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Social care services 'cut back to the bare bones', says charity boss
Hundreds of thousands of elderly and disabled people have their requests for help with social care declined, new figures show.
Just under 1.85 million new requests for adult social care support were dealt with by local councils in 2014/15.
Of these, almost a third (28% or 520,000) resulted in no services provided, while a further 31% (575,000) resulted in the person being "signposted" to other support, such as charities, or to another service such as housing, education or the transport sector.
Some 16% were granted ongoing low level social care support, while 12% were offered short-term support with the aim of maximising their independence.
Only 144,000 requests (8%) resulted in long-term support for the person.
The data for England was published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
Janet Morrison, chief executive of the charity Independent Age, said: "Today's figures paint an alarming picture of social care services cut back to the bare bones.
"More than half of people who ask for help from their councils receive no help at all or are given information and then signposted on to someone else - often a charity or community group.
"This is a direct result of £4.6 billion cuts to social care budgets since 2010, and comes despite an ageing population which is increasing the need for these services."
She said the figures showed the cuts were having an impact elsewhere, with more delays for people unable to leave hospital due to social care not being in place.
Of all the requests received by councils, 72% (1.3 million) were for people aged 65 and over while 28% (519,000) related to those aged 18 to 64.
The report defines "no service provided" as including people whose needs do not meet the requirement for support from the council. Other people may choose to pay for care themselves, while some people may be offered help but refuse it.
A separate survey of almost 70,000 people receiving social care found 65% were extremely satisfied or very satisfied with the support they received.
Some 64% received all the food and drink they liked when they wanted, while 31% said they got "adequate food and drink at okay times".
Some 5% said they did not always get adequate or timely food and drink, while 1% said this was a risk to their health.
Overall, 69% said they felt as safe but 26% said they generally felt safe but not as safe as they would like.
Other data showed a rise in delays for people stuck in hospital beds who need transferring to social care or other parts of the NHS.
The average number of delayed transfers of care has risen by 16% since 2013/14.
George McNamara, head of policy at the Alzheimer's Society, said: "Every week we hear from people struggling to access good quality dementia care locally, leaving them completely in the dark about where to turn to for help and support. We also know that a lack of local support has led to a huge increase in unnecessary hospital admissions, and early entry into care homes."
Barbara Keeley, shadow care minister, said: "The deep cuts to social care we have seen under this Government are one of the main reasons why the NHS is under so much pressure. Ministers must now take urgent action to address the severe and growing crisis in older people's care."
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "We are working with councils in better, smarter ways to deal with our growing ageing population - since April our £5.3 billion better care fund has been getting NHS and social care services working together to keep people well and out of hospital.
"Alongside this we are working with local areas to improve the transfer of patients back into the communities."


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He wrapped himself in the flag after the gold-medal victory over the U.S. at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
He dropped the gloves against that same American team at the 2004 World Cup when he felt they were running goalie Martin Brodeur.
When it came to representing Canada on the international stage the past few years, Mario Lemieux proudly wore his heart on his sleeve and the maple leaf on his chest.
But that legacy appears to have come to an end.
Lemieux, like Steve Yzerman before him, has taken his name off the list of candidates for the Olympic team, opting to pass the torch to up-and-comers like Sidney Crosby, Eric Staal and Jason Spezza.
No Lemieux? No Yzerman?
No offence to those who will skate for Canada in Turin come February, but Team Canada just doesn't seem to have the same aura without Magnificent Mario and Stevie Y in the lineup.
"With the way I've been playing and with young guys like Sid and Spezza and Staal, I just think it's time to step aside. They deserve to be on the team," Lemieux said yesterday, a couple of days after informing Team Canada executive director Wayne Gretzky of his decision.
Gretzky, who was at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh last night to scout, among others, Crosby and Colorado's Alex Tanguay, said he expects Lemieux to contribute to the Canadian program in the future.
"He's going to be around Team Canada for a long time," Gretzky said. "One of these days, somehow, some way he's going to be involved again."
Lemieux specifically singled out Crosby, his tenant and teammate in Pittsburgh, suggesting Sid the Kid will be a mainstay with Team Canada for the next two decades.
With his Penguins struggling, the fate of coach Ed Olczyk up in the air and the franchise threatening to move if the financing for a new arena can not be locked up, Lemieux's troubles became even more serious last week when he was taken to hospital with an irregular heart beat.
He subsequently was released after being diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, a condition which can be treated with medication. He is scheduled to be re-examined tomorrow and hopes to resume workouts within weeks.
"I would say health (issues) played a role in his decision," Team Canada coach Pat Quinn said. "Either way, as a coach, we can not replace the intangibles he brought in leading us to those significant victories (in 2002 and '04)."
Lemieux's former teammates with Team Canada agree with Quinn, feeling the squad has been stripped of some swagger without No. 66 and No. 19 leading the charge.
"I'm a big believer in presence, and we just don't have as much of it without those two names in the lineup," Brodeur said from New Jersey yesterday afternoon.
"I do think other teams might be more confident against us when they see those two names are not in our lineup."
Brodeur's point was echoed by Mats Sundin, the man expected to captain Team Sweden in Turin.
"It's a little changing of the guard for Canada," Sundin said. "They have a lot of young guys coming up. But Mario, along with Gretzky, arguably was the best in the game and brought confidence to his teammates."
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I wanted to repot a nice fat Adenium - and didn't see it coming: A major root was rotting badly, so I had to remove the infected tissue and dusting with cinnamon.
I don't think the plant is ruined if I can hide the large gap. I thought about placing the plant this way in a shallow pot.
Something rotten...Adenium
I wanted to repot a nice fat Adenium - and didn't see it coming: A major root was rotting badly, so I had to remove the infected tissue and dusting with cinnamon.
Not sure but I was wondering if the gap might create a bridge like pattern if it was potted differently. That might be interesting, especially if you trimmed a bit more and there was a tunnel through the bottom.
That looks pretty impressive. JT has one that has a huge hole init, hasn't bothered the plant at all.
Looks like you have some realy nice ones in the background also, where do you purchase yours from, I am raising some seedlings but that takes awhile.
itll work,
just keep the freshly cut area out of the soil till it hardens ;)
Good to hear from you Martin!
Oh, boy, I bet you said "Eek!" or something like that when you discovered such a disaster. Bummer. The plant should survive OK.
Best time to push a DR is spring and summer when it's hot and they're growing a lot.
Some crazy things I've found on the internet lately concerning cutting roots for shape says they hang the plant for five days before they repot in barely damp medium. Yes, a sturdy string, and there the DR is up in the air at least sideways if not upside down. And, once again, I didn't save the link.
Thanks for posting this!
Excellent idea. I trimmed more - and found more hidden rot even though the roots weren't mushy but firm. Apparently the rot - barely visible - has spread upwards and infected the caudex, so the plant is a goner.:-( I have saved a few cuttings, though.
Oh well, I have a few others to nurse.;-)
ive lost count with learning about rot casualties.
Good luck and never give up!!
check your soil ph too ;)
Ah bummer! But at least you do have some nice specimens. The cuttings are a new begining too. I am really new to these plants, why do you suppose rot is so common a problem. I put mine in some soil mix that drains extremely fast and here in hotter than hell TX the odds of a potted plant staying too moist in the summer seems unlikely. I think next winter there will be no watering...
Martin, so sorry you lost your plant, it looks like it was a beauty.
I keep reading, "Perfect Drainage!" Plus the plants don't use water unless their leaves are growing, hey? They need gradually less water in the fall, and little or no water in the winter months, and definitely no water if there are no leaves. Flowers don't need water, if there are flowers and no leaves, don't water.
