text: Pretoria - Developing countries are frustrated by having to limit industrial expansion to avoid pollution, International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Thursday. "There is a fundamental unfairness to the climate change problem," she said. She was speaking in Pretoria at the announcement of the public enterprises department's climate change policy framework for state-owned companies, and the signing of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). "Countries with high standards of living are mostly responsible for the rise in greenhouse gases, and especially the early industrialised nations from Europe, North America and Japan." Nkoana-Mashabane said these countries created their wealth on the back of vast amounts of greenhouse gases being released unchecked, long before the likely consequences were understood. "Developing countries fear that they will have to curtail their own fledgling industrial activities, because there would be no choice." She said the developing world was frustrated because its growth was being hampered by "those who have a historical responsibility for polluting" the universe. The minister said climate change was "very central" on the global agenda, as it contributed immensely to poverty. "We have the enemy called climate change and the historic enemy of how development patterns have been taking place in our country," Nkoana-Mashabane said. "For us to combat and fight poverty, whatever effort we come up with, it gets negated by the negative effects of climate change." Senior officials from Eskom, SA Airways, Transnet, SA Express, arms manufacturer Denel, diamond miner Alexkor, telecommunications company Broadband Infraco, and the SA Forestry Company signed the UNGC. Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said the policy framework was meant to get the companies to reduce their carbon emissions. South Africa's industrial economy was energy-intensive and coal-dependent, and the country was ranked one of the 30 largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world. The UNGC is a voluntary corporate citizen initiative, involving, among others, thousands of businesses from every continent. Businesses bound by the UNGC file annual progress reports to the global institute.


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Jennifer Lassiter graduated from USC Upstate in 1996 with a degree in elementary education. She fondly recalls how her education and the experience and wisdom of her professors greatly prepared her for her career.
"My teachers at USC Upstate made the information I was studying applicable to real life," said Jennifer. "I received lots of hands-on experience and any criticism was always constructive. The professors truly wanted me to succeed. The faith they had in me and the passion they had for the content they taught made a world of difference."
There are two faculty members that left lasting impressions on Jennifer. She credits Dr. Ed Donovan with instilling in her a great love of science and discovery and for teaching her to believe in herself and her abilities. Dr. Brenda Davenport helped Jennifer to develop an even greater love of adolescent literature and writing, and also provided her with the opportunity to work in the Writing Center at USC Upstate.
"This was where I got my first taste of teaching and realized how much I loved it," said Jennifer, who teaches sixth grade language arts teacher at Woodruff Middle School and was named the Teacher of the Year for Spartanburg School District 4 for 2005-2006.
Ten years have passed since Jennifer began teaching and through the years many of her former students maintain contact with her. Through e-mails, phone calls and Christmas cards, the students keep her informed of awards they have won, achievements they've made, what colleges they will be attending, and what goals they have for the future. All of this is very satisfying to Jennifer.
"My greatest contribution is that I inspire students every day," she said. "I show every child who steps into my classroom that he or she can succeed and I encourage every child to work hard and dream big, really big. I let them know that this journey into reading and writing is one we can take together, and we can learn from each other because the best kind of learning is lifelong learning. Students leave my classroom with a genuine desire to read and write and a love of learning. My students are my greatest accomplishment."
Jennifer and her husband Chris have been married for 17 years. They have two sons, Zach and Jacob.
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Fr. Joseph McGinnity
Father Joseph McGinnity, 77, pastor emeritus of St. Zachary Parish in Des Plaines, died April 18.
The Chicago native attended and graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School, Quigley Preparatory Seminary, 1949, and the University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary, 1956. A former police chaplain, he also taught a Christian marriage class at Brother Rice, Mother Mc- Cauley and Good Counsel high schools.
He was ordained on May 1, 1956 and that year became assistant pastor of St. Linus Parish, Oak Lawn, 1956-1965.
He was assistant pastor of St. Hilary Parish on the city's north side, 1965-1974, of Queen of Martyrs Parish in Evergreen Park, 1974-1976, and of Oak Lawn's St. Gerald Parish, 1976-1981.
He was then pastor of St. Zachary Parish, serving for nearly 19 years.
Upon his retirement on Oct. 8, 2000, Father McGinnity was named pastor emeritus of St. Zachary.
Sr. Ann Stephanie Callopy
Dominican Sister Ann Stephanie Callopy, 92, formerly Jean Elizabeth, died Feb. 15 in Adrian, Mich.
A Chicago native, she attended Aquinas High School in Chicago and received degrees from Siena Heights University; Adrian, Mich. and DePaul University, Chicago.
She ministered for 36 years in education in Chicago, Rockford, Oak Park and Lombard, Ill.; West Palm Beach, Florida and Buffalo, N.Y.. She was principal of St. Edmund School in Oak Park, 1963- 1969, taught at Aquinas High School, Chicago, 1969-1974 and was administrative assistant to the Midwest Dominican and Upper Midwest Chapters in Chicago, 1985-1991. She lived in Hometown, Ill. and in 1999 became a resident of the Dominican Life Center in Adrian.
Ruth Ann Coughlin
Ruth Ann Coughlin, 86, mother of Raymond P. Coughlin, director of the archdiocesan Department of Stewardship and Development, died Feb. 28 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Her other children, Ann Goyette, Eileen Griffin, Michael Coughlin and Sharon Coughlin also survive her.
Fr. Gerald D. Fraser
Father Gerald D. Fraser, vicar for senior priests, died Feb. 18.
He studied at St. Justin Martyr School, Quigley and Loyola University, and was ordained a priest in 1938.
He was associate pastor at St. Francis Xavier Parish on the Northwest Side (now merged with St. Veronica to form Resurrection Parish), alongside his brother, Father Francis Fraser. He was also associate pastor at St. Finbarr; St. Joseph, Wilmette; St. Jerome; Ascension, Harvey; St. Cornelius and St. Lawrence.
He then taught theology at DePaul and Loyola Universities.
Father Fraser was also a counselor at De La Salle High School and St. Viator High School, Arlington Heights. He served as chaplain at Holy Child High School in Waukegan as well.
Fr. Ambrose German
Father Ambrose German, 81, a friar priest of the Chicago-St. Louis Franciscan Province of the Sacred Heart, died March 6 in Hermann, Mo.
He entered the order in 1945, and was given the religious name Ambrose. He was ordained a priest June 29, 1953.
After two years of preparation for preaching and pastoral work (1953-1955), he began teaching at St. Joseph's Minor Seminary in Westmont, (1955- 1977). He served simultaneously as chaplain for the Sisters of St. Joseph in LaGrange, Ill.
From 1977 until his retirement in 2002 he did parish work in Nebraska and Missouri.
Fr. Henry J. Piacitelli
Father Henry Piacitelli, 90, died March 6 in St. Louis, Mo. After graduation from the seminary for the Congregation of the Mission (the Vincentians) in Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 1937, he entered the congregation and was ordained a priest in 1945.
He taught at DePaul Academy, 1945-46. He also taught at DeAndreis Seminary in Lemont, Ill., 1967-1976 as well as in Missouri.
Father Piacitelli earned degrees from Catholic University in 1950 and the University of Dubuque in 1970.
Father Piacitelli later worked in hospital ministry at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, 1976-1982, and then at various hospitals in Salt Lake City until 1999.
He is survived by his brother John Piacitelli and sisters Helen Smith and Eleanor Dalpiaz.
Sr. Genevieve M. Ulaszek
Felician Sister Genevieve Marie Ulaszek, 77, died March 21 in Chicago. A Chicago native, she joined the Felicians in 1949 from Ss. Peter and Paul Parish.
