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One thing that's never made much sense to me is the difficulty commentators have of taking a balanced view of Noam Chomsky. People tend to either come down hard in favor or hard against him – which in and of itself is not a problem, but it seems like where Chomsky is concerned, neither side is capable of conceding any points. As a result, nearly anything one reads about Chomsky has a way of seeming hopelessly detached from reality.
The latest offender, a bit surprisingly, is Glenn Greenwald, who's worked up that an article on a recent Chomksy appearance included some criticisms of his character. Greenwald sees this as part of a nefarious pattern of suppressing dissent:
The book on which I'm currently working explores how establishment media systems restrict the range of acceptable debate in US political discourse, and I'm using Chomsky's treatment by (and ultimate exclusion from) establishment US media outlets as a window for understanding how that works. As a result, I've read a huge quantity of media discussions about Chomsky over the past year. And what is so striking is that virtually every mainstream discussion of him at some point inevitably recites the same set of personality and stylistic attacks designed to malign his advocacy without having to do the work of engaging the substance of his claims.
It couldn't be, of course, that they're "reciting the same set of personality and stylistic 'attacks'" because those personality and stylistic attacks are relevant to how Chomsky conducts his arguments? Because my own impression of Chomsky – from having read a lot of Chomksy – is that he deserves a good part of what he gets on that front.
Of course, Greenwald's not wrong that character assassinations are never a substittute for argument. Whether or not Chomsky's motivated by "alpha male brutality" doesn't matter so long as his insights are valuable and his arguments hold up. But that's just it: half the time his arguments are cherry-picked, deceptively-sourced and replete with shifting goalposts and double standards.
It's interesting that the article that's got Greenwald so worked up is neither (a) all that critical of Chomsky nor (b) concerned with engaging his ideas. It's a portrait of the man and his effect on his audience, and nothing in it seemed unfair or inaccurate.
Let's go through some of the "attacks" that are supposedly "maligning his advocacy" that Greenwald cites specifically.
- That his speaking style is boring:
When he starts speaking, it is in a monotone that makes no particular rhetorical claim on the audience's attention; in fact, it's almost soporific
Well, yeah, anyone who's seen Chomsky speak has that impression. Not to mention, it closely matches Chomsky's own description of his speaking style:
I'm a boring speaker and I like it that way. … I doubt that people are attracted to whatever the persona is. … People are interested in the issues, and they're interested in the issues because they are important.
- That his tone distracts from his argument:
You could argue that the [Chomsky's use of 'harsh, vivid phrases'] is necessary, simply a description of atrocities that must be reported, but it is also a method that has diminishing returns. The facts speak for themselves; the adjectives and the sarcasm have the counterintuitive effect of cheapening them, of imposing on the world a disappointingly crude and simplistic argument.
Again, it's hard to see what's unduly critical about this. I have the same reaction to Chomsky: it takes only a couple of paragraphs before I start to feel that I'm being manipulated. "Vivid phrases" can sometimes be helpful in conveying a situation, but it's equally true that they're a commonly-abused way for people to avoid putting things in context, a fact that forms the central theme of a lot of Chomsky's critique of the American media, actually. Whether and to what extent Chomsky is guilty of using such phrases as a way of suppressing relevant context himself is of course a detailed discussion outside the scope of a blog post (my personal impression is that he does this quite a lot), the point here is surely that using a reliance on emotive phrasing as a heuristic for detecting deception is neither misguided not unfair. If Chomsky, as a speaker, uses a lot of "vivid phrases," that's relevant to a characterization of his argument style.
- That he can't stick to a central point:
He answers questions warmly, and seriously, if not always directly
Again, that's something that's neither irrelevant nor inaccurate. Chomsky's writing and speaking is indeed rambling – and that's a real problem for someone who isn't already convinced of his position (or, indeed, just trying to figure out what, specifically, his position even is). Again, while you can't condemn someone out of hand for being indirect, it's a useful heuristic for determining when you're being mislead. We're rightly suspicious of people who won't stick to a point, and Chomsky frequently won't stick to a point. It's the kind of thing that anyone who's read him notices, and so it would seem to belong in an article-length treatment of him as a political commentator.
- That he's a bully:
'There really is an alpha-male dominance psychology at work there,' a colleague once said of him. 'He has some of the primate dominance moves. The staring down. The withering tone of voice."
Yet another thing that, to be fair, one shouldn't let interfere with an honest reading of Chomsky's arguments – and yet, speaking as a Linguist, it's striking how many people in the field who have fallen afoul of Chomsky one way or another describe him more or less this way. No smoke without fire, and it just sort of beggars belief that every single one of these numerous and highly-similar first-hand accounts of Chomksy's argument style are imagined. More to the point, there are some rather prominent examples of Chomsky refusing to admit fault or issue an apolgoy about things he's said in writing. His characterisation of the coverage of Khmer Rouge Cambodia was strikingly wrong, for example, and we've yet to see any soul-searching about that. Chomsky defends that episode in his history by saying that he was just poiting out how selective the coverage of the situation in the New York Times was, and yet Distortions at Fourth Hand was every bit as selective and inaccurate. It's not that Chomsky had no points to make, but he made them deceptively, and there's a lot to apologize about, and we're still waiting. Again, knowing that Chomsky behaves this way doesn't invalidate his arguments, no, but it's relevant to how we read them speaking, as it does, to how accurately he presents the context of what he's talking about.
- That he's a "self-hating Jew:"
This is the one point in Greenwald's arsenal that seems entirely fair. A lot of prominent Zionists don't like Chomksy because he's Jewish and highly critical of Israel at the same time. The one instances where I felt like criticism of Chomsky was entirely unfair had to do with the so-called "Faurisson Affair," where Chomsky simply defended a holocaust denier's free speech without defending his position and was excoriated for it. But even here, one feels that Greenwald is playing on technicalities. Greenwald picks this quote:
Chomsky, the son of Hebrew teachers who emigrated from Ukraine and Russia at the turn of the last century, began as a Zionist – but the sort of Zionist who wanted a socialist state in which Jews and Arabs worked together as equals. Since then he has been accused of antisemitism (due to defending the right to free speech of a French professor who espoused such views, some 35 years ago), and been called, by the Nation, 'America's most prominent self-hating Jew'. These days he argues tirelessly for the rights of Palestinians.
And notes that The Nation is quoted out of context here – it wasn't calling Chomksy a "self-hating Jew" itself – rather, it was reporting that someone else had said that. OK, well, GOTCHA! I guess … but it hardly undermines the main point that a lot of prominent Jews do characterize Chomsky that way without basis, whehter or not it was actually anyone writing in The Nation. In short, this one reporter's unfortunate laziness in fact-checking doesn't make it untrue in any way that Chomsky has "been accused of antisemitism," or that more than one person has called him (someting like) "America's most prominent self-hating Jew." Indeed, isn't that precisely Greenwald's point? That people who fall outside orthodoxy are frequently dismissed in terms like those? So it's hard to see what the point of nitpicking here is.
In any case, this is the one point where Greenwald is entirely correct in his characerization – the trouble is that being pro-Israel isn't solidly "orthodox." Israel receives a LOT of criticism for its policies, and not all or even most of that is outside the mainstream. So, true enough that a lot (by no means all or most) of pro-Israel activists really, really like to slander people who disagree with them as a means of silencing opposition to their agenda – it's not as though this is punishment for going outside the mainstream. Quite the contrary – one has the impression that they do that out of a seige mentality, out of fear born of the knowledge that Israel's position is precarious, and that the tide could turn against them rather quickly.
