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Corruption and violence keep certain countries mired in poverty, according to authors Edward Miguel and Raymond Fisman. They used rainfall data to show that violence in Africa increases reliably during periods of drought and scarcity.
For example:
- When farmers can't raise crops, they are more likely to turn to pillaging.
- An increase in pillaging can provide further disincentive for others to be productive (why build a farm if it's going to be looted?), thus triggering a cycle of brutality.
Miguel and Fisman argue that economic conditions can be as important as (if not more important than) cultural factors in stoking Africa's bloody conflicts:
- Somalia, for example, is one of the least ethnically and religiously diverse countries on the planet, but it has been wracked by persistent outbursts of violence, many of which can be linked to droughts.
- A similar phenomenon occurs in Tanzania during times of drought, which are highly correlated with spikes in "witch killings," the murder of elderly women who are frail and unable to pull their own economic weight.
- Under conditions of extreme resource scarcity these women become attractive targets for violence, making them victims of economic deprivation as much as bizarre religious fanaticism.
So if economic scarcity can spark intense violence, and if we know which events are likely to create scarcity, we should be able to target development assistance in ways that please both sides of the foreign aid debate. But just sending a stream of money into corrupt and unstable countries is a bad idea, say the authors.
Source: Anthony Dick, "A Gangster Has Many Faces," The American, November/December 2008; based upon: Edward Miguel and Raymond Fisman, "Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations," Princeton University Press, September 2008.
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Speaking to Deadline's Allison Hope Weiner, Gibson explained he doesn't "blame" people for thinking less of him but that the audio extracts were "edited" in a way that showed him in an especially damaging light. "The recordings were one terribly awful moment in time, said to one person in the span of one day, and doesn't represent what I truly believe or how I've treated people my entire life." He added: "I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality. I don't blame some people for thinking I'm bigoted though, from all the garbage they heard on those leaked tapes."
Gibson went on to admit that the aftermath of the controversy had led him to rethink whether he'd chosen the right career path. But Gibson, whose directorial career has of late eclipsed those films in which he's in front of the camera, was circumspect when Weiner asked if he was worried that audiences would now be reluctant to see him on screen. "I don't care if I don't act any more," said Gibson. "I could easily not act again. It's not a problem."
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SALADO — Robert Cortes, a 2014 Salado High School graduate, is one of 50 students selected nationwide to attend the Four Star Leadership Program led by retired Gen. Tommy Franks, former commander of coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The program focuses on leadership training, policy debate, speech competition and scholarships, and offers an opportunity to engage with national and global leaders. It is scheduled for July 12-19 in Oklahoma City.
"I'm already excited about everything," Cortes said of his admission to Georgetown and his plans for the future. "This opportunity will give me a chance to better myself before I go to college. The focus will be on writing, public speaking and several areas that I want to improve in. It's what I'm looking forward to this summer."
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Has Britney Spears found love with her longtime talent agent, Jason Trawick?
E! Online reports that the 27-year-old singer, currently on her Circus comeback tour, has been secretly dating her 37-year-old business associate.
A Spears insider denies that the singer's involved with Trawick, who joined her for the first four concerts of her tour, saying that they merely have a "close professional relationship" and calling the romance rumors "ridiculous." However, another source claims that Trawick's bosses are okay with his extra-close bond to his client, and that "They joke about it."
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By Rabbi Laura Geller
You may have heard the old joke, "Question: According to Jewish tradition, when does life begin? Answer: The fetus is not considered viable until after it graduates from medical school."
Okay, maybe not medical school. But the question as to when life begins is an important one in the debate about abortion.
The Torah seems to address that question in a description of an accidental miscarriage: "When men fight and one of them pushes a pregnant woman and a miscarriage results but no other misfortune, the one responsible shall be fined...but if other misfortune ensues, the penalty shall be life (nefesh) for life (nefesh)." (Ex.21:22-25)
It is clear from this text that causing a fetus to abort is a crime, but not a capital crime. It seems, then, that a fetus is not a "life" in the same sense that a person is a "life." The Talmud makes this even clearer: "If a woman is having difficulty giving birth, one cuts up the fetus within her and takes it out limb by limb, because her life takes precedence over its life. Once a greater part has emerged, you cannot touch it, because you may not set aside one life for another." (Oholot 7:6) Rashi, the great medieval commentator explains: "For as long as it has not yet emerged into the world, it is not a nefesh, and one may kill it to save its mother."
So when does life begin? Not in medical school, but at birth.
The Talmud not only permits abortion when the life of the mother is at stake, it actually requires it. What about other instances, which are not life threatening? One such situation, described in the Talmud, is the case of a pregnant woman sentenced to death by hanging. If the execution (which is supposed to occur immediately) were to be put off until she delivered the baby, she would suffer the agony of additional waiting for the execution. But if she were to be executed while still pregnant, the trauma of the execution would induce labor. To protect the woman from this additional humiliation and disgrace, the fetus ought to be aborted before the execution.
This principle is used by some later authorities to indicate that abortion is permissible not only when the life of the mother is at stake, but also when her mental health is at stake. From this understanding comes the view of some later authorities that abortion can be justified in other situations, including danger to the health of an existing child, or rape.
Other Jewish authorities approach the question of abortion from a different perspective. According to this view the issue is not whether the fetus is a nefesh but rather that the fetus is like "a pursuer intent upon killing a victim" -- in this case the mother. A third party can kill a pursuer. By this reasoning the fetus ought to be aborted, but only if the birth of the baby will kill the mother. This line of reasoning makes it harder to justify abortion in any other than life-threatening circumstances.
The legacy of these two different perspectives leads to two different Jewish approaches toward abortion. The more restrictive, based on the "pursuer" argument, is that abortion is only justifiable in the case of life threatening circumstance. The second more lenient view is that since a fetus is not a nefesh, abortion can be justified in a wider range of circumstances. But even in the second view, fetal life is potential life, and therefore abortion remains an extremely serious decision.


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According to the Associated Press, the face of the Nationals franchise, Stephen Strasburg, has a significant tear of his ulnar collateral ligament and will most likely require Tommy John surgery. Strasburg's initial MRI revealed a strained forearm, but the diagnosis raised enough questions to have a second and more extensive MRI on Thursday, which revealed the tear.
Things have definitely gone downhill for the rookie ace and Nationals franchise. After a promising start to the season, where Strasburg went 5-3 with a 2.91 ERA and 92 strikeouts, news of Tommy John surgery has to be a crushing blow for a franchise that looked to be on the rise.
