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An Alternative Urban Arewide Review that outlines the possible impacts the University of Minnesota's planned UMore Park development will have on Rosemount and Empire Township was the topic of discussion at a public meeting on Monday, and community members came prepared with their questions.
Concept plans for the 5,000 acres in UMore park have been under development since 2009, and have been narrowed down to three scenarios. With plans for the future development of the UMore Park area including up to 30,000 people and up to 24,000 jobs, each scenario covers a variation of those numbers. In addition to the three scenarios, the planners also consider an option in which no development takes place in order to see what option has the greatest impact.
The document, which is over 100 pages, was summarized for the community at the meeting Monday.
Andrea Moffatt, a consultant for WSB Associates who works with environmental planning, spoke on behalf of the city of Rosemount. Moffat began by letting the community know that they are looking at development as it has been in the past, as well as looking at the infrastructure. According to Moffat, in order to do that, they need to know just how impactful each of the scenarios is. The AUAR document covers the long term and long range planning for the UMore site.
The speakers at the meeting went over all of the aspects of UMore Park that can be affected by the proposed developments, including ecological resources, threatened and endangered species, native prairie areas, open land, water issues, sensitive resources and traffic. The extensive document describes the impact development of the area would have on each of these aspects, and each were touched on at the meeting.
The community had many concerns when discussing these issues, but especially when it came to discussing traffic and water issues. Their main concerns were that the city and developers for UMore Park would have to buy land outside of what they already own to make these renovations happen.
The plan for UMore Park would most likely include construction onsurrounding roadways, including but not limited to County Roads 42 and 46. This construction would include expansion on some roads, making them anywhere from two to six lanes, depending on the road. Rosemount city planner Eric Zweber said both sides of County Rd. 46 near the development site are owned by UMore, so any construction or expansion made to that road would already be on UMore property. The concerns arose when discussing County Rd. 42. According to Zweber, road widening and expansion could go into additional lands not owned by UMore, but it depends on the design of the intersections and layouts of the roads. He also said, when suitable, they hope to use UMore Park-owned land versus going outside of that.
The other issue many members of the community sounded off on was where the stormwater would go, and how it would be kept from flowing into the lake that is already on the property. Zweber, referring to the map, said that most water would flow to the Mississippi or Vermillion River, and that the areas that do flow to the lake will have to meet stormwater standards before doing so.
There are many aspects being looked at throughout this development process, and the next steps will take time. The city reviews its own comprehensive plan every 10 years, and the next review is in 2015, with development of approved plans beginning in 2018. If the University wanted to start its development sooner than that, they would apply for their plan separate from the comprehensive planning process. If they do not wish to do so, the city could choose to come forward to begin the development process.
Throughout the meeting it was also pointed out that the plans for UMore Park are projections only through 2030, and those working on the process are hoping to plan beyond that as well.
The full document is available on the city's website, as well as in hard copy at the City of Rosemount offices. The AUAR will be revised as appropriate throughout July and August and the document is still open for comments online through July 10. After the revisions have been made, there will be an additional 10 day comment period in August and September when community members can provide additional feedback and see if their previous comments have been addressed as part of the revision. The city council will then consider the plans through September and October.


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September Celestial Calendar by Dave Mitsky
All times, unless otherwise noted, are UT (subtract four hours and, when appropriate, one calendar day for EDT)
9/1 Venus is 9.0 degrees south of the first-magnitude star Pollux (Beta Geminorum) at 21:00; a double Galilean satellite shadow transit (Europa's shadow follows Io's) begins at 23:17
9/3 Asteroid 11 Parthenope (magnitude 8.7) is at opposition at 10:00
9/4 Mercury is at its greatest heliocentric latitude north today
9/7 The Moon is at apogee, subtending 29 arc minutes from a distance of 404,294 kilometers (251,217 miles), at 6:00
9/8 Jupiter is 0.6 degree north of the Moon, with an occultation visible from central and southern South America, at 11:00; Last Quarter Moon occurs at 13:15
9/9 Asteroid 1 Ceres is 0.6 degree south of the Moon, with an occultation visible from western Russia, the Middle East, northern Africa, Europe, Canada and most of the United States, at 9:00; the Curtiss Cross, an X-shaped illumination effect located between the craters Parry and Gambart, is predicted to occur at 12:54
9/10 Mercury is in superior conjunction at 13:00
9/12 Venus is 4 degrees north of the Moon at 17:00
9/13 Venus is 3 degrees north of the bright open cluster M44 (Praesepe or the Beehive) in Cancer at 23:00
9/16 New Moon (lunation 1110) occurs at 2:11
9/17 Pluto is stationary at 21:00
9/18 The Moon is 0.8 degree south of the first-magnitude star Spica (Alpha Virginis), with an occultation visible from most of Antarctica, Mauritius, and the southern Indian Ocean, at 5:00; Saturn is 5 degrees north of the Moon at 14:00
9/19 The Moon is at perigee, subtending 32 arc minutes from a distance of 365,752 kilometers (227,278 miles), at 3:00; Mars is 0.1 degree north of the Moon, with an occultation visible from French Polynesia and central South America, at 21:00
9/22 The autumnal equinox occurs in the northern hemisphere at 14:49; First Quarter Moon occurs at 19:41; The Lunar X (the Purbach or Werner Cross), an X-shaped illumination effect involving various rims and ridges between the craters La Caille, Blanchinus, and Purbach, is predicted to occur at 21:39
9/25 Asteroid 2 Pallas (magnitude 8.3) is at opposition at 3:00
9/27 Mercury is at the descending node today; Venus is at the ascending node today; Neptune is 6 degrees south of the Moon at 11:00
9/29 Uranus (apparent size 3.7", magnitude 5.7) is at opposition at 7:00
9/30 Full Moon (known as the Barley, Corn, or Fruit Moon), this year's Harvest Moon, occurs at 3:19
Karl Harding discovered asteroid 3 Juno on September 1, 1804. E. E. Barnard discovered Jupiter's fifth satellite, fourteenth-magnitude Amalthea, using the 36-inch refractor at the Lick Observatory on September 9, 1892. On September 19, 1848, William Bond discovered Saturn's fourteenth-magnitude satellite Hyperion, the first irregular moon to be discovered. Neptune was discovered by Johann Gottfried Galle on September 23, 1846, using Urbain Le Verrier's calculations of its position.
