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NDSU recognizes the value of fraternity and sorority involvement as an opportunity for students to grow and develop. NDSU also recognizes the contributions made by theses groups towards the development of a sense of community within the University, and the responsibility assumed by NDSU as well as other chapter membership and leadership for the Greek System. It is out of these beliefs that the Statement of Relationship and Expectations between North Dakota State University and the Greek Chapters arose.
In a desire to review this relationship and address growing concerns within the Greek Life Community, a discussion group, comprised of faculty, staff, administration, and students both within and outside of the Greek Community, was started in September of 1999. Original recommendations for change were made on October 23, 2000, and these recommendations were revised to reflect suggestions and feedback from students within the Greek System in the final revisions which were outlined on April 23, 2001. The purpose of this document is to address in concise format those changes in relationship and responsibility which pertain to the functioning of the Greek Life System at North Dakota State University.
- An ongoing dialogue will occur at least four times a year between administrators and Greek Life leaders in order to strengthen the relationship between these two groups. This dialogue can be incorporated into the Greek President's Round Tables, and should include people from the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, Student Life, and the University Police, where appropriate.
- The University will continue its commitment to the Greek Life System by providing administrative support and services to the Greek organizations and their activities, primarily through the Student Activities Office of the Memorial Union. Initial description of the role and extent of this support will lie in the Statement of Relationship and Expectations between NDSU and the Greek Chapters, but enhancement of this relationship will occur through the provision of sponsorship including, but not limited to: <//span>
- An NDSU funded Greek Life promotional brochure, developed by representatives from Panhellenic Council and IFC.
- One Greek endorsed NDSU sponsored program per semester, and<//span>
- A newsletter to the NDSU faculty, staff, and administration, distributed once each semester, which will provide periodic updates about the activities and accomplishments of Greek Life organizations and individuals. Future distribution may include chapter headquarters, alumni advisors, NDSU Greek Alumni, the entire student body, or other entities identified by Greek Governance and the University. Opportunities for electronic distribution will be utilized as it is possible.
- Surplus computers for Greek Life usage and office space, along with outdoor picnics and a direct Greek Life link from the NDSU home page will be seriously pursued. <//span>
- Implementation of a full-time Greek Life Advisor will need further discussions along with major financial backing. Nevertheless, these items will be discussed and explored. <//span>
- A permanent Greek Life Advisory Council will be established, in consultation with the Greek Life Advisor and the Greek Presidents. This group shall meet every six weeks and shall have representation from faculty, staff, alumni and students. <//span>
- Eligibility requirements for members in Greek organizations will be amended to include an expectation that the average GPA for the Greek Chapters be maintained at a 2.5, recognizing that each chapter and national office has established a minimum GPA for membership that is in line with the recommended NDSU standard, and that this standard is something that Greek Organizations can take great pride in promoting to the campus community. <//span>
- All Greek organizations will have an active, trained NDSU faculty/staff advisor, as well as an alternate, prior to the beginning of each academic year. A mandatory annual training for all Greek Life officers and advisors regarding issues pertaining to Greek organizations responsibilities, liability issues, and appropriate party management will be provided each semester as a joint effort between IFC, Panhellenic Council, Chapter Presidents, Student Activities Staff, and other Student Affairs personnel as deemed appropriate. Alumni advisors will be invited and strongly encouraged to attend the above training program. <//span>
6. It is the expectation of the University to have substance-free housing functionally implemented in all of the Greek chapters prior to Fall Semester 2003. Substance-free housing is defined by the University as follows: No alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs are permitted in common areas of chapter property at any time. Members who are 21 years of age may consume alcohol in the privacy of their rooms with no more than three guests who are also 21 years of age or older. All Greek chapters will establish a plan to go dry prior to this time frame, and these plans must be reviewed and approved by the Director of the Memorial Union and the NDSU Greek Life Advisor. Parameter for phasing in substance-free housing are as follows:
- or the academic year 2001-2002, all Greek chapters will be allowed to pre-select two events in consultation with the NDSU Greek Advisor at which alcohol will be allowed. Events must be identified at least two weeks in advance, and all risk-management policies must be fully enforced during these events. Any violations of law and/or "A Code of Student Behavior" as a result of these events will result in chapters having to go dry completely and immediately.
- Aside from the two above described events, as of <//span>August 20, 2001, all common areas within the chapter house must be alcohol free at all times, and all social events held at the chapter houses will be substance-free. Events at which alcohol is to be consumed will be held in a licensed establishment that will provide trained servers and assume responsibility for serving alcohol in accordance with local, state, and federal laws. Failure to adhere to this alcohol/other drug free social event expectation will result in chapters having to go dry at an earlier date established by NDSU.
- During the 2002-2003 school year, there will be a continued extensive educational component that will focus on changing the culture that has surrounded use of alcohol within the chapter houses. Although there will be no alcohol allowed in common areas or at any social events by Fall 2002, this educational component is a crucial part of the functional implementation of substance-free housing, and will act as the final phase-in portion of the substance-free housing element. <//span>
Specific steps for phasing in substance-free housing may be developed in consultation with the NDSU Greek Life Advisor, based on individual chapter needs. All chapters are held responsible for enforcing all the guidelines stipulated within this document, as well as those stated in the Code of Student Behavior, and the NDSU Greek Alcohol Policy. Consequence for failure to abide by NDSU expectations may include jeopardizing the relationship(s) between NDSU and the respective organization(s).
Any violations of the alcohol policy may result in a two-step enforcement policy. The first violation may result in a disciplinary probation. Based on the severity of the situation following a single violation, the chapter may also be required to go completely dry immediately, including the private rooms of those members who are of legal age. A second violation within a four-year period will result in requiring the chapter to go completely dry with no exceptions provided.
7. The University will consider releasing pledged first-year students from University Housing at the semester break, providing that:
- The chapter pledge is in good standing with NDSU.
- The chapter pledge has either continuous on-site advisor supervision or close weekly supervisory meetings between chapter leadership and advisors who have completed the official advisor training program provided by NDSU, and that the pledge: <//span>
- Has maintained a cumulative 2.5 GPA throughout the student's stay at NDSU (for those pledges who are in the first term at NDSU, all such releases will be conditional pending receipt of that term's grades). <//span>
- Remains in good behavior standing with NDSU. <//span>
- Has obtained written permission to move into a chapter from parents or legal guardians, if the pledge is under the age of 19, and <//span>
- Has chosen to live in a chapter that has fully implemented their substance-free housing plan, according to the definition of substance-free housing identified in initiative #6.<//span>
- The chapter has demonstrated a commitment to providing a positive learning environment by including one or more of the following:<//span>
- Holding regularly sponsored and required study-hall sessions. <//span>
- Actively soliciting mid-term grades for all Chapter members. <//span>
- Sponsoring programs related to scholarship, study skills, time management, and the like, and/or <//span>
- Other programs approved by the Greek Life Advisor.
