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Economics Homework 4 - Model
Economics Homework - [1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12]
1. A consumer's overall satisfaction is expressed in economics as his _________________.
- total utility
2. Suppose you see a sleek-looking used sports car and you immediately want to buy it. You think to yourself, "I can paint that car and fix it up so it looks brand new!" You like it so much that you would very work hard for a year and save up $10,000 to buy it. You ask the owner how much he'd sell the car for, and he says $9,000. If you buy it for $9,000, then what is your "consumer surplus"? What does that concept mean?
- Your consumer surplus would be the value to you ($10,000) minus what you paid ($9,000), for a total of $1,000.
- The consumer surplus is the total net benefit which a buyer obtains when purchasing a good or service. The consumer surplus is the money the buyer was willing to pay but did not have to.
3. Suppose your favorite hobbies are reading books and hiking, and imagine that they have the following values for marginal utility. The first hour that you hike gives you lots of utility: 10 units. But as you start to tire, you enjoy and benefit from it less. The next hour of hiking is worth only 8 units of utility (in other words, it has a marginal utility of 8 units rather than 10), and the next hour of hiking is worth only 5 units, and then 3, then 1, and then zero for the next hours, in that order. Your marginal utility for reading books does not decline so quickly. In the first hour, reading a book gives you utility of 6 units; the next hour is worth 5 units; the next hour is worth 4 units; and then 3, 2, 1 and 0. Suppose that you have 5 extra hours today. How should you spend those hours on hiking and reading in order to maximize your utility, and what will be your total utility for those 5 hours? Explain your answer.
- You would attain the maximum utility as follows: 10 (hiking) + 8 (hiking) + 6 (reading) + 5 (hiking) + 5 (reading), which equals 34 units of utility.
- If you had spent your entire 5 hours hiking, then your total utility would be only 27 units. If you had spent your entire time reading, then your total utility would be only 21 units. Neither of these options attains maximum utility.
4. Suppose you plan to buy a brand new car for $25,000. When you do to the car dealership to make your purchase, you notice that there is a car on the lot that looks brand new but not longer has the sticker price on it. The dealer says it was returned by someone after driving it only 100 miles. You like the color and ask if you can buy it. The dealer, seeing that you're so interested, says he'll sell it to you for the same price as a brand new car that has never been sold. You're willing to buy it at full price, and do not mind one bit that someone else used it briefly and returned it. But you notice that other people (the "market") would not pay full price for a returned car. Relying on the "market" rather than your personal preferences, what should you tell the dealer in order to maximize your benefits from your purchase?
- In order to maximize your consumer surplus, you should not pay any higher than the free market price, which is less than the full price of a new car.
5. Explain why the shape of an indifference curve for two goods that are perfect substitutes is a straight line going from the upper left down to the lower right. Extra credit: why must its slope be negative 1?
- The line's slope must be negative one because you must give up the exact same quantity of one good and receive the exact same quantity of the other good in order to maintain the same level of happiness.
- If the line's slope were not negative one, then one of the goods would be preferred to the other rather than the goods' being perfect substitutes.
6. Describe either the "income effect" or the "substitution effect." Take your pick.
- The income effect is the wealth that is gained or lost when the price of an item changes. For example, if hamburger is on sale for $.99 per pound vs $1.99 a pound, the effect is a gain of $1 and the consumer will purchase more hamburger as a result.
- The substitution effect begins when the price a good increases. Since people do not want to pay the higher price, they buy a substitute. As a result the demand for the good with the higher price decreases as the demand for the lower priced substitute increases.
- Each of the above effects contributes to the Law of Demand.
7. Charity is based on the foundation of a successful free market. Or is a successful free market based on a foundation of charity? Describe and explain which is the cart, and which is the horse (in other words, which comes first or is most important, charity or the free market).
- Two possibilities:
- Charity comes first because free enterprise cannot get started without a foundation of charity.
- Free enterprise comes first because it is needed to generate wealth, from which extra wealth can flow to charity.
Write in about 300 of your own words on one or more of the following topics:
8. "A penny saved is a penny earned!" In fact, once taxation is taken into account, "a penny saved is almost two pennies earned!" Discuss one or both of these quotations.
- "A penny saved is a penny earned!" describes how being frugal is the same as making more money.
9. Do you think a Giffen good really exists? Can you see any possible political bias in the claim that Giffen goods exist? Your views, please.
- A Giffen good is a good whose demand actually increases as its price increases. It's doubtful that Giffen good really exists because it is contrary to the Law of Demand.
10. Prove the Law of Demand as simply as you can, perhaps using the assumption that the consumer always tries to maximize marginal utility.
- The Law of Demand is a combination of the income effect and the substitution effect, such that demand for a good always decreases when its price increases.
11. Discuss the Irish Potato Famine between 1846 and 1849, and whether you think potatoes were an "inferior good" then.
- Potatoes in Ireland were inferior goods because they were the cheapest possible food available in the country. As people's income increased, they bought more expensive foods and the demand for potatoes decreased.
