Arkansas Virtual Academy recently received a charter as a public school. Students in kindergarten through eighth grade are eligible to attend in 2004-05, and about 1,500 students are expected to enroll, although there is no limit. [More-The Northwest Arkansas Daily News] (Nov. 20)
The Marblehead Community Charter School will add a wing and open its doors to fourth-graders in September. The 9-year-old school, now serving grades 5 through 8, will take advantage of a federal loan guarantee program for charter schools to construct a fine-arts center, which will include auditorium seating for 450, art and music rooms, and two fourth grade classrooms to accommodate 44 additional students. [More-The Marblehead Reporter] (Nov. 20)
After only two years, Bonita Springs Charter School in Florida is a full-scale, 894-student school with a new 60,000-square-foot facility. Its quick physical transformation was matched by quick academic achievement. It was acknowledged as one of just six Lee County public schools that met standards under the No Child Left Behind Act. [More-The Naples Daily News] (Nov. 21)
Advanced Placement
Education writer, Jay Mathews, recommends that parents shop and compare schools. He explains the "challenge index" for assessing school quality that is based on the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests taken by students in a high school. [More-The Washington Post] (Dec. 2)
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count me in!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
I'm in! I have about 5 items I would like to finish.
I let things get away from me in 2011 - yes I am in to finish in 2012. I think I will try to get this emailed to me as a reminder.
For our wonderful Golden Retriever adopted in March of 2010.
I'm in. I have several to complete. January's will be a purple and green Half Log Cabin.
Sorry, I'm the party pooper! I don't have any UFO's! I'm glad I don't qualify, but will watch the UFO's to bloom into the beautiful quilts they meant to be.
♥♥♥ Loving Mama ♥♥♥
If life gives you scraps, make an angel quilt out of it!
Boy do I need this challenge. I have so many stacked up it may take me two years to finish this one.
I would love to jump in, but it will have to be a couple of months late if that is OK? To many to count.
After 2 years with the same signature I have been requested to remove it. Bye
Hanging my head as a humble drop out from this year's UFO Challenge, shuffling my foot in the dirt, looking pitiful. I wanna try again. I'm really, really sorry I didn't hang in this year. I let health and other things get in my way, but I promise to try to do better in 2012. I did get a few UFOs done this year tho, but I still have plenty for next year left. You guys are great, so count me in............. again!
Linda Wedge White
I believe UFOs are like scraps, ferns and dust bunnies. Once you get two, they send spores out into the air and more just happen anywhere the spores meet.
can i join...today i am working on the last of last centurys UFO's but there are so many from last decade...i really need this group incentive !!!!
I don't know about one every month but one every other month might be doable.


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Seminar covering topics of current interest in biology. Includes reading and analysis ...
Seminar covering topics of current interest in biology. Includes reading and analysis of research papers and student presentations. Contact Biology Education Office for topics. This course is one of many Advanced Undergraduate Seminars offered by the Biology Department at MIT. These seminars are tailored for students with an interest in using primary research literature to discuss and learn about current biological research in a highly interactive setting. The instructor for this course, Dr. Kosinski-Collins, is a member of the HHMI Education Group. Maintenance of the complex three-dimensional structure adopted by a protein in the cell is vital for function. Oftentimes, as a consequence of environmental stress, genetic mutation, and/or infection, the folded structure of a protein gets altered and multiple proteins stick and fall out of solution in a process known as aggregation. In many protein aggregation diseases, incorrectly folded proteins self-associate, forming fiber-like aggregates that cause brain cell death and dementia. In this course, the molecular and biochemical basis of the prion diseases, which include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), Creutzfedt-Jakob disease and kuru will be examined. Also discussed are other classes of misfolding diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease. The proteins involved in all of these disorders and how the proteins' three dimensional structures change during the course of these afflictions is covered as well as why prions from certain species cannot infect animals from other species based on protein sequence and structure. The course will then address possible detection methods and therapies that are under development to treat some of the protein aggregation diseases.
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Film Showing of "Hard Time" with discussion about solitary confinement and the prisoner rights struggle
Featured speakers: Robert King of the Angola 3 and Azadeh Zohrabi of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children and a Soros Fellow for her work on solitary
"Hard Time" is a film about Robert Hillary King, the only freed member of the Angola 3. King was a political prisoner who spent 29 years in solitary confinement in the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The film focuses on racism and human rights in the U.S. penal system, and draws attention to the plight of Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox, the other members of the Angola 3, who have been held in solitary confinement for more than 40 years. Together they formed they created a prison chapter of the Black Panther Party to fight for better conditions, security for inmates and justice behind bars. (2012, 40 min.)
$5-10 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Wheelchair accessible. Refreshments provided.