If Strasburg does go through with Tommy John surgery, he will likely miss the 2011 season.
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By the end of this past season, Lastings Milledge had fallen out of the Pirates' everyday lineup. Thursday, he fell completely out of their plans, probably for good.
Milledge, who was in his first year of arbitration eligibility, became a free agent when the Pirates did not tender him an offer by the midnight deadline.
The Pirates last night did sign shortstop Ronny Cedeno and pitcher Jeff Karstens to contracts to avoid salary arbitration. The club also tendered offers to arbitration-eligible pitchers Ross Ohlendorf and Joel Hanrahan.
The Pirates non-tendered three players — pitchers Donnie Veal and Brian Burres and infielder Argenis Diaz — who were not yet arbitration-eligible. They are now free agents.
"We have made the difficult decision to not offer contracts (to) four quality young men," general manager Neal Huntington said. "In each case, there was serious consideration to the process and in each case, we felt this decision was in the best interest of the organization."
Huntington is optimistic he can re-sign Veal and Burres, and already has made that known to both camps. Veal, a former Rule 5 pickup, is recovering from Tommy John surgery. Burres made 13 starts for the Pirates this past season.
Diaz, 23, likely will not be back, squeezed out by the younger wave of infielders in the Pirates' farm system.
Milledge, 25, began 2010 as the Opening Day starter in left field. He was shifted to right after Jose Tabata was called up, then was demoted to a platoon role due to his poor run production (34 RBI in 113 games) and defensive struggles.
Huntington is open to trying to re-sign Milledge, who made $452,000 this year. But attempts to work out a one-year deal before last night's deadline yielded little progress.
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Cedeno, who was in his final year of arbitration eligibility, got a one-year contact with a club option for 2012. Cedeno is guaranteed $2 million under the deal.
But even with a new deal, Cedeno, 27, is not a lock to be the Opening Day starter next summer. Cedeno made $1.125 million this past season, when he hit .256 with 38 RBI in 139 games.
The Pirates have been seeking an upgrade at shortstop via a trade, and likely will intensify their search during next week's MLB winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Karstens will make $1.1 million next year, nearly tripling his salary from this past season.
Last season, Karstens went 3-10 with a 4.92 ERA in 26 outings. The right-hander's key asset is versatility — Karstens made 19 starts and also handled a variety of roles in the bullpen.
This is the first time Ohlendorf and Hanrahan are eligible for arbitration.
If they do not sign contracts by Jan. 18, they and the team will exchange salary figures for arbitration.
Arbitration hearings will be held Feb. 1-21.
Ohlendorf, 28, went 1-11 with a 4.07 ERA this year, when injuries limited him to 21 starts. He made $453,000.
Hanrahan, 29, is a candidate to become the full-time closer in 2011. This past season, he went 4-1 with a 3.62 ERA and six saves. The righty made $439,000.
Last month, the Pirates cut ties with three players — Andy LaRoche, Zach Duke and Delwyn Young — who were arbitration eligible. Duke was traded to Arizona; Young and LaRoche became free agents.
On. Nov. 3, reliever Wil Ledezma, who's in his second year of eligibility, avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $700,000 deal with the Pirates.
Notes: During an online chat yesterday, president Frank Coonelly said the Pirates made a firm offer to free-agent pitcher Jorge de la Rosa, who this week re-signed with Colorado. Coonelly indicated de la Rosa's demand for a third-year player option, which he got from the Rockies, was a deal-breaker for the Pirates.


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Hugo Taylor became the eighth person to leave the I'm a Celebrity jungle this evening after losing a public vote off.
The 26-year-old Made In Chelsea star, who lasted 19 days in the camp, admitted he wanted to stay till the end.
Speaking to hosts Ant and Dec before crossing the bridge to kiss girlfriend Natalie Joel, Hugo admitted that he was pleased to have reached the latter stages of the ITV1 reality show.
"I said I wanted to make the final five, so I'm very proud. Three weeks today!" he said.
The occasionally stroppy 26-year-old, described by camp mate Ashley Roberts as a "moody dude", added that the experience was "infinitely harder" than he had expected.
"It is such a rollercoaster ride," he said. "It's just nuts."
He added: "I've been on the fence about wanting to stay or go. Now I'm out I realise I wanted to stay."
Describing the remaining jungle campers as "the nicest people in the world", the Londoner felt that he has learnt how to manage his stress levels.
He also admitted that a recent clash with Rosemary Shrager may have been uglier if it had happened earlier during his stint Down Under.
"I'm so used to having things done my way. When I'm hungry, that's when I'm at my worst," said Hugo.
"I used to think if you got stressed, things would be more productive and things would happen quicker.
"I've now realised its the complete opposite - if you're calmer about things, chill, the logical answer comes out."
Indeed, that approach may be working. Having filled the gourmet gap following Rosemary's departure by preparing and cooking a hind quarter of hare for the group - to universal acclaim - and working out frustration by destroying spider 'piñatas' alongside David Haye for Deadly Dollars task, Hugo did seem somewhat more relaxed.
And so to his slightly unlikely buddying up with darts legend Eric Bristow, who Hugo claimed was "the one guy that kept me calm the whole time".
"I love Eric. He's just the coolest guy ever," he said. "Nothing phases him whatsoever. He's always like, 'chill'."
There are now just four contestants left in the jungle: Ashley, David, Charlie and Eric.
Asked who he thought should win, Hugo plumped for either Eric or Ashley, choosing the former Pussycat Doll because she had thrown herself into jungle life.
Tory MP Nadine Dorries, 1980s pop icon Limahl, Birds of a Feather actress Linda Robson, former Doctor Who Colin Baker, Corrie bikini babe Helen Flanagan and chef Rosemary Shrager have already been eliminated from the reality show.
Comic Brian Conley also left after suffering from exhaustion and malnutrition.


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Just a little fyi. For the texture painters out there. I'm doing a tips and tricks Birds on a Feather at Siggraph. The information on it is below. If anyone wants to present and has 5 minutes to show a cool tip or trick, email me in private with the gmail address at the bottom. You can present it live or just show slides. I have a machine if you do not have your own laptop to bring.
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Last month at CES, LG and T-Mobile briefly showed off the new G-Slate but were a little hush-hush about the features and specs of the new slate. Early this morning all the gory details were released. Here's what you can expect from the new G-Slate coming to T-Mobile in the spring.
