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Gov Romney explains how he differs from George W Bush
Original post made by Wally, Portola Valley: Westridge, on Oct 17, 2012
Arguably the most important question in the election:
How is Gov Mitt Romney different from the father of the Bush Great Recession?
Mitt Romney, thus far in the race, has been unable to answer how he is different from Bush/Cheney. When asked months ago, he blew off the question, and went back to hiring more of the Bush/Cheney team for his campaign, including the former Bush chief of staff as Mitt's head of his 'transition team'.
But last night, Mitt was asked "What is the biggest difference between you and George W. Bush, and how do you differentiate yourself from George W. Bush?"
Did Mitt bail out the Romney supporters on this forum and outline the clear differences between Romney and Bush? No. Because even Mitt knows there ARE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ROMNEY AND BUSH.
Mitt Romney spent the first half of his two minutes allotted by filibustering, about debate rules and time keeping. "I just want to make sure that, I think I was supposed to get that last answer, but I want to point out that that I don't believe… … I don't believe… The time – the time…" blah blah filibuster blah avoid the question blah run out the clock blah blah...
Then Romney continues to avoid the 'Romney = Bush' question, returns to the previous question and flipflops (again) and changes his position on his previous support of the Blount amendment giving bureaucrats the ability to inject themselves into a family's healthcare and family planning decisions: "I'd just note that I don't believe that bureaucrats in Washington should tell someone whether they can use contraceptives or not. And I don't believe employers should tell someone whether they could have contraceptive care of not."
Finally, after all that avoidance and treating viewers to another gratuitous flipflop, Romney gets to the heart of the election and outlines the VAST DIFFERENCES between Romney/Ryan and Bush/Cheney.
Except he doesn't.
He mumbles something about how he is better for oil and coal companies than Bush. Yep. That's the first thing our of his mouth about the differences between Romney/Ryan and Bush/Cheney. Energy issues. Because we all know the Bush Great Recession was caused by Bush/Cheney's energy policy! Seriously, Mitt? I have to post his exact words, because folks who didn't see it won't believe what happened: "President Bush and I are – are different people and these are different times and that's why my five point plan is so different than what he would have done. I mean for instance, we can now, by virtue of new technology actually get all the energy we need in North America..." blah blah blah
Romney > Bush, because of energy policies! Who knew?!?!!
Romney then rambles on about his stump rhetoric about somehow cracking down on China. Then Romney claims he will somehow (using magic math that gives a $5 trillion tax cut along with increased Pentagon spending by $2 trillion) miraculously balance the budget.
Then Romney moans about "championing small business" and throws in an Obamacare reference for good measure.
That, folks, is how Mitt Romney, the man himself, explained to all of America how he differs from George W Bush.
There is no difference between Mitt Romney and George W Bush.
Mitt Romney = George Bush
According to none other than Mitt Romney.
Romney/Ryan = Bush/Cheney
America cannot afford another Bush. We are still digging out from Bush, having created 5 million new jobs in the last 31 months. Can anyone answer the question better than Mitt Romney?
"What is the biggest difference between (Romney) and George W. Bush, and how do you differentiate (Romney) from George W. Bush?"
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a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Oct 17, 2012 at 11:35 am
President Obama's response to the question: "What is the biggest difference between (Romney) and George W. Bush, and how do you differentiate (Romney) from George W. Bush?" Web Link
Obama lambasts Giov Romney on his China Rhetoric, energy and the rest of Romney 5 point plan, then continues:
"But the last point I want to make is this. You know, there are some things where Governor Romney is different from George Bush. George Bush didn't propose turning Medicare into a voucher. George Bush embraced comprehensive immigration reform. He didn't call for self-deportation.
George Bush never suggested that we eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood, so there are differences between Governor Romney and George Bush, but they're not on economic policy. In some ways, he's gone to a more extreme place when it comes to social policy. And I think that's a mistake. That's not how we're going to move our economy forward."
a resident of Menlo Park: Felton Gables
on Oct 17, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Incredible that they didn't train rmoney to have a better answer to that one. At least he didn't lie like he did abou libya. Romney looked angry all night like he wanted to slug obama. Would have been interesting to see his guards come tackle rmoney and cart him off. Very angry dude when he doesn't get his way. But he has binders of women willling to work flexible hours for him at 75 cents on the dollar.
a resident of Oak Knoll School
on Oct 17, 2012 at 4:06 pm
Binders are just the shiny object d'jour.
Romney being Bush on steroids is the issue.
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Oct 17, 2012 at 6:42 pm
After his utter fail last night to differentiate from the Bush/Cheney team last night, the Romney campaign sends mini-Mitt, er, Paul Ryan, out today with Condi Rice.
what the ??????
Condi (Aug 6 PDB) Rice? Of "smoking gun in the form of a mushroom cloud" fame?!?!? What, Rumsfeld wasn't available to join them?!?
Tone deaf.
Next up? The foreign policy debate. Where Romney can tell us what his panel of special foreign policy advisers tell him.
17 of those 24 advisers served with Bush/Cheney.
Romney/Ryan = Bush/Cheney
a resident of another community
on Oct 18, 2012 at 7:30 am
It was all the moderators fault. Was in the rules thatbshe couldn't fact check which she did. How is Romneysuppoesed to lie when someoneonstage calls out his lies?
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 18, 2012 at 12:22 pm
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Now that the important issues are out of the way, did Romney ever tell us whether I should make the same as a man?
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 19, 2012 at 10:38 am
You will soon find out the differences between Mitt Romney and George Bush when Governor Romney gets elected president of the United States on November 6. But more importantly you will see the differences between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. And these differences will put our country back on the road to recovery.
Obama had great desire but his Western European Socialist model did not quite work out - much to the dismay of the Kepler's crowd. Now we are going back to the Capitalist Model that has served this country well for over 2 centuries. It won't be easy pulling this country out of the Obama induced Keynesian Coma but come this time in 2016 President Romney will be sailing to an easy re-election.
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Oct 19, 2012 at 10:54 am
So-called "Menlo Moderate" can't answer the basic question either. "What is the biggest difference between (Romney) and George W. Bush, and how do you differentiate (Romney) from George W. Bush?"
There are no differences: Romney/Ryan = Bush/Cheney
Menlo "moderate" likes the thought of a return to Bush/Cheney. Menlo "moderate" sees 4.5 million new jobs created in the last 31 months, the start of the recovery from the Bush Great Recession, as some sort of socialism.
America cannot afford a return to Bush/Cheney policies via the 1 term failure that is Gov Romney. Romney has been elected only once and failed so badly, he couldn't get a 2nd term as the incumbent. In fact, the only voters to EVER ELECT Romney to anything are rejecting Romney this election by a 2-1 margin!
