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By Don Bowler '69
Forty years ago, when I was a student on The Bluff, tuition was $1,000 per year. Today my son Kyle's tuition here is approximately $24,000 a year; the total package, with room and board, is about $34,000. Despite the fact that U.S. News & World Report rates the University as one of the best educational values in the West, this seems, to this fee-paying dad at least, astronomical. Is it?
Actually, it's a bargain. Notes:
Many other people are helping your child. Revenue from tuition covers only 83% of operating costs. In other words, every student gets at least a 17% subsidy. The remaining revenue comes mostly from endowment interest and from gifts and grants to the University. The University would dearly love to get down to 70% of its revenue from tuition,
Gifts and endowment earnings are also the sources of money for expansion and maintenance. Simply to offer what it does at present (more than 1,000 courses, 31 buildings, an economic impact on the Portland area of $125 million, an education ranked among the ten best in the West by U.S. News), the University spends $66 million annually. To build, as the University plans to, a new student recreation center, new residence halls, an engineering laboratory, or a new library, or to offer even more scholarships to talented students who are itching to attend, the University will need mighty generous help.
A comprehensive education with professional programs and a focus on undergraduate research is more expensive than a traditional liberal arts education. "Smart" classrooms with computer terminals, modern science labs, online journals in every discipline, corporate internship programs, study abroad programs on three continents, graduate-level research and travel projects for undergraduates, science and engineering and nursing equipment... these are just some of the costs incurred by a university offering not only a liberal arts core curriculum but schools of business, education, engineering, and nursing, and a graduate school.
The University moves heaven and earth to find scholarships for its students. The University's practice for more than a century has been to admit qualified students regardless of their ability to pay. The total financial aid awarded to University students this year is nearly $60 million. More than 90 percent of the University's 3,300 students receive some form of financial aid. All in all, the cost per student of providing an education on The Bluff is $5,500 more per student than the average tuition charged; so while costs seem expensive to parents like me, they don't even cover the true need.
Our greatest asset may be our faculty and staff. Forty-seven percent of the University's annual operating budget — $30,003,000 — goes to faculty and staff salaries, paying for, among others, teachers who win state and national teaching honors and counselors who are there for broken hearts at three in the morning. That $30 million doesn't even take into account the benefits for faculty and staff and their families. The average University employee is 44.5 years old and has been working here for more than 8 years. Finding, hiring, keeping, and supporting people who embrace the mission, who lend their talents to helping students find their best and truest and holiest selves, is a very good investment.
The University's employee benefit and utility costs are increasing rapidly. No surprise there for any parent; but those are crucial costs. Fourteen percent of the University's budget, $8.8 million, goes to insurance and other staff benefits, and utility costs rise by thousands of dollars per year, despite the University's commitment to energy conservation in such new structures as "energy-intelligent" Swindells Hall. The University annually faces the choice of passing increased benefit costs to employees or not. To date it has assumed the bulk of additional costs for insurance coverage, in part to remain competitive for the best employees.
Forty staffers contribute all their salaries to the Congregation of Holy Cross. These 40 men are the University's Holy Cross priests and brothers, whose order has graced The Bluff for more than a century since their colleague Father John Zahm helped establish the University in 1901. They serve as president, vice president, provost, dean, professors, directors, counselors, and hall and ministry staff. Without them the University would be a very different entity, bereft of the Holy Cross' insistence on teachable moments, days pregnant with holiness, and an education devoted to welding creativity to discipline on the road to epiphany and career and communal care.
To conclude: Is the University an educational bargain? Speaking here not as an alumnus but as a dad waving a checkbook, yes. The education my son receives here is superb; it is arguably far more important to his career than mine was many years ago; and the University's remarkable rise in national reputation makes his degree more valuable when he begins to seek work.
I also think the University's attention to moral behavior, to spiritual quest, to communal responsibility, is more valuable today than ever before, as the moral fabric of society becomes ever more frayed; in these years of terrorism and torture, war and abortion, euthanasia and corruption, his education here is worth more than he and his parents pay for it. In other words, it's a terrific bargain.
Don Bowler '69 (email@example.com) is the University's major gifts officer and father of Kyle Bowler '07.


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The former operator and members of a Diamond Springs marijuana dispensary are suing El Dorado County to recover seized marijuana, medical records and financial documents taken in a Sheriff's Department raid last year.
The Pure Life Collective has been shuttered since the Nov. 17, 2014, raid, which resulted in the arrest of dispensary operator Kelly Chiusano. No charges have been filed.
The dispensary's lawsuit, filed by a prominent Bay Area lawyer specializing in medical marijuana, charges that the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department wrongly raided Pure Life, which had been granted a permit to operate by the county's Community Development Agency.
The lawsuit, filed last week by Sausalito lawyer Zenia Gilg and law partner Heather Burke, charges that the Sheriff's Department "wasted public resources" by having undercover officers with physicians' recommendations purchase medical marijuana at the dispensary and through its delivery service.
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I was alarmed to see that state Rep. Rick Saccone, R-Elizabeth Township, manufactured a blatantly unconstitutional bill requiring all Pennsylvania schools to place "In God We Trust" within their walls ("'In God We Trust' being sought for Pennsylvania schools," Oct. 25 and TribLIVE.com).
But I do not just speak out as a concerned nonbeliever.
Anyone practicing — or not practicing — a religion should be dismayed by such an egregious violation of the First Amendment.
If a legislator can so easily create a bill that violates the separation of church and state, one could just as easily attempt to take away your freedom to practice your faith.
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Lexmark International Inc. is poised to lure potential buyers with the least expensive technology valuation in America as the printer company's closure of its inkjet operations spurs takeover speculation.
While Lexmark's decision to close the inkjet business and cut 13 percent of its workforce prompted a 14 percent rally on Aug. 28, the company's enterprise value is still 2.1 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. That's less than every computer-related corporation in the Standard Poor's 500 Index and second-lowest overall in the benchmark gauge for U.S. equities, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Before this week's rally, Lexmark had fallen 43 percent in 2012, worse than 99 percent of SP 500 companies.
Lexmark's actions, which leave the Lexington, Kentucky- based company with laser printers and a services division, show the $1.5 billion corporation may be preparing itself for a sale, Raymond James Financial Inc. said. Xerox Corp. is the most logical buyer and could snap up a business once valued at more than $12 billion with only a year's worth of free cash flow, according to Loomis Sayles Co.
