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I am pleased to appear before you to discuss the Administration's proposal for the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). The President has emphasized universal access to postsecondary education and lifelong learning as top priorities of his Administration. Our reauthorization proposal builds upon the President's proposed HOPE Scholarship, $10,000 tax deduction, and increases in Pell Grants and Work Study. It will set the direction for Federal support of higher education as we enter the next century.
More than ever before, education is the fault line between those who will prosper in the new economy and those who will be left behind. Today's good jobs increasingly require skills and training beyond a high school education, and effective and accessible postsecondary education is critically important to individuals as well as our Nation's economy and democracy. In fact, the most recent estimates available from the Census Bureau show that a person with a bachelor's degree earns about $600,000 more in today's dollars over the course of a lifetime than a person who did not continue his or her education beyond high school.
For over 30 years, the HEA has worked to promote access to postsecondary education, with college enrollment increasing from 5.9 million students in the fall of 1965 to 14.3 million in the fall of 1995. Under our Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 budget proposals, we expect 7.7 million students, or about one-third of all postsecondary students enrolled throughout the year, to receive nearly $40 billion through HEA student financial aid programs, costing the Federal government $12.7 billion. This is a good investment in America's future.
But we have an unfinished agenda. Students whose parents have less income and formal education still enroll in higher education at lower rates than do their peers from more affluent and better educated families. Ninety-one percent of 1992 high school graduates from the highest socio-economic quartile (based on income and education) entered college within two years, compared to only 71 percent of students in the middle quartiles and 49 percent of students in the lowest quartile. Ensuring access is therefore the first critical principle underlying our HEA reauthorization proposal. The other three are supporting high standards and high achievement; improving outreach to potential students and linkages to employment and elementary and secondary education; and simplifying program delivery and improving management. I am encouraged that the Congress and the higher education community share these objectives.
The challenge in this reauthorization is to maximize the effectiveness of our investment in postsecondary education. Our overall proposal will be aggressive, but realistic. We will recommend targeted program improvements and reforms that we can fund in the context of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement.
Ensuring access to postsecondary education for all Americans continues to be the most important goal of Federal postsecondary education policy. President Clinton extends the concept of educational access to mean "opportunity with responsibility." As the principal beneficiaries of postsecondary education, students should be expected to study hard and pay some of the costs of their own education, if possible. Nonetheless, the student's family, the States, postsecondary institutions, and the Federal government also have important roles. The student's family has an obligation to prepare the student for a fulfilling and productive future. States provide crucial governance and financial support to the Nation's higher education system, especially through annual appropriations that cover large portions of public institutions' operating budgets. Each institution also has a duty to provide high-quality and efficiently administered programs, support students, and manage Federal funds responsibly. Any consideration of the Federal role in postsecondary education must recognize the roles and responsibilities of these multiple players.
We are concerned that students and parents, especially those from low-income families, have incomplete, and sometimes misleading, knowledge of the cost of attending postsecondary education, the availability of financial aid, and eligibility requirements for aid. Also troubling are recent reports indicating that parents of even very young children view college costs as one of their foremost worries. Although it is not the role of the Federal government to determine tuition levels, we can do more to allay fears about college costs and also to encourage long-term planning for education after high school. We are examining a number of options, including one that would identify and publicize the amount of Federal aid that postsecondary students in participating programs are eligible to receive and the typical costs of education.
We are also concerned that our current need analysis formula -- which determines how much financial aid a student is eligible to receive -- may discourage students from working and families from saving. To address this concern, we are considering ways to modify the treatment of assets in the calculation of expected family contribution. We know that Congressman Clay has recently introduced a bill, H.R. 1435, that would increase the amount of income that is excluded from assessment in the need analysis formulas for both dependent and independent students. We are reviewing this proposal in terms of its benefits to students and its conformity with a balanced budget.
Pell Grants, which are the foundation of Federal student aid, have made postsecondary education possible for millions of low-income students who otherwise would not have had this opportunity. Recent bipartisan support in Congress has resulted in considerable increases in Pell Grant funding and an increase in the number of undergraduate student recipients. We would like the reauthorized HEA to provide a strong Pell Grant program, and in future budgets we hope to propose substantial annual increases in the maximum Pell Grant award, as long as they can be paid for within a balanced budget. To this end, the Administration proposed a $3,000 maximum award in the 1998 budget, and the President fought for this increase in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement.
In part because of the diminishing value of the Pell Grant in real terms throughout the 1980s, many students and families increasingly rely on student loans to finance postsecondary education. Given borrowers' financial obligations, we will not consider any proposal that would increase the cost of borrowing for students or parents. On the contrary, the President's 1998 budget proposed substantial reductions in the loan origination fees that student borrowers must pay, and we will continue to work to eliminate these fees entirely if it is possible within the framework of a balanced Federal budget. To improve HEA programs for graduate education, we are considering the consolidation of Title IX's Javits, Harris, and Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need programs into one flexible, comprehensive fellowship program focused on national academic needs. We are preparing a proposal that would define national need in terms of both academic discipline and population representation. The new program would provide flexibility while retaining important elements of the programs that would be consolidated.
We also want to respond to changes in the demographics of the college population as well as technological innovations. Nearly half of all college students are now working adults over 24 years of age who cannot easily take time from their jobs or other commitments to participate in traditional higher education settings. Exciting new technologies are enabling postsecondary institutions to respond to popular demand from these students by offering enhanced distance learning opportunities. For example, students can now take courses over the Internet and interact with instructors via e-mail.