Extra Credit for Anyone
12. Explain whether goods X or Y are perfect substitutes or complements or something else for the indifference curves below, and why:
- They are perfect complements. The curves show that "extra" of one good is useless (adds no utility) without "extra" of the other good to go along with it. Extra ketchup provides no added utility without an extra hamburger to go along with it, for example. But if the quantity of both goods increase along the dotted line, then utility does increase.


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PR 62 - China's rising talents clinch 10 titles in Adelaide (AUS)
Lausanne (SUI), October 15, 2012 – China's rising talents took the spotlight at the 19th edition of the FINA World Junior Diving Championships, held in Adelaide, Australia, from October 8-13, 2012. The squad from the diving powerhouse claimed 10 titles out of the 14 at stake and occupied the majority of podiums. A total 220 divers from 34 countries performed at the SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre.
The competition featured both experienced and fresh faces of the diving world stage. Among the stars, Great Britain's Olympic bronze medallist Thomas Daley and team mate Jack Laugher brought home five medals: the duo captured gold in the 3m synchro, beating the Russian and Australian pairs. Daley also triumphed in his signature event, the 10m event (Group A), ahead of two Chinese – Jian Yang and Aisen Chen, second and third respectively – while Laugher was the winner in the 3m, edging up-and-comer Jianfeng Peng (CHN) and local hope Darcy Taylor. In the 1m event, the Chinese was stronger, finishing ahead of Laugher, who settled for silver. American Michael Hixon secured the bronze.
Among women, the only non-Chinese victory belonged to Gracia Leydon Mahoney (USA) in the 3m (Group A). China's Qulin Zheng placed second and British Hannah Starling, third. Home hero and Olympic silver medallist in the 10m platform Brittany Broben gained two bronze medals in the 1m and 10m events (Group A). Chinese Jiao Liu and Yaqi Chen finished 1-2 in the 1m and Chen earned another silver in the 10m, which was won by compatriot Shengping Wu. Yajie Si (CHN) performed brilliantly in the 10m (Group B), taking top spot ahead of team mate Jie Lian while Olympic silver medallist Alejandra Orozco from Mexico claimed the bronze.

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Tablet time is here. After posting a tablet-related teaser and countdown on the Ubuntu home page yesterday, Canonical this morning announced a new version of Ubuntu meant for use on tablet devices. The interface looks fairly similar to the one that we've seen on Ubuntu for phones in recent months, with users getting greeted by a Welcome screen with a large circle that displays notifications. Ubuntu for tablets supports multiple user accounts, and each account will be secured with full encryption for user data. There's also a guest mode for those times that you need to let someone borrow your tablet for a few minutes.
As with Ubuntu for phones, Ubuntu for tablets relies heavily on gestures for getting around. The OS features the same "Edge magic" gestures, meaning that users can slide their finger from the left side of the display to access their favorite apps and swipe all the way to the right to get back to the main apps screen. Swiping from the right edge will bring up Side Stage, which is a feature that allows phone apps to run alongside tablet apps in a small window on the right side. Tablet apps that support a phone layout can also be placed in the Side Stage. Ubuntu for tablets will also feature voice control in the Ubuntu heads-up display (HUD).
Thankfully, it won't be long before we can preview Ubuntu for tablets ourselves. Canonical says that the Touch Developer Preview of Ubuntu that's coming on Feb. 21 with instructions for getting the OS up and running on a Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 as well as a Nexus 4 and Galaxy Nexus. While there's no word yet on any new Ubuntu tablet hardware that might be coming to market, the OS supports screen sizes from 6 inches to 20 inches and resolutions from 100ppi to 450ppi, so there's certainly quite a range of devices that we could see Ubuntu for tablets end up on. Until we hear more, you can find Canonical's official introduction of Ubuntu for tablets embedded below for your viewing pleasure.
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Flickr Find: A Seasonal Favorite - Peonies!
Gorgeous and gigantic, peonies are coming into their own right now. We love their big billowy blossoms and soft fragrance. What better way to enjoy them than to bring a few into your home?
These peonies in a window are perfect: the sunlight accentuates their delicate translucent petals. Their soft pink color is gorgeous with their dark green stems and leaves. And the window's slightly rustic, imperfect paint and screen is a neat contrast to the prettiness of the flowers.
Have you brought peonies into your home this season? We have a giant white one in a vase on the dining room table right now. Tell us about yours!
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'"We're taking more responsibility for the player's development and demand that the player takes more responsibility for his own development," Regier said Wednesday morning, when the Sabres introduced Rolston at news conference. "Winning begins with the selection of players (in the draft) and progresses with the development of those players."'
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Activists Ask University To Rescind Rice Invite
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Faculty and student activists are pressuring the University of Minnesota to rescind its invitation to Condoleezza Rice.
The former Secretary of State is scheduled to give a speech on civil rights at the Twin Cities campus April 17 as part of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs' lecture series. Math professor William Messing has introduced a resolution to be considered by the University Senate next week which asks that the Rice speech be canceled because of her role in the wartime policies of the Bush administration. The Senate includes faculty, staff and student representatives.