"They're starting to be an acquisition target," Federico De Silva, an analyst at Gartner Inc. in San Jose, California, said in a telephone interview. "The problem is they're in an industry that is maturing very rapidly, shrinking in many segments, and they're becoming too small of a player when everybody else is diversifying."
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Jerry Grasso, a spokesman for Lexmark, declined to comment on whether the company is open to takeovers.
The shares peaked at $74.13 in December 2006, before the worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression and a shift toward digital, instead of printed, documents drove the stock down to $21.07 yesterday. The company had seen its inkjet business shrink before deciding to close it. Shipments dropped to 2 million last year from 18.4 million in 2005 amid competition from Hewlett-Packard Co.
Lexmark said on Aug. 28 that it plans to exit the inkjet hardware business, eliminating about 1,700 jobs worldwide and closing a manufacturing facility in the Philippines by the end of 2015. The restructuring will save $95 million annually starting that year, Lexmark said.
"This inkjet decision, while difficult, is necessary to drive improved profitability and significant savings," Lexmark Chief Executive Officer Paul Rooke said this week on a conference call. "We are focused on creating a higher-value portfolio."
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The company also said it's working with strategic advisers on a potential sale of its inkjet-related technology.
"It's a psychological positive," Brian Alexander, an analyst with Raymond James in St. Petersburg, Florida, said in a phone interview. "It shows management is not asleep at the wheel, as some have suggested. They were fairly decisive in exiting the business."
Lexmark generated about 15 percent of revenue from inkjet hardware and related services, according to an Aug. 28 report from Chris Whitmore, a San Francisco-based analyst at Deutsche Bank AG. Sales at Lexmark amounted to $4.17 billion in 2011, down 0.6 percent from 2010 and 20 percent below the 2005 level.
The remaining business includes laser printers and a division that manages corporate printing systems, including maintenance and supplies. At current prices, a buyer could purchase the company's equity for 5.1 times profit.
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Before the rally on Aug. 28, Lexmark's price-earnings multiple was 4.6, lower than every SP 500 stock except Best Buy Co. and Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., data compiled by Bloomberg show. Best Buy has attracted takeover interest from its founder.
Today, Lexmark shares rose 2.9 percent to $21.69 at 10:41 a.m. New York time, heading for the highest closing level since July 12.
Lexmark's printers and services would complement Xerox's offerings and give it more enterprise customers and scale, said Tony Ursillo, a Boston-based technology analyst for Loomis Sayles. Xerox could acquire Lexmark for about the $1.59 billion it generated in free cash flow last year, he said.
"Xerox would be a reasonable suitor," Ursillo said in a phone interview. "They're already essentially serving the same markets with similar types of products and services."
Hewlett-Packard, which got almost a fifth of its $127 billion in revenue last year from its printing and imaging unit, could also be a buyer of Lexmark, said Todd Lowenstein, a Los Angeles-based fund manager for HighMark Capital Management Inc., which oversees $17.5 billion including Hewlett-Packard shares.
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Karen Arena, a spokeswoman for Norwalk, Connecticut-based Xerox, and Michael Thacker of Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett-Packard said their companies don't comment on speculation, when asked whether they are interested in Lexmark.
Lexmark's free cash flow and balance sheet may even lure the attention of private-equity firms, Lowenstein said. Its operations generate cash, after deducting capital expenses, amounting to 12 percent of its market capitalization, almost twice the average of printing and imaging companies valued at $1 billion or more, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Lexmark also had $275 million more cash than debt at the end of the second quarter, the data show. The company said in its Aug. 28 statement that it's still planning to return more than half of free cash flow to shareholders through dividends and buybacks and that it will spend $100 million on share repurchases through the end of the year.
"The balance sheet is sterling," Lowenstein said in a phone interview. "The cash flow characteristics are very attractive even though the business is in decline."
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Short sellers increased bearish wagers against Lexmark shares to an almost four-year high of 24 percent of shares outstanding on Aug. 27, according to data compiled by Markit. The technique involves the sale of borrowed stock in the hope of profiting by buying the securities later at a lower price and returning them to the shareholder.
Analysts are also projecting a decline. The average share- price estimate among analysts surveyed by Bloomberg is $18.50, or 12 percent less than yesterday's close.
"While we commend the actions taken to focus on growth areas in software and solutions, these actions may take longer to yield results," Credit Suisse Group AG's Alban Gashi wrote in an Aug. 29 report, referring to Lexmark's restructuring plan. The company is about to enter a "difficult transition" in a "challenged environment," the analyst said.
Still, Lexmark has a shot at finding a suitor as it focuses on laser printers by winding down its inkjet operations, according to Lowenstein.
"If they can get their house in order and think about selling or disposing of the inkjet business and really focus on the laser side of the business, they could dress themselves up and make themselves attractive" to a private-equity firm or competitor, he said. "Either could make sense under the right conditions."


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Angels Gate Cultural Center is a place that unites art, community and culture through creative discovery, exploration and enlightenment. Angels Gate Cultural Center brings art and culture to the community through interactive classes, gallery exhibits, professional artists' studios, art education programs in the schools and cultural events.
The galleries at AGCC are a place for discovery and wonder. The three galleries, located inside Building A, promote cross-cultural and cross-generational understanding by using the Arts to provide new perspectives and insights to topics that enrich our lives. The galleries collectively operate under a yearly theme from which artists, designers and performers are selected to interpret. Thus creating fresh and innovative programming that is unique within the South Bay and Harbor region.
The Main Gallery features large group exhibitions, extensive in scope, that explore those themes investigated throughout the year. The Project Space is a smaller gallery that focuses on solo projects that are in sync with the conceptual framework of the year and allow the viewer a nuanced understanding on a particular point of view. The Community Gallery, a collaboration between the Education and Gallery programs, breaks down the formal divisions between viewer and curator by providing the greater community with an opportunity to actively participate in the exhibition through the solicitation of art works, objects, and opinions.
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In her book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston writes: 'There is a basin in the mind where words float around on thought and thought on sound and sight. Then there is a depth of thought untouched by words, and deeper still a gulf of formless feelings untouched by thought.' (Hurston, p.23). It is in the 'gulf of formless feelings', where layers of consciousness move from fantastical to real and from sensory to literary, that communities create fables, parables, myths and folktales to connect with each other and understand the super/natural elements that exist in our world. These stories, told and retold, shape our perceptions regarding ourselves in relationship to identity, culture, place and fellowship. Collectively, these perceptions shape how we exchange ideas and engage with each other, in addition to defining our communities' beliefs and moral systems.
