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Melissa, my biggest beef, and something I do plan to mention to the principal, is that the kids are given the expectation that their parents can and will come to events during the school day. DS' teacher does 7:40 am open houses, which is perfect. You're out of there and on your way to work by the time the bell rings, and DH can even sneak out earlier than that, only getting him to work 45 minutes later than his usual. DD's teacher schedules them for 8:35 to 9:15. School starts at 8:10. So I'm supposed to twiddle my thumbs for 25 minutes for it to start, and then I get to head into work more than an hour late. As far as I could tell, DD was one of two kids that only had one parent there. If DH were to go to 4 in a year (there have been 4 so far, and I expect 1 more), that's a whole vacation day. Both parents, and often a few grandparents show up to these things. I guess since attendance is so high, then my comments will likely fall on deaf ears. I do wonder how much grumbling is happening in people's homes that they never bring forward. And don't get me started on 1 pm assemblies...
uh yes. grandparent day is the culprit around here. It's a great thing: grandparents into the school, show them around, blah blah blah. It's mostly kindergarten and first grade.
a. our closest grandparent lives 11 hours away and
b. both parents work.
It came to a head in my first year (non tenure track year) when I was teaching here at the university, knowing that they were hiring and dh was teaching 3 hours away, because that was the only gig he could get (and we needed the money!!). So I invited my friend with a kid who is 12 years older. My kids adore her and they laughed that she wasn't old enough to be a grandma. Deb adored being invited, laughed at being the youngest there and erin got to have a special friend to show around. It is so a reminder of the importance of intergenerational friends in this society that asks us to only befriend those who are at the same stage in life as us. Oh hey wait, that's what it means to be a community. Which in truth is one of the reasons I love this town (usually we don't have stuff like geofizz is describing).
Busy day planned. Involves visiting a friend's fourth grade classroom to be a guest geologist (he's the teacher). Then Tuesday afternoon is the super logistics day for us.....bike ride, scouts, sewing class, dinner.....
Yeah, DH has taken someone else's daughter to work for a day, as the single mom works in special education and cannot bring her daughter by FERPA and HIPPA privacy rights, and the daughter was required to spend a day shadowing a parent at work. Good thing no one in this community is unemployed, works shift or service industry work, or anything so ordinary as that.
At the same time, I'm ticked that people in this community are so unwilling to ask others for help getting a kid to soccer practices and whatnot. E's cub scout leader sent something out about an event, but then explained her son wouldn't be there because she had to work and her husband had another commitment. This is a woman who's put in, what, maybe a 100 hours into these kids this year? She couldn't ask for help? And yeah, I told her I was happy to help, and it honestly was no big deal. They live 3 blocks from here. Asking for and offering that kind of help would be obvious and routine in our dingo commune, right?
OK, done venting for the day. I need to write an exam and get some finicky software installed before somehow managing to stay awake through a talk at 3.
At the same time, I'm ticked that people in this community are so unwilling to ask others for help getting a kid to soccer practices and whatnot. E's cub scout leader sent something out about an event, but then explained her son wouldn't be there because she had to work and her husband had another commitment. This is a woman who's put in, what, maybe a 100 hours into these kids this year? She couldn't ask for help? And yeah, I told her I was happy to help, and it honestly was no big deal. They live 3 blocks from here. Asking for and offering that kind of help would be obvious and routine in our dingo commune, right?
Right. Well if you just need to fit it in between gardening and dinner prep, then you should totally be able to swing it. Hopefully by offering you're reminding her that it can/should happen that way.
Or else your kid is much more laid back than mine and willing to miss the scout thing. Mine would be livid. At which point I would tell her that she needs to call her friends for me. But that's a whole other story.....
RR - a banner day for me! I ran 5K with the YMCA women's running group! Yes, that same group I lamented not being able to run with a few months ago! They are all tapering for a marathon this coming weekend, so their three miles was just perfect. I hung with the lead group pretty well and ran 5K in 27 minutes! Then, I dragged my road bike off the trainer, pumped up the tires, and rode for 45 minutes through the neighborhoods. I think I want to do a tri this summer again. I miss racing. I miss triathlon. I think I can do it.
I have nothing to say about moms with attitudes. There are few of them here, and they are not part of any of my discursive formations!
Sorry about the school event issues. That's a LOT of energy / stress to expend! I get the irritation at assuming one can drop everything they're doing and go pick up something. This is not just irritating for working moms but homeschool moms, too, who are sometimes assumed to always be available and doing nothing so they can pick up something/watch your kids/ drop him off/ help with a math problem / keep sick kids, etc. Granted this doesn't happen way out in the country but it was so prevalent in the city, I think it is one underlying reason we left. Of course, I loved feeling like my house was in the middle of the street but not a lot of school or work got done.
Real, love the description of sight-reading. That must be so much fun. Yesterday was the first day in years that I sat and played piano for a solid 30 minutes. I pulled out my concert books from 30 years ago and it felt like sight-reading at first, and then magically, my hands remembered. Can I ask you a quick yes/no question? My kids and two of their friends want to surprise a homeschool friend at his graduation party by playing Pomp & Circumstance. So I've downloaded easy sheet music for piano for my 9yo son. I've already re-arranged it to his level. My 12yo can play melody on violin. The other two kids are 11 and play in middle school band - one on flute and one on baritone. So my thinking was that the flute could also play melody and the baritone play the bass line. I'm a bit over my head here. But I'll happily spend some time re-writing the baritone part. Anyway, I'm just surfing and trying to put together an arrangement. The graduating kid (16yo) is way cool, plays guitar himself and adores these 4 kids and will think it's a hoot that they play something at his graduation. So, in your professional opinion, how bad will it sound to have piano, violin, flute & baritone playing Pomp & Circumstance. If they're good enough, I think they should make it funky. ETA: Wait- nevermind. I found what I need in the Yamaha Band Student book.
JG, good luck with the school decisions. I read something recently about how an inner city school turned its violence around by letting go the security officers and adding fine arts instead. So far, it appears to have been a much-lauded move. I just cannot imagine eliminating the arts.
Sparkle, I'm not a climber though I like to think about it. I've gone with dh on some climbs in NY. Keep thinking one day...
Shanti, Gaaah, I hope you were able to salvage the day.
Jooj, love how successful your kids have been in school this year. Funny to imagine you reading Walden in AD.
Jaxy, no I probably wouldn't want to run barefoot in NO! All my recurring knee problems went away once I switched to Vibrams. But I get that they're not for everybody. You just have to find what works for *you*.
Tj, I agree, what about combining the parties? I'm all about consolidating events. One less event in the planner. Good luck!
Mel, Mel, MommaJB, Kerc,
RR: Great run yesterday. Made kids run part of it with me so that was fun! Then I did weights. Once again, nothing makes me feel better afterward than a good weight workout. Did some yoga this morning bc now I feel sore and old. Plan on doing sprints later with the kids. Getting them more active may be the motivation I need to get me more active.
I will work on it. Asking for help is not my forte. After a childhood of being lauded for my independence, I have a hang up about not being able to be totally independent at all times. It's not very commune friendly, but an ongoing personal growth workout.
Being hybrid home/school our current situation is full of assumptions about availability and doing right by our kids. The teachers have been good, and PAC meetings are actually online because of the many distance students, but there is an attitude of unrecognized privilege and pride in "doing the *best* thing for our kids" that makes me get hives. The principal dreams of giving TEDtalks, I think, so it trickles from the top down.
lofty, it sounds like a really fun graduation gift!
sparkle, I'd love to hang out in your discourse community.
