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Goldman Sachs Group reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday as revenue more than doubled on big gains in stocks and bonds that the Wall Street bank holds as investments.
However, return on equity - a measure of how the company wrings profit from its balance sheet - remained in a single-digit percentage range, and investment banking and trading results showed signs of weak client activity.
The investment bank lifted its dividend for the second time in a year, which is unusual because Goldman has said it would prefer to use capital to invest in businesses.
"I don't know that a lot of people own Goldman for a dividend play, but it certainly doesn't hurt," said Regency Wealth Management portfolio manager Andrew Aran, who owns Goldman shares for some clients. "It's a sign that management probably feels a little conservative in this environment."
Goldman also spent $US1.25 billion buying back stock during the quarter.
Goldman reported a third-quarter profit of $US1.5 billion, or $US2.85 per share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $US428 million, or 84 cents per share.
Analysts on average had expected earnings of $US2.12 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
After Goldman's report, some analysts and investors said they had been expecting an even bigger earnings beat, given strong results at investment banking divisions of JPMorgan Chase & Co and Citigroup in recent days.
"The bar had been raised," said Ratel Capital Management analyst Mitchell Protass.
Goldman's net revenue rose to $US8.35 billion from $US3.6 billion.
Return on equity was 8.6 per cent for the quarter, exceeding the 5.4 per cent that Goldman reported for the previous period, but still well below the typical 15 per cent that investors look for at investment banks in better market environments.
In a statement, Goldman chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein described the bank's third-quarter performance as "generally solid in the context of a still challenging economic environment."
Most of the revenue gains came from the investing and lending division, which consists of stocks and bonds that Goldman holds as investments. The value of those assets rose after the U.S. Federal Reserve unveiled a new program to boost liquidity, but trading volumes and deal activity were still muted.
That business generated $US1.8 billion in revenue; a year earlier, it reduced overall revenue by $US2.5 billion.
Goldman shares were up 0.5 per cent at $US124.15 in morning trading.
The bank raised its quarterly dividend to 50 US cents per share from 46 US cents.
The value of Goldman's debt rose during the latest quarter, requiring the company to take a charge that reduced earnings by $US370 million. For the year-earlier period, it took a similar accounting charge as well as a charge for buying back preferred stock from billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
Goldman will not increase risk-taking until market conditions improve and client confidence returns, incoming chief financial officer Harvey Schwartz said.
"It is still a market environment where we are remaining pretty defensive ... I think you should assume that we will stay conservative for the time being, certainly," Schwartz said on a conference call with analysts to discuss third-quarter results.
Schwartz and current CFO David Viniar, who is retiring at the end of January, struck a cautious tone on the call, saying that the company is trying to maintain the right balance between cutting costs and being prepared for a time when trading volumes and deal activity start to rise again.
The bank is nearly through with a cost-cutting program that aims to reduce annual expenses by $US1.9 billion, Viniar said. Goldman has also started another program to reduce risk-weighted assets by $US88 billion in order to meet stricter capital standards.


text: The Federal Theatre Project employed some 10,000 professionals in all facets of the theatre. About , and Flanagan oversaw the organization of about 1,000 productions that were mounted in four years in 40 states, often presented free to the public. These productions included classical and modern drama, children's plays, puppet shows, musical comedies, and documentary theatre known as Living Newspaper. Other projects included producing plays by young, unknown American playwrights, establishing black American theatre, and presenting radio broadcasts of dramatic works. The early careers of Orson Welles, John Houseman, and Elmer Rice were all associated with the Federal Theatre Project. Following a series of controversial investigations by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and Subcommittee on Appropriations regarding the Federal Theatre's outspoken leftist commentary on social and economic issues, the Federal Theatre Project was terminated in 1939 by congressional action.

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REST, URIs and Queues
November 10, 2004 | co.mments
Using a URI API instead of WSDL/SOAP doesn't neccesarily mean one has a RESTful system. Despite claims, the Amazon API is arguably not RESTful as a result of hiding the method in the URI. For example in the Amazon queuing API has a delete operation that looks like this :
http://webservices.amazon.com/onca/xml?Service=AWSSimpleQueueService &SubscriptionId=[Your Subscription ID Here] &Operation=DeleteQueue &QueueName=[The Queue Name]
The HTTP method does not seem to be specified. Hopefully an operation with side-effects, like delete, is not going to be applied over GET. HTTP has a DELETE method, tho' given the limitations of some clients, POST might be an acceptable compromise.
Let's not be too quick to jump on Amazon. In general, using URIs to modelling containers is known to be tricky. I'm working on a reliable receive technique for HTTP; a technique for reliable delivery has already gone in production. One use case for these techniques is that one could provide a queuing interface or gateway to systems based on JMS or MSMQ - arguably offering similar functionality to the Amazon service, but with different levels of service. My suspicion in working on these is that there is a mismatch between HTTP and queuing data structures that makes implementation matters less simple than we would like. A queue, well, is a queue. However HTTP URI space is more like a big hashtable than a queue - assuming you have the URIs to hand, then everything on the web is click away.
This mismatch also rears its head in syndication technology - we can think of RSS feeds as a means of generating a list of URIs and putting that list in a well known place. There is an argument that says the data structures implied by HTTP or Tuplespaces can offer more than queuing structures; however that neglects the fact there are a lot of of systems we'd like to web enable and integrate that are based (and happily so) on message queuing technology. Other approaches to container modelling incude WebDAV, but the RSS/Atom "here's-a-list-of-items" seems to be an expedient solution for bridging web and message queuing systems.
November 10, 2004 03:00 PM
I have just finished hacking a Groovy library which supports all of these operations using the "REST" API. They all use GET.
Care to elaborate on your comment -
"There is an argument that says the data structures implied by HTTP or Tuplespaces can offer more than queuing structures"
Are you talking about different data structures to support the different types of querying you might see against a tuplespace vs a queue?
I'm hoping you can clear up some confusion for me - between tuplespaces and topic based message queues. For instance, projects like ActiveSpaces at codehaus definitely muddy the waters in distinguishing between the two. The main difference I see is in the querying mechanism.