As dynamic social media platforms continue to emerge, our ability to share stories has also changed. Suddenly, notions of community and 'coming together' have shifted as people turn to the nebulous territory of the Internet to exchange personal information with friends and strangers (i.e. Facebook, Vine, and YouTube). On these sites we tell stories that often blend reality and fiction. We learn intimate details about strangers and loved ones that occasionally challenge us and sometimes reinforce unconscious bias we already hold.
For the next few years, Angels Gate Cultural Center's (AGCC) gallery invites the community to share their stories with us. We are interested in how these stories shape the collective consciousness in San Pedro and the South Bay area. AGCC will partner with local organizations to produce short-term artist residencies that capture the stories of different people in the community. The residencies will culminate in exhibitions in the Main Gallery. The Main Gallery serves as an anchor for the supporting galleries that will delve into issues such as loss, migration, love, immigration, location, and port culture through participatory art making stations; curated roundtable style conversations featuring artwork by emerging and mid career artists primarily from the Los Angeles area; solicited community-based projects; and a film reel that features interviews with people in the community sharing their stories. Throughout the exhibitions visitors are asked to consider their lives, the lives of younger and older generations, and how a healthy community's well-being is sustained through the quality of relationships individuals form in their community (Block, p.5).
Angels Gate Cultural Center hopes that by participating in the conversation, people in the community will create artwork in the gallery, submit artwork to be displayed in the galleries and return again to discover something new. As the community 'gets off the ground' and visits the galleries we hope they experience a slice of Americana that is unique within our nation and particular to Los Angeles.
Hurston, Zora Neale, and Henry Louis Gates. Jonah's Gourd Vine ; Mules and Men ; Their Eyes Were Watching God. New York: Quality Paperback Books, 1990. Print.
Block, Peter. Community: The Structure of Belonging. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publ., 2009. Print.


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The weather was great here last week, although, it was in the low forties and we are starting to get in that familiar fall rhythm of overcast skies for most of the day. That is why when I read the first draft of this week's Guest Dispatch from our friend in Miami, Arthur Freyre, my mind raced not on the subject matter, but on the weather down south. Arthur's post, however, is not about the global warming or climate change myth, its about immigration and the GOP.
He and his friends have made some rather controversial recommendations about what they see as the necessary next steps for the Grand Ol' Party and how it should manage this issue. What's the secret? Some of it is obvious. The one recommendation that really caught my attention involves imposing a tariff, or reducing foreign aid, if a recipient country fails to improve their border controls and internal immigration systems.
Read on and tell us what you think in the comments section of this post. We enjoy answering your private e-mail but, go ahead, post publicly and move along the public dialogue. And search the blog for our prior immigration-related posts. There are a lot of them.
Happy reading and thank you Arthur for this great post. — Jason Poblete
Immigration and the GOP
Arthur Freyre, Esq.
Last week a group of my friends and I during breakfast in at a popular Miami eatery had a lively discussion that, if it could be themed, centered on "Where does the Republican Party go from here?" Being in Miami, we discussed about the Hispanic vote. In the next couple of weeks, immigration and the Hispanic vote will be a hot topic in DC. Today's post chimes in with a summary of what we largely concluded should be pillars of the debate:
The Hispanic voter is a myth. There is no such thing. That individual does not exist. What do exist are different voting blocs that are Spanish speaking-i.e. Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and etc… To compare a Mexican to an Argentinian or a Colombian would not only invite ridicule, it will expose the GOP's ignorance of Latin America. Republican consultants and elected officials use this logic to address Hispanic outreach. They need to stop.
Know your Latin American community. To continue on the first point, one must know the Latin American community that lives within their county. For instance in Miami, we have neighborhood communities of Cubans, Venezuelans, Columbians, and Nicaraguans. Out of these aforementioned groups, immigration may be a pressing issue for Nicaraguans. However, for the others, the U.S. relationships with either Cuba, Venezuela, or Columbia is a more pressing concern than immigration.
Immigration as a political really impacts one voting group-the Mexican community; however, it is not for the reasons that you may think or that the media tells us it should be. Every other Hispanic sub-voter group, including Mexican-Americans, have at least five more pressing issues-i.e. education, health care, the economy, and U.S. relations with their home country, and etc… Remember, Hispanic voting is a myth.
Any Republican proposal for immigration reform must be based on the following propositions:
- Citizenship is a privilege, not an entitlement. One reason that immigration is a contentious issue is that there appears to be no desire for assimilation. One can see it during some protests of illegal immigrants demanding amnesty. The protestors are seen waving their home country's flag. Such actions can lead one to think, "Well if they are proud of their homeland, why are they here?"
- We are a nation of laws. We need to protect our borders. As the drug wars in Mexico continues to be increasingly violent and bloody, our border towns will experience a flood of refugees, if they have not done so yet.
- We are also a nation of grace. Our country's history is Judeo-Christian, whether some would like to admit it or not. I bring this point up because the Scripture teaches that we are to treat the alien among us with dignity and respect. We need to recognize that most of the illegals are hard-working individuals. They seek a better life. We must also recognize that some of them have children that were born here in the U.S. This is the only country that they know and love. At the same time, this does not mean that the U.S. is to be a welcome mat for the rest of the world. At the same time, there is an expectation that the immigrant will not only respect our laws and cultures, but also become a participant in our society. E Pluribus Unum.
- We must become efficient in processing legal immigrants. The immigration processing system is extremely bureaucratic — taking years to become a citizen. We need to find ways that streamline the immigration process and case docketing system. A streamlined immigration process can help take the incentive out of coming into the country illegally.
- Reduce foreign aid or impose tariffs to compensate U.S. taxpayers for the additional burdens placed on our immigration system by illegal immigration. The U.S would need to encourage these nations to resolve the root cause of the migration such as their economy. If these countries fail to take any steps to resolve this issue, then the U.S. should consider reducing aid or increase tariffs to compensate the additional burdens that are placed on the U.S. to handle the influx of immigration.
Message, message, message: Finally, the Republican party must craft a message that appeals to their core values and vision. As discussed last week, the Republican Party needs to craft a message that appeals to one group of people — those who seek the opportunity to live in a free society and to use their God given talents to the betterment of their neighborhood. This is a simple message that has multiple applications. It is a message whereby we can find, recruit, and keep, regardless of their ethnicity.