Humphrey School spokeswoman Andrea Cournoyer says rescinding the invitation would be inconsistent with their goal of promoting discussion and dialogue.


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Matt Garza Actually Requested $12.5 Million in Arbitration, Not $10.225 Million
In a correction to the figure reported earlier this week, Matt Garza's requested salary for 2012, in his third year of arbitration, was not a very high $10.225 million. Instead, it was a very, very high $12.5 million.
Bruce Levine reported the correction, and Jon Heyman explained that he misread the chart previously ($10.225 million is the midpoint between Garza's ask – $12.5 million – and the Cubs' offer – $7.95 million).
Buster Olney earlier tweeted that "[in the v]iew of rival executives: Matt Garza's $10.225 million arbitration request greatly complicates any interest in him as a trade target." I responded to Buster that the suggestion made no sense, given that the midpoint between that request and the Cubs' offer was about $9 million, a salary most expected Garza would get for 2012. He added that teams want cost certainty, and "aren't wild" about the idea of having to pay Garza $10.225 million in 2012. I wonder if Olney had his info right, but his number wrong.
The difference may seem slight, at first – it's just $2 million. But you must remember, whatever salary Garza gets in 2012 will directly impact his salary in 2013, and will directly impact the starting point for negotiations on an extension.
This is kind of a big deal.
I'll be going into greater detail on the case for each number soon, but, in short, Garza's request is quite bold. Recall, if the case were to go to arbitration, only one number can be chosen – either the Cubs' offer, or Garza's request. There is no middle ground. Historically, teams have won arbitration cases at an approximately three to one rate, and Garza's ask is very aggressive. It's hard to see him winning, and instead looks designed to produce a high settlement from a President (Theo Epstein) whom Garza knows has never taken a player to arbitration.
Very shrewd. Very risky.
It could also be the case that Garza doesn't particularly want to be part of a rebuilding team, and is trying to give the Cubs a nudge about getting him off the team – which would be unfortunate for the Cubs. The high request might make the Cubs more willing to trade Garza, but it makes him slightly less attractive on the trade market. The more I think about this, the more it is a bit of a bummer.


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Below, you can watch the entire interview in WE LOVE SOAPS TV Episode 3.54 and read some highlights from the transcript.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Did EJ shoot Stefano (Joe Mascolo)?
James Scott: Well, probably, yeah.
He had the gun in his hand, he pulled the trigger, we saw the gun go off, it was certainly pointed, pretty much, in the direction of Stefano. I would like Stefano to be on the receiving end of that.
James Scott: I don't, on this occasion, have the luxury of knowing where the story is going, but I would love to see this come around to Stefano and EJ rekindling a relationship in some way.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: He [Stefano] never stays dead.
James Scott: Well, I know. I hear he always comes back.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: Our viewers love the chemistry between EJ and Will (Chandler Massey). What's it like working with Chandler?
James Scott: First of all, Chandler Massey should win the award for Younger Actor. He's the most talented young actor that I've ever worked with.
They [Will and EJ] have this really interesting relationship. I think of it as being a mentor/mentee relationship - almost a father/son relationship. It has some really interesting dynamics within that, because of course you have Will's sexuality and you have the fact that EJ is a man who is not over and above, like, walking that line...
I mean, I don't think there's any question regarding EJ's sexuality, but he knows how to exert power over people.
WE LOVE SOAPS TV: It would send Sami over the edge.
James Scott: Maybe that's a good reason to do it. Sami, you marry me, or I marry your boy! It's up to you.
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High school is rocked by Trumps pile driving
By Brooke Edwards
These disturbances are from the construction site across the street, in what will become the Trump Soho Condominium Hotel at 246 Spring St.
As the foundation is being constructed for the proposed 42-story, 413-unit building, developers and city officials say that vibrations, noise and emissions have stayed within the legal limits. However, staff members at Chelsea High School say the disruptions the construction has been causing are unacceptable.
Matt Cerny, an English teacher, said, Theres all kinds of stories going around the school of teachers being disrupted and having to close their windows. Though the noise and fumes are not as bad on the opposite side of the building where Cernys classroom is, he said, Ive been to a few meetings on that side of the building and theyve been disrupted. We just work around it.
Cerny said the biggest problem is from the excessive noise, which has interrupted lesson plans and testing for several weeks. However, the fumes have also caused problems.
Its like being stuck in traffic behind a car that is smoking, he said.
When asked what was being done about the situation, a Department of Buildings spokesperson advised, They should call 311 to register their complaints.
Natalie Milner, a Department of Environmental Protection spokesperson, said, We have only gotten one complaint and we sent someone out to look at the site. Anyone else who has a problem should call 311.
However, Cerny said several teachers have already called 311 to complain about the situation.
Bob Gormley, district manager for Community Board 2, said that he hasnt heard any complaints about fumes, but that C.B. 2 has been working with the city and the developers on noise abatement.
They did a few things to lessen the noise from the pile driver, Gormley said. These things included making the wooden construction fence taller around the property and putting wood beneath the pile driver to absorb some of the sound and vibrations as it hammers the metal I-beams.
