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Alastair Campbell noted down that conversation with Tony Blair on April 26 1997, less than a week before the general election and with the curtain already falling on Labour's opposition years. Five days later, the voters swept Labour back to power with a majority so large that all thought of implementing Blair's bold plan was carried away on the surging political tide.
The exchange nevertheless encapsulates three important things about Blair. First, that the aim of bringing the Labour and Liberal Democrat traditions together was very much on his mind in 1997. Second, that he was unusually ambitious in his goals and audacious in his tactics - take good note of the key word in his comments to Campbell, which is "merger". And, third, that he had a deeply unrealistic optimism about the chances of getting his way - on merger and later on other things - which made him far less effective than he might otherwise have been.
Now Blair has been gone from the political stage for a while, it is important to think afresh about that moment from a decade ago. Right now, it suits many Labour and Lib Dem activists not to do so. Each is more comfortable dismissing the episode as just another Blair thing: Labour because it shows Blair's ideological apostasy, the Lib Dems because the outcome shows him as untrustworthy.
Yet what happened between the two parties in 1997, as well as what didn't, marks it as a far more unresolved moment than these censorious views allow. And, since few of the questions underlying it have disappeared 10 years on - questions about the nature of the 21st-century progressive project and the nature of the British party system - it is important to examine whether, and if so how, such a window might ever open again in the foreseeable future.
To imagine the 1997 missed Lib-Lab moment as an aberration on Blair's part is misleading. On the contrary. It would be more truthful to see it as a fumbled culmination of a debate about progressive governance that lasted, in one form or another, for much of the 20th century, and continues today. It was, and still is, a debate about how to replace the Conservative party as the natural party of government with, to adapt David Marquand's words, a Labour-led equivalent (led by Labour because of its greater size rather than any greater virtue) of the heterogeneous, ramshackle, but extraordinarily successful progressive coalition which the Liberals had led before the first world war.
Certainly, no one who knows the history of this paper and writes about politics for it can be in any doubt about the tenacious longevity of the question. We are today only five years away from the centenary of an editorial in which the Manchester Guardian's owner and longest serving editor, CP Scott, wrote of Labour and the Liberals as "two divisions of the party of progress" and warned against the possibility that "while Liberalism and Labour are snapping and snarling away at each other the Conservative dog may run away with the bone".
That was an important question in 1912 and it will still be an important question in 2012. Scott and his leader writers, CE Montague and LT Hobhouse, the latter of whom was approvingly quoted by Blair in a speech to the Fabians in 1995, understood it, just as John Maynard Keynes understood it in a brilliant 1926 lecture, and as Marquand also understood it in his still-important 1991 book, The Progressive Dilemma.
Labour's decade of power since 1997, unprecedented in the party's history, may seem to have marginalised the progressive dilemma. The mainstream Labour view in 1997, held by Campbell among others, was simple: who needs the Lib Dems? Today, as Gordon Brown jettisons parts of the Blair baggage, Labour's fresh confidence has bolstered that instinct again.
Yet the progressive dilemma as explored by Marquand has two dimensions which keep on recurring and which cannot be disentangled from one another. One is ideological. What now is the scope, tenor and content of the progressive project around which a majority of the electorate can be sustained? The other is arithmetical. How can such a long-term progressive project be sustained without cooperation, and even merger, between different parties and their different electorates?
The paradox of Blair's three election victories is that they were so large they seemed to make the idea of convergence with the Lib Dems wholly redundant. In terms of parliamentary arithmetic, that was and still is undeniable.
Yet in terms of the more informal legitimacy of the popular vote, the case was thinner. Even in 1997, Labour "only" captured 43% of the vote. The case became thinner still in 2005, when Labour collected an overall majority of 64 seats on the basis of 35% of the vote in an election with only a 61% turnout. Even today, when the party feels itself once again the cock of the political walk, the most recent Guardian poll gave Labour only 39% support.
When Richard Nixon coined the term "moral majority" in the 1960s, he was thinking of the moral principles of the majority of voters. These days, though, British governments need the legitimacy of a different sort of moral majority if they are to carry through a sustained programme. If Brown's renewed talk about electoral reform for Westminster means something, this legitimacy will soon become formal rather than informal.
And that would bring us back, as it has done in Scotland and Wales since devolution, to the fundamental question of democratic political economy in the modern world. Is there today a set of values and a programme around which the Labour-Lib Dem majority, perhaps plus other parties and electorates, could unite and be sustained? Does, indeed, the idea of an anti-Conservative alliance make historical or political sense any longer? Blair was right to take such questions seriously. One day it will have to happen again.


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POLITICIANS around the world are holding back the fight against poverty because they do not understand or trust religion, an American specialist on development said in Melbourne yesterday.
''Politicians think religion can't help, and that's a huge handicap. They do not know what religion does and they are scared of it,'' Katherine Marshall told the opening program of the Parliament of the World's Religions.
Professor Marshall, of the Berkley Centre for Religion, Peace and World Affairs and visiting professor at Georgetown University in Washington, said if politicians knew more about what faith organisations were doing they would be more open to working with them. The way to persuade them was with facts.
She said most Christians knew the famous words of Jesus, ''the poor you have always with you'', but this had been misunderstood.
''The idea was we are always with the poor, to highlight our responsibility. Poverty is not inevitable, and it is therefore immoral to accept it.''
World Vision Australia chief executive Tim Costello, who chaired the session - the first of 25 on poverty at the parliament - said the millennium development goals had made an important difference.
He said the eight sets of goals, to which 193 countries signed commitments in 2000, include targets such as halving the world's hungry by 2015.
''We made a huge advance until the global financial crisis hit, which meant 400,000 children died who would not have, according to the World Bank. This was the crisis, not superannuation or your share portfolio,'' he said.
The world had fallen a little behind the targets, but the goals enabled authorities to track progress. For example, 25 years ago 60,000 children died every day; two years ago it was down to 30,000 and this year 25,000.
Mr Costello said faith communities were working in the ''tightest places'', where secular agencies often could not persuade aid workers to go.
''It's the servant attitude that gets faith communities to go,'' he said. ''Their footprint is where the pain is. What we don't do well is ask how does this move to an advocacy base for policy change.''
American Evangelical leader Jim Wallis said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown told him that he and predecessor Tony Blair would not have cancelled Third World debts as they did but for the faith-based movement Jubilee 2000.