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Berlin Today Award to be presented for last time in 2012, new screening venue added for BerlinaleThe Berlinale Talent Campus (BTC) will making its last presentation of the Berlin Today Award (BTA) during the Campus' 10th anniversary edition next February.
Oldbury factory worker jailed for 21 months for piracyWest Midlands Police and FACT work together on the case.
Albany Films comes on board for sales of My Name Is KiPolish drama is playing in Venice Days.
Autlook takes international rights to Beats, Rhymes & LifeVienna-based sales outfit Autlook has taken worldwide rights to Michael Rapaport's Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe CalledQuest.
Bac takes on sales for Provost's The InvaderFrench sales outfit Bac has swooped to take international sales rights on Nicolas Provost's The Invader — a world premiere in Orrizonti (Horizons) in Venice this week before going on to Toronto.
Cannes Film Festival shifts dates of 2012 edition to May 16-27Cannes Film Festival delays 2012 edition by one week to May 16-27, from originally announced May 9-20, due to clash with French presidential elections at the beginning of the month.
Cloud Atlas awarded the maximum amount by German incentive programmeThe €100m Cloud Atlas has become the first project in the history of the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) incentive programme to be awarded the maximum possible sum of Euros 10m.
David CronenbergDavid Cronenberg talks about the lure of Freud and Jung in his new film A Dangerous Method.
Diego Batlle leads Toronto's Fipresci juryTIFF hosts international critics jury for 20th consecutive year.
EFP's Film Sales Support backs 55 films in TorontoSellers being backed for the first time include EuropaCorp and Bankside.
European Film Academy shorlists 8 films for People's Choice AwardVoting online starts today.
Frederick Wiseman plans documentary about UC BerkeleyAs he unveils Crazy Horse in Venice, Wiseman talks about new project about a large university.
Greenberg Fund backs projects written by Boxen, Morton/Fogliato, McGowanOn the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival, Astral's Harold Greenberg Fund English-Language Program has announced its latest funding round through its Equity Investment Program.
Groups stake their positions for UK Film Policy ReviewWith a Sept 9 deadline looming, industry groups are readying their submissions for the government's review about future support of film.
Gusyatinskiy, de Leeuw join Rotterdam programming teamFollows the departure of Erwin Houtenbrink, Ludmila Cvikova and Irma Dulmers.
HanWay takes on sales for Mark Cousins' Toronto-bound The Story of FilmThe 15-hour project was six years in the making.
HanWay taking on Bertolucci's Me and YouJeremy Thomas has long working relationship with Bertolucci going back to The Last Emperor.
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New Awards Season Blog: Tracking early contenders from VeniceWelcome to Open Season, Screen's new blog on the awards race, an on- the-ground account of the movies and performances in contention for this year's awards, giving first reaction, word of mouth and plenty of opinion about the avalanche of films that will start falling onto our screens over the next four months.
Panama plans to launch film festival in April 2012Panama Tourist Authority involved.
S3D plans next short film session for Nov 28-Dec 3Shorts will be based on Roald Dahl's The Landlady.
San Sebastian jurors to include Arriaga, Okonedo, HausnerSan Sebastian has announced the juror's for this year's festival.
Six Degrees documentary moves on to shoot in MiamiAfter shooting in Warsaw and London, director Bartosz Dombrowski [pictured] has now moved on to Miami, continuing the shoot for his documentary road movie Six Degrees.
Slawomir Fabicki readies second feature in WarsawPolish Oscar-nominated director readies next film in Warsaw.
Soderbergh details next three films, starting with male stripper movieSpeaking in Venice this weekend, Steven Soderbergh has revealed when he will be shooting his next three projects.
Sonny Boy becomes Dutch Oscar submissionMaria Peters' Sonny Boy will represent The Netherlands in the Foreign Language Oscar race.
Spanish heavyweights join forces for Torregrossa thriller FinMajor Spanish producers Mod Producciones, Apaches Entertainment and Antena 3 Films are set to co-produce the thriller Fin, directed by Jorge Torregrossa and starring Maribel Verdu [pictured].
Speleers, Szohr, Pasqualino sign on for Love BiteWestEnd handling sales on the Andy de Emmony-directed comedy/horror.
Stellan Skarsgard lines up for von Trier's NymphomaniaVon Trier says he is doing extensive research for the project.
StudioCanal's new lookAs Kinowelt and Optimum are rebranded, the company's new ident showcases music by Alexandre Desplat.
Tania Chambers to leave Screen NSWAfter five years, Chambers will leave her job as chief executive of the active government agency.
Telluride line-up includes The Descendants, Shame, Into The AbyssThe 38th Telluride Film Festival, which kicks off Friday and runs through Monday, has now announced most of its programme.
The Help's international premiere kicks off Deauville's 37th editionGuests walking Deauville's famed Les Planches broadwalk this weekend included Francis Ford Coppola, Shirley Maclaine, Bill Murray, Michael Shannon, Ellen Barkin and Kate Bosworth.
This week's hot projects on ScreenbaseNew additions to Screen's European Film Index include Jorge Torregrossa's Fin and Etienne Chatiliez's L'Oncle Charles.
Tinker Tailor's latest fan: John Le CarreAs Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy gets rave reviews in Venice, author John Le Carre offers his support of the film and says Alec Guinness himself would have given it a standing ovation.
Tintin and the hunt for box-office treasureCan the unusual global release strategy of Sony and Paramount's The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn pay off to mark the beginning of a thrilling new franchise?
UK's Hong Kong Film Week to host Overheard 2London event organised by Hong Kong Trade Development Council.
Vachon, Hastings, Ankner line up for panel at OMDC Financing ForumExpert producer Christine Vachon, UK film packager Chris Hastings of 1066 Productions and Mark Ankner of William Morris Endeavor will be the participants in this year's panel discussion at the OMDC International Financing Forum in Toronto.
Venice's surprise film is China's People Mountain People SeaCai Shangjun's drama is about a young man who wants to find his brother's killer.
Wei Te-sheng, director of Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq BaleThe Taiwanese filmmaker talks about the unique financing and production process of his Venice competition film Warrior of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, which is billed as the biggest-ever Taiwanese production.
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The money this nonprofit collects ALL goes to research for a cure for Angelman Syndrome. They are tireless in getting the word out about the syndrome and are very supportive for families of Angels.