The first thing that jumps off the spec sheet is the 8.9 inch 3D screen. I'm not sure how I feel about a 3D screen in general, let along on my mobile devices. We'll have to see how this turns out. Going hand and hand with the 3D screen, is the 3D HD video recording thanks to the 5 megapixel rear-facing camera. Continuing down the spec sheet we find 32GB internal storage, HDMU output, 2 megapixel front-facing camera, powered by Nvidia's dual core Tegra 2 processor, support for T-Mobile's new 4G network, running Android 3.0 – Honeycomb.
LG has been turning out some really cool and cutting edge devices recently, and it looks like the G-Slate is no exception. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on one and seeing how well it performs.
In case you're interested the full T-Mobile press release follows below.
Bellevue, Wash. and San Diego — Feb. 1, 2011 PST
T-Mobile USA, Inc. and LG Mobile Phones today unveiled their Android™ 3.0 (Honeycomb)-powered tablet, the T-Mobile® G-Slate™ with Google™ by LG. With a brilliant, high-definition (HD) 8.9-inch, 3D-capable multi-touch display, the T-Mobile G-Slate delivers a groundbreaking mobile entertainment experience, including the ability to record 3D and full HD video.
Expected to be available this spring, G-Slate is built for speed on America's Largest 4G Network™ and is the first tablet in T-Mobile's pioneering G-series of devices, which began with the world's first Android-powered smartphone just over two years ago. The first 4G tablet from T-Mobile and LG, the G-Slate is powered by Android 3.0 (Honeycomb), the latest version of Google's Android platform, which is optimized for tablets. In addition, the G-Slate will be among the first tablets to feature 3D capabilities including built-in support for 3D graphics, enabling consumers to capture and share their own 3D videos and experience 3D HD content right on the device with the aid of 3D glasses.
"The G-Slate represents the next chapter in T-Mobile's rich history of Android innovation," said Brad Duea, senior vice president, marketing, T-Mobile USA. "Tablets enable users to take with them the rich Web and entertainment experiences they have at home, and this will radically shift the way people interact with and consume content while mobile. The G-Slate delivers a powerful combination of premium mobile HD entertainment and T-Mobile's lightning-fast 4G mobile broadband network."
"We are excited to introduce the T-Mobile G-Slate by LG, which offers consumers an engaging new way to communicate, entertain and stay connected," said Tim O'Brien, vice president of marketing for LG Mobile Phones. "Bringing consumers the latest in revolutionary HD tablet technology and an Android platform perfectly optimized for tablet use, G-Slate provides a unique multimedia experience."
The sleek, lightweight G-Slate can easily be held upright in one hand for reading an eBook or magazine, watching streaming TV or browsing the Web while on the go. Featuring a rear-facing stereoscopic video recorder with 1080p for HD video capture and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, the G-Slate makes it easy to capture moments on video or with a photo. With the front-facing camera, customers can video chat with friends and family over T-Mobile's network or Wi-Fi with Google Talk™. The G-Slate also supports 720p HD on-device video playback and HDMI output to show 1080p content on 3-D and HD displays. With a NVIDIA Tegra 2 mobile processor with dual-core CPU and full Adobe® Flash® Player support, the G-Slate enables quick and seamless browsing of rich Web content, multitasking and gaming. The G-Slate will also provide a superior entertainment experience when streaming live TV or downloading music and videos with lightning-fast speed over T-Mobile's 4G network.
In addition, the G-Slate includes 32 GB of internal memory and features a built-in gyroscope, accelerometer and adaptive lighting for the latest applications and the ultimate gaming experience.
T-Mobile's 4G network, America's largest 4G network, has expanded into more than 100 major metropolitan areas, reaching more than 200 million people nationwide. Beginning today, T-Mobile's network is also delivering 4G speeds to Albany, Augusta, Columbus and Macon, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., in the South region as well as in Champaign, Ill.; Lansing, Mich.; and Rochester, Minn., in the Midwest. In addition to the expanding its 4G footprint, T-Mobile has aggressive plans to double the speed of its 4G network in 2011. T-Mobile expects that 140 million Americans in 25 major metropolitan areas will have access to these increased 4G speeds by midyear.
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Assignment Guide: American Drama
* This guide on writing a paper for Dr. Terry Heller's class was written by Jenny Kilburn, a former Writing Center Consultant, in fulfillment of an assignment for the Writing Center staff development course, Topics in Composition. The purpose of this guide is to provide insight into the assignment as well as to provide helpful hints and advice to anyone who may be completing a similar assignment.
Professor: Dr. Terry Heller, Howard Hall Professor of English
Assignment: Write a 1000 word essay on one of the topics you have been given. You may expand on one of your shorter essays, combine them or start all over again. At some point meet with a writing center consultant who is not in this class currently.
Additional information on the assignment: You will be allowed to revise this essay. Students hand the first draft in, and Professor Heller will make comments and suggestions on it. After that initial submission, it is up to you as to which changes you make before including a polished draft in your final portfolio which will receive a grade. Keep in mind while writing this essay that it is a thesis essay. You are presenting a thesis statement about something related to the plays and supporting that thesis in your paper.
Criteria for the course essay in your portfolio:
Is the paper interesting to read? Stimulating? Touching?
Word to the wise:
Choose a title for your essay that is fitting, informative, and catchy.
Intended audience: You should write for an audience of your classmates. You won't have to elaborate on every aspect of the play, but remind us of important events that occurred. The other students may have forgotten about the play because they haven't been working on it as hard as you have.
Help: Writing Thesis Essays
A key element in a thesis essay is the thesis statement. Here is where you should inform the reader of what you intend to discuss. There are several ways that you can present your thesis: state it simply in either one sentence or in a series of consecutive sentences. You can also choose to start your thesis statement in one sentence in the beginning of the paper and then finish it later in your paper. There are also other methods. Keep in mind that no matter what format you use, you need to make sure your reader will be able to discover what your thesis is.
Keep your thesis in mind while writing your paper. It is important to stick to your chosen topic. Choose a thesis simple enough to be covered in the course of your paper. Otherwise, you will get off track, and your paper can become very cluttered with extra and unnecessary information. Remember that the goal of a thesis essay is to persuade your reader by the end of the paper. Supporting your thesis through examples and quotes is essential in persuation. It is also important to explain how these examples and quotes support your point. According to Mortimer Adler, knowledge can be divided into three levels. The lowest level is the statement of fact. This can be a statistic statement for example. Then there are statements about facts where you make some comment on a fact itself like interpreting a statistic. In the highest level are statements about statements. It is suggested that you should use the highest level in your essay and use the lower two levels as your supporting statements.