I don't want to completely dismiss Greenwald's column. After all, Greenwald is one of those increasingly rare journalists who really doesn't mind speaking truth to power; as such he has a lot of experience with being on the receiving end of these kinds of tactics. But just because character critiques are an effective shortcut around actual arguments, it hardly follows that anyone who is on the receiving end of them is automatically being unfairly silenced. Chomsky, it seems to me, is a case in point. People bring up these characteristics of his less because he presents a challenge to authority and more because they're relevant to how he argues, and how to read his arguments.
An important point that Greenwald is perhaps glossing over here is that societies need innoculation against radicals, and especially when those radicals, as in Chomsky's case, have very little in the way of specifics to offer for how society should be run instead. The only thing worse that sticking with the status quo is throwing it away before you have a replacement in mind, and Chomsky is notoriously light on policy suggestions. In any field of endeavor pointing out what's wrong is the easy part – saying how to fix it is what's hard. To some extent, the mainstream needs a way to turn its critics off, or at least contain them, so that it can continue the business of keeping people housed and clohed and fed and working. That isn't to say that we have to approve of carpet bombing or mass surveillance or indefinite detention or proxy wars or any of the rest of it, and Chomsky is quite useful in pointing out to people who need to hear it that things like these are going on and the United States is causing it. What it is, saying, though, is that as much as we need to stop these things, we can't very well simply throw away national defense, or pretend that there's no threat from radical Islam, or whatever else. Which is another way of saying that as much as Greenwald complains about Chomsky's arguments being ignored, it can be rather difficult to say what exactly Chomsky's arguing in favor of. It's not as though it's incumbent on society's critics to draft actual bills for Congress, but if all you ever do is criticise it really does end up making you sound like one of those people who thinks we can just click the ruby slippers and undo all our problems. It would be easier – for me, anyway – to stop talking about Chomksy's character flaws all the time if I had some idea what his actual proposals are. But I don't.
So, this was a little disappointing. Greenwald says that Chomsky should be criticised like anyone else, but it's difficult to see Greenwald being willing to criticise Chomsky "like anyone else" if he's this worked up about a non-polemic article accurately pointing out some of Chomsky's better-known personality flaws. If things like this are covert "silencing tactics," what counts as "balanced?"


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Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), abscisic acid (ABA) gibberellins (GAs) were determined in two different maturity genotypes of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench as function of lighting conditions. Phytohormone levels were determined in bulked samples of preflowering shoot tissue from 28-day-old plants grown in a controlled environment and sampled during the day, night and after exposure to far red radiation (FR) (710-730 nm). Levels of both IAA and ABA were highest in the later flowering genotype (90M) when sampled just prior to the beginning of darkness. The high tissue levels of both phytohormones in 90M declined during the night by 200 ng/g dry weight to levels near the lower limit of detectability. A similar trend was noted for levels of the same phytohormones in an earlier maturing genotype, 60M, but the magnitude of change was substantially less. In contrast to IAA and ABA, there was a net increase in the level of GA-like activity during the night. Exposure of plants to 5 min of FR, a treatment known to accelerate flower initiation in sorghum (9, 19), had no effect on levels of IAA or ABA. The level of GA-like compounds, particularly GA3-like activity, increased in both sorghum genotypes after treatment with FR. The decline in IAA and ABA levels during the night in both genotypes as well as the increase in GA-like activity, especially in the relatively early genotypes (60M), produce an apparent shift in hormone balance which may favor floral initiation.Please view the pdf by using the Full Text (PDF) link under 'View' to the left.
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Low real property tax is a bad thing?
One of the more interesting bills still alive and being considered this session, is one that would commission a study on the effects of Hawaii's low real property taxes.
Excuse me? Low taxes are a concern?
The bill, House Bill 1735, attempts to explain why in its preamble section:
"The legislature finds that Hawaii has the lowest property taxes in the nation. Although this makes sense for low- and middle-income residents who own an average single-family home, this causes the counties to potentially forego additional tax revenue from high-value homes and second homes.
"The legislature further finds that many individuals and families who spend time in Hawaii are owners of high-value properties and do not pay state income tax, instead maintaining resident status in another state with a lower income tax rate. However, these individuals still use Hawaii's infrastructure and services, and thus should pay their fair share.
"The legislature also finds that low property taxes can incentivize development of high-end, high-value properties, contributing to the high cost of land in Hawaii, driving up the cost of living and exacerbating our affordable housing and homelessness issues."
The conventional wisdom as to why Hawaii has low real property taxes is that most other states provide schools at the city or county level, requiring them to be funded by a municipal funding source like a property tax. Hawaii has a state-run school system, which is funded by state funding sources like the income tax and the GET.
The bill bemoans the low property taxes and portrays the counties as suffering because they are forgoing tax revenue. But the counties set property tax rates by ordinance and look at rate levels during every budget cycle. Honolulu and Kauai, for example, enacted major changes to their property tax systems in 2013. If the counties are forgoing revenue, they are doing it by their own choice.
The bill casts aspersions on nonresidents, asserting they don't pay their fair share in income tax. Our income tax, however, is like the tax systems in most other states. Nonresidents get taxed on income with its source in Hawaii. Residents get taxed on income regardless of source but get a credit for tax paid to another state or country on income that has its source in that state or country. So a taxpayer's tax, resident or not, depends on where the income comes from and whether other jurisdictions are also taxing it. If that system fails to tax people fairly, why do most states with an income tax use it?
The bill also asserts that low property taxes lead to development of high-end properties that then drive up the cost of land and therefore the cost of living. So the remedy for this is higher taxes which can and do drive up the cost of living by themselves? Come on, folks. Land costs more because we're on an island in paradise. Folks are willing to pay decent money to live here part of the time even if they might not want to live here permanently. Indeed, our tourism authority actively encourages potential tourists to come here. So property is going to cost more here than the same square footage in places where transient rental is less of a factor.
Perhaps a more logical explanation for the debate here is contained in the testimony of HSTA, the teachers' union, in support of the bill: "All options for generating revenue must be on [the] table, in our view, including the possibility of hiking or imposing a surcharge on property taxes to strengthen our children's future."
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The 2004 Congressional Budget Resolution required each congressional committee to target wasteful spending within its mandatory programs. Specifically, each committee must find enough waste, fraud, and abuse to reduce its mandatory program budgets by 1 percent.
Government spending--which this year will exceed $21,000 per household for the first time since World War II--is growing at an unsustainable rate.1 Much of this spending has been financed by a $400 billion budget deficit. Some would raise taxes to finance this spending, but that would reduce incomes, cost jobs, slow the economy, and consequently worsen the deficit. Instead, Congress should reduce spending, and the first place to look should be waste, fraud, and abuse.
Waste is also a symptom of ineffective government. Combating waste does not imply hostility toward government, but rather a desire to strengthen government programs so that they can serve more constituents effectively. Good government is nonpartisan.
