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How Health Reform Increases Unemployment
March 15, 2012
Because of its extensive regulatory impact and pervasiveness in burdening American businesses, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) threatens to undermine the still-fragile American jobs recovery. Companies will face disincentives to hiring and will be encouraged to move more workers from full-time to part-time in order to bypass some of the law's most harmful measures, says Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute.
- According to an announcement by the Labor Department, the unemployment rate held steady at 8.3 percent in March 2012.
- However, this fails to capture a number of potential American workers that, discouraged by the poor employment prospects, left the labor force over the course of the recession -- labor force participation rate has declined from 66 percent in January 2009 to 64.9 percent today.
- Including these workers, the unemployment rate climbs to an astounding 14.9 percent.
Enter the PPACA. The new tax, which will be phased in in 2014, will impose a $2,000-per-employee tax on businesses employing 50 workers or more if they fail to make available generous, government-approved health care plans.
- Under this system, and allowing for financial provisions that attempt to ease the transition from 49 to 50 workers, businesses that do hire that 50th worker will face an additional $40,000.
- The $2,000 tax will amount to 15 percent of average annual earnings in the food and beverage industry and 9 percent in retail trade.
- Businesses can avoid the tax by moving full-time employees to part-time work -- this will exacerbate the problem that in January 2012 over 8 million people were already working part-time because they could not find full-time jobs.
Furthermore, the hardest-hit populations will be those with the fewest skills. This is because the penalty is a higher proportion of their compensation than for high-skill workers, and employers cannot take the penalty out of employee compensation packages. This primarily hits younger workers.
- Of the 2 million adults who found jobs over the past year, 1.7 million are over 55 years old, and 300,000 are between age 25 and age 55.
- The unemployment rate for adult workers with less than a high school diploma is 12.9 percent.
- Teens face an unemployment rate of 23.8 percent.
- The imposition of the ACA will further weaken the market for these workers.
Source: Diana Furchtgott-Roth, "How ObamaCare Increases Unemployment," Manhattan Institute, March 2012.
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Cizeta Automobili S.R.L. of Modena, Italy (or simply Cizeta) was a car manufacturer set up in the late 1980s by Claudio Zampolli (an Italian Ferrari dealer) and the record producer Giorgio Moroder. The car manufacturer was first featured on Gran Turismo 4 with their only car they ever made, the Cizeta-Moroder V16T. Cizeta is also featured in Gran Turismo PSP, Gran Turismo 5, and Gran Turismo 6.
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Alex Meyer knew he was going to be allowed to throw more pitches than is typical for an outing in the Arizona Fall League. He made good use of almost all of them.
"They told me my pitch count would be high," he said. "For me to be able to go out there and throw that many was good."
The Twins' top pitching prospect allowed only one hit -- a one-out double in the sixth -- over 5 2/3 innings on Friday night as Glendale blanked Scottsdale, 1-0.
"My fastball was really good for me today. I was kind of effectively wild early on, but then I was able to settle down," said Meyer, who fanned seven, walked one and threw 48 of 76 pitches for strikes. "I had some good movement on my fastball and, when I have that going, I'm able to get ahead of hitters. My changeup was good for me and my curveball was good, too. When I have all three going, it makes it easy."
Meyer, who was acquired from the Nationals for outfielder Denard Span last November, retired his first 10 batters -- getting seven on ground balls or strikeouts -- before walking Braves No. 14 prospect Tommy La Stella on five pitches in the fourth.
The 23-year-old right-hander struck out two in a perfect fifth and got Cam Maron (Mets) on a fly ball to center field leading off the sixth. Yankees prospect Addison Maruszak then laced Meyer's 2-1 offering the other way for a double.
"It was kind of frustrating," Meyer said. "He had a good at-bat the first time. I got ahead of him with my fastball and then I threw two changeups. I got behind and he probably knew a fastball was coming. I left it out over the plate a bit and he was able to put a good swing on it."
The University of Kentucky product is 2-0 with a 2.74 ERA in six AFL starts. Over 23 innings, he shares the league lead with 25 strikeouts.
"They're the best lineups that I've ever faced," Meyer said. "The main thing for me is going to be getting my innings; I want to get as many as I can. When it's all done, I'll sit back and reflect. But I think I'm making progress with my fastball command. I've got one more start, so we'll see where it takes me."
After Maruszak doubled, Meyer struck out second-ranked Yankees prospect Mason Williams and handed the game over to fellow Twins prospect A.J. Achter (1-1), who got La Stella to bounce out and went on to work a perfect seventh.
Achter's last out was the only play to be reviewed under the AFL's video replay experiment. Braves prospect Robby Hefflinger was called out after grounding to second base, and the call stood.
Glendale finally broke through in the top of the seventh as Marlins No. 17 prospect Brent Keys singled home Dodgers No. 2 prospect Corey Seager.
Top Giants prospect Kyle Crick struck out five and gave up one hit over three innings for the Scorpions.
"He has as electric stuff as anybody out there," Meyer said of Crick. "I saw him in the Sally League last year when I was with Hagerstown. He chewed us up two times in one week, actually. I watched him tonight and he was in the upper 90s with a wipeout slider and a really good changeup. You knew you'd have your hands full with him."
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[Identification of item], in the Kristen R. Yount Collection on socialist feminism, 1973-1975 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
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Kristen R. Yount is associate professor of sociology, coordinator of the Sustainable Future Program at Northern Kentucky University.
Collection comprises material Yount gathered from socialist-feminist organizations across the United States, most likely in association with the national socialist-feminist conference for organizers held at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in July 1975. Includes fliers and handouts; organizational histories, guiding documents, "principles of unity," information sheets, and position statements; pamphlets; film lists; a working paper; action notices; published articles; and newspaper clippings. Also includes handwritten notes on the relationship of Asian women to the larger movement, possibly written by Yount. During processing pieces created for use at the national conference were placed first in the folder, followed by material grouped according to the state in which the local socialist-feminist unit was located.