Those that know Romney best are REJECTING Romney this election by a 2-1 margin Web Link
"What is the biggest difference between (Romney) and George W. Bush, and how do you differentiate (Romney) from George W. Bush?"
Even Menlo "moderate" knows, much as Romney himself admitted, there are no differences between Romney and Bush.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 19, 2012 at 1:35 pm
is @menlomoderate a birther too?
@menlomoderate - do you think the President is an American?
Do you support equal pay for equal work, or is that socialism, too?
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Oct 19, 2012 at 2:03 pm
The liberals are using one of the oldest tricks in the book--and that is to divert attention away from Obama's miserable record. Mitt Romney is not like George Bush any more than Barack Obama is like Karl Marx; although Obama and Marx have far more in common than Romney and Bush.
All Obama has done is dig us into a 16 Trillion hole. He is spending at a rate of two and one half times as much as George Bush. On October 1 the national debt was 16.073 Trillion dollars. Today the national debt is 16.188 Trillion dollars. Obama has increased the national debt by 115 Billion dollars in just 18 days. This is 6.389 Billion dollars a day. Annualized this is a 2 Trillion 332 Billion dollar deficit for GFY 2013. And we were complaining about annual One Trillion dollar deficits. Obama has elevated this to 2 1/3 Trillion dollar annual deficits. There is no end to this man's rapacious demands for spending. This is unsustainable as well as Obama's campaign. And in Obam's own woprds "downright unpatriotic"
The liberals are desperate and are on the ropes. They can feel this election slipping away and there is not anything they can do about it.
Romney's recent resurgence is due to two factors:
1) The debates, and
2) Obama's egregious lies about Romney in DNC commercials.
Obama might have well gotten away with his lies if it weren't for the debates. The debates showed Romney to be a very reasonable, caring person with a proven track record of success. This is in direct contrast with the lies the Obama campaign has been spreading about Romney.
Now the Obama campaign is desperately hoping that the electorate will believe them over the voters' "Lying eyes". Nice try but that won't work. Obama has been exposed for his fraud and this is fresh in the voters' minds.
Now Obama has been revealed not only as an incompetent socialist; but a liar as well. There is no question that Romney will win this election. But not to worry. Obama can have a soft landing by becoming Rahm Emmanuel's Chief of Staff.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Oct 19, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Common sense is just another fringe rightie that can't answer the most important question! Amazing how the fringe right RUN AWAY from the question that Romney couldn't answer either! How is Romney different from Bush?!?!?!?
> Mitt Romney is not like George Bush
Prove it! Romney wants tax cuts for the wealthy, wants to voucherize Medicare, privatize Social Security, repeal Roe, give carte blanche back to Wall Street, invade another "I" country, spend $2 Trillion more on the Pentagon and enable the whacko tea partiers in the republican congress. I like what wally said about the voters that know Mitt Romney best are voting 2 to 1 against Romney.
Romney is Bush on sterioids.
Obama: 4 million jobs in the last couple years. Look at the what the Bush (Romney) policies did for us Web Link
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Oct 19, 2012 at 2:44 pm
none of our votes matter, Ohio matters, an ad running in Ohio Web Link
how do ya think that resonates?
romnesia - if you think you might have saved Detroit, you might be suffering from Romnesia
Web Link
"He's forgetting what his own positions are — and he's betting that you will too," Obama told an audience of 9,000 at George Mason University. "I mean he's changing up so much and backtracking and sidestepping. We've got to name this condition that he's going through. I think it's called Romnesia."
"If you say you'll protect a woman's right to choose, but you stand up at a primary debate and said that you'd be 'delighted' to sign a law outlawing that right to choose in all cases, man, you've definitely got Romnesia," he said.
"You know if you say if you're for equal pay, but you can't say if you'll sign a bill for equal pay, you might have Romnesia."
"If you say you think women should have access to contraceptive care, but you support legislation that would let employers deny contraceptive care, you might have Romnesia."
"Obamacare covers pre-existing conditions," he bellowed. "We can fix you up. We've got a cure! We can make you well, Virginia. This is a curable disease"
Can Obamacare cure the Romnesia about being Bush the III?
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 19, 2012 at 7:14 pm
Look on the bright side. You will get to talk about whether Romney is Bush for at least 4 more years. Enjoy yourselves while I enjoy watching Romney skillfully managing the recovery of our country.
But I have to admit that Romney has his work cut out. I don't think anyone could have ever imagined in his or her wildest dreams that Obama could wreck this country so severely in less than 4 years.
a resident of another community
on Oct 19, 2012 at 10:19 pm
Yeah, all by his lonesome the POTUS has ruined this country. Menlo Moderate drank the Kool-Aid, resulting in Romnesia! But that desire to drink it was the pre-existing condition that was incurable.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 20, 2012 at 8:30 am
repeating the same lies over and over again still won't make them true. Bush wrecked the economy. It has been turning around under Obama.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 20, 2012 at 8:46 am
Actually Obama did not ruin this country all on his lonesome. He had help from Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and a fawning press that has romanticized Western European Socialism. The President with the help of his Capitol Hill Politburo and White House Czars unleashed several socialist pipe dreams which have bankrupted our country.
Obama had graduated from Trillion dollar deficits to 2 Trillion Dollar Plus deficits.
Florida, Virginia, Iowa, Missouri, and North Carolina are now in the Romney column with Ohio migrating from the Obama Column to toss up status. Given the trending of Ohio by this time next week Ohio will be in the Romney Column with Pennsylvania trending the same. In fact, the Susquehanna Poll has Romney leading Obama in Pennsylvania
49 to 45 percent.
Looks like the SEIU will be working overtime in PA the next few weeks to register felons, and illegal aliens and on election day voting for dead people. Just because some people are dead doesn't mean we should deprive them of their right to vote. Right?
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Oct 20, 2012 at 9:09 am
Menlo Moderate: how do you explain the monthly jobs chart you were asked about above?
Web Link
Looks pretty obvious who the job losses belong to (Bush,) and who started the recovery - Obama.
Obama = 4.5 million new jobs in the last 2 1/2 years.
Romney = Bush
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 20, 2012 at 9:11 am
Like I said Moderate, repeating the same old lies over and over doesn't make them the truth.
By the way, you ought to change your handle. You're no moderate. You sound like Hank. Come to think of it I haven't seen him here in a while. Maybe you are Hank.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 21, 2012 at 9:31 am
At 1 PM yesterday the Gallup presidential tracking poll showed Mitt Romney with a lead of 6% among likely voters and a lead of 2% among registered voters. Among likely voters President Obama was at 45% compared to 51% for Romney. Among registered voters Obama was at 46% compared to 48% for Romney.
Unskewed polls.com predicts that Mitt Romney will defeat Barack Obama by a 52 percent to 47 percent by national popular vote and by 342 electoral votes to 196 electoral votes.