This web site created and maintained by the Coe Writing Center. Copyright 2001.
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Tsarevo is a town and seaside resort in southeastern Bulgaria, an administrative centre of the homonymous Municipality of Tsarevo in Burgas Province. It lies on a cove 70 km southeast of Burgas, on the southern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast at the eastern foot of Strandzha mountain. Underwater archaeological surveys have discovered amphoras from the Late Antiquity (4th–6th century) and import red-polished pottery made in Constantinople, Syria and North Africa, which indicates prospering trade in the area at the time. The city's southern peninsula has remains of a medieval fortress.
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Salmon Trout Tournedos with Red Wine Jus
The wrapped fillets mimic the shape of the classic beef tenderloin tournedos. When he can find large fillets, chef Charles Dale serves two tournedos to each guest rather than three smaller ones. Like most chefs, he makes his own demiglace, a highly concentrated stock, but prepared demiglace is available at many specialty food stores.
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- Servings: 4
- Twelve 4-inch scallion greens
- Six 4- to 5-ounce salmon trout fillets
- 1/2 unpeeled medium Golden Delicious apple, cored and cut into 12 thin wedges
- 6 bacon slices, halved crosswise
- 1 2/3 cups dry red wine, preferably Pinot Noir
- 3 shallots, coarsely chopped
- 1 fresh rosemary sprig
- 1 cup chicken stock or canned low-sodium broth
- 1/2 cup veal or duck demiglace
- 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1/2 pound fresh oyster mushrooms, stems discarded, caps halved
- 1 pound fresh spinach, large stems discarded
How to make this recipe
In a small saucepan of boiling salted water, blanch the scallion greens for 1 minute. Transfer to a bowl of ice water to cool, then pat dry.
Diagonally cut each salmon trout fillet in half to form 2 triangular pieces. Top each piece with a scallion and an apple wedge. Starting from the thin end of the fillet, roll the trout around the apple and scallion. Wrap a bacon slice around each roll and secure with string.
In a nonreactive saucepan, boil the red wine, shallots and rosemary over high heat until reduced to a thick syrup, about 12 minutes. Add the stock and reduce to 3/4 cup, about 5 minutes. Strain and return to the pan. Add the demiglace and bring to a simmer.
Preheat the oven to 350°. Heat a large nonstick skillet. Season the bundles with salt and pepper and set half of them bacon side down in the skillet. Cook over moderately high heat, turning once, until the bacon is browned, about 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a baking sheet and repeat with the remaining bundles. Discard the strings, cover the tournedos with foil and bake for about 4 minutes, or until the fish is firm.
Wipe out the skillet and melt 1/2 tablespoon of the butter in it. Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper and cook over high heat until browned on the bottom, about 4 minutes. Stir, then cook until browned all over, about 2 minutes longer. Transfer to a plate. Add the spinach to the skillet and cook until wilted and the excess liquid is evaporated, 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and add the mushrooms.
To serve, reheat the sauce and whisk in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter. Spoon the spinach and mushrooms onto 4 plates. Set 3 tournedos on each spinach mound and spoon the red wine jus around.
Make Ahead
The sauce can stand at room temperature for 6 hours; refrigerate the tournedos.
Suggested Pairing
A Pinot Noir is light enough to serve with fish and fruity enough to balance the salty bacon. Try the Beaulieu Vineyard Carneros Reserve or the Faiveley Mercurey Clos des Myglands.


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Though cost-savings is often the biggest sales pitches for embracing the cloud, 33 percent of respondents in a survey titled "CSC Cloud Usage Index," conducted by research company TNS on behalf of CSC, say they've moved cloudward primarily to keep employees connected via the various computing devices that have invaded the enterprise. Compare that to 17 percent who cited reduced costs as the impetus to enter the cloud.
TNS surveyed 3,645 companies worldwide in an effort to determine how cloud adoption has affected their business operations. Beyond revealing that supporting an array of computing platforms was a top priority, the survey also found that most companies have realized savings from the cloud, though not necessarily as much as they'd hoped.
The fact that one-third of respondents cited the need to better connect employees who use a multitude of computing devices as their No. 1 reason to adopt the cloud may not come as a significant surprise, given the consumerization of IT trend with which organizations are struggling. Users are increasingly turning to their personal mobile devices -- Android, iOS, or otherwise -- to do their work while away from the PCs. IT, in turn, has to deal with providing support for more platforms than ever before. It's understandably enough to give companies cause to turn to third-party cloud providers capable of delivering data and services to any and all popular platforms.
As noted recently by InfoWorld's cloud computing blogger, David Linthicum, "With the continued rise of mobile computing and the reliance on clouds to support mobile applications, mobile devices will have more capabilities, but the data will live in the cloud. Apple's iCloud is just one example."
Second to the need to support multiple platforms but ahead of cost reduction as the behind cloud adoption: speed. Twenty-one percent of respondents cited speeding up business processes as the top draw for moving to the cloud. Most companies did report reaping a quick performance boost from cloud adoption; in terms of overall IT performance, 93 percent said the cloud has improved data center efficiency or utilization or some other aspect of IT services. Eighty percent saw these sorts of improvements within six months of moving to the cloud.
According to the survey, 82 percent of all organizations saw costs drop thanks to their cloud initiative. CSC described the cost reductions as "modest," saying, "Thirty-five percent of all organizations save less than $20,000. In addition, 23 percent of all U.S. organizations and 45 percent of U.S. organizations with fewer than 50 employees report no savings."
IT workers concerned about the cloud's impact on their careers might take some comfort in this finding: Only 14 percent of companies downsized their IT departments after adopting the cloud, while 20 percent of organizations hired more cloud experts. Still, it wouldn't hurt for IT pros to continue bolstering their skill set; certifications are not a recipe for success.
Environmental enthusiasts may be pleased to learn that 64 percent of organizations who have embraced the cloud report sustainability gainst through reduced waste and lower energy consumption. That data supports previous studies suggesting that cloud computing has green benefits.
The CSC Cloud Usage Index [PDF] can be viewed online.
This story, "Survey: Consumerization of IT a big driver to the cloud," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Get the first word on what the important tech news really means with the InfoWorld Tech Watch blog. For the latest developments in business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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Egyptian Minister of Petroleum, Tarek El Molla, visited North Alexandria to check gas fields' development project.
A plan has been set by the Egyptian government to start developing five new oil and gas fields in Egypt, from the third quarter of 2017 until 2019. The five fields are named: Taurus, Libra, Giza, Fayoum, and Raven.