Mr Wallis said his home town, Washington DC, was wired to resist change, as US President Barack Obama was learning.
''What makes change is social movements, which is why faith communities have such a big role,'' he said. ''Every big social movement around the globe has had a faith community at the heart.
''We are predicting 200 million climate change refugees, and these problems feel like mountains, but faith communities are in the mountain-moving business.''
Rabbi David Saperstein said that in some of the neediest parts of the world, religious institutions were the most stable, least corrupt available.
Professor Marshall said she had spent 10 years trying to bring together the worlds of faith and development. ''First we have to shed the belief that religion is divisive … This parliament is about showing the commitment to change the world for the better. Too often religious voices stand for patriarchy and the status quo.''

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While that would account for about a 7 percent drop in revenue, Intel's actual revenue dropped 13 percent to $12.9B USD (GAAP), compared to
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Operating income, the company's non-interest earnings, came in at $3.8B/4.0B USD (GAAP/non-GAAP), while the net income -- which takes into account interest or depreciation -- was $2.74B/$2.9B USD (53 cents per share). While this was down slightly from the $3.16B USD (GAAP) (56 cents per share) that Intel grabbed last year, it was a few cents better than the analyst consensus of 50.23 cents per share [
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Long-time Intel CEO Paul Otellini, who said during a conference call that a launch would come "later this week", delivered the launch surprise. The American market is not expected to receive any Intel phones until much later this year, if at all. The LePhone will largely target the European and Asian markets.
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The case for investing in private equity is well known: superior long-term returns compared with public equities markets, with lower volatility.
But it's a highly illiquid asset class with higher than average management fees – and access to quality managers has always been out of reach for ordinary retail investors.
But Australia's largest private equity manager, CHAMP, could change the game, with chairman
The group's CHAMP III fund, which raised $1.5 billion from institutions in 2009, is now two-thirds invested. CHAMP expects to raise capital for a fourth fund in 2014.
"We have been thinking about a gateway product which would be available to financial planners to allow them to responsibly offer their clients a professional way to access private equity," Ferris says.
"It would give them access to the same opportunities available to institutions."
The majority of Australian workers have some exposure to private equity through their superannuation funds, but it's practically impossible for mum-and-dad investors to gain direct access because of the huge minimum investments required, commonly around $50 million.
In the retail space, ING launched Australia's first listed private equity fund of funds,
The problem with listed funds, Ferris says, is that they inevitably trade at a discount to net tangible assets and take on the volatile nature of listed markets.
One of the big advantages of private equity is that private companies are not beholden to the same continuous disclosure requirements and public scrutiny. Being out of the public gaze allows them to operate more efficiently, he says.
But the sector is changing.
Historically, the industry hasn't had to deal with the media or investing public, but in the last decade the asset class has become more mainstream, with high-profile deals involving Australian household names and more money pouring into the sector from super funds and other institutions.
Currently, the $46 billion industry fund AustralianSuper has a 7 per cent exposure to private equity in its high growth option and a 4 per cent exposure in its balanced fund. MLC, which manages in excess of $120 billion, has a 6 per cent exposure in its flagship Horizons 4 Fund and 10 per cent in its Long Term Absolute Return Fund.
Still, the average exposure of local pension funds to private equity is less than 1 per cent.
Ferris says Australian superannuation funds should follow the lead of endowment funds in the United States and Britain, which are as much as 50 per cent in private equity.
He says local pension funds should boost their exposure to the sector by at least five times – and even then it would still be "modest". By world standards this will only become more and more modest, he says.
But Ferris has no idea what the catalyst would be for this. As it stands, the rationale for investing in private equity hasn't changed: well executed deals with responsible third-party debt provision helping deliver leveraged returns will provide superior long-term returns ahead of other asset classes.
He cites the strong performance of CHAMP's own portfolio, which between June 2008 and June 2012 – when the S&P/ASX 200 Index fell by around 2 per cent – increased in value by about 35 per cent.
"Cash and term deposits aren't exciting any more, so what will be required of private equity?" Ferris says. "If you ask fund managers and sovereign wealth funds what a good return is, they'll say anything in the double digits is an exceptional return in this environment – and CHAMP has always delivered double-digit returns.
"There's good support for private equity from the banks, and the sector has been able to recruit some highly qualified people, which is great for the end investor. But the real test is what the instos do."
Meanwhile the sector needs to improve its image and its handling of media. Big deals involving the likes of Qantas, the Nine Network and Myer could have been executed better, resulting in some reputational damage for the industry.
Ferris wants investors to understand that the majority of deals, which are far more modest than those that get covered in the press, create value for companies and jobs for Australians.
For CHAMP, the test by which it measures its success is: "Is the business in a much stronger position than when it found it?" Ferris says CHAMP has consistently passed that test.
"Funds managers have to cope with, and adapt to, the fact private equity is going to get greater scrutiny, and the way the sector has been misrepresented is partially the industry's fault because it hasn't been able to tell its story very well," he says.
"It has allowed the perception of private equity to be distorted through the coverage of poorly executed deals."
The fees private equity managers charge, and the way fees are structured, hasn't helped the industry's image. The standard manager charges a 2 per cent base fee plus a performance fee of 20 per cent above a set benchmark such as the Reserve Bank cash rate. Fees are incurred from the moment a client commits funds, even before suitable opportunities are identified and the fund fully invested.
But Ferris argues that's when the fees are needed because that is the most capital-intensive part of the investment process.
"The pendulum in the Australian superannuation industry has swung disproportionately towards low fees, and misguidedly so," he says.
"Investors should look at it in terms of net cash returns, which is the only thing that matters in the end, not the fees they pay. It's only Australia that seems to be preoccupied by fees. In other parts of the world, pension funds are focused on the right things."
This month, Ferris will launch his third book, the second published by Allen & Unwin, Inside Private Equity.
His first, Really making a difference, published in 1993 by Gore & Osment, was a collection of essays and speeches made during his time as chairman of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) from 1988 to 1993. Then, the Australian dollar was hovering around US70¢, but Ferris boldly predicted it would eventually rise to $1.
"Everyone thought I was crazy, but then of course it jumped to $1 and I felt vindicated," he says.
His second book, Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained, published in 2000 by Allen & Unwin, detailed the intricacies of venture capitalism.