One of the questions that was not asked is whether Romney is Bush. Apparently that ridiculous question only resonates with the Bay Area Lunatic Left who are venting their frustration at the realization that Mitt Romney will defeat Barack Obama on November 6 thus dashing their hopes for the complete transformation of the United States to Socialism.
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Oct 21, 2012 at 10:20 am
This absurd fantasy "... the complete transformation of the United States to Socialism."
Opposed to the reality of Romney bringing back the Bush/Cheney policies that created this recession.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 21, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Obama is a socialist and that has been proven abundantly. And while the Bush/Cheny policies did not work, the Obama policies have created a nightmare far worse than what Bush/Cheney could have ever done.
You talk about about Obama creating 4.5 million jobs in the last 2 1/2 years. What you conveniently left out is that Obama lost 4.8 million jobs in the 13 months previous to that. You are misleading the people with this omission of a material fact.
Mitt Romney will bring this country roaring back. Obama will just dig us deeper into this economic quagmire. The choce is clear: revival or perdition. The great people of the United States will vote for Romney and revival.
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Oct 21, 2012 at 1:05 pm
"the Obama policies have created a nightmare far worse than what Bush/Cheney could have ever done."
Let's look at the REAL WORLD facts, not the Faux News noise.
Web Link
Point to the chart where Obama is responsible for those 13 months, and note how those 13 months were digging out from Bush job losses of 800,000 PER MONTH.. Those are due to the Bush Great Recession, CLEARLY. No misleading, except by you.
Romney will repeat the Bush/Cheney policies that led to the Bush Great Recession.
Web Link
Look at the chart, hank. Facts. Not Fox's fantasy.
Romney = Bush
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 22, 2012 at 8:23 am
It means that you don't agree wholly with the left. Which also means you are an extremist, racist, hate monger, etc..etc...etc.
So tolerent these lefties....
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 22, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Clinton, Bush, Obama, Romney...does it even matter?
They are all the same as far as I can tell.
Did Obama do ANYTHING different than Bush? Nope. Wars still going, Guantanamo still open, unemployment still through the roof.
Would Romney do ANYTHING different than Obama, doubtful.
a resident of Encinal School
on Oct 22, 2012 at 4:34 pm
"Did Obama do ANYTHING different than Bush? Nope."
1. "Wars still going" One is shut down as promised, the other ends in about a year.
2. Bush declared 6 months after 9/11 that he didn't care about bin Ladin. Obama? bin Ladin sleeps with the fishes. (ask Romney about his policy)
3. Bush wanted to privatize Social Security before the huge Bush crash.
4. Bush did nothing for the 45 million without medical insurance, or the monstrously bad policies of health insurers, like pre-existing conditions, etc..
5. Bush dropped the stock market to 8000. It's 13000 under Obama. My 401k appreciates that!
The list goes on and on.
Then there are jobs Web Link
Even a fifth grader can read that chart Bush < Obama
No one can answer the difference between Romney and Bush however.
No one here has even tried.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Oct 23, 2012 at 10:46 am
1. How is the war 'shut down'? We still have soldiers over there, people are still dying, military operations are still occurring in both countries. How is that shut down? Because they said so? Do you just listen to the words coming out of their mouths? Or do you actually look at the actions? Of course, you could get technical about it, since war was never declared by congress like the Constitution says it should be. So really, they are police actions, like Vietnam. So I guess you can have that point.
Oh yeah, the wars were NEVER about terror, it's about pipelines, natural gas and oil.
Dick Cheney:The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratically elected regimes friendly to the United States. Occasionally we have to operate in places where, all things considered, one would not normally choose to go. But, we go where the business is.
Speech delivered at the Cato Institute, June 23, 1998
2. What does that have to do with anything? Because Obama got lucky that the tip off came during his presidency? The ONLY reason Bush said that was to deflect from his failure to capture Bin Laden. Of course, knowing the Bush's ties to The Saudis and Oil, I would be surprised if that was an accident.
3. I can concede that point, however, actually privatizing SS is a near impossible task. The people are too vested in it, its the one thing the population at large seems to care about.
4. And Obamacare did what? REQUIRE that Americans purchase insurance. He did NOTHING for the people, and generated a windfall for the insurance companies. More federal dollars going to the insurance companies when it needs to be going to the medical providers.
5. The president has VERY little to do with the stock market. Sure, the presidents policy can influence some short term fluctuations, but to credit a president, one man, with the overall health of the stock market shows you have little to no knowledge of how the stock market works.
There are always jobs, what we have an abundance of is unemployment.
Of course, to prove your point you post a graphic, without attribution, from a private blog, and who knows where those numbers are coming from and what they are based on, theres no attribution to be able to check, so, yeah, pointless and irrelevant chart for the win!
Yeah, the list goes on and on, however, none of it, for either candidate, is positive.
Also, when debating, leave the personal attacks out of it, they only serve to weaken your position.
a resident of another community
on Oct 23, 2012 at 11:33 am
A Romney Revival? Yeah, a revival of 1929...bring on the bathtub gin...we are going to need it because we avoided it under the current POTUS. And for the rights of women, it'll become 1829.
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Oct 25, 2012 at 11:05 am
"And for the rights of women, it'll become 1829"
Bogus fear mongering is all they have left....
Anyone who thinks that Roe V Wade is in any more danger of being threatened over the next 40 year relative to the last 40 obviously has not paid any attention to even the conservative's positions on the SCOTUS. Roe V Wade will never be struck down....I repeat, NEVER.
As for the rest of womens rights that you think will be at risk, please list them one by one so we can debate them. I will say that the only chance of Women's rights being rolled back will be due to the PC liberals allowing for Sharia Law to take hold.
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Oct 25, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Fear, not paying attention much, are you? You don't think it's real??? That's either disingenuous, a lie, or ignorance.
Just look at Paul Ryan's record. Dozens and dozens of REAL votes (not fearmongering) against abortion.
Co-sponsoring a radical 'Personhood' bill which outlaws abortion in all cases, even RAPE, INCEST and HEALTH of the MOTHER. It also will outlaw most forms of hormonal birth control (the pill.)
Forcing women to carry the child of their rapist, is not 'fearmongering'. It's the GOP way. Ryan CO-SPONSORED it.
Paul Ryan's co-sponsor? Todd "LEGITIMATE RAPE" Akin.
Just a one-off pairing of Todd "LEGITIMATE RAPE" Akin and Paul "Carry the Rapist's Child" Ryan? Go to Thomas(dot)gov. Just in the last two years, Todd "LEGITIMATE RAPE" Akin and Ryan had 37 bills sponsored or co-sponsored by both Representatives during the 112th Congress.