I have a new trick, a weed! I have warm temperatures year around, but I still, in my first year, have had a generous rot problem. Here's a seedling that I water when the resident weed is shrivveled, seems to be working. I need a 'dry' photo, this is a 'wet' photo. Some sort of ornamental companion would probably do as well as a weed for a resident water meter! I am rooting some small types of coleus for my other potted plants.
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I have lost countless plants over the years - but that's how you learn to treat them right.;-) I'll buy a new one (or more) in May.
The problem with this Adenim was that it wasn't fully established in the pot but actively growing again (I just cut it back).
Watering in spring can be a little tricky in this cold climate especially after a dry winter dormancy (with the feeder roots dried up). Most of my Adeniums on the window sill leaf out in March and April but the temperature is still only 65-78 F - on sunny days! On cloudy days the temperature can easily drop to 50 F.
The ones I've raised from seeds myself are somewhat adapted to the shift in temperatures in spring - they even grow and take some water without rotting.:-)
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OK, so cut back an actively growing adenium when you haven't watered in ? at least a week? and then wait to water until it sprouts new leaves, and has these leaves in reasonable size, at least one full grown?
How about that? Would you edit what I wrote above, to show your thinking?
Thank you for this post! Tho' i doubt I'll ever prune a plant!
Apparently the plant has been slowly rotting for several days - perhaps a couple of weeks. But despite that it was still growing happily - or should I say, it was desperately trying to grow stems for the last chance of flowering and reproduction.;-) Well, it didn't succeed because I cut it back before the stems matured.;-)
It has been 10-12 days since I watered it the last time - I cut it back a week ago.
its tough to grow adenium in the north county as they like year around light and warmth. Martin is a master. I bow to him. I hope to put on some size watering them and giving them bigger pots when the weather gets warmer. Now I wonder how much rot I have induced on the window sill.
Watch out for pot size, its easier to give them too much moisture in a larger pot.
You are definitely right about that. Use shallow wide pots instead of deep ones. And deep pots make the roots go down, so you end up with "carrot-like" Adeniums. I like Adeniums growing fat/wide with matching thick roots spreading sideways - not downwards.:-)
How do you handle that if you just got new seedlings and they already have long roots.
place them in a bowl where the roots reach the bottom of the pot so they curl and start making neat shapes.
You can also weave or twist the soft ends gently
Dont break em!! ;)
Interesting. I have some repotting to do.
How's it going, Martin? I'd be keeping that plant really dry until it decides to start growing again. Hope it's OK.


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Robert was one of the founding members of The Human Resources Forum of the Emirates (THRF), and has been an expert on compensation in the Region for the past 28 years.
Over one hundred delegates attended the session, including many senior HR practitioners, providing UOWD students with the opportunity to interact with industry professionals from across the UAE.
With many years of experience in HR and compensation and benefits, including 13 years with the Emirates Group, Robert presented some fascinating statistics and trends relating to pay, allowances, salary differentials and bonus schemes.
Setting the Region in the context of recent international trends, Robert revealed that the GCC states sit higher than Europe, but slightly lower than Asia, in relation to percentage pay increases in 2013. He also highlighted the growing shift towards merit-based pay increases, citing long-term trends that suggest this had increased from a mere 5% of companies two decades ago to 75% of companies now.
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Wildomar will scrap City Council districts and vote on candidates at large, if the results from a partial count of ballots cast in Tuesday's election are confirmed in the final tally.
As of 10:30 p.m., 58.3 percent of the voters had marked "yes" on Measure I, while just 22.3 percent favored Measure J and 18.2 percent supported Measure K, with 39 percent of the city's precincts counted.
Measure I asked residents if they wanted to undo their February 2008 vote, in which a majority decided the city would be divided into five council districts and residents of each district would vote only for candidates in that district. If Measure I were approved, future councils would be elected at large, meaning the entire community would vote for all candidates and there would be no restrictions on where they live within the city.
A vote for Measure J supported keeping the district system that was approved in 2008, when the electorate overwhelmingly voted to make Wildomar a city.
Measure K would require council candidates to represent districts in which they live, but allow all the city's voters to cast ballots on each district's candidates.
Wildomar Mayor Scott Farnam said Tuesday night that the results confirmed what council members and incorporation supporters suspected ---- many people who cast votes for districts in the 2008 election didn't understand the implications. In that election, the incorporation supporters honed in on the campaign for cityhood and neglected the election systems question.
There were no arguments on the sample ballot for or against the issue, unlike this election in which the council members signed an argument for the "at large" system as well as statements countering a rebuttal argument from opponents. To divide the city into districts runs counter to the goals of incorporation, its supporters reason.
"I think the message that (the vote) sends is that in Wildomar, we'll always have our differences ... but the idea is we're a cohesive unit, we work together and that's what makes Wildomar great. We'll stand together and forge forward."
Three activists who opposed cityhood ---- Martha Bridges, Steven Beutz and Gerard St. Marie ---- opposed scrapping the districts. In their rebuttal argument on the sample ballot, they contended Tuesday's election was an attempt by council members to undermine the voters' will. The argument states the council tried to confuse the issue and dilute the vote by placing three measures on the ballot. They urged residents to vote "no" on all three measures. The opponents contend it's easier for incumbents to be re-elected in an at-large vote.
Bridges said Tuesday night that many people in the city will strive for change, regardless of the election's outcome, because they are disenchanted with the council members.
"These people think they're entitled to hold these council positions for the rest of their days and that's not true," she said. "They're not doing what they said they were going to do if they were elected and we've had it."
As of early Tuesday afternoon, voter turnout was light, said workers at a couple of Wildomar's eight polling sites. Residents in five of Wildomar's precincts vote by mail because there are not enough voters to justify establishing polling sites in those areas, a registrar's spokeswoman said.
"I don't remember ever seeing one this slow," precinct inspector Kay Boylan said of the turnout at the polling place set up at The Farm, a subdivision on the eastern side of Wildomar. Boylan said she has worked at the polls for about six years.
"This morning, there was only one person here waiting for us to open," she said. "There's usually a line."
She said that only about 50 voters had come in to The Farm clubhouse to cast ballots, though there had been a number of others who dropped off mail-in ballots.
It was the same story at Mission Trail Library, where Dorothy and Steve Davis were managing the polling place.
"Personally, I'll be surprised if we have more than 100 voters," Dorothy Davis said, adding that they were getting as many mail-in ballots as they were drop-in voters.
The county registrar of voters expected turnout countywide to be about 20 percent, given the absence of state or national issues.
By Monday, the registrar had received about 1,500 ballots mailed in by Wildomar citizens, said Chief Deputy Registrar Rebecca Spencer. That's nearly 12 percent of the city's 12,804 registered voters as of Oct. 27, according to the Wildomar city clerk.
"We'll be lucky if we get 20 percent," Councilwoman Sheryl Ade said Tuesday afternoon. "In an election that just has this one issue, I just don't think there'll be much of a turnout."
Another reason why the turnout was expected to be low in Wildomar was the issue's technical nature and the difficult ballot language.
"I think there's a lot of confusion, so people are staying away," Dorothy Davis said. "I think the measures contradicted each other. I think a lot of people aren't aware of what 'at large' or 'by district' means."
Many incorporation proponents in 2008 were surprised that 57 percent opted for districts in future cityhood elections.
As mandated, the council members formed the five districts, but agreed to put the issue back before voters. Each council member signed the sample ballot argument in favor of Measure I. They believe the 24-square-mile city of about 31,000 inhabitants is too small to be split into districts splintering the city into factions.
One man who arrived at The Farm clubhouse to drop off some borrowed books Tuesday wound up casting a ballot as well. The man, who declined to give his name, said he favored the at-large system because that's the way council members were chosen in the city's first election.
A couple of other voters, however, supported the voters' 2008 mandate for districts.