Identifying 1 percent of mandatory program spending as wasteful should not be difficult for Congress. In fact, some consider a 1 percent target excessively modest and unlikely to provide significant savings. However, cutting wasteful spending today saves money not only in the current budget, but in future budgets as well. If congressional waste cutters had reduced mandatory spending by 1 percent in 1980, taxpayers would have saved $190 billion through 2003--more than $2,000 per household.2
This study shows how some of the largest congressional committees can easily identify 1 percent of their mandatory program budgets as waste, fraud, and abuse. Combined, these recommendations could save taxpayers as much as $300 billion over the next decade. Although the listed programs are classified by their committees of jurisdiction in the House of Representatives, they would also satisfy most Senate committees' targets.
Agriculture Committee
Major mandatory expenditures: Farm subsidies, food stamps, and rural assistance programs.
Targeted outlay savings: $455 million in 2004, $2,396 million for 2004-2008, $4,945 million for 2004-2013.
Food Stamps
(10-Year Savings: $6 Billion to $10 Billion)
Simply reforming the food stamp program, which provides $16 billion in food vouchers to over 17 million families, would meet this committee's waste, fraud, and abuse targets.
Auditors at the U.S. Department of Agriculture discovered that erroneous payments of $1.4 billion ($1 billion in overpayments and $400 million in underpayments) were made in 2001. Correcting these mistakes would save $600 million per year and $6 billion over the next decade. The committee could address this waste by continuing reforms that allow states increased flexibility in assuring the proper eligibility of recipients. Congress could also link each state's federal payment for implementing the food stamp program more closely to its error rate.3
Food stamps are also prone to trafficking, the illegal selling of the food vouchers for cash. Approximately $660 million in food stamps is trafficked by food stores each year, yet storeowners have paid just 13 percent of the fines assessed by the courts for this crime. With increasingly sophisticated technology available to identify traffickers, Congress should continue to assist states in reducing this practice and collecting the fines.4
Education and the Workforce Committee
Major mandatory expenditures: Food and nutrition programs and student loans.
Targeted outlay savings: $197 million in 2004, $1,103 million for 2004-2008, $2,431 million for 2004-2013.
School Lunch
Program (10-Year Savings: up to $12 Billion)
The school lunch program provides free or discounted meals to nearly 27 million school children from low-income families. A study commissioned by the Department of Agriculture estimated that 18 percent of program participants do not qualify for benefits because of their high family incomes.
Most schools do not verify the incomes of parents who enroll their children in the program. They have little incentive to do so because increased school lunch participation signals to Congress that a school district is low-income and automatically qualifies the school district for substantial increases in education funding (at the expense of school districts that do not inflate their participation rates). Some school districts have even used benefits such as free raffle tickets to bribe parents to apply for the program.5
The committee could address this by requiring parents to document their income before signing up their children and by no longer using school lunch enrollment as a measure of poverty when allocating education spending. Restricting just one-fifth of the ineligible students currently enrolled in the program would produce enough savings to meet the committee's spending targets. Of course, all measures should be taken to assure that eligible families are not excluded from the program.6
Student Loans
(10-Year Savings: at Least $10 Billion)
The U.S. Department of Education manages a $267 billion student loan portfolio and disburses $65 billion to college students annually. The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) reports that loans of $21.8 billion were in default as of 2001.
The Department of Education does a poor job verifying the incomes and eligibility of applicants and does not adequately track students across different student loan programs. The GAO recommends that the department implement reforms such as working with the IRS to better verify applicant incomes and providing stronger oversight to prevent improper aid disbursement. A more efficient program would better target those in need and reduce pressures to replenish student loans with new tax dollars.7
Energy and Commerce Committee
Major mandatory expenditures: Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program, and the radio spectrum.
Targeted outlay savings: $1,815 million in 2004, $10,594 million for 2004-2008, $26,523 million for 2004-2013.
(10-Year Savings: at Least $26.5 Billion)
Significant waste, fraud, and abuse pervade Medicaid, which provides health services to 44 million low-income Americans. While states run their own Medicaid programs, the federal government reimburses an average of 57 percent of each state's costs.
This system gives states an incentive to over-report their Medicaid expenditures in order to receive larger federal reimbursements. Not surprisingly, the GAO has identified state schemes that shift money between state accounts to create an illusion of higher Medicaid expenditures. Similarly, some states have spent their federal Medicaid dollars on non-Medicaid purposes. Tight state budgets, such as those experienced by most states today, have increased the pressure to use such deceptive tactics.
The GAO and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General have also uncovered some states' practice of recovering improper payments, retaining the funds, and then spending them on unrelated programs. Congress could enact legislation to further prohibit these actions, which currently cost the federal government over $2 billion per year.
Minor reforms enacted by HHS in 2001 and 2002 are expected to save Medicaid $70 billion over the next decade. A small sample of financing schemes uncovered in a few states suggests that the Energy and Commerce Committee could easily meet its 10-year target of $26.5 billion by combating such schemes.8
Financial Services Committee
Major mandatory expenditures: Housing loans, flood insurance, financial industry insurance, and the Export-Import Bank.
Targeted outlay savings: $18 million in 2004, $61 million for 2004-2008, $95 million for 2004-2013.
Flood Insurance
(10-Year Savings: at Least $1 Billion)
The National Flood Insurance Program insures 4.5 million properties, yet it pays nearly 40 percent ($200 million per year) of its claims to the same 1 percent to 2 percent of properties that flood repeatedly. While the owners of most insured properties pay enough in premiums to keep the program solvent, nearly all of these repeatedly flooded properties actually receive substantial discounts on their policies due to the old age of the buildings. Consequently, taxpayers are required to pay subsidies to these 45,000 property owners who do not have to pay the full insurance cost of their risky properties. Better matching these properties' flood insurance premiums to the actuarial costs they impose would save taxpayers at least $1 billion over the next decade.9
Housing (10-Year
Savings: Undetermined)
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's single-family housing program has been financially mismanaged. According to the GAO, program administrators have provided loans to ineligible families, made loans that exceeded the value of the properties themselves (which increases default risks), and allowed foreclosed properties to deteriorate. The GAO has recommended that the department adopt many private-sector practices to prevent these occurrences. While the savings from such reforms have not yet been calculated, they would help the committee meet its target.10
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Major mandatory expenditures: Highways, railroad retirement, and some air/water transportation programs.11
Targeted outlay savings: $143 million in 2004, $763 million for 2004-2008, $1,578 million for 2004-2013.
(10-Year Savings: $10 Billion to $20 Billion)12
In 2001, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) identified $238 million in idle highway funds no longer associated with any projects. Those funds could be diverted to more productive use.
The government loses more than $1 billion per year in fuel tax fraud from bootleggers who buy fuel in low gas tax states, cross the border into high gas tax states, and then resell the fuel at the higher price, profiting from the gas-tax differential. Allowing the IRS to share tax information with state and federal agencies that investigate these crimes would help recover these losses.
New highway project proposals are typically accompanied by unrealistically low cost estimates that can be off by hundreds of millions of dollars. The FHWA is working to establish the same minimum cost estimating standards for projects under $1 billion that larger projects already use.
Taxpayers could save billions of dollars through improved project cost estimating, diligent searches for less costly alternatives to proposed projects, and policies limiting federal responsibility for project cost overruns. States would work more diligently to detect fraud in the highway program if they were allowed to retain a percentage of the cost recoveries rather than having to send it all to Washington. These reforms could save a total of $10 billion to $20 billion over the next decade.13
Retirement (10-Year Savings: $500 Million)
Railroad workers and their families currently receive retirement, survivor, unemployment, and Medicare Part B benefits from the railroad retirement program. Although the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) successfully recovers most overpayments referred to it, the board is denied the authority to investigate the Medicare benefits paid to railroad beneficiaries.