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The Rockford Rampage is an American indoor soccer team based in Rockford. Originally Founded as The Rockford Thunder in 2005. In the 2006 – 2007 season The Rockford Thunder finish 8-4 and fall to the Massachusetts Twisters in the championship game of the AISL (American Indoor Soccer League). Rockford Thunder become the Rockford Rampage August 7, 2007 The AISL announced that the Thunder had changed their name to the Rampage. On the 2007-2008 Season still in the AISL the Rampage finished the regular season with a 12-1 record but still could not win the championship game.
The following year The Rampage won the AISL Championship on March 15, 2008 they defeated the Massachusetts Twisters 18-5 in the AISL championship game at home on March 15, 2008. In the 2009-2010 Season in MISL the Rampage finished the MISL season with a 7-13 record.
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The Central Coast covers a huge swath of territory south of San Francisco, including the following seven counties: Alameda, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz.
Although the term "Central Coast" would seem to apply to every vine between San Francisco and Los Angeles, it's good to remember that the term is most often used to identify a wine made from grapes grown in two different counties. Chardonnay is by far the most widely planted variety in this region, followed by Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, and Zinfandel.
It is remarkable that an industry essentially less than a half-century old could capture the attention of the American wine-buying public to the degree that California has. Powerful consumer interest in California wine is driven by two major factors. The more obvious reason is that California's best wines, which come from grapes grown in a benign climate featuring endless sunshine, very warm summer days, and generally dry harvests, and wonderfully fruity, full, and satisfying, and rarely too austere or tannic to be enjoyed from day one.
California is blessed with an extraordinary range of soils and microclimates, allowing for the successful cultivation of many varieties. In at least three out of four years, the best sites produce healthy, ripe fruits that are the envy of European producers in more marginal climates. The other reason Americans buy so much California wine is that California is the home team. Clearly, a high percentage of domestic wine drinkers are more comfortable buying American wines (and not just wines of California) than imports. Then, too, foreign bottles are generally identified by place name, rather than by the more familiar varieties that American wine drinkers have come to know and enjoy.
Moreover, in much of North America, outside the top 15 or 20 largest metropolitan markets, consumers have limited access to imported wines even if they wanted to buy them.
For many, Napa Valley is California wine, and Cabernet is king in Napa Valley. Meanwhile, the Burgundy varieties Chardonnay and Pinot Noir have gravitated to cooler areas, generally closer to the Pacific, such as the western stretches of Sonoma County, the Anderson Valley in Mendocino County, and the Santa Maria and Santa Ynez valleys within Santa Barbara County. Syrah vines have yielded interesting wines in a range of styles all over the state, in regions as disparate as Mendocino County, the Sonoma coast, Carneros, Paso Robles, and Santa Maria Valley. Very good Zinfandel similarly comes from multiple growing areas, although to date the age-of-vines variable has been almost as important as geography. Zinfandel, though its roots are in Europe, is a true California original and the only California wine imitated abroad. It's also a variety of which there are still significant plantings of very old vines, in some cases dating back to the end of the 19th century.
Nebbiolo based wines made outside the Langhe hills are often lost in the commotion over Barolo and Barbaresco. The provinces of Vercelli and Novarra in the northern reaches of the Piedmont area are home to wines like Carema, Ghemme, and Gattinara. The latter two wines are mostly Nebbiolo, which as traditionally been blended with small percentages of other grapes native to this cool, mountainous region. (Nebbiolo is generally called Spanna in Ghemme and Gattinara). Gattinara in particular has a long history of producing high-quality Nebbiolo wines. The wines here tend to be lighter and more graceful than their cousins to the south, though seldom displaying the complexity or concentration of flavor achieved in the Langhe. But fans of traditional Piedmont wines that are free of modern artifice and new oak notes will find plenty of interest in these often gripping and very food-friendly wines. Note that vintages here to not exactly track those of the Langhe. In a hot summer like 2003, when Nebbiolo in Barolo and Barbaresco often lost some of its verve and spine as acidity levels plunged, many vineyards in the hillier northern reaches of Northwest Italy achieved near-perfect ripeness, providing fuller wines than usual without loss of balance or backbone.
Relatively unknown to North Americans are the wines of Valtellina, in the far north of Lombardy, at the foot of the Alps near the Swiss border. These steeply sloped, terraced vineyards were originally home to a host of indigenous varieties but today the wines made here are almost universally based on Nebbiolo (called Chiavennasca here). As might be expected from a relatively cool area, the wines are brighter and more vivacious than their Piedmont counterparts, with less weight and alcoholic richness. Sfursat is a wine made in Valtellina from dried Nebbiolo grapes, a la Amarone.
Of course, some of the best Nebbiolo's come from the Alba area. These Nebbiolo wines may be partly or entirely declassified Barolo and Barbaresco (i.e., juice from young vines or lots that are not up to the producer's standards for its flagship bottlings), or they may come from vineyards outside the closely delimited Barolo and Barbaresco zones. In either case, those Nebbiolo wines are bottled and released much earlier and are suitable for drinking young. Consistently good and often surprisingly affordable Nebbiolo's come from producers like Elio Altare, Aldo Conterno, Paolo Conterno, Bruno Giacosa, Elio Grasso, Prunotto and Produttori del Barbaresco, just to name a few.
2006 had 12 regions scored 95 or above. Germany got the highest score, with a 98.
Other regions that scored 95 points or higher were Barolo (Piedmont), Brunello di Montalcino (Tuscany), Tuscany, Bolgheri (Tuscany), Chianti Classico (Tuscany), Barbaresco (Piedmont), Mosel-Saar-Ruwer (Germany), Napa, Piedmont (Italy), Ribera del Duero (Rioja), and Sonoma.