"I don't really know why we are voting again," Pearl Stark said. "It seems to me like it's a waste of money. We did vote a year ago for districts. Since it passed a year ago, I question why we're having another election on it. ... I think we will have better service if we have one person we can go to for questions, complaints and whatever."
Philip Rogers, who also voted at The Farm, said he struggled with the ballot language.
"I had to read the thing about 10 times to figure out which way I was going to vote," he said.
In the end, he sided with districts.
"I believe it gives more power to the people," he said.
Call staff writer Michael J. Williams at 951-676-4315, ext. 2635.


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Holds an iPhone in the front and an iPad behind, either can be charged hence the groove in the phone section.
Included the scad file so it can be modified for other phones or tablets.
Yay, My first shared thing..
Originally designed to hold an iPhone 4S and a iPad 3rd gen but I imagine it could be easily modified for any tablet and phone combo.
The current depth between front and rear sections are designed to hold an ipad (third gen) with a smart cover only. 12mm ..
recompile in openscad and change ipad_depth parameter if you have a thicker case.
there are flag variables at the top to generate only the top, only the rear, with or without a slot for the dock connector or to show the parts assembled or next to each other flat for printing.
I printed at 15% infill and 0.3mm layers, it could do with some work to increase the strength of the posts, pulling on the ipad would snap them. I printed hot to get good layer adhesion. If mine breaks I may add some bracing or modify and print a good deal wider to increase the strength.
The two parts are interference fit, I had to sand the pegs a little and clean out the slots in the front parts and then tapped the parts together. Intention was to glue it, but they are not going to fall off.
grab the istack_assembled model if you have a printer capable, print vertically or add support or use istack front and istack rear.
The idea started with the parametric remote control holder, attributed as ancestry.. no code in common any longer though..
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Press Conference of IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus
August 28, 1998
August 28, 1998, 5:15 p.m.
IMF Headquarters
Meeting Hall A
Washington, D.C.
MR. ANJARIA: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much for coming to this afternoon's press conference by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Michel Camdessus. Seated to his right joining him are Mr. Stanley Fischer, First Deputy Managing Director, and Mr. Jorge Márquez-Ruarte, Acting Director of the European II Department.
This press conference is live. I would like to invite the Managing Director to make opening remarks, following which we'll take your questions. Please wait for the microphone to be brought around and we will take your questions.
Let me start with my discussions with Mr. Chernomyrdin in his new capacity of designated Prime Minister. These discussions were long, friendly, frank, and constructive. He told me that he had accepted this responsibility in view of the situation of the country; and that seeing the very bad relationship between the Duma and the previous government as being a key component of the past and present difficulties of Russia, he told me that he wanted very much to work to create a kind of coalition government based on a common view of what the situation of the country requires. He was deeply involved in this business of trying to create a joint platform with the leadership of the Duma and of the Federation Council when he decided to interrupt it for having this conversation with your humble servant.
He wanted to reaffirm for me how he saw the situation both internationally and in Russia and to discuss what were the basic scenarios among which he had to make a choice. Well, I told him that there are basically two, perhaps three, scenarios, not much more. One, which has probably some support in Russia, is a kind of populist scenario. It would entail less monetary discipline, going to the printing press, reverting to widespread controls on prices, trade, and foreign exchange transactions. This to my judgment would inevitably lead to the old command economy methods, hyperinflation, with consequent dire social consequences; and once again the poorest in the country would pay for mistakes of the government. I told him unambiguously that this would lead to disaster. That, first, I couldn't see him associating his name to these kinds of policies—having worked with him for five years on a different course of action, even if it was not perfect by far. And second, I had to leave him without any illusion that such kind of policies could benefit from the support of the international community at large and from this institution in particular.
But there was a second scenario, a scenario I would call a scenario of policies for stability with growth. It would require urgent steps to restore financial stability and lay the basis for the resumption of economic growth. The establishment of firm monetary discipline—I should say the reestablishment of firm monetary discipline—with very tight control over the provision of liquidity support to banks would be critical for stabilizing the exchange markets. Stabilization could be achieved under different monetary frameworks, including a currency board arrangement. And if you introduce it, then you have another scenario but which would be basically a variant from what I call the second scenario for stability with growth.
I believe that if such scenario is adopted—with or without a currency board; this is a second order of concern—this could indeed lead to stability provided fiscal policy were extremely strong. The latest revenue prospects and the results of the government debt conversion would call for immediate further corrective measures. At the same time, the government would need to push ahead forcefully with structural reforms aimed at encouraging private sector development. You know the kind of structural reforms and measures I am alluding to. I could come back to that later on, but this is the only way to get the revival of the economy, the revival of the industrial sector, that everybody is looking for. The sooner these reforms can start, the better. There is no time to waste if the adverse impact of the crisis on the Russian population is to be minimized and growth restored.
I strongly welcomed this and also emphasized the importance of achieving broad public support for Russia's new policy package. Indeed, I told him that the entire world community is anxious to extend to Russia a helping hand, but that at this stage and in the context of such widespread difficulties in the world, this international support will wait for clear demonstration of the clarity of the orientation of the government and of the strength of the support of the parliament for the measures, particularly on the revenue side, to be adopted.
Briefly, two words on my meeting with President Kuchma of Ukraine. He reported that Ukraine has met all the prior conditions for a new extended Fund arrangement. Moreover, many measures have been taken with good collaboration and support from parliament. You know how difficult it has been so far to get the support of the parliament in Ukraine for these adjustment and reform measures. We see here a very positive move in the right direction.
I told him that if we obtain the necessary financing assurances, and particularly the final indications on the settlement of their financing arrangement with the private sector, I would be prepared on the basis of this program to call a meeting of the IMF Executive Board on very short notice to consider Ukraine's request for financial assistance. And we have prepared a package, if I remember well, of the order of magnitude of $2 billion in support of this EFF arrangement.
It is a strong program that is suited to the economic problems of Ukraine. It has the full support of the President as I have just told you and it deserves the support of the international community as well.
Well, now a few words perhaps on the rest of the world and the contagion. You know that contagion effects from the crisis in Russia are spreading to many regions in the world including some of Russia's neighboring countries, Eastern Europe, Latin America, and South Africa. Asian markets, too, have been adversely affected by the Russian situation. And in recent days, the financial markets and in the United States and Europe have also weakened.
Some attribute part of the contagion to the unilateral restructuring of domestic debt by the Russian authorities, claiming that such action could be envisaged elsewhere. Let me make three points.
First, the IMF regards the Russian action as highly regrettable and extremely unfortunate. Here I would like to correct a misperception of some media in the recent days. It has been said that the IMF was not on board last week, the weekend before last, in supporting the dramatic change of policies in Russia, and that this was because we were against devaluation of the ruble. This is not factual. We did support it, a needed change in the exchange policy of Russia, but it's true that we made every effort to try to convince the Russian authorities to avoid the unilateral avenue for restructuring the debt and to press them to go to a more consensual direction. But even if the situation in Russia had become almost untenable, and this is true—and this led to the decision that was taken—I strongly urge today, as before, the Russian authorities to work with their private creditors to find a cooperative response to their problems.
Second, we do not regard that (unilateral) approach as a constructive one for any other country to follow.
And third, we do not see a similar operation as being in the least justified, nor contemplated, in emerging markets in other regions. In this connection, let me emphasize that it is absolutely necessary for private markets to learn to differentiate among countries. I don't see any other country among the emerging markets being in the very dire situation of Russia.
What needs to be done to raise the confidence of private markets is a good question. The policy prescriptions are clear. Private markets support countries with strong fundamentals that pursue sound macroeconomic policies. Moreover, governments need continuously to be prepared to adapt their policies in response to changing circumstances. This is an increasingly globalized world that poses increasing demands for policy prudence and adaptability if countries are to reap the benefits of globalization.