At state levels, it's almost as bad as Ryan's forcing a woman to carry the child of their rapist. How about Virginia's forced vaginal probe ultrasound requirement?
How is a "forced vaginal probe ultrasound requirement" not the perfect metaphor for the intrusive, big government style of the GOP? The GOP and how they seek to control a woman's body are the closest thing we have to Sharia law.
Romney/Ryan = Bush/Cheney
Except in the area of Women's Health: Romney/Ryan are worse for American Women than Bush/Cheney.
a resident of Portola Valley: Westridge
on Oct 25, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Here's the pdf of HR 212 Web Link
January 2011
The personhood bill outlawing abortion in all cases, even RAPE, INCEST and HEALTH of the MOTHER. It also will outlaw most forms of hormonal birth control (the pill) cosponsored by Todd "LEGITIMATE RAPE" Akin and Paul "Carry the Rapist's Child" Ryan.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Oct 27, 2012 at 11:42 am
golly, @fearfactor gets his hokum slammed by the reality of living in a youtube world!
"I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize that life is that gift from God and I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something God intended to happen."
There's your modern day republican for us.
Modern day, of 1829.
Never leave family health issues and decisions to a republican.
tHANK you.
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Nov 5, 2012 at 9:41 am
"Unskewed polls.com predicts that Mitt Romney will defeat Barack Obama by a 52 percent to 47 percent by national popular vote and by 342 electoral votes to 196 electoral votes."
All the "skewed" poll sites show Obama with 300 electoral votes.
It is Chris Christie's fault that Romney is losing the end game.
a resident of Hillview Middle School
on Nov 5, 2012 at 4:35 pm
Obama gets over 300, possibly 332.
Christie dissed Romney for two reasons.... one is he knows Romney never had a chance, second is he's up for reelection next year and prefers the photos with the winner, not the loser.
Christie actually faces a somewhat challenging run. NJ has two props on the ballot designed to bring out the blue -- a min wage and an estate tax prop.
Good times.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Nov 6, 2012 at 4:28 pm
Gonna be a sad day for the Hanks and Menlo "Moderate" types tomorrow..........
Any last minute predictions?
Senate 53/47
House Dems pick up 12
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 6, 2012 at 8:26 pm
Anyone still want to defend Romney as the best candidate for the GOP?
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Nov 6, 2012 at 9:17 pm
"Anyone still want to defend Romney as the best candidate for the GOP?"
Certainly won't be Hank or Menlo Moderate (they're one in the same). The best answer I ever got from a die hard republican as to why he was voting for Romney - "because he's the republican candidate." God forbid he should think beyond the party line.
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Nov 9, 2012 at 10:26 am
Stunning about these reports that right up to and even during the election that Romney and his team thought they would win.
Arrogance in the face of reality.
Didn't they believe the math?
Guess not. After all, republicans don't use math in their budget proposals, why should they use math for polls?
Six years of running for president and still can't read a set of battleground state polls.
Best tweet yesterday: "Shouldn't Wonky McNumbersWonk Paul Ryan have been able to average a few poll numbers?"
2nd best tweet: "For the record, I am NOT HAPPY I didn't think of "Wonky McNumbersWonk Paul Ryan" before today." — @jamisonfoser
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Nov 9, 2012 at 12:47 pm
Who needs to be good with numbers when God is speaking to you? The Republicans' optimism was faith-based. I guess they need to do more praying and less pontificating about gay marriage, rape victims and that socialist in the White House who actually wants health care to be considered a right for all.
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Tue, 25 May 2010 10:28:37 +0100 (BST)
Dear Statalist,
In October 2008 I fitted some Poisson generalised linear models using
generalised estimating equations. I calculated the QIC (quasilikelihood
information criterion) for each model, using the qic command in STATA.
On revisiting the same datasets and the same code in April 2010, I find
that the QIC values have changed by a factor of 1.5. The command output is
the same, except for the first line, which has changed from 'Iteration 1:
tolerance = 1.166e-11' to 'Iteration 1: tolerance = 2.528e-12'.
Can anyone tell me what has happened? Have any default settings been
changed for the qic command? I am using STATA 10.0.
Many thanks,
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The extent to which human beings affect the environment depends, in large measure, on the number of people in the world. Despite the paramount significance of this statistic, many students, environmental analysts and even policymakers have a distorted understanding of the history of population growth. The confusion stems from a single misleading graph that often appears in the environmental literature.
The graph in question gives the distinct impression that human numbers skyrocketed during three relatively discrete periods—specifically, at the advent of toolmaking, agriculture and industrialization—but in each case subsequently stabilized. Edward S. Deevey, Jr., a noted ecologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, first presented the problematic plot in 1960, in an article about human population in Scientific American (one of the eight he published in that magazine before his death in 1988). He wrote, "the population curve has moved upward stepwise in response to the three major revolutions that have marked the evolution of culture . . . But the evolution of the population size also indicates the approach to equilibrium in the two interrevolutionary periods of the past."
Since Deevey penned this description, various renditions of his figure have appeared in at least seven other books or articles on the subject—most of which were published since 1990. What rekindled interest in a 41-year-old graph? The answer is plain: In recent years, many scholars have sought to better understand the links between technology and population growth. And some of them uncritically accepted Deevey's view that two rapid increases in population (brought on by toolmaking and by agriculture) were followed byperiods of approximate stasis. Indeed, several of the more recent authors go further than Deevey, arguing that the graph shows that the population has been stabilizing during the last few decades.
The last few decades have, of course, been a time of remarkable expansion, not stabilization, in human numbers—population having doubled since Deevey wrote his paper. So something is clearly wrong. It appears that Deevey and the authors who adopted his presentation failed to recognize the effect of the plotting format: Deevey's graph uses logarithmic scales both for human numbers and for time. Time intervals increase by successive orders of magnitude as the scale moves further into the past. The resultant plot does seem to show that the population is now approaching an asymptote (and has done so twice before). But this appearance is purely an artifact of the logarithmic time scale.
Indeed, with the exception of a catastrophic decline, almost any plausible rate of growth will seem to level off on such a graph. Consider, for example, the Dow Jones industrial average. Although the Dow grew more rapidly in the 1980s and '90s than it did in the two decades before, plotting it using Deevey's scheme appears to show the average stabilizing toward the end of the 20th century.
What changes in population would produce something like Deevey's bumpy line on a graph with logarithmic axes? Three successive rises followed by plateaus would result from a population that expanded at one rate for one period, increased to a higher rate for a second period and increased again to a yet higher rate during a third period. For example, if one simply takes the estimated population of 1 million years ago, allows it to increase 0.0004 percent per year until 10,000 years ago, then 0.05 percent per year from 10,000 to 300 years ago, and finally 0.7 percent per year during the last 300 years, the resulting plot looks very similar to Deevey's.