Formerly known as Sister Mary Donald, she was an elementary school teacher and principal in Illinois and Wisconsin before becoming certified as a medical records technician.
In the archdiocese, from 1958- 1978, Sister Genevieve served as teacher and/or principal at St. Mary Magdalen, Sacred Heart, St. Joseph High School (S. Hermitage), St. Stanislaus (Posen), St. Hubert and St. Bruno.
She was also a medical records technician at a health care facility in Centralia, Ill.


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"While the environment is very intimate, the reach is very broad." – Carrie Colla
"The class size and who it brings to the table really allows for an enriching experience." – Diana Lam, TDI '12
"The system we have now simply rewards more care, but we need to align our system so it rewards better care." – Elliott Fisher
"The health care changes we anticipate, a lot of those teachings come from The Dartmouth Institute. " – Wayne Moschetti, TDI '11
"The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice is where Knowledge Informs Change. "
"We are looking across both time and geography to learn what's really happening with health care." – H. Gilbert Welch
"The Institute at Dartmouth College stands on a 30-year history of asking challenging questions about medical care. "
"I think that Dartmouth has an incredible commitment to education." – Adam Keller
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice works to improve patient care by researching how health care systems are performing and using that information to develop new models for health care delivery and payment.
How do we make a difference?
Advancing knowledge by asking good questions
- About the definition of disease – over-diagnosis, pseudo-disease and the challenges of screening
- About individual patients – risk communication, shared decision making
- About specific interventions – translational, clinical and comparative effectiveness research
- About practices, delivery systems, communities and policies and their impact on health, care and costs
Advancing our capacity to learn by developing better measures and approaches to measurement
- Better measures of health risks, health, decision quality, and care experience
- Better measures of health system performance – at the practice, hospital and regional level
Tracking the performance of the U.S. health care system
- The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
Dartmouth Institute Graduate, Certificate & Professional Development Programs
- Masters (MPH, MS); PhD program
- Certificate programs (e.g., Certificate in the Fundamentals of Value-Based Health Care)
- Leadership Preventive Medicine Residency at DHMC; Microsystem Academy; VA Quality Scholars
- Masters of Health Care Delivery Science (joint with Tuck)
Dartmouth Institute faculty teaching across the campus (number of faculty as course directors or lecturing)
- College (13); Tuck (5); GMS (27); Thayer (3); MHCDS (12); Executive Ed (5)
Convening and hosting ongoing symposia and learning networks
- Summer Institute for Informed Patient Choice
- Wennberg International Conference
- Medicine and the Media (A joint program of the NIH and Dartmouth)
- Brookings-Dartmouth Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Learning Network
- National College Health Improvement (NCHIP) Learning Collaborative
Engagement - innovation and implementation to improve practice and policy
Individual patients and consumers
- InShape: health coaching for individuals with severe mental illness at high risk of cardiovascular death
- Drug-Facts Box: concise, accurate and understandable information on prescription drugs
Practices and Health Systems
- Shared decision-making networks; Microsystem Collaborative; The Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative; The High Value Health Collaborative; Dartmouth-Brigham Breast PROSPR (Population-based Research Optimizing Screening through Personalized Regimens); and with international health systems in Sweden, Uganda, Tanzania
- The Northern New England CDC Prevention Research Center
- ReThink Health in the Upper Valley (a joint project of The Dartmouth Institute, Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the Fannie Rippel Foundation)
- To maintain our position as the leading academic center monitoring and questioning current medical practice in the United States.
- To become the preferred academic partner for those building sustainable health care systems that address the challenges and measurably improve population health.
Desired Outcomes
- Dartmouth is seen as representing the public's interest -- and has a central role in helping the United States lower health care costs and improve care.
- Dartmouth's partners are seen as models for health care systems and communities around the world.
- Students see Dartmouth as a place to make a difference -- and learn how to lead change.
- The public sees medical care in the proper perspective -- as one of many determinants of health.


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The Leonard Lopate Show
The Nearly Forgotten Mishaps of Musty Suffer
Silent film accompanist Ben Model and film historian Steve Massa discuss "The Mishaps of Musty Suffer," a forgotten series of silent slapstick comedies, which have been unavailable to the public for 97 years. "Musty Suffer" was wildly popular during its release, but the series has been oddly overlooked and neglected ever since. Fortunately the Library of Congress preserved the 24 surviving films from the Musty Suffer series. Model did the score and produced the new DVD, co-curated by Massa.


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GILFORD, N.H. -- Everywhere computer professional Brian Heil looked at SoulFest 2011 he saw packs of young people trying to stay on schedule as they rushed from one rock concert, workshop or prayer meeting to another.But first, there was one more text to send, one more Twitter tweet to tweet, one more Facebook status to update, one more snapshot to share, one more YouTube video to upload, just one more connection to make in the digital world that now shapes real life.This year's four-day … [Read more...]
Churches ignoring the digital playground
McChurch history 101
In the beginning, revival preachers used their dynamic voices and dramatic sermons -- framed with entertaining gospel music -- to attract large crowds and to pull sinners into the Kingdom of God.This formula worked in weeklong revivals and, when tried, it started working in regular Sunday services. Big preachers drew big crowds and created bigger and bigger churches. Then along came the big media, which helped create a youth culture that exploded out of the 1950s and into the cultural … [Read more...]
Rush Limbaugh, liberal heretic?
The joke was old, old, old and Rush Limbaugh knew that when -- tongue firmly planted in cheek -- he tweaked it for his flock at the Conservative Political Action Convention. So Larry King dies and goes to heaven, where the CNN star urgently asks St. Peter: "Is Rush Limbaugh here?" Not yet, says his host. Finally, their tour reaches heaven's largest room, where a flashing "Rush Limbaugh" sign hangs over a giant throne. King is confused."I thought you said he wasn't here," King asks, in … [Read more...]
Faith and the Russert Test
The politico facing Tim Russert was Vice Present Al Gore and their testy dialogue was one of the memorable moments during the 2000 White House race.RUSSERT: When do you think life begins?GORE: I favor the Roe vs. Wade approach, but let me just say, Tim, I did --RUSSERT: Which is what? When does life begin?GORE: Let me just say, I did change my position on the issue of federal funding and I changed it because I came to understand more from women -- women think about this differently than … [Read more...]
The 30-something days of Xmas
There was a time when Christians did not celebrate a season that could be called the 30-something days of Christmas.In the year of our Lord 1939, the National Retail Dry Goods Association asked President Franklin D. Roosevelt to move Thanksgiving to the next-to-last Thursday in November. This was strategic, since President Abraham Lincoln had proclaimed the last Thursday of the month as the official holiday. This meant that Thanksgiving was occasionally delayed until a fifth Thursday -- a cruel … [Read more...]
FM radio reality in church
The clock is ticking and soon Jeff Crandall while face the challenge of selecting the right music for the Christmas services at High Desert Church.This will be tricky, because Christmas is what the 70-member staff at this megachurch calls a "federal" event. This means that these services will unite worshippers from the three radically different services that are held week after week at this booming congregation in Victorville, Calif., about 90 miles outside of Los Angeles."Christmas may be the … [Read more...]
Hell through the Hollywood lens
LOS ANGELES -- Hell looks really cool, when seen through a Hollywood lens.The good guys in the upcoming thriller "Constantine" do comment on the sulfur smell in the hell edition of Los Angeles and it's a pain coping with all those extra tortured, brainless, flesh-eating demons on the 101 Freeway. But the city still looks like Los Angeles, even after an eternity of hurricane-force firestorms.The other place can't compete, when it comes to entertainment value."The reason why heaven isn't shown as … [Read more...]