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My beautiful granddaughter has Angelman Syndrome. Living far away, I feel helpless. It is wonderful to know that the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics is doing so much to find a cure, to educate, and to support families and caregivers. The volunteers who run it take their only reward in a job well done. I don't know another group that does as much for our Angels or is getting us closer to a cure. I congratulate them and thank God FAST is doing so much for our Angels.
FAST gives all parents with Angelman Syndrome hope, they are charging ahead with funding for research to help try to find treatments to help our children and hopefully a cure. They are a board of volunteers that really make the most of the money thats fundraised pumping almost all of it into research. They are not paid staff. I really think with FAST we will get a cure soon.
When our son Ryland was diagnosed we were devastated! Then we were introduced to FAST! We actually have hope Ryland might one day lead a normal life. The entire FAST Organization if filled with wonderful dedicated people, without them we wouldn't have hope for a cure. We thank them from the bottom of hearts for working so hard and being so dedicated in helping our children.
Foundation for Angelman Therapeutics is one of the best organizations I have volunteered for. They work tirelessly to help our children. The hope they have given our children and families means so much! Thank you FAST!
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My son Joey was diagnosed at 2 1/2 years of age, it wasn't until years later when FAST was formed that I truly had HOPE, hope for a treatment, better communication with specialists for our Angelman Community, and hope for communication. Since FAST was formed it has truly changed our lives for the better, I truly cannot thank them enough.
My son, Jimmy, was diagnosed with Angelman Syndrome at 9 months of age in 2000. There was no talk of a cure, just a life of maintaining his existence. It was heartbreaking. When I first started hearing about F.A.S.T. a few years later, I didn't pay much attention. I had already been told by PROFESSIONALS all that my son would not do.
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My granddaughter was diagnosed over six yrs ago. All the literature out there told us she would never walk, talk or do things for herself. It is by the grace of God that a mother of another child with AS had the dream of forming an organization made up up fellow Angelman families/friends that wanted more for their children. More for my granddaughter. That is when FAST was formed and they began searching for researchers that saw the possibilites, researchers that BELIEVED in our children/grandchildren. Researchers that would dedicate their lives to finding a cure for AS. To my knowledge FAST is the only organization in the world to fund a human clinical trial on Angelman Syndrome. That speak volumes considering they have only been in existence 5 yrs. My support, my prayers and my families devotion lies with the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics. They have the drive and willingness to bring our children born with AS a cure one day soon. Hope Reigns Supreme!
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I nominate the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics for their continued outstanding support of my granddaughter and her fellow angels born with Angelman Syndrome. It is because of this organization that we just completed the first ever human clinical trial on a medication that may bring hope to her and all her friends with AS. This organization has been in existence less than 5 yrs and is totally nonprofit, ran by parents and friends of those with AS and ALL funds go for research projects. Not one board member collects a pay check. They are all volunteers working towards a cure for AS.
Anybody who's ever received a diagnosis of a developmental and/or neurological disorder for their child knows how incredibly difficult those first few days/months are. It was no different for myself, as I can still remember the sensation of being gut punched, curled up in a corner and distraught, not even trying to contain my anger and fear.
It was only after I'd summoned up the courage to look up Angelman Syndrome online, to actually commit to understanding what life for my son (and for the rest of our family) was going to look like from here on out, that I came across FAST and their mission to fund research into Angelman Syndrome therapies. It sounded too good to be true; I went from the lowest point in my life to something resembling elation. I had to do background research on the organization to make sure that the information on the site was legitimate and not pandering to the hopes and dreams of Angelman caregivers and parents. After getting in touch with several members of the FAST board (all of whom reached out to me personally after seeing my facebook post on my son's diagnosis), I was sold on the goals and mission of FAST.
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When my daughter was diagnosed at 11 months, I was saddened there was likely nothing to be done about it. I am a developmental biologist by trade so I knew that if the brain formed incorrectly, the cards had been dealt. Imagine my surprise and delight when the research began to show that Angelman Syndrome is not a developmental defect, but a biochemical defect. In other words, my daughter's brain formed fine, it just wasn't working properly.
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In the aftermath of the Indianapolis Colts' dramatic wild-card victory over Kansas City, Andrew Luck, the architect of the second-half rally, was praised up one side and down the other.
Not that anyone can blame General Manager Ryan Grigson for the way in which he described his quarterback after he passed for 443 yards and four touchdowns in a 45-44 win, but he wrote a pretty big check for the kid to cover Saturday night.
"He's always been a different animal in the fourth quarter, his whole life," Grigson said (via the NFL Network). "And just even hearing the story from his uncle [and agent, Will Wilson]. He relishes those moments. It's like [Michael] Jordan when he'd take that last shot — he wants the ball. This guy, we're so blessed, he wants the ball in those situations. Other guys don't want the ball; they want to hand it off. They don't really want it — they're gonna be half-stepping it. This kid is gonna rear back and throw a bomb when he has all the pressure on him. And that's a thing of beauty. You're born with that."
Luck did it with his feet when he scored on a fumble recovery that cut the Chiefs' lead to three early in the fourth quarter and then on a bomb to T.Y. Hilton, whom he told in the huddle, "Just run."
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Luck is the first player to pass for over 8,000 yards in his first two NFL seasons, but sometimes Saturday he resembled Brett Favre more than his Airness. He was intercepted three times, occasionally throwing some baffling passes, but ended up with his first playoff victory. It gets a little more challenging to continue the legend narrative next week, when Luck, who is all of 24, will get a chance to outplay either Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. Step 2 in getting to Jordan territory.
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US TAX increases and spending cuts set to take effect by the beginning of next year pose one of the biggest risks to the global economy, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said yesterday.
While Ms Lagarde has warned about the US fiscal situation before, this time she took her case directly to leaders attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation forum in Vladivostok, Russia.
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Ms Lagarde made the comments to an organisation whose membership oversees 56 per cent of global economic output. The more than $US480 billion ($462 billion) so-called fiscal cliff of automatic spending cuts and revenue changes would probably cause a recession if left unchanged, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said in a report last month.
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42 units of electives
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Selection is based on academic achievement but requires, as a minimum, completion of any Level 1 program with a Grade Point Average of at least 5.0 (C) including credit in HLTH AGE 1BB3 and a grade of at least 5.0 (C) in HLTH AGE 1AA3.
Any student seeking admission to a Level II program in the Faculty of Social Sciences for the following Fall/Winter session must submit an Application for Admission to Level II through the Mosaic Student Centre ("My Academics"; Program/Plan Selection application) no later than April 28.