What sort of growth would be needed to show an obvious increase on a graph with two logarithmic axes? To rise as a straight line, a variable must make its next order-of-magnitude increase in an order of magnitude less time than the previous one. This is a tall order. For example, consider a population that went from 100 to 1,000 in 100 years, an annual increase of 2.33 per cent. To plot as a straight, upward-sloping line, the
population would have to reach 10,000 in the next 10 years and then hit 100,000 in the following year. No population of organisms could long keep up such accelerating multiplication. So regardless of the actual situation, all plausible positive rates of growth will appear to plateau on Deevey's graph.
Just how should population be plotted? There are several alternatives; the most appropriate choice depends upon the question at hand. For example, one can simply plot both time and population size on linear scales. This technique is well suited for situations where it is important to be able to read numbers directly from the graph. But when a population grows by orders of magnitude, the needed compression of the vertical scale obscures any interesting changes that happen at low population sizes. And using this format to plot the growth of populations over extended periods can produce instances where the slope of the line appears almost vertical, as if the rate of increase were infinite.
What about using a linear scale for time and a logarithmic scale for population size? This combination is common in the ecological literature. Changes at small sizes remain detectable even with a population that later becomes quite a bit larger. Moreover, figures with a linear time axis and a logarithmic population axis have a convenient feature: A constant percentage rate of increase plots as a constant slope. This attribute makes it easy to detect changes in the rate of growth, which appear as shifts in the slope of the line. Indeed, such log-linear graphs can be very illuminating. Using one to track the Dow would readily show that the annual rate of increase in stock prices tended to be larger during the 1980s and '90s than it was during the '60s and '70s.
Deevey's graph suggests the present population is hardly changing, after having grown rapidly at three times in the past. Yet the opposite is actually the case. During the past half-century, population rose roughly 1.8 percent per year while growth rates during Deevey's three steep phases were only 0.0003, 0.07, and 0.24 percent per year respectively.
The purpose of a graph is to help detect patterns, or the lack thereof. Plots made with a logarithmic time scale tend to look the same regardless of what they represent. They not only obscure changes, they also give the impression that the variable under study is stabilizing, whatever the actual situation. This is especially dangerous when it lulls people into thinking that the recent expansion of population has effectively ceased. Arguments about when and how the population will stop increasing are more important now than ever before. People should not let these tricky graphs cloud the debates they are intended to illuminate.
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Oil on canvas, 133.5 x 169.5 cm On indefinite loan to the National Gallery of Ireland from the Jesuit Community, Leeson St., Dublin who acknowledge the kind generosity of the late Dr. Marie Lea-Wilson, 1992 L.14702
Throughout history, very few artists have caused as radical a change in pictorial perceptions as Caravaggio. From the moment his talent was discovered, he swiftly became the most famous painter of his time in Italy, as well as a source of inspiration for hundreds of followers throughout Europe.
The Taking of Christ was painted by Caravaggio for the Roman Marquis Ciriaco Mattei at the end of 1602, when he was at the height of his fame. Breaking with the past, the artist offered a new visual rendering of the narrative of the Gospels, reducing the space around the three-quarter-length figures and avoiding any description of the setting. All emphasis is directed on the action perpetrated by Judas and the Temple guards on an overwhelmed Jesus, who offers no resistance to his destiny. The fleeing disciple in disarray on the left is St John the Evangelist. Only the moon lights the scene: although the man at the far side is holding a lantern, it is in reality an ineffective source. In that man's features Caravaggio portrayed himself, at the age of thirty one, as a passive spectator of the divine tragedy.
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eBay Fights Back Against Icahn, Rejects 'Dead Wrong' Claims
eBay (EBAY) this afternoon responded to a missive sent out by Carl Icahn earlier in the day, accusing Icahn of misleading shareholders about the details of the company's sale of the Skype Internet calling service in late 2009, and its subsequent sale to Microsoft (MSFT) in early 2011.
Icahn has been pressing eBay to spin off its PayPal payments service, something the company has insisted would not be in the best interest of shareholders.
eBay argues Icahn is wrong in the factual details of the transactions, which he argued suggest eBay allowed board member Marc Andresseen to profit at eBay shareholders' expense. Reads the letter from eBay:
Carl Icahn doesn't let the truth get in the way of a good story. And while his letters and media interviews may be entertaining, they are not factually accurate. In fact, Mr. Icahn seems to be deliberately disseminating claims that are dead wrong. The claims against Mr. Cook and Mr. Andreessen, in particular, are blatantly false. We challenge Mr. Icahn to end his own charade with our shareholders. Let's focus on honest, accurate debate. Here are the facts: When divesting Skype, eBay's board explored all options and engaged in a competitive process with multiple bidders including several financial and strategic buyers. The best available transaction was a sale of a majority stake to a private equity consortium that included Silver Lake Partners, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Index Ventures and others. Andreessen Horowitz Ventures had an approximately 3% minority stake. As the lead equity investor, Silver Lake Partners led the negotiations for this consortium. eBay kept a 30% stake, retaining upside for the company in any subsequent transaction. eBay board member Marc Andreessen recused himself from all deliberations on this transaction. The transaction and Microsoft's ultimate decision to purchase Skype, following the settlement of intellectual property litigation, resulted in a substantial gain for eBay for an asset that had been previously written down. The transactions were widely hailed as an excellent result for the company and its shareholders.
In his letter to shareholders today, Icahn wrote,
The simple and, to us, disturbing fact is that eBay sold a controlling stake in Skype to a sitting board member (Mr. Andreessen) and Silver Lake, for about $1.9 billion. A mere 18 months later, that board member sold Skype to Microsoft for $8.5 billion,(4) thereby netting a $4 billion gain for himself and Silver Lake that should have accrued to eBay stockholders. Whether this occurred 2, 5 or 10 years ago is irrelevant, especially when that board member is still on the board! The phenomenal payday for Mr. Andreessen and Silver Lake raises serious red flags. It is therefore particularly galling that management continues to hold this transaction out as an example of the board acting "objectively."(5) Further, from where we sit, the fact that a similar set of circumstances happened again in the case of Mr. Andreessen's investment in Kynetic, which netted $150 million in paper profits for Mr. Andreessen,(6,7,8) shows a troubling pattern at eBay.=
Icahn's letter today follows one he put out on Monday in which he first brought up Andreessen's transactions, discussing at some length what Icahn considers "the board's transgressions and CEO Mr. John Donahoe's ineptitude in addressing them."
eBay shares today closed the session up $1.19, or 2%, at $57.34.


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Make no mistake, years of empty promises from both political parties got us in this mess today....
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Place four pebbles on the sand in the form of a square. Keep adding as few pebbles as necessary to double the area. How many extra pebbles are added each time?