Many countries are now being affected by contagion. To discuss some of these issues in the context of Latin America, I have proposed a meeting with a group of western hemisphere finance ministers and central bank governors for next week in Washington. The goals of that meeting are to review the status of their economies and policy measures that they have taken—and important measures have indeed been taken in recent months—to deal with the changing external circumstances, and to indicate their willingness to take further measures to defend their economy if that should become necessary. The meeting will also provide an opportunity for the international community to indicate its preparedness to assist members pursuing the right policies that may nonetheless need financial assistance.
In reality, what we will be doing is what we now call regional surveillance. You know we have been talking a lot about the new architecture of the international monetary system and the change in methods that this requires. Regional surveillance is one necessary step in this direction: to have peer pressure play its full role in bringing the region onto a better footing. And I must tell you that the idea of this meeting has been accepted with great interest by all the countries involved. They will be joined by the United States and Canada as part of the big region and I'm certain that we will establish this way as an important precedent for the future, an important example for all other regions in the world.
In that context, finally, let me turn to the crucial issue of the role of financing in addressing the difficulties of the world today. At the moment everybody considers that the resources of this institution are certainly very limited for doing its job. I want to be very clear on that. The IMF is prepared to help countries that are committed to help themselves by pursuing appropriate policies. Much has been said about the remaining usable resources of the IMF and the ability, the possibility, for the IMF to respond to future requests for assistance.
Once again I want to be clear. We still have both normal Fund resources available to help our members as well as, under appropriate circumstances, resources from the General Arrangements to Borrow. If a country asks for our assistance in support of a strong program, we will continue recommending to the Executive Board the normally justified level of support. We will not go for any under-funding of the programs due to the scarcity of our resources.
If at some point we run out of resources, the international community will have to face its responsibilities and decide whether countries that are helping themselves should be abandoned by the international community. I know the history. I know the 53 years of history of this institution. This has never happened. I expect that the countries in need applying strong and credible policies will continue receiving the necessary assistance from this institution.
Thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. I have seen you taking notes. I should have told you before starting that what I have just told you is at your disposal and could be distributed to you at the end of this meeting. And so you will have the very interesting exercise this evening of comparing what I have said with what I was prepared to say.
QUESTION: Mr. Camdessus, on the point you raise about the populist versus the second scenario of stability with growth, what kind of statement did you make to Mr. Chernomyrdin about whether you thought you might be able to go forward on September 15 with the next tranche of your existing program? If we look at the devaluation and we look at what was written in last month's agreement, then I suppose you'd have to rewrite that agreement, wouldn't you? Did you tell Mr. Chernomyrdin that you would be able under certain conditions to go forward with that money?
I have a related question about whether they have enough money for a currency board, but I should stop.
MANAGING DIRECTOR: You are right in stopping. Because it's true that the first question was discussed with Mr. Chernomyrdin but not the second. On the first question, I told him that further disbursements of financial assistance to Russia from the IMF may take place in September. Of course, I told him, look, 15th could be possibly a very difficult date for you to do the needed homework, but if you are able to make the homework by a given date in September, if all actions needed to restore stability are taken, if you are able to put the EFF program back on track and to strengthen the fiscal content of the 20th of July program, then the IMF will be ready to disburse its own contribution for the amount expected.
But the situation in Russia is so precarious that concentrated efforts by the Russian authorities are required immediately to allow us to be in a position in September to go ahead with our disbursements. And I must tell you that Mr. Chernomyrdin perfectly understood that. He is familiar with our methods and he knows that the July 20 program has in particular an important component of prior actions in the fiscal domain. He knows that he needs for that the positive votes of the Duma. He accepts the challenge.
QUESTION: A follow-up question on that. Do we understand you correctly that the fiscal targets remain the same? The fiscal deficit targets, for instance? And all the rest of them? You will not be restructuring the program itself to go on with it?
MANAGING DIRECTOR: No. The package will not be exactly the same because since the adoption of this program, measures have been taken which have contributed to distort the budget deficit question. In particular, the debt restructuring which has been adopted has added to the expenditures in the budget. The expenditures have increased in several other domains. This will require an effort together with our staff, which is always ready to work with them on that, to reestablish the financial track. The Russian authorities recognize that and we are on our side ready to discuss matters with them. Mr. Chernomyrdin has told me that he recognizes the validity of the budget program of his predecessor and if anything he wants to strengthen it.
QUESTION: What in your mind would be enough to restore the confidence of the investors that everybody is talking about? Because everybody assumed that the program of the $22 billion would be enough to restore the confidence. It apparently wasn't. So what would be enough? Another package of what amount? Or probably another political gesture or what?
MANAGING DIRECTOR: Well, I would tell you that the confidence of investors, the confidence of people in Russia is certainly not an arithmetic proportion of the magnitude of the financial support by the international community. Confidence needs to be restored. It cannot be restored if it is not by the clarity of the political choices and the demonstration of the commitment by the adoption of measures supported by the Duma.
This is the indispensable and only way to restore confidence. If these measures are adopted, then I am certain that the financial package will be revived and I am certain that even after suffering the negative consequences of a debt restructuring the international investors will see that they have every interest in helping us to put this country back on track and to cooperate with it. It will not come immediately. They will want to see action. They will want to see a steadfast implementation of the commitment of the government and the continuous support by the legislative body, but if this is there, I believe that the support will come.
QUESTION: I've got a couple of questions. One is I was thinking currency board as Mr. Wood was, so I wanted to ask you what circumstances would need to be met for Russia to have a currency board, to implement one?
My other question related to Latin America, the meeting next week that you have called, I was wondering what U.S. and Canadian officials will be attending and what are the dates of that meeting?
MANAGING DIRECTOR: Let me answer immediately your second question. Yes, Canadian and U.S. officials have been invited to this meeting, Federal Reserve and Treasuries, as in Latin America. And I think it is very important to have a dialogue North-South, if I say so, around these policies, in the same vein as we do in the context of APEC with the Asian countries.
Now, what circumstances would allow a currency board to be established with chances of success in Russia? Well, I must tell you that the very circumstances and the very policies we are basically suggesting under the stability for growth scenario. At this juncture, you need to stop monetary creation. You need to stop liquidity injections even for the dubious purpose of saving banks. You need to have a budget deficit reduced to the extreme. You need to have a very strong commitment of the authorities to restructure with our help the banking sector. This is what we are suggesting.
After that, of course, as Mr. Wood was suggesting, to establish a currency board, you need a level of external reserve matching the monetary base and at this stage we will have to see how to get to such a level depending on where the exchange rate stabilizes. These are the technicalities. What matters is the decisive orientation of policies towards stability and growth.
MR. ANJARIA: The dates for the meeting of western hemisphere officials are September 3 and 4.
QUESTION: Do you see in Latin America, especially in Mexico and Brazil, a danger of devaluation? And why is regional surveillance in Latin America to take place right now, when people were talking about having this kind of meeting early this year like in February or March?
MANAGING DIRECTOR: The Latin American ministers and governors have plenty of occasions for meetings, and they do that in an almost continuous way, particularly in the framework of the relations with the Inter-American Development Bank. But surveillance is another thing. Especially, regional surveillance, namely bringing ministers and governors together to help mutually in identifying the problem, in passing a judgment on the situation, and in encouraging mutually and helping mutually in taking steps which would be more difficult to take in isolation. We thought that it would be important at the moment when Latin American countries are treated perhaps unfairly by the markets—which don't differentiate them enough from developments in other parts of the world—that they give to the world this signal of their cooperation, of their confidence in their own policy frameworks; and that, in this way, they provide simultaneously to the markets the reassuring indications which deserve to be given.