Even after these accommodations, Cerny said that while the noise hasnt gotten any worse, it certainly hasnt gotten any better. Also, the fence and the wood under the pile driver have no effect on fumes from the site, he said.
To Cerny and others at Chelsea High School, the odors have been a nuisance well beyond the developments lot lines.
Though the majority of complaints about the construction have come from the high school, residents have also been affected by noise from the site, which is in the Hudson Square neighborhood, near the western edge of Soho.
David Reck, a C.B. 2 member and president of Friends of Hudson Square, said, You can hear it all the way over to Greenwich St. where I live. Its irritating to have it happen all day, he said.
Reck and neighbors have also had to deal with the inconvenience of the project being granted a special permit by the Department of Buildings to use its pile driver on Saturdays. Though these weekend permits are not usually granted in residential areas, Reck said they are frequently granted in commercial areas even though the sound echoes beyond zoning lines.
The Trump Soho condo-hotel is not new to controversy. Since plans for the development began, local politicians, the Soho Alliance and the Greenwich Village Society for Historical Preservation, among others, have spoken out in opposition to it, claiming the project will violate zoning laws.
The development site is in an M1-6 zone, which is an area zoned for light manufacturing. This means that no permanent residences can be built in the district.
The citys zoning permits transient hotels, but not residences, in manufacturing districts, Rachaele Raynoff, a Department of City Planning spokesperson, said in an e-mail. Questions have been raised as to whether the proposed condo-hotel will be transient.
Aurora Kessler, a public relations spokesperson for the Trump condo-hotel project, said in a phone interview: In a nutshell, they are condominium-hotel units. They are not primary residences. They are available for participation in a rental program
. Basically, you cant stay in the room for more than 120 consecutive days.
Still, Web sites such as www.condohotelcenter.com are advertising V.I.P. lists to purchase the units with no mention of residency limits.
The project ran into more trouble in mid-December when human remains now thought to be early 19th-century congregants of an interracial Presbyterian church that was formerly at the location were found at the site. Although a stop-work order was issued while the remains were investigated, a week later construction resumed and has continued since. According to D.O.B., a partial stop-work order actually remains in effect, under which an archaeologist hired by Trump and his development partners is to instruct the workers where they can and cannot drive piles.
Ironically, all of these issues have arisen before Trump has even gotten a permit to build the condo-hotel. Initial requests for a permit were denied by Buildings because of the dispute over whether the project would conform to the zoning.
If a building permit is granted, the students and teachers at Chelsea High School and residents of the blocks surrounding Trumps latest development can anticipate more noise, as construction would reportedly last until late 2008.
A sound meter has been placed outside the school on Dominick St., across from the condo-hotel project site, to monitor noise levels. On Saturday afternoon, a sound technician from the Vibra-Tech company was checking the device. He said they monitor it every day and that readings havent surpassed 80 decibels, which he said is about 10 decibels below the legal limit.
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Percentage of TOTAL Salesjagan mohan rao appala Jan 30, 2012 2:54 AM (in response to Robert Szarek)
Try this
=Sum(Sales)/Sum(TOTAL Sales)
Percentage of TOTAL SalesRobert Szarek Jan 31, 2012 3:01 AM (in response to jagan mohan rao appala )
Thanks for your answere, but this does not work... I was reading about Sum(TOTAL variable) construction and it does not fit to my need because:
- referring to my example table, I do not want to calculate how much "Business1" is in relation to total "Sales"
- I want to show how much the variable not being part of SALES (expenses for instance) are in relation to TOTAL
SALES. I would like to build a cross tab with AGGR1 as first dimension, then
sum ({$<[AGGR1] -= {'SALES'} > Amount}
as second dimension and percentage of items not having in AGGR1 "Sales" to total sum of those items having in AGGR1 "Sales" as 3rd column of my table...
Please, anyone has any idea?
Re: Percentage of TOTAL SalesStefan Wühl Jan 31, 2012 5:55 AM (in response to Robert Szarek)
not sure if you really mean that you want sum ({$<[AGGR1] -= {'SALES'} > Amount}
as second dimension, I think you need advanced aggregation then, like
=aggr(sum ({$<[AGGR1] -= {'Sales'} >} Amount), AGGR1)
Anyway, I believe you can call the sales amount in any cell using dollar sign expansion, something like
=column(1) / $(=sum({<AGGR1= {Sales}>}Amount))
See also attached.
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Re: Percentage of TOTAL SalesRobert Szarek Jan 31, 2012 10:26 AM (in response to Stefan Wühl )
Dear swuehl,
Very helpful answere for me - thanks a lot. I did not know this $ sign on the beginning of statement making the trick.
Additional question - I would like to have the table attached in your example split per country. Having 4 countries, (So 4 columns for expenses, and 4 columns for ratio) , in each column with ratio I get the total sales for all the countries, and not total sales for a given country... I was trying to modify your formula like that:
$(=sum({<AGGR1= {Sales}, Country = {PL, CZ, SK, HU}>}Amount))
thinking that this helps, but no change. Still I get one figure (total sales for all countries) for all the columns.
Could you please help me sovve this one?