Make a set of numbers that use all the digits from 1 to 9, once and
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Can you explain the strategy for winning this game with any target?
Choose any 3 digits and make a 6 digit number by repeating the 3 digits in the same order (e.g. 594594).
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The time for leadership in the dairy industry becomes more critical as producer numbers decline and the number of consumers grow.
Fortunately, a premier leadership program exists! The Holstein Foundation held its first Young Dairy Leaders Institute in February of 1994. Typically the two-year class started every third year, leaving a one-year break. Starting next year with Class 8, the program will be held in back-to-back years, which will involve more participants in a shortened time frame. While YDLI is a project of the Holstein Foundation, it is available to individuals with any dairy breed affiliation.
This two-year leadership-training program is available to young adults (ages 22 to 45) working in the dairy industry, both on the production side as well as allied fields. Attendees represent all geographic regions and international graduates have hailed from Canada, Mexico and Italy. However, all sessions are conducted in English so participants must be fluent.
This program is not a typical conference where one just sits, listens and learns information. YDLI is a very interactive experience that teaches and trains participants for implementation of leadership skills in the real world of consumers and critics. It is held in three phases. Phase I is the initial conference in New Mexico. During Phase II, participants implement what they have learned at YDLI in their communities. They also interact with fellow classmates throughout the year to keep the momentum and enthusiasm at a higher level. Phase III is held at the original location in Albuquerque. Participants return excited to share their stories and forge ahead with the next level of development in their personal and professional skills.
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- Develop interpersonal relationship and communication skills, and have the opportunity to network with like-minded, enthusiastic young people from across the country.
One participant remarked,"I have received much benefit from YDLI, both personally and professionally. My biggest gain was the ability to network with people from many different aspects of the dairy industry from all over the country. It has given me the knowledge to be able to use my voice and stand up to support the industry on key issues that affect producers. YDLI has also given me the confidence to deal with consumers in a positive manner. The knowledge and resources I have gained have been valuable tools to take home and use in my community." Michelle Ramaeker, YDLI Class 6 graduate and dairy producer, Mountain Grove, Mo.
Class 8 will be held February 6 to 9, 2013 and February 5 to 8, 2014 in Albuquerque, N.M. In the twelve months between classes, YDLI participants conduct projects as part of the program. Some host educational tours on their dairy, others visit classrooms to talk about milk and the dairy industry, and others create their own projects. During the final sessions, class members deliver a 5-minute summary of their activity. Class members can ask questions and the ideas brought forward can be shared with people back in their communities.
Kate Adams of New York describes her activities during Phase II in the video below. She talks about her consumer interview, interacting with the public at the New York State Fair and addressing the local rotary club as she educated others about the dairy industry.
Applications for the upcoming class are due August 1, 2012. Learn more at www.holsteinfoundation.org/YDLI/ydli.html or watch their webinar scheduled for June 15. The Holstein Foundation staff will be hosting an informational webinar for people interested in learning more about Young Dairy Leaders Institute before applying. The webinar is scheduled for Friday, June 15, from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. (Eastern time) and will cover program structure and content, time commitments, and include a question and answer time. A recent YDLI graduate will be on the webinar to address questions from a participant's perspective. To register, click this GotoMeeting link.
Download the YDLI Fact Sheet and application here. YDLI is an investment in yourself and the dairy industry.


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Pequot Lakes School District plans to have a new superintendent hired by mid-April.
The personnel committee of the school board met Monday night, Jan. 29, to discuss the position and develop a timeline for hiring a new superintendent.
Rick Linnell, current superintendent, submitted his resignation last November; his last day will be June 30.
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De Ja Vu: Lehigh comes back again, upsets New Hampshire
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The 17th ranked Lehigh football team came back from another second half deficit, scoring 21 unanswered points to defeat No. 7 New Hampshire, 34-27 on homecoming Saturday in front of 8,998 at Goodman Stadium. Trailing 19-3 early in the second quarter, the Mountain Hawks scored 31 of the game's final 39 points as the offense continued to impress while the defense allowed just eight points over the final 43:54.
With the win Lehigh moves to 4-0 on the season as the Mountain Hawks snapped a nine game losing streak over New Hampshire (1-2). The Mountain Hawks picked up their first win over the Wildcats since 1982.
That was a great win; a great team win," said Lehigh head coach Andy Coen. "The last few days we've been talking a lot about why we win these games. It's all about becoming a team. Being committed to yourself and committed to your teammates. Coming together as a team and building on that each week and getting tighter and tighter. There wasn't one guy who left this locker room that didn't 100 percent think that we were going to win this football game. That never wavered during the course of the game."
Senior quarterback Brandon Bialkowski posted his fourth straight 300-yard passing game, finishing 31-of-52 for 359 yards and two touchdowns. Senior Lee Kurfis had another monster game with 11 catches for 117 yards while senior Sergio Fernandez-Soto finished with seven receptions for 123 yards.
Senior Keith Sherman led the ground attack with 47 yards and posted four catches for 26 yards, including Lehigh's first touchdown of the day. Senior Sean Farrell had 25 yards rushing, including a pair of third-quarter touchdowns in less than three minutes of play.
The defense came up big, allowing a single touchdown after the Wildcats took their early 19-3 lead. Senior Tyler Ward tied for the team lead with nine tackles, including a tackle for loss and three pass break ups. Sophomore Cody Kondas also had nine tackles.
New Hampshire received the opening kickoff. Jared Allison promptly scampered 41 yards on the ground to set the Wildcats up at the Lehigh 43. New Hampshire moved the ball inside the Lehigh 20 where the Mountain Hawk defense forced a 31-yard field goal by Mike MacArthur with 12:22 remaining in the first quarter.
Lehigh answered right back when freshman Brandon Leaks received the kickoff and returned it 35 yards to the 47-yard line. An 11-play, 51-yard drive set up freshman Ryan Pandy, whose 19-yard field goal tied the score at three with 7:40 on the clock.
The Wildcats responded with a five-play, 80-yard drive capped off by a five-yard touchdown pass from Andy Vailas to Chris Setian. The Wildcats attempted the two-point conversion, but the Mountain Hawks stuffed the rush attempt to keep the UNH lead at 9-3 with 6:09 left in the first quarter.
On the ensuing drive, Cody Muller forced and recovered a Lehigh fumble to set UNH up at the Lehigh 30. The Wildcats got one first down before being held to a 35-yard field goal to make it 12-3 late in the first quarter.
The New Hampshire defense forced a three-and-out and began the ensuing drive on its own 36. It took ten plays for the Wildcats to go 64 yards which ended with a one-yard Vailas rush into the end zone to make it 19-3 with 13:54 left in the second quarter.