The Inspector General of the RRB estimates that $49 million of this $787 million in Medicare payments could be classified as fraudulent and recovered by the board. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has recommended providing the RRB with the oversight powers to recover those funds, which could save nearly $500 million over the decade.14
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Major mandatory expenditures: Compensation, education, and insurance for veterans.
Targeted outlay savings: $340 million in 2004, $1,825 million for 2004-2008, $3,850 million for 2004-2013.
Benefits (10-Year Savings: at Least $3.85 Billion)
Despite recent progress, veterans' programs are still prone to waste, fraud, and abuse. The Inspector General of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) estimates that program overpayments exceed $800 million per year, mostly because of fraudulent benefit claims. While the DVA is working to reduce these overpayments, significant opportunities remain.
In addition, the DVA has not been sufficiently diligent in collecting the $3 billion in debt owed to the department by loan program recipients. The DVA's Inspector General has provided Congress with several recommendations for addressing these problems. When combined, they should have little difficulty reaching the committee's 10-year target of $3,850 million.15
Ways and Means Committee
Major mandatory expenditures: Medicare, debt interest, unemployment benefits, earned income tax credit, child tax credit, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Supplemental Security Income, and other social welfare programs.16
Targeted outlay savings: $5,517 million in 2004, $30,467 million for 2004-2008, $71,428 million for 2004-2013.
(10-Year Savings: up to $150 Billion)
According to the GAO, the Medicare program "contracts with 38 health insurance companies to process about 900 million claims submitted each year by over 1 million hospitals, physicians and other health care providers."17 This level of complexity provides an environment ripe for waste, fraud, and abuse. The HHS Inspector General found $12.3 billion in improper payments in fiscal year 2002 alone. Program administrators can reduce overpayments by helping contractors to oversee their billing better and by holding the contractors responsible for their errors.
Medicare also overpays for prescription drugs. In 2000, Medicare paid $887 million more than wholesale prices, and $1.9 billion more than other federal departments, for 24 leading prescription drugs. These overpayments resulted from billing errors, fraud, and health industry inflation of the reported "wholesale price" that determines Medicare payment formulas. Similarly, Medicare overpays for medical supplies and equipment by as much as $958 million per year.
In addition to costing taxpayers, these overpayments hurt the Medicare participants who are required to make co-payments.18 Examples of excess Medicare payments include paying:19
- 19 percent more than the providers' cost for skilled nursing facility care,
- 35 percent more than the providers' cost for home health care,
- 130 percent more for a hospital bed than other federal agencies,
- 338 percent more than the widely available price for some prescription drugs,
- 347 percent more for a wheelchair than other federal agencies, and
- 750 percent more for saline solution than other federal agencies.
Medicare officials act slowly to recover monies owed to the program. By 2000, Medicare contractors had failed to collect or write off $7 billion in outstanding debt. More can be done to recover this money.20
Reducing waste, fraud, and abuse could save Medicare $15 billion per year, for a total of $150 billion over the next decade--more than enough to meet the Ways and Means Committee's targets.
Earned Income
Tax Credit (10-Year Savings: $80 Billion to $90 Billion)
The earned income tax credit (EITC) provides $31 billion in refundable tax credits to 19 million low-income families. The IRS estimates that $8.5 billion to $9.9 billion of that amount--nearly one-third--is wasted in overpayments.
The complexity of the EITC law leads to many of these mistakes. Calculating the credits is more complex than calculating regular income taxes, and while the credit amount depends on the number of children in a household, the tax code does not clearly define a qualifying child. In addition, fraud and income underreporting are common, and the IRS lacks the resources to verify the qualifications of all EITC claimants. Efforts are being made to address this problem, but Congress can do more by requiring better verification of incomes and creating a uniform definition of a qualifying child.21
The seven committees discussed above are responsible for 84 percent of Congress's total 10-year, $132 billion waste reduction target, and the recommendations outlined in this study could save taxpayers as much as $300 billion. The remaining seven committees, most of which have only a few mandatory programs and modest savings targets, should also have little difficulty meeting their spending targets. Congress should seize this opportunity to save taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars while also making government more effective and efficient.
Brian M. Riedl is Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. The author wishes to thank Heritage Foundation intern James Sherk for his contributions to this paper.


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For those of us who keep an eye on trends in social media, it seems as if EVERYONE is jumping on the social media bandwagon. From Barack Obama and John McCain's use of the technologies in their campaigns, to major IT companies like IBM and SAP's social efforts, one might easily get the impression that social media is everywhere.
Social media isn't really everywhere - only 35% of B2B marketers participating in a Forrester Research teleconference currently use social media in their marketing efforts. With so few statistics available to those looking to learn more about social media's effectiveness, and no real way to test social media without investing time and money on pilot programs, B2B firms have little motivation to change how they do business and embrace potentially risky marketing methods.
In B2B Marketers Eye Social Media, Web 2.0 Tactics, , Forrester Research's Laura Ramos addresses the various difficulties faced by B2B marketers when considering whether or not they should incorporate social media tactics into traditional B2B marketing campaigns. Using data gathered from 300 B2B marketing professionals, Ramos outlines the 4 main components of social media that challenge B2B marketers and prevent them from embracing social media:
1. Social Media is still only emerging in the B2B marketing space.
2. B2B marketers don't know how to measure the success of social media.
3. Without an easy way to measure the impact of social media, B2B marketers are playing it safe and sticking with what they know.
4. B2B marketers don't understand how their customers are using social media, how their customers might want to use social media, or how to reach their customers and learn about their thoughts on social media.
Do you have these same issues in deciding whether to incorporate social media into your B2B marketing campaigns? Has your company embraced social media as an effective marketing tool? Have you determined how best to measure the impact of social media on your users, your ROI, your sales and conversions? Do you even know if your customers are already using social media in other areas of their lives, or if they would welcome the introduction of social media tools in their B2B decision making process?
It's certainly important to ask yourself these questions when thinking about how social media might fit into your marketing strategy. At the same time though, you may not be able to answer all of these questions until you take the leap and present your users with social media in your marketing efforts. When people are given the chance to participate in that which interests them, they seem to respond by getting involved.
Consider starting small - here are a few ways to get started with social media without completely overhauling your entire marketing strategy:
1. Add tagging or bookmarking capabilities to your website so users can tag, save and share your content.
2. Start a company blog and encourage user participation through comments.
3. Allows users to access your marketing content (new whitepapers, enewsletters) vis RSS feeds.
4. Create a presence on social networking sites and invite your users to add you to their networks.
5. Incorporate multimedia content (such as videos and podcasts) into your marketing efforts.
If you want to learn more about how companies are implementing social media into their marketing campaigns check out this Social Computing Magazine article, 130 Social Media Marketing Examples from Major Brands. You can also find useful information on social media marketing in SEOmoz's article Social Media Marketing Tactics, or in Marketing Pilgrim's Social Media Marketing Beginner's Guide.


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Hittite Microwave Corporation, a supplier of complete MMIC based solutions for communication & military markets, has launched three new logic devices which support 43-45 Gbps data transmission and clock rates up to 43 GHz. These devices are ideal for a wide range of applications, and support many of the new and emerging optical, networking, and storage area network (SAN) standards including: 100 GbE, 40G (D)QPSK and 100G DP-QPSK.