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"She exemplifies what I think quiet strength would be," says McKanders, 27, a Detroit lawyer who plans to attend services for Parks.
One of the lives Parks changed was McKanders'. It was a scholarship created 25 years ago in Parks' name that helped McKanders go to college and then law school. "My goal in being an attorney is modeling my life after her and giving back to the community," she says.
The Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation has awarded scholarships each year to Michigan high school students regardless of race. The $2,000 scholarships are funded by The Detroit News and other Detroit-area institutions, and this year 40 scholarships are being awarded.
Since it began in 1980, the foundation has awarded more than $1.5 million to 750 students.
Cassandra Tribble, 42, was among the first class of high school graduates in 1981 to receive scholarships.
Tribble graduated from Detroit's Cass Technical High School that year and had been offered some financial aid by a couple of Michigan state colleges. But during a trip that summer to Washington, D.C., she fell in love with Howard University, a traditionally black school founded shortly after the Civil War.
She applied to Howard and was accepted, but she was ineligible for financial aid because her application was late. She had $200 for college tuition and expenses from her family, she says. That summer she applied for the Rosa Parks Scholarship. In her application, she wrote that Parks' actions teach that "we create our own opportunities." In August, just as classes at Howard were starting, she received a scholarship that made her dream possible.
"That was pretty important, because really I didn't have the financial resources," she says.
Tribble graduated from Howard and went on to medical school at the University of Michigan. Now living in Greenwich, Conn., she is an anesthesiologist.
On Sunday, Tribble was driving to Washington to pay her respects to Parks, who lay in honor in the Capitol Rotunda. Tribble says she's tried to take from Parks' story the courage to deal with her own fears.
"Rosa Parks was a fearless person when she sat on that bus and made a choice," Tribble said. "As I thought about her, what I realized is, it's often fear that prevents us from reaching our potential as people."
McKanders remembers the dinner at which she was presented her scholarship and the thrill of seeing her photograph in the newspaper.
"I studied Rosa Parks' life and how she was the mother of the civil rights movement," McKanders said. "I think being a Rosa Parks scholar made me realize that no matter what career path I chose, it's always important to ... serve the community."
McKanders' career path began at Spelman College, a historically black institution for women in Atlanta. From there she went to Duke University law school on a partial scholarship and worked for a time in Washington for Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., as Parks herself did. She is now a clerk for Judge Damon Keith of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Detroit.
McKanders would like to work in civil rights law to help "people who are overlooked by society," and perhaps be a judge one day. She was recently nominated to serve on the board of directors of the Rosa Parks Scholarship Foundation.
"It's kind of like I've come full circle," she says. "I might be able to give back in the way the scholarship helped me."
Tribble says she, too, thinks about Parks often. "I try to look at her legacy. As a woman you think about what ... you represent and what ... you have to offer," she says.
Both women say they feel that what Parks did that day in 1955 on a bus in Montgomery, Ala., helped free all Americans from the yoke of prejudice and hatred.
"It's about all of us growing as people," Tribble says. "That's what civil rights was all about. It wasn't just to help black people get ahead but to help us as a nation, to bring us together and allow us to grow beyond our prejudices."


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Bristol Motor Speedway
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The Bristol Motor Speedway is located in Bristol, Tennessee.
Description: The Bristol Motor Speedway is one of the most unique facilities on the NASCAR schedule. Its 36 degree banking and length of only 1/2 mile create a high speed intensity that is unlike any in racing. The track is also one of the few to be surfaced in concrete rather than asphalt which adds tot eh uniqueness of the place.
The track seats 160,000 people and is used for NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide, Camping World Truck Series and other types of racing.
During the Christmas season the track and its surrounding grounds are decorated in a multitude of lights. It is a apectacle well worth the effort to see.
Directions: The track is located on Highway 11-E in Bristol. There are many signs along I-81 to direct motorists.
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BEIRUT – Syrian Kurdish and rebel forces, backed by U.S.-led airstrikes, advanced Thursday into Raqqa province, where the jihadi Islamic State group has its de facto capital, a monitor said.
"The YPG (Kurdish People's Protection Units) and rebel forces captured 19 villages in Raqqa province," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
"The U.S.-led international coalition played a key role in the advance, bombing the IS (Islamic State) positions and forcing its fighters to withdraw," said Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman.
The advance comes as Kurdish and rebel forces push outward from the border town of Kobani, from which they expelled Islamic State forces after more than four months of fighting.
Since driving Islamic State out of Kobani on Jan. 26, Kurdish and allied forces have taken much of the surrounding countryside in northern Aleppo province and begun pushing east into neighboring Raqqa province.
They have captured some 242 villages around Kobani, including the 19 in Raqqa province, according to the Observatory.
They are now 25 km (15 miles) from Tal Abyad, another Kurdish-majority border town overrun by Islamic State.
Located 65 km east of Kobani, the town is used by Islamic State fighters to cross into Turkey.


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Jehangir Choksi
Moatz, Harry
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Please find enclosed my comments in response to the Notice of proposed rulemaking, dated December 12, 2003, concerning "Changes to Representation of Others before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.".
Thank you,
Jehangir Choksi
February 3, 2004
Sent by e-mail to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Director of Enrollment and Discipline
Office of Enrollment and Discipline
Dear Sir:
RE: Comments on Proposed Ethics Rules
I am writing pursuant to the Notice of proposed rulemaking concerning "Changes to Representation of Others before the United States Patent and Trademark Office."
I wish to comment on the rules relating to the registration of resident and non-resident aliens -- in particular, aliens who are Canadian citizens -- in patent cases. As discussed below, I am of the view that the proposed 37 CFR 11.6 (a) and (b), which do not substantially deviate from the corresponding rules currently in force, are (i) inconsistent with the commitments of the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement and (ii) unfairly arbitrary to the extent they continue to allow certain individuals with restrictions on their ability to practise to be registered, while denying registration to others.
As a result, I suggest that:
1. Canadian citizens should be entitled to registration under the proposed 37 CFR 11.6(a) or (b) in the same manner as United States citizens.
2. Any non-immigrant alien resident in the United States who has passed the USPTO's registration examination should be registered and remain registered under 37 CFR 11.6(a) or (b) for at least as long as he or she remains resident in the United States.