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The Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company was founded in 1868 Initially the company offered life and endowment policies and began investing in community improvements. In 1885, the company began offering accident insurance, and in March 1906 it consolidated with Los Angeles-based Conservative Life. The collection consists of records related to the activities, history and real estate investment interests of the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company. Among the development projects represented in the collection, the most extensive amount of material relates Pacific Mutual's design, construction and opening of the Norwalk Square shopping center in the early 1950s in Southern California.
The Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, founded in 1868 in Sacramento, California, as a stock company, had Leland Stanford (1824-1893), Central Pacific railroad magnate and former California governor, serve as its first President from 1868-1876. Initially the company offered life and endowment policies and began investing in community improvements, and by the end of its first year Pacific Mutual had five hundred life insurance policy owners and had paid its first death benefit. In 1885, the company began offering accident insurance, and in March 1906 it consolidated with Los Angeles-based Conservative Life. The company's first home office, located in Sacramento on Second Street near the corner of J Street, was in use until 1881, when Pacific Mutual moved its headquarters to San Francisco. After the destruction of their landmark building at Montgomery and Sacramento Streets from the 1906 earthquake and fire which had just opened thirteen years before, the board of directors voted to move the company headquarters south to Los Angeles. Their new home office, located near Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, opened in 1908 and remained the company's headquarters until they moved south to their current location in Newport Beach, California, in 1972.
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Fun eh? Well, it is, but it sure isn't the simplest game to master and, were it not for some incredibly patient and kind players, I'd still be struggling with it. Not that I'm not struggling now, but, at the very least, I do have a vague idea of what I should be doing and am even forming some sort of strategy I believe. Great times ahead!"
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Maurice Jones-Drew speaks out
Maurice Jones-Drew admitted on Monday there was an incident a couple of weeks ago at the Conch House in St. Augustine, but would not elaborate when asked about the details how much he was involved.
"It's a big distraction and I've never wanted to be that." said Jones-Drew.
Jones-Drew chose to hold a news conference on Monday to avoid any further distraction to his teammates when a mandatory three day minicamp begins on Tuesday.
The seventh year running back knows the last couple of weeks have impacted more people than his teammates and organization.
"My kids are affected more then anything, my children have nothing to do with what went on" said Jones-Drew
While Jones-Drew couldn't say much about his legal issue, the running back got fired up about his offseason football regimen.
"I've always played at a high level, I've trained down in South Florida and it's nothing new. I've come back in shape and went on to do all theses great things but people question my ability to play the game. That's upsetting." said Jones-Drew "more then the legal issue I am more frustrated about that."
Jones-Drew said he thinks he'll be ready for training camp and he will continue to work out down in Miami after mini-camp concludes on Thursday.


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Question: My Mac has plenty of memory, but in the last day it's slowed down so badly, it's like its own gears are starting to seize up.
Answer: I ran into this problem on my own iMac a couple of days after installing Apple's Mountain Lion release of OS X. A computer that had not shown prior signs of stress was taking way too long to switch from one program to another, with frequent pauses while its cursor turned into the dreaded "spinning beachball of death."
(Worse yet, this only happened after I'd written a thumbs-up review of this generally worthwhile update for another freelance client.)
I returned to a system utility I'd leaned on frequently until doubling this Mac's memory to eight gigabytes, Apple's Activity Monitor. For years, tinkering types have employed this program to see which programs and background program components — called "processes" — have gotten too greedy with a Mac's processor or memory.
(In Windows, Microsoft's Task Manager performs a similar function.)
In this case, Activity Monitor (it resides in the Utilities or Other subfolder of your Applications folder, depending on your version of OS X) revealed an unexpected foe. A process called CalendarAgent that I'd never noticed before was gobbling up 3 GB of memory and counting.
A few quick searches found confirmations of the problem on Twitter and in Apple's own tech-support forums. Solutions were not as obvious; the longtime Apple-news site Macintouch suggested deleting and then recreating network accounts in the System Preferences application, but I didn't have anybody set to log into the computer remotely.
Instead, I employed an old-school remedy: Selecting the errant CalendarAgent process in Activity Monitor and clicking the "Quit Process" button to force it to close. Then the process "respawned" itself and resumed gobbling memory until I force-quit it a second time, at which point it restarted its conquest of the computer's memory yet again.
But after several iterations of this routine, CalendarAgent somehow snapped out of it and remembered its manners. In the day since then, it hasn't used up more than 70 MB of "real," physical memory (as opposed to "virtual memory," in which the computer writes some data to a special portion of the hard drive). And if this process renews its evil ways, at least I won't need a refresher course in how to attack the problem.
You shouldn't either. If your Mac might as well be marching through wet concrete, fire up Activity Monitor, and click that app's "Real Memory" and ''% CPU" headings to see which software has taxed its memory and processor most heavily. Not all of these processes are safe to "kill," but you can often free up a decent chunk of memory by force-quitting Apple's Safari browser (which has a history of memory leaks) or its Adobe Flash plug-in.
Tip: Shop around before hitting the Mac App Store
Apple's Mac App Store, unlike its App Store on the iPhone and iPad, remains optional. You can download a program from there, but with few exceptions you can also grab it from the developer's own site. How to choose?
Convenience often argues for the Mac App Store: Your downloads, purchased or free, automatically get tucked into your Applications folder, and their updates require only one click in the store app to install. In Mountain Lion, App Store programs can also display updates through that operating system's Notifications feature.
But some developers have ditched the Mac App Store because of "sandboxing" restrictions Apple imposes on software distributed through that medium — limits that can demand non-trivial surgery to a program. Others have mentioned to me that while Apple takes 30 percent of an app's purchase price, they can keep more of that revenue on other storefronts.