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Understanding the Kingdom of God by Georgia Harkness
Georgia Harkness was educated at Cornell University, Boston University School of Theology, studied at Harvard & Yale theological seminaries and at Union Theological Seminary of New York. She has taught at Elmira College, Mount Holyoke, and for twelve years was professor of applied theology at Garrett Biblical Institute. In 1950 she became professor of applied theology at the Pacific School of Religion, in Berkeley, California. Published by Abingdon Press, New York & Nashville, 1974. This material was edited for Religion Online by Ted & Winnie Brock.
Chapter 1: Where We Stand
Chapter 2: The Spectrum of Opinion
Chapter 3: What Is the Kingdom of God?
Chapter 4: The Kingdom Before and After Jesus
Chapter 5: The Kingdom in the Parables
Chapter 6: The Difference it Makes
Chapter 7: Thy Kingdom Come
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A Chaguanas man was killed by a security guard yesterday afternoon, after he and another man attempted to rob a casino.
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Morgan Stanley's profits jump, but Goldman Sachs' fall
US banking giants Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have reported contrasting results for the first quarter of the year. Goldman Sachs' net earnings fell to US$2.03 billion from US$2.26 billion after a drop in revenues from its bonds, currency and trading business. However, Morgan Stanley's profit rose to US$1.45 billion, compared with US$981 million a year ago. Revenues rose in all of its three business segments.
Goldman Sachs makes most of its money from trading and investing in capital markets. In the first quarter, its revenue from fixed income, currency and commodities trading fell 11 per cent to US$2.85 billion compared with a year earlier. "We are generally pleased with our performance for the quarter, given the operating environment," said the bank's chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein.


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*Phil will be live at Brewster High School at 4:30 p.m. and you can follow him live on Twitter
Some quick notes about this contest:
Brewster, coached by Lisa Delzio, is 9-4 with losses coming to JJEF, Ketcham, Arlington and Ursuline. The Bears topped an extremely strong Carmel squad 1-0 earlier this year.
Junior Alycia Feeney has handled the pitching duties for Brewster and his been excellent, picking up the form that she showed last season in leading Brewster to the Class A final.
"Theresa Swertfager has been doing well hitting and has also started in the circle and she will finish out the season as our starting pitcher. Emily Downs and Kim Dohlan have set the table early batting one and two in the line up and have helped us win some ball games. We start four freshmen and three sophomores so we have had some growing pains but we have also shown some nice strides. The Freshmen are Downs , Kayla Fisher ( Catcher ) , Ashley Berton ( 1st base ) and Megan Hendrich ( outfield , second basemen ). Swertfager , Dohlan , and Shane Gorman are the tenth graders and have done a great job. Danielle Autieri ( Junior ) plays third and has hit the ball hard." – coach Angelo Formisano
Here's a look at a busy 22 game Tuesday in Section 1 softball:
Riverside at Lincoln, 4 p.m.
Albertus Magnus at Nanuet, 4 p.m.
Nyack at Clarkstown North, 4:15 p.m.
Pleasantville at Valhalla, 4:30 p.m.
Rye Neck at Westlake, 4:30 p.m.
Briarcliff at Keio, 4:30 p.m.
Hamilton at Croton-Harmon, 4:30 p.m.
Fox Lane at Blind Brook, 4:30 p.m.
Horace Greeley at Ossining, 4:30 p.m.
Rye at Port Chester, 4:30 p.m.
Harrison at Byram Hills, 4:30 p.m.
Carmel at John Jay-East Fishkill, 4:30 p.m.
Ketcham at Arlington, 4:30 p.m.
John Jay at Brewster, 4:30 p.m.*
Hen Hed at Panas, 4:30 p.m.
Beacon at Yorktown, 4:30 p.m.
Putnam Valley at North Salem, 4:30 p.m.
Peekskill at Haldane, 4:30 p.m.
Ardsley at Pelham, 4:30 p.m.
Lakeland at Somers, 4:30 p.m.
Non-region opponent at Pearl River, 5 p.m.
Lourdes at Poughkeepsie, 5:45 p.m.


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"Maple Leaf ", colored pencil, 3.5"x2.5", 2008-11-30
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'Vampire Diaries' Season 4 First Look: Elena's Death Bites (VIDEO)
As this new sneak peek is just a snippet of what's to come, we think it's safe to say this season of the hit CW show is going to be insanely amazing. (Seriously, we've watched this sneak peek about 20 times already!) Not only do we see the beginning of a new chapter for Elena in becoming a vampire but also what her friends are going to try to do to stop it.
As Elena is beginning to transition, what do we see the other residents of Mystic Falls doing?
Elena's core group of friends will exhaust every possible resource in their attempt to stop her transition to the undead. This includes some dark magic by Bonnie (Kat Graham) with the help of Jeremy (Steven R. Mc Queen), which looks like it may not end well for our favorite witch.
Though Damon (Ian Somerhalder) isn't hopeful anything they do will help her exclaiming, "There is no way out of it. You feed or you die."
The often softer Salvatore, Stefan (Paul Wesley), attempts to remain supportive telling Elena, "No matter what happens, I am here for you."
Meanwhile, some other great action takes place with Caroline (Candice Accola) jumping Tyler (Michael Trevino) or should we say Klaus in the woods. We also see what appears to be a car accident with Caroline and another blonde (Claire Holt's Rebekah perhaps?) in addition to a new character telling Sherriff Forbes (Marguerite MacIntyre) that "we're making our move." So much drama in Mystic Falls. We can't wait.
Season 4 of The Vampire Diaries premieres Thursday, Oct. 11 at 8 PM on The CW.
What do you make of the new trailer? Are you as excited as we are? Sound off in the comments below!


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Ginger Caramel Crunch
- Servings: MAKES ABOUT 1 1/2 CUPS
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1/2 cup toasted pecan pieces
How to make this recipe
Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil and butter the foil well. Sift the ginger with the baking soda into a small bowl.
In a heavy, medium saucepan, combine the sugar with the corn syrup and water and cook over moderate heat, stirring, just until the sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil and cook over moderate heat until the syrup is a pale honey color and registers 310° (hard-crack stage) on a candy thermometer. Remove the syrup from the heat. Using a long-handled wooden spoon, stir in the nuts, then carefully stir in the ginger mixture. Immediately pour the caramel onto the prepared baking sheet and spread the nuts. Let cool completely, then crack into long shards.