The HMC841LC4B is a D-Type Flip-Flop which supports single-ended or differential operation, and data transmission rates up to 43 Gbps. The device operates with clock signals up to 43 GHz, and the input is broadband from DC to 43 GHz. During normal operation, data is transferred to the outputs on the positive edge of the clock; reversing the clock inputs accommodates negative-edge triggered applications.
The HMC842LC4B is a 1:2 Fanout Buffer designed to support data transmission rates up to 45 Gbps, and clock signals up to 28 GHz. The HMC843LC4B is easily configured to provide AND/NAND/OR/NOR functions supporting data transmission rates up to 45 Gbps, and clock frequencies as high as 25 GHz. The differential input and output signals of the HMC841LC4B, HMC842LC4B and the HMC843LC4B are terminated with 50 Ohms to ground on-chip, and may be either AC or DC coupled.
Propagation delays are typically 10 ps, while rise and fall times are less than 12 ps. The HMC841LC4B, HMC842LC4B and the HMC843LC4B exhibit only 2 ps p-p of deterministic jitter, and less than 300 fs of additive random jitter. Ideal for for signal loss compensation or signal level optimization, an output level control pin permits the differential output voltage swing to be adjusted.
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Penn Prevail Surf Casting Rods
by Penn
Surf rods from 8 to 12 feet long, capable of slinging 6 ounces of lead weight plus a bait up to 100 yards beyond the breaking surf will ensure you'll make the big catch along the shore!
$79.95 - $99.95
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It�s not often you can find everything you want in a high end surf rod at half the price. The Prevail provides strength and performance with a two-piece graphite composite rod blank. Stainless steel frames with aluminum oxide inserts create a light weight and durable guide perfect for fishing mono or braid. The rubber shrink tube handle design provides a secure grip whether wet or dry. The Prevail is a perfect match for PENN Sargus, Fierce or Pursuit spinning reels or Squall star drag conventional reels. Check out the rod to reels combination chart to find suggested reel to rod combinations.
A $7.00 oversize packaging charge may apply to these items as they ship in a long heavy duty tube to protect your items. This fee will still apply when discount shipping coupons are used.
- 2 piece graphite composite blank
- Graphite reel seat
- Stainless steel guides with aluminum oxide inserts
- Rubber shrink tube handles
A $7.00 oversize packaging charge may apply to these items as they ship in a long heavy duty tube to protect your items. This fee will still apply when discount shipping coupons are used.
5 Stars based on 15 reviews
By Tony
Pasadena, MD
December 1, 2015
Good Surf Rod
This is a nice surf rod for the price. Cast with good distance and strong enough to withstand larger fish in the surf. The butt of the rod fits and locks into sand holders nice.
By Cody
, north carolina
November 3, 2015
penn prevail
this rod is by far one of the best pulling surf rods out there. It pulled a 39 inch drum no problem and throws very well.
By Frank Clyburn
Madill Oklahoma
October 20, 2015
Lake fishing in High wind
I fish Lake texoma On the border of Texas and Ok. In high wind or not. Its great for getting that really long casts.
ProsAwesome pole
Consnone so far
By Rey
Jacksonville, Florida
December 24, 2014
Great Surf Casting Rod
Combined with Penn fierce 6000 with a 20lb test line , this is perfect!
By James
Houston, Texas
June 5, 2014
Great Rod!
Great rod and it feels very sturdy. I bought the 11' casting model to use surf fishing. I have other Penn products and love them. This is an awesome addition to my gear.
By Greg
December 23, 2013
Great Rod At A Bargain Price
It appears Penn has given surf fishers a true bargain. Beautiful guide wraps. Flawless finish. My recently purchased Penn Prevail 11' 2-6 oz surf casting rod's guides are placed where they should be for a surf casting rod - along the spine. It's hard to believe this is a factory production rod. If Penn upgraded the guides and reel seat to "top of the line" they could easily sell this rod for more than double the price.
ProsFit and finish. Castability throughout stated weight range. Loads nicely.
ConsNone so far.
By Michael
Mebane, NC
November 18, 2013
Prevail 10
Bought this 10 foot casting rod and have taken it on two fishing trips so far. I have caught 15 or so puppy drum with it in the 24 inch range and the rod performed wonderfully. I really like the rubber shrink wrapped handle, much more than the cork handled rods that I own. Rod has good backbone for setting hooks but is not so stiff as to make it hard to cast. I will definitely be looking at these rods again when I get ready to buy another one. No disappointments for me with this rod.
By Scott
Granbury, Tx
October 2, 2013
Nice surf caster!
Even though most Penn fishing equipment is now made in China and their overall quality has suffered. That being said this rod was a pleasant surprise. Nice narrow grip and seemingly strong guides. I do own two 12' casting models now.
ProsGreat look and feel. Great surf caster for the $$$.
ConsChinese made.
By Rob
Cherry Hill, NJ
June 20, 2013
Prevail Casting Surf Rod
I bought the 11' casting rod. I also own the 11' spinning rod that I am very happy with. This Rod is no exception. The major difference between the casting and spinning is the handle is much slimmer on the casting. I don't know if this is accurate but the casting rod feels lighter. The rod has good action. It is rated for 2-5oz but I have casted 1oz bucktails with it. I am very happy with the purchase.
By Denny
Elmhurst, NY
June 13, 2013
Awesome !
Love it, just don't have much time using it bcs the weather just unbelieveable, cons if more light weight will be super awesome. Pairing w squal 15 just perfect
By Matt
Galveston, Texas
February 27, 2013
Great Rod in this Price Range
I purchased the Prevail 12ft casting rod, and it was well worth the money. This rod looks great, and has already handled some 35lb black drum with ease. I paired it with my Avet mxl mc, and with a 5oz weight and bait I can easily cast 60+ yards without much effort. Tackle Direct quickly shipped this rod at a great price.
ProsLooks Handling Price
By Matt
Galveston, Texas
February 26, 2013
Great Rod in this Price Range
I bought the 12ft Prevail surf rod, and it is now my favorite surf caster. I paired it with my Avet mxl mc, and with that combo I am able to easily cast 5 ounces and bait 60+ yards without too much effort. I have already landed some nice 35lb Black Drum on this rod and it handled them like a champ. This rod is heavy action but is sensitive to some of the smaller bites. Plus it looks great!
ProsHandling Looks Price
ConsNothing yet
By Sean
Okinawa Japan.
January 24, 2013
Good deal.
I was more than happy with the service from TD. I decided on the 12' heavy casting model. Am very happy with my purchase. Only issue I had, was the first time I loaded it with wt. and bait, the center ring fell out of the tip guide. I noticed it just before casting and was able to quick fix it by pinching the guide and ring together with my pliers. Minor manufacturing defect, but for the price and overall quality of the rod it's a great purchase. My good friend is very strict on his poles, he is ordering 3 after handling mine. Again, Great product.
ProsDarn near everything.
By William Edwards
Franklin, Va
December 23, 2012
My favorite rod
Absolutely beautiful rod with a great action. I use it for casting cut bait with up to 5 oz sinkers and occassionaly with heavy lures for big blue fish. The rod is very light and well made.
3 Questions & 3 Answers
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from chile asked:
August 26, 2015
which is the weight of 10 ft ??
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The weight of this rod is a little under 12.8 ounces.