Where institutions offering distance learning programs seek to participate in the Federal student aid programs, we will ask accrediting agencies to develop and enforce appropriate outcome standards in order to ensure program quality. To provide equivalent student aid opportunities for all learners, while making sure that this is a good investment of Federal education funds, we propose to modify several provisions of the HEA. In addition to taking steps to ensure educational quality through accreditation of these programs, we intend to modify some provisions that limit institutional eligibility for Title IV aid, including those based on percentages of students and programs in distance learning. Also under consideration is a proposal that the non-tuition cost of attendance for students in distance learning programs be computed under the same methodology used for other off-campus students, if this is possible within the framework of a balanced Federal budget. Support Effective Education: High Standards, High Achievement In addition to ensuring access, Federal programs should continue to promote and enhance outstanding educational opportunities and encourage students to take advantage of them. Several of our reauthorization ideas address this objective of promoting high standards and high achievement.
We are considering ways to reward needy students who excel academically. We also plan to propose limiting the length of time students may qualify for Pell Grants -- perhaps to 150 percent of the usual program length -- thereby encouraging timely degree completion and safeguarding taxpayer dollars. Taken together, these proposals reinforce our commitment to ensure access for all students and reward those who achieve at the highest level, yet also promote student accountability.
We can also encourage and promote high standards and achievement on the part of educational providers by continuing to support the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). The postsecondary education community overwhelmingly endorses this program, which supports reform and enhancement projects in areas ranging from student preparation to faculty development and improvement of campus environments. We will stress dissemination as an important feature of the reauthorized FIPSE, thereby encouraging replication of the exciting and effective projects it funds.
We want to continue to support improvements in academic quality and institutional management at institutions serving disadvantaged and minority students. Our plan to create separate parts of Title III for Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Tribally-Controlled Colleges underscores the importance of these institutions. We will also encourage all Title III schools to strengthen the use of technology in both academic and administrative operations.
Finally, we are concerned about the current level of support for teacher preparation programs. We will propose to improve teacher preparation programs to help meet the President's goal of ensuring a talented, dedicated, and well-prepared teacher in every American classroom. Without effective teaching, the highest standards in the world will not yield a well educated society. Our Nation faces major challenges in this undertaking, as we will need an additional two million teachers to keep up with student population growth over the next decade. We are considering a new teacher preparation program, in which colleges and universities that have demonstrated excellence in preparing teachers would partner with other postsecondary institutions that are committed to improving their own teacher preparation programs. In addition, we are considering improved teacher recruitment programs to include paraprofessionals, mid-career people, and individuals willing to work in underserved areas.
By forging strong links among elementary and secondary education, postsecondary education, and employment, we can establish crucial connections at both ends of the educational spectrum that complement and increase the effectiveness of our investment in student financial aid. Specifically, we aim to provide effective mentoring, academic preparation, and counseling to motivate young people and their families to develop and deepen their aspirations and commitment to pursue postsecondary education. Our goal must not be just to ensure access, but also to encourage students to persist and graduate.
We particularly would like to see increased degree and certificate completion among low-income students, whose rate of completion is one-third lower than that of their high-income counterparts. Thus, we are examining ways to reward institutions that serve large numbers of Pell Grant recipients who complete an educational program. Such incentives would encourage institutions to retain low-income students through degree completion.
We are determined to strengthen the TRIO programs, which support and encourage precollegiate students by preparing them for enrollment and success in college. The Upward Bound and Student Support Services programs help low-income, first-generation college students enter and persist in college. An evaluation conducted by Mathematica Policy Research showed that Upward Bound increases students' educational expectations, prepares them academically, and results in higher college enrollment rates. Similarly, an evaluation conducted by Westat, Inc. showed that participants in Student Support Services earn higher grade point averages, enroll in more classes, and persist at a greater rate than do other similar students.
We also want to strengthen the Federal commitment to mentoring and early intervention for disadvantaged youngsters by stepping up efforts to inform students at an early age that college is a realistic possibility. We are considering a proposal to redefine the Talent Search program as a mentoring and academic support program to help disadvantaged middle school students by instilling motivation and work habits conducive to academic success; providing information on collegiate academic requirements, typical costs, and financial aid availability; and involving parents.
The reauthorized HEA should continue to improve management and simplify program delivery, our fourth guiding principle. We aim to reduce burden on institutions and provide them the flexibility to manage the programs so that they can serve students well. We will also ensure that students and postsecondary institutions continue to receive efficient, seamless and predictable customer service that enables them to plan ahead.
We will continue to strengthen Title IV program management by improving the Department's oversight of participating postsecondary institutions. In recent years, we have significantly improved Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program management. The national FFEL cohort default rate declined from 22.4 percent to 10.7 percent between 1990 and 1994. Federal payments for defaulted FFELs have declined almost 30 percent between 1991 and 1996, despite a 60 percent increase in the volume of loans in repayment during the same period. And collections on defaulted FFELs have more than doubled since 1992.
We also have strengthened the gatekeeping procedures to prevent unscrupulous schools from participating in student aid programs. Over the past four years, the Department's actions have led to the removal of 875 schools, including 672 schools removed from all student aid programs and an additional 203 from Federal loan programs. These actions are the result of careful implementation of legislation enacted by the Congress since 1990, which have given the Department more tools to manage the Federal student aid programs.