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The ginger caramel crunch can be stored in an airtight container for 3 days.


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Its Tax Day again, a reminder to everyone that they have to take some time out of their busy schedules and make sure the federal government has gotten its share of their hard-earned money for the year.
They'd better pay up, too.
Judging by the budget President Obama finally got around to filing a couple weeks ago, he has big plans for that money, not to mention the money of our children and our grandchildren, too.
In Texas, we're dedicated to the idea that money does more good in the hands of taxpayers than in the hands of government.
That's why we consistently hold the line against calls for more taxes and insist upon balancing the budget the right way, by limiting spending.
If you're new to Texas this year, and with our population growing by 1,000 a day, I know a lot of people are, you can stop trying to file your state income taxes because you don't owe any.
Our low tax burden is one of the main reasons Texas has been such an attractive destination for people chasing their ambitions, employers and employees alike.
Our dedication to low taxes, reasonable regulations, fair courts and cultivating a world-class workforce has helped our state become the epicenter for job creation over the last decade.
If we're going to keep it that way, however, we need to continue working hard to make it easier for businesses of all sizes, from garage-office startups to Fortune 500 firms to thrive and excel in the Lone Star State.
To that end, today I am calling for a collection of tax cuts, focused on relieving the burden on employers in our state, leaving them with more of their own money to invest in new equipment and to hire new workers.
To begin with, I'm calling for a five percent, across-the-board cut to existing franchise tax rates.
This will apply to every business, large or small, currently paying the franchise tax.
Secondly, I'm calling for a million-dollar business tax deduction for any company with annual total revenue of $20 million dollars or less.
This effectively makes permanent the temporary $1 million franchise tax exemption we've been passing session after session.
It also greatly lessens the burden on companies that barely missed the cut on that exemption.
In total, this deduction will keep close to $1 billion in the hands of small and medium-sized companies to add more workers and equipment.
I'd also like to see a rate deduction for companies that cut down on paperwork by utilizing our EZ File system.
I'm also proposing to make Texas even more appealing to outside businesses by allowing firms to deduct the cost of moving to the Lone Star State.
These moves will contribute to a climate of job-creation and continued prosperity for all Texans.
Source: http://governor.state.tx.us/news/speech/18377/


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Last week Book Expo America 2012 took place at Javits Center in New York City. According to a press release, this year the show boasted over 1,300 exhibitors, including 200 new companies, an 18% growth in new exhibitors from 2011. It may surprise some to learn that despite advertising's higher profile, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics for May 2011 show publishing ahead as an industry employer of graphic design, employing designers for content such as books, magazines and newspapers as well as related collateral.
Though this wasn't my first time at BEA, it was my first time covering it from a graphic design news perspective. To be honest, I didn't go in with much of a pre-set agenda but rather a general topic idea. The idea was to ask industry professionals their thoughts on the place of designers in the shifting publishing landscape.
While the increased drive towards greater degrees of templating and automation due to technology changes combined with economic and business pressures has led many to believe the creative role in general and design in particular is contracting that may not entirely be the case. In fact, based on what emerged from conversation with various exhibitors it appears to be more of an evolution rather than dissolution.
Recurrent themes in all the conversations were challenges of going digital for latecomers, creating a compelling analog to print experience and the continued need for digital asset creation for sales, marketing and promotion in addition to the publications themselves.
Attendees crowd the BEA show floor
Going Digital
Conversion of legacy content to digital platforms in addition to creating new content presents a real challenge for publishers. Commenting on this, one exhibitor said "Some publishers late to the game are not sure where to begin." The expansion of BEA's Digital Discovery Zone and related programming spoke to the increasing demand for digital publishing solutions, especially for latecomers or those publishers who lack the infrastructure or desire to handle their own implementation.
Examples of companies stepping in to fill the demand were full service providers such as Qbend, who offer eCommerce solutions, branding, digitization of archive content, new content creation and maintenance or SPi-Global who also provide content management solutions in addition to an array of other services. One need that was also noted was for services migrating Flash content to HTML 5.
Creating an Analog for Unique Aspects of Print Book Experience
A central topic in my conversation with Kat Meyer of leading technology publisher O'Reilly and community manager for O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing (TOC) was the importance of exchange between web designers and publishers to "create the same aesthetic in digital books as in physical [ones]." Meyers explained that although it is a "really scary time for publishers" she thought that publishers "do still value design and illustration."
When asked what one piece of advice she would give to designers, Meyers responded, "Understand what you're trying to achieve, constantly monitor trends and be aware of what's going on" and "think about how designs will translate digitally." She cited Craig Mod's essay "Hack the Cover" on whether or not book covers were still relevant in the new digital space and writings from content strategist, Erin Kissane as examples of thinking on the topic.
Revamped and expanded Digital Discovery Zone
Meyer's sentiments were echoed at the Baker & Taylor booth where one industry professional described the "major challenge of, maintaining look and feel of the original book content (fonts and visuals) and quality control without becoming cost prohibitive." Also mentioned was the importance of bringing the "fully immersive experience" and "visual richness" seen in print to digital mediums.
When asked about digital book jackets and online presentation she stated, "branding is still really relevant" and "book jackets still carry weight." Also described were the technological challenges of device/platform neutrality, quality control and logic of content movement on small screens.
Print Book as Part of Larger Content/Entertainment Ecosystem
Another theme I noticed was physical books as part of a larger content/entertainment ecosystem, for example American Girl's publication of books as companion products to their toys, online games and television specials. Pixel Entertainment spoke with me about their new children's book "The Global Game Changers" that will have its initial release as a physical book followed by subsequent chapters released online, along with an accompanying app, game and social component.
We want to hear from you. What do you think the future role of design and designers will be in publishing? Share your thoughts by posting a comment below.


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Thu, Sep 29 2011 10:27 PM Posted By: Phillip Brents
Opposing teams know what's coming but none yet have found a way to stop the Mariners' double-wing offensive formation. The host Monte Vista Monarchs became the latest victim to roll under the defending Metro-South Bay League team's treads as Mar Vista claimed a 44-0 non-league victory last Friday.