The zodiacal light, or the false dawn, is visible about two hours before sunrise from a dark site during the latter part of September.
The Moon is 14.4 days old and is located in Pisces on September 1 at 0:00 UT. The Moon is at its greatest northern declination (+21.2 degrees) on September 8 and its greatest southern declination (-21.1 degrees) on September 22. Longitudinal libration is at a maximum of +5.6 degrees on September 27 and a minimum of -5.8 degrees on September 13. Latitudinal libration is at a maximum of +6.7 degrees on September 14 and a minimum of -6.7 degrees on September 27. Visit http://saberdoesthes...does-the-stars/ for tips on spotting extreme crescent Moons and http://www.curtrenz.com/moon06.html for Full Moon data. Times and dates for the lunar light rays predicted to occur in June are available at http://www.lunar-occ...o/rays/rays.htm
The Sun is located in Leo on September 1. It crosses the celestial equator from north to south on September 22, the date of the autumnal equinox.
Brightness, apparent size, illumination, distance from the Earth in astronomical units, and location data for the planets and Pluto on September 1: Mercury (magnitude -1.4, 5.3", 93% illuminated, 1.27 a.u., Leo), Venus (magnitude -4.3, 19.9", 58% illuminated, 0.84 a.u., Gemini), Mars (magnitude 1.2, 5.2", 91% illuminated, 1.80 a.u., Virgo), Jupiter (magnitude -2.3, 39.2", 99% illuminated, 5.03 a.u., Taurus), Saturn (0.8 magnitude, 16.0", 100% illuminated, 10.42 a.u., Virgo), Uranus (5.7 magnitude, 3.7", 100% illuminated, 19.17 a.u., Cetus), Neptune (7.8 magnitude, 2.3", 100% illuminated, 28.99 a.u., Aquarius), and Pluto (14.1 magnitude, 0.1", 100% illuminated, 31.81 a.u., Sagittarius).
This month Mercury and Saturn are located in the west, Mars in the southwest, Uranus in the east, and Neptune in the southeast during the evening. At midnight, Jupiter can be found in the east, Uranus in the southeast, and Neptune in the south. Venus is in the east, Jupiter in the southeast, and Uranus in the west in the morning sky.
For observers at latitude 40 degrees north at midmonth, Venus rises at 3:00 a.m. local time, Mars sets at 9 p.m. local time, Jupiter rises at 11:00 p.m. local time, and transits the meridian at 6:00 a.m. local time, and Saturn sets at 9:00 p.m. local time.
During September, Mercury decreases both in brightness and in apparent size. It is potentially visible, under exceptional conditions, extremely close to the horizon during evening twilight at the very end of the month.
Venus shines brightly at minus fourth magnitude and, as September progresses, shrinks in apparent size from 20 to 16 arc seconds. It begins the month in Gemini, starts to traverse Cancer on September 4, and enters Leo on September 23. On the morning of September 12, Venus lies four degrees northeast of a waning crescent Moon and three degrees southwest of the naked-eye open cluster M44.
Mars departs Virgo and crosses into Libra on September 4. It passes one degree south of the third-magnitude multiple star Zubenelgenubi (Alpha Librae) on September 14 and is occulted by the Moon on September 19. Mars is only 4.8 arc seconds in apparent size by month's end.
Jupiter increases in apparent size by four arc seconds and brightens from magnitude -2.3 to magnitude -2.5 this month. A double Galilean satellite shadow transit takes place on September 1. Jupiter reaches western quadrature on September 7. The Last Quarter Moon passes very close to the giant planet on September 8. Click on http://www.skyandtel...html?page=1&c=y to determine transit times of the central meridian by the Great Red Spot. Data on the Galilean satellites is available at http://www.skyandtel...pt/3307071.html
Saturn disappears into the glare of the Sun this month. Mars and Saturn are ten degrees apart on September 1.
Uranus is located just to the southwest of 44 Piscium when it reaches opposition on the evening of September 29 and can be seen without optical aid from a dark site. At that time, Uranus is 0.3 degree north of the celestial equator and approximately 2.6 light hours or 1.77 billion miles from the Earth.
Neptune can be found approximately one degree east of the fifth-magnitude star 38 Aquarii on September 1. On September 30, it's 22 arc minutes southeast of that star.
Finder charts for Uranus and Neptune can be found at http://media.skyandt...eptune-2012.pdf and page 50 of the September issue of Sky & Telescope.
Pluto is located in northern Sagittarius near the open cluster M25. The dwarf planet culminates during the mid-evening. On September 30, Pluto lies about seven arc minutes from the orange-hued, eighth-magnitude star HD 170120. Detailed finder charts are available on pages 52 and 53 of the June issue of Sky & Telescope and on page 236 of the RASC Observer's Handbook 2012.