8. To establish a close working relationship with the NDSU Police Department, a representative of the NDSU Police and/or the Fargo Police will be invited to the Greek President's Meeting.
9. The majority of the executive officers will be required to live in the chapter houses. These "key executive officers" will be identified by each Greek chapter on an annual basis. A current listing will be maintained by the Student Activities Staff.
10. A mandatory annual chapter review process in which each chapter's status with respect to leadership, scholarship, and service are critically examined will be adopted. The IFC and Panhellenic Council leadership, along with the Chapter Presidents and Greek Advisor, will set the standard for the review process. The existing annual report process will be incorporated into this review.
These initiatives will be reviewed and evaluated in the Fall of 2006 to determine the effect implementation has had on the Greek Community. A group that may include representatives from the Greek Life Advisory Council, IFC, Panhellenic Council, Chapter Presidents, interested alumni and University Administration will evaluate and propose any adjustments to these recommendations that will ensure the continued growth and success of the NDSU Greek Community.


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February 8, 2017 7:59 am
Which of these player is a better fantasy bet at shortstop this season?
Start with a noodle-scratcher: Elvis Andrus (28) is younger than Eduardo Nunez (29)! Both of them had career years in 2016, but Andrus has four times the number of Major League Baseball plate appearances as has Núñez. Prior to now, they have lived peacefully, independent of one another. Such times are gone. These are dark days. In this week's Tale of the Tape, Andrus and Núñez fight to the fantasy death. Pray for them.
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December 2, 2016 9:51 am
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May 10, 2013 5:00 am
Life is hard, and so is fielding qualified players at all eight positions.
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October 19, 2012 7:42 am
Detroit's pitchers toyed with Yankees batters in all four games of the ALCS. Here's a closer look at two striking Tiger sequences.
When I was in high school, the thing to do was play poker. Kids would play during free periods, lunch, whenever, sometimes winning and losing over $100 in a day. (And some of them could actually afford it.) Like any high schooler worth his salt, I followed suit, and soon I was a dependably willing player, relatively conservative but always game to try to fleece a freshman who'd just looked up the rules on his expensive new iPhone. As an editor of the school newspaper, I even planted this quote in a cover story we ran on the poker fad: "It's the most intellectually challenging thing I've ever done." Yeah, when it came to antagonizing our teachers, we had a lot of tricks in our bag.
Poker may not have taught me as much as I wanted my teachers to think it did, but I did introduce me to one piece of advice that has stuck with me ever since: a successful poker player focuses more on his opposition's holding than his own hand. I find that's true in many walks of life, nowhere more so than in the duel between batter and pitcher, when it's just natural to do what feels most comfortable to you, rather than what might feel least comfortable to your opponent. In the most extreme example, Aroldis Chapman walks a Little Leaguer on four sliders because he fears he doesn't have his best heat that day. In a real-world example, the Yankees don't adjust to the way their ALCS opponent's pitchers attack them, and their season ends because of it. (Oh, and Justin Verlander somehow allows a home run to Eduardo Nunez. But we'll get there.)
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March 12, 2012 3:00 am
The Cardinals try to get through spring training with both aces intact despite Chris Carpenter's bulging disc, Kenley Jansen listens to his heartbeat and doesn't like what he hears, and Giancarlo Stanton and Nolan Reimold lose battles with balls.
Chris Carpenter, St. Louis Cardinals (Bulging disc in neck)
There are multiple ways in which a bulging disc can cause pain. The muscles and tissues around the neck can become painful as they strain to stabilize the area and take pressure off the injured disc, and the bulge can be so big that it puts pressure either on the nerves exiting the spinal cord or on the spinal cord itself. By all reports, Carpenter does not have a disc that is bulging to the point where it presses on the nerves. In cases like this, physical therapy focuses on decreasing pain and inflammation as well as strengthening the area. An epidural injection may also be considered to relieve the inflammation, but that does not appear to be in the works quite yet.
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February 1, 2012 3:00 am
Pitching and defense carried the Angels last season and will aid them again in 2012, though a couple new bats might make the difference in the division.
The most famous play of Peter Bourjos's major-league career to date comes in the bottom of the fourth inning in the Bronx on August 10, 2011, with the Yankees already out to a 5-0 lead. Bourjos is set up in center and just a few steps towards right when New York infielder Eduardo Nuñez is late on a 3-2 fastball and lines it into the right field gap. Both Bourjos and Hunter break for the ball; it's closer to Hunter, and he dives…inches short. Less than inches short. He's so close to catching it that it almost looks like he tips it with his glove, but the ball continues on its course untouched.
Good thing, too, because as Hunter extends in mid-air to make a highlight-reel-worthy play on the ball, Bourjos comes streaking out of nowhere behind him and gloves the ball knee-high on the run, stops, plants, and delivers the ball back towards second, where the Angels almost double up a disbelieving Russell Martin. In the three, maybe four seconds between Nuñez making contact with the outside fastball and Bourjos retiring him, the Angels center fielder crossed from medium-deep center to make a play in front of the scoreboard in right and remained on his feet while doing so, allowing him to try for the double play. The putout makes highlight reels across the country; after all, it has a spectacular dive, an out, and a near-collision in the outfield. It's not really important which of the outfielders was responsible for what.
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January 20, 2012 3:00 am
Now that the Yankees have dealt Jesus Montero to the Mariners, they're in search of DH options.
Last Friday, the Yankees pulled off a major trade, sending Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi to the Mariners for Michael Pineda and Jose Campos. The move shores up the pinstripes' rotation both for 2012 and beyond, but it does create a vacancy at designated hitter, since the 22-year-old Montero was penciled in as the presumptive starter after a September audition in which he hit a searing .328/.406/.590 with four homers. While finding an adequately productive DH shouldn't be all that hard—the average AL DH hit .266/.341/.430 in 2011, while the Yankees' DHs contributed a .251/.336/.450 line—Brian Cashman and company are up against some self-imposed financial constraints that make their task somewhat more challenging.
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July 12, 2011 9:00 am
Heavy on catchers this week, Michael welcomes Wilson Ramos to VP and discusses Ramon Hernandez.
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June 30, 2011 9:00 am
Brian Cashman says the Yankees aren't interested in Jose Reyes, but perhaps the GM doth protest too much.
The Golden Age of the American League shortstop has ended. Ten years ago, the game had its banner shortstops, who graced the pages of Sports Illustrated, but those pec-adorned days are long gone.
The reigning king of the AL East's shortstops is, of course, Derek Jeter, but as The Times reminded us last week, Jeter is aging quickly. He's currently on the disabled list for a strained calf suffered while jogging off the field. This has been the second-longest DL stint of his career, and for a player who has long played hurt and healed quickly, the next two-and-a-half guaranteed years—let alone that player option—might not fly by.