The Mariners (3-0) rushed for 309 yards on 41 attempts — quarterback Jordan Lertique only attempted two passes, completing one for 15 yards — as they progressively wore down the Monarchs (1-3), who yielded 28 points in the second half after holding the visitors to a 16-0 lead at halftime.
Lertique (nine carries, 83 yards) scored on runs of one and 38 yards while Jimmie Hill (15 carries, 135 yards) scampered into the end zone on scoring runs of 60 and 24 yards. Adrian Iriarte (four carries, 23 yards) scored on a one-yard run while Landon Clark returned a fumble recovery 56 yards for another touchdown.
Keevin Moore rushed 10 times for 59 yards. Hill also ran in a pair of two-point conversions for the Mariners, who likely face their biggest test of the season this Friday against the visiting Grossmont Foothillers (2-0-1). Kick-off is 7 p.m.
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Luis Banks of Carpe Dream Speaks on His Accessory Line's Popularity, Reception from Rappers and Holiday Collection
"Transitioning from fitting in to standing out" is a Drake line ("Say You Will") that remains a mantra to rising designer Luis Banks. The Queens product has his sights set on keeping it original and does so through his popular accessory line, Carpe Dream. Since dabbling in the world of fashion in high school, first starting out with hoodies, the 22 year-old creates cutting edge designs that's been worn by the likes of Teyana Taylor, Wale, ScHoolboy Q and many more. Speaking to XXL's The Good Life, Banks touches on his Carpe Dream line, today's trends and future for the brand. —Christian Mordi (@mordi_thecomeup)
XXL: Who is Carpe Dream?
Luis Banks: Carpe Dream is a brand I started a year ago. It's a brand created to represent the dreams of my generation. The brand is here to help show what happens when you turn your dream into a reality.
What is your personality like and do you think it is visible in your brand?
My personality is real laid back. When the opportunity arises though, I am a strong leader. The products in the brand are very well rounded between the different pieces. Some are chill, some are real flashy. I think the brand does a good job of reflecting the needs of the people each piece.
When was Carpe Dream created?
Well I started with fashion back in 2005-2006. I didn't think that it was my calling at the time, but I really enjoyed what I was doing back then with clothing. The second time when I created Carpe Dream was when I felt like I found my niche with fashion.
When did you know you wanted to make fashion a profession?
In 2005. I was customizing hoodies and other clothing items. No two products were the same; I was focused on making something unique each and every time.
Tell us a little about your childhood. How was it growing up and how did that affect your fashion sense or savvy?
I grew up in Queens, New York. Fashion back then to me when I grew up was real flashy. When I was young in the '90's and early 2000's people rocked a lot of Jordan's, jerseys were in style also. A lot of the style stemmed from what athletes wore. In high school though things changed. I went to school in Harlem, [which] is known for being trendsetters; they take pride in being ahead. I think that really helps me with my brand and staying ahead of the rest.
What is the Carpe Dream creative process like?
I put a lot of thought into the purpose of each piece in the color schemes and its design. I like to make a "family" of things. Like a complete line that go together with the style of beads chosen. I want people to see the whole line and be able to put together the dots and not to think it's a bunch of random products put together
What makes Carpe Dream different from other accessory lines that are out right now?
I think it's the original look that makes Carpe Dream work. Very few had seen something when it dropped that looked like my line. Like even the wings. The wings are a trademark of Carpe Dream. I think what makes my brand work is it's not about the flash, it's that each bracelet actually means something. They see the bracelets as inspiration. Flashy does appeal to certain people and there is nothing wrong with that though.
Your bracelets were recently worn by Joey Bada$$ and the Pro Era Crew. How did you link with them?
Well I linked with them through one of my home girls in Brooklyn. We were at one of their shoots and I gave Joey and the rest of the members of the Pro Era Crew some and they keep asking for more.
I have also seen your brand with Black Hippy members ScHoolboy Q and Ab-Soul. How important was it to you to link with them?
Black Hippy are some of my favorite artists, so it felt good when I reached out to them and they supported the work. Its good to see them rock the pieces casually on their own. Curren$y was cool also. I hit him once and told him I had some stuff for him. He asked to see it and was really excited when he saw it and rocks his a lot as well. I don't force my work upon any of them, they just rock with it.
Can we get some details on the new line you are working on?
It's going to be the Tiger Eye collection. That's what I am working on for the holiday collection. I plan for it to be less than ten pieces in the line. I feel like I have been giving customers a little too many pieces at once, so I am going to cut back a little
Will Carpe Dream stay strictly to accessories, or do you plan to venture out into a new realm of fashion soon?
I plan on venturing out to hoodies and adding on some other new things, like t-shirts in the spring. Lookout for all of that soon.


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The union on Tuesday plans to strike for longer than the eight hours on Friday and at more airports but is still considering where and when, it said on Sunday in a statement on its website. It will warn at least six hours before new stoppages start, it said.
A spokesman for Lufthansa said that Germany's biggest airline had little possibility to prepare for the strike and was not planning right now to improve its offer to increase wages by 3.5pc in exchange for longer working hours.
The cabin crew union UFO demands a 5 percent pay rise and guarantees that Lufthansa will not outsource jobs and use more temporary workers.
The first day of labour action cost Lufthansa millions and forced it to cancel another 19 flights on Saturday, it has said.
Lufthansa is facing more negotiations with personnel about pay as the tariff agreement with the pilot union Cockpit is ending in coming months.
German magazine Der Spiegel reported, without saying where it obtained the information, that Lufthansa plans to start negotiating with the union on Sept. 10. A spokesman declined to comment on the date.
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From our friend Rick Vanderslice, who continues to host his daily radio program via Skype while living in Buenos Aires, comes this article in an English-language newspaper in Argentina, profiling "90-year-old transvestite Malva," who has recently published a memoir. The terminology seems less enlightened than our own, but the information is still interesting.