Undergraduate Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards
All undergraduate students accepted for admission to McMaster University are automatically considered for a McMaster University entrance award. Additional entrance awards, in-course scholarships, bursaries and other forms of financial assistance is available to you at various stages of their undergraduate careers.
Each scholarship, bursary, Government Aid or Work Study Program a has its own unique application process and requirements. More information on financial aid visit the Student Financial Aid & Scholarship (SFAS) Office.
Some awards of interest:
- The Barbara and Ronald Bayne Gerontology Internship Award
- The Karl Kinanen Alumni Prize In Gerontology
- The McMaster University Retirees Association Prize
- The Audrey Evelyn Mepham Award in Gerontology
- The Pioneer Energy LP Gerontology Prizes
- The Pioneer Energy LP Prizes
- The Retired Teachers of Ontario Hamilton/Haldimand District Prize In Gerontology
Some scholarships of interest:
- The McMaster University Retirees Association Scholarship
- The Pioneer Energy LP Scholarship
- The Ellen Bouchard Ryan Scholarship
- The Alvina Marie Werner Scholarship
- The Susan Farley Scholarship
- The Wouters Family Scholarship
The department provides academic advising (contact Lori Ewing, email@example.com, ext. 27961). Students are given the opportunity to be involved in affiliated research centres (i.e. Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging: www.aging.mcmaster.ca; Institute for Healthier Environments: www.mcmaster.ca/mieh/, etc.) and the Health, Aging & Society Student Association (HASSA).
Academic Advising
The Academic Advising office is run through the Office of the Associate Dean. The primary goal of the Advising Office is to provide all Social Sciences undergraduate students with the information and guidance they need to succeed in their academic careers.
Advisors can help you make the right academic decisions by explaining policies and regulations as well as presenting different options and supports available in your studies.
An academic advisor can assist you with:
- Course requirements, dropping and adding courses
- Program selection, application and changes
- Studying abroad
- Transfer credits
- Petitions for missed term work, deferred examinations and special consideration
- Appeals procedures
- Referral to other campus services
Learn more about Academic Advising in the Social Sciences.
HLTHAGE 1AA3 - Introduction to Health Studies
HLTHAGE 1BB3 - Introduction to Aging and Society
HLTHAGE 2A03 - Research Methods in Health and in Aging I
HLTHAGE 2B03 - Social Identity, Health and Illness
HLTHAGE 2BB3 - Perspectives in Health Studies and Gerontology
HLTHAGE 2F03 - Aging and Health Care Systems
SOCSCI 2J03 - Introduction to Statistics
HLTHAGE 3AA3 - State, Civil Society and Health
HLTHAGE 3BB3 - Field Experience or HLTHAGE 3EE3 - The Practice of Everyday Life: Observations and Inquiry
HLTHAGE 3B03 - Advanced Research Inquiry or HLTHAGE 3G03 - Community Based Research
15 units from
Course List or Health, Aging and Society
9 units from
HLTHAGE 4B03 - Death and Dying in Later Life
HLTHAGE 4C03 - Representations of Health and Illness Across the Lifecourse
HLTHAGE 4D03 - Health in Cross-Cultural and International Perspectives
HLTHAGE 4F03 - Selected Issues in the Social Aspects of Health
HLTHAGE 4G03 - Global Health
HLTHAGE 4I03 - Aging and Health
HLTHAGE 4J03 - Narratives of Illness
HLTHAGE 4N03 - Aging and Well-Being
HLTHAGE 4O03 - Soundscapes of Wellbeing in Popular Music
HLTHAGE 4Q03 - Representations of Mental Illness
HLTHAGE 4R03 - Beyond the Social: Determinants of Indigenous Peoples Health
HLTHAGE 4S03 - Health and the Unfairly Structured City
HLTHAGE 4T03 - Gender and Health
HLTHAGE 4Z06 A/B - Health, Aging and Society Thesis
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To celebrate the release of Holding Out for a Hero on October 15 we've got some of the sexiest teachers ever caught on film.
Famke Janssen – The Faculty
The Faculty is just one of those films that just doesn't leave you. Years later you remember that cool kids don't have ink in their pens, just ALL the homemade drugs. We also learn that High School should be a who's who of 'That's Right, They WERE in The Faculty' with Jean Grey, Frodo Baggins, Jon Stewart, Usher and even the mum from Carrie.
Tina Fey – Mean Girls
Was Tina Fey the first sexy math teacher? Probably, says the Internet. But don't take the Internet's word for it. I think the .gif, and Ms Lohan's face, speak for themselves.
For the full article on sexy teachers (including Colin Firth and Sidney Poitier), visit Momentum Moonlight's blog.


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By Jacques Demers, as told to USA TODAY
When the Montreal Canadiens take on the Washington Capitals Wednesday night, both starting goaltenders will be ones who opened the series on the bench.
In other series, we're seeing a lot of unheralded goaltenders playing well. As interesting as these playoffs have been, what's happening in net is even more fascinating.
And that makes sense because the playoffs are all about goaltending.
I fully understand why Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau replaced Jose Theodore with Semyon Varlamov. He did it last year, too, and the move worked. This is a coach under a tremendous amount of pressure. The Capitals haven't accomplished a lot in the playoffs and now that they have won the Presidents' Trophy, anything less than a Stanley Cup would be a disappointment. So you don't hesitate to make the switch if your goalie gives up a couple quick goals early.
I was supportive of the decision to start Jaroslav Halak in Game 1 because he played a big role in getting the Canadiens in the playoffs. But he was up 4-1 in Game 2 and lost that game. He has given up eight goals on his last 30 shots. Coach Jacques Martin is trying to beat an elite team, so it's natural that we would go to Carey Price based on Halak's recent play.
Sometimes not making a move pays off, too. Detroit's Jimmy Howard gave up some ill-timed goals in a Game 3 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes. But coach Mike Babcock went back to Howard in Game 4 and he rewarded the Wings with a 29-save shutout. My guess is that Babcock didn't have faith in Chris Osgood. You can tell that by the way he kept playing Howard down the stretch when the Red Wings were battling injuries and looking like they might miss the playoffs. Not to take away from Osgood's past accomplishments, but Howard got them to the playoffs and I admire the way he came back in Game 4 and showed without any doubt that he was going to stand tall and do what he had to do.