Danger of devaluation? I would tell you that if these governments were not ready to continue, as they have done so far, adopting the macroeconomic stance to the circumstances, then we would have such a danger. But what I see is the opposite. It's a continuous effort to strengthen policies particularly in Argentina, in Brazil, in Chile. So I believe that there is no reason to believe that they have now to change the course of policies and to accept a deterioration of their exchange rate which wouldn't be justified by the underlying economic situation.
QUESTION: I guess I'm a little unclear still on the currency board. What you seem to be saying, and I might have this wrong, is that you're favoring the type of steps that could lead to a currency board, but you're not necessarily advocating that Russia establish one. Is that correct?
MANAGING DIRECTOR: It's perfectly correct. They must make their own choice. What the country needs is the policies in the monetary and fiscal side which anyway are indispensable for the good working of the currency board. Of course, they can decide to have up-front a currency board in order to create the confidence, or they could establish one in the framework of policies already in the course of implementation, or they could decide not to have it but to have the policies. This should be their choice. On that we are very pragmatic. The experience we have with currency boards—and we have supported or suggested several of them in recent years, contrary to what is said from time to time—is that what matters are policies more than the currency board by itself.
QUESTION: It doesn't seem likely, at least at this moment, that the Russian Chernomyrdin, who I gather from what you say is in agreement with your basic thrust, can get that sort of agreement out of the Duma and out of the Russian government. If he can't, assuming that they can establish a government that can even talk to you, what will you do? If they can't do this by the end of September, what will the IMF do? Simply not give any money or not act at all?
MANAGING DIRECTOR: Well, I will tell you that you are defining the basic question of the moment. This is a crucial crossroads for Russia. Here we need a response coming from the country and from those which are responsible for the destinies of the country. They will have to decide. It was my job to put those things very clearly to them, and I spent some time during that long night to explain the different scenarios for them to see clearly how they confronted and where each of them were leading them.
But they are a sovereign country and they must make decisions, and if the decisions were not their decisions, anyway they wouldn't work. Let's imagine that they go to the so-called populist scenario. Then, of course, we couldn't support them and you would never recommend even to support a scenario where they would try to mix let's say the command-populist approach with some nice market economic reforms. They must make the clear choice. If they cannot, this will not, of course, be the end of our cooperation. We will continue with our surveillance. We will continue trying to convince them to go to the right course of action. We will certainly continue extending technical assistance, help them in damage control. But I would not recommend financial assistance because you cannot support policies in which you don't believe.
QUESTION: I address this question to Mr. Fischer. The FT today quoted Mr. Fischer in two ways. I don't know if these quotes are accurate, but they raise an essential issue, and that is whether the G-7 should be doing more as it did in the Mexican case, for example, to back or to add to the funds that are at the IMF's disposal? One quote was that we could have pulled it off this time if it had not been for George Soros and his call for devaluation. And the other quote is similar to something that appeared in a German paper: it was clear to me that the situation became untenable after the G-7 did not hurry to help. Now, I don't know if either of these are accurate quotes and perhaps they aren't. If they are accurate or some form of them, could you elaborate and sort of explain what the role of the G-7 is here?
MR. FISCHER: I think in the first instance those quotes are from the German newspaper. I'm not aware of any similar discussions with the Financial Times.
We have to recognize that the G-7 are the major shareholders of the IMF and it was for the international community to decide at this point how much further to go in supporting Russia. The program that we had agreed in July was fully financed on the assumption that the creditors of the GKOs were willing to rollover their GKO holdings. Once, for whatever reasons, it became clear that they were not willing to do that, then the available financing was inadequate. Given the attempt by creditors to get out, the international community as a whole faced the question of whether to continue support to make possible that withdrawal of funds. And the international community—that's the Fund and the Fund's shareholders—decided that would take more resources than were available. It was a tough decision. It was one that had to be made on the basis of a clear evaluation of the dangers. I think they were fully appreciated, but also on a clear evaluation of the resources available to the Fund and to member governments. And the decision was made on that basis that there wasn't enough financing available, neither here nor bilaterally, to make that happen. So there was no disagreement between the Fund management and the G-7 on the fact that at this point the resources that were needed were more than were available to the international community to deal with this problem.
QUESTION: In your talks with Mr. Chernomyrdin, did you get a sense of how he evaluates, or did he indicate how he evaluates the pressures he will be facing and their comparative strength? The pressures exerted by his own domestic crumbling bank system, the pressure by the Duma, the pressure by the international financial institutions, the pressure by millions of state employees who haven't been paid for a month? Did he indicate in any way that the advice he is getting from you is not the only type of advice he is getting and he might not be able to totally follow up on that?
And basically the same question from the other side. How do you rate the influence that the IMF has on Russia at the moment?
MANAGING DIRECTOR: I will tell you truly that I don't know where to put our influence on the Richter scale on Russia. I don't know. Possibly we have some influence. When I saw Mr. Chernomyrdin this time, well, I had not the impression that he was under a very different set of pressuring forces than in different circumstances in the past. He is a man with whom we have put together many of these very important programs which have produced the results which are now being jeopardized by this crisis. He's used to living under strong pressure. He's a man for these kind of circumstances. Possibly at this time, the pressures are a little bit higher. But I saw him and I quoted his very words when I told you that he saw the situation as tragic but not hopeless.
Now, will he be able to convince those powerful forces who are pressing for the let's say populist or laxist policies after so much suffering in the country and so much impatience for reviving the economy? Will he be able to convince them that the only way of reviving the economy is to go through the reform avenue and not through the facilities of printing money? This is the challenge he has in front of him. His response will be part of history.
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Welcome, localhead. Looking forward to your insight & comments. Christy does seem to have an impressive bio. I hope she's as sweet as she sounds.
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Welcome, localhead. Looking forward to your insight & comments. Christy does seem to have an impressive bio. I hope she's as sweet as she sounds.
"insight & comments" :)
Well, one more insight for now--"hearing-impaired" is rather a demeaning term, at least from the perspective of many deaf people.... It seems to indicate that our ears are literally broken but can be fixed, viz. we can be made into speakers with just some training and the like. Not a reality for many deaf people--and they simply don't hear. Just accept the fact and call them deaf. There are many hard-of -hearing people among ourselves, including myself (technically, with a hearing aid on, I can hear at a 30 db level, the termination of human hearing being at a 110 or 120 db level)--Christy is such a person, hard-of-hearing. And she's still a "deaf" person, maybe "oral" sometimes, when she speaks, but at Gallaudet University, she was not thought of as "hearing-impaired." "Hearing-impaired" has the underlying implication that we are IMPAIRED from everything that a "normal" person can do.
Do "normal" people who can hear think of themselves as "hearing" people or does it simply not occur to them? Maybe they'd be surprised to know that from within the deaf community, they're seen as the "other" just as much as they see the deaf person as the "other" the one who is different from themselves--and the deaf person's label for people who can hear is "Hearing." And it's not always a nice label, especially when coming from deaf people who have suffered oppression of their individualities and been discriminated against repeatedly when they try to find jobs. That's why a lot of deaf people are on welfare, and why state schools for the deaf and Vocational Rehabiliation exist--to try and get them into paying jobs so that they can lead real lifes, not just exist as second-class citizens subject to the whims of whatever "normal" hearing people consider them capable of.
It's a hard reality for deaf people, struggling with other people's misconceptions of their abilities, and you know, Christy's profile states that she wants to promote deaf awareness--that's why I'm here, on this thread, to see what I can do, in that vein.
anyway, I'm off for the time being--see what y'all have to say later. toodles.
Localhead, thanks for adding your comments! It's great to have someone here who knows her.
My ONLY concern for Christy is that she may get left out of the subtle tribal conversations that help alliances form. People may be hesitant to pull her aside to talk to her, not knowing exactly how to handle it.