"Nothing comprehensive had been written about venture capital in Australia," he says, "and yet I'd been working in the industry for decades – which made me think maybe this would be interesting to people.
"Since then, I thought, 'what have I learnt?' I enjoyed the process of writing this latest book and I hope readers including young people looking to get into the industry get a lot of personal enjoyment from it and find it relevant."
As for CHAMP's only investment in the financial planning space, Centric Wealth, Ferris says any potential retail offering would be unlikely to be trialled there because of potential conflicts of interest.
It is taking CHAMP some time to make its mark on Centric Wealth, after acquiring a 75 per cent stake in 2009. He rejects suggestions financial planning is a "weird" fit for CHAMP.
"Ideally you need expanding equities markets to do well in this type of business, but Centric Wealth has a family office and risk business also, and we typically hold business for seven to 10 years," Ferris says.


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Sadly enough I have to copy this last persons comment and I am sure there are many more patients feeling the same . I wish I looked at these reviews before going to this office . Manners is a word dr.Mandelman and her assistant apparently still not have learned anything about . Don't go here , My appointment with Dr.Mandelman left me feeling ashamed and embarrassed, two words that should NEVER be associated with a gyno visit. If you are looking for a doctor that will do a routine exam once a year, Dr. Mandelman is the doctor for you. However, if you are looking for a doctor that you can have a mutually respectful relationship with, a doctor who will help you through all of your reproductive issues without judgement, I would highly recommend finding another doctor.
Dr. Mandelman is a professional and efficient doctor. In terms of the technicalities of my appointment with her, I have no complaints. However, as many other reviewers are stating, Dr. Mandelman's bedside manner and all-around interactions with her patients is atrocious. I understand that doctors want to maintain a certain degree of professionalism with their patients, and therefore do not delve into personal details. However, in my opinion, a gynecologist is different. Your gynecologist will be dealing with some of your most personal issues ( Birth control, STD's, Pregnancies both wanted and unwanted, and post-natal care). Because they are dealing with something so private and personal, some sort of relationship with their patients is necessary for them to properly give medical advice. My problem with Dr.Mandelman began the minute she took me into her office. It was apparent that she had no intentions of interacting with me on a personal level. She asked me all of the typical questions, such as when I started my period, if it was regular, etc...Although I informed her that I was on birth control, she threw a curveball and asked me if there was a possibility that I was pregnant. Of course, its within the realm of possibility-I don't take a pregnancy test every morning. When I paused, contemplating how to answer the question, she immediately said asked if I used condoms. I tried to tell her that I did not because I was in a committed 1.5 year relationship where both of us had been tested, but before I could get a word in she gave me a look of complete disgust and continued with her questions. The rest of the appointment proceeded in a similar was. She continually asked me if I wanted to get blood work done to test for "AIDS and syphilis", and I am still not sure if her asking multiple times was standard procedure or if it was a jab at my lack of condom use. When the exam was finished, she quipped "I recommend condom use to prevent STDs" and left the room before I could get a word in edgewise. As I stated above, I understand that doctors try to keep a divide between the professional and the personal with their patients. However, something like my sexual history and the number of partners I've had is something I feel is extremely relevant, and yet she couldn't even take the 2 minutes to ask. Even in my experiences at places like Planned Parenthood, where they are swamped with patients, the nurses have taken the time and effort to ask me more in-depth questions. My appointment with Dr.Mandelman left me feeling ashamed and embarrassed, two words that should NEVER be associated with a gyno visit. If you are looking for a doctor that will do a routine exam once a year, Dr. Mandelman is the doctor for you. However, if you are looking for a doctor that you can have a mutually respectful relationship with, a doctor who will help you through all of your reproductive issues without judgement, I would highly recommend finding another doctor.
Offers a variety of discounts and then revokes the discounts when you choose to switch doctors without notifying you. She will also hold your medical records ransom until your balance is paid. DO NOT USE THIS DOCTOR!
Dr. Mandelman only cares about her deep pockets. She has no bed side manners and is very cold. She is always in a rush and the only thing she cares about is cash.. DO NOT GO.. RUN
Dr. Mandelman is by far the best doctor I have been to. She is very warm, extremely professional, really attentive and so thorough. She answers all my questions, even after business hours, to ensure that I am always comfortable in her care. I truly feel that my baby and I are in the best hands. Several of my colleagues are her patients and feel the same way. She is a keeper. Stephanie Cohen
Always attentive and helps me with all my concerns. Even over the phone. I have referred my pregnant friend to her. I am paying cash but I would not go to anyone else just her.
I have been going to Dr. Mandelman for about 4 years now. I never got to spend much time with her but became close to the staff. The last 3 visits that I've had in her office this year have not been a great experience. There ALWAYS seems to be new additions to the office, and the wait seems to get longer and longer. My last 2 visits required me to wait around for a minimum of an hour. I have also called and left messages for the doctor and have only received a call back half of the time. Even though it saddens me, I'm looking for a new doctor that isn't so busy.
Dr. Mandelman cares about her patients. She will give her cell phone and will be there for you when you need her. When I needed to be discharged early as my daughter had to go to another NICU, she did not stop making calls until I was taken care of. She is direct and to the point, but this in no way means she doesn't care.
Dr. Mandelman is an accommodating professional with the warmth of a dear friend. Being a patient for many years, I have referred several whom have remained patients as I. Many other doctors do not have the personal touch by calling directly with results. I can also say she is an excellent surgeon who takes absolute care in her work. ****For those who have their own personal problems, which are unfortunate, it doesnt deem fair to expel your angst unto a perfectly above average professional. Wishing all well and do take care of your private matters ladies with an A+ doctor!
Dr. Mandelman was very cold and made me feel like I was wasting her time. I was looking for a new OB/GYN so just wanted to go in and meet her. She didn't understand that and how it was important to me that I felt comfortable with the doctor that I would have deliver my baby. I got my well woman exam rescheduled twice because she had emergencies come up last minute at the hospital. One of them I didn't know about until after I arrived for my early morning appt. so I had to come back another day.
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I don't know of any connections with Heanor or Langley Mill, my ancestors are Basford, Nottingham and before that Greasley. My Grandfather said my Grandmother was related to Cyril Stapleton but I haven't come across him on any Stapleton family trees I have been given. Do you know who his parents were and where and when he was born?