JayGee, hooray for running and running fast!!!
Jaxy, beyond the Vibram's there are some minimalist shoes that some people like. I was considering the New Balance minimus line recently, since I've been floundering for a trail shoe since my old favourites were discontinued. I think we run in opposite environments, though- I'm almost exclusively trails and lots of hills. I forget that it's possible to not run hills!
kerc, I love that you invited a substitute grandparent. My daughter's kindy/grade one teacher was so confused about the variety of people that were involved in school drop-offs and pick ups: me, husband, my sister, daycare provider, grandma, grandpa, my step-sister, family friends, other parents, homeschooled teenage babysitter, etc. We don't have traditional 9-5 jobs and we cobble together a lot of unusual childcare arrangements.
RR- 4ish km today without my watch or gps. I'm loving the warm sunny weather!
NRR- I applied for a job (two, actually) as permanent faculty in the BSN program. I'm not sure how it will all work out, but worth a shot. I would love some job security, and to drop down to one job instead of three.
"Guess what? It's a magical world. And when I sing, my songs are in it."
Madly in love with my 7 and 4 year old daughters
lofty~I love the graduation party idea! It sounds awesome!
melw~Good luck with the jobs! I really don't know how you do it, juggling all your jobs. I barely manage to handle my one.
jaygee~Hooray! Speedy!
Birthday party crisis, averted! Phew! The other mom was able to move her DD's party to Sunday. I don't know her all that well, so I had no idea if she was going to really fight to keep her time at all, but when I told her that I was scheduled to work that night, she was awesome and got their party switched. Hooray!
I had a semi-leisurely day...except not really. I did get to sleep in a little since DS was with XH, who took him to school. But I didn't sleep in much, since I wanted to go to spin class. Spin class, then a hour on the hamster wheel, then a stop at the grocery store, then home for a quick shower, off for a pedicure (ahhhh, much needed!), to school to pick up DS, a haircut for him, a couple more errands, then home again for dinner and homework. Now we're trying to get DS's stuff organized to pack for our trip tomorrow, and then once he's in bed, it will be time to get myself packed. I really hate packing.
rr~A great spin class filled with 80's tunes that we all sang along to the whole time. Which led to a discussion about all the useless lyrics filling up our brains and what use we could put that space to if it wasn't occupied (I mean, really...maybe if I didn't know every. single. word. to Ice, Ice, Baby, I could remember what my lab values are supposed to mean ). Followed up spin class with a mind-numbing hour's hill workout on the hamster wheel. I figured I should get a run of semi-decent length in before we leave. I'm hoping to get a couple of runs in while we're in Ohio, but I'm not really counting on it....
Gaye, single mama to Tyler (5/06) and Baxter the labradoodle
Wait...I signed up to DO an Ironman??? I thought I was signing up to go SEE Ironman!
I often think of how smug and self-congratulatory some parents act about their own ability (and desire) to participate in events during the school day. One lady in particular who recently bemoaned the fact that " ... and no one from Ms. So-and-so's class even bothered to show up..." Um, hello!
Yep. There's a huge push by the "reformers" to focus on "parent engagement." I'll save my soapbox for another time on that. It's a tension at our school. One of our PTA moms isn't exactly smug about it, but she often does feel like there are a lot of parents who don't participate. My feeling has been that we don't always acknowledge the way parents do participate (i.e., buying tissue and wipes and other supplies for classes, sending food for class parties) and that we don't always do a good job of spreading the word when we need volunteers. PTA just started using sign-up genius this year, but before that it was often about who you knew. During R's kindergarten year, I went to a semester's worth of PTA meetings and only saw a sign-up sheet for stuff once. The PTA mom I mentioned above and I have had conversations about that though, as has our School Improvement Team.
lofty--that sounds like it will be an awesome arragenemtn of "Pomp & Circumstance." I hope they have fun!
Jaxy--look for a used jogger. I bought all three of mine used. One was via Ebay (somehow even with shipping it was a great deal). I ran that one into the ground (1000+ miles). I bought our double jogger from a friend. My new single jogger was on Craigslist for $40. I bought that 2-1/2 years ago and it has 500 miles on it now--not bad for $40!
OK, time to fit in a little more practicing before bed.
MelW, the unrecognized privilege has been really wearing me down and it's turning into this big, giant struggle in my head. I spent the first 15 or so years of my life very much a have-not, and while a lot of that experience contributes to many of my ongoing issues, it also (I hope) gives me a foundation for understanding, or at least seeing, more of my environment than I might otherwise. I feel like I am not doing enough to prevent my dd from becoming some sort of third-culture version of a bourgeoise waspy princess. Anyway, good luck on the possible job prospects.
Geo, the mother's response was out of line, but not something I'd be surprised by. Offended, not surprised.
I am not surprised by much today. Because it is time. Yesterday, a local (and by local I mean pedigreed) parked in dh's assigned basement stall. So he parked her in and turned off his phone and left his car parked there so she could not use her car for about 36 hours. When he called police to report, they hung up on him three times rather than deal with the complaint. He wanted to leave his car there for days, but unfortunately had to go to Dubai today. But it is this kind of crap that is making us want to just be the eff out of here. Day before yesterday, a woman (not local in the strict sense) flashed her SUV's brights in dd's face, then honked her horn at me, before brushing past me ON OUR BIKES with about 4 inches between us, rather than respect our right of way in a parking lot. We are ready to not be here for a while. These are exactly the people I don't want my children to become. And poor dh is likely not going to get a chance to be out of here until September. Maybe it will be easier on him in some ways with us gone at least.
Wednesday is our long day. We all have Arabic, dd has a teacher meeting, I have evening yoga. I walked rather than run this morning (rest day!), and the plan is to be up early and on the street by 6 tomorrow morning, and hopefully get in about 6 miles.
Parent engagement and involvement can be of high or low quality. Many parents seem to insist on helping in the classroom, and teachers set some to do things like cutting out shapes. It makes me wonder if it's parental busy work. I'm not sure if that's presumptuous or not. Of course, we're the kind of family that finds having all the cutsy stuff on the walls to be distracting. Most important in parental engagement, of course, is the kind of engagement that can be broadly assumed here, that is, engaged in looking at returned work, making sure homework is done, giving access to books.
Geo, if homeschooling quality were assessed based on how much like an elementary classroom, I would be assessed a giant failure. However, both kids have had an ambitious and successful school year. For me, yes--I am all up in their work, but I am not the mom you want to cut 28 gingerbread men from brown construction paper.
OK, so the dumb car park issue is (for now) resolved. And Arabic is finally really beginning to click (emphasis on beginning). Dd will finish Lit tomorrow, leaving her French and next grade's math to work on for the rest of the school year. Woot! Go dd! Ds finished Comp yesterday and is on track to finish up all but French by the 20th or so. I just dumped a big sum on our language instruction for summer, but it is worth it if my kids can arrive in Morocco and tell people in two languages to keep their hands out of their suitcases.
Geo, if homeschooling quality were assessed based on how much like an elementary classroom, I would be assessed a giant failure. However, both kids have had an ambitious and successful school year. For me, yes--I am all up in their work, but I am not the mom you want to cut 28 gingerbread men from brown construction paper.
I think teachers need to be trained in how to use parents. As in it should be a part of pre-service teacher training.
I have 30 minutes a week for each classroom.