A senior GLBT reflects on a life cross-dressed
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PHILOSOPHY PATHWAYS electronic journal
Issue number 37
28th July 2002
I. 'Subjectivism and Solipsism' by D.R. Khashaba
II. Pathways to Philosophy: the first seven years
III. Three interesting e-mails
Greek thinkers in the classical period, though they set no bounds to the daring
of their thought, and though their wild speculations could easily lead to
thoroughgoing scepticism, were yet too healthy-minded to entertain seriously
either the problem of the existence of the 'outside' world or its specialized
version, the reality of other persons. It was Descartes, the 'father of modern
philosophy', who neatly chopped the whole human person into a knowing subject
and a known object, that sired the rogue twins.
Doubt for Descartes was a methodological stance, but the thought that all of
the world around us could conceivably be a delusion or a dream, which Descartes
introduced simply as a thought experiment, nestled in the modern mind, so that
there is hardly any major philosopher during the past four centuries who has
not had to grapple with it.
How can we be assured of the existence of a world outside ourselves? All our
knowledge of the external world reaches us through our senses. But are we
justified in saying even that much? If we know nothing but what is given
immediately in our experience, how can we speak of an 'external world' or say
that the impressions 'reach us through' our senses?
Having recourse to the objective sciences only makes things worse. The
impressions - sights, sounds, etc. - that in our naivete we take to be
immediate registers of things turn out to be the outcome of long processes and
the end-products seem to be far removed from the things we took them to stand
for. I only mention this because it is often thought that such scientific
analyses are relevant to the problem. Yet I think it is necessary to
distinguish clearly between the scientific treatment of the phenomena of
vision, hearing, etc., on the one hand, and the philosophical problem of what
we mean or should mean when we speak of an objective world.
Philosophically, the meaningful distinction we can make is between the
subjective aspect of experience and the objective aspect. This is the only
'inside' and 'outside' that has meaning philosophically. In what sense can we
say that the image or the sound is in the brain? Inside the brain there are
chemical and physical happenings, but the image and the sound are part of a
continuum, in which my brain, like the rest of my body, is part of the
objective world and is, subjectively, 'not-I'.
I am concerned to affirm that laying emphasis on the subjectivity of knowledge
need not support the runaway subjectivism that breeds solipsism. Cogito ergo
sum only festers with error when the cognizant is severed from the lifeblood of
the total cognition and turned into a lifeless abstraction. Allow me to
reproduce here a passage from my Let Us Philosophize (downloadable from my
Website: http://www.Back-to-Socrates.com ).
I am listening to Mozart's 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' coming
to me over the radio. Where should this music be? i' th'
air or the earth? (The Tempest, I.ii.) The electronic
engineer will tell me of electro- magnetic radiation,
modulation processes and resonant circuits. The physicist
will tell me of wave motion, vibrations of molecules, and
fronts of compression and rarefaction. The physiologist
will tell me of tympanic membranes, ossicles and cochlear
nerves. The biochemist will tell me of the electrical
activity of the brain and of nerve impulses transmitted
electromechanically. All of these are abstractions that
kill the music. The women contending for the new-born babe
before Solomon are not two but legion, and the baby is not
rent in twain but fragmented into a myriad shreds.
Where should this music be? i' th' air or the earth?
The music is an aspect of a continuum in which my being
extends - quite strictly speaking and without metaphor - to
comprehend the whole system. Any fragmentation, any
separation of a member of the system, lands us into
contradictions and absurdities. The baby must remain whole
to remain alive. I believe that is what Whitehead meant in
asserting that the (secondary) qualities are in the real
Now let us turn to what I referred to as the specialized problem of solipsism.
The French physician Claude Brunet, in the seventeenth century, starting from
Descartes's Cogito, which bases all certainty in knowledge on personal
intuition, gave for the first time in modern times a clear-cut exposition of
solipsism (Latin 'solus ipse' = myself alone). Thus solipsism can be seen as a
consequence of subjective idealism. Descartes himself evaded the consequences
of his position by saying that God being no deceiver, and since He made us to
believe in the existence of corporeal things, we must admit that corporeal
things exist. ('Meditations', Sixth Mediation.) Berkeley, on the other hand,
for whom things are only ideas, escaped solipsism because those ideas subsist
not in the mind of the individual thinker but in the mind of God.
Subjectivism as the claim that knowledge is restricted to one's own perceptions
is in one sense incontestable. Knowledge as knowledge is a subjective affair.
But two further contentions that may be thought to follow from this are, in my
view, unjustified: (1) that we have no knowledge of an 'external' or
'objective' world; (2) that all knowledge is reducible to what is given in
perception. We may note in passing that though these two contentions arise from
one and the same initial observation, they tend to lead to two diametrically
opposed theoretical positions, denial of an 'external' or 'objective' world
leading to subjective idealism, while the affirmation of the reducibility of
knowledge to sense experience leads to a radical empiricism which presumes to
do away with the subject and subjectivity altogether.
In an important article on "Subjectivism and the Problem of Other Minds"
http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/s/solipsis.htm in the Internet Encyclopedia of
Philosophy, Professor Stephen Thornton, briefly examines various answers to the
problem but dwells in some detail on the answer(s) that can be drawn from
Wittgenstein's late works, mainly 'Philosophical Investigations' and 'The Blue
Book and Brown Books'. I will here offer some comments on certain points in
Professor Thornton's article followed by an examination in which I beg leave
once more to draw extensively on my 'Let Us Philosophize' (LUP).
Having reviewed the 'argument from analogy' (advanced by Bertrand Russell and
A.J. Ayer among others), Professor Thornton subjects the argument to criticism
which, if valid, "demonstrates that the acceptance of the Cartesian account of
consciousness...leads inexorably to solipsism." Further the argument he has
advanced "can, and should be understood as a reductio ad absurdum refutation of
these Cartesian principles." Thornton sums up his argument as follows:
If there is no logical connection between the physical and
the mental, if the physical forms no part of the criteria
which govern my ascription of psychological predicates,
then I would be able to conceive of an inanimate object
such as a table having a soul, and being conscious. But I
cannot attach any intelligibility to the notion of an
inanimate object being conscious. It follows therefore that
there is a logical connection between the physical and the
mental: the physical does form part of the criteria which
govern my ascription of psychological words.
The reductio as here presented is a plausible ad hominem. The notion of 'an
inanimate object being conscious' is self-contradictory only if we start by
admitting the concept of 'an inanimate object'. But are we obliged to do so?