Re: Percentage of TOTAL SalesStefan Wühl Jan 31, 2012 10:46 AM (in response to Robert Szarek)
You could try
=column(1) / sum({<AGGR1= {Sales}>} total<Country> Amount)
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Re: Percentage of TOTAL SalesRobert Szarek Jan 31, 2012 2:41 PM (in response to Stefan Wühl )
Many thanks, this does work ...


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For Immediate Release
Paul Cort, Earthjustice, (415) 217-2077
Eitan Bencuya, Sierra Club, (202) 495-3047
John Walke, Natural Resources Defense Council, (202) 289-2406
Mary Havell McGinty, American Lung Association, (202) 715-3459
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Clean Air
Requires EPA to implement strong soot controls
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today released a ruling requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement stronger requirements to clean up particulate matter, also known as "soot," one of the deadliest forms of air pollution.
Rejecting EPA's adoption of a weaker approach, the Court ruled that the public health protections in the Clean Air Act require EPA to use the strictest more stringent cleanup requirements in communities with unhealthful particulate matter levels.
The suit was brought by Earthjustice on behalf of American Lung Association, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and Medical Advocates for Healthy Air.
"Soot pollution is dangerous to kids, seniors, and people with heart and lung problems, and kills tens of thousands of people each year," said Paul Cort, the Earthjustice attorney who argued the case. "This ruling will mean much stronger protections against this deadly pollutant."
Major sources of soot pollution include coal-fired power plants, factories, oil refineries, and diesel engines. The ruling means that more plants will be subject to more protective particulate matter limits in areas that violate health standards. It also will require limits not only on direct emissions of soot, but also on pollutants that transform into particulate matter in the air.
Under the ruling, the most stringent controls will apply to communities that fail to timely attain health standards (within four to six years). Among other things, these areas will have to implement the best available control measures (instead of just reasonably available measures) and achieve pollution cuts of at least five percent per year if they fail to meet standards on time.
"Soot particles are a dangerous mix of toxic metals and chemicals and are released into the air by burning dirty fuels like coal," said Bruce Nilles, Senior Campaign Director for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign. "Today's court decision is a strong step toward ensuring our families have clean, breathable air."
"Few court rulings strike so close to home. This one's as close as your next breath of air," said John Walke, senior attorney and Director of NRDC's Clean Air Program. "Soot kills. Now there will be less of it—in our air, our hearts and our lungs. That means less bronchitis, fewer asthma attacks, fewer heart attacks and fewer strokes. We can thank the court, with every breath we take."
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SUBJECT 1: Breastfeeding Friendly WIC Clinic
SUBJECT 2: Thanksgiving Holiday
SUBJECT 3: WIC Lost/Stolen Check Report Form (WIC 31)
SUBJECT 4: Nutramigen AA - Name Change
SUBJECT 5: Safe Sleep Guidelines
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Health Education Supervisor - St. Louis County Department of Health
Breastfeeding Friendly WIC Clinic: The state WIC office would like to congratulate the following local WIC agencies for receiving the designation of a "Breastfeeding Friendly WIC Clinic" for FFY 2013.
Thanksgiving Holiday: The State WIC Office, including the WIC Help Desk, will be closed on Thanksgiving, November 22, and on Friday, November 23, 2012.
If you have questions, please call Mark Davis, firstname.lastname@example.com or 573-526-5323 or 800-392-8209.
WIC Lost/Stolen Check Report Form (WIC 31): The translated versions of the WIC Lost/Stolen Check Report form (WIC 31) are available through the WIC website. Please download and make copies as needed. The bilingual version of this form (English and Spanish) is being printed and will be available by the end of November 2012. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Takako Tagami at email@example.com.
Nutramigen AA - Name Change: Nutramigen AA will be renamed PurAmino in January 2013. The newly-labeled product will start shipping to stores in January 2013. Although the name of Nutramigen AA will be changed to PurAmino (new UPC and new product number), the following will not change:
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Please see the attachment which is a supplement to FFRG (October 9, 2012). Share this change with participants who are receiving Nutramigen AA. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Takako Tagami at email@example.com. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
Safe Sleep Guidelines: Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended all babies should be placed on their backs to sleep in 1992, deaths from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) have dramatically decreased. Unfortunately, infant deaths caused by unsafe sleep environments have increased. The state WIC office would like to remind all local WIC agencies, when providing education on infant sleeping, to follow the safe sleep guidelines provided by the AAP. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services provides information on safe sleep at on their website. At the bottom of the web page is information from the AAP, links to other safe sleep and SIDS websites, brochures available in the MO DHSS warehouse and a Safe Sleep and Shaken Baby video. If participants have additional questions, please refer them to their healthcare provider.