I have elementary and middle school teaching experience. (and am, if I say so myself, pretty good with kids).
I hold a PhD in science.
My 30 minutes a week is sometimes cutting out stuff.
I like to think I'm helping the teachers, but think next year I might get more pushy -- I've got skillz baby.
and also: I couldn't help but think seinfeld meets Arabic on the car park issue.
That's EXACTLY what I was thinking.
I don't have much intelligent to add here; I've been following along and thinking about all these issues but every time I get on the computer some weird lassitude overtakes me and I don't really have the mojo to participate cogently. Hmmm. I am also not the mother you want cutting anything out, crafty-wise (I was the "U" for Unsatisfactory earner in elementary and middle school art class ). I am good at organizing people/events/fundraising, dealing with instruction issues (sometimes), providing resources (How to Teach So Kids Can Learn) etc. Frequently I am however not so impressed with other humans and get frustrated and annoyed by them in all kinds of unproductive ways. This is especially true when it comes to attitudes about school and issues surrounding school/education/kids' classroom experiences, etc. Probably it doesn't help matters that I am: a) something of a radical/maverick when it comes to educational philosophy; and 2) an educator myself, with strong opinions about how kids should be treated.
Ok anyway. I am proctoring the Calculus AP this morning -- you proctor a test which is out of your department. One way to ensure no cheating would be to put me in the Calculus AP. I'm actually really good at advanced statistics but suffered through exactly 1 hour of Calculus in college before dropping it, never to be seen again in my life.
RR: 5+ choppy and unrhythmic miles this morning. Better run yesterday, good one on Sunday. I seem to be really uneven these days with how the runs go.
"Now bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible." (William Shakespeare -- Julius Caesar)
I'm with you.
I guess there's something with teacher training that says you must have 28 gingerbread men up at all times, rotating to balloons, flowers, and clouds monthly. All must be recut annually.
I've only had one year where I felt my time in the classroom was being used well, but only because the teacher couldn't figure out how to run the class more logically. The spelling curriculum gives every kid their own quasi-personalized list. So the teacher was giving each kid their test individually. I started going in and administering 5-6 spelling tests for her each week. I ask the next year's teacher if she wanted help with that again, and she looked at me blankly -- uhhh, no, the kids pair up and give each other their tests.
Stretching after yesterday's masochism.
There is a line between "too much" and "not enough" when it comes to classroom decor I think. DS's awful 4th grade teacher from last year had NOTHING on the walls other than the St. Louis Cardinals schedule hanging behind his desk. It looked dead. His science teacher's room last year is overflowing with projects, bulletin boards, and stuffed animals. Too much. I prefer the natural look of a Reggio classroom rather than jarring colors and cartoony cutouts that seem popular.
RR - going for a walk this morning and getting my RDA of Vitamin D . I have to miss kettlebells tonight because I have my last PTO board meeting. Glad I'm done on the PTO board. With library, it's just too much.
Nic, ds1 is taking the calc exam this morning but I guess we are on the opposite coast....
I came on here with full intention to write a nice thoughtful post but the girls can find more thingsto fight about than I thought possible. The current topic is how to properly make oatmeal.
Jo: It just sounds very hurtful when people are so inconsiderate, when I'm sure they are thinking of nothing other than themselves. Your kids would never turn out like that, just impossible given their own family experiences. When do you get to head back to the states?
Gaye: I am with you on the packing. I hate it, too. I hope it all goes very smoothly for you and you have an easy trip.
Sparkle: I like your ideas on discourse!! And rope or no rope, that picture of your DD made me dizzy.
JG for your speedy run! Progress!! And give me the library any day - I would love that job. I love shelving, especially non-fiction
Lisa: Absolutely - there should be a way to participate that does not involve physically being there during usual working hours (and possibly doing something totally lame like cutting out construction paper). Also, what Geo said about being engaged in the child's work, providing a good learning environment at home, etc. is so important.
Geo: How great to have an RP again!
Kerc: Can I just tell you - the other day when you wrote about swimming, a workout and then a run, all in one day? You totally motivated me. I was having a really bad day, just feeling incredibly stressed out and sad. Those are exactly the days when I also have a very, very hard time making myself work out! Anyway, when late in the day I decided to put on my running stuff just in case and then somehow found the time to take a leisurely run down a country road over the creeks and through the wood in the sunshine, with the thistledown floating all around me in the sunshine... I just had this rush of joy and thought "Thank you, Kerc!" It was awesome.
mom to 3 lovely kids
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Kerc: Can I just tell you - the other day when you wrote about swimming, a workout and then a run, all in one day? You totally motivated me. I was having a really bad day, just feeling incredibly stressed out and sad. Those are exactly the days when I also have a very, very hard time making myself work out! Anyway, when late in the day I decided to put on my running stuff just in case and then somehow found the time to take a leisurely run down a country road over the creeks and through the wood in the sunshine, with the thistledown floating all around me in the sunshine... I just had this rush of joy and thought "Thank you, Kerc!" It was awesome.
Essence of Dingo.
Kerc: Can I just tell you - the other day when you wrote about swimming, a workout and then a run, all in one day? You totally motivated me. I was having a really bad day, just feeling incredibly stressed out and sad. Those are exactly the days when I also have a very, very hard time making myself work out! Anyway, when late in the day I decided to put on my running stuff just in case and then somehow found the time to take a leisurely run down a country road over the creeks and through the wood in the sunshine, with the thistledown floating all around me in the sunshine... I just had this rush of joy and thought "Thank you, Kerc!" It was awesome.
Even without the "thank you kerc", that description is so lovely.
First run on the streetcar track, calves are doing much better! Still haven't increased my run time, but I'm patient :P
1 min stretching at home
5 min walk
4 min run
3 min stretching/walk
4 min run
3 min walk
3 min run
8 min walk home
Definitely increased my exercise though! 30 mins total instead of 15! So I'm glad, will try to do better next time!
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NRR: thank you for your support during the weekend with son's friend. The friend called ds3 Saturday night to ease son's mind that he was not mad at him and still wanted to be friends. This is a boy that just turned 8, and it was his idea (his mom and I have been texting since the visit/accident). We were able to visit him on Sunday in his home, bringing gift, card, and ice cream cake. Son and I felt sooo much better after the phone call and the visit. Son said "you know when you want to cry but because you are happy, not sad?" AWE!!
RR: took time off from the half Saturday to be sloth like and glutenous. :) Today is back on track with apple cider vinegar water, and exercise Went for a run outside with new garmin and ds1 on his bike for an extended PE session. Felt SO. GOOD.
sorry no personals, trying to get ds1's school caught up, and need to be baking cookies for teacher appreciation week and a sweet potato casserole for Civil War Camp day. :)
Lisa :)
And yet, Michael Johnston (Michelle Rhee, etc) want to define it and make it yet another "goal" for schools that they'll need to gather data and report on...without any additional funding, of course.
I also think it's a problem when parents devalue the volunteer work of other parents. It's a conversation I've had with other parents had numerous times. Many of our PTA moms define "involvement" as "involved in PTA." Having just spent 3 hours at school with my 3yo leaning on my arm as I tried to play piano with it to accompany orchestra rehearsals before I spent approximately 5 hours at school tomorrow for rehearsals followed by another 3 hours at the concert tomorrow night, well, I think there's a lot that goes unnoticed. I do the PTA stuff too, but the lion's share of my time is spent on music...or putting out stands and chairs and putting them away afterward along with refolding choir vests and putting them back in alphabetical order only to repeat the process again in the evening). My PhD doesn't get put to use, but I guess it's making that undergrad piano major worthwhile.... (I'm not complaining. I'd go to the ends of the earth to support this orchestra and music program.)