We need to continue striving toward a proper balance, however, between protecting students and Federal funds and imposing burdens on schools. To strike this balance, we are proposing to create a statutory and regulatory framework for tailored, performance-based standards -- developed in consultation with the postsecondary community -- in lieu of the current "one size fits all" rules. A gatekeeping and oversight system based on institutions' track records and risk to Federal funds will recognize the diversity of American higher education, reduce burden where appropriate, provide incentives for institutions to be fiscally and administratively responsible, and target Federal oversight resources on high-risk institutions.
We are also working to ensure strong management of our student loan programs and to provide equal benefits for students in Direct Lending and FFEL. The creation and implementation of the Direct Loan program already has revolutionized Federal student loan delivery by providing a simpler, more automated, and more accountable system to borrowers and participating institutions. The existence of Direct Lending has also stimulated improvements in FFEL. The Direct Loan program also offers borrowers a choice of repayment options that have improved borrowers' ability to manage their student loan debt. In our FY 1998 budget submission, we proposed to extend most of the Direct Loan repayment options to FFEL borrowers, improve the terms of FFEL consolidation loans, and prohibit lenders from offering different benefits to selected borrowers. The budget provisions, like our HOPE Scholarship proposal, would provide students additional assistance and flexibility in financing postsecondary education, and we plan to include them in our reauthorization plan, as well.
In the President's 1998 budget, we propose economic incentives for guaranty agencies that would reduce the need for regulation, lower costs to the taxpayers, and improve performance. Our proposal clarifies that guaranty agencies administer guarantees paid by the Federal government. The Department would pay 100 percent of lender default claims, compensate guaranty agencies through a set of fees related to the functions they perform, and recall Federal funds unnecessarily held in reserve by the agencies.
We recognize the importance of simplifying program delivery and have taken steps in this direction. In consultation with students, schools, lenders, guaranty agencies, and secondary markets, the Department is developing Project Easy Access for Students and Institutions (EASI), an electronic, student-centered delivery system through which students will be able to apply for aid, determine their eligibility, and have their aid delivered to the school of their choice rapidly. As envisioned, EASI would also enable borrowers to check on their loan balances 24 hours a day after leaving school, assist institutions in tracking enrollment and repayments as well as fulfilling reporting requirements, and help the Department with program management, reporting, and oversight in a real-time environment.
We are modernizing other aspects of the delivery system consistent with the EASI vision. Later this month, students and families will be able to complete the financial aid application via the Internet. We are also considering the use of multi-year promissory notes and imaging for both the Direct Loan and FFEL programs, which could greatly reduce administrative burden for the schools, lenders, and the Department.
Some in the postsecondary education community have advocated new organizational forms to modernize student aid. Recently proposed models include a mutual benefit corporation (MBC) -- which, as I understand it, is a non-governmental corporation operating under a charter and bylaws approved by an appropriate Federal agency that is set up to help run an industry -- and a performance-based organization (PBO) within a Federal agency under the policy supervision of the Secretary and the President. We are reviewing modifications that have been proposed for delivering student aid, and will communicate with the Committee if legislative change is needed to improve efficient and effective program management.
It has been my pleasure to share with you our higher education strategy and our approach to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. In proposing the HOPE Scholarship tax credit and other tax incentives to help families pay for college and life-long learning, major increases in funding for important postsecondary education programs in our FY 1998 budget, and a strong Higher Education Act, we are dedicated to strengthening the Federal commitment to postsecondary education. We look forward to working with you to craft a Higher Education Act that will allow us to meet the challenges of the next century. I am happy to respond to any questions you may have.


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Yesterday, we noted the lawsuit brought against Activision by the band No Doubt, who appear in the just-released how-is-this-not-Guitar-Hero game Band Hero. Previously, we've discussed the legal action taken by Courtney Love based upon her late husband's much-maligned appearance in Guitar Hero 5. Both of these cases have been discussed a good deal. There's a couple of things, though, that I can't help but be struck by.
Before we continue, I should note that I am not a legal scholar. I haven't reviewed these contracts. I don't have a clue who signed what. That said, I can absolutely see where the deception comes in. No Doubt's complaint specifies that the game permits "an unauthorized performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes." That is the key for me. It seems entirely possible that Activision obtained authorization for the band to appear in the game and appear as playable without disclosing the rest of the songs in the game. And if that is the case, then I could understand why No Doubt would be less than thrilled with their appearance. This also could account for why Courtney Love got so angry after the fact - something that always seemed odd given the way she's had relatively little shame about licensing Kurt Cobain's music, words and likeness in the past (for example). Contrast with Lego Rock Band, which features playable versions of Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Queen, and others specifically performing their own songs. None of them are upset about it; they actually all seem to think it's an honor.
My second thought is this: do people care about this stuff? Specifically, is the appearance of No Doubt or Kurt Cobain or Jimi Hendrix or Johnny Cash or Taylor Swift a selling point for anyone on these games? My inclination would be to think that people care more about the music than the avatars; given the increased customization of playable characters in these games, I would think you could just make your own version of Gwen Stefani if you so desired anyway. So what did Activision really get for all this?
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Some members on Colorado Springs City Council argue city can't afford recreational pot measure on November ballot
Colorado Springs, Colo. - Voters may have approved Amendment 64 two years ago. But recreational marijuana could be on the ballot in Colorado Springs this November.