Christy can overcome that if she's really clear up front about her disability and how people should "handle" it.
Also, Jeff likes to yell out further instructions or helpful comments during challenges, and I wonder if that will negatively impact Christy at all.
But I agree, she's got a large built-in fan base. People have been asking for 5 seasons to include someone with a disability (besides being an idiot, like normal), and they finally got their wish. Let's hope the experiment is a success. Christy so far sounds like she's a great person, and hasn't let her disability effect her life.
Welcome to the site localhead, your posts made for excellent and informative reading.
I think Christy might well be the first Survivor to have an instant fan base.
John raises a couple of points that I will also be interesting in seeing, i.e. how other people will react to her and the practical concern of whether she will find herself in difficulty because Jiff has been shouting out further instructions to a challenge.
I imagine, unlike the final five in S5 who made a big hash of a reward challenge because they didn't listen to what Jiff said, she is used to concentrating more on instructions because she is reading the lips of the person giving them.
I wonder if her ability to lip-read will be seen as a threat to the schemers. It could work for her or against her. Hard to say, but I look forward to watching.
Wow localhead, I had no idea "hearing impaired" was such a slur. According to dictionary.com it means:But if it indeed offends people, I'll drop it from my vocabulary. Thanks for enlightening us with your point of view.Quote:
(1) Having a diminished or defective sense of hearing, but not deaf; hard of hearing
(2) Completely incapable of hearing; deaf
(1) Persons who are deficient in hearing or are deaf
Welcome to the sight Localhead, its nice to find out the scoop from someone who knows someone. I also think it is great to know that Christi's deafness does not define her it is mearly a part of who she is. It will be really great to watch how she plays the game and I would imagine that at some times she will be able to use her deafness to her advantage in situations to read lips to see what is being said in "secret alliances" and to get sleep despite the surroundings. I hope it gives her an advantage rather than deters her in her play! It appears by her bio that she has done this in life allready and I hope the other players don't under estimate her and her abilities to be a major player. I will be writing the shadow colum or contribution on Christi and would love any great info you can share on her ! It is all positive I promise as we are not a slamming sight! It will be my job to sort of report specifically and only on Christi , how she is doing, what she might be thinking etc. I requested her as my person to write about as I found her bio to be the most interesting and I thought her tenacity to go for the show would be a great persont to shadow and write about! Thanks for the info ! Hope you enjoy the site!
Another interesting fact about Galludet: The football huddle originated there when GU players realized the other team was reading their sign language during time outs and intercepting their plays.
I like Christy's bio and favorites (except for Julia Roberts, but I digress). She seems like a sweet girl, possible 'America's Sweetheart' potential.
Hope her deafness doesn't cause any problems for her along the way. :)
Originally posted by John
Christy on the Early Show today, signing as she spoke. She spoke fairly clearly, but you could tell that she can't hear.


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Quite some of you read my initial post on that – and I like the comments I got. Now, it seems that I am not the only one being angry:
I quote from What Microsoft can teach Apple about software updates
For the record, I think Apple is dead wrong in the way it's gone about using its iPod monopoly to expand its share in another market. Ironically, an excellent model for how this update program should work already exists. It's called Windows Update, and it embodies all the principles that Apple should follow.
And: Apple Software Update (btw John is the CO of Mozilla). It seems that John and me are in agreement:
It's wrong because it undermines the trust that we're all trying to build with users. Because it means that an update isn't just an update, but is maybe something more. Because it ultimately undermines the safety of users on the web by eroding that relationship. It's a bad practice and should stop.
[I'll make 2 points that I want to make very clear: (1) this is not a criticism of Safari as a web browser in any way, and (2) I have no objections to the basic industry practice of using your installed software as a channel for other software. This is specifically a criticism of the way they're using the updating system. I'd much prefer to be writing about Firefox, but this practice hurts everyone and is important to note.]
A comment to this blog post: If Microsoft did the identical action, install some non-user-selected software using their software update channel, there would be cacophony across the Internet.


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Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Jan. 21
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Dwight Blackledge, 49, 358 Market St., Raceland, possession of crack cocaine, failure to use turn signals, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Kristopher Kesler, 22, 1248 La. 316, Houma, two counts contempt of court, two counts of being a fugitive from Lafayette Parish
Prentiss Davis, 34, 113 N. 10th St., Thibodaux, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Charlie Use, 27, 132 Louise Drive, Houma, probation violation.
Raymond Louviere III, 37, 402 W. 112th St., Galliano, domestic-abuse battery, domestic-abuse battery with child endangerment.
Cole Galliano, 32, 293 W. 164th St., Golden Meadow, contempt of court.
Kevin Anderson, 36, 1229 Narrow St., Thibodaux, domestic-abuse battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, aggravated assault.
Thomas Neill, 57, 214 E. 54th St., Apt. 7, Cut Off, protective restraining order involving a juvenile.
Thibodaux Police Department
Cierra Lee, 20, 133 Gold St., Napoleonville, contempt of court.
Jan. 22
Houma Police
Timothy Paul Molinere Jr., 23, 1581 La. 55. Montegut. Improper lane use, DWI first offense.
Lee Michael Haydel, 36, 209 Wellington Drive, Houma. DWI first offense, open alcohol container in vehicle.
Keith Patterson, 19, 3644 Baker Drive, Houma. Aggravated rape, armed robbery.
Terrebonne Sherrif's Office
Michael Martin, 50, 4936 Bayouside Drive, Chauvin. Failure to appear, two counts.
Arianne Janticha Wallis, 30, 1515 Laban Ave., Houma. Headlight violation, driving with a suspended license, speeding, insurance violation, seat belt tickect, signal violation.
Daunte Aldon Brown, 25, 1208 Ellender St., Houma. Parole violation.
Elizabeth Mary Theriot, 25, 2544 La. 1, Thibodaux. Possession of Schedule 3 drugs, obtaining drugs with an altered prescription, possession/sale/distribution of a legend drug, possession of Schedule 4 drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Christina Marie Moore, 27, 231 Naquin St., Houma. Improper supervision of a minor, five counts.
Brandon Roy Hatch, 27, 202 Leslie St., Denham Springs. Driving with a suspended license, DWI second offense, speeding.
Rontrell Obryan Mosley, 19, 173 L&M Court, Gray. Theft of goods under $100, resisting an officer.
Louisiana State Police
Robert Field, 44, 110 Garden Circle, Thibodaux. Speeding, DWI first offense.
Byron Lewis, 25, 302 Elm Drive, Raceland, warrants.
City Court
Jerry Lee Puckett, 43, 235 Cliftwood Court, Houma. Theft of goods under $300.
Tippi Lynn Leonard, 36, 128 Lucille Court, Houma. Possession of drug paraphernalia.
District Court
Brad Antoine Falgout, 31, 4291 A Nicholas St., Houma. Speeding, driving with a suspended license.
Stacy Ray Jones, 48, 7519 Main St., Houma. Possession of marijuana, disturbing the peace, domestic abuse battery.
Child Support Enforcement
Lisa Ann Turner, 31, 125 Elmira Court, Houma. Possession of drug paraphernalia.
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Bobby Thompson, 36, 141 E. 125th St., Galliano, third-offense DWI, driving under suspension for DWI, improper lane usage
Jada Griffin, 27, 161 E. 135th St., Galliano, four counts of contempt of court.
Dwayne Stevens, 46, 538 Island Road, Montegut, two counts of forgery.
Tommy Vidos, 34, 1028 Levee Road, Morgan City, two counts of contempt of court.
Marquita Brown, 26, La. 20, Lot B, Thibodaux, contempt of court.