Lisa, I love reading about your music program at school.
Kerc, you do have the essence of Dingo woman down.
Jaxy, way to go on getting out there!
In my family, there is only one person who makes the best oatmeal in the world. I have made oatmeal countless times, many ways. Rolled, not rolled. Soaked, not soaked. Milk, yogurt, etc. You know who my family talks about when they wax poetic about oatmeal? Plady Yep! Just a few days ago, I heard them talking about Plady's oatmeal. I think I've unconsciously copped an attitude because, no offense, I just want to roll my eyes now if they ask for oatmeal. They're just going to complain how it's not like Plady's.
Okay, taking off for a run right now. Events around my house were pretty hairy today. See the snake that is in the roof of my laundry room here unless you don't want nightmares.
Someone suggested sprints, I think, so I've been working in sprints on off days and I feel so much better. I just did sprints for about 20 minutes doing the loop to the blueberry patch. It was fun and I think sprinting on off days may be the way to get my weight to my maintenance goal. Love how I feel afterwards.
I'm happy to report it's raining instead of snowing. Also, I would like to lay down and sleep. Instead, I will practice for church, run handbell choir, run 5 miles, practice more, grade papers, pay bills and then collapse.
Sending out to everyone who might need them. And especially to parents of 3-year-olds.
Yeah. Apparently I'm also a 10 yr old boy.
Hour long burn off steam bike ride.
Went to a parent group meeting for the monthly lecture. The speaker was awful. Good thing I'm involved and sit through that stuff patiently.
The director caught me sitting there picking at my split ends.
Guess you need a trim then, Geo.
Lofty, that snake. Not my favorite. I don't know how I would do surrounded by so many of those. Of course, I have a whole population of arrogant, racist, entitled people trying to kill me with SUVs, so maybe snakes aren't so bad. Maybe you can reason with a snake.
I am about to hit the pavement. With my feet. It's 6AM and there is daylight but not yet sunshine, and it's only on the verge of 80, so this must be my moment. Off to find my inhaler and see how many miles I can make it.
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The JPC will be involved in projects related to drug demand reduction
which address HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care; diversification of
HIV/AIDS prevention and drug treatment services to injecting drug users;
prevention of drug abuse and HIV/AIDS through involvement of mass media, NGOs
and civil society organisations.
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The JPC will complete preparations tasks as guided by CANADEM prior to taking up the overseas assignment. These preparation tasks will include:
- review and completion of documentation related to such matters as health, security, contracts and finances.
- health consultations and preparation
- travel arrangements
- contact with overseas supervisors and background document reviews on the destination country, culture and the assignment
- attendance at pre-departure orientation program covering topics including adaptation, health, security, intercultural communications, success in international work environments and follow-on employment counseling.
The JPC will participate in the development of proposals, methodology, field work, data analysis or report writing of research activities undertaken by UNODC ROCA in the region; assist in preparing periodic situation reports on drug use and HIV/AIDS in the region as well as reports of different meetings, missions and related activities; assist in the development of project ideas and documents in the area of prevention, treatment and care of drug abuse and HIV/AIDS in different settings; provide support in development of concept papers, agendas and in workshop/meetings' logistics organized under the different demand reduction projects; and assist in developing drafts, proof reading, and editing UNODC ROCA publications, e.g., field reports, country profiles and other policy and strategy documents.
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|UNODC is mandated to assist Member States in their struggle against illicit drugs, crime and terrorism.
Globalization has created an environment where illicit drugs, crime and terrorism can flow easily across borders. The welfare gains to be had from open trade and flow of public goods are, however, offset by the globalization of threats to human security. UNODC s interventions are therefore designed to contribute to the following outcomes:
Governments will be better equipped to fulfil and implement their obligations under the international treaties, particularly through effective judicial cooperation, prevention and counter measures against illicit drug production, trafficking and abuse, human trafficking and other forms of organized crime, money laundering, corruption and terrorism;
Decisions by policy-makers will be more evidence-based, relying on more extensive and intensive knowledge of illicit drugs, crime and terrorism issues;
Civil society and public opinion will be more firmly committed to action against the illicit drug and crime problems, relying on greater awareness and understanding of the issues.
In pursuing its objectives, UNODC will make every effort to integrate and mainstream the gender perspective, particularly in its projects for prevention and the provision of alternative livelihoods, as well as those against human trafficking.


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FLORENCE---The Francis Marion University Concert Choir will present its Christmas concert Sunday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 1201 Cherokee Road, Florence.
Directed by Sue B. Orr, associate professor of music, the program is entitled "The Carol" and features Christmas carols from various countries, some familiar and some not so well known. The choir will sing carols from England, Germany, France, Denmark, Poland, the Ukraine, Austria and Spain.
Accompanist for the FMU Concert Choir is Rebecca M. Culbertson, while flutists are Darcy Hall of Charleston and Kayla Hamelink of Florence. Percussionist will be chip Culbertson.
This concert is presented as part of the Honda of South Carolina Concerts in the Park Series, sponsored by the Florence Regional Arts Alliance in collaboration with the City of Florence Parks and Leisure Services Department and the Florence Museum.
Choir members participating in the program are:
Sopranos: Tarah Bailey of Mullins; Niasha Blanding of Brooklyn, N.Y., Jassamine Cooper of Lake City, Heather Cosson of Sumter, Heather Dunham of Florence, Alissa Dyne of Sumter, Shakeya Haith of Camden, Jessica Mikell of Florence, Melia Nader of Rock Hill, Ashley Rodriguez of Sumter, and Amber Wilks of Florence.
Altos: Stacy Gandy of Chapin, Darcy Hall of Charleston, Morgan Phelan of Florence, Kiswana Salters of Florence, Kinsey Sattane of Jefferson, Brittney Sherman of Conway, and Kelly Williams of Holly Hill.
Tenors: Kyle Brazell of Winnsboro, Zac Calcutt of Florence, Whit France-Kelly of Loris, Trayton Graham of Lake City, Lawrence Robinson of Jenkinsville, and Joey Webster of Dillon.
Basses: Javarie Curry of Columbia, Joe Fox of Canfield, Ohio, Jason Jones of Florence, Robert Jones of Florence, Casey Tyler of Chapin, and Kevin Williams of Brooklyn, N.Y.


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Ms Gillard on Wednesday morning said the modelling showed Victorian Premier
Ms Gillard said the modelling made assumptions about the level of emissions growth that were very different from those in other modelling in the marketplace.
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On Tuesday, Victoria's Treasurer
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Since becoming a mom, I've learned the importance of drinking.
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Another theme that I thought was so powerful was the importance of self-expression and the pain of being denied a voice.
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I'm not the biggest fan of coffee in the world. I'm not a tea drinker as I do prefer to have coffee in the morning. But I don't have a hot drink before I go to work as I ca't be bothered. I prefer Juice. I do however really like a cup of coffee in the morning when I haven't got to go to work. I like my coffee to be a little weak as I often can't stomach a really strong cup, so when I saw these coffee flavourings on offer in the supermarket I though I would try this & the Vanilla Flavoured Variety. They cost around £1.80 per tub, but I got them BOGOF.
The Latte Creations is a powder which you put in the drink with the coffee & the sugar before you put in the milk. The instructions say to add 4 heaped tea spoons of the mixture to the other ingredients & them add warm but not boiling water. With this mixture you don't need to add milk.