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February 18, 2011 9:30 am
With a quartet of five-star prospects and a wealth of pitching overall, no system in baseball took a bigger step forward last year.
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March 8, 2006 12:00 am
Nate finishes up his PECOTA-driven look at prospects with a few rankings, and some final thoughts.
Since the All-Star Game was first played in 1933, there have been 519 players who have been named to participate in the event at least three times. This constitutes a reasonable, if slightly arbitrary, definition of what we might consider to be a "star" performer; our apologies in advance to relatives of Tim Salmon and Bobby Abreu. If we divide that 519 figure by the number of seasons covered during this time period (73), we come up with 7.1 players that "graduate" to star status per year. That is, if we took a typical amateur draft class, we'd expect--give or take--seven players from that draft class to develop into stars.
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February 22, 2006 12:00 am
PECOTA now turns its attention to the best infield prospects in the game.
Player WARP Upside Comb 1. Joel Guzman, SS, LAN (21) 19.9 175.6 374.3 2. Eric Aybar, SS, LAA (22) 20.8 161.2 369.2 3. Brandon Wood, SS, LAA (21) 18.7 161.2 347.8 4. Eduardo Nunez, SS, NYA (19) 16.4 181.6 345.7 5. Adam Jones, SS, SEA (20) 16.5 130.2 295.4 6. Hanley Ramirez, SS, FLO (22) 14.6 100.3 246.7 7. Stephen Drew, SS, ARI (23) 13.4 103.8 237.8 8. Chin-Lung Hu, SS, LAN (22) 14.4 48.6 192.4 9. Yunel Escobar, SS, ATL (23) 13.1 59.5 190.9 10. Anderson Hernandez, SS, NYN (23) 14.0 47.2 187.0 11. Marcus Sanders, SS, SFN (20) 13.6 49.6 185.4 12. Tony Giarratano, SS, DET (23) 13.1 52.7 184.0 13. Joaquin Arias, SS, TEX (21) 13.3 50.0 183.1 14. Sean Rodriguez, SS, LAA (21) 13.9 38.9 177.4 15. Josh Wilson, SS, COL (25) 12.7 44.9 171.7 16. Bradley Harman, SS, PHI (20) 10.7 60.1 167.5 17. Welinson Baez, SS, PHI (21) 9.5 66.2 161.2 18. Rob Valido, SS, CHA (21) 12.3 36.8 159.9 19. Mike Aviles, SS, KCA (25) 11.0 48.7 158.5 20. Donald Kelly, SS, DET (26) 12.0 36.6 156.3 21. Sergio Santos, SS, TOR (22) 8.1 72.4 153.7 22. J.J. Furmaniak, SS, PIT (26) 10.9 40.9 150.2 23. Christopher McConnell, SS, KCA (20)8.8 56.7 145.0 24. Reid Brignac, SS, TBA (20) 9.6 45.0 140.7 25. Javier Guzman, SS, PIT (22) 10.7 30.2 137.1 26. Alcides Escobar, SS, MIL (19) 12.4 11.9 135.9 27. Asdrubal Cabrera, SS, SEA (20) 9.3 33.3 126.0 28. Brendan Ryan, SS, SLN (24) 9.9 26.1 125.4 29. Danny Sandoval, SS, PHI (27) 9.7 24.1 120.8 30. Clifton Pennington, SS, OAK (22) 8.9 31.4 120.3 31. Jerry Gil, SS, ARI (23) 7.5 40.9 116.3 32. Matt Tuiasosopo, SS, SEA (20) 6.5 50.0 115.4 33. John Nelson, SS, SLN (27) 8.9 25.8 114.7 34. Michael Rouse, SS, OAK (26) 8.3 29.5 112.3 35. Ian Desmond, SS, WAS (20) 8.3 25.5 109.0 36. Matthew Macri, SS, COL (24) 7.6 33.0 108.5 37. Brandon Fahey, SS, BAL (25) 9.4 11.9 106.3 Back in September, when I first started looking over year-end minor league statistics in some detail, I was ready to bring the guns out in defense of Brandon Wood as our #1 guy, knowing full well that every other publication on the planet would have that chair reserved for Delmon Young. Instead, he slipped to #6 on our Top 50 list, and he would rank slightly lower than that--10th or 11th--on a pure PECOTA list. What happened?
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Lokoja – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Kogi has declared a three-day fasting and prayer to solicit divine intervention in the nation's security situation.
The CAN Chairman in the State, Archbishop Emmanuel Egbunu, made the declaration in Lokoja on Wednesday when he addressed newsmen.
He was responding to the killing of 17 Christians at the Deeper Life Bible Church, Otite in Okene, on Monday.
Egbunu, the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Lokoja, said though the attack was not an isolated one against Christians at worship in recent times, it was a new and dangerous dimension in Kogi.
"Our hearts are heavy over the cold blooded murder.
"This unprovoked attack against unarmed, innocent citizens, right in the place of worship, leaves us in no doubt that it was premeditated, calculated and clearly targeted.
"We call on Christians to pray and fast in their assemblies between Wednesday and Friday to solicit divine intervention in our nation and state.
"This should be continued in the foreseeable future.''
The chairman reminded the killers that God would call everyone to account for unprovoked bloodshed in peace times and that no one could escape His justice.
He called on all Nigerians to turn to God in true repentance, adding that sin and wickedness constituted a reproach that could only lead to more darkness.
He decried the increasing rate of insecurity and the abuse of Christian grace and forbearance.
The chairman called on people of goodwill to join in the campaign against ethical and moral bankruptcy in the country.
Egbunu commended Gov. Idris Wada and the security operatives for their prompt response to the Okene killings.
He said that CAN and the Council of the `Ulama' in the state were forging peaceful co-existence and urged adherents of the religions to reject evil acts.
Meanwhile, Pastor Raymond Ogunjobi, the Overseer of the Deeper Life Christian Church in the state, said that 17 persons died in the attack.
According to Ogunjobi, 15 members of the church were killed on the spot while two died on the way to hospital.
He added that 10 injured persons were receiving treatment at Okene General Hospital while eight were admitted at the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja. (NAN)


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One in six children have a developmental disability
The number of children with developmental disabilities has increased by 17% in 12 years, driven largely by big jumps in diagnoses for autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, research shows.
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More than 15% of school-age kids — about 10 million children — had a developmental disability in 2006-08, according to a study released Monday in the journal Pediatrics. That's up from 12.8% in 1997-99.
The study suggests that three or four children in a typical elementary school classroom have development disabilities. Some of the increase may be the result of the rise in premature birth, which leaves some babies with lasting impairments, says study author Sheree Boulet of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One in eight babies today are born prematurely, according to the March of Dimes.