Thibodaux Police Department
Robert Mitchell, 43, 134 St. Charles St. Thibodaux, three counts of theft of goods over $500.
Decraig Young, 19, 770 West Bayou Road, B, Thibodaux, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, contempt of court, bond surrender.
Arthur Lewis, 35, 400 Morgan St., Houma, distribution of crack cocaine, resisting an officer by flight on foot
Earl Kenny, 17, 703 Barbier Ave., Thibodaux, probation violation
Kristopher Kesler, 22, 109 Mal Circle Drive Apt. B, Houma, bond surrender.
Robin Sanchez, 47, 5 Rachel Court, Houma, theft over $300, criminal mischief.
Frederick Moten, 25, 424 E 23rd St., Cut Off, distribution of cocaine.
Jasmine Caine, 20, 334 E. 23rd St., Larose, warrant, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, littering on a highway, resisting arrest by using false information.
Moses Rounds, 29, 207 S. Hidalgo St., Thibodaux, illegal carrying of weapons, possession of a firearm while distributing narcotics, distribution of Schedule 3 controlled dangerous substance, fugitive from St. John Parish.
Jan. 23
Houma Police
Pablo Jose Rubio, 25, 3304 Southdown Mandalay Road, Houma. DWI first offense, signal violation.
Jeremy Michael Hollahan, 34, 520 Wilson Drive, Houma. Violation of protective order.
Terrebonne Sheriff's Office
Ryan Alexander Watson, 22, 401 Marietta Place, Gray. Possession schedule II drugs, possession of marijuana.
James Willis Short, 23, 170 Smith Lane, Houma. Possession of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute Schedule II drugs, possession of schedule 2 drugs.
Salvador Rios, 28, 7016 Alma St., Houma. Simple assault.
Cedric Arshad Scott, 18, 2758 Park Ave., Gray. Obstruction of highway, registration violation, DWI first offense, possession marijuana, insurance violation.
Brandon Paul Doucet, 24, 1936 Bull Run Road., Schriever. Careless operation, driving without a license, unauthorized entry of inhabited dwelling.
Michellea Robin Martin, 33, 421 Margarette St., Houma. Contempt of court.
Damion Lamoine Alexander, 20, Homeless. Holding for other agency.
Louisiana State Police
Joe Davis Plocher, 30, 151 Hummingbird Drive. DWI first offense, expired inspection sticker, improper lane use.
Ronnie Fernandez Rios, 26, 1 Stonesthrow Drive. DWI first offense, signal violation.
Lafourche Sheriff's Office
Cory Brown, 28, 117 Park Ave., Thibodaux, contempt of court, no seat belt, domestic-abuse battery.
Police report: Jan. 21-23
Portions of the following information are based on facts provided by the arrested individuals. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.


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Published Monday, June 3, 2013 | 1:47 a.m.
Updated Monday, June 3, 2013 | 10:13 a.m.
A representative for actor Michael Douglas now says the actor doesn't blame his throat cancer on oral sex.
The Guardian newspaper published an interview Monday saying that Douglas attributed his illness to the HPV virus from oral sex. When asked about his cancer, Douglas said "without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV (human papillomavirus), which actually comes from cunnilingus."
But spokesman Allen Burry said later that Douglas never said that was the cause of his cancer. He said Douglas was discussing what causes oral cancer during the interview.
Health officials say smoking and alcohol are the main causes of oral cancer. The human papillomavirus, however, has been linked to one kind of throat cancer.
HPV is best known for causing cervical cancer. But experts say it also is a growing cause of certain types of oral cancer, those in the upper throat. In the U.S., the American Cancer Society estimates there will be nearly 14,000 new cases of upper throat cancer this year. The government says recent studies suggest almost two-thirds of those are caused by HPV.
Researchers say women sometimes get oral cancer caused by HPV, but the risk is greatest and rising among men.


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STMicroelectronics has been ranked as the leading analog supplier in 2001 by research firms iSuppli Corp., El Segundo, Calif., and Databeans Inc., Reno, Nev., dethroning Texas Instruments Inc.
Susie Inouye, an analyst with Databeans, said the company now estimates ST's 2001 analog revenue at $3.21 billion, edging out TI, which had $3.2 billion in analog revenue last year. Meanwhile, iSuppli reported that ST had analog revenue of $3.38 billion, compared to TI revenue of $3.2 billion.
Databeans, like Scottsdale, Ariz.-based research firm IC Insights Inc., had originally determined that TI had retained its analog lead with estimates of ST's analog revenue at $2.9 billion. Jean Philip Dauvin, chief economist for ST in Geneva, had reported ST analog revenue in 2001 at $3.79 billion. IC Insights is reconsidering its results and expects an update next month.
ST "outperformed the industry in some of their key ASIC markets including consumer and computer," Inouye said.
In addition to ST and TI, Databeans' top five analog vendors in 2001 includes Philips Semiconductor with $1.57 billion, Analog Devices Inc. with $1.56 billion, and Infineon Technologies with $1.25 billion.
The remainder of iSuppli's top five is Philips with $1.57 billion, Analog Devices with $1.56 billion, and Infineon with $1.55 billion.
TI had been the leading analog supplier since 1997.


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I have a busy week ahead of me with making some adorable and cute Spring/Easter treats but I wanted to post this, mostly for nostalgia since its the first time I "tried" the basket weave icing technique and used the grass tip. The grass part was great.Basket weave? I need some practice and to decorate when am not frazzled or in a hurry.
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Cardinals at Padres
Today: 7:10 p.m. | Game 1 of 3
Radio: 1090-AM; 860-AM (Spanish)
The series: This is the first matchup of the season between the teams, who will meet again in St. Louis for a four-game set August 14-17. The Cardinals (56-48) are trying to chase down Milwaukee (59-47) in the NL Central. They are two games back of the Brewers, running in place the past 10 games (going 5-5) after closing the gap substantially heading into the All-Star break. St. Louis was said to be in the market to pick up some pitching — David Price was on the Cards' radar, but that seems to have cooled — with the non-waiver trade deadline looming on Thursday. One move the Cardinals did make was to pick up veteran catcher A.J. Pierzynski to hold them over until injured starter Yadier Molina's expected return in September. Outfielders Matt Holliday (.269, 10 HR, 53 RBIs) and Allen Craig (..240, 7 HR, 44 RBIs), first baseman Matt Adams (.316, 12 HR, 47 RBIs) and shortstop Jhonny Peralta (.254, 14 HR, 44 RBIs) have been the biggest run producers on a team that has scored fewer runs (385) than any team in the majors except the Padres (323).
Probable pitchers
Today: Cardinals RHP Lance Lynn (11-7, 3.05) at Padres RHP Tyson Ross (9-10, 2.65), :10 p.m.
Wednesday: Cardinals RHP Joe Kelly (2-1, 3.90) at Padres RHP Jesse Hahn (6-2, 2.12), 7:10 p.m.
Thursday: Cardinals RHP Shelby Miller (7-8, 4.20) at Padress RHP Odrisamer Despaigne (2-2, 1.66), 12:40 p.m.
Today's matchup
Cardinals RHP Lance Lynn (11-7, 3.05 ERA): Lynn, who is facing the Padres for the first time, has quietly been one of the better pitchers in the NL the past three seasons. He won 18 games in 2013 and 15 games last season and has been similarly successful this year. Lynn won three straight starts before taking the tough-luck loss Wednesday in a 3-0 home defeat against Tampa Bay. He allowed just one earned run over 6 1/3 innings in that game, striking out seven with three walks. Seven of his past eight starts have been quality. His workload has increased this month, throwing anywhere from 107-118 pitches in his four starts.