Beyond the Baptist boycott
It was a cheesy ad slogan sure to raise eyebrows during the summer battle for the teen-movie bucks -- "Got Passion? Get Saved!"An acidic take on a Christian high school, "Saved!" was crafted to make evangelicals punch their boycott buttons. It featured clean queen Mandy Moore as a Bible-throwing harpy from Hades. Macaulay "Home Alone" Culkin played a hip cynic in a wheelchair who shared cigarettes and sex with the school's lone Jewess. Its all-tolerant God offered a flexible moral code.MGM … [Read more...]


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Canada election shifts attention to trade deal as race narrows
By David Ljunggren
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Trailing in second place two weeks before Canada's election, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a trade pact on Monday that largely protects the agricultural voting bloc, putting pressure on opponents who hope the deal would be a weak spot.
Harper touted the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a good accord that offers only limited access to Canada's politically important farm industry, largely neutralizing an attack from the left-leaning New Democratic Party, which has been sinking in polls.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair derided Harper for backing the 12-nation agreement in the midst of a campaign when the government is supposed to be in a neutral caretaker status.
"It's inconceivable that Stephen Harper signed a secret deal in the midst of an election campaign. He's sacrificing our family farms, he is selling out auto workers," Mulcair said.
Mulcair vowed to stand up against the deal but stopped short of saying he would back out of it if he won the election.
Previously Mulcair had said he would not be bound by the terms of the deal. The NDP's last hope for political victory may be voter anger over free trade.
The centrist Liberal Party, which has edged ahead of Harper in recent days, signaled it would probably support the deal.
"You are either in or out," Harper told a news conference. "We choose to be in because there is simply too much to gain for Canada." Continued...


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Discussion in 'February 2009' started by roscoe36, Feb 12, 2009.
They didn't even have a HORSE contest back then.
Pistons are UNDEFEATED in Shooting Stars competitions where Arron Afflalo is involved! AA's defense was the difference in this contest!
Stupid Stern putting Mo Williams in...he could have chosen Tay!
Good point. Where is Lee? I haven't seen him in what feels like a week. By the time he comes back, he might know another 4 languages which puts me at a real disadvantage in debates!
It's too early for gardening. He did mention that he was going to retire from posting...but that was several years ago.
ESPN reported that AI was unhappy having to play in the structured offense that the East used. He likes the Pistons offense a lot better. He did say though that he feels a lot more comfortable with DET's defensive schemes because they used the same ones in last night's game.
of course that co-mvp was rigged. just like the slam-dunk contest...nate's green outfit and green ball along with the phone booth and making sure those 2 ended up in the finals. i forgot to dvr the game but i'm not sad about it...the rook/soph game was excellent and that was the only main thing i wanted to see.
True last year's was bad too... I almost forgot about it completely. And I'd KILL for a game like that 1953 All Star game if it were that competitive.... who the hell cares about how many points they scored? Not me anyway.
I disagree strongly. That's all i'll say. LOL
If Kobe opts out, Joe should sign him for MAX?
Yes. But should Kobe take it? No.
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Go Behind-The-Scenes of Miley Cyrus' Sexy V Magazine Cover Shoot
Making sure she is the first face you see on newsstands everywhere, Miley Cyrus appeared in V Magazine recently, and the publication released a behind-the-scenes video of her cover shoot.
The "Hannah Montana" star sports a variety of revealing outfits, dances, and laughs as she poses for photographer Mario Testino.
In the issue, the 20-year-old actress/singer addresses the rumors flying around about her and fiancée Liam Hemsworth, saying, "Every week it's like, 'Are they broken up? Because we don't see a photo of them.' I don't have time to go to Starbucks with my boyfriend every morning. I wish I did, but I don't."
Sharing the scheduling difficulties, Miley continues, "He gets up to work out at six and I come home around five from the studio. I've put this record before everything and I've never done that with anything. I've put too much into this record to put anything else in front of it."


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Since I didn't have it scanned in for the earlier post, here's the picture I spoke about that we got from the free photo booth at the expo. In the middle one, we're supposed to look like we're running... but I kind of didn't get in there well enough to look the part. Oops.
I thought this was such a cool idea, and I love that the race logo printed out on the pictures. More races should do this!
(By the way... we're totally sunburned. None of us thought about sunscreen since it was 55 degrees out, and apparently the SPF in my makeup didn't hold up. Or maybe we got wind burned. We're not really sure.)


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Downtown Clean Up Day
Asheville Downtown Association
Monday, July 1, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
Event Details
Why? Cleanliness has become a bigger and bigger issue in Downtown Asheville. We hear it from tourists, residents and business owners alike, but there's no sustainable solution in place. So, we're taking to the streets with our brooms, dustpans, lots of trash bags and even a few power washers to show what Downtown Asheville can be.
When? Monday, July 1, 2013
Shifts: 8-11am, 11am-2pm, 2-5pm
Who? You, your colleagues, your friends, EVERYONE! Sign up as a group or as an individual (select the number of "tickets" for however many people are in your group). Downtown is one of Asheville's greatest assets and we ALL need to chip in to make sure downtown remains an economic driver for all of Western North Carolina.
How? Register here! Or, you may contact the Asheville Downtown Association at 828.251.9973 or email@example.com.
Where? After registering, meet at your shift time in Pritchard Park to pick up your supplies and get your assignment. There will also be supply and water stations throughout downtown.
Thanks to our partners Grove Arcade, Asheville GreenWorks, Tupelo Honey, Biltmore Coffee, Early Girl Eatery, Proforamance, Ward and Smith, TD Bank, Grainger, Mast General Store.
Monday, July 1, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
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Created in 1987, the Asheville Downtown Association is a non-profit organization committed to the preservation and improvement of the central business district. Through programs and annual objectives, the Board of Directors work to make downtown Asheville the center of commerce, culture and leisure. Together, the Asheville Downtown Association board and members support the vitality of downtown through public advocacy, political involvement and community events. Membership is open to any person or organization interested in supporting the downtown community. Members reflect a wide variety of residents, property owners, business professionals, retailers and restaurants.


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" Genre: Fiction / Author: Robert Tressell / Edition: Reissue / Paperback / 702 Pages / Book is published 2008-09-11 by OUP Oxford "
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The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists was written by Robert Tressell and published posthumously by his daughter Kathleen. Tressell was a house painter in the early 1900s and the novel is set in the fictional town of Mugsborough, based on the town of Hastings where Tressell lived.
Tressell tells the story of several 'philanthropists': working-class men who are struggling to support their families whilst being taken advantage of by their employers and the present system. They are convinced that they should accept this as their lot. Frank Owen, the main protagonist in the novel, disagrees, and he seeks to convince his fellow workers that they spend all their time working to make money for fat cats who get rich off their manual labour and do not need to treat them so badly. Since most of the men Owen works with have families to support and are generally struggling to afford enough food for them to eat despite working all the hours they physically can, in often dangerous conditions and with no employee rights, you might think that they would take Owen's cause on board. Instead however they ridicule his arguments, calling him a madman and making fun of him for trying to act 'above his station'. Owen, however, never gives up in his dream of a better system, where all mouths are fed equally, work is enjoyable, and no man has authority over another based on the current monetary system.
At the time that Tressell wrote The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, Socialism was not a commonly understood ideology (indeed it is often still misunderstood today), but Tressell was struck by the poverty of those surrounding him and he wished to help better their situations rather than accepting their unfortunate lots as fated. That he was able to write about worker's conditions and rights with such foresight is impressive and deserves recognition. However, I do feel that the 'political' nature of this novel has meant that it has been neglected as an observant and touching work of literature in its own right. Although The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is widely referred to as a political text, it is also a novel capturing the essence of 20th century Britain and the social changes taking place at that time, and the story of Tressell's own plight.