I don't see an automatic answer here. So if you're on the fence, look on a program developer's site or blog to see if its authors express a preference either way. Or e-mail or tweet them to ask; if they respond promptly, that's a good argument for using their software, whatever store you procure it from.
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MAYS LANDING — A judge will decide Tuesday whether to dismiss a murder indictment against a Mays Landing man after his defense attorney argued the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office destroyed possible evidence.
Keshaun Earley is accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old James Jordan on Aug. 26, 2012, in Atlantic City's Carver Hall Apartments.
Earley told investigators that at the time of the killing, he was miles away at Mays Landing's Oakcrest Estates, where he lived.
Investigators took 12 hours of surveillance video from each of the complex's 18 cameras — a total of 216 hours — to check out the alibi.
But public defender Eric Shenkus received just 30 minutes of video after asking for any outstanding evidence during a court appearance in July. The rest of the video was destroyed.
"I chose anything that was consistent to the defendant or relevant to the case," Sgt. Lynn Dougherty said of portions of a hard drive she had burned on to a DVD for Shenkus.
She and others with the Prosecutor's Office told the judge that they needed to free up the hard drive to put back into service due to limited resources in the office. Dougherty stressed that is not why she chose the portions she did.
That the data — which had been in an evidence area for nearly 10 months prior — was erased two days after Shenkus asked for it is what "jumps out at you," Superior Court Judge Mark Sandson said.
Dougherty testified that she spent about six weeks going over the hours of video, and found only the two portions — 20 minutes from one camera and 10 from another — had someone matching Earley's description.
"She spent six weeks watching this stuff, but she didn't take one page of notes," Shenkus told the judge.
Sandson said the Prosecutor's Office could have offered Shenkus a chance to view the entire hard drive, if he chose to do so.
The judge continued to question why an attorney with knowledge of trial procedure and case law wouldn't have been in on the decision on whether the remaining part of the recording should be destroyed. And he was surprised to learn there apparently is no policy set in place for such decisions.
"I think what we found out is anybody can make that call," Sandson said. "I find that surprising."
Investigators make similar decisions every day, Assistant Prosecutor Seth Levy argued.
He said what was destroyed was not evidence because the defendant -- or anyone matching his description -- was not in that footage.
"That may ultimately be the case," Sandson said. "But we'll never know. That's the part of this that disturbs me: We'll never know."
He then asked Shenkus: "Do you think the only appropriate remedy is dismissal of the murder indictment?"
"Yes," he replied.
"This is evidence I cannot otherwise re-create," Shenkus said. "It's irreversible."
Trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday, but due to other outstanding motions in the case, jury selection has been pushed to Wednesday.
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WAUKESHA, WIS.—On Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, Carroll University will host Congressman Paul Ryan for a presentation on how he believes the federal government and its leaders can work to expand economic opportunity for the Millennial generation.
"Expanding Opportunity for Young Americans" will begin at 11 a.m. in the auditorium of Shattuck Music Center, 218 N. East Ave., Waukesha. A question and answer session will follow. This event is free and open to the public.
Ryan's remarks will focus on his efforts to increase upward mobility, expand opportunity and rejuvenate the American economy so it's better suited to meet the dynamic demands of the 21st century global economy.
Born and raised in Janesville, Ryan is currently serving his eighth term as a member of Congress, advocating for Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District. He is the chairman of the House of Representatives Budget Committee, and a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, which has jurisdiction over tax policy, Social Security, health care and trade laws. Ryan earned a degree in economics and political science from Miami University in Ohio. He lives in Janesville with his wife, Janna, and their three children.
About Carroll University
Carroll, Wisconsin's oldest four-year institution of higher learning, is an independent, co-educational comprehensive university grounded in the liberal arts tradition. Incorporated in 1846, it offers bachelor's degrees in 57 majors and master's degrees in business administration, education, exercise physiology, graphic communication, nursing, physician assistant studies and software engineering, as well as a clinical doctorate in physical therapy. For more information, visit www.carrollu.edu.
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Integrated Approach for a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan at Pahrump Dairy, Nevada
Jay Lazarus1, Catherine D. Ratcliff2, and Eric Goedhart3
Pahrump Dairy is located in Pahrump, Nevada, approximately 45 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Pahrump Dairy opened in 1988 and operates continuously with 2,300 milking cows and 600 dry cows/calves on-site. Pahrump Dairy operates under a State of Nevada approved Ground Water Discharge Permit which requires a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP). The CNMP includes: land application of blended wastewater for on-site crop production, calculation of nitrogen loading rates, ground-water-quality monitoring, soil chemistry and crop yield monitoring, and prevention of ponding and runoff. Pahrump Dairy generates 99,040 gallons of wastewater per day, which is blended with ground water for irrigation of 196 acres of seasonally rotated cropland. Averaged over the year, the nitrogen uptake rate of the crops (sordan and wheat) exceeds the nitrogen application rate [59,285 pounds per year (lbs/yr)]. Depth to water in four monitoring wells completed into the alluvial aquifer ranges from 35 to 50 feet, and ground-water quality (nitrate, chloride, total dissolved solids) has been monitored since 1995. Nitrate concentrations exceeding 7 milligrams per liter (mg/L) have been reported, and Pahrump Dairy installed a solids separator in March 1999 to prevent recurrence. Removal of wet manure by the separator should result in decreasing nitrate concentrations in ground water and should eliminate the potential for excess nitrogen loading. This integrated approach to nutrient management and monitoring can be adapted to regions with shallow alluvial aquifers and highly transmissive unconfined aquifers such as portions of the Ogallala aquifer of the Great Plains.
1Glorieta Geoscience, Inc., P.O. Box 5727, Santa Fe, NM 87502
2Glorieta Geoscience, Inc., P.O. Box 5727, Santa Fe, NM 87502
3Pahrump Dairy, P. O. Box 880, Pahrump, NV 89041
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[1]A white Republican won an election after leading voters to believe he was black through his ads.