The result is a highly frothy Chocolate flavoured Latte coffee. The froth at the top is light & fluffly & there is quiet a lot of it. You can taste the chocolate flavour although it is very subtle & not very strong. The Vanilla variety has a stronger flavour. The mixture doesn't make the drink any sweeter either. You'd need to add more sugar for that.
On the downside, 4 tea spoons is a lot of the mixture so if you use this every day it won't last very long. Also, as the drink settles, the froth shrinks down a bit, so if you like a full mug, fill it right up to the top near the very edge of the cup to allow for the shrinkage. Last of all, in my opinion the chocolate taste should be stronger. I could taste it but I don't think it was strong enough. In this department the Vanilla variety is much better.
I would recommend the product to people who drink coffee regularly & would like something they can use to add a bit of flavour or spice the drink up a bit. In my opinion though, the Vanilla veriety is a better product & I go for that one. Although at the moment, my local Tesco seem to have stopped selling it altogether!
Coffee gets me going in the morning and keeps me upright throughout the day. Most of the time I drink ordinary instant coffee made with white semi-skimmed milk, but I have a Tassimo coffee machine and I like to indulge in a more luxurious coffee-shop style coffee a few times a week. It's a simple pleasure, but I'm a simple girl.
Unfortunately the coffee for my Tassimo machine is a little too indulgent for my purse at the moment as I'm trying to cut my cloth according to my means, yet I still want a few 'luxuries' in my life. With my love of good coffee and the need to treat myself a little, I decided to give Coffee-Mate Latte Creations a try. These 'creations' come in a variety of flavours; Classic, Mocha, Vanilla, Double Choca- Mocha . I chose to try the Double Choca-Mocha flavour, as not only do I love coffee, I am also a total chocaholic (and have the waistline to prove it).
The Latte Creation comes in a jar retailing at around £2.00 or is available in little paper sachets, each with a tempting picture of a gorgeous frothy, swirly mocha on the front and instructions for use on the rear. So far I have only used the sachets. Firstly I am instructed to empty the sachet into a mug, which I do. The sachet holds 20g of light brown powder, which smells very chocolaty and sweet as it falls into my mug. I am then told to add my favourite coffee (Douwe Egberts is currently fulfilling that criteria) and I add 2 spoonfuls. I like my coffee strong. I then have to fill my mug with hot, not boiling, water whilst stirring the whole time. Finally I can enjoy my latte. Well, not straight away, without the cooling effect of fridge cold milk I do have to let it sit for a while.
The latte tastes delicious. I was hesitant about trying this product because I loathe the taste of powdered milk. I often find it does not mix in well and leaves a filmy residue on the top of my coffee. This Latte Creation however, mixes in well, and all that sits on the top is a fine froth. There is none of the chemical aftertaste that I generally find with powdered milk. My only gripe, and it is a minor one, is that the drink is a little too sweet, but as I often find coffee shop latte too sickly, this is to do with the style of beverage rather than this particular product.
I will buy these sachets again but this is not a drink that I would have everyday. I like to guzzle my coffee straight away once it has been made. I'm too impatient to wait for it to cool. Also, the latte is too sweet (the top ingredient is sugar) for me to have too often and at 83kcals per cup, it's definitely a treat rather than a regular option.
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Mid-Year Handicap: The American League
With every team in the Bigs now past the 81-game mark, it seems like a good time to take a look at how we got here, where we might be going and which teams look like the best shot to be playing meaningful October baseball. I am going to look at only those teams I view as having a chance at the post-season, point out what they have done well, where they could improve and what their prospects look like going forward.
AL East
Boston Red Sox
The others had their shot. Since May 31, Curt Schilling has been injured, the lineup has done nothing and the Sox have gone 16-15. Boston hit .264/.348/.413 in June, an abysmal line for a lineup containing the talent Boston's does. Slugging .413 for a month while playing home games in Fenway Park is not easy to do. Fortunately for them, they play in the league's worst division. The closest thing resembling a charge that any team could muster was the 17-13 stretch the New York Yankees have put together since the same date.
Boston will snap out. Come hell, high water, Jacoby Ellsbury or Alex Cora, they will get more out of center field and shortstop than they have thus far in 2007. Boston is 11th in the AL in center field OPS thus far, having posted a .256/.313/.373 line. Their shortstops (Julio Lugo, ahem) have been dead last (.201/.268/.303). In addition, Manny Ramirez (.285/.385/.467) and J.D. Drew (.261/.373/.402) have not yet hit like they can.
Boston's pitching has been superb, and they have received better production than they could have hoped for from Kevin Youkilis, Dustin Pedroia and Mike Lowell. Each of these components could regress in the second half, but the aforementioned improvement candidates figure to offset them. Further, Boston has the farm system to deal for an extra part or two come deadline time.
With an 11.5 game lead on the morning of July 5, I just don't see how anyone can catch these Red Sox. But then, my father probably felt the same way on July 5, 1978.
AL Central
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Minnesota Twins
Last week I would have felt really good about including Minnesota on this list. I feel strongly that Detroit's offense is in for a major fall back to earth in the second half and I thought that given their bullpen struggles and crummy 3-5 starting pitching, they would be in for a mediocre second half. But I am starting to think that Andrew Miller, Kenny Rogers and the soon-to-return Joel Zumaya easily make up for the regression Magglio Ordonez, Gary Sheffield, Carlos Guillen, Placido Polanco and Curtis Granderson are all likely to endure. Detroit is for real, and with Justin Verlander and Jeremy Bonderman anchoring that starting rotation, they have a great chance at making another post-season run.
Minnesota is probably not going to catch Detroit, but there is hope for the Twins. Any offensive production from position players not named Morneau, Hunter, Cuddyer or Mauer would go a long way. As would some quality starting pitching from any one of its youngsters. Minnesota may have a run in them, but they will have to climb over two teams that I regard as clearly superior to them.
Cleveland's offense is fantastic and I think due some inprovement. Travis Hafner should improve in the second half, and the lefty half of the right field / left field platoon that was so brilliantly pieced together (or so I thought) has not lived up to its billing. David Dellucci has been terrible, and just as we in Boston suspected, Trot Nixon's power is zapped. Jason Michaels, Casey Blake and Franklin Gutierrez have all been solid, however. I also have to think they can get more out of Josh Barfield than the downright Lugo-esque .257/.283/.337 line he has achieved thus far.
On the pitching side, it's been C.C. Sabathia and Fausto Carmona and then little else for Cleveland. Paul Byrd has been serviceable, I guess, but the 4th and 5th slots in their rotation have been a black hole. Though he has improved a bit of late, Cliff Lee has had a rough go of it this year. Jake Westbrook and Jeremy Sowers have been a disaster. Improvement from any of these three combined with some of the hitting improvement that should come means Cleveland should be sitting pretty the rest of the year.
AL West
Los Angeles Angels
Seattle Mariners
There just is not a whole lot to say about this one. The AL West should be the Angels in a landslide. Seattle doesn't hit it or pitch it all that well and have been lucky to win as many as they have. They will fall off. Meanwhile, it's hard to see how the Angels could fall off. Orlando Cabrera and Reggie Willits may regress, but Ervin Santana and a healthy Howie Kendrick should more than make up.
Oakland is omitted because there have been reports out there that they will be deadline sellers and it makes a lot of sense. They just don't have the horses to get it done this year and I think Billy Beane will recognize this.