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German car giant Volkswagen (VLKAY) is Europe's biggest automaker. In fact, the company just surpassed General Motors (GM) as the world's second-largest automaker and now is behind only Toyota (TM) in the race for the top spot on the global sales podium.
For Volkswagen and VLKAY stock, a recovery in Europe — along with global demand for its brands — has continued to keep the throttle open on the company's top and bottom lines.
Now, to be certain, if there's a major slowdown in Europe, China or even the U.S. auto market, VLKAY stock will come under pressure. In fact, over the past month, fears of this sort have caused the shares to slide nearly 10%. However, if you assume (as I do) that the European roads will smooth out going forward, then investors who buy VLKAY stock here will be driving all the way to the bank in a few short months.
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My #CathSorority friend, Liesl created a great link up of posts about Books to Read in 2014 and I really want to join in the fun!
In 2013, I read several books as part of my 20th Zero Day Project Goal (101 Goals in 1001 Days). That goal is to read 30 Fiction books before the deadline, but I also like to read spiritual books, especially during Advent and Lent.
So here's
What I Read in 2013:
Fiction Books
* Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
This was actually a book I reread… for about the 10th time. It is my favorite book. It's a young adult science fiction that was made into a movie last November. I could NOT believe that as it's been my favorite book for about ten years. Needless to say, the book was much much better.
After I reread that book, I reread it's parallel book,
* Ender's Shadow
The first book in the Shadow Series, this story follows a fellow Battle School student that attends school at the same time with Ender Wiggin (main character in Ender's Game).
* Shadow of the Hedgemon and I didn't know until recently that there is an entire Shadow Series so this past year, I read the next two in the series:
* Shadow Puppets
I do not recommend these books. They take place after Battle School and have to do with political strategy and life on Earth after the Formic (enemy alien race in Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow.) War. To me, that's a MUCH different plot line than my beloved science fiction.
But DEFINITELY read Ender's Game! It's simply amazing!
I reread another beloved science fiction book in 2013, Feed by M.T. Anderson. It's excellent and I really enjoyed rereading it (even got my husband to read it!), but I am sad and ashamed that I seem to reread more books than I READ! And I want to find NEW loves! In an effort to find another amazing science fiction book, I went on an Ender's Game fan forum to get suggestions.
I ended up reading this book:
* Wool by Hugh Howey
IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OF GREAT SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS, I'D LOVE TO HEAR THEM!!Unfortunately, though it was interesting, it was kind of depressing and I don't really recommend it. It was not what I was looking for. Even though it's my favorite genre, I only like a very specific type of science fiction I guess…
Spiritual Books
* Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux
This is an excellent book and it helps me give the little sufferings I have value and substance. To me, it's very motivational and inspiring. I recommend it to everyone – Catholic or not!
I have a few ideas of books I want to try this year, so I'm also sharing them even though I have not yet read them. Here's my
2014 Reading List:
Fiction Books
* Out of Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis, and if I like it, the rest of the Space Trilogy
* The Dark Tower: Gunslinger by Stephen King — Hobbs' favorite book
Spiritual Books
* The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
I don't know if this counts as a spiritual book, but I'm counting it. Because marriage is a sacrament. From what I hear, it's an amazing book to both help hurting marriages and enhance good marriages. Hobbs is going to read it with me and I'm excited!
* Style, Sex, & Substance Edited by Hallie Lord
I've had the sample of this book on my nook for quite some time, but haven't taken the plunge yet. I really should.
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An invitation-only conference in Silicon Valley where media leaders will discover new technologies – and connect with the enduring values of journalism
September 29 – October 1, 2009
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Presented by the Graduate School of Journalism, the Haas School of Business, and UC Berkeley. Sponsored by The Koret Foundation, Google Inc., and the McCormick Foundation.
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|The UC Berkeley Media Technology Summit, an invitation-only conference sponsored by the Graduate School of Journalism and Haas School of Business.
|September 29-October 1, 2009
|Google's headquarters campus in Mountain View, CA, in the heart of Silicon Valley.
|Senior media and technology executives seeking to identify future trends and strategies for their businesses.
|The conference will provide leaders with new insights into the technologies, consumer behavior and advertising systems that will affect their businesses. At the same time, the conference will underscore memorably the value – and enduring values – of journalism.
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|Registration is $295 prior to September 4, 2009; $350 thereafter until all seats are gone. Registration includes all meals and all ground transportation during the event, other than transfer to and from airports. Register via credit card here.
|Special conference rates are available at the Sheraton Hotel in Palo Alto, CA. The hotel and conference site are equally convenient to the San Francisco and San Jose Airports..
|Julie Hirano, at (510) 642-3394 or juliehirano [at] berkeley [dot] edu.
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- John Thornton, Partner of Austin Ventures and Chairman of Texas Tribune
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- Google — Bradley HorotizVice President-Product, Google
- Microsoft — Blair Westlake, Corporate Vice President for Media, Microsoft
- Apple — Gene Munster, Managing Director, Piper Jaffray
Technology briefing
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Real Name: James J. Bulger
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Wanted For: Murder, Extortion
Missing Since: January 1995
Details: James J. "Whitey" Bulger came from a prominent family and was a petty thief turned bank robber who spent nine years in federal prisons and afterwards established an empire in Boston and ruled it for over twenty years and earned $25 million. Bulger operated out of the back of a liquor store in south Boston. One night in 1989, Bulger arrived at the store where his associate Stephen "The Rifle Man" Flemmi was there along with a store owner named Tim Connelly. Bulger told Tim that he needed $50,000 by the end of the week or else, and $25,000 in two days. Two days later, Tim came to the liquor store and gave him the money, and Bulger accepted him. However, Tim did not like this so he decided to go to the FBI and they began building a case against Bulger. They found that Bulger was very prominent in south Boston and that he controlled everything that happened there, including drug dealing and loan sharking. From time to time, the FBI was brought in for questioning, but they did not have enough evidence to charge him. In 1990, Bulger set up his office on Castle Island in south Boston. Bulger would apparently talk to someone, then get up, walk around, talk to another person, and then come back and talk to the other person, which the FBI thought was strange. FBI did not have enough evidence until Tim Connelly came forward. In January of 1995, Bulger was indicted, along with Stephen Flemmi and Frank Salemi, on several charges including 19 counts of murder, extortion, money laundering, perjury, and more. However, Bulger vanished before he could be arrested. He is believed to be traveling with his girlfriend, Catherine Greig. They are both still at large.