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Wilson's fliers had photographs of smiling African-American faces that he downloaded from the Internet and used to promote his campaign. Austin was outraged by Wilson's deception, saying he doesn't think "it's good for both democracy and the whole concept of fair play." Austin is demanding a recount but chances are that the white Republican will serve the district for the next six years.
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Officials in the coastal city of Ningbo, China, promised to halt a petrochemical plant's expansion after thousands of demonstrators clashed with police in three days of protests that spotlighted growing public discontent with industrial pollution.
The protests, and similar demonstrations in other cities in the past year, point to the increasing willingness of the Chinese to take to the streets despite the perils of openly challenging the authoritarian government.
Although officials were alarmed by the protests' size and ferocity, the coming meetings to decide China's next leaders also probably influenced their decision to bend so quickly.
The ruling Communist Party, always eager to keep a lid on public discontent, is especially nervous about any disruptions that might mar the 18th Party Congress on November 8 in Beijing, which will ratify the first leadership change in a decade.
But Ningbo residents said they were sceptical of the sudden change of heart. "The announcement is just a way to ease tensions," said Yu Xiaoming, a critic of the expansion plan who participated in negotiations on Sunday.
The protests, which began last week when farmers blocked a road near the refinery, grew over the weekend as thousands of students and middle-class residents converged on a downtown square carrying handmade banners and wearing surgical masks painted with skull and bones.
On Saturday the demonstrations turned violent when riot police fired tear gas and began to beat and drag away protesters. According to people who were there, marchers tossed bricks and bottles at the police. At least 100 people were detained, according to some estimates, although most were later released.
The project, a $US8.8 billion expansion of a refinery owned by the state-run behemoth Sinopec, was eagerly backed by the local government, which has been promoting a vast industrial zone outside Ningbo, a city of 3.4 million people in Zhejiang Province.
Residents were particularly unnerved by one major component of the project: the production of paraxylene, a toxic petrochemical known as PX that is a crucial ingredient in the manufacture of polyester, paints and plastic bottles. Many residents contend that the concentration of polluting factories in the Ningbo Chemical Industrial Zone has led to a surge in cancer and other illnesses.
While mass demonstrations against mining operations, copper smelters and trash incinerators have disrupted Chinese cities in recent years, the construction of paraxylene plants has been especially controversial. In 2007, protesters in the coastal city of Xiamen, in Fujian Province, successfully forced the relocation of a PX plant that had been planned just 18 kilometres from downtown.
In August, officials in Dalian, in north-east China, said they would shut down a PX plant after thousands of residents confronted riot police. That factory is still operating.
Later in the evening, several people posting on Sina Weibo, a popular microblog service, said the police were arresting students at Ningbo University and protesters on the street who had refused to disperse. The accounts could not be verified
Ma Jun, an environmental activist in Beijing, applauded the government's sudden about-face but said he hoped the weekend of unrest would convince Chinese leaders that soliciting public opinion on industrial development is in their best interest, especially given how much money is wasted when such projects are canceled midway.
"We've seen the same pattern over and over again," said Mr Ma, the director of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs. "Ignoring public concerns leads to confrontation. We can't resolve all our environmental issues through street action. The cost is just too high."
Despite the best efforts of government censors, many of the protests have been fuelled by social media. In Ningbo, residents held aloft smartphones and computer tablets and flooded microblog sites with images and vivid descriptions of the running battles with the police. The Chinese news media carried no reports of the protests.
In recent days, the district government of Zhenhai, which includes Ningbo, one of China's most affluent cities, tried to reassure residents, saying the plant would include the latest pollution-control technologies. Officials also said they had spent nearly $1 billion to relocate 9800 households away from the refinery site.
In a brief statement posted on the government's website on Sunday, officials said they decided to cancel the PX plant after consulting with investors. They also pledged to conduct "scientific verifications" on other elements of the project, although they provided no further detail.
The announcement appears to have done little to mollify popular anger. According to The Associated Press, an official who read the statement through a loudspeaker on Sunday evening was drowned out by the crowd, which then called on the mayor to resign and demanded the release of protesters who had been detained.
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Jerusalem Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday peace talks with the Palestinian coalition government would be impossible as long as it refuses to renounce violence and recognize Israel's right to exist.
The Israeli Cabinet endorsed Olmert's hard line, urging the West to maintain harsh economic sanctions imposed with last year's election of the militant Islamic Hamas. Palestinians had hoped the new alliance between the moderate Fatah and Hamas would lead Israel and Western countries to lift the sanctions, urging the international community to give their new government a chance.
"We can't have contact with members of a government that justifies resistance, or in other words, terror," Olmert said, according to meeting participants.
Palestinian officials urged Israel to reconsider.
"This statement continues the long-standing Israeli policy that says there is no Palestinian partner for peace," said Azzam al-Ahmed of Fatah, the new deputy prime minister. "Israel doesn't want to revive the peace process."
The new Palestinian platform appears to soften Hamas' militant stance. Though it refers to resistance "in all forms" to Israeli occupation, it also calls for consolidating and expanding a truce with Israel.
Olmert said he would maintain contacts with the moderate Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, who was elected separately and is not part of the new Cabinet. But he said any talks would be limited to humanitarian issues.
Almost as soon as the government was sworn in, divisions began to emerge in the Palestinian coalition. Hamas issued a statement Sunday distancing itself from the government: "We call on the national unity government to support the choice of resistance against the occupation."
Israel has grown concerned that the tough international stance against Hamas could crumble following the group's power-sharing agreement with Fatah, and signs of that also began to emerge.
Norway, a major donor to the Palestinians, immediately agreed to resume aid. Britain and the United Nations also signaled flexibility, while the U.S. and Israel said Sunday that their positions would not change.