Nothing is settled yet, but I would be shocked if the four teams that would qualify for post-season play today if the season ended, are not vying to represent the American League in the Fall Classic come October.
Anyone else see some darkhorses that I might be missing?
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Sully, as a fellow Sox fan(and yes your bias is inherent in your posts) I agree that Manny, Papi and the middle order will start to crunch. What concerns me is the starting pitching. Its been awesome thus far. Schilling is now out indefinitely. Dice-K is looking sweet but has thrown bucketloads of innings and Wakefield fell off the planet last year in the 2nd half. Tavarez is well...Tavarez. And where is Lester?These are issues that keep me up at night.
You could be right about the A's, Sully, but it's too early to toss dirt on the coffin yet. A Mariners regression combined with a post All-
Tim Wakefield 'fell off the planet,' so to speak, because he had a stress fracture in a rib. That would be a little difficult to pitch through, I imagine.
Dice-K has thrown a good amount of pitches, but this is the same guy who was a workhorse in Japan as well. Any pitcher with a lot of innings at such a young age is a dicey proposition, no pun intended, but I believe he will stay healthy.
The Sox are getting somewhat acceptable performances out of Tavarez and are waiting for Lester to start being consistent and a little more dominant in Triple-A. I have no worries about him. Why rush him?
Quote: Tavarez is well...Tavarez. And where is Lester?
Tavrez is well... a #3 starter for the sox this year. a 4.39 ERA with the stats to back most of that ERA up is nothing to scoff at. And Lester has been mediocre at best in the minors this year. all of the scouting reports state that his stuff isnt as sharp and his velocity is down as well. Just look at his AAA numbers at minorleaguesplits.com, he's striking out around 6/9ip and walking 4/9ip and allowing a decent amount of hits and hr. Let's not forget that when lester's luck evened out last year he was a #4 starter.
Not trying to bash Lester, just trying to show that he's not anything close to an upgrade over tavarez right now.
If you really don't think the Yankees have a "chance at the postseason" (your qualification for inclusion in this column) I am going to have to question your judgement. Their pythagorean record and stabilized rotation (especially once Hughes is back in a few weeks) makes them tough to ignore
I think the key to the Twins having a run in the central will be their pitching. If Kubel continues to hit as he has recently and Rondell White actually comes back healthy after the break, the Twins offense is only going to get better. My guess is that they have already taken too long to answer the questions in the rotation. They are going to need Baker, Bonser and Garza to be steady producers from here on out. I would bet on any one of them individually, but all three is going to be tough.


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As you probably know Mate, the organization behind this video is Stansberry & Associates, out of Baltimore in the US.
Stansberry & Associates (also Agora Publishing) is the biggest and most "successful" money-making on-line marketing operation out there. Health Sciences Institute is one of their ops, as is HSI Wealth Alert, and a dozen or so other on-line marketing capers.
Indeed, HSI Wealth Alert sent me this same link in an email.
Funny thing in listening to the video, I could swear the voice of "the Falcon" was that of an old US buddy of mine who involved me in an outfit called Iraqi Forum for Rehabilitation and Development as an advisory board member. This at the time after the US toppled Hussein.
IFRAD is another song to sing another time, as is the stupidity and corruption that went on in Iraq . . . our IFRAD president, an Iraqi but US resident, was an adviser to Paul Bremer the head US guy sent to "rebuild" Iraq. (Hey I've been around.)
"Old Buddy" is indeed well connected, and the song being sung in the video is very much his and one I've heard him sing many times . . . and with that very same lilting voice he uses for emphasis that is uniquely his :D I've not heard it in any other. (I'll have to check with him to see if he did this)
So, the facts he relates are facts, and the scenarios he forecasts are opinion and possible . . . anything is possible in a country like the US with such ineptitude and corruption in so many high places.
What is true, that he does not mention is that the infrastructure in the US is decayed and falling apart and essential elements of it such as water and electrical supply networks are on the tipping edge of failure (for various reasons). Bottom line is that the stuff has not been maintained or upgraded to meet increasing needs.
Financial chaos actually is on the way . . . however in what form is another question. We will likely see another 500-1,000 banks fail; some of them very major big name banks (HSBC and Well Fargo being prime candidates) . . . how the "government" will handle or manage it, God alone knows.
As to civil strife . . . . well, I invite the Americans to remember what they saw of their fellow's conduct in the early '70's when they had a shortage of gasoline . . . folks took to fighting each other then. Remember the LA riots when a section of the community didn't like the Rodney King verdict in court.
Anyone who ignores this history is doomed to be a casualty to it.
Having said all that, the vid is a hyping of a scenario for the purpose of selling something . . . . that is what Stansberry & Associates does. Personally, I have observed they are often also somewhat deceptive, though "cleverly" so, so as to not be illegal but nonetheless misleading.
Personally, for the guys in the US I recommend taking the steps prudent to secure your finances/wealth etc., and also to be relatively safe in the context of handling outages of internet access/power outs, bank closures and high inflation, and disruptions to supplies.
That always makes sense . . . example: I have friends who have generators that are a Godsend when ice storms KO electrical power here in the NE . . . they also have reserve stores of food for when they can't get to stores or deliveries to stores are interrupted. All this will serve them well if the scenario "the Falcon" refers to gets out of hand.
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This for those who like a good read, and who are interested in knowing who is screwing you and how it has been done . . . I just ran across this.
The Art of Speculation
By Howard Katz
Nov 29 2010 10:58AM
The rally in the dollar over the past few weeks serves as a good illustration of what it takes to be a good speculator. I can remember when I was new to the art of speculation. It was the early 1970s, and Richard Nixon, unilaterally and illegally, abolished the U.S. gold standard (or at least the slender, connection to gold which still existed at that time and was known as the Bretton Woods System).
It was obvious what was going to happen. The Government was abolishing the tie to gold because it wanted to print money. And as soon as Bretton Woods was destroyed, that is exactly what it did. The gold bugs of the early 1970s knew that there had to be an important rise in the price of gold because money had been created during the 1940s and again during the 1960s, and a general rise in the amount of money in society has to lead to an equivalent rise in the average price level.
I can remember that this became an issue and was widely debated. The people on the political left universally declared that printing money would not cause average prices to rise. They were literally arguing that society could create something for nothing by the simple act of counterfeiting money and that this would make the average person richer. Later, when I was able to do some research, I discovered that this exact theory had been presented in the book, The Road to Plenty, by William Trufant Foster and Waddill Catchings written in 1928.
Actually this theory had been refuted over a hundred years earlier by Thomas Jefferson, who in 1816 had written:
We are now taught to believe that legerdemain tricks upon paper can produce as solid wealth as hard labor in the earth. It is vain for common sense to urge that nothing can produce but nothing; that it is an idle dream to believe in a philosophers stone which is to turn everything into gold [here used as a general term to refer to wealth per se], and to redeem man from the original sentence of his maker, in the sweat of his brow shall he eat his bread. (Jefferson, letter to Charles Yancy, Jan. 6, 1816, Writings XIV, p. 381, Jeffersons italics.)
Jefferson fought a 41 year battle against the two American central banks (forerunners of the Federal Reserve). This battle, which did not end until after Jeffersons death, was won in 1832 when Andrew Jackson was elected on a program to abolish the (second) central bank. He told the people that they could have:
A bank and no Jackson or no bank and Jackson.
They chose the latter by an overwhelming majority.