Extra Notes: This segment ran November 22, 1996. Bulger was also implicated in the earlier murder of Roger Wheeler, President of World Jailai, whose case ran on January 20, 1987.
This case was also profiled on America's Most Wanted.
In 2015, James "Whitey" Bulger became the subject of a movie on his life. The film stars actor Johnny Depp as Whitey himself.
Results: Captured. James "Whitey" Bulger and Cathreine Greig were arrested on June 22, 2011 in California after decades on the run. The tipster who led to their arrest was former model Anna Bjornsdottir who lived near the fugitives. On November 11, 2013, Bulger was sentenced to two life sentences plus 5 years for 11 murders. In September 2014, he was moved to United States Penitentiary, Coleman in Sumter County, Florida to serve his sentence.


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Week six began this past Thursday with the 0-5 New York Giants facing off against the 3-2 Chicago Bears. With final of 21-27, the Giants fell to 0-6. After another game with three interceptions, quarterback Eli Manning had a lot to say after the game about adjustments and moving forward to week seven.
"You just keep working and you try to get better and that's all we can do, noted Manning. "We've got Minnesota next Monday night and it should be an opportunity for us to go out and get better. I thought we made some improvements this week offensively with running the ball and pass protection and making some plays. We've just got to eliminate the mistakes."
Even though it seems all fans have heard for the past six weeks is about fixing mistakes, the Giants overall had a better completion percentage than previous weeks, but turnovers and inconstancies are still in the way of having the first win of the season.
"We've just got to build off the good things," said Manning. "I thought the offensive guys played well. I thought the defense played well and everybody played well enough to win that game. It was a little high throw at the end and that took our opportunity to win a game."
Manning has had a total of fifteen interceptions in the first six weeks, three of which took place in Thursday's game against the Bears.
"I'm going to keep throwing, said Manning. "I'm going to keep trying to make good reads and throw the ball. I'm not going to get gun shy. After the two interceptions early in the game, I didn't change my confidence or making throws or being aggressive. I've just got to continue to be conscious about them and not making bad throws."
Two of those interceptions seemed to be from miscommunication between Manning and his receivers.
"Guys jumped some routes on the touchdown one and then I just had to throw the ball before I really gave the route the time to run its course and so it's just an unfortunate play," stated Manning.
Even so, Manning said he is very confident in the ability of his team.
The Giants still sustained scoring drives and put points on the board with a big thanks to Brandon Jacobs and Rueben Randle. Many fans hope the Giants can progress like this going forward and finally get a win in week seven.


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"Scunthorpe have got two of the best strikers outside the Championship and my two centre-backs kept them quiet," Smith told BBC Wales Sport.
"They are starting to perform consistently as a pair, so that's good.
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This week, there will be no "The Worst of The Rob." Instead of replaying segments from earlier in the week, Kat and I will be broadcasting LIVE from the 911 Gives Hope for the Holidays Toy Drive. The event is currently going on at the East Side Wal Mart (Lloyd & Burkhardt). It's going on 24/7 until Sunday at 6PM. But if you NEED some Rob in your life this weekend, here's another fun newsbreak from Monday's show!


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BEIJING – China has criticized Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's statement on World War II as "evasive."
"The wars of aggression launched by Japanese militarism inflicted untold sufferings on the people of China and other victim countries in Asia," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement on Saturday, adding that facing up to that part of history is important for keeping in mind the lessons of the past and upholding justice.
"Japan should have made an explicit statement on the nature of the war of militarism and aggression and its responsibility on the wars, made a sincere apology to the people of victim countries, and made a clean break with the past of militarist aggression, rather than being evasive on this major issue of principle," she said.
Abe reaffirmed past Japanese apologies in his official statement late Friday on the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, but refrained from making his own apology.
Japan invaded and occupied much of China years before its entry, as an Axis power allied with Nazi Germany, into World War II.
China's official media moderately criticized Abe's statement.
Among other points, official broadcaster CCTV and Xinhua News Agency both interpreted Abe's remarks as refraining from offering his own apology for Japan's wartime actions.
They pointed out that Abe's statement relied heavily on his reference to the Japanese government's previous apologies — although it contained all the words Beijing wanted him to stick to such as "heartfelt apology" and "aggression."
They also quoted Abe as saying that Japan's future generations, who bear no responsibility for the war, must not be predestined to apologize for the country's role in the conflict.
But otherwise the media coverage was limited as of Friday night. The state broadcaster touched on the statement almost at the end of its prime-time news program.
One exception may be a Xinhua commentary written in English, which bitterly denounced Abe's statement as being "rife with rhetorical twists" and asserted that it is a "retrogression" from a 1995 landmark statement by then-Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama on the 50th anniversary of the war's end.
"The adulterated apology is far from being enough for Japan's neighbors and the broader international community to lower their guard," it said.
Nonetheless, whether the commentary represents the Chinese government's general views is questionable.
For many years, Japan's relations with China have been problematic due to a territorial dispute, regional rivalry and Beijing's discontent with Tokyo's way of dealing with its history of aggression.
Abe's first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last November helped to ease some of the recent tensions.
However, China had suggested even since then that whether its relations with Japan would further improve entirely hinges on the Abe statement's substance.
China, along with South Korea, where painful memories of Japan's actions before and during World War II persist, had called on Abe to offer a "heartfelt apology" as was done by his predecessors for the tremendous suffering Tokyo caused by its past militarism.
Seeing Abe as a hawk with revisionist views of Japan's wartime behavior, China and South Korea were apprehensive that he could dilute previous apologies, especially key expressions of contrition found in the 1995 statement.


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Title: Uptake and patterns of use of gemcitabine for metastatic pancreatic cancer: a population-based study.
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Abstract: Gemcitabine was approved for advanced pancreatic cancer in 1996. We investigated uptake and predictors of its use. We identified 3,231 individuals > 65 years in the SEER-Medicare database with stage IV pancreatic adenocarcinoma, diagnosed between 1998-2005, who survived > 30 days. Of these, 54% received chemotherapy, 93% with gemcitabine. Gemcitabine nonreceipt was associated with advanced age and unmarried (OR: 0.65, 95% CI: 0.55-0.76). Diagnosis in 2004-2005 versus 1998-2000 was more likely to receive gemcitabine (OR: 1.51, 95% CI: 1.23-1.84) as were higher SES patients (highest versus lowest quintile, OR: 2.14, 95% CI: 1.60-2.85). Gemcitabine was rapidly adopted among elderly advanced pancreatic cancer patients; several factors are associated with use.