Leaks answered with his second big kickoff return of the game, this time marching 36 yards to begin the possession on the Lehigh 45-yard line. The Lehigh offense was able to convert two third downs before a 13-yard pass from Bialkowski found the hands of Sherman in the end zone. Pandy's extra point pulled the Mountain Hawks within 19-10 with 10:48 on the second quarter clock.
On the next drive, the Mountain Hawks were on the verge of forcing a three-and-out before a 14 yard rush from Sean Goldrich gave the Wildcats another chance. The Lehigh defense was able to stuff the Wildcats this time though, giving UNH its first scoreless drive of the game.
After trading punts, the Mountain Hawks got the ball back with 4:34 remaining at their own 27-yard line and promptly moved 71 yards on 18 plays, capped off by a 19-yard field goal from Pandy to make it 19-13 UNH at the half. The Mountain Hawks had converted a fourth-and-one from their own 48 as Sherman ran up the middle to keep the drive alive. Lehigh continued to methodically move the ball down field as a 12-yard pass to Kurfis got the Mountain Hawks to the 24-yard line, and a pass interference in the end zone set up Pandy for the field goal as time expired in the half.
Bialkowski completed 14-of-25 for 129 yards and a touchdown in the first half. Kurfis had six catches for 64 yards, Hayden posted two catches for 26 yards and Sherman had two catches for 19 yards and a touchdown. Sherman also had 29 yards on the ground on nine carries. Junior Isaiah Campbell had a team-high five first-half tackles.
Lehigh punted on its first drive of the second half and the Wildcats took advantage, going 80 yards on nine plays. On fourth and inches, Chris Setian scored on a four-yard run before adding a two-point conversion to pull ahead 27-13 with 10:23 left in the third quarter.
The Mountain Hawks answered right back less than two minutes later, going 77 yards on nine plays. Hayden got it started with a 23-yard catch. Two plays later, Kurfis made a nifty cutback to turn a short gain into a 20-yard catch-and-run. A 14-yard run by junior Rich Sodeke and 15-yard catch from Fernandez-Soto put the ball on the one, setting up Farrell for the one-yard run to make it 27-20 with 8:25 on the clock.
Senior Nigel Muhammad had a big sack to begin UNH's ensuing drive, leading to a three-and-out. After a punt, it took just three plays for the Mountain Hawks to pull even. Bialkowski found Fernandez-Soto for 72 yards on the first play. Two plays later, Farrell rushed for his second touchdown in less than three minutes. The extra point was good to make it 27-27 with 5:35 left in the third quarter.
Lehigh forced another punt and capitalized in a big way. The Mountain Hawks went 80 yards on 17 plays, converting three third downs and a fourth down to take their first lead of the day following a 15-yard catch by sophomore Derek Knott. That made it 34-27 with 12:19 left in the fourth quarter. On fourth and less than a yard form the New Hampshire 43, Farrell carried for the big first down. Fernandez-Soto added two third-down catches leading into the Knott score to a drive that took nearly half a quarter.
New Hampshire followed with a pair of first downs, but Ward made a big third-down tackle to force a punt. The Lehigh offense promptly marched from its own 20 to the New Hampshire 39 before a Bialkowski pass was intercepted.
The Wildcats made one last push, moving the ball all the way to the Lehigh 11 yard line before Vailas' fourth-down pass fell incomplete with 26 seconds remaining. With UNH out of timeouts, the Mountain Hawks took a knee to improve to 4-0 for a second straight season.
"The kids played very well," Coen said. "They were tough. They were together. We made some mistakes, but we forced them (New Hampshire) to make a lot of mistakes. I thought in the second half we were the better football team and we were able to come out of here with a win."
Lehigh held the final edge in total yards (465-441) and passing yards (359-152) while the Wildcats held a 289-106 advantage on the ground. Lehigh gained 28 first downs to UNH's 24.
Vailas finished 18-for-29 for 152 yards and a touchdown for New Hampshire and added 43 yards on 13 carries. Nico Steriti rushed for a game-high 116 yards to lead UNH, while R.J. Harris was the top receiver for the Wildcats with 53 yards on seven receptions.
The Mountain Hawks return to action next Saturday when they travel to No. 16 Fordham for a nationally-televised battle of undefeated teams on CBS Sports Network. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. After a road game at Columbia on October 12, Lehigh returns home on October 19 to host Georgetown.
Tickets for all games are available, and may be purchased in one of three ways: by visiting the Lehigh ticket office located in Stabler Arena, by calling (610) 7LU-GAME, or on-line anytime at LehighTickets.com.
EXTRA POINTS… Kurfis surpassed 100 yards receiving for a fifth straight game dating back to last season … Bialkowski surpassed 300 yards passing for the fourth time this season, and fourth time in as many starts … The attendance was 8,998 on homecoming … The Lehigh men's lacrosse team was honored during the second quarter for winning back-to-back Patriot League Championships … Lehigh honored its 1993 and 1998 Patriot League Championship teams during the third quarter … The Mountain Hawks won their second straight game over a CAA opponent (after topping Towson in the 2011 FCS Playoffs)… Lehigh had lost seven straight games against CAA opponents prior to that playoff win… the Mountain Hawks entered the game with just two sacks on the season but recorded three on the afternoon (Muhammad, sophomore Noah Robb and freshman Pierce Ripanti)... Lehigh has now overcome deficits of 20, 19 and 16 points in three of its four wins.
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Avigilon CEO Discusses $17M RedCloud Acquisition
Avigilon President and CEO Alexander Fernandes sheds light on the firm's recent acquisition of access control provider RedCloud. In this Q&A, find out why Avigilon decided to enter into the access control space, what the acquisition means for both companies, and what integrators can expect from this…
By Ashley Willis · June 2, 2013
Last week, video surveillance solutions provider Avigilon announced that it had purchased RedCloud Security, which provides Web-based, physical and virtual access control systems, for $17 million. I had the opportunity to speak with Avigilon President and CEO Alexander Fernandes for more details on the deal. Continue reading for insight on why Avigilon decided to enter into the access control space, what the acquisition means for both companies, and what integrators can expect from this transaction.
What prompted Avigilon to enter into the access control space?
Alexander Fernandes: It's all for synergistic reasons. Our end-user customer base, which is for video surveillance, happens to be synonymous with the access control end-user base. This means that the majority of people that purchase and use video surveillance also use access control as part of their physical security program for their premises or businesses.
Since we're already selling into that user base, we saw an opportunity for us to add value by providing more products and services to the same end-user base. We have a global reseller channel with more than 1,000 integrators, so we already have a ready-built sales channel, global footprint that's ready to sell access control.