As readers we must also consider the plight of a man in Tressell or Owen's position who is struggling to help his fellow men yet unable to communicate with them about an essential issue. Almost 100 years later, Tressell's arguments still hold their own in modern society, so in a way Tressell crosses time with his story- consider perhaps the recent western debacle with the banks and the lack of change to come about in spite of it. Although Owen's arguments in the book may sound like tedious preaching to us now, we can still appreciate that without arguments such as these there would have been no unions and therefore no workers' rights- meaning no weekends, no paid holidays, no protection in the workplace, no sick leave, etc. This is easy to forget in modern-day society, but in Tressell's day it was a dream that only the brave dared to dream, and for that reason we must admire his foresight and his passion in this book.
But it is not the only reason to enjoy it. The characters in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists are unique and memorable, and the overall story, though tragic, is rooted in history and takes us through several journeys. Crass is one of the more venomous characters in the book. He is jealous and suspicious of Owen and challenges him to 'prove' the cause of poverty to the workers, which Owen believes is money. In response to this, all the workers - or philanthropists - laugh aloud at Owen, and when Owen launches into an in-depth explanation of what he calls 'The Great Money Trick', his words fall largely on deaf ears. 'The Great Money Trick' however is now a well-known a passage still selected for study and quotation by students of history, sociology, politics and economics alike.
On a political note, I did find Owen's explanation of Socialism intriguing, as his way of presenting it to the reader demonstrates the common sense of such a system. Owen states the simple fact that he is not against work, progress or money, but the way those things are used in 20th century society to control manual workers. Owen argues that such things can easily continue in society, to the benefit of all, so long as all money that is earned has an 'expiry date' on it, meaning that the worker is free to spent it as he pleases but not free to amass it and therefore gain a monopoly of power over other human beings. I studied Sociology A Level for two years and I found it to be an intriguing subject, however never was Socialism explained in such a simple manner. After reading The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, I felt that I could easily relate to Tressell's plight, as I myself have since come up against good-natured ridicule when attempting to cite something from the book. We have not come as far from Tressell's day, perhaps, as I had originally thought.
Although the plot of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is tragic, I did not feel that the book was depressing. It is a touching story is many ways, including the fact that the reader clearly cares for the figures who ridicule him. Owen has a caring nature and a beautiful bond with his wife, and although their life is a struggle they maintain a positive relationship throughout the novel based on love. They also offer sanctuary to other characters in the novel at different times. The characters who are more infuriating in their disagreement with Owen's arguments which he expounds as a means of bettering their situations, such as Crass, can be infuriating, yet they are also amusing and therefore enjoyable to read. My advice about this book is, don't overlook it as a 'political text', because whatever your politics may be, it is much, much more than that.
The actor, Ricky Tomlinson has often talked in interviews about this book being the catalyst for him joining the Labour Party and saying what a profound influence the book has had on his life.
From a twenty-first century perspective, I can't say that this book had such an effect on me, although I can see that it may well have had a tremendous impact when it was first published in 1914. For many people, it must have been the first time they had read about the effects of grinding poverty on the working people of this country and for others, I'm sure it would have been an incentive to support socialism and the growing Labour Party.
The ragged trousered philanthropists of the title are a group of painters and decorators working on the renovation of a large property in the town of Mugsborough, a fictional town somewhere in the south east of England. Many of the conversations described in the book could well be those of a group of painters and decorators today. They blame all their ills on foreigners, and get most of their political opinions from the newspaper, 'The Obscurer'; a Tory owned fictional equivalent of The Sun is my best guess. In fact, these workers are supporting the very political system which is grinding them into the dirt.
One of the workers, Owen, is a socialist and atheist who tries to educate his colleagues that all their ills can be put down to capitalism and Christianity. I suspect that Robert Tressell, the author, who was a painter and signwriter, modelled this character on himself.
I think we're supposed to empathise with Owen but I really found him quite an unlikeable character in that he spends most of his time pontificating and seems to despise everyone: his colleagues for their blinkered collusion in their own subjugation and his bosses for actually doing the subjugating. Most of Owen's dialogue is followed by "he laughed contemptuously" or "he sneered". I did warm to him more as the book neared its end but most of my sympathies were for his fellow workers, especially Easton and his wife. Mostly these poor people were so busy trying to keep their heads above the financial waters and hold onto their jobs in order to feed their families, that they really didn't have much time to dwell on politics. Suffice to say, the story doesn't end with "and they all lived happily ever after".
I didn't find this the easiest of reads. Firstly, having been written in the early part of the twentieth century, the writing style is very different from the novels of today. Also, Robert Tressell attempts to write conversations in 'workman-speak' in order to show that these people didn't speak like the middle or upper classes, and as a consequence there are lots of aitches added into or subtracted from words.
The book also reads a little like Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress in that everything was given an appropriate name. Mugsborough, for instance, I took to imply that all the residents were mugs, though I may be wrong about that; The Obscurer for the daily newspaper and a firm of solicitors called Didlum, and so forth. I appreciate that Tressell was probably trying to make a point here but it seemed to detract from the story's truth rather than emphasise it.
Reading this story one hundred years after its publication made it, for me, read more like an historical novel than the contemporary one that it actually was. There is a great deal of truth in the saying 'Distance lends enchantment' because I felt I was reading about people who had lived so long ago that getting angry on their behalf was a pointless exercise. Yes, I felt sorry for their plight but my overriding emotion was one of relief that things are so much better today and although I think probably that has a great deal to do with socialism and the Labour movement, it hasn't made me want to rush off and join the Labour Party.
This book was published in 1914 and it is pretty easy to get hold of a second hand copy from any online bookseller or borrow from your local library. I'm fairly sure that, being regarded as a classic, this is also available for free download somewhere online.
If you are an aspiring trades union leader, you will probably consider this book essential reading but for those with a less strong political viewpoint, I think there are probably other socialist novels which make their point more appealingly.


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we just adopted another cat, this will be our 5th. He has been neutered and dewormed during the last two weeks, he is still in the process of introduction to our older cats, after two nasty fights he engaged with the old male, we decided to keep him in a different area of the house so that they won't have any more chance to fight. However, after a week of their last fight we notice that he's got a big bump on his head near the ear. Now it is leaking. Our vet will come to check on him tomorrow morning, so until then I was wondering if you have any ideas of what could it be this bump and how to treat it.
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A cats claws are not very sanitary things when you think about what they do their feet. Chances are that your new cat has an infection near his ear that will need to be treated with antibiotics. As long as he is not in terrific pain, there is nothing you can or should do without the advice and approval of your vet. Don't touch the wound or try to medicate him. If it bothers you and doesn't bother him, you can dab the area with a cotton ball moistened with warm water, but wait for the advice of your vet for further treatment.
Izadore (Izzie) answered on 5/31/12. Helpful? / 0
It might be a swollen lymph node, so I would take him to the vet, but it might be a scat. I found a lump at the base of one of our cats tail, but that turned out to be a scab!
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Financial reporting never stops for the CFO of the investment firm's funds group.
Sarah Johnson, CFO.com | US
June 10, 2009
Tom Higgins is on constant deadline. As the CFO of Vanguard's Fund Financial Services, he oversees the daily accounting of each of the firm's more than 150 funds, whose net asset value gets publicly reported at the end of each business day. In addition, FFS, which has 325 employees, is responsible for providing periodic financial statements on each fund, which have varying year-ends. "Twelve months out of the year, we're doing a financial report for a group of funds," Higgins lamented in a recent interview with CFO.com.