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A two-time All-American selection and semifinalist for the prestigious Doak Walker Award (nation's premier running back), Michael rushed for 1915 yards as a junior (2002) and 1648 more as a senior (2003) to finish ranked 13th on the all-time National Collegiate Athletic Association major-college rushing list with 4941 career yards...He finished second in the nation in rushing in each of the last two seasons, but his most impressive statistic is that he had only two fumbles on his last 508 rushing attempts...He is blessed with the size of a fullback and the speed of a sprinter...Head coach Joe Novak said, "Michael is so big and so strong, he's a guy that's fast when he gets going. He's fast in the second 50 yards. He can learn pass blocking and he's big enough to protect the pocket passer. He belongs among the best seniors or draft-eligible players in the country."...He holds virtually every school game, season and career rushing records at NIU, as he totaled 4941 yards on 940 carries (5.3 avg) and 43 touchdowns, topping the previous all-time marks of 867 carries by Allen Ross (1977-80), 3745 yards by Mark Kellar (1971-73) and 38 touchdowns by Stacey Robinson (1988-90)...Added 451 yards and three scores on 43 catches (10.5 avg) and 646 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 22 kickoff returns (29.4 avg)...Ranks second in school history with 288 points scored, topped only by Steve Azar (370, 2000-03)...Ran for over 100 yards in 21 of 45 games, topping the old school career-record of 20 by Kellar...His 6038 all-purpose yards shattered the previous Huskie all-time record of 4732 yards by Deon Mitchell (1995-98)...Only Travis Prentice of Miami, Ohio (5596, 1996-99) gained more yards rushing in a career in Mid-American Conference history.
Analysis: Positives...Has a thick and well-defined chest with broad shoulders, muscular arms, tight waist, good bubble, thick thighs and calves...Shows good quickness off the line and adequate vision and instincts...Strong inside runner with good body lean and burst hitting the crease...Has the power to break tackles at the line of scrimmage and in the open field...Shows the speed to bounce outside when the rush lanes are clogged...Does not show a true burst, but has good acceleration working in space...Shows excellent ball security with only two fumbles among his last 508 carries...Runs hard and with good effort...Has the built-up speed to run past defenders once he gets free...Improving receiver with adequate hands on the pitch-out....Shows patience waiting for blocks to develop as a returner, doing a nice job of picking a side, then cutting back across the grain.
Negatives...Runs from an I-back position and gets a good portion of his carries on pitch-outs...Despite his success as a runner, he still needs to do a better job of anticipating and reading blocks in front of him...While he has the speed to turn the corner, he must learn to square up and get up field...Marginal route runner who looks for the ball too late and is slow to settle into his patterns...More of a body catcher than one who would reach and extend for the ball...Lacks a commitment to make a consistent effort as a blocker (does not play physical without the ball)...Flexibility is questioned, especially with his history of hamstring problems...Has had success as a runner, but if he read his blocks better and showed more awareness for hole development rather than make cuts in the hole too early, his production would increase.
Agility tests:
4.42 in the 40-yard dash...400-pound bench press...385-pound squat...295-pound power clean...Bench presses 225 pounds 20 times...31.5-inch vertical jump...13 chin ups...7.4% body fat...29 3/8-inch arm length...9 5/8-inch hands...Left-handed...18/27 Wonderlic score.
High school:
Attended North Chicago (Ill.) High, playing football for coach Michael Durrah...All-North Suburban Conference, Waukegan News-Sun All-County, Chicago Sun-Times Top 100, Champaign News-Gazette All-State, Offensive Player of the Year and team MVP as he ran for 1392 yards and 14 touchdowns on 133 carries (10.5 avg) as a senior...Gained 295 yards on 19 tries with 67 & 90-yard touchdowns vs. Zion-Benton High that year...Named All-NSC, All-County and team MVP after rushing for 868 yards and nine scores on 75 attempts as a junior...Rushed 263 times for 2731 yards and 26 scores during his three-year career...Also lettered in track, winning the loop, county and sectional titles in the 100-meter dash as a senior...Also won the sectional 100 meters title as a junior.
Personal: Liberal Arts and Science major...Brother, Damon, was a defensive lineman at Illinois State (1992-94)...Born 2/13/82...Resides in North Chicago, Illinois.
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This impressive villa with modern style, located in one of the best area of Las Rotas, is presented by your Real Estate in La Costa Blanca: ENGEL & VÖLKERS.
This villa was initially built in 1970, with the colonial style of that period. The actual owners refurbished giving a new modern style, with an ecological touch.
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Centre for Global eHealth Innovation - University Health Network
We have backgrounds in engineering, computer sciences, design, psychology, clinical sciences and public health. While these unique perspectives help us critique, innovate and create solutions, we also have other interests! Find out more about each of us below.
This research team explores how patients use the internet and how this information-seeking behaviour influences their care. This team is also interested in open access to information, including data that was once the exclusive domain of academics.
The HF team's mission is to improve healthcare for people through safe, usable and effective technologies and processes. Their activities include comparative usability evaluation, user-centered design and evaluation of products, environments and processes and human factors education within both the public and private healthcare sectors in Canada and around the world. Visit us at www.humanfactors.ca.
The MI team explores how to best collect, store and retrieve healthcare information for use in acute-care settings. This team provides clinicians with active decision support tools that help improve the quality and efficiency of care while also conducting research and evaluation around innovative approaches to improving care.
Our mission is to enable people to live full, healthy and happy lives until their last breath, through innovative global collaborative efforts fueled by information and communication technologies. We explore ways to level the playing field for marginalized and disadvantaged groups in society, and to improve the capacity of humans to imagine, create and promote new and better approaches to living, healing, working and learning across the world.
The PHIT team works to develop technology innovations that connect patients with providers and are focused on improving health outcomes and patient quality-of-life. This team works on all phases of the product cycle; from gathering user requirements to study evaluations/trials, and everything in between.
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The Telehealth team uses information and communication technologies to eliminate the barriers associated with geography, time, distance or available services to provide patients equitable access to the clinical care, treatment options and specializations they require. This team works closely with clinical teams to integrate telehealth into their specific delivery models.