In the past, many children who had problems learning or talking would have been dismissed as odd, says Alison Schonwald of Children's Hospital Boston. Today, these children are more likely to be diagnosed with a problem. Parents may push for an official diagnosis so their children can receive medication, special education or other services, says Schonwald, who wasn't involved in the new study.
"It's great to diagnose them early, so we can intervene early and help them reach their full potential." Though the high rate of disability is sobering, she says, "it's much more daunting to think of the number of adults out there who have never been identified and served."
Others say the study underestimates the number of kids with developmental disabilities. Many kids with learning disabilities, for example, aren't diagnosed until they're 11 or 12, says Neal Halfon of the University of California-Los Angeles. So the new study, which included kids ages 3 to 17, may have missed some of them, he says. Halfon notes that schools have a disincentive to test kids for learning problems, because a diagnosis would require them to pay for special ed.
And some, such as Philip Landrigan of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, say improvements in screening and diagnosis can't completely explain the increase. Landrigan says research suggests that environmental chemicals, such as pesticides and the phthalates found in many soft plastics and cosmetics, can affect children's development.
The study also underscores the need to help parents and teachers of disabled students, says pediatrician Nancy Murphy of the University of Utah School of Medicine, who wasn't involved in the study.
"We need to have better resources to take better care of these kids," she says.
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Romney gains ground on Obama after strong debate
By Andy Sullivan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney gained ground on Democratic President Barack Obama after a strong performance in their first debate heading into the November 6 election, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken after their prime-time face-off.
Romney is now viewed positively by 51 percent of voters, the first time he has enjoyed a net positive in the U.S. presidential race, the poll found. Obama's favorability rating remained unchanged at 56 percent, according to the poll.
Romney moved ahead of the president on several core issues after Wednesday's debate, which was widely seen as a victory for the Republican candidate.
Voters now see Romney as a better bet to boost the economy, spur job creation and manage the budget deficit, the poll found. He narrowed Obama's advantage on taxes, the Social Security retirement program and the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly and disabled.
Romney's strong performance could make the race more competitive, Ipsos pollster Cliff Young said.
"If he has more debates like this, is able to push through his message and target undecideds, we might see movement in voting intention, but he needs a lot more of this," Young said.
Obama and Romney have two more debates before the election.
The poll found that Obama's 7 percentage point advantage over Romney had narrowed to a lead of 5 percentage points, 48 percent to 43 percent. Continued...


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Communist cars now rare treasures for nostalgics
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BUDAPEST (Reuters Life!) - Their spluttering engines, bone-rattling suspensions and outdated designs once ruled the streets behind the Iron Curtain. But now the Trabant and its communist cousins have become rare cars for collectors. Soviet-made Ladas, the classic rear-engine Czech Skodas, Romanian Dacias, Polish Fiats, or the most famous of them all, East German Trabants are now few and far between. "Production stopped almost immediately once the Wall fell," said Gabor Muczan, president of the Trabant Club in Hungary. "That means the newest of these cars are 20 years old, a venerable age even for a good quality Western model."
"There are no real, simple users left. Collectors snap up the few usable vehicles for astonishing amounts of money. I just heard of a mint-condition Trabant that was sold for 1.5 million forints ($8,340)." The last new Trabants sold in 1991 for 100,000 forints.
He said even his club's members own few communist-era cars, whose annual maintenance can cost more than the purchase price.
Nostalgia has many car professionals and enthusiasts talk up the models of yore, even though most produced little more than 70 horsepower, broke down frequently and afforded few luxuries.
"They were not bad, those cars," said Jeno Boros, editor of a recently published book on old eastern European cars. "They were adapted to local conditions."
With a few exceptions, the vehicles were licensed versions of Western brands such as Fiats, Fords, and Renault models.
Fiat, especially, was popular.
"The best, the worst and the best-selling cars were all Fiats," Boros said. "The Zastava, made in Yugoslavia, was a modified Fiat 128, probably the best all-around model." Continued...


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Atrios asks a good question: Why do we still have 50,000 troops stationed in Germany? Is this a good use of resources?
Atrios asks a good question: Why do we still have 50,000 troops stationed in Germany? Is this a good use of resources?
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because removing them would cause a nasty hit to the german economy. the areas the troops are stationed in have become dependent on them, and would suffer dramatically, were they to disappear. the same reason we have the B-1 bomber.
I think I speak for people all over Greece when I say: fuck the German economy.
Unfortunately, if you fuck the German economy, you fuck the economy of the whole of Europe, and thus the world. [No, yes, really]. Fucking anyone's economy is not a good idea, which is why it's such a shame that successive Greek governments fucked theirs. Ably assisted by Goldman Sachs, of course.
Hmm. Guess that logic means we are fucked…
So we're not allowed to pass on the fucking? That seems like a strange conclusion to reach.
Indeed. There is no reason that we should, as the Greeks currently are, sacrifice our economic well-being to bolster the German economy. They certainly are not willing to help anyone else at any cost to themselves.
Speaking for the great majority of Germans, except for those in the areas in question, I'm sure we would all be much happier if the troops in question would indeed be off on their merry way.
As it happens, a lot of those troops are their because the US uses Germany as a staging area. It's a convenient distance for airlift both to and out of the Middle East, there is a rather good hospital, there is a solid infrastructure system, etc.
If any of you thinks that it's some sort of large boon to any governing party in Germany that there are still US troops here, you might want to get out more. While Kaiserslautern does benefit financially from the US military presence, that effect is very localized and is not really appreciated outside of K-town(as the US calls it).
If the US left, the great majority of Germans would say, I suspect, that took a while. They wouldn't say it rudely, but they'd say it.
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Amen. If anything , Kaiserslautern is sui generis. I lived there twice when my dad, a civilian employee of the US Army was stationed there: 1963-64 and 1972-74. Last week while paying a visit to Germany, my wife and I went there, walked from the Bahnhof to Fliegerstrasse, where I lived both times and discovered that all of the buildings had been razed and new housing is being constructed for the German community. If anything, the diminishment of the forces there has provided jobs in the constrcution industry.
Nearby Ramstein AFB, is little more than a forward operating station for the USDOD operations in the Middle East and Landstuhl Hospital is primarily for casualties from Afghanistan.
Exactly. And the fact that it's a staging area that facilitates our excellent Middle Eastern and West Asian adventures makes it even a far worse use of resources than it already appears to be on the surface.
Will the German economy really be hit that bad if American troops withdraw as a whole. The areas of Germany where troops are stationed will be hurt but most places in Germany would still be quite fine. Living in a rust belt city isn't nice but just because one place in a country sucks economically, does not mean that the entire country collapses.
Yes. Anything that we can do to make it less likely that Germans start feeling like becoming more militaristic is almost certainly worth it from a cost-benefit scenario. 50,000 troops is definitely worth it. The same reasoning applies to Japan. I love both countries, their histories, their culture, and everything about them, but you don't want either of them thinking that the United States is not watching them like a hawk.