Still, Higgins doesn't appear to mind, as he has spent his entire career in the same industry and most of it at the same firm. After spending most of the first 10 years of his career auditing investment companies for Price Waterhouse, Higgins joined Vanguard more than 20 years ago and assumed his current title last year. His group also deals with the funds' taxation, compliance requirements, securities lending, and treasury functions. He will talk about how Vanguard has been working to restore confidence in money market funds and securities lending at the CFO Core Concerns Conference in Boston on June 15-17.
In this edited version of an interview with CFO.com, Higgins describes his career and his position as one of the privately held investment firm's three finance chiefs.
How does your role fit into Vanguard?
We have two sets of entities. There's the corporate group of entities under Vanguard Group Inc., which is a sort of parent company. And then there's the mutual funds. We've got more than 150 mutual funds as well as other investment pools. I was always the treasurer of those funds, responsible for the group we call Funds Financial Services, or FFS, and reported to Vanguard's CFO. Vanguard's the name of the company we work for, Vanguard's the company that pays us.
Nobody works directly for the funds. We used to have one CFO, Ralph Packard, who was on the corporate side. When he retired last year, they split his role into two, basically. Richard Carpenter became Vanguard Group's CFO, and they gave me the title of CFO of the funds, but essentially my job is unchanged. When Packard retired after 20 years with the firm, they decided that the funds are a big enough business now that we need two CFOs. We report to Glenn Reed, managing director of the Strategy and Finance Group.
Do you interact with Richard Carpenter?
Absolutely. He's a guy I've known for 30 years or so, we have a great relationship. There's a lot of back and forth between the corporate side and the fund side. What makes us different from everybody else in the mutual fund business is that the funds really own Vanguard. It's a "mutual" mutual-fund company.
[Our competitors] are organized so that their corporate entity is owned either by a private group of investors or a public company. In our case, the corporate entity is actually owned by the funds. The funds are self-administered, we have our own transfer agent, we have our own accounting areas. All that stuff is basically done for the funds by a company that the funds own. The funds end up paying all of Vanguard expenses, so his side sets the expense ratios of our funds and then we accrue those on the funds' books every day. And we provide the cash he needs to run Vanguard's ongoing operating expenses. Those are the two principle interactions between the two groups.
How do your job responsibilities differ from Carpenter's?
He is more of a classic CFO. He helps out with business planning, budgeting, financing and capital needs, paying bills, procurement, and those kinds of things. On the Fund Financial Services side, I've got probably 25 or 30 business units that essentially keep the books and records of the mutual funds and interact with all the investment managers for all the funds. We're a bit unique in that some of our funds are managed in-house. Some are index funds, some are money market funds, and some are shorter-term bond funds.
We also use approximately 25 outside money managers. As those investment advisors are making transactions, buying and selling those bonds and securities, and money market instruments, they've got to communicate to my group so we can record it on the funds' books.
Then what happens?
The Investment Company Act of 1940 dictates a lot of what we have to do on a day-to-day basis in order to account for the funds. My group calculates the NAVs [net asset value] of each fund you see in the paper or online every day. Commercial CFOs close their books four times a year when they release their quarterly earnings. And they release their quarterly earnings about two weeks after the end of the quarter.
But when you compare that to mutual funds, the 1940 act says you have to keep your books on a liquidation basis in order to be fair to all the shareholders who are coming in and out of the funds every day. For those 150 mutual funds, some of them offer more than one share class, so essentially we have 350 different shareholder classes that we have to keep the books for.
So instead of one company, we have 350 different companies. We don't close our books four times a year, we close our books 260 times a year, which is the number of business days in a year. We can't wait until two weeks after the end of the quarter— we have to be ready by 6:00 that day. It's 350 funds every day and we have be done in an hour and 45 minutes so we can get it out to the online services and the other record-keepers who are selling our funds.
Also, the funds are required to prepare annual reports twice a year and mail those to the shareholders. The funds have different year-ends, thank God, or we would be sending 25 million shareholder reports out with a December year-end. The year-ends of our funds vary between August and January; that spreads the workload around. Just when we're done with the year-end auditing season, PricewaterhouseCoopers audits each one of our funds separately. Then we have to begin doing semiannual reports.
What other financial reporting do you have to do?
We have to personally certify the financial statements of each one of the 150 funds under Sarbanes-Oxley. [President and CEO] Bill McNabb and I meet about 20 times a year to discuss the financial statements of these funds. The funds' treasurer takes us through the financial statements and points out things we need to talk about before we sign the certifications that get filed with the SEC.
What else is your group responsible for?
We work very closely with our portfolio managers to try to minimize the tax distribution that we have to pay to our shareholders because we're trying to maximize their after-tax return in the fund. It's one thing for a portfolio manager to earn a high return, but if he's buying and selling a lot of securities and he's generating a lot of capital gains, we're going to have to pay that out to the shareholders, and they're going to have to pay taxes on that. And that's going to lower their after-tax return on the funds.
We work closely with our managers to try to maximize that after-tax return, not just the pretax return. We add value by qualifying to maintain our RIC status [the section in the IRS code that allows Vanguard to qualify for a deduction on each fund's tax return], and then paying all those dividends out for 150 different funds — 350 different classes — is another pretty big responsibility. If we were to not qualify, we would have to pay 34% income tax at the fund level, which is something we need to avoid.
What else does your group do?
We also do fund compliance. And we move all the money; there's a money flow from shareholder to Vanguard as transfer agent and then from Vanguard as transfer agent to the fund. At any one time there might be $2 billion in the pipeline moving back and forth, from shareholder to fund in the case of a purchase, or from the fund back to the shareholder in case of a redemption. We also have a securities lending business — we lend the securities out of the funds and we earn money on that. We pay ourselves back our cost and then we return that money back to the funds. In some cases you can earn 10, 15, 20 basis points of extra return, which goes right to shareholders.
In what other ways does your responsibility differ from that of another CFO?
The level of precision [we have to meet]. The 1940 act says you have to be accurate within a penny of a share. If one of our funds is $19.16, but we report it at $19.15 or $19.17, that's called a pricing error. We have to recover from that and make sure it doesn't happened again. We have to see how many shareholders bought in and out at the wrong price. Did the fund gain or lose? Did the shareholders gain or lose? And we maintain some statistics on how good we are at that and how accurate we are.
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How accurate are you in these daily reports?
We would consider that sensitive industry data. We have converted a lot of those percentage accuracy numbers for a lot of different processes, including the NAV process, into Six Sigma numbers. Our pricing accuracy is in the range of 4.7 Sigma to 5.1 Sigma.
Why have you stayed with Vanguard for 20 years?
At Price Waterhouse, half of my time was spent auditing mutual funds, including Vanguard, which was one of our largest clients. It's a very dynamic atmosphere. What's going on in the market directly affects what we do. We have a lot of interesting, three-way relationships with a lot of companies — they're either a client of ours, we manage money for them; or they're a vendor of ours, they provide banking services to us or computer services to us, so they're a vendor/partner; or we could own anywhere from 3% to 10% of their stock. You could pick up The Wall Street Journal and see probably 20 articles that impact us with respect to any one of those three types of relationships.
How has your business changed during the time you've been in this role?
The basics of what we do has not changed. What has happened is we have gotten a lot bigger. Vanguard has gone from being a sort of niche player since my Price Waterhouse days to an industry leader. Also, some of the instruments the funds own have become more complex. It's been a challenge to keep up with some of the securities and derivatives and investments that Wall Street invents that our funds buy. The challenge has been how to find and develop people to handle [new instruments] and to keep up with the technology.
How has your job been affected by the financial crisis?