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Editor's note: This is a corrected version of an article that appeared in the Nov. 6 issue of Computerworld. The amount of disk space needed to install iNotes has been corrected to 40MB.
In the battle for best e-mail and groupware platform, every feature counts. So it's no surprise that both Microsoft Corp. and Lotus Development Corp. are trumpeting the features of new Web-accessible user interfaces for their respective Exchange 2000 and Domino e-mail servers.
Microsoft's enhanced Outlook Web Access (OWA) is part of the recently shipped Exchange 2000 Server. Cambridge, Mass.-based Lotus' iNotes Web Access for Domino 5.5 is in beta now for first-quarter release.
Both Outlook Web Access and iNotes Web Access present Web clients using newer versions of Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer with a user interface for standard Domino and Exchange services such as
e-mail, scheduling, contacts and task lists. Both export a user interface to thin clients using Web-based technologies such as XML and Dynamic HTML.
But there are fundamental differences between the products. The biggest is off-line access: iNotes has it, OWA doesn't. But OWA claims to offer more extensive rich text editing and drag-and-drop features. And while some iNotes features require extra client code, OWA requires only a browser that's HTML 3.2-compliant or higher.
Users will sort through these and less significant differences as they make buying decisions.
In the Outlook Corner
The newest version of OWA provides access to e-mail, scheduling, contacts and any collaborative documents in the Exchange server's Web Storage System folders.
"We've tried to streamline OWA to look more like Outlook 2000," said Mark Adcock, product manager at Microsoft.
OWA supports any HTML 3.2 or higher browser, and since Exchange supports direct HTTP access to the information store, no additional client software is required, Adcock said. OWA leverages Internet Explorer 5.0's ability to support message
drag-and-drop and rich text editing. Of course, he said, "if you're using Navigator, you just don't get drag-and-drop."
For its part, Lotus claims the multivendor high ground, saying it left out message
drag-and-drop capability to provide parity for all browser users. (It does, however, offer drag-and-drop for file attachments.)
"There are some basic functions that we don't have in OWA," Adcock acknowledges. One is e-mail rules capabilities, which iNotes supports. Another is
off-line access.
"We do not carry off-line functionality [in OWA] like we do in Outlook 2000," Adcock said. But he added that Lotus' off-line ability requires "an additional install of code." Customers "were pretty clear that they wanted nothing to be downloaded onto that [client] machine," he said.
OWA security is limited to what Microsoft's Internet Information Server offers Web clients. Only OWA users who log in through a virtual private network are subject to Windows 2000 challenge response authentication. OWA and iNotes both support Secure Sockets Layer encrypted sessions, however.
In the iNotes Corner
INotes Web Access replaces Lotus' more limited Webmail user interface. This time around, said Ed Brill, group manager of marketplace strategy at Lotus, "we're committed to maaking it a full client." INotes shares some features with OWA, such as out-of-office notification and rich text, and offers others that OWA doesn't include, such as a spell checker. But the biggest differentiator is its ability to work off-line and replicate changes to the server.
For client installs, "[Users] don't have to deploy any software to the desktop," Brill claimed. The most basic client install creates a desktop icon. But support for e-mail file attachments requires a 384KB ActiveX control, and off-line capabilities require Domino Off Line Services (DOLS), which requires about 40MB of disk space and a Windows 95 or higher client. Also, custom Domino applications have to be
Web-enabled and configured to support DOLS, Brill added.
Neither iNotes nor OWA supports Secure Multipart Internet Mail for e-mail encryption, e-mail signatures or encryption of a local e-mail database. Neither has a file attachment viewer. And Lotus doesn't support some rich text functions that OWA said it offers, like tables, horizontal lines and support for embedded OLE objects.
INotes also requires a separate password for each iNotes Web Access client. "The authentication is based on Web authentication rather than Notes authentication," said product manager Paul Clark.
And users who log out see a message telling them to clear their browser cache. But you need to "train users to close their browser so that people don't backspace into your e-mail," he said. And open sessions don't time-out. "We are looking into session authentication," Clark added, but Lotus may have to wait for the second release of the product.
"The impact of iNotes is going to be strong. Employees want Web access," said Robert Mahowald, an analyst at Framingham, Mass.-based International Data Corp. He said Lotus has taken the lead, and while that's not going to change any minds in Exchange shops, it might win critical new accounts.
Replacement Wanted
Using these tools as supplemental clients is fine, but many information technology managers want a Web client that can replace the current client applications, said David Ferris, principal at San-Francisco-based Ferris Research.
"What people want is to be able to get rid of all this application-specific stuff. That would immensely reduce support requirements," Ferris said. The problem is, neither Web client fits the bill today. Both performance and features are lacking, he said.
"Three or four years from now, the clients will be good enough, and we'll have enough bandwidth," said Ferris. But for mobile users who want access from laptops, today's clients may just be good enough.
So where will it all lead? Mahowald gave Lotus this round. "[INotes Web Access] is not intended to match Outlook Web Access -- it's a couple of steps beyond, he said.
And going forward, said Ferris, "I think that Lotus will be ahead of Microsoft. They know they've got to move away from platform-specific clients."


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Unusual Litter Mates Being Raised Together at Six Flags Great Adventure: Adorable Tiger and Lion Cubs
JACKSON, N.J. ─ January 12, 2016 ─ Spots and stripes have taken over the nursery at Six Flags Great Adventures safari as the veterinary team welcomes a Siberian tiger cub, the first tiger birth at the safari in 13 years, and an African lion cub. What makes the situation so unique is that for the first time, the team is hand raising the two fuzzy, female big cats as one litter, despite being two species that would typically never meet in the wild as they are native to different continents.
Within a week, two first-time mothers gave birth to healthy cubs but failed to care for them, so we stepped in, said Dr. Ken Keiffer, a Six Flags veterinarian. The lion was born Nov. 19 and weighed 3 lbs., and the tiger followed on Thanksgiving and weighed 2.4 lbs. The Six Flags veterinary team became surrogate mothers to the cubs, feeding them up to six times each day. According to Keiffer, the two are doing very well and have yet to be named.
Raising the cubs together helps to develop their socialization skills, and will enhance their chances of being successfully introduced to their own species at the safari when they are a bit older, Keiffer said.