Really? We're concerned that if we don't keep our eye on them, there's gonna be, what, a Nazi resurgence? That strikes me as bizarre to say the least.
You'll be whistling a different tune when the Kaiser marches his hussars into Northern Schleswig.
Horses have been sold due to austerity.
I'd like to see some German hussies marching, phwoar!
Especially when all the best fascism is happening in the Homeland….
I imagine had the Germans and Japanese won the war you would be saying the same about the US.
After FDR drove his Jeeps into Poland, and incredibly bombed his own citizenry at Pearl Harbor, there was no recourse but for the slumbering giants of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan to wake and hold back the Yankee onslaught.
I always wondered what the Gleiwitz Case was about
That, OTOH, is a really dumb argument. Of all the countries in the world likely to turn to militarism out of desperation, the Federal Republic of Germany is at the bottom of a long list.
I think that is true. Japan…not so much.
Huh? Methinks you do not have a very good grasp of this country.
You know that the last person who proposed that, Yukio Mishima, was pretty much bugfuck crazy, right?
Mishima was the last person to propose that for Japan? I must remember to tell the uyoku dantai.
This generation of Germans is pretty pacifist.
Oh, Landstuhl hospital is watching you.
As others said, staging area for the middle east. But if that is a pro-argument. And jobs in some rural regions.
All I have to say is, I live in Germany, and I love it. Loved being stationed here.
Don't forget though, there are German soldiers and airmen stationed in the US, just not in the same numbers (they mostly go to our military training schools).
Soldiers in Germany are some of the few adult Americans who learn or speak any language other than English or have any exposure to a culture other than mid-US.
That's a useful thing.
because clearly none of them are exposed to Spanish?
SHHHH. Our efforts to portray LA as a playground for rich white people are working. Can't have this kind of thing leaking out and undermining tourism!
That's MacArthur Park, not melting. What's the occasion?
Spanish doesn't count because it's not a foriegn language.
I thought it was an illegal foriegn [sic] language
One of my friends from college wound up joining the Army, and spent six months guarding a laundry. That's a useful thing.
Couldn't we just send them to school there? I mean, without guns and stuff.
Will someone read this boy some Schelling
Tripwire forces gotdamn
You never know when those dastardly Swiss might invade.
This is just what the Dutch are hoping for, get everyone making jokes about the Swiss and have us abandon our precommitment strategies then bam! The tops come off the windmills and it's World War III.
And soon all our doors will be cut in half
reconquista of Nieuw Amsterdam?
it's become much to much, do they have the possession of everything she touches? Do you speak double dutch to a real double Duchess?
And we know this about the Dutch:
1.) Their doors are only half doors.
2.) Dutch treat is no treat at all.
3.) A dutch uncle is not an uncle.
4.) Dutch courage is for cowards.
There's a support group for that.
I don't actually know, but I suspect that few of these are actual combat units. The various US bases in Germany provide a tremendous amount of rear-guard support to the forces in the Middle East. I believe Germany is also one of the main layovers for troops heading to/from the Middle East.
That doesn't answer the question of whether that many are actually needed, of course.
Troops in Germany demonstrate the U.S. committment to NATO and allow cross-training with NATO partners. (For good or ill, most U.S. combat missions include NATO.)
Germany is closer to many hot-spots than the U.S., so it serves as a forward-base of sorts.
Do you really trust Putin?
I don't know if all of this justifies 50,000 troops, but I think it's enough to justify a decent sized force. (We have 2 infantry brigades in Germany, one cavalry regiment, a helicopter brigade, an army headquarters and all the support staff, and two air force fighter squadrons, plus an airborne infantry brigade and 2 more fighter suqadrons in Italy. That's a whole lot of firepower in Europe. We could probably drop one of the infantry brigades and accomplish whatever mission needs accomplishing in Europe.)
Do you really trust Putin?
I trust Putin not to invade Germany the same way I trust Castro not to invade Florida.
Well, yes, but if he decides to invade Ukraine, it'd be nice to have those troops in Germany. (The third reason wasn't really serious.)
There's also the Tom Clancy scenario: what if China invades Siberia and the U.S. decides to defend Russia? We'll need those troops in Germany if we have any hope of getting anyone into the battle in time. (I'm not serious here, either, though I think Clancy was.)
Heh, I think that'd go nuclear well before 50,000 troops made their way to Siberia.
Eh, so those troops [most of whom are REMFs], can drive through Poland and Belarus, and do what?
Clancy's scenario had one armored cavalry regiment pretty much taking apart an entire Chinese army corps. The U.S. now have roughly the equivalent of 3 ACRs in Germany, so Clancy would have us believe we could invade China with it.
If Russia invades the Ukraine, what are 50,000 soldiers going to do?
Y'know, I read that as "cross-dressing with NATO partners"
Why are American troops stationed anywhere but on Wall Street, our "number one geopolitical foe?"
Ramstein AB provides support to the Middle East and the Balkans. Landstuhl is a huge regional med center for Iraq and Afghanistan wounded.
If we have infantry in Germany, that seems wasteful, I agree.
It would seem like we could maintain the hospital and make arrangements with German airbases (even turn Ramstein over to them) to handle those needs without all those US troops and basses.
What about moving the hospital to Greece?
Good idea, then they could get the economic stimulus that we cannot get!
A bi-partisan amendment was offered to the House version of the NDAA directing that all American troops be withdrawn from Germany; to the surprise of many it passed. Two of the sponsors were Betty McCollum of MN and Jack Kingston of Georgia.
As a retired military officer I ask the same question, why are we still there?
Is this a good use of resources?
Question not asked: compared to what? Is the alternative "sacking them all" or "bringing them back to the US"?
The important thing is that Germany is no longer a place where the US sends troops to do stuff. It's a place where the troops live in between being sent to other places to do stuff. If they weren't in Germany, 172nd Inf Bde, etc, would need to live in the US in between deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, which would not actually be much of a saving (if any) compared to leaving them in Germany, especially once you think about the cost of building or refitting a new brigade-sized post in the US to put them in. We've had exactly the same debate in the UK – much of our heavy armour stayed in Germany for years after the Wall came down not because we were still worried about 3 Shock Army storming over the IGB, but because we literally didn't have anywhere to put it back in the UK.
The other thing about having troops based in Germany is that it allows them to train with lots of European troops rather more easily than either flying them over to Europe for exercises and courses or flying the Europeans over to the US for exercises and courses. And as long as the US government still insists on having European help in every war it fights (and complains endlessly when it doesn't get it) that sort of joint training is probably worthwhile.
It might not be much of a savings, but as with all of our military bases around the world, their presence makes it much easier to pursue dim-witted adventures like the Iraq War. Closing foreign bases would help cramp the style of those who cavalierly council "intervention" in foreign countries. Maybe this is a case of the horses already leaving the barn, but one can dream.