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Nearby attractions:
the Forbidden City: take Bus No. 124 at Andingmen Nei and get off at the Imperial Palace. (Distance: 6 km)
To Tian'anmen Square: take Subway Line No.2 at Andingmen and get off at Jianguomen, then change to Subway Line No.1 at Jianguomen and get off at Tian'anmen East. (Distance: 10km)
To the Temple of Heaven: take Bus No. 803 at the west gate of the Alter of Earth and get off at the south gate of the Temple of Heaven. (Distance: 13 km)
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Customers can cancel their reservation free of charge up to 1 day before arrival. After this date, charges will be applied by the property up to the first nights cost of the reservation, unless otherwise stated in the property's conditions. Deposits paid are non refundable.


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Jennifer Lopez & Michelle Obama Pose for Selfie during LULAC National Convention
Celebrating her ethnic community, Jennifer Lopez teamed up with Michelle Obama at the League of Latin American Citizens annual convention earlier this week.
The "First Love" singer dressed to impress for the event held at Manhattan's Hilton hotel as she introduced the First Lady who gave the keynote address.
"There are still too many young people in this country who aren't getting the education they need," Obama said during her LULAC speech. "Too many young people in the Latino community just aren't fulfilling their potential."
"We have to reignite that hunger for education," Obama continued. "Parents have to be reading to their kids from an early age and make sure they go to school every day and do their homework every night. Our young people, you have to make education your number one priority. If you know someone who's not planning to go on past high school, I want you to reach out to them."
After Mrs. Obama gave her speech, she took a moment to pose for a selfie with JLo, who captioned the image, "Me and my girl @flotus at #LULAC National convention for the empowerment of Latinos. #represent #keynotespeaker #introingthekeynotespeaker #dreambig."
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The Frederick 40 Countdown: Part VI
By Frederick Keys | March 18, 2013 6:09 AM ET
Jerome Pena - After spending his first professional season in rookie ball, Pena advanced three levels to reach Frederick for the final month of the 2012 season. A switch-hitting second baseman, the 24-year-old hit .308 in 20 games with the Keys, scoring 12 runs, stealing four bases and striking out 20 times.
Drafted by the Orioles in the 38th round of the 2011 first-year player draft following his junior season at TCU, Pena started 2012 in Aberdeen, played 13 games with the IronBirds and hit .319 before being promoted to Delmarva. With the Shorebirds, he hit just .250 in 21 games but found more success at the plate with the Keys. He hit one home run at each level last season after hitting one in 49 games with the Gulf Coast League Orioles in 2011.
Pena hit 11 homers and drove in 52 runs as a sophomore at TCU, but hit just one and drove in 31 as junior. At 5-11, 185 pounds, Pena was drafted by the Mets in the 40th round of the 2009 draft after he led Western Nevada Community College to the Junior College World Series. He hit .530 with eight home runs as a senior at Cactus Shadows High School.
Matt Price - A fixture in the bullpen during South Carolina's back-to-back College World Series victories in 2010 and 2011, the Orioles drafted the Gamecocks' right-hander in the seventh round of the 2012 draft. The 22-year-old saved 43 games for South Carolina in his final three seasons after missing most of the 2009 campaign with a broken right wrist.
Price was drafted in the sixth round of the 2011 draft by Arizona, but returned for his junior year, helping the Gamecocks back to the College World Series final for the third straight year. For his career at South Carolina, he struck out 267 batters in 212.1 innings and recorded a 2.76 ERA. Price went 5-5 with a 3.48 ERA as a senior, starting five games and appearing in 23 more. As a junior he posted a 1.83 ERA in 36 relief appearances, recording 20 saves and striking out 75 batters in 59 innings.
Price is a three-time All-Southeastern Conference selection, was named an All-American in 2011 and was selected to the freshman All-America team in 2010. As a senior in high school, he recorded a 7-4 record and a 0.40 ERA.
Chase Johnson - After three years in Philadelphia's system, Johnson was released in March 2012. The 6-5, 245-pound right-handed reliever spent last season with the Amarillo Sox, an independent league club in Pensacola, Fla., before the Orioles signed him in December.
Johnson, 24, went 5-5 with a 3.66 ERA for Amarillo, making 44 appearances, striking out 46 in 46.2 innings and saving 11 games. A 21st round pick of the Phillies in 2009, Johnson reached low-A Lakewood in 2011, throwing 71 innings in 38 games, striking out 64 batters and walking 67. He went 4-6 with a 4.31 ERA the season before he was released. A Scottsdale, Ariz., native, Johnson was drafted out of South Mountain Community College in Phoenix. During his season with the Cougars, Johnson appeared in 20 games, striking out 37 batters in 25.1 innings.
Wynston Sawyer - After an impressive senior season at Scripps Ranch High School in San Diego, Sawyer was selected by Baltimore in the eighth round of the 2010 first-year-player draft. Sawyer hit .221 in 81 games as a 20-year-old with Delmarva last season, driving in 49 runs and homering twice from the right-handed batter's box.
He split time catching, playing first and serving as the Shorebirds' designated hitter in 2012, after playing a similar role for short-season Aberdeen in his first full season in the minors. In his senior high school season, Sawyer hit .391, drove in 39 runs and hit seven home runs, leading his team to a league championship. He committed to play at the University of California-Riverside, but opted to take a $300,000 payday with the Orioles.
Nick Delmonico - Named Most Valuable Player of the South Atlantic League all-star game last season, Delmonico spent the entirety of his first professional season with low-A Delmarva. After 95 games with the Shorebirds, Delmonico injured his knee, sidelining him for the rest of the 2012 season.
Seeing time at first and second base, he drove in 54 runs, walked 47 times and 33 of his 84 hits went for extra bases. Listed as the fourth-best prospect in the Baltimore organization by Baseball America, Delmonico was drafted by the Orioles out of Farragut High School in Knoxville, Tenn., in the sixth round of the 2011 first-year player draft.