I am additionally of the view that the USPTO and applicants (both inside and outside the United States) would be much better served if the OED was more concerned with ensuring the competency of those individuals registered to practice in patent cases. In that regard I further suggest that the proposed rules be modified so that:
3. Any individual registered under the proposed 37 CFR 11.6(c) is required to pass the USPTO's registration examination.
4. An apprenticeship or period of work, under the supervision of a registered agent/attorney, should be required before individuals are permitted to write the USPTO's registration examination.
SUGGESTION 1: Canadian citizens' should be entitled to registration under 37 CFR 11.6(a) or (b) in the same manner as United States citizens.
The citizenship and permanent residency requirements in the proposed of 37 CFR 11.6(a) and (b) are contrary and inconsistent with the obligations and commitments of the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
' The same suggestion can be made for citizens of Mexico.
Chapter twelve of NAFTA relates to the Cross-Border Trade in Services and includes the following articles:
Article 1202: National Treatment 1. Each Party shall accord to service providers of another Party treatment no less favorable than that it accords, in like circumstances, to its own service providers. 2. The treatment accorded by a Party under paragraph 1 means, with respect to a state or province, treatment no less favorable than the most favorable treatment accorded, in like circumstances, by that state or province to service providers of the Party of which it forms a part.
Article 1203: Most-Favored-Nation Treatment Each Party shall accord to service providers of another Party treatment no less favorable than that it accords, in like circumstances, to service providers of any other Party or of a non-Party.
Article 1205: Local Presence No Party may require a service provider of another Party to establish or maintain a representative office or any form of enterprise, or to be resident, in its territory as a condition for the cross-border provision of a service.
Article 1206: Reservations 1. Articles 1202, 1203 and 1205 do not apply to: (a) any existing non-conforming measure that is maintained by (i) a Party at the federal level, as set out in its Schedule to Annex I, (ii) a state or province, for two years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, and thereafter as set out by a Party in its Schedule to Annex I in accordance with paragraph 2, or (iii) a local government;
Pursuant to Article 1206, when NAFTA was concluded, the licensing of patent attorneys and patent agents before the USPTO was specifically listed in the United States' Schedule to Annex 1, "Reservations for Existing Measures and Liberalization:" However, the United States' Schedule to Annex 1 further includes the following commitment with respect to that reservation: "Citizenship and permanent residency requirements are subject to removal within two years of the date of entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with Article 1210(3)."
Since NAFTA came into force in January 1994, adherence by the United States to its commitment to remove the citizenship and permanent residency requirements in relation to the licensing of patent attorneys and patent agents before the USPTO is clearly well overdue.
While, under the proposed 37 CFR 11.6(c), registered Canadian patent agents would continue to be eligible for registration before the USPTO, such registration places significant restrictions on individuals who are so registered, notably the inability to represent applicants who are not located in Canada and the requirement that the registered individuals themselves remain resident in Canada. No such restrictions are placed on United States citizens and permanent residents registered under the proposed 37 CFR 11.6(a) and (b). This clearly violates Articles 1202, 1203, and 1205 of NAFTA.
SUGGESTION 2: Any non-immigrant alien who is resident in the United States and who has passed the USPTO registration exam should be eligible to be registered and remain registered under 37 CFR 11.6(a) or (b) for as long as he or she remains resident in the United States.
The proposed rules would provide clearer authority for the USPTO's existing policy of granting only limited recognition to non-immigrant aliens who successfully complete the USPTO's registration exam and otherwise meet the requirements for registration. A recent Final Decision of the Director of the OED outlined the USPTO's position in such cases. 2 As reflected in that decision (and to a lesser extent in the Notice of proposed rulemaking), the OED's principal arguments behind the existing policy and proposed rules are that:
-full recognition under the proposed 11.6(a) or (b) would provide a non-immigrant alien with USPTO approval of work that the alien could not lawfully carry out under the alien's authorization granted by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS);
-the fact that such an alien's visa or work authorization contains restrictions, and that the USCIS may take action against the alien, does not mean that the USPTO should not consider such work restrictions in deciding whether to grant recognition
-in granting recognition, the OED Director does not look for guarantees from other sources that the work the non?immigrant alien will do before the USPTO is proper; the OED Director must assure that the terms of the recognition itself provide the guarantee;
The question must still be asked: Why does the OED see the need to police the immigration status of a professionally competent non?immigrant alien who has passed the bar exam? The OED's function should be to ensure that people are professionally competent to represent others before the office. Verifying and assessing a person's immigration status is beyond the mandate and competency of OED officials, and the time and effort expended for that purpose are clearly a waste of USPTO resources.
As summarized above, the office's reason for denying registration to professionally competent, non?immigrant aliens is based on the ground that such an individual cannot carry out the same scope of services to the public as other registered practitioners who are U.S. citizens (or U.S. green card holders). But this is also the case for individuals registered under the existing 37 CFR 10.6(c) or the proposed 37 CFR 11.6(c). Such individuals, who are permitted to hold themselves out as registered practitioners, can only represent applicants located in their home country. The OED does not "police" aliens registered under 37 CFR 10.6(c), to make sure that they only represent applicants located in their home country. Rather, the OED relies on those registered alien practitioners to police their own behaviour by ensuring themselves that they only represent such applicants. Why is it appropriate to register such individuals in this instance, when such a significant limitation is placed on their ability to practise?
In the same vein, the USPTO does not police the restrictions under § 10.10 on registered practitioners who have served in the patent examining corps of the Office. Instead, such individuals are required to sign a written undertaking in which they agree to abide by those restrictions. Moreover, a practitioner who is an employee of the Office cannot prosecute or aid in any manner in the prosecution of any patent application before the Office. Yet, such an individual can still be registered to practice in patent cases.
z In re [ ], May 9, 2003 (available at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/foia/oed/legal/legal l l.pdf)
Nor does the OED make any attempt to ensure that a registered practitioner who is a U.S. citizen, but who resides and practices in a foreign country, is in fact authorized by the immigration authorities of that foreign country to carry out such a practice. Are not the same concerns relied upon by OED in denying registration to non?immigrant aliens also present in such a situation?
Similarly, while the proposed rules would create a new inactive status for registered practitioners, inactive practitioners would not be removed from the register itself, allowing inactive practitioners to maintain a recognized professional association with the USPTO.
Furthermore, insofar as representation before the Office in trademark cases is concerned, both the current and proposed rules allow any attorney who is licensed before a U.S. state to represent a trademark applicant before the USPTO. This is so regardless of the attorney's citizenship, residence, or immigration status. Why are these factors so relevant to representation in patent cases, but irrelevant to representation in trademark cases?