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St. Louis County Department of Health has two openings for the Health Education Supervisor position to work in the WIC Program. These are full time, grant funded Registered Dietitian positions working at St. Louis County DOH Health Centers located in north St. Louis County. The Health Education Supervisor position requires 4 years experience working as a Registered Dietitian, preferably in WIC, along with supervisory experience. For additional information, or to apply online go to www.stlouisco.com/personnel/jobsearch
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[caption id="attachment_7604" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Army Capt. Ivan Castro, center, accepts the ceremonial torch from Air Force Capt. Tony Simone during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 1, 2012. Since his combat injury in 2006, Castro has sought to redefine the word "disability" as he completes one monumental feat after another while still serving on active duty in Special Operations. USO photo by Joseph Andrew Lee[/caption]
If you have followed this blog since the start of the summer you have read some pretty remarkable stories of wounded veterans using adaptive sports to get their lives back.
You read about the story of Brad Snyder, the blind Navy Explosive Ordnance officer who broke World Paralympics swimming records in London less than a year after being hit by an Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan. You've read the inspiring story of Jim Castaneda, who, to his 10-year-old son, was "better than Superman" for having the courage to persevere in the face of adversity at the 2012 Warrior Games. And you read the recovery story of Christopher "Aggie" Aguilera and his co-pilot, Tony Simone—the only two survivors of a horrific helicopter crash just two years ago.
After hearing all those remarkable stories, however, I am still floored when I meet people like Army Capt. Ivan Castro. I caught up with him on the final leg of a 3,800 mile bicycle ride across the country, where he taught me what it is the blind can do.
He was extremely tan from the long ride and wearing sunglasses, I couldn't tell at first that his entire right cheek was a prosthetic, that he is missing his right eye or that shrapnel had taken sight from his other eye. He was wearing long sleeves, so I couldn't see the scars there either. I didn't know that pieces of his arm and shoulder were gone. I did, however, notice the black steel bracelet around his wrist inscribed with the names of the two soldiers who lost their lives in the blast that nearly killed him.
He never takes that off.
A native of Hoboken, New Jersey, Castro has served in Special Operations since 1999, and still serves on active duty today. He's fought in every climb and place from Bosnia to South America, Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2006, he was commanding a joint recon-scout sniper platoon from a rooftop in Youssifiyah, Iraq, when an 82mm mortar shell exploded five feet from his position. He was severely wounded and evacuated back to the States in critical condition. It took nearly 40 surgeries to repair his body, but his vision could not be restored.
[caption id="attachment_7606" align="alignleft" width="104"] Ivan Castro[/caption]
"I had no clue what the blind could do," said 44-year-old Castro. "As a service member you don't think about these things. You train, deploy, and it's like a black and white situation. Black, you come back in a body bag—white, you come back fine. We don't think about that gray area … when you come back injured."
For the past six years he has used adaptive sports to push the limits of his recovery. He has completed more than 30 tandem marathons, rode a tandem bicycle from San Francisco to Virginia Beach, and now has his sights set on hiking the Appalachian Trail.
"I've been blessed," he said. "I have both legs, both arms, I can breathe and speak on my own, and I have a network of help from family, friends and the Special Operations community. Part of what has made my recovery so successful has been sports like cycling."
After he was injured he couldn't walk, so he had to start from scratch on a mechanical bike. He graduated from recumbent cycle to upright bicycle to elliptical, spinning, then on to tandem cycling with a sighted partner—once a week, twice a week, and then three times a week.
"It's fun, but not easy on the nerves," said Castro. "When you're on a bike and you're blind, you are putting all of your faith and confidence in your pilot. It's one thing when you're walking around with a cane, or even running, but when you're on a bicycle and you're going 60 miles per hour down some hill somewhere in Colorado, anything can happen. It's an incredible rush, feeling the inertia, but not being able to see what's in your path can make it scary if you don't trust your pilot."
[caption id="attachment_7609" align="alignright" width="221"] Castro rides tandem during the Sea to Shining Sea bike ride. S2SS photo by Mike Sanders[/caption]
"Bill [his civilian pilot] had the patience, maturity and skill level to take me across the country," said Castro. "That's not something that was easy to find. If you talk to any cyclist they will tell you they would like to cycle across America, but very few have what it takes to do it. I'm very grateful to Bill and to World T.E.A.M. Sports for giving me the opportunity to do this."
Undeterred by things most of us might consider "obstacles," Castro is on a personal mission to redefine how we understand and perceive persons with disabilities.
Perhaps this is why he was the first blind service member asked to walk into Brad Snyder's hospital room after he was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device last September. Perhaps this is why he was chosen to stand next to the First Lady and receive the torch from Tony Simone and Aggie during the opening ceremony at the 2012 Warrior Games.
"I don't dwell on what I've lost," he explained. "I just concern myself with positive people always and am grateful for what I have. It was a Marine who came into my hospital room and inspired me, just as I might have inspired Snyder. Civilians like Bill and the USO volunteers that have come along for this ride—they do their part to drive me. I'm not a one-man show, and I'm not special."
"I depend—just like all of us do—on other people, and as long as I have my network of support, I know exactly what it is the blind can do," he concluded. "Anything I want." – By Joseph Andrew Lee, USO Staff Writer
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CAMBRIDGE, UK AND KFAR SABA, ISRAEL - Nov. 20, 2002 - ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, and M-Systems (Nasdaq: FLSH), a leader in flash-based data storage products, today announced that the two companies have signed a technology collaboration agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, M-Systems and ARM will optimize M-Systems' SuperMAP™ cryptographic coprocessors for use with ARM® SecurCore™ family of cores.