For more on the planets and how to locate them, see http://www.nakedeyeplanets.com/
Comet C/2011 F1 (LINEAR) heads southeastward through the constellation of Bootes. The tenth- to-eleventh magnitude comet is located due east of the fourth-magnitude star Zeta Bootis on the night of September 11. For additional information on comets visible in September, browse http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/ and http://www.aerith.ne...t/future-n.html
Asteroids 1 Ceres and 4 Vesta shine at ninth and eighth magnitude respectively as they pass through Taurus during September. A finder chart appears on page 53 of the August issue of Sky & Telescope. The eighth-magnitude asteroid 2 Pallas reaches opposition in Cetus at 11:00 p.m. EDT on September 24. Asteroid 11 Parthenope glows at ninth magnitude as it travels southwestward through Aquarius. It reaches opposition on the morning of September 3. The ninth-magnitude minor planet can be found less than one degree due north of the fourth-magnitude star Tau2 Aquarii on the night of September 13. Asteroid 18 Melpomene travels through southwestern Serpens Cauda. The faint asteroid 363 Padua occults Zubenelgenubi during the daytime on September 16. See http://www.skyandtel...-158607465.html for further information. Data on asteroid occultations taking place this month is available at http://www.asteroido.../2012_09_si.htm and http://www.poyntsour.../New/Global.htm
A free star map for September can be downloaded at http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html
Eighty binary and multiple stars for September: 12 Aquarii, Struve 2809, Struve 2838 (Aquarius); Alpha Capricorni, Sigma Capricorni, Nu Capricorni, Beta Capricorni, Pi Capricorni, Rho Capricorni, Omicron Capricorni, h2973, h2975, Struve 2699, h2995, 24 Capricorni, Xi Capricorni, Epsilon Capricorni, 41 Capricorni, h3065 (Capricornus); Kappa Cephei, Struve 2751, Beta Cephei, Struve 2816, Struve 2819, Struve 2836, Otto Struve 451, Struve 2840, Struve 2873 (Cepheus); Otto Struve 394, 26 Cygni, h1470, h1471, Omicron Cygni, Struve 2657, 29 Cygni, 49 Cygni, 52 Cygni, 59 Cygni, 60 Cygni, 61 Cygni, Struve 2762 (Cygnus); Struve 2665, Struve 2673, Struve 2679, Kappa Delphini, Struve 2715, Struve 2718, Struve 2721, Struve 2722, Struve 2725 (in the same field as Gamma Delphini), Gamma Delphini, 13 Delphini, Struve 2730, 16 Delphini, Struve 2735, Struve 2736, Struve 2738 (Delphinus); 65 Draconis, Struve 2640 (Draco); Epsilon Equulei, Lambda Equulei, Struve 2765, Struve 2786, Struve 2793 (Equuleus); 1 Pegasi, Struve 2797, h1647, Struve 2804, Struve 3112, 3 Pegasi, 4 Pegasi, Kappa Pegasi, h947, Struve 2841, Struve 2848 (Pegasus); h1462, Struve 2653, Burnham 441, Struve 2655, Struve 2769 (Vulpecula)
Notable carbon star for September: LW Cygni
Forty-five deep-sky objects for September: M2, M72, M73, NGC 7009 (Aquarius); M30, NGC 6903, NGC 6907 (Capricornus); B150, B169, B170, IC 1396, NGC 6939, NGC 4343, B361, Ba6, Be87, Cr 421, Do9, IC 1369, IC 4996, IC 1516, LDN 906, M29, M39, NGC 6866, NGC 6871, NGC 6888, NGC 6894, NGC 6910, NGC 6960, NGC 6992, NGC 7000, NGC 7008, NGC 7026, NGC 7027, NGC 7039, NGC 7063, NGC 7086 (Cygnus); NGC 6891, NGC 6905, NGC 6934, NGC 7006 (Delphinus); NGC 7015 (Equuleus); M15 (Pegasus); NGC 6940 (Vulpecula)
Top ten binocular deep-sky objects for September: IC 1396, LDN 906, M2, M15, M29, M30, M39, NGC 6939, NGC 6871, NGC 7000
Top ten deep-sky objects for September: IC 1396, M2, M15, M30, NGC 6888, NGC 6946, NGC 6960, NGC 6992, NGC 7000, NGC 7009
Challenge deep-sky object for September: Abell 78 (Cygnus)
The objects listed above are located between 20:00 and 22:00 hours of right ascension.
September 2012 Celestial Calendar
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As the human population increases, wildlife is becoming restricted to protected remnants of ecosystems with boundaries that limit dispersal. The effect on large herbivores generally is an increase in population density. We investigated the relationship between population density and reproduction in white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) in Matobo National Park, Zimbabwe. Two lines of evidence were examined: (1) a contrast in reproduction between a high-density and a low-density population; and (2) a longitudinal analysis of changes in reproductive parameters of a fenced population as density increased by >200%. As density increased within the fenced area, the rates of population growth and recruitment of calves decreased, and the age at first reproduction for females increased significantly. Females in the low-density population produced their first calves at significantly younger ages than those in the high-density population. Loss of body condition was related to both population density and female reproductive status. Because most African rhinos exist in relatively small reserves, an understanding of the implications of restricted dispersal and increased population density on their demography is critical to their conservation in situ. Managers need to consider trade-offs between enhanced safety from poaching and density-dependent effects on reproduction in developing conservation strategies for rhinos and other rare, large species confined to reserve systems.
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UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has called for an international investigation into what she said were decades of violations in North Korea, including torture and executions of political prisoners.
She voiced regret there had been no improvement since Kim Jong-un took power a year ago, and said it was time for the international community to help bring change for North Korea's "beleaguered, subjugated population".
She said: "An in-depth inquiry into one of the worst – but least understood and reported – human rights situations in the world is not only fully justified, but long overdue."
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Japan is considering whether to submit a resolution on North Korea to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR), diplomats said.
UNHCR special investigators have been denied entry into North Korea for years. However, the council has the power to launch wider independent international inquiries which can build a criminal case.
Ms Pillay regretted that concerns about North Korea's nuclear programme and rocket launches were overshadowing "the deplorable human rights situation in the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] which in one way or another affects almost the entire population and has no parallel anywhere else in the world".
Former New Mexico state governor Bill Richardson and Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt failed to secure the release of a Korean-American held in North Korea during a trip to the state last week.
The reclusive country's network of political prison camps is believed to contain 200,000 people or more and have been the scene of widespread violations including rapes, torture, executions and slave labour, according to Ms Pillay, a former judge at the International Criminal Court.
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Named WAHS senior of the month
Andrew Vack, son of Larry and Teresa Vack, Weatherly, has been named Senior of the Month for September at Weatherly High School.
Vack is a member of the Weatherly Area High School chapter of the National Honor Society, the Cross Country and Soccer teams and the Wrecker Band and Jazz Band. He is active in TATU, the Envirothon, the Citizen Bee, Science Olympiad, Student Forum and the AMC Mathematics Competition.
In the community, Vack participates in robotics club activities, and is employed at Heritage Hill as a dishwasher. Vack is a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Weatherly, where he assists as an altar server, volunteers for the church festival, and teaches altar-serving classes.
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"What makes the Scharffen Berger Ben Tre bar incredibly special is the attention to quality and care given throughout the entire bean-to-bar process," said Ray Major, lead expert on cacao sourcing for Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker. "Plantations are small in Vietnam, and the farmers are meticulous cultivators, treating their properties more like gardens rather than farms."