The Colorado Springs City Council will discuss whether or not to allow voters to decide whether or not recreational pot stores should exist in the city.
Pro pot groups say the people's voices need to be heard. However, city council knows it will cost the Springs too much money to put the measure on the ballot.
"Our voices should be heard," recreation marijuana advocate Mark Slaugh said. "Elected representatives should be moving mountains to find a way to let people to choose whether to allow regulation, control and taxation of this substance in our communities."
Councilman Don Knight say it all comes down to money. Putting a marijuana initiative on the November ballot would cost the city more than $400,000.
"We only have $250,000 in our budget for anytime of election issue," Knight stated. "so, we're already short a $150,000 to $200,000 and money is already running tight this year."
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"If we can't even afford to let people choose a vote on what we should bring in to afford things in the future, it's just sad," Slaugh said.
The Springs City Council already voted 5 to 4 against recreational pot sales last August.
Knight still opposes the recreational sale of the drug because he worries the marijuana will get in the hands of kids.
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Council members could vote Tuesday to put off a marijuana ballot measure until next April when voters will go to the polls in citywide elections.


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DCCC Chairman Steve Israel released the following statement about the general election in Maine's 2nd Congressional District:
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"On the other hand, Bruce Poliquin wants to stack the deck for the special interests and the ultra-wealthy at the expense of the middle class and his irresponsible agenda is completely out of touch with the voters of this district who have elected a Democrat to Congress for the last two decades."
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Supplementing lab analysis with inline measurements
Coriolis flowmeter provides multiple measurements
A single Coriolis flowmeter can measure a number of parameters simultaneously, often eliminating the need for multiple instruments. Their highly accurate measurement of mass flow and density (up to 0.05% on mass flow and 0.0005 g/cm3 for density) makes Coriolis ideal for many process control applications.
Often overlooked by many instrument and process engineers is the ability of Coriolis flowmeters to be used for quality control. For example, the flowmeter's density function can be used to measure Brix and Plato values to ensure the quality of the ingredients being used. The viscosity option provides continuous measurement to minimize off-spec product between lab measurements.
One food plant installed a Coriolis flowmeter (Figure 2) in a continuous bypass line of a batter mixing tank. The batter, consisting of flour, water, and additives, is mixed until the correct viscosity is reached, and then pumped to the production tank for processing. The resulting savings in ingredients and the improvement in product quality paid for the installation in less than six months.
Instrument diagnostics detect problems
Diagnostics enhance measurements by alerting operators to abnormal process conditions or upsets. For example, entrained air in the line can cause process problems. An operator needs to know if external air is being drawn in through a leaking seal, a cavitating pump, or an empty balance tank, because air in the process can affect product quality.
A Coriolis flowmeter does not operate properly with large amounts of entrained air, so it has diagnostics to detect this condition. In an E+H Coriolis meter, a diagnostic value shows that tube oscillation is in a good range, indicating no entrained air. If air appears in the line, the diagnostic value will change (Figure 3), setting off an alarm to the operator.
The same function can be used to improve accuracy when starting from an empty line. The automation system can use the diagnostic information in combination with a downstream control valve to automatically increase back pressure during start-up, and then gradually decrease back pressure once the air is gone from the system.
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The first step is to evaluate all the lab measurements and determine what can be replaced or supplemented with inline instrumentation. The goal is to help the lab focus on the final and critical food safety and quality measurements, while the instrumentation is used for real-time operations. Considerations here include:
- How much time is being spent taking manual grab samples?
- How much time is being spent running lab analyses?
- How many workers are needed for these tasks?
- How quickly does manual sampling detect process changes?
- How much do the delays in obtaining manual results affect product costs?
The hydro cooker application discussed earlier is a good example of a plant that saved workers' time by eliminating two grab samples per hour, and then saved on disinfectant chemical costs with timelier inline analysis. The next step is asking which of the inline measurements would benefit a particular process.
For example, dissolved oxygen measurements in brewing, wine, and juice production minimize oxidation of the product. Measuring the Brix of tomato paste can help control the amount of paste to be added during cutting. Viscosity measurements can improve the product consistency of batter coating for beans, onions, meat, poultry, and other products.
Inline process analyzers cannot replace all the functions of a modern lab in a food plant, as certain measurements can't yet be reliably made by inline analyzers and instruments. However, modern inline process analyzers and instruments can reliably replace or supplement many of the measurements traditionally made in a lab.
Moving from offline to inline measurements cuts labor costs by eliminating manual sampling and analysis, and it adds consistency by automating the measurement process. Inline measurement delivers results in real time, allowing automation systems to adjust process parameters continually to optimize quality and increase throughput.
Ola Wesstrom is food and beverage industry manager for Endress+Hauser.
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Key concepts:
- Evaluating the quality of food and beverage production has traditionally depended on lab analysis.
- Many of the same analyzer technologies used in labs have now been adapted for online use in a plant environment.
- Certain types of process instruments, such as Coriolis flowmeters, can perform specific analysis tasks.
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The grandson of a former Vogue editor hanged himself after reading Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Maximillian Bromage, 19, grandson of Clare Rendlesham, was found dead at his grandparents' townhouse in South Kensington on August 6.
A copy of the dystopian Huxley novel, in which a character dubbed "the Savage" is found hanged in a lighthouse retreat, was left in Maximillian's bedroom on the day he was found.