One of the biggest parts of the markets that have been affected may be Treasury money market funds. FFS has spent a lot of time helping the client-facing people and some of the strategy people around what we should do with our Treasury money market funds given what's going on in the Treasury markets and the yields on the funds having reached zero.
Last week we announced that we're going to merge two of our funds to help stabilize the yields. That's an example of how our group can add value because of the knowledge we have and how that manifests itself into the books of the funds, the NAVs, the yields, and the distributions. We've spent more time on those kinds of activities.
Of course, something like Lehman Brothers can happen. They were a counterparty to a number of different types of transactions we had, and we had to unwind a lot of those things last fall. We had previously done risk assessments on what would happen if one of our counterparties went bankrupt in the night. We were collateralized, and although it was a lot of work [to unwind], we came out without any losses.


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By Harriet McLeod
CHARLESTON S.C (Reuters) - The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined on Tuesday to stay a district court ruling from last week that struck down South Carolina's gay marriage ban, meaning same-sex weddings could happen there as soon as Thursday.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, a Republican, said in a statement his office would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the district court's ruling.
"This issue has not yet been resolved nationally," he said in a statement.
"Today's ruling by the Fourth Circuit does not end the constitutional obligation of this Office to defend South Carolina law," Wilson said.
South Carolina would become the 34th state to allow gay marriage if it is allowed to go ahead.
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a similar stay application last week that was filed by Kansas officials. Like South Carolina, Kansas was bound by a regional appeals court ruling that struck down bans in other states.
That same day, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel ruled that South Carolina was bound by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down a similar law in Virginia.
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How would someone extract silver from silver nitrate?
*silver isn't soluable in water so I was thinking I wouldn't be able to do a single displacment reaction. I don't know how to go about this :S
What kind of single replacement do you want to do. You don't need silver METAL to a s.d. reaction. Here are two using a silver salt.
Mg + AgNO3 ==> Ag + Mg(NO3)2
Al + AgNO3 ==> Ag + Al(NO3)2
if it's the silver you want to do,
Ag + Au(NO3)3 ==> Au + AgNO3
None of the equations are balanced.
If you had something different in mind, please clarify.
I'm sure it's a typo but note how soluble is spelled.
I need pure silver so just Ag on it's own.
Excuse me but I just now reread the question and I had not seen the first line. To extract Ag from AgNO3 is a slightly different reaction. I guess it all depends upon how much silver you want and in what form. If you just want to plate out some silver, the easy way to do it to use the single replacement reaction I wrote above using aluminum. That will plate out a thin coating of silver on top of the aluminum. Of course, if you want pure silver, that isn't the way to go. To EXTRACT silver from AgNO3 is relatively large portions, I would precipitate the silver chloride, AgCl, with NaCl by the following reaction.
AgNO3 + NaCl ==> AgCl + NaNO3, then filter to collect the AgCl, wash thoroughly with water, then reduce the AgCl to pure silver using something like carbon. This would require a high enough temperature to remove any excess carbon. It's cheaper to buy silver than it is to try to make it this way. I hope this revision helps. There may be better ways of reducing the AgCl than C but that one just popped into my mind.
What if I did this.
- add copper wire
then wouldn't the silver crystals attach onto the copper
- then the copper would oxidize and you're left with silver
would that work?
Yes and no.
Yes, copper will displace Ag^+ from solution.
Cu + 2AgNO3 ==. Cu(NO3)2 + 2Ag
And the Ag will plate out onto the Cu wire. But, how will you oxidize the Cu wire? It will not oxidize by itself.
Another way is to use an electric current and plate out Ag metal onto an electrode.
If the silver was forming on the copper couldn't I just tap it off and it would fall to the bottom of a test tube and then I could just filter it out of the copper nitrate?
Probably. Silver doesn't always plate out nicely and cleanly when done as you're suggesting. What I'm saying is that it often, instead of plating out nicely and smoothly onto the surface of the copper wire, it starts to crystallize and grows on itself instead of sticking to the copper. If it does that,relatively large crystals of silver will form and you can do exactly what you've described and it will work quite well.
Thanks so much Dr Bob
You helped so much


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Jermichael Finley to Have Armpit Surgery
Mark Chmura states what we all were already thinking.
Here's a little bit of nothing and all of the something that supposedly happened this week.
With the lack of Green Bay Packers news lately, I asked my 4,000 or so followers to throw out a prompt for today's article. Thanks to the ONE guy...
"He's done a great job for us," quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. "He really adds an extra dimension to our offense and opens things up for Greg and Donald and James."
The Packers' roster contains more than its share of big-play guys.
While many euphoric Packers fans already have the team going to the Super Bowl based only on two preseason games, I am trying to keep a level head.
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It almost didn't happen, but late last night we finally got our LIVE interview with Jermichael Finley. Check out what Jermichael had to say along with last night's event in its entirety.
It's the night you have been waiting for. Cheesehead Nation interviews Wayne Larrivee and Packer's tightend Jermichael Finley.
"The offense is pretty similar to last year. We throw in a couple of plays each practice, but we are rolling with what we left off with last year...it's nothing like the defense man, that playbook is nuts."
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Heat or am I just really slow?!
I went to the track and out of 4 runs, 2 won and 2 lost.........I only managed a 17.2! I was spinning for the first 10 feet....! It was 87+ degrees and humid as heck.........the ST with us only ran a 16.1..........unless he got faster after I left.
So, now I am considering a small nitrous kit to run on stock internals, even though I am still under warranty but just at the track.
So, does heat really make your car that much slower? I mean my same make/model car in manual only managed a 17.1. I have my timeslips but would prefer not to post such embarrasing times.
By the way, the Honda Fit ran a best of 19.6.....THE FIT IS GO! [limp]
Hey, the fit ran under a 20!!! Woohoo. I saw a VW bug run a 24 something one night, and he got cheers ( bone stock )
hahaha, are you serious, is that good? It wasn't stock either.
But I just checked, it was 85+ and 50% humidity...........
I'm just looking for an excuse to be so slow before I throw in the towel.
back a 2 months ago i went to orlando speedworld and was running about .4 to .5 secs slower than i had previously in Jan. with the same techniques. That was when the temps were still in the upper 80s and lower 90s here in Florida with humidity at what it almost always is....90-100%.
the air has been really shitty for a few weeks now. cars are dyno'ing 20-50 less than they should be around Dallas.
your still slow though [giggle]
hey eazy what track do you go to? only one near that i know of it kennadale and it only has a 1/8 track, i run 10.4 there...i dont know what i would in a 1/4..kinda scared
(i'm also ATX)
If you run a 10.4 in the 8th, then you'd run about a 16.22 in the 1320.
I ran a 10.471 1/8th with a 16.175 1/4 mile.
Otherwise, a good cool down will minimize how much slower a car will run in hotter weather.
Thanks, you are correct.......I talked to the guys again last night at the ricekiller.com meet.
On my second run was when I got the 17.21....after that it went up to 17.43, and then 17.58......I heard they actually stopped racing and let the cars cool down after I left. Then the ST ran a 15.8!
[thumb] So, I am confident I could have gotten into the high 16.8's maybe with a good launch. my lowest 60ft time was 2.601, crap..........!!!! Anyway, thanks for the input, and yes I am still slow...........at the moment....but not for long.
It was my first time at the track in this car, we met up and went down to the Ennis, Tx (Texas Motorplex Raceway) and it is a 1/4 mile track. Its only a 40 minute drive from downtown Dallas. I think last night they said they are going back July 7th. Post up in the TX forum if you wanna go.