In short, it is clear that the rationale used to justify the Office's refusal to register nonimmigrant aliens has been, and under the proposed rules would continue to be, arbitrarily and capriciously applied. Either all practitioners with restrictions on their ability to practice should be given a form of limited recognition consistent with those restrictions, or, more sensibly, all professionally competent practitioners should be registered under 11.6(a) and (b) and expected to respect the restrictions and limitations otherwise imposed upon them. Such fair and equal treatment for all professionally competent individuals seeking recognition to practice is well overdue. Registered practitioners are professionals who can and should be held to a high ethical standard (regardless of their citizenship or immigration status). As such, these individuals can be expected to abide by any relevant restriction placed on their ability to practise.
I therefore believe that the proposed rules should be revised to adopt a consistent, sensible approach toward representation before the USPTO, in both patent or trademark cases. In particular, I submit that any non-immigrant alien who is resident in the United States and who has passed the USPTO registration exam should be eligible to be registered and remain registered under 37 CFR 11.6(a) or (b) for at least as long as he or she remains resident in the United States.
SUGGESTION 3: Any individual registered under the proposed 37 CFR 11.6(c) should be required to pass the USPTO's registration examination.
The proposed 37 CFR 11.6(c)3 would continue to fail to ensure that all registered individuals are fully competent to act in patent matters before the USPTO, since there is no requirement that an individual be familiar with the USPTO's rules of practice in patent cases to be registered under this sub-section. In many material respects, practice before the USPTO is considerably different from practice before the Canadian Patent Office (and other patent offices). Both the USPTO and applicants would be much better served if individuals registered under 37 CFR 11.6(c) were required to meet the same professional competence standards (i.e., pass the same examination) as individuals registered under 37 CFR 11.6(a) and (b).4
' This sub-section currently only applies to those registered before the Canadian Patent Office. ' Of course, if the proposed 37 CFR I 1.6(a) and (b) are amended, pursuant to Suggestion 1 above, to entitle Canadian citizens to registration under 37 CFR 11.6(a) or (b) in the same manner as United States citizens, this suggestion would become moot insofar as Canada is concerned. However, should individuals registered before the patent office of any other country become eligible for registration
Ironically, proposed rule 37 CFR 11.2 relating to continuing education would apply to individuals registered under 37 CFR 11.6(c). Professional competency should also be assessed prior to registering such individuals in the first place.
Thus, I further propose that any individuals entitled to registration under 37 CFR 11.6(c) be required to pass the same examination as individuals registered under 37 CFR 11.6(a) and (b),s
SUGGESTION 4: An apprenticeship or work period requirement should be established before individuals are permitted to sit for the USPTO's registration examination.
As a final suggestion, I propose that, prior to allowing an individual to sit for the USPTO's registration examination, he or she should be required to complete a minimum period of apprenticeship or work involving the preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the USPTO. This should be under the supervision of one or more registered practitioners, and only individuals registered for at least a certain number of years should be deemed competent to provide such supervisions. Compliance with this requirement could be easily verified by requiring a written declaration from the candidate and a registered practitioner supervisor.
Such a framework for preparing new practitioners for the patent profession is effectively used in many other jurisdictions and helps ensure that new practitioners will have relevant experience preparing and prosecuting applications before they are able to hold themselves out to the public as being professionally qualified to provide such services. Registration before the UPSTO is a professional license and not an academic degree, yet many individuals can clearly pass the examination having never been involved in the preparation nor prosecution of a single application. Unleashing newly registered patent agents/attorneys who have no such experience on the public is detrimental to that public and the profession generally.
As the evolution of the format of the registration examination clearly illustrates, it is impractical (if not impossible) to try to test for a full range of professional competency by way of examination. Instead, requiring some form of apprenticeship or work period is a practical and effective method of ensuring the professional competence of newly admitted practitioners.
I sincerely hope these comments will result in the OED giving further consideration to the proposed rules.
Yours truly,
Jehangir Choksi (Reg. No. 51,378)
under 37 CFR 11.6(c) in the future, I submit that a requirement to pass the registration examination would still be appropriate.
5 The new computer-based administration of the registration examination would also facilitate such a requirement as the administration and timing of the examination would become more flexible.


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Advocate-tested recipe
Easy Asiago-Olive Rolls
Makes 8 to 10 servings. Recipe is from "Southern Living Home Cooking Basics" (Oxmoor House, September 2012).
1 (13.8-oz.) can refrigerated classic pizza crust dough
1/4 cup refrigerated olive tapenade
1/2 cup grated Asiago cheese
1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary
1 tbl. melted butter
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Unroll pizza crust dough. Spread olive tapenade over dough, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Sprinkle with cheese and rosemary. Gently roll up dough, starting at one long side. Cut into 10 (11/4-inch-thick) slices. Place slices in a lightly greased 9-inch round cake pan. Brush top of dough with melted butter.
2. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until golden. Serve immediately.
Testing note: I found the refrigerated olive tapenade on the olive bar at Whole Foods Market.


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Who is truly happy? Doesn't it
often seem as if the world is filled
with people who aren't? We see
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In LIFE'S SIMPLE GUIDE TO
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Hanahan Police K-9 dies in cruiser after training exercise
According to Lt. Michael Fowler, the department's K-9, 6-year-old Shadow, passed away Tuesday night after a training exercise.
Fowler says the cause of death has not been determined, but he believes it may have been an aneurysm or blood clot.
Lt. Fowler said Shadow began his service with the department in 2008 and became a highly valuable and relied upon asset of the department.
"During his time of service, he located a countless amount of narcotics and made multiple non-bite K-9 apprehensions," Fowler said. "K-9 Shadow was a valued member of this department with several accomplishments."
Shadow reportedly died around 11 p.m. Tuesday in the cruiser, following "bite exercises."


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The survey resultsMore than 140 staff responded to the survey distributed by Delphi coordinator Rene Munoz this spring. More than half the respondents thought the two-year term should be lengthened. By a ratio of about 3 to 1, the respondents agreed that UCAR policy should allow the Delphi coordinator to stand for reelection.
The question "any other comments?" elicited some interesting feedback. One respondent suggested that candidates be required to be on staff for at least two years. A couple of others commented that they had no idea what the Delphi Service is--a visibility issue for the new coordinator to address.