This concept is an abstraction, a useful working abstraction; beyond that it is
a fiction. To see that no necessity attaches to it, it is enough to consider
possible alternatives such as animism (nave or sophisticated), pantheism
(Spinoza's, for instance), or Berkeley's God-grounded phenomenalism, none of
which is intrinsically absurd.
Professor Thornton cites Wittgenstein's 'Investigations':
Only of a living human being and what resembles (behaves
like) a living human being can one say: it has sensations;
it sees; is blind; hears; is deaf; is conscious or
unconscious. (I. 281).
I do not find Wittgenstein's statement convincing. It is only descriptive of a
limitation in our imaginative powers. I don't think that our conceptual powers
are limited in the same way. I cannot conceive of a part being greater than the
whole of which it is a part, but - however difficult it may be to imagine - I
can conceive of the sands of the sea-shore being glad to receive the rays of
the rising sun. There is no irrationality here as in the case of the part and
the whole.
Again, Professor Thornton adduces in his rejection of the coherence of
solipsism Wittgenstein's argument from language: solipsism is incompatible with
the existence of a language, of which the solipsist must avail himself to
express his view. I do not think this argument is conclusive. The solipsist may
admit that s/he is inconsistent in using language but go on to say, "What of
that? I am inconsistent because I allow myself to succumb to the delusion of
there being other beings. If I could resist the seduction of that delusion, I
would use no language at all."
Let us take the statement, "I know that I am in pain", which Wittgenstein
considers nonsensical because "it cannot be meaningfully asserted of me that I
know that I am in pain." I would say that the statement, like every
determinately articulated statement, can indeed be shown to be contradictory.
The contradiction stems from the necessity inherent in all thought and in all
language of fragmenting what is whole. To say that I know that I am in pain is
therefore necessarily contradictory but is not meaningless. It is meaningful
since I know what it means when I say it. (I could put this nave assertion in
various sophisticated alternative formulations, but I don't think we would gain
anything by that since all linguistic formulations can be shown to be
contradictory.) Wittgenstein, it seems, reduces meaning to linguistic
functionality. This is a legitimate methodological proceeding. But then he
proceeds on the assumption that that is all there is to meaning, thereby
negating the meaningfulness of meaning. That is what I find fault with in the
approach of Analytic Philosophy to the question of meaning as I have tried to
show in my "On What Is Real: An Answer to Quine's 'On What There Is'"
(downloadable from my Website).
The verbal locution "I am in pain" can be or mean various things. It can be an
expression of pain when, all alone, I shriek it out to myself. It can be an
informative statement when I speak it to my physician. It can be a meaningful
proposition when I am introspectively reflecting and say, "I know that I am in
pain." Here the predicate 'in pain' is not an expression of pain but the
concept of being in pain.
If we refuse to admit the reality of subjectivity, then of course 'to know that
I am in pain' can only have a behavioural meaning. But if subjectivity, as I
maintain, is our only access to reality, then 'to know' can be used in two
distinct senses, so that I can say that others can know that I am in pain, in
one valid sense, and that they cannot know my pain, in another valid sense. (We
can of course restrict the term 'know' to one of these two senses and find
another word for the other sense, but that is simply a matter of terminology.)
So does that make solipsism logically unassailable as has often been asserted?
Only if we undertake to deal with the problem on the solipsist's own terms. F.
H. Bradley formulates the problem in this way: "I cannot transcend experience,
and experience is my experience. From this it follows that nothing beyond
myself exists ..". But does it follow? Only if we fail to distinguish between
two senses of the personal pronoun.
When I say that "experience is my experience" I am using the personal pronoun
as a token of subjectivity. I am my subjectivity; that is true: but in that
sense I am nothing else. All else - including everything that goes into the
other 'I' - is outside me.
It is true, indeed it is tautologous, to say that all I
know falls ... within my experience; that all I know is
only known to me as object of my intelligence. But this
only means that I can only know it in so far as I subject
it to forms projected by my intelligence. It does not mean
that its existence depends on my intelligence. Its
existence, its givenness, is always there, staring me in
the face, pressing in upon me. My very body; my impulses,
my cravings, my pangs and my exhilarations; the whole of my
being in so far as it is in any way objective, is given, and
the function of my intelligence is to redeem that givenness
by conferring upon it forms that transform it into
intelligible experience indissolubly bound up with the
subject: to redeem it, I say, not to negate it." (LUP, Bk.
One, ch. 7, sect. 11.)
So there is no need for me to "transcend experience" in order to admit the
existence of an 'external' world. The world as object of my experience is
outside 'me' as subject, and the world as sum-total of things extends far
beyond the 'me' that is a fragment of that world.
What of there being other persons, other minds? (I have my reasons for not
using the word 'existence' here.) F.C.S. Schiller defines solipsism as "the
doctrine that all existence is experience and that there is only one
experient." What does the solipsist that falls under this definition demand?
"That the subjectivity of others be transmuted into his own subjectivity? Or
that it somehow be turned into objectivity for his scrutiny?...I know other
persons in the only manner in which persons can be known. I know them as I know
reality; I know them by their creative activity, by their autonomy; I know them
in love given and received" (LUP).
(c) D.R. Khashaba 2002
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I was asked to write a piece, up to 1000 words, about my
work for the Pathways to Philosophy Distance Learning
Project. For recent subscribers to the Pathways e-journal
this will serve as a useful introduction.
It is difficult to know where to begin. I remember as a graduate student at
University College Oxford telling my supervisor John McDowell that I would
'only be happy with my own school of philosophy'. That was in 1979. McDowell
agreed. What was clear to both of us at the time was that with my disdainful
attitude towards the work of academic philosophers there was little chance of
my getting a University lecturing post, even if I'd wanted one.
I currently hold three jobs: Mentor for 40 or so students in five continents
currently following Pathways programs; Director of Studies supervising the work
of Pathways students and mentors around the world; and Webmaster for the various
Pathways web sites. Since 1995, when Pathways was first launched, over 400
students in 43 countries to date have joined Pathways programs. Until last
year, when pressure of work forced me to advertise for mentors, I did all the
teaching myself.