This battle, by the way, was the occasion for the creation of the Democratic Party. Jefferson raised the issue of the (first) central bank and was elected President on that issue in 1800. The bank was abolished in 1811 but came back in 1816, rechartered for 20 years. The young Martin van Buren was inspired by the elderly Jefferson to take up the fight against the bank. He proved to be a political genius and created the first permanent political organization, the Democratic Party, recruited Jackson and won the election of 1828. (Up to that time, political organizations were ad hoc and dissolved immediately after an election.) The bank was bribing U.S. senators and congressmen and so controlled Congress; so to kill the bank it was necessary to elect a President who would veto the recharter. Since the charter expired in 1836, the key was the election of 1832, which Jackson won with 59.1% of the vote (not counting 3rd parties). This was bigger than Reagans victory in 1984, and it quickly became a rule in American politics that a central bank was beyond the pale. And indeed, when the 3rd central bank was created in 1914, its supporters denied that it was a central bank because to admit it would have ensured their defeat.
The advocates of paper money in America have always been afraid to appeal to the people. F.D.R. in 1932 hid the fact that he intended to abolish the gold standard, as did Nixon in 1968. They understood that what they were doing was very unpopular and tried to low ball it in every way.
In 1933, F.D.R., on his very first day in office, gave the power to counterfeit money to a group of his rich friends while pretending to hate the rich and be on the side of the poor. (Actually, this counterfeiting power did not benefit the hard working, productive rich who were building the country with their success. It was exclusively for the benefit of the dishonest rich, who were making money via government favors. But it also directly contradicted the New Deal propaganda, which lumped the two kinds of rich together in a crude attempt to win support from the average working man, many of whom could not tell the difference.)
The way that this connects to the art of speculation lies in the events of the 1930s. First, the real source of the paper money theory, Foster and Catchings, was hidden. A pretentious phony from Britain, John Maynard Keynes, repackaged their theory, plagiarized it and presented it as his own. Fosters and Catchings had been identifiable conservatives, but Keynes was able to masquerade as a liberal. The pre-1932 Democratic Party had been liberal (dating from its opposition to the central bank, and thus on the side of the working man), but in nominating F.D.R. the Democratic Party became a reactionary party, which wanted to go back to the system of the past.
Second, during the 1930s and 40s, a group of New York bankers recruited a collection of confidence men and frauds (such as John Kenneth Galbraith) who were willing to mouth the bankers party line about paper money, and these bankers then bribed several of the nations most prestigious schools to hire said frauds and give them positions of status and power. It was a good deal for the bankers. It corrupted the teaching of economics in the nations universities, and the result has been that 99.9% of all editorial writers, columnists, etc. on the subject of economics over the past 70 years have been outright liars and frauds, nothing they have said makes any sense, and virtually none of their predictions have come true. In previous articles, I have discussed several of the most egregious of these predictions (Henry Kaufmans prediction of depression in 1982, Ravi Batras similar prediction for 1990, Long Term Capital Managements bankruptcy in 1998, Glassman and Hassetts prediction of Dow 36,000 by 2003-05, published by the New York Times, in 1999). We can be highly confident that the latest prediction from these pseudo-economists (the prediction of deflation made in late 2008) will prove equally false, and all who believe it will suffer huge losses.
How did these bankers get you to believe their lies? It was very simple. They endowed their flunkies with long, impressive titles. Now Adam Smith did not have a title in economics. (He was a professor of moral philosophy.) But 20th century economists have long titles, which they think are very impressive. And indeed, they are. They are impressive to many people. These people are impressed with authority.
Belief in authority runs very deep in the human breast, and it is death to all attempts at human improvement and betterment. The greatest period in human history came in the 17th-19th centuries in Calvinist countries precisely because of Calvins attack on the authority of the Catholic Church. But to you as a speculator in the financial markets this is the crucial issue. For example, when the New York Times told us, in late 2008, that the nation was in severe danger of deflation, the CRB index was close to half of what it is today. Large numbers of commodity speculators believed the Times and dumped their holdings. Gold speculators sharply increased their shorts in Sept.-Oct. 2008. They shorted just about as close to the bottom ($700/oz) as it was possible to get and were run-in by first a 100 point and then a 300 point rally. Worse, the Times, had earlier bought its own stock for $40/share and saw it decline to $4/share. Who in his right mind would take their advice?
And yet millions of people did take the Times advice, but they did not even know it. That is, the Times is imitated by ignorant and lazy newspapers around the country, and, when an article appears in the Times, the same ideas will show up around the country, here, there, in the oddest places. Even people who do not share the crackpot politics of the Times will follow their economic advice, not knowing that this is what they are doing.
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy which answers the question, how does a human being acquire knowledge? What is the right way to acquire knowledge? Psychoepistemology is the individuals way of acquiring knowledge. A proposition in epistemology has to be true, or it does not qualify as being in the subject. But a proposition in psychoepistemology can be badly false. As speculators, if we can identify errors in our competitors psychoepistemologies, we can buy when they are selling (and vice versa) and thus take their money.
As noted, the psychoepistemologies of many people involve belief in authority. The Calvinist principle, question authority, gave the world a great period of human achievement. Unfortunately, it has now been adopted as a meaningless slogan by the left, which repeatedly votes to extend the power of authority and repeatedly obeys whatever absurdities their authority figures are peddling at the moment (global warming, stimulus XXV).
Right now the vast majority of speculators are operating on the same principle as the early 1970s: that the creation of large amounts of money will not cause a general rise in prices. During that decade the price of gold went from $35/oz to $875/oz. They laughed at us gold bugs (and remember that the early gold bugs only predicted a doubling of gold, from $35 to $70). Thus they were embarrassed and humiliated (because in reality they are crackpots and fools).
Well, these people have still not learned. They still blindly follow their authority figures. Upon the completion of QE2, the U.S. money supply will have approximately tripled in some 3 years. What will the results be? Well, general prices in the U.S. will approximately triple. We took their money a generation ago, and now we are going to take it again. How sweet it is.
As the above history shows, you live in a society surrounded by and immersed in lies. This is bad for most of the people, but for the astute speculator who is willing to question authority it is an opportunity. If the establishment of the 1970s was bad, the establishment of today is much worse. They intend to steal your hard-earned wealth and give it to the paper aristocracy (defined as those who profit from the depreciation of the currency and exert their political influence to make it happen).. OHE subscribers know that the great deflation scare of 2008-to-present is about to give way to the great inflation reality. This is the reality of our day. Prices are not going down. That was a scam by the paper aristocracy and their handmaiden, the New York Times. Believe them, and they will take your money. Question authority, and you have the basic tool to fight back and take theirs. It is the job of the One-handed Economist to give you the specific indicators and recommendations to come out ahead in this little game.
Thank you for your interest.
Howard S. Katz
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Meanwhile, in Hungary: Hungary takes aim at private pension funds:
From how I read this, what they are doing is comparable to telling Americans "If you maintain a private 401K or IRA account, that's all you get, you become ineligible for Social Security -- you need to be in a government-run pension account investing exclusively in government bonds (which may or may not actually pay out)".Hungary is trying to force 3 million people now in private pension schemes back into the state system to help it meet strict budget targets.
Special incentives would be offered to those switching into the state pension plan by Jan. 31, Economy Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy said Wednesday. Those people remaining in private schemes will become ineligible for public pensions -- a move that would effectively cost them 70 percent of their retirement payouts.
Expect Obama to float something similar if the federal budget gets too dire.