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Taking Social Security at 62
Taking Social Security at the age of 62 is an option. While it's tempting and very common, more than three-quarters of eligible workers file early, according to the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Your Retirement
During difficult economic times, borrowing from your 401(k) can seem like a great idea. There are a lot of positives to a 401(k) loan. However, there's also a minus side because borrowing from your 401(k) — and borrowing often — can also expose you to a few risks.
Home Economics
I'm going to guess you've made a financial mistake or two in your life. Who hasn't? For some of us, it was more than an occasional late fee or random urge to overspend that brought us to our financial knees.
Promises, Promises
If you're a young worker, contributing to a tax-free Roth IRA because you believe the government will keep its promise to allow you to withdraw both contributions and investment gains without paying taxes, you might want to think twice.
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The world of 401(k) plans is in an uproar. Finally, someone is questioning the fees that plan participants pay for the mutual fund choices within the plans, and the actual expenses of managing the plans, keeping the records and providing services.
Millennial Investors
"Many young adults tell us they feel a tremendous amount of pressure to live up to parents' expectations and to achieve their same level of success," says Philip Sieg, head of the Ultra High Net Worth Client Segment and Solutions for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.
Debit Overdraft Fees
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Whether you're a confused stock market investor or a saver frustrated by low interest rates, this is not the time to make any big moves. The best decisions are made by analyzing facts, but these days the financial facts seem to change day by day.
Would you take a bribe? To do the right things? Things like saving and paying down your debt? That's part of the interesting psychology behind SaveUp.com, a free website that lets you earn a shot at cash and other prizes, just for doing the right thing.
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John W. Rogers Jr., founder, chairman and owner of Ariel Investments L.L.C. in Chicago, one of the nation's largest African American-owned asset management firms, is among the super-elite when it comes to helping people make the most of their money... Last year, Black Enterprise named him one of the most powerful Blacks on Wall Street. Rogers, 54, is a former classmate and still a friend of First Lady Michelle Obama's brother. President Barack Obama appointed him to the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability. Rogers was in New Brunswick, N.J., recently and sat down for a brief interview with TNJ contributing writer Glenn Townes.


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So I got a nice little bonus from work, and I'm going to be responsible with some of it, but I have never tuned a car or bought any parts and I figure now is as good a time as any. So i wanted to get some opinions about my first planned mods.
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S&P Capital IQ analyst Kenneth Leon upgraded NYSE Euronext (NYX) to Buy from Hold on expectations that the company will expand its geographic footprint and its product offerings in the coming years. The failed Deutsche Borse merger may have slowed the company's plans down, but that doesn't mean NYSE will change course or stop expanding, says Leon, whose price target is $28 per share (12% ahead of price when the report came out).
NYSE is also throwing off more than enough free cash to maintain a healthy dividend and probably grow it, Leon argues.
"The current share price offers close to a 5% dividend yield. We expect trading markets to improve going into 2013, which should bode well for NYX. Longer term, we see NYX transforming from a regional multi-line product focus to a multinational multiple product organization. With its acquisition of Euronext, and its equity investments and partnerships in Asia, we see NYX developing a leading global brand in equity and derivative product trading."
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Are you happy? According to a new
from Gallup, 69% of Canadians rated their lives as "thriving" in 2010 — putting the country in a tie with Sweden for second place in the rankings. The top spot belongs to Denmark, where 72% of residents are feeling pretty great about life. Who could be sad in the country where meatballs are plentiful?
Respondents had three options to choose from: "thriving" — where they classified their lives as " a 7 or higher and their lives in five years an 8 or higher," "struggling," or "suffering." Gallup's method is based on the
, which encourages participants to imagine a ladder with 10 steps (to signify a scale of 10). The top of the ladder is the best life imaginable, and as you can expect, 0 is the worst.
Thirty percent of Canadians ranked their lives as "struggling," which is four or lower on the scale, and only 2% responded that they were "suffering."
Chad finished last in the survey, with only 1% of respondents classifying their lives as "thriving" and 80% said they were "struggling." The United States ranked 12th, with a "thriving" rate of 59%.
Other highlights from Gallup's research:
- Global wellbeing remained virtually unchanged between 2009 and 2010, according to Gallup's research.
- A closer look at results out of Middle Eastern countries where there were uprisings this year (including Yemen and Tunisia) showed hints of discontent.
- The research was conducted either on the telephone or in person.
Here are the top 10 countries:
1. Denmark: 72%
2. Canada: 69%
2. Sweden: 69%
4. Australia: 66%
5. Finland: 64%
5. Venezuela: 64%
7. Israel: 63%
7. New Zealand: 63%
9. Netherlands: 62%
9. Ireland: 62%
Here are the bottom 10 countries:
1. Chad: 1%
2. Central African Republic: 2%
3. Haiti: 2%
4. Burkina Faso: 3%
5. Cambodia: 3%
6. Niger: 3%
7. Tajikistan: 3%
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Snowtop™ II Bunting – Infant
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A super-soft full-body fleece barrier against winter chill, featuring a diagonal zipper across the front of the body for easy on and off and a spectrum of fun colors and prints.
- Fold over hands and feet for warmth and security
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Snowtop™ II Bunting – Infant is rated 4.9 out of 5 by 36.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Renita from Warm Perfect for bundling little one up in a hurry. Very warm and safe for car seat use. I used every size for my little one and buy them for baby shower gifts (This review was collected as part of a promotion.)
Date published: 2017-04-23
Rated 5 out of 5 by JenYK from Bought for a gift Bought on sale as a gift, I think it will be perfect. Seems like great quality and we'll worth the price. (This review was collected as part of a promotion.)
Date published: 2017-04-22
Rated 5 out of 5 by Murielle from Love it I bought this for my daughter after doing extensive research on what is safe for babies to wear in car seats. I loved it so much that I purchased one for next winter (hopefully it will fit her then). She is now 9 months and I can still put her in the 3-6 months although I can no longer flip over the feet! LoL I would definately recommend this to anyone wanting to keep their child warm and safe!
Date published: 2017-03-24
Rated 5 out of 5 by GinaM from So soft and warm, not bulky! This snowsuit is perfect. Keeps baby warm and not too bulky for car seat. Love it!
Date published: 2017-01-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by Jenjen from Awesome Product! In our cold Saskatchewan winter, my son hated wearing jacket, mitts and toque, he hated being bundle up. I found and ordered this product to see if he likes it. Yes! He doesn't make a fuss in the car seat now and doesn't mind having it on. So 5 star for this product.
Date published: 2017-01-16
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mal27 from Bunting Love this product. Wish it was on sale when I purchased it but overall, I would highly recommend this! Keeps my baby warm and thin enough for his car seat!
Date published: 2016-12-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by lumberjack12 from Easy to get the little one zipped in and out. I purchased this product considering the child will easily into the car seat. With hand and feet covers on or off, it is convenient.
Date published: 2016-12-14
Rated 5 out of 5 by RebeccaD from Well worth it! Bought for my little guy! It's amazing and warm and perfect for the car seat. He loves it and mama loves it and he looks super cute in it!
Date published: 2016-12-14
Rated 5 out of 5 by SAM0216 from Great product I absolutely love this piece. It is perfect for keeping my little one warm, and a lot safer to put him in a carseat as it's not big and bulky. I love the hand and foot covers, keeps him warm when running errands and we are just outside for a split second. I would highly recommend this. It's not meant for snow use because of the material, but a nice piece to have when going places.
Date published: 2016-12-07
Rated 5 out of 5 by AGuest from Can't beat it! This product is beyond reasonable. The price is wonderful. You can wear it in a car seat and it isn too thick. It is plenty warm enough though. I got one second-hand for my first child and HAD to have one for the second. Don't hesitate, get one for your child and you won't be disappointed!