In September 2001, I gave a presentation at the European Education Technology
Forum held at University College Dublin. The title of my talk was, 'Pathways:
the Leading Philosophy Open Learning Program on the World Wide Web'.
Originally begun in 1995, Pathways was launched on the web in 1997 as an e-mail
correspondence course. Over the years, various components have been added to
Pathways: an interactive 'Ask a Philosopher' web site, a First Class Conference
on 'The Use and Value of Philosophy', a fortnightly electronic Journal
'Philosophy Pathways'. The core, however, remains what it has always been: a
one-to-one dialogue between student and mentor, following the Socratic ideal.
The majority of students who enrol for Pathways have no special desire to gain
a qualification, but do so purely for the love of the subject. Many are already
highly qualified in other fields.
At Dublin, I emphasised the point that Pathways tuition is designed to be
labour intensive, at a time when universities have been looking to distance
learning and computer technology as a way of increasing the throughput of
students per lecturer hour. Yet Pathways is entirely self-financing, receiving
no grant aid of any kind.
I am very fortunate, however, that Sheffield University and the Philosophy
Department there have given provided me with all the facilities I need,
including space on the Sheffield University web server. The Pathways First
Class Conference is hosted at the Institute of Education, London University.
Each of the six Pathways programs - Introduction to Philosophy, Philosophy of
Mind, Ancient Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Ethics and Metaphysics -
consists of fifteen units of around 5000 words per unit. Each program is
designed as an original contribution to philosophy. I wrote the programs
between 1995 and 1997. The students who joined Pathways in that first two years
had an enormous impact on the development of the Pathways programs. Their
insistent questions and objections forced me to continually review my plans
from one unit to the next. Each unit was, in effect, a contribution to an
on-going dialogue.
To give some idea of what is involved in teaching one Pathways student. A
student taking a fifteen unit Pathways program has the opportunity to submit
their notes and questions on each unit plus five essays. In response to each
piece of work submitted, the student can expect to receive an 800 word letter
from their mentor. Each letter is required to be an original piece of writing:
cutting and pasting standard responses - a common practice amongst Open
University tutors - is strongly discouraged.
In my talk at Dublin, I said:
"Since the Middle ages and before philosophers had
produced...volumes of letters. Some of the most precious
documents we possess about the Modern philosophers such and
Descartes and Leibniz are the letters they wrote. To all and
sundry. People who were asking them about their philosophy.
Students they took on, or people who were working in other
fields. And I had this ...idea that when I wrote to my
students...that if at some future date someone was going to
collect my works, I wouldn't be embarrassed to see the
letter, amongst those works. So that every letter that I
wrote was an attempt to do philosophy in an honest a way as
I could."
In order to make Pathways attractive to prospective students, I realized early
on that it would be necessary to offer more than just an e-mail correspondence
Started in 1999, the Pathways 'Ask a Philosopher' interactive web site has
accumulated upwards of a thousand questions and answers totalling well over
half a million words. Anyone can submit a form to post a question on the
Questions page. Answers from a panel of philosophers are posted every two
weeks. The panel consists mainly of Pathways mentors, as well as academic
philosophers who have taken an interest in the Pathways project. I contribute
answers as well as vetting and editing all questions and answers submitted.
The electronic journal 'Philosophy Pathways' (current Issue 37, 28 July) goes
out every two weeks to over 700 addresses. Articles are contributed by Pathways
students are published alongside articles by academic philosophers, and by
philosophers working independently.
Launched last year, the current round of the First Class Conference on 'The Use
and Value of Philosophy' has received over 400 postings since January. In
previous rounds, I had actively participated, setting questions and evaluating
responses. The response was rather slow. This time, I let the conference
participants know that I would be joining the conference incognito. The ruse
worked. None of the participants knew which of the other participants was
Geoffrey Klempner. As it turned out - none of them were.
(c) Geoffrey Klempner 2002
From: "Ken Knisely" email@example.com
Subject: pathways website
12 July 2002
Hi. Your website, which I first visited today, looks great.
We produce 'No Dogs or Philosophers Allowed', the philosophy
television program that is seen in the US and will be seen
this fall Canada, in Eastern Europe and around the Pacific
rim. We are working on a new website and producing new
programs for 2003.
Best of luck to you.
Ken Knisely
Milk Bottle Productions, Inc.
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Subject: Next MG/PC meeting
15 July 2002
Dear Melbourne Group/ Philosophy Cafe member,
Here are the topics for the upcoming meetings. Meetings take place at Border's
bookshop cafe, in the Jam Factory, Sth Yarra, third Tuesday of each month, from
8pm 'til 9:30pm.
Tuesday 20th August, 2002
'Authority and the Individual: Bertrand Russell's Social Theory'
Speaker: Justin Woods, The Philosophical Society of England
Tuesday 17th September, 2002
'What is Privacy?: Ethics in Information Technology'
Speaker: John Lenarcic, RMIT
See you there,
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Berwick, VIC 3806
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The Philosophical Society of England
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From: "Anthony Flood" firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Caricatures of philosophers
25 July 2002
Hi Geoffrey:
Spinoza blew glass for a living; Antony Hare illustrates. His caricatures of
philosophers are delightful.
Wish I could hire him to illustrate an entire encyclopedia of philosophical
biography! Can you note this in the next newsletter?
Philosophy Pathways is the electronic newsletter for the
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The "I'm looking/shopping for a 6 series" and have some questions thread....
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A lot depends on how the miles were put on the car. If they were mostly done on the highway the car will still feel new. You will have to see and drive the cars in person to determine the condition.
I bought my car with 60K miles on it but I knew the previous owner (or my service advisor knew him) and they were mostly highway miles - my car feels super tight and runs like a champ. I've even taken it to the track a few times and I am very impressed with how well the 6er stands up against my M3 on the track.
Thanks alot yorgi! That's both helpful and encouraging! I'm going to test drive a 09' with 47k on it today after work, I'm excited because if all goes well I will be the owner of it today!! Is there any little things of specific things I should be looking for or looking at while inspecting/ drIving it??
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By Liz Szabo, USA TODAY
Thanksgiving cooks don't get much time to relax.