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In praise of TED
For me, TED is probably the most inspirational and wonderful website I know of. You can think of it as a site full of amazing, thought-provoking and, yes, inspirational videos of talks and presentations given at various TED conferences over the years. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design and the subjects of the talks are delightfully diverse. I would strongly encourage everyone to explore the TED website and look at what looks interesting. To start you all off, here are some of my favourites:
- Ken Robinson Says Schools Kill Creativity. This is probably one of the most-viewed TED talks, with an estimated 200 million people having seen it. It's a funny and passionate talk by Sir Ken Robinson, who suggests that schools in the industrialised world focus too much on reading, writing and arithmetic at the expense of creativity. It's a great talk, and not a terrible one to begin with if you're a TED virgin.
- Three Things I Learned While my Plane Crashed. This is a short but poignant talk by someone who was on the plane that crash landed in the Hudson river in New York in 2009.
- Dan Pink on the Surprising Science of Motivation. Here we learn how the traditional motivation methods that the vast majority of businesses use (like bonuses) have been scientifically demonstrated to not really work.
- The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves. An amazing group of dancers. I watched the last five minutes of this with my mouth open with amazement at the beautiful music and dancing, which actually made me feel quite emotional.


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Fire Department is already pushing forward with plans for another substation for the Rocky Point area
A proposed new fire substation in Rocky Point is expected to reduce response times and fire insurance costs for some residents in the area.
As fire officials in Pender County have been participating in strategic planning for the past few months, hoping to build more substations throughout the county to bring more residents into at least a 9S ISO rating, the Rocky Point Volunteer Fire Department is already pushing forward with plans for another substation for the Rocky Point area.
The department, with the approval of the Pender County Board of Commissioners, is in the process of obtaining a $400,000 loan to purchase land and an existing building on U.S. 117 South at Oaks Plantation Drive, just south of Paul's Place.
Fire Chief Josh Moss said the proposed substation, which would hold two trucks and be initially staffed with volunteers, would make responding to emergency calls from the district's south side faster.
"It will cut our response time three to five minutes to that area," Moss said, adding that currently the response time to the far south side of the district is about five to six minutes from the main station.
The new substation would also mean a lower ISO rating for the area, enabling some residents to save money in homeowners insurance. Moss said many of the residents who would be impacted by the substation currently have a class 10 or 9E ISO rating.
"One person at a 10 (ISO rating) is too many, to me," Moss said, explaining that "a class 10 means you have no fire coverage."
"The reality is you do (have coverage), but (when it comes to insurance companies) they're saying you're so far from the fire department, that by the time they get here, your house is going to be gone … even though we've actually never had that problem…," Moss said. "By us putting that substation down there, it would put those people within a 6 rating because they will be within five miles of a fire substation. That will drop their fire insurance dramatically."
A bay door and heating needs to be added to the building, formerly used for marine and boat repair, but Moss said he expects the substation to be ready for operation by the end of January.
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The labor market extended its best streak since the late 1990s, posting solid job growth last month that lured more people back into the workforce.
The 209,000 net new jobs were below analyst expectations and a sharp falloff from June's robust 298,000 figure.
In addition, there were signs in Friday's Labor Department report that the job market still isn't back to full health. Those markers included stagnant wages and an increase in the already high number of people out of work for more than six months.
Nonetheless, July was the sixth straight month that the economy added more than 200,000 net new jobs, which hadn't happened since the early dot-com boom in...


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INDIANAPOLIS - More than 100 teams will launch their canoes Saturday, Sept. 21, in the fifth annual IUPUI Regatta, a canoe race on the canal in downtown Indianapolis. Thousands of people are expected to line the banks to enjoy thrills and spills in IUPUI's largest student-run campus tradition.
The IUPUI Regatta is a half-mile canoe relay competition involving 112 teams of up to eight IUPUI students, faculty, staff and alumni. The paddlers begin at Fairbanks Hall at the north end of the canal, race to the USS Indianapolis basin and then back to complete the half-mile leg.
The regatta also has events for families and children, including clowns, face painters, rock climbing, balloon artists and a bounce house. There will also be a dog costume contest and live entertainment from Indianapolis-area bands.
"The steering committee is excited to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Regatta," Lyndsey Keener, executive director of the steering committee," said. "we hope that the IUPUI and greater Indianapolis community enjoy the expanded lineup of performers on both entertainment stages."
Established in 2009, the IUPUI Regatta, presented by Herff Jones, is an event for the campus and Indianapolis community, while benefiting an IUPUI student scholarship.
The first regatta heat begins at 11 a.m., followed by 13 additional heats. Three final heats for women, men and co-ed teams are scheduled to run from 3:30 to 4 p.m.
The IUPUI Regatta leadership structure is unique in that it relies on students and alumni to plan and implement the events, including those leading up to race day.
Regatta week kicked off Sept. 16 with an ice cream social for students, faculty and staff, as well as "S'mores & Oars," presented by the Residence Hall Association, featuring s'mores and hot chocolate, games and music. Other events -- including Greek Life Battleships, Natatorium Battleships, a movie in the natatorium with audience members floating in the pool, an obstacle course competition, a volley ball tournament and a 5K run -- round out the week.
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Think back to when you were 11 years old - how did you spend your time? If you're like most of us, you were mainly occupied with things like doing homework (or making up excuses for your failure to do said homework), and passing notes to grade school crushes. R&B singer/songwriter Jazmine Sullivan, on the other hand, was making her national television debut at Showtime at the Apollo. A child of exceptional musical talent, Jazmine went from performing gospel in her church choir to making television appearances and singing on stage with Stevie Wonder, all before she was old enough to drive.
Fast forward to the year 2008—Jazmine has grown from a precocious child star to an accomplished artist, whose achievements include performing with Jill Scott, Musiq, and Floetry in her native Philadelphia, songwriting credits on Christini Millian's, "Say I," background vocals on Missy Elliot's upcoming album; oh, and a Billboard number one debut single, "Need U Bad," off her new album Fearless, which dropped last week.
In an exclusive interview with DJBooth's DJ "Z," Jazmine Sullivan steps inside the Booth to talk about her message of empowerment to young female listeners, why both she and her musical output can be considered Fearless, and whether or not her second single, "Bust Your Windows," is based on a true story.