Some goalies, you just don't make a change. I remember in 1993 after my Canadiens fell behind 2-0 to the Quebec Nordiques and people were asking me whether I'd sit Patrick Roy. But there was no doubt in my mind that if were going to win that series, it would be with Roy in net. He rallied and we ended up winning the Stanley Cup.
So Martin Brodeur is always going to start. Same with Marc-Andre Fleury. Roberto Luongo didn't have a great playoffs last year, particularly in the last game against Chicago. This year, he was pulled in his last game against Los Angeles. But you know Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault is going to go back with him. If I had to pull a veteran goalie because of a bad playoff game, I always let him know right away on the bench that I expected him to be ready to start the next game.
I've also been impressed this postseason by the performance of some of the unheralded goalies. Tuukka Rask stepped up in Boston during the regular season when Vezina Trophy winner Tim Thomas didn't play well. He got them to the playoffs when everyone thought they'd miss out after Marc Savard's injury and he's playing so well in the playoffs that if I'm the Toronto Maple Leafs, I'm wondering, "Why the heck did we trade him?"
Very few people expected the Colorado Avalanche to return to the playoffs so quickly. But free agent signee Craig Anderson carried them there. And he's a huge reason why that series against the San Jose Sharks is tied 2-2. After a subpar Game 2 loss, he has stopped 94 shots. He's the reason they won Game 3 and he almost singlehandedly got them to overtime in Tuesday's Game 4 loss.
Brian Boucher was almost booed out of the building in Philadelphia and all of a sudden, he not only helps them make the playoffs, he has them ahead 3-1 against the New Jersey Devils. I feel that he has shown more character than anyone in the playoffs because of the pressure that he faced. He's my MVP of the playoffs so far.
Goaltenders have always been a different breed. I always tried to handle my goaltenders with velvet gloves. When Roy had a bad outing, I'd support him. You have to treat goaltenders differently from other players because all of the focus is on them. If you have a bad game in the playoffs, all of the sports media will go to the coach and ask, "Why you don't replace him?"
The great goaltenders of the past who have won the Cup or taken the team to the second or third round have had to be difference makers. That's what's playoff goaltending is about. We've seen a lot of difference makers in these playoffs.
And the ones who haven't been difference makers? Then the coach has a tough decision to make.
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Statement by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Al Wahaibi, Under Secretary, Ministry of Transport & Communication
There is no doubt that telecommunications are
one of the most important elements of economic, social and
cultural development in the world today and are the driving
force for restructuring and reshaping business and service needs
in the global economy. Technical development in the field of
telecommunications is helping to change all aspects of life and
advance human concepts in every part of the world. The
telecommunication industry has witnessed continuous growth which,
alongside the rapid development in policy and technology, has
resulted in increased competition in a world dominated by
expanding network coverage.
The vision
In the light of the comprehensive future vision and pursuant
to the urgent efforts aimed at enabling the telecommunication
sector to keep pace with contemporary trends of
telecommunication sector liberalization, the Government of the
Sultanate has been eager to develop the sector and participate
in the formulation of a liberalization policy designed to make
telecommunication services available in all parts of the country
within reasonable limits and at reasonable prices.
Liberalization of the telecommunication sector
With the move toward adoption of a policy of liberalization,
the monopoly position has been broken and there has been a shift
toward the creation of a competitive market structure. In the
interests of keeping pace with global trends, the Sultanate
resolved to open up the telecommunication sector to competition
in order to achieve the goals of the liberalization policy and
fulfil its obligations toward the World Trade Organization (WTO).
In this regard, the Telecommunications Regulatory Act was
promulgated by Royal Decree 30/2002, creating the
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and opening the door to
competition in the fixed and mobile telecommunication services
Telecommunication sector performance in the Sultanate
The continuous and rapid tangible developments in technical
areas and in the economies associated with the telecommunication
sector prompted the government to deploy the utmost efforts to
ensure that the policies and regulatory processes adopted to
keep pace with these developments were ready.
March 2005 witnessed a tangible development in the history of
telecommunications in the Sultanate of Oman through the
introduction of competition in the mobile telecommunication
market with the entry of the Omani Qatari Telecommunications
Company (Nawras). In recent years, the market has enjoyed an
atmosphere in which the spirit of healthy competition between
mobile telecommunication service providers has prevailed,
resulting in the lowering of prices. Compared with the
inherently slow growth of fixed lines, extraordinary rates of
growth have been achieved in the mobile telecommunication sector,
thus narrowing the digital divide.
When the new operator (Nawras) entered the market in March
2005, there were 872 650 subscribers. From then on, the number
subscribers to mobile services began to rise, reaching 3 355 145
in March 2009, an increase of 284.5 per cent over March 2005.
On average, for every 100 persons, in March 2009 122 had
access to mobile services in the Sultanate, compared with 37 for
every 100 in March 2005.
In 2008, third-generation networks were launched by the
mobile telephone operators in the Sultanate.
The year 2009 has witnessed a positive increase in the number
of fixed-line subscribers, the number of such subscribers rising
to 276 748 in March 2009 as against 248 546 in March 2005, a
relative increase of 11.35 per cent.
The number of users of the prepaid fixed-line service, at 49
856 at end-March 2009, has increased noticeably, with the result
that the share of this service in relation the aggregate total
number of fixed-line subscribers represents 18% per cent.
Recently, another licence was issued for fixed-line and
wireless broadband services infrastructure.
At end-March 2009, the number of Internet subscribers had
reached 58 395, in comparison with 46 624 in March 2005, thereby
recording a growth of 25.25 per cent, while the number of
broadband subscribers rose to 35 414 and leased-line subscribers
to 367.
Alongside the number of Internet subscribers and the number
of Al-Ufuq (Horizon) cards which allow Internet service access,
the growing number of Internet cafés in the Sultanate in 2008
also reflected the rise in Internet use. Comparing 2008 with
2004 and 2005, the number of Internet cafés experienced growth
of 47.6 per cent and 55 per cent, respectively.
Total international Internet capacity rose during 2008 to 2
490 Mb/s from 1 250 Mb/s in 2007, an increase of 99.2 per cent.
In 2006, it became possible for users to retain their mobile
numbers, in the hope that this would encourage competition and
prompt operators to take greater care of their subscribers.
In 2006, the National Frequency Allocation Plan was
formulated to ensure efficient frequency spectrum management and
use. This new plan will provide support for a large number of
telecommunication services, such as aviation, navigation,
defence, public security and mobile telecommunications.