They spend days defrosting a rock-hard frozen bird, rise before dawn to begin stuffing, only to be tethered to their ovens, basting and checking, while the rest of the family relaxes in front of the TV.
But a cook's work doesn't end when mealtime begins, say food safety experts.
People need to slice and refrigerate leftover meat within no more than two hours of taking the turkey out of the oven, says Douglas Powell, associate professor of food safety at Kansas State University.
That's because a warm turkey is a breeding ground for potentially dangerous bacteria, Powell says.
"As soon as dinner is done, you better go deal with that turkey," he says.
Lynne Ausman, a professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science at Tufts University in Boston, agrees.
"The worst thing you can do is let everyone sit at the table with the turkey there," Ausman says.
Bacteria grow best at temperatures between 40 degrees and 140 degrees Fahrenheit, Ausman says. A turkey is fully cooked when a thermometer placed in the deepest part of the meat reaches 165 degrees.
To get leftovers cold quickly, cooks should slice meat off the carcass, wrap it in individual plastic bags and refrigerate as soon as possible, Powell says. And be careful not to stack bags on top of each other, because that can trap heat.
"You need to expose more of the surface area so it cools faster," Powell says. "Otherwise, the cool fridge air won't get to the warm areas of the turkey."
Powell also recommends refrigerating rice — another bacterial hot spot — as soon as possible.
Certain bacteria can proliferate in food at room temperature, producing a toxin that can't be killed by reheating in the oven or microwave, Ausman says.
About 76 million Americans develop food poisoning each year, she says.
For example, a church turkey dinner Nov. 6 in Arkansas City, Kan., sickened at least 159 of the 1,800 people who attended, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Victims suffered diarrhea, abdominal pain, cramping and vomiting. One was hospitalized.
People may also need to take care when preparing dessert, says Kellogg Schwab, director of the Center for Water and Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.
When preparing eggnog, mousse or other dishes that require raw eggs, be sure to use only eggs that have been pasteurized, Schwab says.
Pumpkin pie, cakes or frosting don't need to be refrigerated, even if they're made with milk, as long as the milk has been pasteurized, Schwab says.
Ausman says she avoids certain dishes — such as sushi or rare meat — because of the risk of disease.
"Sometimes, when I think about it, it's amazing we're not all dead," she says. But fear of illness hasn't stopped Ausman from cooking: "I've never gotten sick in my life with anything I've cooked in my kitchen."
Food safety questions? Your local poison control center can help: 800-222-1222
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Tauranga City Needs New Vision
6 May 2013
Media Release
For Immediate Release
Tauranga City Needs New Vision
Tauranga Chamber of Commerce today appealed to Tauranga City Council to adopt a new vision statement to provide a new sense of purpose and direction.
CEO Max Mason was presenting the Chamber submission at the Annual Plan hearings when he made the appeal.
He compared Auckland's five word vision statement of 'The world's most liveable city,' with Tauranga's 67 words, which 'was designed by a committee and is bland and boring'.
He said Tauranga had been through a long period of hard infrastructure development, and now that was largely in place the city needed to change into a new paradigm of soft infrastructure development, and an inspiring city vision would help achieve it.
"First and foremost we need to grow our local economy to create good jobs and grow our quality of life. Unfortunately we have a thin economy, over dependent on a few big industries, with low wages, that is vulnerable to external economic events. The city needs to attract businesses and people who can create wealth. However they don't just come here for business opportunities, they are equally attracted by good educational provision, arts and cultural institutions, international quality events and sporting facilities, and an attractive urban environment with public art and great architecture. Add to that a strong sense of community vision and identity and it's a winning combination," said Mr Mason.
He said if Tauranga had an aspirational city vision such as 'New Zealand's best city,' Council staff and elected members would make better decisions looking through that lens.
"For example," he said, "Take a planner who is processing a pile of resource consents. If they had a mindset of us being the best city by having full employment, and one resource consent is likely to create more jobs than the others then they should be encouraged to deal with that one first."
"If you apply this attitude throughout the Council organisation there will be a culture change which will have far reaching results throughout our community," he said.
Mr Mason referenced a book with the title of, 'What got you here, won't get you there,' and said the city's past focus on infrastructure development and short term cost control now needed to evolve into a longer term investment perspective in economic and community development. "This is less about money and more about leadership," he said, "And with a new CEO in Garry Poole, and new senior managers, the timing was perfect for culture change."
See below for reference material on other city's vision statements.
Short statements:
• Auckland – The world's most liveable city
• Christchurch – A vibrant, invigorating and prosperous city and wider region.
• Rotorua - Living the dream. World Class in every way
• Dunedin - a city that treasures its heritage as a living inheritance from its past and a legacy for future generations.
• Hastings - Great living, for a sustainable future
• Gisborne - First to see the light. First choice for lifestyle and people, enterprise and environment. Ka mau te wehi
Long statements:
• Tauranga - According to the people who live, work and play here Tauranga will be a place that is: Easy to move around, Living well, wasting less, Built to fit our hills, harbour and coast . There will be: Vibrant, healthy and diverse communities, Actively involved people. We will have a: Clean, green, valued environment, Strong and sustainable economy. And it will be: A great place to grow up
• New Plymouth District - will offer an attractive living environment that compares favourably both nationally and internationally. It will do this to attract and retain the skilled labour force our community needs to grow and prosper.
• Invercargill - Creating an exciting, innovative, safe, caring and friendly City offering lifestyles based on a healthy environment and diverse growing economy.
• The City of Hamilton - is a safe, healthy, sustainable community and a great place in which to work, live and play, that offers residents and businesses growth and opportunity. It is a city of diverse communities, led by Council, which together with staff, spends wisely and governs in an open and accessible manner.
• Mission statement - The Napier City Council - will provide the facilities and services and the environment, leadership, encouragement and economic opportunity to make Napier the Best Provincial City in New Zealand in which to live, work, raise a family and enjoy a safe and satisfying life.


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It's a rare case of an airline making a mistake and its passengers benefiting. For a few hours yesterday, United Airlines had a glitch on their website that let people buy round trip tickets for about five bucks. The system was only charging people for the 9-11 security fee, not the rest of the cost of the flight. United is now reviewing the error and its beneficiaries.


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