The son of former University of Tennessee baseball coach Rod and brother of former Dodgers minor league pitcher Tony, Delmonico led his high school team to a state title as a senior, going 17-for-31 during the final weeks of its championship run while catching and pitching in relief. Farragut went 38-8 during Delmonico's senior season.
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Panorama spent four months filming with three couples who are still having to take on the NHS and fight every inch of the way for the health care their spouses deserve. Below is a brief biography of those couples.
Barbara and Malcolm
Malcolm, formerly a senior lecturer at Homerton College, Cambridge, started showing signs of Alzheimer's at the age of 51 in 1991.
His wife, Barbara, gave up work to look after him at home until 1998 when all her support systems (daycare, respite and a string of agency carers at home) collapsed and she felt that she had no alternative but to place Malcolm in a nursing home for the next 2 years.
In 2000, Malcolm started to fret, lose weight and look haunted and the professionals involved in his care felt that he was unhappy in the nursing home and that he probably didn't have much longer to live.
Consequently, Barbara brought him home in March of that year.
At this time, Malcolm was doubly incontinent, had to be fed, had no speech and little understanding of what was being said to him, sometimes hallucinated, and eventually lost all mobility at the end of 2000.
It was in April 2000 that Barbara first applied for NHS funded continuing care, so beginning her long and convoluted fight to keep Malcolm at home as he entered the final stages of Alzheimer's.
Peter and Ann
Peter cares for his wife, Ann, who is 62 and also in the final stages of Alzheimer's.
She first developed the disease at the age of 49 when she was working as a teacher and as a local council leader.
She is now completely bed-ridden and unable to speak. She's also doubly incontinent and has to have all her food liquidised.
Peter moves her (both to prevent congestion on her lungs and bed sores) and changes her every three hours. During the winter she had severe chest infections and developed Pneumonia.
Peter first thought about applying for continuing care in January 2003 because he was determined to continue caring for his wife at home: "I gave Ann an assurance that she would stay with me. I would never let her go in a home, she would stay with me for good".
Freda and Michael
Michael was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, and then Lewy body disease, five years ago.
In April 2002, they sold their house in Newcastle and bought a smaller one in Stratford upon Avon, to be close to their children. Unfortunately, the local day care centres refused to take Michael after a while as his disease progressed.
In December last year, Michael went into hospital for 10 days respite. He went in walking and very mobile, and came out totally unable to walk. Freda was shocked and frightened, and that made her resolve to care for him at home.
Freda hadn't heard of continuing care until a nurse mentioned it and had not idea how to apply for it. She discovered that she wasn't alone in not knowing where to turn for advice and help about continuing care.
Eventually, the district nurse was able to point her in the right direction. "Panorama: Fighting for Care" picks up her story from here.


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Pat Knight was fired as men's basketball coach at Texas Tech Unviersity on Monday.
Knight and his staff will remain with the team and will coach the Red Raiders in the Big 12 tournament.
"We're going to coach as hard as we can ...," associate head coach Chris Beard said during the Big 12's coaches teleconference Monday, in which Knight did not participate. "Pat will do everything in his power to have his team prepared."
Beard said that Knight was informed of the school's decision Monday morning during a meeting with school president Guy Bailey.
Texas Tech is 13-18 this season, Knight's third full season as coach. He took over the program on Feb. 6, 2008 when he succeeded his father, Bob, who retired from coaching in the middle of the Big 12 season.
Pat Knight's best season at Texas Tech came in the 2009-10 season, when he led the team to a 19-16 record and an appearance in the quaterfinals of the NIT. He is 50-60 overall with the Red Raiders.
"I appreciate everything Pat has done for our university, not only as a head coach, but also throughout his career as an assistant," Bailey said in a prepared statement. "I wish him success and the best moving forward."
After a loss to Colorado on Feb. 23, Knight seemed to know the writing was on the wall for his departure.
"We've lost seven games in the last minute," he said, according to the Associated Press. "This program is competitive. But that's not for me. I mean, honestly, I'm going to be coaching here, I'm going to be coaching somewhere else. I've proven I can coach. I run a clean program, I don't cheat, my players graduate and we have discipline. So if you don't want me here there's going to be someone else that wants me."
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Kate Middleton Wept For Nelson Mandela Following Royal Premiere
About fifteen minutes before Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom ended on December 5th, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were told that the former South African president had died.
"Kate was very emotional, she was in tears and very moved by the events. We all were," producer Harvey Weinstein said, according to Katie Nicholl.
'There is nothing to describe the momentousness of what happened. The Duke and Duchess handled themselves very elegantly."
Prince William remained dignified despite the news, given his love for the continent and the work that he does there to preserve wildlife.
"I spoke to them downstairs in the foyer after the movie," Weinstein added. "William was deeply touched by the news, you could see it in his face, but he was being very courageous."
According to Nicholl, it's understood that a royal protection officer told Catherine's private secretary, Rebecca Deacon, who relayed the news to the Duchess.
"William and Kate said they wanted to watch the movie and stayed until the end," Weinstein said. "We all did. It seemed the right thing to do."
Immediately after giving his statement, William left the premiere with Catherine. An afterparty was cancelled out of respect for the circumstance.


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Just started this thread as we've started to go crazy in posting new stuff in the film thread that isnt actually relevant to the "official" teaser I'm preparing.
- So far, Rizlar has agreed to do some illustrations
- Ive gotten my friend Jeff to record some lines & film for us.
- Daz will be recording ingame footage
- Ive "sortof" decided on the music.
- Storyboard is halfway finished.
NOTE: even though I am using outfit members for various functions, and I will be needing a lot of extras/actors, this is not a community decision type thing. I decide on the script and final product, all I want is for you to trust me to make a funkay awesome thing.