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To say Lauren Scruggs has had a tough few months would be an understatement.
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Scruggs, who lost her left arm and eventually her left eye after she accidentally walked into a plane's propeller, was spotted leaving the gym wearing workout gear, a Dallas Cowboys baseball cap and a jacket that covered her missing left arm.
The 23-year-old blonde was fitted with the new prosthetic eye at the end of January.
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The next step in Lauren's recovery is a prosthetic arm, and while that process is underway, her family continues to try to keep her uplifted
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In the spring of 1989, the Yankees were talking to the Atlanta Braves about a trade for Jeff Blauser just before Blauser began a nine-year run as the Braves' shortstop. Suddenly, Bobby Cox, the Braves' general manager, encountered a problem.
Calling a reporter who covered the Yankees, Cox, in a fit of frustration, said, ''I've been talking to Bob Quinn every morning, but I called Quinn this morning and he said he isn't in charge anymore, so who do I call now?''
General managers of other teams have had the same problem for years. When they want to discuss a trade with the Yankees, they don't know whom to call. Is it the general manager or is it George Steinbrenner or is it the current top Steinbrenner adviser in the Yankees' office in Tampa, Fla.?
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In naming the 30-year-old Cashman to succeed Bob Watson, who resigned yesterday, Steinbrenner has found himself a new ''bright young executive.'' That was the owner's term for some of his baseball people in the mid-1980's, none of whom stayed around long, leaving either of their own volition or of Steinbrenner's.Continue reading the main story
Cashman is the second-youngest general manager in baseball history, but he accepted the job yesterday with far more pragmatism and candor than many of his predecessors.
When Watson, for example, was asked about an hour before he was named general manager 27 months ago about reports that he would be named, he denied even knowing that the Yankees had interest in him for the position.
When Cashman was asked yesterday about his strength as a talent evaluator, he quickly said: ''It's not a strength. I'm an administrator. I'm a good listener. I would not pass myself off as an evaluator of talent.''
Like just about every one of his predecessors, Cashman also said he knew what he was getting into. Unlike most of the others, though, he had reason to say it.
''I have not been given any false expectations,'' he said. ''I know some people have come in here and said it's going to be different. I've been here. I know what to expect. There will be good times; there will be tough times. I understand George. I understand what he wants. I know there will be phone calls when I don't want them.''
As a Yankee employee for nine years and a front-office intern three years before that, Cashman has experienced Steinbrenner up close and personal. Yet he might have given away a bit of naivete when he appealed to other general managers to call him. Cashman knows that in the ongoing negotiations with the Minnesota Twins about a trade for Chuck Knoblauch, Steinbrenner picked up the telephone and called Terry Ryan, the Twins' general manager, himself. Earlier in the winter, when Steinbrenner was dissatisfied with the pace of talks with Seattle about Randy Johnson, he called Woody Woodward, the Mariners' general manager, himself.
Steinbrenner, in reality, is his own general manager, unlike any owner. Others become involved in negotiations for high-priced contracts, but who else calls general managers about a trade for a second baseman or a pitcher?
What other organization, too, is run from a distance of a thousand miles? The Yankees' minor league operation is based in Tampa, and the fiefdom that Steinbrenner has allowed to exist there has often created havoc for the general manager in New York.
Cashman spoke candidly of his views of that setup, too. Asked about problems with the geographical division of club executives, he said: ''I know there have been times in the past; there's no question there's been one. I'd be misleading anybody if I said otherwise.''
But the new general manager, who once worked in the Tampa office, also said: ''I think Tampa's a good thing. Obviously, I would prefer to have people in the office every day up here. But we do talk on the phone. I have to reach out. I have to rely on those people a great deal and I've done that up to this point and I'll continue to do that. Right now there isn't a Tampa-New York problem. Not with me and I don't think there's one with Tampa with me either.''
Cashman, in fact, talked about how important it will be for him to have input from Mark Newman, the club's vice president for player development and scouting, the No. 1 executive in the Tampa outpost. Steinbrenner obviously listens closely to what Newman has to say.
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Who do you see emerging as the Tampa Bay area's top business leaders?
The latest annual business leaders survey conducted by the St. Petersburg Times shows Chuck Sykes once again garnered far more votes to this question than anyone else. I can only come to three conclusions:
1. Chuck Sykes, who runs Tampa's Sykes Enterprises from the round "Beer Can" building in downtown Tampa, is now the unstoppable Chuck Norris of area business leadership. And that makes Sykes worthy of the same kind of corny invincibility jokes that until now were inspired solely by Norris:
Chuck Sykes doesn't lift just any beer can to quench his thirst; he lifts the entire Beer Can building. … When other business leaders received votes in this survey, they personally demanded we change them to votes for Chuck Sykes.
2. The severe recession forced so many area executives to focus on rebuilding their own businesses, few others paid much attention to Tampa Bay's bigger economic picture.
3. We're suffering a regional dearth of true business leadership.
Frankly, all three conclusions hold an element of truth. Sykes, 48, has enjoyed a high profile, chairing a second year term at the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. He's also prominent in other economic development groups and sports support and planning groups ranging from FIFA soccer to the Tampa Bay Rays.
It's also a family tradition. A dozen years ago, Sykes' father, John Sykes, was counted among our top business leaders.
Past Times surveys on occasion revealed thin leadership ranks here. Real estate and construction industry leaders used to be prominent, but that bench, not surprisingly, has lost its depth. Bankers here also used to be major players. Now Tampa Bay's financial scene is awash in city presidents reporting to regional managers reporting to state execs reporting to out-of-state headquarters staff. The clout is pretty much gone.
Now, just as the Tampa Bay region seems to be approaching a tipping point in size and economic seriousness, we are again at risk of a diminished pipeline of truly regional business leadership to take this metro area to the next level.
That, at least, is one perspective gleaned from this year's Times survey and a look back at more than a decade of our annual surveys on emerging area leaders.
You have to wonder. Did the recent failures of two major public transportation initiatives backed by the general business community — Hillsborough County voters in November rejected a county mass-transit tax, and the governor turned down federal funds committed to a Tampa-Orlando high-speed rail line — happen in part because business leadership was unconvincing?
I see boatloads of talent. Somehow, we need more business execs from a broader swath of our economy to step up and lead. Vigorously. It's never easy to rally greater Tampa Bay to greater things in good times, much less when our economy struggles.
In the Times survey, newly anointed Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn came in a distant second behind Sykes. After Buckhorn came University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft, who in turn was closely followed by a tie in voting between two Raymond James Financial executives. A perennial heavyweight in these annual surveys, Raymond James chairman and former chief executive Tom James, and his recent successor as company CEO, Paul Reilly, were both cited equally in the voting.
After that, the voting dips. TECO Energy CEO John Ramil, who six years ago was a top vote-getter, got just a handful of leadership votes this time around. After him, the voting gets spread very thin.
In the Times' 2010 survey, Sykes dominated the leadership votes even more than this year. In 2010, Sykes was again followed by, in order, Reilly, James and Genshaft.
Those names, while precious to a thankful business community, are getting all too familiar, folks. They need fresh company. They need reinforcements.
You can argue that dozens, even hundreds of business executives are "leaders" in some slice of our community, city, cause, school or philanthropic effort. And that's great. Keep it up.
But what we also need are a few more folks who can help command the region as a whole. That takes influence, smarts, commitment, persistence, a track record of success, vision … well, real leadership.
Any takers?
Robert Trigaux can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.