It might not be much of a savings, but as with all of our military bases around the world, their presence makes it much easier to pursue dim-witted adventures like the Iraq War
I am not quite sure about this. The US troops that invaded Iraq were based in Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune, Fort Stewart, Fort Campbell, and Fort Bragg. None of the troops based in Germany were used in the invasion. So I'm not sure that closing the German bases would have done much good there.
Not allowing US troops into Kuwait, though, would probably have doomed the entire invasion. I'm not sure you'd want to take an entire corps in through Fao and Umm Qasr.
I am not quite sure about this. The US troops that invaded Iraq were based in Camp Pendleton, Camp Lejeune, Fort Stewart, Fort Campbell, and Fort Bragg. None of the troops based in Germany were used in the invasion. So I'm not sure that closing the German bases would have done much good there.
As someone else mentioned above, the role of the German bases isn't war fighting per se but rather a supporting one, particularly medical support. Without established support bases like those in Germany (especially Rammstein), fighting a war in Iraq would be far more precarious for the fighting men and women. Precarious operational conditions don't necessarily prevent something like Iraq from occurring, but at least there are some significant logistical obstacles to overcome in order to make things like these from happening.
If you don't have bases already in place, then you'd have to negotiate with foreign countries for use of their assets. That's a not minor hurdle. Kuwait may have agreed to allow US forces to use the country as a base of operations anyway, but the simple act of having to negotiate such things before proceeding does have a braking effect that can be useful in minimizing cavalier use of force.
Let's not forget that one of bin Laden's stated reasons for opposing/attacking the US was the US bases in the ME. That alone may not be a strong enough argument to get rid of them, but it does suggest the relative unpopularity of the bases amongst the wider ME populations. Bin Laden took an extreme position. The populations in the ME mostly don't share that extreme, but they're sympathetic to the general opposition of US forces in the land. In the end, less US military presence – not to mention operations – would probably increase our standing amongst the ME populations generally.
Actually the 1st Armored Division from Germany was involved along with V Corps and quite a few of its subordinate units.
I think that was the UK 1st Armoured Division. The US 1st Armored came in after the invasion was over in May, along with 4th Mech Div.
If they weren't in Germany, 172nd Inf Bde, etc, would need to live in the US in between deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan
See also: Space Shuttle, International Space Station.
I don't hink the space station could hold an infantry brigade, not to mention the resupply issue.
That's why we need to build Deep Space Nine, before we lose the orbital advantage to the Cardassians.
Seriously. Imagine how many professional athletes they can quickly divorce from orbit.
some people say divorce is too easy today
Yes, the idea of a Russian attack into Western Europe is very farfetched these days. And yes, those bases are more for cross-NATO training and support for our adventures elsewhere than they are for keeping down the Germans. I'd even agree that on a strict, by-the-numbers accounting basis (or even a semi-plausible war game scenario), you'd be hard pressed to say it's worthwhile.
However, there's a lot of anecdotal evidence that for an awful lot of people in the former Eastern Europe, membership in NATO (which is who those troops are there to protect and reassure) is very valuable. For one thing, democratically elected governments from all over the former Warsaw Pact and Yugoslavia keep petitioning to be let in. For another, Putin era Russia has shown a marked tendency to interfere more in non-NATO places than NATO ones. Those things aren't wholly caused by NATO membership, of course, but it's a lot easier for the Prime Minster of Estonia or Bulgaria to ignore the kinds of constant demands the Russians place on places like Belarus and Georgia.
Moreover, it's a lot easier to see the Cold War as ancient history on this side of the Atlantic than it is on the other. Tanks manned by guys speaking Russian were cruising the cities of the Soviet Republics just two decades ago, and plenty of people in Slovakia and the Czech Republic still remember 1968. Those troops are a lot more important to them than they are to us.
There's a realist case to be made that we shouldn't care about that. But given that those countries (recent doings in Hungary notwithstanding) tend to be far more democratic, liberal, and respectful of human rights than their erstwhile allies (including Russia itself), it would be coldhearted and embarrassing not to take their opinions and their people's well being into account.
In other words, US bases in Eastern Europe at least make the region more stable? I don't think that's true in the Middle East, but it's at least plausible in Eastern Europe.
With due respect to Duncan, "nobody is talking about it" and "nobody I pay attention to is talking about it" are different things. There's a pretty robust conversation about the utility of the German bases in the strategic community. For my part, if you're going to maintain a quasi-imperial foreign policy then you need bases like those in Germany, and the Germans don't seem to mind terribly. Indeed, putting the bases in a happy, friendly place like Germany means that you have to put fewer troops in places like Bahrain (although obviously not zero).
The wisdom of maintaining a quasi-imperial foreign policy is another question entirely, although I think that some of the responses here have suggested that the German deployment can be justified even under multilateral/liberal internationalist configurations of American interest.
There's a pretty robust conversation about the utility of the German bases in the Army installation management community.
"With due respect to Duncan, "nobody is talking about it" and "nobody I pay attention to is talking about it" are different things."
True enough, but for all the ink and pixels spilled over "counterinsurgency" in the last six years, discussions at technical and military levels didn't have much of an effect on how we ended the Iraq War, and they remain quite peripheral to how we're ending the Afghan one. It's not that those arguments didn't matter, it's just that they were far less influential than I think most of their participants would like to admit.
If the troops in Germany are ever going to actually be removed or significantly modified, there will need to be a conversation among the people Atrios is paying attention to, but they're never going to get to it until Afghanistan is over at the very least, and by then the strategic community may have changed its mind, or Russia may appear more or less threatening, or any of a dozen other things might change the situation.
Why do we have 800 military bases around the world? Global hegemony. The war machine is making the world safe for corporate profits. The other half of the equation of course is the pentagon/corporate welfare system. You know, socialize the costs of developing new technology and privatizing the the profits. It's win win!!
40 years ago there was a huge debate over whether the economy should be focused on "guns or butter". That debate is over. War is the most profitable business we have, and no president will risk an overseas retrenchment that will add hundreds of thousands of capable men and women to the domestic job market.
Jesse, the US armed forces are a lot smaller now than 40 years ago, and their budget considerably smaller as a percentage of total government spending.
Because as long as the US offers guarantees to Germany, backed by the presence of US troops, the Germans have no excuse to build a nuclear arsenal?
I dunno if that's the reason, but I often wonder.
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Like you said, it seems to work with a small list. Is your large list
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I just have a small question regarding the conjugation of permutation groups.
Two permutations are conjugates iff they have the same cycle structure.
However the conjugation permutation, which i'll call s can be any cycle structure. (s-1 a s = b) where a, b and conjugate permutations by s
My question is, how can you find out how many conjugation permutations (s) are within a group which also conjugate a and b.