Also, there will be a poster, and if Rizlar wants to, I can make them available for print. No money will be made off of all this, so if we actually print them and send them to people, itll be at the cost of whomever wants them.- Tom De Roeck.
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Take 12 days to uncover this laid-back corner of Southeast Asia. While you're free to choose your own adventure, your accommodation and transportation are included, and our expert CEOs will help you make the most of your time. Wander the tranquil monasteries of Luang Prabang and experience the French colonial influence while sipping coffee at a caf. Take a slow boat down the Mekong and admire the limestone karsts surrounding Vang Vieng.
Welcome to bustling Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. Please arrive at our start point hotel before 6pm for an important group meeting.
Enjoy one of two street food crawls with the group and CEO while in Hanoi.
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Explore a bit of Hanoi in the morning before an afternoon flight to Vientiane, the capital of Laos. There is a wealth of cultural delights to discover - on foot, by bicycle or, for the less energetic, by tuk-tuk.
Visit Laos' most important national monument, Phat That Luang, or meander down the dusty riverside tracks to find villages full of friendly children, dogs and chickens. A visit to Vientiane's vibrant, colourful morning market (which incidentally is open all day!) is worthwhile, to find plenty of local treasures. A great way to round off the day is to enjoy a spectacular sunset over the Mekong.
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A picturesque drive north takes us to beautiful Vang Vieng. This quiet town is set along the Nam Song river amidst rice fields and limestone karsts.
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Why not explore some of the caves by bicycle or take an invigorating walk. In the evening, soak in the natural beauty of Vang Vieng as the sun sets over the river.
This morning travel from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang. Get your bearings with a CEO-led orientation walk.
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Traditional Laotian culture is to give daily alms to monks. Monks are only allowed to eat food which has been donated to them before noon. On one of your mornings here, you may decide to rise with the sun, and watch one of the most important religious ceremonies in Laos. This is simply an unforgettable Southeast Asian experience.
We board our boat for the two-day journey up the mighty Mekong River making our way to Chiang Khong.
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This morning we re-board our boat and continue our leisurely cruise along the river before arriving at the Laos/Thai border and crossing to Chiang Khong in the late afternoon.
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Departing Chiang Khong after breakfast, we drive to Chiang Mai where you have the afternoon free to explore this fascinating city, once the capital of the Kingdom of Lan.
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Today, why not try your hand at local cuisine with a Thai cooking class? Other options include a visit the magnificent temple of Doi Suthep standing watch over the city from the hills above, taking a bicycle ride in the countryside or embracing the bizarre by getting a massage from the training school at the local woman's prison! Tonight we catch an overnight train to Bangkok.
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We'll arrive early in the morning to Bangkok, Thailand's capital city. The day is free to explore the many sights of Bangkok. The Grand Palace, Wat Pho, National Museum, and Jim Thompson's House are just a few suggestions. A trip along the Chao Praya river and through the canals (or klongs) gives you a different perspective of daily life in this busy city.
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Very enjoyable experience, Laos is the favorite of the countries I have visited in Asia. Consider myself very lucky to have traveled there with an excellent guide and for the most part a great group of people.Overall Rating
I had a fantastic 12 days. I have travelled a lot over the years and Laos is now definitely up there as one of my favourites so maybe just wished we had longer there! The tour leader was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable and G Adventures really takes the hassle out of travelling, hotels and transport etc.Overall Rating
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Wonderful trip. Loved Laos and the contrast between the other Asian countries I visited.Overall Rating
It was an excellent trip with a good group, great tour-leader (Wasa) and an interesting itinerary. Laos was definitely worth the journey, and Bangkok just added a more adventurous touch (airport turmoil). Perfectly organised; Time for different locations was very good/perfectly timed.Overall Rating
I am 24 years old and I have been blessed to travel all over the world with a number of different companies and groups. That said...I believe that this tour has been the more memorable ones. All the laughs, smiles, and jokes at 6am, on a bus for 17 hours. all the wonderful friends I will have for the rest of my life and couch surf in their countries; but all that aside...the leadership takes the cake. I have never been so impressed or confident in the knowledge and advice that came out of both their mouths. Not once was I nervous or afraid I might do something to offend the culture. 24 hour support (literally) and leaders who were (and are) my friends...not dictators. I will always be impressed and humbled by the way they handled every situation. Thank you to both Sakai and Scott. You both were amazing.Overall Rating
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The country is facing a glut of law students while other industries suffer from a dearth of talented people, Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett told the Knesset Tuesday.
"Stop studying law, the entire State of Israel," Army Radio quoted Bennett as saying during a discussion on the integration of the ultra-Orthodox population into the workforce. "This nonsense needs to be stopped. Whoever really likes it, that's fine. I also studied law, [which was] unnecessary. The manufacturers are calling out [for workers]; so is the high-tech [industry]."
Israel has one of the highest rates of lawyers per capita. In 2010 it led the world with 585 authorized lawyers for every 100,000 citizens.
Doron Barzilay, the president of Israel's Bar Association, acknowledged that there was a flood of lawyers, but blamed it not on the rise in the number of colleges teaching law but rather on the fact that it was simply too easy to become a lawyer.
"Legal education is important and welcome," he insisted. But, Barzilay said, "the problem was and remains at the gates to the legal profession."
Among the changes he proposes are increasing the length of the required internship period to two years, and modifying the bar exam to test thinking and analytic skills rather than memorization.
Uri Rashtik, the head of the National Union of Israeli Students, told the Globes daily that since the vocational schools were Bennett's responsibility, he expected the minister to put his money where his mouth was and provide the funding needed by the struggling programs.
Bennett "doesn't recommend that students study law, but he hasn't kept his word and created a real alternative in the form of strong and stable technological education," Rashtik said.