His mother Jaqumine Bromage said: "I haven't been able to read it yet. It is sitting there for me to read, and I will, when I am ready. One is never going to know what was going through his mind. I just cannot believe I am never going to see him again."
Maximillian's grandmother Lady Rendlesham, who died in 1987, made her name working for Vogue during the Sixties and went on to open the first Yves Saint Laurent store in the UK, in Bond Street.
Mrs Bromage, who worked at the fashion house until 1999, said her son had a very thoughtful nature.
She said: "He thought about things in great depth and that book is about what is going to happen in the future.
"There is just a large question mark over what happened. Teenagers are very vulnerable at that sort of age."
Maximillian had recently dropped out of Aberystwyth University to re-take an A-level so he could change university.
He had carried out charity work in Nepal after leaving school and was planning to return next year.
Mrs Bromage, 50, said her son was a "brilliant skier" and had been "very happy" just hours before his death and was due to begin an internship the next day. He had spent the weekend at the family home in Presteigne, Powys.
Mrs Bromage said: "He was hardly ever on his own, it was not the case that he had spent a lonely weekend in London. We were all very much together that day." An inquest into the teenager's death at Westminster coroner's court heard that Maximillian had made a 20-minute call to his girlfriend of 18 months, Cammie, just after midnight on the night he died.
Mrs Bromage said: "Their relationship had its ups and downs, but I do not think that was the cause of what happened. When you are a teenager, that is the way relationships are."
The inquest heard that two of Maximillian's notebooks were found at the scene. One contained love letters to Cammie and the other was a diary which contained "dark thoughts but also very positive ones".
Coroner Darren Stewart recorded an open verdict, saying: "I'm not so sure on the evidence that the intention of the deceased was to take his life."
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Manoj Bajpayee: I've tried selling myself out of frustration
In this interview, Bajpayee speaks about the desperation that drove him from his village in Bihar to Mumbai.
New Delhi: "I ran like I've never run in my life!" Actor Manoj Bajpayee keels over with slightly rasping laughter that is typical of smokers as the consternation on my face triggers a fresh bout of chuckles. It was a languorous evening in Delhi and Bajpayee was describing being chased by the police as a young man staking out North Delhi's Batra cinema hall, known for its colourful crowd of students and unemployed hangers on.
As he prepares for another Friday in his career of nearly two decades, Bajpayee recalls the reasons why he chose years of frustration and disappointment as a trade off for the best job in the world. Even after a National Award and the satisfaction of being known as one of India's most prolific character actors, Bajpayee jokes that he's already being referred to in the media as a 'veteran' - a tag that worries him a bit.
Ever the level-headed pragmatic, Bajpayee says had 'Gangs of Wasseypur' tanked and 'Special 26' not done well, he would have faded into oblivion - a risk character actors like him and Nawazuddin Siddiqui always run in an industry of mega stars.
Bajpayee stars in 'Shootout At Wadala' being released on May 3.
In this two-part interview, he reminisces about a humble beginning in a village in Bihar, a farmer father who not only raised six children but also supported their individual dreams, a 'Hitler' mother no one dared argue with and the 10 roles that changed his career forever.
I was born to act
As a struggling film and theatre student in Delhi, Bajpayee shared a room with three other youths. The occasional money order from his father paid for the expenses as he scouted for odd jobs and hung out at the university campus, waiting for his big break in cinema.
"I'm from Bihar, from a village actually. My father is a farmer and mother is a housewife and we are three brothers and three sisters. I'm the second one," he says.
Bajpayee, who has a two-year-old daughter, says it never fails to amaze him that his father raised six children out of his limited means when parents struggle to raise one or two these days.
"It was amazing growing up, we've been blessed with that kind of childhood. I really feel unhappy when I see my daughter growing up in a city like Mumbai, with no places to play. Our children are not growing up in a healthy atmosphere and it becomes a big responsibility for us parents to give them a great childhood, the kind we had."
The film bug bit me fairly young
"Jab sheher jaate thay tab film dekhtey thay, mother father ko film dekhna achha lagta tha," Bajpayee says .
His parents always pampered his dream of becoming an actor. "Amitabh Bachchan movies finally did the trick. Everybody growing up was an Amitabh Bachchan fan, he would appear on screen and we would go berserk. The man had such long legs. But mujhe Amitabh Bachchan nahi banna thaa, mujhe screen par jaana tha"
How did he achieve this impossible dream as a boy growing up mesmerised by Amitabh Bachchan in a small town in Bihar? To go into that, he says, I needed to understand his background.
"My father was a very mild man, I've never seen a better human being than him, no deceit, no cunning, he managed to bring up six children and he was so mild mannered that he was often mistaken as meek. My mother was Hitler (laughs). She still is, we are all scared of her. If you say anything to her, you've had it. There's no scope of argument there. My father's biggest dream was that all his children would at least be graduates. Nothing else. When my youngest brother wanted to do environmental science, and mind you at that time it wasn't even known to most people, he wasn't stopped from doing it."
Those Mukherjee Nagar days
"There were three guys, one of them his batchmate, he was sharing a room with. Theatre kartay huye kabhi kuch mil jaata tha, very thin line we were walking on, my father used to send some money by money order sometimes. It must have been difficult from him. His income brought up six children. You don't realise it, but how difficult it must have been, he was taking loan from somewhere or the other," he says.