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DJ Booth: What's goin' on everybody? It's your boy "Z," doin' it real big, and joining me inside the DJ Booth is a Philly songstress who is absolutely Fearless. Please welcome newcomer Jazmine Sullivan – how are you?
Jazmine Sullivan: I'm good, I'm good, I'm excited. I'm so happy to be doin' what I love; a lot of people don't get that opportunity.
DJ Booth: Your album, it's out in stores. How much sleep did you get the night before?
Jazmine Sullivan: Are you crazy? Like none, none at all.
DJ Booth: [laughs]
Jazmine Sullivan: First of all, I'm up 'cause I'm super excited, and, second of all, the label was just workin' me crazy, so between the two of them I got no sleep at all.
DJ Booth: Let's go back for a second, to see how we got to where we are today. Your singing career actually began in church when you were just five years old. At what point did you and your family realize that you were meant to perform in front of a much bigger crowd than just Sunday morning mass?
Jazmine Sullivan: I guess when I got into my preteens, I turned about 12 and I decided to sing R&B, because I felt like one day there were some things I felt like I would want to say, that I couldn't say with gospel music. Once I decided that, my parents got on board. My mom, she started really schooling me on the artists of her time – Stevie [Wonder], Chaka Khan, Prince – you name it, she schooled me on it, and I was very grateful to her. She got me into a lot of things, a lot of contests. There was this organization called The Black Lily in Philadelphia, and I was the youngest performer ever to perform there. I would go there every Tuesday and just watch all those great performers that came through, like Jill Scott, Musiq, Floetry, and Kindred, and I really just got better as a performer, 'cause that's what that event was about.
DJ Booth: Future artists who listen to your music, 20, 30 years from now, what will they be saying about Jazmine Sullivan's contributions to music?
Jazmine Sullivan: That she was very bold and blunt and straightforward, and she was real, and that they felt it. That's how I try to make my music when I write. Not that it just lasts for right now, but forever, and that it's still relevant even when I'm not here.
DJ Booth: Well, that's way, way, way down the line; we don't wanna think about that right now.
Jazmine Sullivan: Yeah. [laughs]
DJ Booth: Jazmine, in a press release about the project, going off what you said a second ago, you were quoted as saying, "I'm 21 years old, just coming into my womanhood, and if you push me around, I'm gonna push you right back?" What type of message does your debut send to all of your young, female listeners?
Jazmine Sullivan: Man, it's definitely an empowering record. Number one, I wrote all the songs on the album, and I got executive producer credits on it, so I'm definitely showing women that we can be bosses, too, and we can do everything everyone else does. Also, I'm showing people that you can pick yourself up from the bottom, 'cause I was dropped when I was 18, going on 19, and a lot of people counted me out, basically told me that I wasn't what the industry wanted or needed. But my theory is that of perseverance and picking yourself up and believing in yourself, and now I'm here doing wonderful things.
DJ Booth: Well, you certainly proved a lot of people wrong – I can tell you that much.
Jazmine Sullivan: Yes, yes I did.
DJ Booth: Fearless is the title of the debut. What does it describe more, Jazmine – your personality or your music?
Jazmine Sullivan: It's a bit of both. Me as a person, I'm not afraid to take chances and be different, and that comes out in the music that I write. Even in the first single, I Need U Bad, it was really taking a chance to come out with a reggae/R&B vibe; it was very different from anything else on the radio. Even lyrically, coming out with a song called "Bust Your Windows" – a lot of people don't talk about that, and especially women, we aren't given the platform to even speak like that. All across the board, it's fearless.
DJ Booth: Let's talk about the two singles you just mentioned. The first one, "I Need U Bad," has picked up steam, and made it to number one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart – what do you think fueled its drive to the top? 'Cause, like you said a second ago, it is slightly different than most radio records these days.
Jazmine Sullivan: Yeah, and I think that's exactly why it did so well: just because, first of all, it's a wonderful song – I don't think a lot of people could deny that. But it was, I think, so much different from everything that was being heard on the radio, it got people excited and interested in music, and it showed people that there are other artists that have different things to offer.
DJ Booth: I'm sure you already know this, but you are the first female artist in four years to reach that number one plateau.
Jazmine Sullivan: Yeah.
DJ Booth: Well, congratulations, first.
Jazmine Sullivan: Thank you so much!
DJ Booth: You're welcome.
Jazmine Sullivan: When they told me that, I was like, "What?! That's crazy!" So I've just really been blessed, this whole time.
DJ Booth: Jazmine, when comparisons are made to the likes of famous singers such as Whitney Houston, or Janet Jackson, Mariah, Beyonce – I can go down the line – what do you tell people?
Jazmine Sullivan: First of all, to compare me to any of those lovely women, I feel honored. I know that once people hear the whole album, I feel that they'll be able to tell the difference between me and those other artists, and just respect me for my differences, and see that we all have something different to bring to the table.
DJ Booth: Considering that your debut single hit number one on the charts, what kind of expectations do you have for the rest of your career?
Jazmine Sullivan: Wow… I hope that every song that I do goes number one now. It kinda spoiled me; I'm really anxious to see what "Bust Your Windows" will do, and, of course, what the album will do. But I'm just happy to be doing what I love. I don't wanna say that I have any expectations, because this is really the gift in itself: that I can do something that I love. A lot of people don't get that opportunity.
DJ Booth: Very true. Now let's focus on the new single, "Bust Your Windows." It's time to really open up – have you busted the windows of a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend? Tell me the truth.
Jazmine Sullivan: [laughs] We're not gonna get into that, Z!
DJ Booth: Why not, Jazmine?
Jazmine Sullivan: We can't, we can't get into that!
DJ Booth: We can't get into it for, what, legal reasons?
Jazmine Sullivan: [laughs] We're just not gonna get into that. But, it definitely is a real situation, and I've run into a lot of men and women who've experienced that. It needed to be said, and I was the chick to do it. [laughs]
DJ Booth: Are you saying that if we were to go out on a date, I shouldn't park my car where you know the location?
Jazmine Sullivan: Listen: the real thing is, you shouldn't do anything to get your windows busted – how about that one?
DJ Booth: I like how you spun that one around, that was real good.
Jazmine Sullivan: Yeah, I'm always gonna turn it. It really is y'all – all you guys have to do is be honest, be faithful, and your windows won't get busted out.