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February 2, 2015
How long is the handle on the casting 10ft rod
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The overall handle length is 40.5 inches, the rear grip length from butt end to reel seat is 24" inches.
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February 21, 2014
Does the Penn Prevail Surf Casting Rod come in 8 foot & 9 foot length?
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Those rods do not come in any sizes shorter than 10'
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Greek Fest kicked off its annual weekend in Knoxville on Friday.
St. George's Greek Orthodox Church hosts three days of celebrating Greek culture and a chance to experience tradition that's been passed down in the church for years.
"We know how to party, and we know how to be loud," said Grace Vallante. "And when those things combine, you have Greek Fest."
"None of this would be here today if it weren't for the older generation of this community," said Grace's mother Artemis Dedes. "They are the backbone."
That backbone includes Artemis' mother and Grace's grandmother, Sophia Tampasis. A Greek immigrant, Sophia is one of the cooks behind the delicious Greek treats.
"Oh, she's quite the woman, she's very funny, she will always keep you laughing," said Grace.
As Sophia has worked to prepare the food the last few weeks, she had Grace by her side.
"She's probably the best cook I know," said Grace.
Many of the "yia yias" or grandmothers teach cooking skills to the younger ladies in the church.
"They do not complain one bit and are more than happy to teach the younger generation how to get it done," said Artemis.
Since Grace was young, the 17-year-old has learned about her Greek heritage from her yia yia.
"It's fun seeing the recipes that were handed down from when she was in Greece and baking them with her," said Grace.
Each Greek Fest brings change and a need to pass along those lessons.
"A lot of women, older women pass away these years, and we miss them very much. They did a good job and we learn from them, and so the new generation is going to learn from us," said Sophia.
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The Schola Cantorum (also known as the church choir) rehearses on Sundays at 9:15 a.m.
In addition to providing musical leadership week by week, the Schola Cantorum annually leads the congregation in the traditional English service of Lessons and Carols. If you are interested in joining the choir, please speak to the Music Director.
Sunset Music | Arts is dedicated to providing high-quality, affordable music and arts programs to people of all ages, in the Sunset district of San Francisco and beyond. In addition, we occasionally conduct a variety of workshops focusing on the arts.
The initiative is a community offering generously provided by the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco, where we have the use of the beautiful space, wonderful acoustics, and the use of a grand piano and pipe organ.
We officially launched the series in 2014 with a series of concerts that included a U.S. premier of British composer, Ian Venables' music, an opera gala with members of the San Francisco Opera Chorus, and a concert by the Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet from St. Petersburg Russia.
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The conga-CAx is congatec's latest COM Express module. The new board features the industrial temperature versions of the ultra-low-power Intel Atom processor Z5xx series and the Intel System Controller Hub US15WPT. The conga-CAx is designed for low-power consumption and the industrial temperature range. All components used for this high density design are specified for an ambient temperature range of -40° to +85°C. Typical power requirements for this module are less than 5 Watts. The conga-CAx will be available mid-2009. The single unit price of the basic variant based on the Intel Atom processor Z510PT with 1.1 GHz is US $450 + tax.
The conga-CAx is available in two different CPU variants. One version is powered by the Intel Atom processor Z510PT with 1.1 GHz and 400 MHz front side and memory bus. The other version features the1.33 GHz Intel Atom processor Z520PT. Both variants are equipped with 512k L2 cache and can access up to 1 GByte of rugged onboard soldered DDR2 RAM.
The conga-CAx includes a rich connectivity feature-set. This includes up to 2 PCI Express x1 lanes, PCI Bus, EIDE interface, Gigabit Ethernet, High Definition Audio and 8 USB ports. The onboard IDE flash drive provides up to 2 GByte of mass storage and is also specified for the full industrial temperature range. When combined with ACPI 3.0 battery management, ultra-mobile industrial applications are now possible.
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On the night of New Year's Eve, a small group penetrates into the room of an old hotel in ruins. Carmine, the oldest of the group, poses a challenge to one of the men, Furio: he has 4 months to restore the hotel and inaugurate it with great pomp. Aware of the difficulties but anxious to prove the point, Furio accepts encouraged by his wife Margo who believes that this assignment will allow the couple to rediscover the lost momentum.
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Hazel Muir explores the weird world of high-energy cosmic rays
By Hazel MuirON A clear dark night in October 1991, a spectacular visitor came from outer space, heading for the deserts of western Utah. It was probably just a tiny proton, but it had an amazing amount of energy—more than a tennis ball travelling at 300 kilometres per hour. In other words it was going […]
Australia's date with destiny
By Leigh Dayton and James WoodfordTHERE is no doubt that Jinmium is an ancient place. At the physical heart of the site, located just inside the western border of Australia's wild Northern Territory, is a stone monolith rising 40 metres above the sandy floodplain. Surrounding this impressive hunk of sandstone are smaller, but still enormous […]
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Credit and debit card frauds have seen a six-fold increase in the past three years, according to a study by Assocham. Around 2,277 complaints of online banking/credit/debit card fraud have been reported this year itself, it said.
"Credit and debit card fraud cases top the chart of cybercrimes. There has been a sixfold increase in such cases over the past three years (sic)," the report said.
The number of cybercrimes in India may touch a staggering figure of 3 lakh this year, the study said. "...almost double the level of last year causing havoc in the financial space, security establishment and social fabric," Assocham said.


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This will take your breath away. He calls himself Mustang Wanted, the 26-year-old 'Skywalker' from Ukraine's daredevil exploits include balancing on one leg at the top of skyscrapers and walking on thin metal cables. If that wasn't enough, his other tricks include dangling one-armed from a pylon, tip-toeing along a crane and doing sit-ups dangling from a window frame.