This grounding and mostly frustration during the darkest days of his career has given him the confidence to now choose work carefully. There is also a new and intense desire to go back to theatre.
Where's the discipline in work today?
Won't going back to theatre be a difficult and risky step to take at this stage in your career?
"No it will not be. It will be fantastic. I have a rooting in theatre and I have a right to get back to it. If you create a discipline around you, even if you are not from theatre you will be fantastic. Look at Dilip Kumar. He created a discipline around him, understood the art of acting and the craft of acting.
"With me, that's a habit now and something I don't have to make an effort for. Reading, watching, observing has become a part of my personality, this is a hard disk (points to his head). I've met so many people, had such a long journey and gone through so many circumstances," Bajpayee says.
"Now a person like me is considered a veteran and that word has started bothering me (bursts out laughing)."
So, what is success to you?
"Give me an amount which I require for life, sitting at home, that's it. I don't have too many expectations. I have always limited my work partly because I'm very lazy and partly because not everything excites me," he says.
I've tried selling myself out of frustration
It doesn't get easier for actors like him, Bajpayee says. And he has no illusions about his relevance in today's Hindi cinema.
"We are still character actors for most of the directors and now it's more difficult because my kind of actors are in abundance. We have to be in the realm of the directors. You will be relevant if you keep reinventing yourself and in our case that is never the question mark, actors like me we keep changing ourselves with every film," he says.
His darkest phase
"I've tried selling myself out of frustration, out of hopelessness, done three four films and then those films didn't work. My wife came out of the theatre and cursed me on the phone and suddenly I realised that that I feel bad. And films stay forever. There's pressure of earning money also, you have the future of your child to take care of and everything has to be taken care of. Now I make sure that I get paid well at least, I don't compromise on films, whatever I'm doing right now," he says.
"Twenty years, I'm still alive, I have survived the worst of it, I'm being loved by people. But '1971' is a place of hurt for me, it didn't work. I stopped getting work, despite Pinjar," he says.
"You have to understand, I would not have got a single interview or film offers had Wasseypur flopped or had Special 26 bombed. Neeraj Pandey's decision to cast me was much before Wasseypur, I will give it to Pandey, Anurag Kashyap and mostly Prakash Jha for giving me the breaks they did."
(to be continued... as Bajpayee lists the 10 roles that changed his fortune forever, his emotional attachment to each one of them, why he thinks some people in the industry owe a debt of gratitude to Ram Gopal Varma)
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QUESTION: When should I get a second opinion?
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My cat goes from purring on my chest to drawing blood very quickly. Please help!
He's almost 2 and has lived in the same apartment the majority of his life. He's neutered and declawed in the front. Negative behavior is heightened when my girlfriend is over (which is usually ~5 days a week).
To punish him I put him in his travel cage for 15-20 minutes. He calms down, but goes back to being aggressive not too long after. If I catch him before he attacks I'll just shoo him away until he returns with his ears back up. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Okay, a few things jump out at me right away. Firstly, I do not recommend using your travel case for punishment. You want your cat to associate his cage with good experiences so when you need to take him to the vet or on a trip he is calm. Secondly, 20 minutes is far too long to "punish" a cat. When cats act out, even aggressively, they are not doing so out of hate or spite, punishing them is just confusing for them and can actually cause them to experience more anger and present more aggression. Your problem sounds like a simple case of aggressive territorial behavior. When your girlfriend visits your cat preceives it as her encroaching on his territory. What you need to do is show him that your girlfriend is not a threat and can actually be fun to be around. Try having your girlfriend, on her own, seek out non threatening play activities with him. Get out his favorite teaser toy and treats and let her show him she doesn't mean to take anything away from him. Good luck!
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|WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Dr. William G. Anderson, Albany Movement president, speaking about his experience jailed for a just cause and of Marion Page, Albany Movement executive secretary, speaking about results of negotiations with the city in a mass meeting held at Shiloh Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, 1961 December 18
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In this WSB newsfilm clip from a mass meeting held at Shiloh Baptist Church on Monday, December 18, 1961, Dr. William G. Anderson, Albany Movement president, comments on his experience with being jailed for a just cause; and Marion Page, Albany Movement executive secretary, outlines the day's results of negotiations with city officials.
On Friday, December 16, police arrested Anderson, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Reverend Ralph Abernathy, and over 250 demonstrators for marching without a parade permit. Abernathy was bailed out of jail on December 16 so that he could arrange outside support while King and Anderson remained in prison. Negotiations between Albany Movement activists and city officials began on Monday, December 18, and lasted all day; prominent Albany officials, such as mayor Asa D. Kelley and police chief Laurie Pritchett, were included in these discussions. On the table were demands to release jailed activists. Finally, the two groups agreed to release jailed demonstrators on bond and to appoint a biracial committee to further negotiate the demands of the Albany Movement on the condition that King and Abernathy leave the city and that demonstrations stop.
In segments of the clip, Marion Page delivers negotiation results in a prepared public statement to reporters and to attendees of the mass meeting. Page explains that the city police agreed to comply with the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) ruling that desegregated bus and train stations, and to facilitate bond release for demonstrators. Page clarifies that the Albany Movement will not lead demonstrations or attempt further negotiations until after the new city commission takes office in January. Finally, Page reveals that Chief Pritchett has agreed to accompany him to the year's first city commission meeting and to recommend that the commission give Movement requests full consideration.