The cats play, eat and snuggle together, and are also learning to find their voices and personalities. According to Keiffer, the lion cub is much more relaxed while the tiger cub is far more dominant and vocal.
Siberian tigers are on the endangered species list, and tigers rank as the worlds largest living cats. Approximately 3,200 are estimated to live in the wild. The new cub is the fifth Siberian tiger at the safari. African lions are the second largest living cat in the world, number less than 19,000 in the wild and are now being protected under the endangered species act, said safari Director and Chief Veterinarian Bill Rives. Several healthy African lion cubs have been born in the Six Flags safari during the last few years, and the new cub is the 20th lion at the safari.
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Omagua or Low Jungle is one of the eight[1] Natural Regions of Peru. It is located between 80 and 400 m above sea level in the Amazon rainforest. In this region, there are a lot of rivers that create meanders, swamps and lagoons.
The flora includes trees like cedar, palms (e.g. genus Phytelephas), and Shapaja (Attalea butyracea). There are also plants like the Cattleya rex, a species of orchid.
The fauna includes animals like the capybara (which is the biggest rodent in the world), the giant armadillo, the jaguar, the giant otter, and the red brocket deer. There are also numerous species of birds, including the white-throated toucan, the hoatzin, and the red-and-green macaw. Animals that live in the water include the Arapaima, and the amazonian manatee.[1]
Andean Continental Divide[edit]
|Chala, dry coast
|Lowland tropical rainforest or Selva baja
|Maritime Yungas
|Highland tropical rainforest or Selva alta
|Maritime Yungas
|Subtropical cloud forest or Fluvial Yungas
|Quechua - Montane valleys
|Quechua - Montane valleys
|Tree line
|Tree line - about 3,500 m
|Suni, scrubs and agriculture
|Suni, scrubs and agriculture
Mountain top[edit]
- Mountain passes - 4,100 m
- Puna grassland
- Andean-alpine desert
- Snow line - about 5,000 m
- Janca - rocks, snow and ice
- Peak
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Pulgar Vidal, Javier: Geografía del Perú; Las Ocho Regiones Naturales del Perú. Edit. Universo S.A., Lima 1979. First Edition (his dissertation of 1940): Las ocho regiones naturales del Perú, Boletín del Museo de historia natural "Javier Prado", n° especial, Lima, 1941, 17, pp. 145-161.


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Legislation that could require Internet retailers to collect sales taxes — called The Marketplace Fairness Act — has been reintroduced by lawmakers. As The Wall Street Journal explains:
"For decades, states have been unable to force online stores to collect sales taxes because of a 1992 Supreme Court decision that found merchants don't have to gather sales taxes in states where they lack a physical presence. State laws typically require residents to still pay taxes on self-reported online purchases, but consumers rarely do so."
The new law would allow states to collect sales tax from e-tailers, providing an exemption for businesses with less than $1 million in annual revenue.
Along with this comes the normal chatter about the implications of such a piece of legislation … and the instinctive response is simple. As Washington has said, the fact there is no tax on Internet retailers without a physical presence in-state is a "handicap" for their brick-and-mortar competitors.
On the face of it, that makes the potential new legislation good news for brick-and-mortar retailers — from Walmart (NYSE:WMT) to Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) to department stores — and bad news for Internet retailers like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY).
But while such a conclusion sounds logical, it really isn't that simple.
To start, the legislation only gives states the option to collect the tax. Of course, with tight budgets, it's difficult to see why a state wouldn't implement it.
Moreover, there's several factors that show the legislation wouldn't necessarily put the screws to online retailers:
- Amazon Isn't Stupid: Amazon is the biggest name in e-tailing, and it still supports the tax. While that in itself seems to toss a wrench in the original conclusion, it's just the beginning. The company already has agreed to charge sales tax in certain states … and in return, AMZN has received permission to place warehouses in those states, helping to speed up its shipping time. That's a smart move. The Internet sales tax is inevitable, yet Amazon found a way to benefit during the process of its implementation.
- The Consumer Pays: In the end, the cost will fall on the consumer, not on the companies. Amazon's margins won't be affected by charging sales tax and eBay's costs won't skyrocket. We are the ones that will have to shell out a few more bucks than we used to when ordering some hip shirt online. Nothing about the business changes; the only real concern is that shoppers (in only some states) will stop using eBay because they now have to pay … well … what they have to pay everywhere else. And that brings me to my last point.
- It's Just Tax: Maybe it's just me, but I don't generally base my small-item shopping decisions solely on tax. Sure, when I went to school at Gettysburg College, I'd use the tax-free ploy at the nearby outlet mall as a way to convince myself that buying another shirt was OK, but it wasn't actually a deciding factor … it was just self-justification. Moreover, while lack of sales tax is/was an added bonus for e-tailers, it's hardly the only perk. What about convenience and comparison power? What about free two-day shipping if you're a Prime member? Heck, what about the sheer emotional joy of having a package arrive on your doorstep?
This isn't all to say the added sales tax won't matter; it will simply have a much more nuanced effect than it seems on the surface. Sure, super-cost-conscious shoppers might change some of their habits. And the advantage of buying big-ticket items (where a 10% sales tax is a pretty hefty addition) online undoubtedly will have dwindled.
But long-term, it shouldn't keep the tide of shopping habits from its continued shift toward e-tailers.
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Silent Auction
Here's your golden opportunity to showcase and share your talents, hobbies, interests, -- and help the ISLMA Professional Development Fund!!
new feature at this fall's annual ISLMA conference will be a SILENT
AUCTION, held during the day on Friday, November 7 at the Decatur Holiday
Inn and Conference Center. Proceeds from this will be used
In addition to some wonderful donations from our vendors, the conference Silent Auction Committee is requesting donations from both members and friends of ISLMA. The donation can be anything of interest to school librarians -- and does NOT NECESSARILY have to be an item that a school librarian would use "at school". Suggestions include:
BOTTOM LINE is that we're looking for things that YOU would like enough
to make a serious bid on -- either because it's just simply a "good
buy" or because it's so unique that someone will find it hard to
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look forward to hearing from several of you soon. Please fill out Silent
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forward to me (Sondra Miller) by the July 11 deadline. We feel that
there are many fellow school librarians here in Illinois who would enjoy
participating in this new conference venture. So that we will have an
idea who is willing to share with us (and so that we can know what items
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