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2011 Final NFL Mock Draft
1. Carolina Panthers
Cam Newton, QB, Auburn
Cam closes draft season just like he did football season — on top at No. 1. (Photo by Tim Clark/Athlon Sports)
2. Denver Broncos
Marcell Dareus, DT, Alabama
John Elway "can't miss" on this pick, and won't with dominant Dareus. (Photo by Al Kooistra)
3. Buffalo Bills
Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU
Double-P fits dual-scheme 3-4 and 4-3 defense proposed by Chan Gailey. (Photo by Paul Jasienski)
4. Cincinnati Bengals
Blaine Gabbert, QB, Missouri
Carson Palmer can retire in peace if Cincy is able to land Gabbert or Newton. (Photo by Tim Umphrey)
5. Arizona Cardinals
Von Miller, LB, Texas A&M
Edge rusher extraordinaire adds heat, replaces Joey Porter on desert defense. (Photo by Chris Covatta)
6. Cleveland Browns
A.J. Green, WR, Georgia
Colt McCoy, Peyton Hillis and Green could be chart-topping Cleveland rock trio. (Photo by Paul Jasienski)
7. San Francisco 49ers
Prince Amukamara, CB, Nebraska
Jim Harbaugh would love Peterson to fall into the Bay, but Prince will work. (Photo by Larry Smith)
8. Tennessee Titans
Da'Quan Bowers, DE, Clemson
Injury issues cause Bowers to stumble from Charlotte (at No. 1) to Nashville. (Photo by Bruce Schwartzman)
9. Dallas Cowboys
Tyron Smith, OT, USC
Shooting from the hip, Jerry Jones takes the tackle with Texas-sized upside. (Photo by Craig Lassig)
10. Washington Redskins
Robert Quinn, DE, North Carolina
Quick-twitch Quinn brings outside speed opposite Brian Orakpo in D.C. (Photo by Paul Jasienski)
11. Houston Texans
Nick Fairley, DT, Auburn
Fairley (6'4", 291) comparable to Haynesworth (6'6", 335) in character only. (Photo by Tim Clark/Athlon Sports)
12. Minnesota Vikings
J.J. Watt, DE, Wisconsin
Could surprise by taking (or trading down for) a QB, but Watt fits well. (Photo by Brian Ebner)
13. Detroit Lions
Anthony Castonzo, OT, Boston College
Blindside bodyguard for oft-injured franchise quarterback Matthew Stafford. (Photo by Al Kooistra)
14. St. Louis Rams
Julio Jones, WR, Alabama
Julio immediately becomes Sam Bradford's new go-to receiver in St. Louis. (Photo by Tim Clark/Athlon Sports)
15. Miami Dolphins
Ryan Mallett, QB, Arkansas
Make big waves by taking the passer with hurricane-warning red flags waving. (Photo by Ric Fogel)
16. Jacksonville Jaguars
Cameron Jordan, DE, California
Steve's son reunites with former Golden Bears teammate, Tyson Alualu. (Photo by Peter Brouillet)
17. New England Patriots
Mark Ingram, RB, Alabama
Raiders' pick from '09 Richard Seymour trade nets Heisman-winning workhorse. (Photo by Layne Murdoch)
18. San Diego Chargers
Ryan Kerrigan, DE, Purdue
Long-locked hand-down end will be stand-up guy as outside 'backer in San Diego. (Photo by John Grieshop)
19. New York Giants
Mike Pouncey, OG, Florida
Twin brother of Steelers' All-Pro goes one pick after Maurkice did last year. (Photo by Margaret Bowles)
20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Aldon Smith, DE, Missouri
Another year at Mizzou would have made Smith money. Tampa buys low, aims high. (Photo by Tim Umphrey)
21. Kansas City Chiefs
Phil Taylor, DT, Baylor
Nose tackle moving up draft boards pretty fast for a 330-plus-pounder. (Photo by Paul Jasienski)
22. Indianapolis Colts
Nate Solder, OT, Colorado
Former tight end with power forward size (6'8") needed to protect Peyton. (Photo by Tim Umphrey)
23. Philadelphia Eagles
Muhammad Wilkerson, DT, Temple
Andy Reid won't go far for new D-line coach Jim Washburn's newest project. (Photo by Temple SID)
24. New Orleans Saints
Adrian Clayborn, DE, Iowa
Erb's Palsy and sluggish senior season cause Clayborn's slide to Big Easy. (Photo by Steve Woltmann)
25. Seattle Seahawks
Jake Locker, QB, Washington
Playoffs cost Hawks roughly 10 draft spots. Local legend QB best-case scenario. (Photo by Peter Brouillet)
26. Baltimore Ravens
Jimmy Smith, CB, Colorado
Secondary a primary concern in Baltimore; off-field issues hurt Smith's stock. (Photo by Larry Smith)
27. Atlanta Falcons
Kyle Rudolph, TE, Notre Dame
Golden-domed heir to Tony Gonzalez's H.O.F. tight end throne in Atlanta. (Photo by John Grieshop)
28. New England Patriots
Cameron Heyward, DE, Ohio State
Bill Belichick owns four of first 60 picks, expected to wheel and deal. (Photo by Brad Schloss)
29. Chicago Bears
Corey Liuget, DT, Illinois
Toast of Champaign quickly bubbling up boards; O-line is another option. (Photo by John Grieshop)
30. New York Jets
Akeem Ayers, LB, UCLA
Pass-rusher with cover skills and great footwork, perfect for Rex Ryan. (Photo by Peter Brouillet)
31. Pittsburgh Steelers
Gabe Carimi, OT, Wisconsin
Old school style fits Pittsburgh — and plenty of teams picking earlier. (Photo by Steve Woltmann)
32. Green Bay Packers
Justin Houston, LB, Georgia
Arizona's Brooks Reed, a poor man's Clay Matthews, also an option for champs. (Photo by Tim Clark/Athlon Sports)


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Plymouth University
Economics for Transition
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Degrees Offered:
Economics for Transition
Format: Campus
Program Description:
The MA in Economics for Transition is about creating an economic system fit for the ecological, social, economic and ethical challenges of the 21st century as we make the great transition to low carbon, high well-being, sustainable and resilient economies. The challenges facing society that this programme addresses include: • the triple crunch of climate change, financial crises and peak oil • the crises in ecosystem health and social wellbeing across the globe • the interconnected nature of these crises and how they are systemically linked within the global economic model • the significant opportunities for transformational and sustainable change that these multiple crises provide. This programme is designed to support a new generation of leaders and activists to co-create the new economy in practice. It attracts people at different stages of their lives seeking to make a positive contribution to the economics of transition through enhancing their knowledge; acquiring practical skills for sustainable living, working and ecological citizenship; and sharing experiences with people from North and South. The philosophy and ethos of the programme is rooted in an ecological and systemic approach within the holistic learning model of Schumacher College that attracts students and visiting teachers from all over the world. It provides a rigorous critique of the current economic growth model from alternative schools of economic thought and demonstrates practical, solutions-oriented pathways to low carbon, high wellbeing and resilient economies. Programme content Core modules Three core modules are studied in term one: • The ecological paradigm • Emergence of the new economy • New economics in practice. For MA students only, in term two students choose two modules from the short-course programme, taught by visiting teachers with an international reputation (eg Vandana Shiva, Margaret Wheatley, Fritjof Capra, Eve Mitleton-Kelly, Gustavo Esteva, Amit Goswami, Wolfgang Sachs, Tim Kasser). MA students go on to complete their own dissertation research project.
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In State Tuition (per year): 11750 GBP
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Day #1 – MASS III:
At Magseis, we are striving every day to be at the forefront of seabed seismic technology.
Today, we are pleased to present our latest edition to our portfolio of sensors by introducing the new MASS III node sensor.
- Ultra-compact and with increased battery life – now running for ~150 days.
- Displayed at booth #1951
- The MASS III node will be live and active, which means it will continuously display seismic activity in the vicinity of the booth and in Dallas!
Day #2 – Enabling Large Spreads:
Magseis is changing the way ocean bottom seismic acquisition is being conducted. Since start of operations in 2014, we have moved from multiple patch acquisition into rolling spreads with a record breaking 350km of active cable on our current project. The compactness of our nodes enable us to carry large inventories and step-changing efficiencies at significantly reduced costs to clients worldwide.
Want to learn more? – visit booth #1951 for a chat
Day #3 – All the way down to 3,000m
Our node sensor is depth rated for water depths from 0 – 3,000, allowing uniform datasets across varying water depths. We are offering OBS acquisition services from various deployment vehicles. Cable operations for large scale operations and industry leading ROV operations for deep water, 4D and smaller surveys. Our joint development project with Shell is developing a highly efficient system to deploy MASS technology in ultra-deep water with positioning accuracy for 4D work.