DJ Booth: Well, I'm not worried, 'cause I don't ever do anything that warrants the busting of one's windows.
Jazmine Sullivan: Okay, well, you're good then.
DJ Booth: Jazmine, you mentioned that you penned the bulk of this album. That's terrific; not many artists your age are doing that. What type of environment is most conducive for you to write a quality song? Paint that picture for our listeners.
Jazmine Sullivan: I can get inspiration at any time, so it really doesn't matter where I'm at. That's how I came up with "Bust Your Windows," and the idea kind of just ran through my mind, and it woke me up out of my sleep, and I wrote this song as soon as I got up. I gather information just, from anywhere; if I'm at a store and I see a magazine article, right then and there I can come up with something.
DJ Booth: Are you the type of person that keeps a notepad and a pen by their side when they go to sleep? I know that some of my best-ever thoughts have come from dreams.
Jazmine Sullivan: I don't – I kinda write on whatever is near me. So if all that's near me is a piece of chalk and a wall…
DJ Booth: ...You're gonna write it down.
Jazmine Sullivan: Definitely.
DJ Booth: Starting on October 8th, you're going to be joining Maxwell, who's one of my favorite artists of all time, on a 32-city tour across the country. What can fans, and those unfamiliar with your music, who will be attending to hear Maxwell, expect from Jazmine Sullivan's live stage performance?
Jazmine Sullivan: I love performing, so I'm just gonna give it all I got, and I just want to connect with the audience, I want them to feel my music, so I'm definitely going to be baring my soul. I'm just really excited to even be on that tour. Everybody is so excited to see Maxwell, including myself. It's definitely going to be a good vibe, I believe.
DJ Booth: Jazmine, if Fearless is the first chapter in what hopefully is an extremely successful career for you, what do you feel like chapter two will look like?
Jazmine Sullivan: Chapter two? Of course, I would love to do what I'm doing for as long as I can. I know it will involve some kind of music, somewhere in my life, or writing, or something like that. I would love to have a family – not soon, but I would love to have a family.
DJ Booth: Well, I wish you nothing but the best of luck in the pursuit of both a professional and a successful personal life. Jazmine, give everyone a website or a MySpace page, something so they can find out more about your new album, which is out in stores right now.
Jazmine Sullivan: Definitely. My MySpace is myspace.com/jazminesullivan. Or you can go to my personal website, www.jazminesullivanmusic.com.
DJ Booth: Jazmine, I appreciate your time greatly, for joinin' me inside of the DJ Booth, and I wish you nothing but the best of luck.
Jazmine Sullivan: Thank you so much, I appreciate it.


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Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he has concerns about the growing use of temporary foreign workers in Canada.
Harper says the reality is that some employers need to bring in outside workers to fill jobs.
But he says foreign workers should only be filling spots temporarily in fields where there are "absolute and acute" labour shortages.
Harper says reforms are being drafted to ensure the program is being used only for that purpose.
Speaking to reporters in Calgary, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his government will bring in a series of reforms "in very short order" to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to ensure there are no more abuses.
In 2012, there were more than 213,000 foreign workers in Canada and another 160,000 immigrants who arrived under the federal skilled worker program.
The rapid growth of the temporary foreign worker program has raised concerns that Canadian companies are filling job vacancies with cheaper workers from overseas rather than actively finding Canadians to fill the jobs.
Royal Bank's top executive moved to salvage the bank's reputation Thursday, issuing a public apology over a week-long outsourcing controversy that has also rebounded on the federal Conservative government.
While not commenting on the specific RBC issue, Harper said he has been concerned about media stories of abuses of the program, as well as the ballooning numbers of foreign workers that have been brought into the country.
"I think it is important for Canadians and all businesses to understand that the purpose of this program is to provide temporary, temporary help in cases where there are absolute and acute labour shortage. It does not have broader purposes than that," he said.
The mea culpa by RBC chief executive Gord Nixon and move by the government follows a backlash after Canadian information technology workers at the bank complained they were being replaced by foreign workers, some of whom were being brought to Canada for training.
Nixon said in an open letter, to be published in Friday newspapers, that the bank is also reviewing its supplier arrangements and policies to balance its desire to be a successful business and a "leading corporate citizen."
He repeated assurances that all of the affected workers — about 45 people — will be offered comparable job opportunities at the bank, which is Canada's largest bank by assets.
"RBC has been in the news this week in a way no company ever wants to be," Nixon said in a letter distributed Thursday afternoon.
"While we are compliant with the regulations, the debate has been about something else. The question for many people is not about doing only what the rules require — it's about doing what employees, clients, shareholders and Canadians expect of RBC. And that's something we take very much to heart."
NDP finance critic Peggy Nash called on the federal government to also apologize.
She noted that in a soft labour market, where the unemployment rate remains more than a full point higher than it was before the 2008-09 recession, the number of foreign temporary workers being brought into the country exploded. According to Immigration figures, the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada as of Dec. 1 was 338,189, more than double the figure seven years earlier.
"The reality is Canada has lost hundreds of thousands of good paying jobs in manufacturing, IT, (and) some value added services in processing industries in a race to the bottom," Nash said.
I think it is important for Canadians and all businesses to understand that the purpose of this program is to provide temporary, temporary help in cases where there are absolute and acute labour shortage
Harper's pledge to fix the program was first announced in the March budget, which promised to "take action to reform Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program to ensure that Canadians are given the first chance at available jobs." As well, it said it will introduce user fees for employers applying under the program.
A spokeswoman for Finley said in an email that the program is only intended to allow foreign workers when no Canadians are available to fill the job.
"Employers cannot pay temporary foreign workers less than a Canadian would earn in the same job," said Alyson Queen.
"It is a requirement of the program that employers will only be able to pay temporary foreign workers 15% less than the average prevailing wage if there are Canadians being paid 15% less. Therefore, no Canadians will be undercut."


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140. I will give you another example. One of
my colleagues was in one country when he said to an elder leader,
"Don't you think this person should be defeated at the next
election?" and they said, "No, no, no we cannot defeat
them." He said, "Why not?" "Because he has
now got to a position where he has stolen millions off us, he
has got a lot of money in his overseas' bank account and now he
has stopped stealing off us. If we elect a new one, the new one
will start stealing off us to build up their overseas bank account
so we must keep him there." It causes a little bit of despondency
until you read the report and I think it is page 39 where they
imported some instruments in for future leaders. How much of your
programme is committed to influencing future leaders in getting
a better level of governance and less corruption in these countries?