Date published: 2016-11-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by WilliamsMom from Highly Recommend We had this bunting suit last year for my son to wear last winter. It was fantastic quality, warm and easy to put on him. In fact, I liked the product so much, I bought him the exact same suit, just in larger size, for this winter. It is not for outdoor play, but for use with his car seat and quick trips, you can't get any better.
Date published: 2016-11-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by amberH from Super cute My baby is not here yet. I bought this outfit for this up coming winter. But It looks like very good quality and is super cute! It also looks true to its size. We are taking a family trip on New Years and we will be outside A LOT and it will be pretty chilly.. I am thinking this outfit will be PERFECT!
Date published: 2016-06-23
Rated 5 out of 5 by Goldengrl01 from Perfect for my baby This item was perfect whether it was for just going to the grocery store or going to watch his siblings at their sporting events!
Date published: 2016-04-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by 4novakbabies from Love it! This is the ideal "coat" for your baby. It is thin enough to be safely worn while in the car seat, yet warm enough to not need any additional coverings. We especially love that the hands and feet can be covered and then exposed. No more lost gloves!
Date published: 2016-01-22
Rated 5 out of 5 by CPB5 from Won't be disappointed I'm very happy with this product. Much cheaper cost and higher quality and better fit than other brands.
Date published: 2016-01-20
Rated 5 out of 5 by HikingMomma from Great product! I hike with my two sons 4-6 times a week, this bunting is phenomenal when layering to ensure their warmth. Always kept my son's hands warm (fold over flap) when he refused to wear mittens. Highly recommended and will use for his little brother as well. Great quality.
Date published: 2016-01-11
Rated 5 out of 5 by Eala from love it Just right weight for us! Thin enough to use in car seat but still warm enough :)
Date published: 2015-12-09
Rated 5 out of 5 by QueenAnn from perfect for carseats this is the perfect weight to put your child in a carseat without the bulk and slippery material of a snowsuit
Date published: 2015-12-05
Rated 5 out of 5 by ILcold from Great for cold weather Baby still fits good in car seat and they are very warm and comfortable.
Date published: 2015-11-21
Rated 5 out of 5 by amy89 from the best thing ever! It's so great! Thin enough to leave on in the car seat but thick enough to keep them warm! Wish I would have bought one sooner!
Date published: 2015-03-08
Rated 5 out of 5 by Persey from baby snowsuit It is a perfect weight for in and out of a car seat. Hands and feet stay warm. I couldn't find any in the local store
Date published: 2015-02-18
Rated 5 out of 5 by NanaMarilyn from Camo suit just like daddies!!! I ordered two different sizes of this Camo bunting for my granddaughter!!! Her mom & dad are avid hunters & dress in Camo every day. The fabric is perfect weight & the price is amazing for this quality bunting!!!
Date published: 2015-02-18
Rated 5 out of 5 by Deanne23 from A Must have! I absolutely love this! We live in chicago so we needed something warm but thin that we could wear in the car seat! This is perfect! Easy to get on and nice quality. Coloring is different than picture. The white squares are actually more light blueish purpleish. Wish they carried this in toddler sizes as well. My 9 month daughter is in size 12-18 for carters so I ordered the 12-18 and this was large. Carters sizes run small.
Date published: 2015-02-09
Rated 5 out of 5 by LydaS from love it Very soft and warm and everyone gives us compliments on it.
Date published: 2015-02-06
Rated 5 out of 5 by JHD2014 from Great for the car seat and layering This is a great piece for layering and for not being too bulky in the car seat. My son loves this and tends to fall asleep in it a lot. I read another review about the sizing being a little large which was helpful as they compared it to Carter's sizing. My son is 8 months old wearing 12 months in Carters clothing. I ended up purchasing the 6/12 month suit and it runs about 2 -3 inches longer on him length and width wise which gives it great room for layering. I'd say this was a good way to go as the 12/18 month size would have been enormous on him.
Date published: 2015-01-28
Rated 5 out of 5 by cbuck from Love it! Love this fleece suit. It's Perfect. We got the 18/24 month size for our 13 month old and she has some room to grow. We had an old hand me down Columbia fleece suit given to us by a friend in the 12/18 size that she had outgrown. It's a perfect lightweight fleece for winter.
Date published: 2014-12-18
Rated 3 out of 5 by Ashley1985 from Runs big My son is in 6-9 clothing, I bought the 6-12 and it's huge on him.. Also, thinner than I thought it would be. Will have to be a spring time suit.
Date published: 2014-12-03
Rated 5 out of 5 by byrappa from Second look guaranteed! We bought it for 5 months old son. My son, my family and the places where ever we go people loved it. At least 15-20 people said "its so cute" "we liked the suit" "Hello Cutie" in a month. We loved it. My son dirtied it several time. First of all don't get noticed! easy to wash and dries faster!! Thats all so far we wanted. This is one of the most used among his clothes.
Date published: 2014-11-21
Rated 4 out of 5 by Mollysmom33 from nice but big! My sister loved these 10 years ago for my nephew and niece. So I ordered one for my 6 month old. I got the 6 to 12 month size and it's pretty big on her. She is tiny but tall. She is in the 75 percentile for hight. It is wearable but the arms and legs are long! Good thing she'll be able to wear it all winter!
Date published: 2014-10-27
Rated 5 out of 5 by HDMom from Great suit to keep my baby warm! This coat is exactly what I was looking for. I wanted something that could completely cover my baby when going out in the cold, and I love that the hands and feet can either be all bundled up or open for some air. The hood has a great fit and stays snuggly on his head, even in wind. Overall, great product!
Date published: 2014-02-28
Rated 5 out of 5 by JamieVA from Very good quality! We ordered this in 12-18 months for our 7 month old. He had just outgrown the size 9 month Carters similar product. We didn't want to order the 6-12 month for fear of it being too small. Needless to say this fits and is very big on our little guy. It is great quality and the feature to cover their little hands/feet is great (we are not crawling or walking). Hopefully we will be able to use next year too. Just be aware if you are comparing to Carter's sizing this runs larger.
Date published: 2014-02-14
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tani from Great product! We bought this for our grandson, and it keeps him cozy warm! Love the fold over feature for hands and feet. All around awesome bunting, at a great price. Thank you Columbia!!! Tani, Boise, ID
Date published: 2013-12-26
Rated 5 out of 5 by Tigi from Fleecy This is a good warm layer. The fleece is very cuddly and soft but not super thick. We use this daily to walk my son to daycare in the carrier or stroller. We might need to get a coat to layer over and protect from the wind on colder days.
Date published: 2013-11-24
Rated 4 out of 5 by eblock from Fleece Bunting The Snowtop™ II Bunting – Infant is very snuggly and warm. It does run a little small in my opinion. My 16 month old is wearing the 24 month size. She is a bit of a chunk though. She seems happy and comfortable in it. I like it especially because it's not too bulky and she can wear it in her car seat.
Date published: 2013-11-08
Rated 5 out of 5 by mckenk12 from Perfect for Alaska Soft, fuzzy and cozy. Works perfect for the car seat, not too hot, but just enough coverage to keep the little ones warm.
Date published: 2013-10-18
Rated 5 out of 5 by kristin240 from Great for little rink rats This is a perfect extra layer of warmth for outside fall activities or when big brother plays hockey. I love that the cuffs at hands and feet fold over -- you never have to worry about lost mittens and will transition perfectly when baby moves from crawling to walking. Soft, fuzzy material and cute patters.
Date published: 2013-10-12
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The nude band on Karla Colletto's fuchsia and black swimsuit draws in your waist for a super flattering effect. This comfortable stretch design is finished with underwired cups and smooth lining for a supportive fit. Style it with a maxi skirt at the beach bar.
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