So for example (1 4 2)(3 5) conjugates to (1 2 4)(3 5) under s = (2 4), how could you find the number of alternate s's in the group of permutations with 5 objects?
Would it be like
(1 4 2) (3 5) is the same as (2 1 4) (35) which gives a different conjugation permutation,
another is
(4 1 2)(3 5), then these two with (5 3) instead of ( 3 5),
so that gives 6 different arrangements, and similarly (1 2 4) (35) has 6 different arrangements,
and each arrangement would produce a different conjugation permutation (s)
so altogether there would be 6x6=36 permutations have the property that
s-1 a s = b ?
Would each of the arrangements produce a unique conjugation permutation (s) ?
I went through about 6 and I got no overlapping conjugation permutations but I find it a little hard to a imagine there would be unique conjugation permutations for each of the 36 arrangements.
Thanks in advance
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Jay Walder Says His Replacement Doesn't Need Transit Background
The CEO of New York's MTA, Jay Walder, said that his successor doesn't necessarily have to have a transportation background -- but he or she does have to love it.
"Whoever runs this organization should be dedicated to the organization," he said, and "be dedicated to what it does on a day-to-day basis." Walder went on to say: "I think it is helpful to have a knowledge of mass transit. I don't know that it's an absolutely essential quality."
His remarks came at his final meeting of the MTA board before he leaves for a job in Hong Kong next month, where he'll be heading that city's transit agency.
In an interview last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose administration is currently looking for Walder's replacement, also telegraphed that the next MTA chief may not come from the transportation world. He told New York State Public Radio's Karen DeWitt in a telephone interview that his administration was engaged in a "very aggressive talent search." And he said didn't necessarily want to hire a "transit geek."
"The MTA primarily is an effective manager, and I think the ability to manage a complex process, that deals with highly technical services, in a political environment, in a large organization, at a financially strapped time, you know, that's where we are," Cuomo said. "To me, the management is very important. Of course, the technical expertise, but you give me a good manager, who can run an organization, and find efficiency, that this organization is going to have to find, that's going to be paramount."
The next head of the MTA will be managing a delicate financial situation, as Walder pointed out in today's meeting. "As you look forward for the MTA, I think you need to be able to find a way to have both sufficient resources and stability of resources," he said. "I think the ups and downs of the economic cycle create financial burdens for the organization that's inconsistent with the fact that we have a service that continues to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. And frankly, I don't think all of us don't want to see that service have to suffer through that."
When asked later if he had any regrets about his tenure, he said "I wish the economic situation I came into was different...[but] you have to play the hand you were dealt. And the hand we were dealt was one that said this was a very very difficult time financially."
But Walder said he was proud of the work the MTA had done under his tenure. "Nothing happens at the MTA because the person in the corner office at 347 Madison Avenue [MTA's current headquarters] says it should happen. Things happen at the MTA because 67,000 dedicated men and women make it happen." He repeatedly praised MTA staffers of all stripes -- from token booth clerks to management to his colleagues on the board. "When we say we're going to get something done, the result is truly, truly incredible."
When the meeting's official business was over -- and it was dispatched with in under 20 minutes -- board members took to the microphones to tell Walder how much they'd miss him. Nancy Shevell said that right after she began working with Walder, she told a friend "well, it's just a short matter of time before a large public-sector company scoops him up. And it happened, and I'm not surprised. And it's sad, in my opinion, for the MTA."
"You are the tallest person in the room," said
Allen Cappelli Mark Lebow. "You will probably be the tallest person in China, and you will, I'm sure, be the tallest achiever there as you were here." (Walder: "I think Yao Ming is going back.")
Governor Cuomo hasn't yet said when he will announce Walder's replacement. As for Walder, he greeted a Chinese-speaking reporter with a hearty "Ni Hao" -- and then said he was going down to the Rosetta Stone store.


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A War Crimes Investigation Could Benefit Both Sides in Gaza
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So be it.
It would be easier for me to remain silent, to direct this column as per usual to the depredations of the U.S. Supreme Court and the slow and ugly transformation of American law it is engineering term by term. But the bloodletting in Gaza has spiraled out of control, and silence for me at least is no longer an option.
This week, 17 human rights organizations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, reissued an open letter to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that was first circulated in May. The letter calls on Abbas to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court so that the tribunal, which sits at The Hague, Netherlands, can investigate allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Israel on Palestinian territory. Acceptance of the ICC's jurisdiction is needed to enable the court to formally act on a complaint lodged with it July 25 by a Paris-based lawyer on behalf of the Palestinian Ministry of Justice.
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And only full cooperation by both sides with the ICC in a fresh investigation can avoid repeating the mistakes and controversies surrounding the Goldstone Report on the 2008-09 Gaza war, compiled by the U.N. Human Rights Council under the leadership of former South African Judge Richard Goldstone. The report, which was prepared without official Israeli input, concluded that both Israel and Palestinian militants had intentionally committed war crimes in the prior conflict by targeting civilian populations. Goldstone subsequently retracted the report's findings of intentional civilian targeting as to Israel but attributed the report's flaws to the absence of Israeli cooperation, writing, "Israel's lack of cooperation with our investigation meant that we were not able to corroborate how many Gazans killed were civilians and how many were combatants."
I have never met Abbas, and I have no illusions that he would be moved by any urgings from me. I have, however, met Netanyahu. He and I graduated from the same suburban Philadelphia high school, Netanyahu with the class of '67 and I the following year. Netanyahu signed a copy of the Hebrew translation of my first novel, congratulating me and conveying his good wishes. Even if he, too, would scarcely notice an appeal from a former schoolmate, I am compelled to make the effort.
The ICC was founded after a 1998 conference attended by 160 nations in Rome. The conference produced an agreement known as the Rome Statute, which took effect in July 2002, establishing the ICC as the first treaty-based international criminal court for the purpose of investigating and trying individuals—both governmental and non-state actors—accused of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes of aggression, as defined by the Geneva Conventions, the Rome Statute and other sources of international law. The Rome Statute authorizes the court to impose heavy jail sentences, up to life imprisonment, on those convicted.
Although the ICC is affiliated with the United Nations, it is legally independent. An agreement reached in 2004 permits the U.N. Security Council to refer cases directly to the ICC and to require the court to defer investigations of alleged crimes for up to 12 months, and for additional open-ended periods thereafter.
Today, 122 nations are parties to the Rome Statute, acceding to the ICC's jurisdiction. Membership in the court and cooperation with the enforcement of its judgments are voluntary. The tribunal has no police or arrest powers of its own.
Both Israel and the United States signed the Rome Statute in 2000 but each withdrew from it in 2002. The U.S. dispatched a terse three-sentence letter signed by then-U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, and Israel expressed support for the court's goals but also that it harbored grave concerns over perceived political biases in the ICC's procedures and administration.