While these arrangements were made by the Albany Movement in good faith with city leaders, Albany officials quickly reneged, and announced to the press that no concessions had been made; in response, Albany Movement-led demonstrations resumed in January 1962.
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Orientation leaders
Passionate about UTSA? Apply for student position with orientation services
By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs
(Aug. 29, 2005)--The UTSA Office of Orientation and Transition Services (OTS) recently completed orientation programs to welcome students for the fall semester.
OTS provides orientation sessions and Roadrunner Camp for new students and their families in order to smooth the transition into college life.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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"The 2005 orientation programs were a success because of the collaboration and participation of UTSA offices and department, and the unwavering support of the OTS staff members including student staff," said Paul Ayala, 2004-2005 OTS student coordinator.
OTS is accepting applications for paid student positions on the 2005-2006 orientation team for student coordinator, team leaders and orientation leaders. Successful applicants are highly motivated, energetic students who have a deep passion for UTSA. Each selected applicant will participate in a group interview and a one-on-one interview.
Applications will be available at an information table at the breezeway between the University Center and the Humanities and Social Sciences Building, 1604 Campus, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sept. 6-8 and Sept. 13-15.
The application deadline is 4 p.m., Sept. 29, 2005.
For more information, visit to the Orientation and Transition Services Web site or go to the Office of Orientation and Transition Services, University Center Room 1.00.40 at the 1604 Campus. At the Downtown Campus, go to the Advising Center, Buena Vista Street Building Room 1.304 or the Office of Student Activities, Durango Building Room 1.302.


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Part 2: Response to The Gospel as Center, Chapter 2, "Can We Know the Truth?" by Richard D. PhillipsThis chapter is, as the title indicates, about epistemology. I approached it wondering if there is such a thing as a "gospel epistemology." That is, is there an epistemology intrinsically implied by the gospel? Haven't equally God-fearing, Bible-believing, Jesus-loving Christians disagreed about epistemology since the beginning?Overall, I was pleasantly surprised. Which is not to say I agre … [Read more...]
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re: st: ARIMA estimation with lagged y
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re: st: ARIMA estimation with lagged y
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KiDeuk said
I am running some time-series models and I haven't been able to understand how exactly Stata estimates my parameters.
arima y L1.y , arima(2,0,0)
Stata generates estimates for all parameters. But, aren't L1.y and AR(1) the same thing?
No. You have estimated the model
y_t = 0.99 y_t-1 + e_t - 0.628 e_t-1 -0.290 e_t-2
although I expect if you reproduced your full output, it would also contain a _cons and an estimate of /sigma.
As the estimated coefficient on the LDV is essentially unity, I would expect that differencing the series would be a good idea to
avoid nonstationarity problems.
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The Sea Life Activity Play Cube by Anatex has bold strokes of bright colors to brighten up any waiting area, lobby, or preschool. The incredible designs invite children to play in and explore ocean fun. The Sea Life Play cube will allow multiple kids to have fun, increase their manipulative skills, and practice cooperative play with peers. The artwork is both fun and realistic, making this sea life adventure attractive to children of all ages!
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Oh nooo. I want one.. Shippings is so harsh though!Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Oh nooo. I want one.. Shippings is so harsh though!Originally Posted by vintagemotif
Ill post photos of the cabinet in a bit and the treadle still needs to be picked up. I ran out of room in the car for another machine so I have to go back and get it.
The machine will be in my "Clean the Studio" sale. ;-)
Wow! Love the quilt! Striking colors!Originally Posted by tjradj
Thank you Miz Johnny, it did have an external motor attached that I thought had been added later. It turns out after calling New Home the T 3 is a 1924 model. I could swear I read in Needlebar that these were only made as HC's, but I am obviously wrong about that! The coffin top has the extra room to have the little T3 a HC. I just might have to get a HC for her.Originally Posted by Miz Johnny
I thought that weird tension assembly on top, was only made pre 1900 to early 1900's? I did not realize that weird tension thing on top was made into the 1900's? Page 665 if you guys want to know what tension thing I am talking about.
Trish, they are coming out of the woodwork like bees after a long winter...oops..it still is winter here in Maine. A bit of snow again today.Originally Posted by Crossstitcher
Originally Posted by Miz Johnny
Hello everyone
Dumb question, I accquired a 201k and a 99k from ebay, and both o fthem have the knee bar operation. Can these also be operated with the foot pedal? I have another 99k that has the foot pedal, and Im not sure if the other can be operated with it too. The plugs are the same, but I certainly dont want to blow it up!
Also, the 201k came with no bobbins, does this take the flat sided bobbins, or the curved sided, the same as the 99k? The 201 is a 1953 model, so cast iron, not the newer shape as I have seen some of them.
Actually, I finished my niece's purple and blue quilt tonight, in time for guild show and tell Thursday, then pack her up and mail it in time for her birthday , first week of March. Wahooo![/quote]
Here it is upon your request :)[/quote]
Wow! What a nice 3D effect!!!
I knew it! Way cool! Yours is so pretty. Yeah, I don't like the legs either, but the box is interesting. Just something I found in my travels the other night. Thanks for sharing yours!Originally Posted by Miz Johnny
Don't know if they're still avail


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Opinion: Whatever the Right Says, Obama Has a Huge Mandate
So the Empire State Building is a beautiful shade of blue, and the concise but complete message that our reelected president issued on Twitter, "Four more years" — along with a typically heart-melting photo of him and the First Lady embracing in the glow of victory — has already become the most popular tweet in history.