On the technical synergistic side of things, one of the trends that we see going forward is convergence. That may be a bit of an overused buzzword, but essentially the integration between what has been historically disparate systems will allow end users to manage and monitor their access and video from one user interface. This makes things more efficient because users can link the databases and extract better information from the two systems in a more effective manner.
There are plenty access control providers in the market. Why did you choose RedCloud?
We did look around for a bit, but we felt RedCloud was unique for Avigilon for a couple of different reasons. One reason was the company's technology. Many of the access control products out there are what I call long in the tooth. They've been around for many, many years, and they are based on hardware rather than on software design. The RedCloud product is using the latest technology, which is sort of synergistic with Avigilon and how we've designed an IP-based video system. At the end of the day, we were really after a complementary product line.
Also, we weren't interested in buying a company with a separate sales channel and marketing brand and big physical operations in terms of manufacturing because we have all of those things. RedCloud is a small company that doesn't really have a big reseller channel established, and we have one ready to go. Moreover, the value that RedCloud brought to the table was this product that we can bolt on to our existing platform to make it an enhanced, one-stop shop experience. As a small, entrepreneurial company, we feel their culture will mesh well with ours.
What does this latest acquisition mean for Avigilon and RedCloud?
It means that in addition to our global video surveillance market that we're currently selling into, which is projected to be about $30 billion by 2016, we're now adding another $6 billion of access control business potential to our existing addressable markets. So we're really adding a big, adjacent market, which gives us more runway for continued growth.
Will RedCloud operate as a standalone company?
It's going to be a multi-phase process. We're giving this a six- to eight-month integration period to put the two companies together. In the short term, we're not going to do anything; RedCloud will continue to operate as a standalone business. But the idea over time is to integrate it with Avigilon. It could become RedCloud Access Control by Avigilon or something along those lines with Avigilon being the main brand.
What vertical markets will you target?
Right now, we sell in roughly a dozen verticals, everything from critical infrastructure to retail to campus environments, which includes schools and hospitals. We do casinos; we do financial institutions, airports, prisons. The answer is all of those verticals are heavy users of access control and so we feel it's really just a natural fit.
Are there any products or services that Avigilon plans to roll out in the future?
The general idea is more and more integration of all of our products, so tightening the integration between RedCloud and Avigilon.
Our main business remains video surveillance and we plan to continue innovating, so we're working on new enterprise features for large deployments; we're constantly adding more enterprise level features to our platform. At the same time, we're introducing new, lower-cost products to dig deeper into the entry level market and sort of take away market share from analog technology. There is a segment of the market that is extremely price sensitive. Our aim is to address that issue.
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(May 12, 2009)--The UTSA Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching will host "The Kahani Project" at the Institute of Texan Cultures through May 16. "Kahani" is Hindi for "story." The Kahani Project is a literacy endeavor in which Indian and other international students write family-oriented stories. Admittance to the exhibit is complimentary with ITC admission.
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"India has a rich oral tradition and people usually sit around the village leader or the eldest member of the village and listen to stories or kahani even today," said Kalpana Iyengar, a San Antonio Writing Project teacher consultant and Ph.D. student at UTSA. "This art brings groups of people together and provides entertainment for the entire family."
A collection of 25 stories is available for guests to enjoy in the ITC auditorium during regular museum operating hours. Stories recount memories of relatives living in India, family trips to parents' homes, Indian heroes, language barriers, adapting to life in America or being exposed to Indian culture for the first time.
"The stories are amazingly personal and yet universal," said Roxanne Henkin, UTSA professor and director of the San Antonio Writing Project. "The students talk about their lives and their struggles to show their families in India that they are still Indian while fully American too. Their parents and the Indian community in San Antonio expressed pride and support as the students of all ages shared their stories."
The Kahani Project is a program of the San Antonio Writing Project (SAWP), a local nonprofit organization designed to promote the effective teaching of writing in San Antonio area schools for students aged pre-K through the university level. SAWP teacher consultants are trained in a summer institute and then offer workshops, institutes in local school districts and summer writing camps for students.
The San Antonio Writing Project is sponsored by The University of Texas at San Antonio and The National Writing Project. The Kahani Project was made possible by the India Association of San Antonio. For more information, visit the San Antonio Writing Project Web site.
The Institute of Texan Cultures is on the UTSA HemisFair Park Campus, 851 E. Durango Blvd., a short distance from the Alamo and the River Walk. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m., Sunday; closed Monday. Admission is $8 for adults (ages 12-64); $7 for seniors (ages 65+); $6 for children (ages 3-11); free with membership, UTSA or Alamo Colleges identification. For more information, call (210) 458-2300 or visit the Institute of Texan Cultures Web site.
The Institute of Texan Cultures is an agency of the Vice President for Community Services at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The mission of the museum is to engage lifelong learners in the understanding and celebration of Texas cultural heritage. On the UTSA HemisFair Park Campus in downtown San Antonio, the 182,000-square-foot complex features 65,000 square feet of interactive exhibits and displays that tell the stories of Texans.
The museum develops quality, accessible resources for educators and lifelong learners on topics of cultural heritage and strives to develop a rich and vibrant culture in the arts and humanities that will expand the community's awareness and appreciation of Texas through an engaging series of exhibits, programs and special events. Resources for multiple audiences are available at the museum's Web site, TexanCultures.com.


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Using her high origami and ninjutsu skills, Konan can turn her body and clothing into many sheets of paper. She can control and reshape even parts of her body with sheets at will, making such forms as weapons for attack, butterflies for spying, paper airplanes for quick transport, or simply covering her enemy in sheets of paper, restricting and asphyxiating them.[2] She is also capable of hovering while in her paper form. With this technique, Konan can cover large areas in short periods of time.
This paper is seemingly expendable, including parts of her body converted to paper; and how much paper she can expend depends on her chakra reserves. She can also hide explosive tags amongst her papers to add a deadly surprise to her attacks.[3]
In this form, however, she is weak to oil-based techniques, which causes the paper to stick. She is however not weak against water to the same extent, as seen when Pain washed the oil off her with the Water Release: Wild Bubble Wave technique, her use of paper in her village Amegakure where it always rains, and later in her battle against Tobi where she divided a lake with her paper. This is shown again later in the anime, as Konan uses water to her advantage, soaking her paper body in water so that flames and heat would not burn her.
- Shikigami, when written as 式神, refers to a kind of spirit summoned to serve an onmyōji, a kind of sorcerer. These spirits are often depicted as changing into small pieces of paper once harmed or finished with their task. In the name of this technique, the kanji for "god" (神, kami) has been replaced with the kanji for "paper" (紙, kami), which is pronounced the same. This is likely done to emphasise the paper nature of Konan's shikigami and to point out the subtle difference between them and traditional shikigami.
- Her ability to make wings out of paper mirrors her title as "God's Angel" in Amegakure.


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