Future strategies
The Sultanate has embarked upon the opening up of the
telecommunication market, in accordance with the provisions of
the Telecommunications Regulatory Act and to ensure fulfilment
of its obligations vis-à-vis WTO and the recently concluded
United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement. This is within the
framework of commitment to the policy of telecommunication
sector liberalization, which involves the introduction of
competition in telecommunication service provision. The
Sultanate has recently opened up the market for value-added
services, Internet service provision and audio text service.
We trust that this represents a further prominent milestone
on the path of telecommunication development in the Sultanate,
giving Omani citizens and residents the choice of appropriate
service quality and reasonable prices from Internet service
providers and audio text service providers.
Future challenges for the Sultanate include striving to
provide a widening range of telecommunication services,
broadband service and other services which offer innovative
applications to users, and seeking new sources of revenue for
operators to enable them to make radical changes in the
telecommunication environment over the next few years. The
government recognizes these challenges and has mobilized the
necessary resources for success.


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Jakarta (AFP) Feb 8, 2007
A leading political party is calling for the Indonesian capital to be relocated following severe floods which have displaced hundreds of thousands of people and claimed 50 lives. The floods which have submerged much of Jakarta for the past week have triggered a torrent of demands and pressure on the government to ensure it never happens again.
The National Awakening Party, the third-largest in parliament, said the floods had shown how seriously government activities could be disrupted.
"Jakarta is now too chaotic, and its ability to support both the centre of the country's government and the centre of the country's economy is declining," Muhaimin Iskandar, who heads the party in parliament, told AFP Thursday.
"Many other countries have a separate government seat and business centre," he said.
"Jakarta will stagnate otherwise, and it will no longer be able to support such a large population," he said.
But moving the capital was "too simplistic" a solution for legislator Bomer Pasaribu.
He said lax implementation of land zoning laws was to blame for the degradation of the environment, which was a major cause of the floods.
"It is about time we put some order into our chaotic management, be it that of the government or of our environment," he said.
Parliament, he said, was coincidentally now debating a new draft zoning law that would provide punishment for those who violated zoning laws and those who issued the permits, in this case the authorities.
"The old 1992 law only punished the violators, while government officials who allowed the violations to happen were untouched," Pasaribu said.
Jakarta governor Sutiyoso, who has run the city since 1997, including during deadly 2002 floods, has come under fire from residents who say he failed to anticipate the floods, and then did not organise an efficient relief effort.
Sutiyoso has dismissed the criticism and blamed the floods as "a cyclical five-yearly natural phenomenon."
"If the authorities know this is a cyclical phenomenon, then they have utterly failed to take the necessary preparations. The emergency relief this time was appalling," said Chalid Muhammad, executive director of Walhi, Indonesia's leading environmental watchdog.
Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar has blamed the floods on excessive construction on water catchment areas in the city, which is criss-crossed by 13 rivers.
The minister said many developers had not paid enough attention to the ecological impact of their construction projects.
If current regulations were applied to the letter, 27 percent of the city should be reserved for green areas, not the nine percent that actually was, Husnah Zair, chairwoman of the Consumer Protection Institute, said.
"Now, tell me where it went wrong," she said, adding the authorities should immediately launch an audit of the implementation of the zoning and building laws in order to redress the problem.
Agusman Effendi, who heads the parliamentary commission on environmental issues, said the floods had provided momentum to press for a more comprehensive approach to land zoning and a coordinated policy for ecologically linked areas.
"But the government should also not lay the blame entirely on the city's water catchment areas upstream. Problems also abound downstream," Effendi said, citing bad waste management and flouted land use regulations.
The Jakarta office of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute has opened a counter to receive public complaints against the government.
"It is partly to see whether we can file a class action suit against the government over the floods," said Hermawanto.
A similar effort to bring the government to court for negligence over the 2002 Jakarta floods failed after the court ruled the government had done its best to prevent and handle the disaster.
"The public needs to continuously and seriously pressure the government to act. The government, as we all know, suffers from the 'forget-quickly syndrome'," Walhi director Muhammad said.
earlier related report
"As of 6:00 this morning, there were only about 160,000 refugees left in registered shelters across the city," said an official at the city's crisis centre who did not wish to be named.
The official said they had no new figure for fatalities. According to the health ministry, 50 people died and at the height of the floods police said more than 340,000 people had fled their flooded homes.
But Ika from the Indonesian Red Cross said the situation was changeable.
"It is difficult to make a count of the number of displaced people at shelter points because the number tends to be fluid as people come and go depending on the situation," Ika said.
A health ministry official who toured the city early Thursday to check on medical arrangements for flood victims said there were far fewer displaced people in emergency shelters.
"There are definitively less people at the shelters I visited and after an aerial tour of the city this morning, judging by the fact that floods have receded significantly, most people must have already left the shelters to begin to clean up their homes," Rustam Pakaya from the ministry's crisis centre said.
Losses due to the floods were now estimated at 4.3 trillion rupiah (475 million dollars), up from 4.1 trillion rupiah earlier, the state Antara news agency said, quoting National Development Planning Agency deputy head Max Pohan.
He said the figure included losses in public infrastructure and those suffered by private residents but did not yet cover loss of business and other side-effects.
The Indonesian Traders Association said the prices of basic commodities such as rice, sugar, cooking oil and eggs had risen due to distribution problems.
"The distribution of goods to various markets is still disturbed by floods which have affected the region since seven days ago," association secretary Ngadiran said, according to Antara.
Cheap rice had risen from around 4,200 rupiah (46 cents) a kilogram (2.2 pounds) to 5,000 rupiah.
Police said only about eight areas remained impassable to normal traffic, compared with 30 the previous day.
The last train station to reopen, in West Jakarta, was due to resume services and flood victims sheltering there had been told to leave, RCTI television said.
Although their homes were no longer flooded, many residents were facing problems dealing with mud left in their houses by the receding water.
"There is no water for cleaning our home, all we can do for now is to push the sludge out of the house," said Wiweko Harjan whose house in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, was flooded under some 1.2 metres (four feet) of water for days.
Similar complaints were heard from returning flood victims in other areas, with the state Antara news agency quoting one resident in East Jakarta as hoping for more rains to flush the sludge and debris away from their residential area.
Residents' efforts to dry their sodden possessions were scuttled by the morning's heavy rains and following drizzle.
Old Batavia, the former colonial port under Dutch rule, from where Jakarta has expanded, was built on marshland and some areas of the capital are below sea level.
Source: Agence France-Presse
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