text: Mate's testicle shot off by accident, court told By Andrew Potts and Greg Stolz October 13, 2007 01:00am Article from: The Courier-Mail A CAR dealer who found a handgun in a caryard he bought accidentally shot his friend in the testicle while playing with the firearm, a court was told yesterday. Both men then lied about the shooting to police, telling them it occurred during a robbery. Mark Anthony Cheers, 39, pleaded guilty in Southport District Court yesterday to assault occasioning bodily harm while armed, possessing an unlicensed weapon and carrying dangerous goods in a vehicle. The court was told Cheers found the gun in a business he had bought and twirled it around his finger while showing it to his friend, Phillip Marino. The gun discharged, shooting Marino in the scrotum and groin. He lost 15 per cent of his right testicle, the court was told. Cheers threw the gun in a canal but later recanted the robbery story and admitted he had shot his friend. Judge Fleur Kingham sentenced Cheers to 200 hours' community service. Outside court, Cheers' lawyer, Cameron Browne, said Marino had forgiven Cheers. "One of the most pleasing aspects of this case is that prior to today, the complainant contacted my client and said he still wished to have a beer with him after all this was over," Mr Browne said. "That in itself is a significant testament to the fact that this offence was extremely out of character for my client, and one he sincerely regrets."


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- Meal can be requested on the spot
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Description of the accommodation:
Rooms, services 76 comfortably furnished rooms are offered by Hotel Magnetberg Baden-Baden to guests looking for accommodation in Baden-Baden. In case you'd like to have a meal or a drink on the spot, you will be provided freshly prepared dishes in the restaurant every day. For guests arriving by car parking possibility is available nearby. Nearby table tennis, bowling and ballontrip opportunities may provide an excellent option for those who love to spend their leisure time actively. The café provides a nice atmosphere for a romantic evening talk or a personal meeting. You may secure your valuables in the safe. The hotel is offering wireless Internet connection (WiFi) without charging extra fees, so you may go online anytime with your laptop during your stay. The exact scope of services offered by Hotel Magnetberg Baden-Baden (including those for an extra fee) is available on the information sheet below.
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There are approximately 104 miles of sanitary sewer and 2,300 structures, including 7 lift stations. Each asset is routinely inspected, evaluated, and placed into a renewal and replacement program to ensure the City can provide reliable services in the future. Check the links in the list below for more details.
A sanitary sewer spill, or "sanitary sewer overflow" ("SSO"), is typically caused by either:
All spills need to be stopped and contained immediately due to public and environmental health concerns related to untreated sewage/wastewater, and to prevent sewage from reaching local waterways such as streams, lakes, and the Monterey Bay.
If your home or business is experiencing a sewer spill that's minor and fully contained on your private property (and not in the public Right of Way, sidewalk or street), immediately hire a plumber to fix the issue and restore your sewer flow.
To report sanitary sewer spills and illegal dumping to the street, waterways, or the storm drain system, please call one of the following:
(831) 646-3921 (during business hours)
(831) 646-3914 (during after hours)
911 (county-wide, anytime)
Dumping any pollutants or trash into the gutter, catch basin or the storm drain system is ILLEGAL. Please report sanitary sewer spills and any dumping to the City. Local ordinances limit storm water flows to clean rain water and non-polluted incidental flows like groundwater. Please do your part to protect local waterways!
Public Reports of City Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSOs) may be found in the SWRCB California Integrated Water Quality System Project (CIWQS) database, available here: www.waterboards.ca.gov/ciwqs/publicreports.shtml
Raw sewage. Have you ever had it come out of your toilets, shower stalls or sinks? Though rare, some residents have experienced such unfortunate events. While the City has an aggressive maintenance program that includes cleaning and inspecting sewer mains, it is still possible that a City sewer main can plug up and lead to sewage flooding. However, by installing sewer release valves (SRV and BWV) on at-risk properties, owners can minimize their exposure to such an incident. Find out more information in this guide.
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Thanks to the frantic pace of the digital age, the average person has the attention span of a goldfish. (No, seriously. This is a fact supported by an actual study.) Seeing as the fashion sphere changes its mind even faster, we decided to provide you with a condensed report from backstage this season. As much as we'd like to pen novels in the name of lipstick and hairspray, we get it—you're busy. Here, the beauty version of CliffsNotes (all facts, no fluff) that you can easily skim in eight seconds…because science says that's all the time you have.
SHOW: Fendi
CITY: Milan
THE LOOK: "Playful" manga girls with a punk attitude
INSPO: Vanellope von Schweetz from Wreck-It Ralph. "[Fendi] sent me a manga illustration that was really cute and we took the cuteness and toughened it up a bit," said McKnight of the "slightly cartoon-y" ponies and pigtails. The plastic studs seen sporadically dotted all over models' heads also served as a jumping off point for the beauty look, as they're the same accents adhered to the house's interchangeable handbag straps. "The playfulness [of the accessories] was the starting point for this look," added Philips.
KEY PLAYERS: Makeup artist Peter Philips, Hairstylist Sam McKnight
BEAUTY MVPs: Ben Nye Glitter Glue, Diorshow Waterproof Pro Liner, and Moroccanoil Treatment
TOP TIPS: Fill in your entire mouth with a nude lip liner to create a matte base and erase any redness. Then, coat lips with a thin layer of glitter glue and dust large sparkles across your pout with a brush. Layer a tissue over top and lightly apply pressure to push particles into place. Clean up any fall out with Scotch tape. "Too much color becomes gimmicky, so I went for a chic salmon color," said Philips. "It looks like nude with a spectacular glitter effect—it's almost like fireworks on the catwalk."
McKnight's team "stayed up all night" crafting the colorful studs that were strategically slipped into sleek ponytails. The hair pro reversed U-shaped pins, twisted, and attached the two pointed ends to the plastic studs. Then, he tucked the looped sides into catwalkers' tightly pulled back strands.
WORDS FROM THE WISE: Balance an ultra-shiny lip with matte black liner, devising a sharp, graphic wing at the inner and outer corner of your eyes—leaving the middle of your lid bare. "If it was a full [band of] eyeliner, it looks too elegant—we wanted that punk effect," Philips noted.
TREND TALLY: Flashy lips were spotted at DKNY, while graphic bands of black liner made appearances at Rag & Bone, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Prabal Gurung, Ashley Williams, Sophia Webster, and Alberta Ferretti.


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Music Camps North Offering Holiday Discount for 2012
By Mandolin Cafe
November 13, 2011 - 11:45 am
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Mandolin Cafe North - April 13-15, 2012
Charlton, Mass. — Mandolin Camp North has announced a $100 discount to first-time attendees considering enrolling for their April 13-15, 2012 event. From now through the end of December, anyone thinking of paying their first visit to the camp can deduct $100 from the full tuition price by enrolling before the end of the year.
The same offer is also being extended to their Fiddle Camp North or Banjo Camp North.
The 2011 camp was held at Prindle Pond Conference Center, Charlton, Massachusetts. Mandolin instructors included Jesse Brock, Jeff Midkiff, David Harvey, Sharon Gilchrist, David Surette, Skip Gorman, MCN Director Mike Holmes, Phil Zimmerman, Dave Reiner, Martin Grosswendt, Dr. Richard (Richie) Brown, Bill Walach, Lorraine Lee Hammond, Alan Kaufman, Ben Pearce, John Rossbach, Dave Howard and Mike Rivers.
Mandolin Camp North is under the direction of Mike Holmes, Camp Director, and Phil Zimmerman, Music Director.
The dates for all of their camps are as follows:
Mandolin Camp North - April 13-15, 2012
Banjo Camp North - May 18-20, 2012
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