And after an anxious hour, during which the Romney campaign maintained that "we worked hard for every vote and want to see all of them counted," the governor finally came out and delivered a short and graceful concession, congratulating the president and wishing him the strength and wisdom to lead this country through the continued trying times we'll face in the years to come. "This election is over," he said — seemingly dropping a lid on simmering Republican insurgency.
And yet, the reality is that the radicalization of the GOP is too complete, and the stakes remain too high, for any real post-election coming-together to occur.
Over the past four years, the Republicans learned they could control the narrative even as the out party by playing the darkest of political games. They would insure that as little as possible could get done, while attacking Obama's presidency as its roots, attempting not just to stall his administration but to delegitimize it.
The slash-and-burn program began early: When he first decided to run, it was about his experience — he was too junior, too unveiled, too untested. When he became a threat to win, it became about the presumed skeletons in his past: Was he a drug user, a poor student, a racist, a Marxist — or perhaps, not even an American at all?
When he shockingly won, it was about his character: his honesty, his courage, his love of country. He was at once too professorial and wonkish, then too lazy and unserious. He was arrogant. He was a milquetoast. He was simultaneously impassive and the archetype of the "angry black man." The goal was to cast him as failing in every qualification, and lacking any right to sit in his seat, to occupy a house that was, after all, white.
Tuesday night, after Romney's brief concession speech was dispensed with, the klaxons of the Right got back onto this corrosively partisan program of denying Obama's propers.
On live television, Karl Rove forced a retraction of Fox News's announcement that the president had won reelection, then sent anchor Megyn Kelly scooting awkwardly backstage to challenge Fox's own "decision desk" analysts over what he called their "premature" calling of Ohio for Obama.
When Kelly returned as a sheepish messenger for the stat divison's cold, hard numbers, Rove begrudgingly acknowledged that Obama might have eked out a victory — and then immediately began spinning it as a feeble one that required the president to "be humble" and bow to the wishes of the Republican House. "Obama is the first president in history to get fewer electoral votes for his second term than his first," he spat. "That just shows how he blew the last two years."
Kelly, picking up Rove's thread, asked why Republican voters, representing half of the electorate, should feel like they had to change any of their attitudes or priorities given this slim, rounding-error defeat. Then, pundit Charles Krauthammer stated straight out that the win came without a "mandate" for the president.
That's a theme that the GOP leadership seems to have embraced. House Speaker John Boehner, whose contingent shrank by two seats and lost some of its highest-profile members (including Florida Rep. Allen West and Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh), nevertheless maintained that the results of the election failed to show clear public support for Obama as a leader, or the policies he had pushed for in his first term.
This is a patently absurd stance. Obama's thumping victory — 332 electoral votes, losing just two of the states he won in his sweeping first-term total of 365, and a popular-vote margin of at least two points — was significantly greater in scale than almost anyone - save Josh Putnam from Davidson College - dared to project, and was in fact exactly the opposite of the Romney landslide that a growing number on the Right were predicting. The shock at the outcome showed plainly in the ashen faces and shaky voices of Fox's "fair and balanced" personalities.
It wasn't just that the president won. It's that he won with totals that hugely outstripped those in both of the wins of the last Republican president, George W. Bush — eight years in which sweeping changes were unleashed that impacted virtually every pillar of the American polity. It's that he won while successfully defending and even buffering a Democratic Senate that many had assumed would be devastated. In short, whatever Fox's talking heads and the Republican elected leadership might claim, Obama won with not just a mandate, but a resounding one.
And he will resume office with the political playing field tilted strongly in his favor. The sequester, passed under duress in August 2011, has set things up so that Obama has leverage over the budget; the imminent expiration of the Bush cuts gives him leverage over tax policy.
Most of Obamacare's significant changes will take place beginning in 2014. With Harry Reid even more firmly ensconced as Senate Majority Leader, there is the potential for changes to be made to the filibuster rules that stymied legislative progress in Obama's first term. And perhaps most importantly, the President will be able to nominate at least one, and perhaps as many as four, justices to the Supreme Court.
Which is why Republicans jumped in to try to diminish the president scarce moments after his election. And which is why if that fails, they'll go even farther to ensure that, in Rove's words, the president will "lose the war," even if he "won the battle."
Take heed of the words of Stanley Kurtz of the conservative standardbearer National Review: "Barack Obama has won reelection," he writes, "yet there remains one way out. At this point, only a sweeping new grassroots rebellion on the model of the Tea Party could change things."
Perhaps the war Rove was referring to wasn't metaphorical.


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Nike's Kevin Durant Negotiation: A Tale of Two Sneakersby
It's been a tense couple of weeks for Nike negotiators as they squared off against Under Armour in a bidding war for NBA superstar Kevin Durant. The product team, however, was having a blast.
On Aug. 16, as Durant's contract was expiring and negotiations were about to start in earnest, Nike's product people launched his newest shoe, a limited edition called "the Calm Before the Storm."All-gray and posted with socks bearing clouds and lightning, the sneakers come with the tag-line: "Durant's game personified."
Then came the storm, the haggling, the big Under Armour offer, and Nike's $275 million, 10-year bid that ultimately won. On Thursday, after the clouds around its big star cleared, Nike unveiled a second new Durant sneaker: "the Easy Money."
As one might imagine, there's a lot of green involved.