(Mr Chakrabarti) I will ask Mr Lowcock to give some
examples from his own experience in East Africa but from what
I have seen on the ground quite a lot actually. Increasingly say
in Kenya, I know that our people we work with on governance issues
spend a lot of time with other members of civil society, not the
Government necessarily, opposition groups, NGOs and so on, churches,
discussing the way forward to get a more pluralistic system in
Kenya. I think that has paid off. I have not been to Kenya for
ten years. Clearly a lot of the policies of Government are not
good enough but undoubtedly it is a freer society with a freer
press than there was ten years ago. One does have some impact,
it may take a long, long time when you do it collectively but
I think you can attribute some of that success to the efforts
that Mr Lowcock and others of his colleagues have had.
(Mr Lowcock) Just on Kenya. We do spend time discussing
these kinds of issues with the people we work with in the countries
where we work. We try also through dialogue with Government to
persuade them, for example, to put more money in to the primary
health care budget or primary education budget and less into something
else. This question of influence is one that we are very alive
141. In the report, if I have read it correctly,
it is not undertaken as a routine part of your country planning
to ensure the level of governance has achieved a standard which
you are comfortable with, is that right?
(Mr Chakrabarti) No, we take governance very, very
seriously indeed. We are always trying to improve it. I do not
want to leave you with the impression that we would only operate
when governance was at Westminster standards.
142. No, no.
(Mr Chakrabarti) Indeed not. The question is are we
making progress in the right direction or are we travelling backwards?
Is that Government committed to good standards, getting there,
putting in anti-corruption bureaux, what have you, getting a more
free press, allowing the opposition to speak freely. Where that
is happening we are much more comfortable operating with that
143. You do an assessment of the quality of
governance, albeit it might not be at the level you would like
but it is moving forward, you have put this assessment of it in
as a routine part of your country planning agreements?
(Mr Chakrabarti) Yes. Each country strategy paper
that we have that our teams draw up will address governance issues
in the way you describe.
144. Excellent. It says in the report it is
not a routine part of it.
(Mr Chakrabarti) We have just put some new guidance
out and it is absolutely crystal clear.
145. I accept this is a difficult situation
because if you are going to put a resource in you have an expected
outcome so you sit down and develop this plan and say "If
we put this resource in, the outcome given in, for instance, poverty
reduction will be X over one or two years." Is that part
of your country planning?
(Mr Chakrabarti) It has not consistently been set
out in that way. I think the NAO team looked at a number of country
strategy papers and saw some had them in and some did not. With
the new guidance what we are doing is insisting the country teams
specify exactly what impact they will have with their efforts.
(Mr Lowcock) One point the report makes is that we
have been much better at doing exactly what you say when we are
looking at investment in particular activities. So in the example
on page 37 it lists in Bangladesh all the things we thought we
were going to get from this £55 million investment. The criticism
in the report, which we accept, is that we have not been very
good at aggregating, to look at the country as a whole, to forecast
what from all our activities the country as a whole will be able
to do. We have been better at doing it when we are looking at
individual projects and, as I say, we accept that criticism.
146. You have answered my next question because
my next question was about the risk assessment. I know how difficult
it can be but do you automatically do a risk assessment on a possible
outcome and the reasons why you might not achieve either level
A, level B or level C?
(Mr Chakrabarti) I think you are absolutely right
at project level we always have done. We have models which our
project teams think through of where the risks are to not achieving
their objective. In fact those models have been passed on to domestic
policy makers in the aftermath of BSE and foot and mouth to try
and think through risk assessment in the UK. Where we have not
been so good is at country level where we have not thought through
the shocks that could divert us from hitting our targets. Again
the new guidance makes it very clear that country managers will
have to do this. Also we have director's statements now where
we are going to insist that directors responsible for a PSA objective
will have to set out the risk of not achieving them.
147. The last question. I realise how difficult
it is to work with other countries which have different strategies.
One example I was looking at, this country went in and built a
lovely hospital and it had the national flag on top, not the flag
of the country the hospital was in but the country which was providing
the hospital, the only difficulty was there were no doctors, there
was no doctors' training programme, there was no nurse training
programme and this building was an empty shell. The equipment
had been supplied by the host country. This was an example of
a lot of money which could have been much, much better spent.
How do we make progress and bring countries on board and in the
European context is it the time to start maybe naming and shaming
some of these countries with their policies which are in part
being counter-productive?
(Mr Chakrabarti) I think peer pressure is the key
thing, whether it is naming or shaming but being much more open
and explicit about the sort of projects you spoke of, the appalling
waste of money which is clearly not helping the poor in any way.
There is a process at international level which is run by the
OECD which reviews each country's aid programmes to see whether
they are any good or not. That process, that peer review process
does bring to light some of these appalling failures. That requires
them I think, parliamentarians in those countries and elsewhere
but also in public to speak up and put pressure on the governments
of those countries to do better, frankly.
148. Mr Chakrabarti, I wonder if I could start
by asking a very general question. As a student I shared a flat
with a development economist and it was very obvious to me watching
him for many years, from being an under-graduate going through
to doing a post-doc, how his own attitude to development economics
changed. You have at one extreme the Peter Bauer view of the world
which says basically it is a waste of money, I am not advocating
that at all. Could you characterise, briefly, how the debate among
international development economists has changed over the last
20 years or so from how it was to where it is now and where you
stand in that debate? Just two minutes.
(Mr Chakrabarti) Okay. Twenty years ago I would have
characterised the development economics profession as being on
the cusp, I suppose, of change in terms of its thinking. At that
point a lot of people still believed in protectionist economies,
very strong state dominated approaches to development. Then there
was a shift in the 1980s as we saw the debt crisis take hold,
many of these countries unable to pay back their debt, realising
that actually they had to move to perhaps more market orientated
economies. That was very much a theme of the 1980s I think. I
would say in the 1990s and since there has been a recognition
that some of that was perhaps a little bit of an over-reaction.