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US Airways and American Airlines to Announce Mile High Merger
Sources tell us American and US Airways boards just approved the merger, clearing the way for today's announcement.
The new airline will be named American - with a new logo.
US Airway's CEO will keep his title. American's chief becomes chairman of the new airline until the middle of next year. "It will be the largest airline in the world and so more routes to earn those frequent flyer miles and elite miles," says Brian Kelly from thepointsguy.com.
But the merger has many frequent flyers wondering whether they'll be able to keep miles that they've earned flying American Airlines.
Probably so. The programs will likely combine, bumping more travelers up to elite status. "They're really sensitive. They don't want people to think they got the short end of the stick with the merger," says Brian Kelly from thepointsguy.com.
"In the long term, this is going to be less competition, and this is going to raise ticket prices, but in the short term, we're already going to see higher prices," says Rick Seaney from farecompare.com.
But it may also be easier to get where you're going. American will expand on the east coast. Adding US Airways will add more routes to Europe and Latin America.
The new airline will have more than 3,000, 900 planes, and 95,000 employees.
But there will be no changes right away. American's bankruptcy judge has to approve the merger, and that could take four to six months.
Tracie Potts, NBC News.
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SCARPA North America athlete Andrew McLean is all about family…The Alaska Family, that is, and tonight he's going to be giving a presentation on just how committed he's been.
"The Alaska Family" refers to a set of three peaks, the Denali, Sultana and Mt. Hunter. According to Native American lore, these mountains are the Father (Denali), the Mother (Sultana) and the Child (Hunter). In skiing terms, they represent the highest peak in North America, a peak that has been called "the toughest 14-er in North America," and a peak with one of the lowest odds of success, respectively. That's quite the family tree!


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A Napier man who conspired with two friends in New Plymouth to rip off their insurance provider by staging a fake burglary has been sentenced to community work for his role in the scheme.
Michael Jeoffry Holland, 26, was sentenced in the Napier District Court to 125 hours of community work after pleading guilty to a charge of obtaining by deception.
Judge Tony Adeane labelled the fraud "elaborate" and said Holland and the two other defendants had engineered a bogus burglary which resulted in an insurance company paying out $25,000 to replace 'stolen' goods.
A police summary of facts said Holland had been good friends with Samantha and Hayden Smart of New Plymouth who had been renting a house in Eltham at the time the incident occurred.
The Smarts had been attempting to raise money to purchase their first property and formulated a plan to stage a burglary at their address.
The plan involved Holland travelling from his address in the Napier region to assist in the burglary and disposing of some of the property, including a Ford Courier ute.
On January 11 of this year the plan was acted upon. Samantha Smart arranged for a friend to give Holland a ride from Hastings to the address in Eltham, where she had spent the afternoon taking photographs of items that would later be reported stolen in the alleged burglary.
Holland arrived at the Eltham home where the couple had arranged to go to dinner down the road at a friends house. Holland did not attend the dinner and instead remained at the Smart's property where he carried out the pre-arranged burglary.
The Smart's remained out until 1am after which they returned home to find their house 'burgled' and reported it to the police the next day.
They alleged a large amount of property had been stolen including three firearms from inside a locked wardrobe, a large quantity of electrical goods, alcohol, snowboards, meat, bed linen, clothing, jewellery and the Ford ute which was parked on the lawn. The contents and vehicle were all insured by AMI who paid out a total of $24,933.70 to the couple.
In April in this year AMI contacted the police after becoming suspicious of the alleged burglary and the settlements that had been paid out to the Smarts.
Search warrants were executed at the home the couple purchased following payouts from AMI and at the home of Holland in the Napier area. All three initially denied the facts as outlined but eventually pleaded guilty.


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Freshmen in the Honors College join a supportive, close-knit living and learning community in a campus living environment reserved just for honors students.
In this stimulating intellectual and social atmosphere, students enjoy opportunities for informal interaction with faculty at special meals and at informal discussions and programs. They also can participate in informal meetings, lectures, and discussions organized by the Student Honors Council as well as dances, ice cream socials, and casual contests such as the Trivia Bowl. Some students take weekend field trips and raise money for charity.
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The National Adopt-A-Wish program offers you the opportunity to invest in an experience that can alter the course of a wish child's life, forever.
A wish is granted, on average, every 38 minutes somewhere in the United States and its territories. Each wish serves as a new beginning for the wish kid and family, to reclaim and resume life on their own terms. Life gets better for everyone involved when a wish comes true.
I returned home from my wish a different person, with a different perspective - and a different appreciation for how important it was for me to truly live the rest of my life, no matter how many years that might be.
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Developer: Cyan Worlds
Ship date: Fall 2005
Category: Adventure
Players: Single Player Only
Rating: Pending (E anticipated)
The Grand Finale of the Greatest Adventure Game of All Time
Developed by the original creators of Myst ® (Rand Miller and his studio at Cyan Worlds), Myst V: End of Ages improves upon a series already renowned as the pinnacle of adventure gaming.
Decide the fate of a civilization in this triumphant final chapter to the Myst saga. Embark on an epic journey into the heart of a shattered empire as the only explorer who can still save it – or destroy it with the wrong choices. Your final choice is clouded by the counsel of those who tried and failed.
After generations of pain, the legacy of Myst and the burden that one family has shared comes to a final judgment.
Easy point-and-click interface: Return to the roots of Myst's traditional user interface. Explore vast 3D worlds with just a click of the mouse.
Innovative slate system: The first new gameplay element ever introduced in the Myst series! A dynamic new slate interface lets you alter you environment and communicate with mysterious creatures to do your bidding.
Richer game environments: The creators of the critically acclaimed Myst franchise raise the bar yet again with new photorealistic worlds ripe with life, weather, movement and mystery.
Pioneering cinematic technology: Photorealistic 3D scenes spring to life through a live-action video technique new to video games. Innovative facial mapping technology – "face over" – brings characters alive with unprecedented emotion and expressiveness.
Help system: Character-driven help system assists players of all levels.
Puzzles: Solve new types of puzzles never before seen in adventure games that challenge the path of your journey and aid your success.