Padres RHP Tyson Ross (9-10, 2.65 ERA): Ross eyes his third straight victory as he attempts to even his season record. Ross could have several more wins had he had adequate run support, the Padres scoring more runs (19) in his last two starts than his previous 11 starts combined (17). He comes into his final start of July having limited opponents to a .194 batting average while compiling a 1.03 ERA. He has not allowed more than two earned runs in any of his past seven starts. He allowed one run and five hits in Thursday's 13-3 win at Chicago, striking out a season-high 11 batters while walking just one.


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Olympic Range (WA) > Mount Carrie > Climber's Log
Mount Carrie Climber's Log
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|From Cat Basin
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2016
|Stayed two nights at Cat Basin. Official campsite is very horsey. Catwalk was time consuming but not real difficult. Climbers track most of the way up Carrie on the SW ridge. Crossed the scree basin to the summit without having to go on the snow. I would guess that any time before early August an ice axe and maybe crampons would be good. Saw 3 bears on the trip.
|Posted Sep 11, 2016 11:38 am
|Warm and dry
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2014
|One of the hottest days I've ever had in the Olympics. Great views of Olympus and the interior
|Posted Jul 27, 2014 10:48 am
|Jesus Malverde
|via Boston Charlie's Camp
Date Climbed: Jul 25, 2010
|Climbed Carrie with Mt. Ferry and Olympus as part of the Bailey Range Traverse. Beautiful area and great trip. Recommended.
|Posted Mar 8, 2014 12:15 pm
|Snidely Whiplash
|No Views
Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2004
|Got treated to horizontal rain for the next two days.
|Posted Nov 11, 2013 1:04 am
|From Catwalk
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2009
|Bagged Cat peak on the way. Included these climbs in a long traverse across the park.
|Posted Apr 24, 2012 5:42 pm
|Sunny day on a mountain of quartz.
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 1997
|Camped two nights at Swimming Bear Lake - this was the daytrip in between. Scrambled this summit with a great guy who used to be a ranger in the area. He later died hiking in Hawaii. This was the only mountain we ever climbed together.
|Posted Mar 22, 2012 3:14 pm
|Part of a long day
|Part of a Labor Day weekend High Divide Loop. We started at the Sol Duc River trail, headed up to Appleton Pass, circled around to below Cat Lake. The next day we moved camp and trekked across the Catwalk - GREAT FUN!!!, and made our way NE along the summit ridge. We had to wait for 12 people to get off the summit before we could climb up. Incredible amount of people that day. We enjoyed the panoramic views across to Canada and the inner Olympics.
|Posted Mar 11, 2008 5:10 pm
|Catwalk from Hoh River
|I climbed Carrie from Hoh Lake and the High Divide. It was my first trip to the Olympics. The Catwalk was very fun and the toughest part of the climb. Lots of goat hair. Boston Charlie has very nasty water. A good filter is essential.
|Posted Aug 20, 2007 2:47 pm
|Route Climbed: Catwalk from Solduc Date Climbed: August 2004
|my buddy and i climbed this peak in 2004. To this day I look at that as the most fun hike/climb I've done below 7000 feet. Awesome peak with its fair amount of 'interesting' moments. The catwalk is pretty intense in a few places. Go get it!
|Posted Feb 6, 2006 1:56 pm
|Route Climbed: North Ridge/Face Date Climbed: 05 August,2005
|Climbed on a traverse of the Bailey Range. Camped at Boston Charlie's camp (highly recommended). The climb was class two to the summit over loose rock and scree. Great views of the Bailey Range and Mt Olympus.
|Posted Dec 22, 2005 11:25 pm


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Mother-of-Pearl in Highest ResolutionOctober 5, 2005 in /
Mother-of-pearl, also known as nacre, is not just an iridescent substance whose optical characteristics impress the observer and which is often used for jewellery. It is also an excellent material for working with. Nacre consists of 97 percent lime, but has a thousand times higher breaking strength. The reason has to do with the layer composition of mother-of-pearl. Now, Max Planck and BAM scientists have discovered that the surface of the lime platelets in mother-of-pearl is not at all ordered in layers, as had been previously assumed.
Because of this fact, it can be ruled out that the crystals are controlled through ordered layers on the organic matrix. This understanding of nacre, and the mechanism by which it is built, is essential for emulating the same refined principle in building new materials.
For a long time, mother-of-pearl has been considered as an interesting biogenous material. During this time, researchers have been trying to understand its astounding characteristics. Its unusual breaking strength is due to a structure based on soft organic layers and hard lime platelets. (Image 2)
If we could only begin to copy this building principle, it would lead to a revolution in the construction industry. Possible goals for this kind of biomimetic materials research could be firmer gypsum plasterboard, or pieces of concrete with a lower weight but with the same strength. The lime platelets in nacre crystallise into aragonite - a crystal form which is normally not stable under ambient conditions. Until now, researchers had assumed that this crystallization of the lime platelets was determined by ordered layers of protein which lie on a pre-formed layer of chitin. Chitin can be found in nature, as for example a scaffolding material in the shells of insects.
Image 2: Scanning electron microscope view of the fractured surface of nacre. (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces)
But the latest findings of the Max Planck scientists have found these assumptions to be false. Instead of an ordered crystalline layer, which would be in contact with the organic matrix, the scientists found tiny - five nanometres thick - layers of amorphous - that, is disordered - calcium carbonate on the surface of the monocrystalline platelets in nacre.
This disordered and wavy surface provides evidence against the postulated specific interaction between the mineral material and the organic matrix. The finding could be clearly supported by 13C and 1H solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Furthermore, in NMR experiments the researchers detected the amorphous character of the surface layer and ruled out any interaction between it and the organic scaffolding.
The reason for the existence and development of the disordered upper layer on the crystal could be based upon the fact that impurities accumulate in the surface layer. In crystallization, these are not built into the ordered crystal lattice - similar to what happens in the process of zone melting in metallurgy.
Image 3: (a) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) - thin slices of aragonite platelets in nacre (scale: 1 micrometer) (b) High resolution TEM (HRTEM) of a selected surface of the monocrystalline aragonite platelets (scale: 5 nanometres). The disordered surface is recognizable next to the ordered crystalline layer with the stripe-shaped crystal lattice plane. (c) Power spectrum of the HRTEM image in (b). The crystal is oriented along direction [023] (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces)
The amorphous layer (ACC) could indeed have another function. It replaces the previously assumed direct interaction of the high energy (001) aragonite layer through a gradient layer made of aragonite, ACC, and organic matrix. The energies of the boundary layer could be significantly lower here, and thus a thermodynamic force could exist for the development of an amorphous upper layer. It is still not clear in which direction the crystallographic orientation of the platelet eventually moves. In the current study, the scientists have acted on the assumption that an electrostatic attraction exists between the inorganic platelets and the organic matrix.
Original work:
Nadine Nassif, Nicola Pinna, Nicole Gehrke, Markus Antonietti, Christian Jäger, and Helmut Cölfen
Amorphous layer around aragonite platelets in nacre
PNAS 2005 102: 12653-12655; published online before print: August 29 2005, print: September 6, 2005, Vol. 102, No. 36
Source: Max Planck Society
"Mother-of-Pearl in Highest Resolution" October 5, 2005 https://phys.org/news/2005-10-mother-of-pearl-highest-resolution.html


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Last week, the US Fish and Wildlife Service cleared 374 plant and animal species from the southeastern United States for a more thorough review that will determine whether or not they should make the endangered species list. The list includes rare aquatic and wetland-dwelling species such as the Florida bog frog and the fish known as the chucky madtom, which has been spotted by scientists a mere 15 times in the past 70 years, ScienceInsider reported.
The initial decisions come as a result of a legal settlement struck earlier this summer between the government and several environments groups, which required the Service to address more than 700 endangered species petitions by the year 2018.