This spring Rene distributed a print survey to all staff on issues related to the length of term of the Delphi coordinator position, since the UCAR policy manual was not entirely specific on a few points. (See sidebar.) With the survey results in hand, the President's Council voted on 21 May to make the coordinator a four-year post, with the possibility of reelection to a second four-year term. The council added the requirement that nominees must have been at the institution for at least four years. They also may not hold a management-level position (salary ranges 9110-9127). Eligible staff may nominate themselves. Other qualifications include high personal integrity, detailed knowledge of UCAR, and the ability to maintain the trust and confidence of the staff members.
Each nominee should be advised of the nomination and agree to serve as Delphi coordinator, if elected. The nominee should confer with her or his supervisor to determine how the time and effort required could be accommodated within the workload of the person's normally assigned activities. Supervisors will make every reasonable effort to arrange workloads so as to allow a staff member to serve as coordinator, if elected.
Nominations should be sent by memo, e-mail, or phone to the attention of Susan Montgomery-Hodge (FB, ext. 1653, firstname.lastname@example.com). Each eligible nominee will be profiled in the August issue of Staff Notes Monthly, with the election to be held shortly thereafter.
For more information on the purpose and process of the Delphi Service, see UCAR Policy 4-1-2, and the Delphi Web site.


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Andy Lee
Dr. R. Andrew Lee, Artist-in-Residence and coordinator of the piano department at Avila University, is an avid performer of minimalist and postminimalist piano music. As such, he is actively involved in both the performance and research of these genres, most recently having presented at the Second International Conference on Minimalist Music. He is also a recording artist for the Irritable Hedgehog label.
Dr. Lee's performances have been lauded by both those intimately familiar with the works and newcomers to the genres, and his lecture-recitals have been well-received across the country, helping to encourage younger students to explore recent trends in composition. He particularly enjoys working with living composers such as Tom Johnson, David Borden, and Paul Epstein among many others, and only regrets not having enough hours of the day to practice all the music he receives.
Lee received his D.M.A. in Piano Performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, where he studied under the direction of John McIntyre. His dissertation concerns the effect that minimalist and postminimalist works have on the perception of time. He has also earned a masters in piano performance from UMKC and a bachelors in piano performance from Truman State University, where he studied under Dr. David McKamie. Other former teachers include Dr. Jane Solose and Dr. Patrice Ewoldt.
While not working, writing or practicing, Dr. Lee enjoys spending time with his wife, herself a violinist, and his young daughter. He also enjoys a variety of computer-related activities, such as blogging, web design, and keeping up on the latest Apple rumors. He also thinks more minimalists would enjoy long distance running if they gave it a chance.


text: No I think Johnson and Johnson really meant Gentile! They didn't want Jews, Muslims, or those zany Hindus influencing how we raise our children. Anyway.. I just got back from my 3 hour lunch break spent surfing with all the wonderful fellas at 5th street jetty in OCNJ. Everyone was soooo friendly. It was gray, rain. Smiles all around. I shoulda stayed in Sea Isle..... I thought when the shoobs left everyone was supposed to be happy again???? These dudes need some of Stretchy's aloha vibe.


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Help A Young Secular Historian Shed Light on the Origins of Christianity
This article appeared in the SSA eMpirical No. 18 - It's Spring, We Think.
Who were the Gnostics and what happened to them? Where did their ideas stem from? Were the first Christians a branch of Gnostics? How did they influence the early Christian world and later Orthodoxy? These are just some of the questions Rook Hawkins addresses in his upcoming book, "Discovering the Gnostics: A Look at the Evolution of Mystery Cults in the Early Christian World."
Rook Hawkins argues that a sect of Hellenized Jews formed around a movement bent on establishing a new temple - with a savior that could not be killed. This group of Jews sought to destroy the idea of the temple by using a spiritual savior who fulfilled all the purposes of the Temple, and allowed for others to experience it without the corruption of the Priests.
There is also strong internal evidence that Paul converted to this sect of Gnostics - although Paul fashioned a new sect of Gnostic Christians in which he felt the Jewish laws were inferior to the new laws of the higher God - the father of Christ Jesus - who was more powerful then that of the Jewish God Yahweh. In fact he disagrees heavily with Peter and James on various doctrines, in which he criticizes all those who are part of the psyche and encourages those who are part of the pneumatic.
Of the psyche, are those who follow that of the demiurgically laws, those of the corruptible flesh. Those of the pneuma follow that of the revelations of the spirit, the revealer is Christ Jesus who sends word of his father, the monad - or Logos - which is attainable by the chosen through the Gnosis (knowledge). Through allegory by which those who are 'mature' in the initiation are these mysteries and esoteric teachings explained, and only via this method does one attain higher levels of gnosis and understanding of this God.
This article appeared in the SSA eMpirical No. 18 - It's Spring, We Think.


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Attorney General Announces Indictments For Illegal Smuggling And Distribution Of Untaxed Tobacco Products
Attorney General Hardy Myers today announced the indictment of thirteen individuals for crimes related to the cross-border smuggling and illegal distribution of untaxed tobacco products to retail stores throughout the state. The indictments are the result of the collaborative efforts of Oregon's Tobacco Tax Compliance Task Force.
The indictments allege that four family members, Gurdip Singh Sangha, Jarnail Kaur, Kulwinder Singh Sangha, and Kuldip Kaur, operating as J.K. Wholesale, engaged in a multi-year tobacco tax evasion scam for profit. These family members conducted their distribution business from their home in Estacada until December 2003, when they moved to Battle Ground, Washington but continued to deliver to stores in Oregon. They currently maintain residences in Battle Ground, Washington and Bend, Oregon.
Prosecutors allege that the operators of J.K. Wholesale made regular purchases of contraband tobacco products, sold those products to retail stores in Marion, Clackamas, Washington, Linn, Lane, Polk and Yamhill counties, and then grossly underreported the tax owed the state.
As part of this investigation, nine retail store operators have also been indicted for crimes related to knowingly purchasing and reselling contraband tobacco products. Those operators and stores they operated in 2004 include:
Six of the thirteen defendants were arraigned yesterday at the Marion County Court Annex.
Under Oregon law, tobacco products distributors must be licensed by the Department of Revenue and pay a 65% tax on the wholesale cost of non-tax paid purchases. Retail store operators are required to purchase tax-paid tobacco products and retain the records of these sales for 5 years. Violations of law are considered felony crimes.
The Tobacco Tax Compliance Task Force (TCTF) is a collaboration between the Oregon Department of Justice, the Oregon Department Revenue and the Oregon Department of State Police. TCTF was created by the 2001 Oregon Legislature to enforce Oregon's tobacco tax laws.
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