You do need a viable state involved to run effective services
for the poor in particular so there has been a slight reaction
against that. The key biggest change I have seen in the development
profession in the last ten years, it has been an evolving thing,
has been the recognition that it is really country's strategies
that we must buy in to rather than donor strategies. I think for
many of us, we were designing programmes 20 years ago, 15 years
ago, which were very much focused on what we could deliver as
opposed to what that country maybe required. We are moving much
more to trying to support their policies, their strategies rather
than ours.
149. That is very helpful. It helps to lead
into my next question which is really about the whole environment
of measurement. You have these Public Service Agreements and International
Development Targets, you have these Millennium Development Goals,
this laudable list of things which are achievable or should be
achievable. Mr Steinberg earlier mentioned the notion on Page
26 in Paragraph 2.13: "...with the majority of measures it
is not possible to determine the extent to which any achievement
is the result of DFID's efforts..." Later on in the Report
at Paragraph 3.39 the NAO says that its analysis of country planning
documents shows that there were no quantified links between development
activities proposed, resources committed, and progress against
PSAs ir IDTs. Then on Page 43, Paragraph 3.43 it says: "Country
Strategy Papers explicitly identify planned development expenditure
over the strategy period. But there is little discussion or analysis
of the relation between resources committed and impacts or outcomes
resulting." Page 32, to go back to the point you were making
about the central importance that has been recognised in the last
few years of the overall country plans, flags this up as an even
more important factor. Paragraph 3.6: "None of the Country
Strategy Papers chart the projected trend in poverty status indicators
over the plan period." It does not sound to me like there
is much of a culture of measurement or performance evaluation
in your Department at all. I do not think anyone doubts that you
are doing good work but it does not sound to methis is
all or nothing languagethat any or many of your staff seem
to take the business of performance evaluation or measurement
at all seriously.
(Mr Chakrabarti) That is a slightly unfair characterisation.
They take it very seriously at project level and we are world
renowned for it at project level. The problem has been to try
and get an aggregation at country level which the NAO Report quite
rightly picks up on.
150. This is the point you made earlier?
(Mr Chakrabarti) Absolutely. There is no doubt about
that. Having read the papers I can see that. The new guidance
which we have just put out tries to change all that. We need to
work it through with country teams. It gets them to try and identify
the outputs and the impacts from what we are doing.
151. Why do you think they do not do it at the
(Mr Chakrabarti) Partly it is a culture change. It
has taken some time to shift from the project level up to the
country level.
152. On Page 48, and this is referring to the
country level, there is a quote: "... it's a very interesting
debate which I think is going on internally is how we use our
Evaluation Department, it's very unclear what its role is at the
moment..." "... I've always been very sceptical about
the worth of evaluation in DFID,"a startling statement"not
because it's a bad thing to do, it's not but because as an organisation
we rarely take much notice of it."
(Mr Chakrabarti) I think that is absolutely accurate
in terms of the recent output of our Evaluation Department, which
had been much more focused, I am afraid, on lesson learning too
late almost, so the programme managers who are quoted there are
saying, "It is all very useful but I am not being taught
lessons when I do my job."
153. It says in Paragraph 4.12: "But there
are indications that formal evaluation reports are not read by
country teams. This raises the risk that evaluation findings are
not receiving the attention they need to influence development
practice ..." They are saying, are they, Page 53, that sometimes
you do not get the information until it is of academic interest
rather than when you are implementing policy? They are saying
it is all very well, it is glossy, but it is a complete waste
of time because it is too late?
(Mr Chakrabarti) That is right. That has certainly
been the case with much of it. There have been more generic lessons
which we have learned and which have affected us in real time,
lessons about aid effectiveness more broadly and how projects
should be done over a longer timeframe and so on, but the lessons
around some of the sector work are too late for them to be really
useful on the day to a programme manager. What programme managers
have done, quite rightly, is to use personal networks and retreats
to learn lessons in real time.
154. Are you saying the formal evaluation you
undertake is of so little value that their attitude would beand
I do not want to unfairly characterise it but crudely they might
be saying"We know we are doing good work, why don't
you just let us get on with it and stop bothering us with all
this evaluation and measurement?"
(Mr Chakrabarti) That is not the reaction on the ground.
The reaction is it would be more helpful to have a proper evaluation
done which really did impact in real time as opposed to two or
three years late.
155. How do you go about getting what you call
real time evaluation?
(Mr Chakrabarti) You have to have the evaluation teams
working much more closely with the country teams than you have
had in the past. We have had an unhappy separation of functions
and I would like them to be much closer together to do more work
in terms of monitoring the implementation of programmes than we
have done in the past.
156. How much money is spent on evaluation?
(Mr Lowcock) The budget of the Evaluation Department
157. That was not my question. Maybe they are
the same thing.
(Mr Lowcock) They are not the same thing unfortunately.
That budget is £2 million. There is quite a lot of evaluation
work that is done by people who are running country programmes.
For example, every year for all our major activities we carry
out a review of whether they are achieving their objectives. We
do 500 of those a year and they are done by the people running
the projects. When all our major projects finish the people who
have been responsible for them commission a project completion
report. Those things contribute to the overall evaluation effort
and, of course, that costs us money, having commissioned that
activity. We do not have a number on that unfortunately because
it is done by people who do lots of other things as well. The
bit of the organisation which just does ex post impact
assessment independently costs us £2 million per annum.
158. You mention the case of Bangladesh on Page
37 and talk about improved life expectancy from 57 to 62 and a
list of things for a specific amount of money. They all sound
extremely measurable, including the number of children who get
full-time primary education. It sounds like there could be a very
high degree of specicivity. What is so difficult about taking
that in these various pockets where you have got these specific
projects and adding it all together?
(Mr Chakrabarti) I hope very much that the next generation
strategy papers will do that and that they will have targets of
primary enrolment at the level of the country. In Bangladesh that
should be possible. The Government of Bangladesh should be able
to come up with those targets in its poverty paper and then we
should just adopt these targets if we are happy with this new
paper they are writing.
159. On Page 29 is says that the EU receives
55 per cent of the money that goes from DFID to multi-lateral
institutions, £709 million. I think you said earlierand
correct me if I am wrongthat the result of giving some
money through the EU is that it makes it less easy to achieve
your targets. Is that right?
(Mr Chakrabarti) It is a less effective programme
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