SuperMAP cryptographic coprocessors are a comprehensive family of hardware macrocells developed by M-Systems for accelerating cryptographic functions. These patented devices implement sophisticated public key encryption in both conventional RSA and Elliptic Curve (with single step multiply and divide).
The ARM SecurCore family of cores provides unique, 32-bit solutions for smart card and secure integrated circuit (IC) development, offering system designers privileged access to ARM processor cores to create fast, secure e-commerce, banking, networking, mobile multimedia, identification and public transportation solutions.
The agreement announced today complements the availability of an integrated cryptographic engine for SecurCore cores by providing ARM Partners with an option of interfacing to the security capabilities of SuperMAP technology for their SecurCore technology-based solutions.
"M-Systems' SuperMAP technology will put some of the most powerful encryption technology into the hands of designers of ARM Powered® devices," said Dominique Lutz, Secure Segment marketing manager, ARM. "The ARM SecurCore family, with its first SC100™ product released early 2001, has become the most widely licensed 32-bit RISC architecture for smart cards. SuperMap technology will provide ARM Partners with an additional choice of encryption technology optimized for different types of applications such as smart card, data storage, wireless or networking systems."
Additionally, as more security features are included, M-Systems products such as DiskOnChip® and DiskOnKey® stand to benefit from the cost savings and performance advantages derived from the integration of SuperMAP and ARM cores.
"The important security capabilities that SuperMAP provides will complement the outstanding features already found within ARM cores," said Dan Dariel, manager of M-Systems' Fortress Security Division. "This agreement with ARM further validates the importance of our SuperMAP technology to the microprocessor industry and to a wide variety of applications requiring the latest in security technology."
About ARM
ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, handheld computing, multimedia, digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
About M-Systems
M-Systems (Nasdaq: FLSH) is a leader and innovator of flash-based data storage products known as flash disks, which provide the functionality of a mechanical hard drive in a silicon chip. M-Systems' products - DiskOnChip®, DiskOnKey® and Fast Flash Disk (FFD™) - are found in applications in a vast array of markets, including connected devices, mobile and telecom. Among M-Systems' technologies are TrueFFS® for flash management and SuperMAP™ for security and protection. For more information, please contact M-Systems at www.m-sys.com.
ARM is a registered trademarks of ARM Limited. SecurCore and SC100 are trademarks for ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; and ARM China.
The matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary significantly. These risks include market and competitive factors, and other risks described in the Company's most recent annual report and/or in any of its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. Reference to the Company's website above does not constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon into this press release.


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LinkedIn, sometimes called the "Facebook for business," is a social networking site that allows you to post your resume, work experiences, skills, and more on a free profile. But LinkedIn is more than a static profile page—this site lets you form connections, like Facebook friends, with people you know or work with. From there, LinkedIn also "links" you to your connections' connections, quickly creating a massive network of people that you are connected to by one, two, or three degrees of separation. I'll give you an example: on my LinkedIn account, I only have a meager 48 connections; however, if you count all of my connections' first connections, I have 2,400 people. And if you count all of those connections' connections too, then I have 265,800 people in my network.
The idea is that if someone two or three degrees away is looking for a contractor or employee in a given field, I can talk to the person that we are both connected to and be "introduced" to that person, potentially forming a mutually beneficial business relationship.
Additionally, LinkedIn offers Groups, which let you join associations with like-minded individuals related to a variety of demographics—industry of employment, age, race, geographic area, etc. Through this, you can meet additional individuals and, ultimately, encounter additional business opportunities.
As you can imagine, LinkedIn is quite lucrative for recruiters and consultants—anyone who needs to interact with a large variety of individuals. But, for someone who isn't looking for contract work and is satisfied with his or her current employment, is LinkedIn worth the effort? That's the question I posed on Twitter, and here are the responses I got.
LinkedIn Connects You to Recruiters
Of the responses I received, two IT pros mentioned that they have been solicited by recruiters while on LinkedIn. (As one reader put it, being on LinkedIn can feel like being in the proverbial "meat locker.") And it wasn't the result of active questions and presence on LinkedIn; rather, simply having a passive presence on LinkedIn with your employment information listed is enough to receive notices from recruiters.
But what if you don't have any interest in leaving your job? Well, even so, keeping abreast of who's hiring, what skills employers are looking for, and what the going salary for a given position in a given region is are all valuable when negotiating pay and promotion with your current employer, or when weighing whether you want to stay with your current employer.
Two of the best things about LinkedIn are (1) you don't have to worry about your employer becoming suspicious that you might leave your current position, as they might if you posted a profile on Monster.com, and (2) that you can be fairly passive on LinkedIn, only stopping by every few months to update your information, and still receive many of the benefits. As one reader put it: "I think it's good from an employee standpoint and from a recruiter standpoint. It may sound terrible, but there is only one person looking out for our best interests."