Palestine applied for ICC membership in 2009, but its application was rejected due to the lack of statehood. However, in November 2012, the U.N. General Assembly accorded Palestine non-member observer state status, opening the door for ICC party status, as advocated by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. Should Abbas reapply to the court, it is very likely his application this time would be accepted.
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How accurate is the solution for high degree algebraic equation?
I wanted to know all the solutions of f = (-z - 1)^d - (-z^d - 1)==0, where d=54.
I did the following:
d = 54; f = (-z - 1)^d - (-z^d - 1);
sol = NSolve[f == 0,z];
a = z /. sol;
So a is a set of solutions.
If I compute
f /. z -> a[[50]] // N
It returns a number very close to zero. This is natural.
But if I compute
f /. (z -> a[[1]]) // N
Mathematica returns
I cannot say a[[1]] is a solution of f=0.
Many other elements in the solution set a does not seem to satisfy the equation.
Only the last few terms in a are satisfactory enough as solutions.
Is the degree too high?


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Shallow reasons were advanced for dissolution of Ireng/Sawariwau NDC
Dear Editor,
I walked out of a RDC Region 9 Standing Committee meeting today (February 7, 2013). The walk-out was over the Regional Vice Chairman's, Mr. Douglas Cassimero, who is also the Chairman of the Local Government, Land Support and Project Support Standing Committee, refusal to entertain a debate over the Local Government Minister's reasons for the dissolution of the Ireng/Sawariwau Neighbourhood Democratic Council.
At the Statutory sitting of the Regional Democratic Council on 14th December 2012, the Clerk, who is also the Regional Executive Officer, was mandated to write the Minister of Local Government for him to inform the Council as to the justification(s) for the scrapping of the elected NDC and its replacement with a hand-picked set of residents.
At this morning's meeting (Thursday 7th Feb) the meeting was informed that the Regional Executive Officer was on leave and her deputy could not say whether or not the letter was written. I had anticipated that there would have been attempts to frustrate the efforts at arriving at the true motives for the removal of the NDC, so I managed to get a copy of a letter that the subject Minister had written to the ousted Chairman, detailing the said reasons. I made two copies, one of which was handed to Mr. Cassimero so that the Committee could proceed with the discussion and subsequent recommendations to the Statutory Sitting of the RDC.
The Committee Chairman on advice from the Deputy REO, Mr. Tikeram Bissesar, disallowed the letter on the grounds that it was not addressed to the Regional Executive Officer or the Regional Chairman. The letter nevertheless, as was pointed out, bore the signature of the Minister, and it detailed the reasons why the NDC was disbanded- the very information that we were seeking.
Editor, this is the latest display of ineptitude and gross disregard for the Council by appointed officers. As a Councillor, I do my homework, and that is why I went to pains to secure the letter under question. If the PPP were serious in addressing the removal of the NDC, the contents of the letter would have been discussed and intelligent recommendations would have been made. Rather, we may have to wait another two months before this matter is discussed again, for want of the Minister's response. And we talk of having the citizens' interest at heart. Well let history judge us.
In the meantime, there are pressing issues to be discussed, like, corruption at the Interim Management Committee (IMC); the use of Council resources to do politicking; the involvement of an Amerindian Community in the local elections, when these people, who are part of the St. Ignatius Village Council, prefer to remain under the Amerindian Act; the issuing of a contract for waste disposal to a foreigner without consultation with the community; the ever growing garbage heaps around the community; among others.
The garbage situation did not happen by accident. When the NDC was in place, there was a faithful schedule of garbage collection and disposal. Since the advent of the IMC, the Tractor Operator was sent on leave, the tractor, which I had stated had to be the oldest tractor in the government system, has been unserviceable – the NDC worked miracles to ensure that that tractor remained in working order. It is the firm belief of many a resident that these 'mishaps' were orchestrated to justify the awarding of a contract for garbage disposal. What deviousness!
For information purposes here are the reasons the Minister used to justify his illegal action:
1. Depletion of council (the NDC held meetings with a quorum faithfully every month for 18 years. The DREO was a member of that Council until he was appointed DREO last year);
2. Loss of interest (Who is to judge if there is interest or not? If interest was lost, the number of residents who showed up at the farce of a hearing would have been absent); and
3.Death and migration of elected Council-lors. (Had the PPP kept their 1992 campaign promise of regular Local Government elections, there would have been several elections by now and consequently, a pool of councillors to choose from.
These reasons, Editor, are the shallowest excuses ever. Further, the Minister had not the common courtesy to inform the premier organisation in the Region, the RDC. It had to take a request from a Councillor, for the RDC to even contemplate seeking a response from the Minister.
As an elected representative of the people, who have been authorised to speak on these issues by the people, I am now calling on residents of Lethem, Tabatinga and Culvert City to stand up and ensure that your elected representatives are allowed to represent your causes. You can start by refusing to cooperate with this illegal entity that has been forced on you.
Yours faithfully,
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Great job. But you might have induced a problem. You need to look at your MAF counts. Your MAF should produce a smooth line. I found that blowing directly on the filter caused the MAF to produce a 'spiky' output. The fix is to put a shield over the inlet so that the air flows up and around the filter (I have a similair setup on my 07).
Use of the rubber hose is genius. Even if you have a small constriction, the rubber will produce a smooth transition. Might try and find some pieces for mine.
Add >> Oh! just noticed. Your trim piece you drilled holes in. You did not drill near enough holes for any appreciable air flow. If you take the diameter of all the hoses within 1/2 inch of the tube, and compare to the flow of a 3" I.D tube, you get a true flow picture. It's amazing how restrictive even small hole punched metal is. However, As it appears you shaped the end section (the scoop as you called it), then actually, your pulling air from behind the bumper. That may be a low pressure area due to the design of your front facia, but may negate need for the diffusser. These are all just fine tweaks. Nice job overall!!!
Thanks for the suggestions! :)
All of what you noted here was considered before making the venture. The factory inlet to the box blows directly on the filter so I don't see there being a problem with that. Also the air has to travel at a 90 degree angle once inside of the filter to reach the throttle body. At that point it's sucking what it needs to anyway.
The "scoop" cut only extends to the outer most edge of the drilled section. Not from behind the bumper. You can see the end of the hose is directly in line with the end of the triangular cut out.
However I do agree the holes could be doubled. And just may down the road. But I didn't want to open that area too much as it appears the ECU is mounted to that fender well. I also didn't want it to be too obvious and take away from the front end's over all look.
So far I am very happy with this set-up. Just received and installed my K&N last night, and ordered up the Outerwears Pre-filter a second ago. They have to be custom made. If anyone else is interested in a pre-filter, which is great in general to keep junk out of the pleats, let me know and I'll hook you up with the salesperson that has the specs.
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