Communication Limitations
As another reader and I discussed, LinkedIn can be quite frustrating because of the poor communication tools in it. Whereas Twitter and Facebook allow you to watch conversations between friends, family members, and colleagues, LinkedIn uses a fairly outdated model. (As much as I hate buzzwords, it would fall under the "Web 1.0" model). LinkedIn lets you send private messages to other users (like an email), and it lets you pose general questions to all of the site's users or just your connections (like a discussion board). And that's pretty much the extent of its communication capabilities. (As one Windows IT Pro editor mentioned, if Facebook had the option to also have a business account, it might render LinkedIn completely obsolete, since Facebook has such superior communication tools.)
"The functionality \[in LinkedIn\] is such that you cannot approach people. This just does not work in the long run!" noted one user on Twitter, and I have to agree. The way LinkedIn works right now, you need to find connections through other means before you can reap the rewards, which is fine, but that hardly makes LinkedIn a one stop shop for business social networking.
Takeaways for IT Pros, Advice for Employers
While LinkedIn is not the social media tool for business that its often purported to be, it does have value as a fairly low-maintenance way to keep your name and information out in the ether for recruiters, friends, and potential employers to see. My advice would be to start an account as soon as you can, and build up as many valuable connections as you can. Change happens quick, and you might find yourself no longer with your current employer (by your choice or not), so it's best to build connections now and avoid an awkward approach later.
And if you're interested in doing more in-depth networking, I recommend attending industry-related tradeshows or establishing a Twitter presence. Twitter allows you to start interesting conversations, gauge industry buzz, and connect with individuals who have a strong presence in your market.
Finally, a note to employers wondering what they can do to keep their employees from being poached by recruiters on LinkedIn: create an atmosphere in your organization where employees feel comfortable enough to honestly voice their concerns and frustrations with management. If you can do this, your employees won't feel the need to find other opportunities behind your back. They'll be open and transparent about their career plans, allowing you the opportunity to fight for the staff you really want to keep and seek replacements for others proactively, so you aren't caught with your pants down. Who knows, maybe LinkedIn is the place to seek those candidates?
Want to chime in with your own thoughts and observations about LinkedIn? Send me an email or tweet.
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Brooklyn • Through his first seven years in the NBA, Marvin Williams didn't know what it was like to play without Joe Johnson next to his side.
Johnson was traded in 2005 to Atlanta, the same summer the Hawks drafted Williams, who came out of the University of North Carolina after his freshman year.
This season, Williams' first with the Jazz, he has found out.
Last summer the Hawks traded Williams to the Jazz for Devin Harris, and shipped Johnson to Brooklyn, giving former Jazz point guard Deron Williams a dynamic new wing man.
On Tuesday, they connected again.
"Getting a chance to play against him now, it will somewhat be like practice," Johnson said prior to the Jazz's game against the Nets at Barclays Center, the first time the two competed against each other as professionals.
"There have been a few times," Marvin Williams said, "mainly in training camps when we competed in practice, but mostly we've been on the same team over the last seven years."
Reflecting on their time together, Williams said, "That team in Atlanta was really fun."
Although Johnson is third on the Nets with 16.8 points per game, he has fallen into place with his new team more quickly than has Williams.
Williams averages 9.7 points per game (his career low was 8.5 as a rookie 2005-06), and has largely relied on 3-point shots to get his points. More than one-third of his shots (59 of 164) entering Tuesday's game had been 3-pointers, although he shoots just 35 percent on 3s.
Watching and being around Johnson, Williams said, made him a better professional.
"Just to see the hours he puts in before practice or after practice," Williams said, "really kind of showed me what it takes to stick around in this league."
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Jamaal Tinsley knew the team bus wasn't going in the right direction.
So the backup Jazz point guard, who wears No. 6, did what any native New Yorker would do: He yelled at the driver.
"He was kind of lost," Tinsley said. "He made two left two turns the wrong way, then two right turns."
The Jazz were on their way to the team hotel from Newark Liberty International Airport, and Tinsley's 9-year-old son, Jamaal Jr., was waiting for him at the hotel.
My son was excited to see me," Tinsley said. "... I knew we weren't going in the right direction, so I was just trying to help him out."
Ten years into his career, Tinsley on Tuesday finally played his first game in his hometown. Then Nets moved across the river into New York this season after being based in New Jersey since 1976.
Tinsley scored his first basket in a sanctioned game in Brooklyn since who knows with 10:33 left in the second quarter when he stripped the ball from the Nets' Andray Blatch and converted a layup on the other end. The basket tied at 26 a game that held special significance for Tinsley.
Tinsley was clearly moved by the experience. Of Wednesday's return to Indiana, where Tinsley played his first seven seasons, he said, "It's just another game."
But Brooklyn, that was special.
Jamaal Jr. rode with the Jazz to Barclays Center, and Tinsley passed along a message to his son.
"You got to take all this in now," he remembered saying. " 'Hopefully you get a chance to do the same thing.' But I'm just trying to show him the ropes and knowing that Brooklyn came far."
Back in the gym
Former Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan received another honor last weekend one that hit close to home.
The gymnasium at Hamilton County High School in McLeansboro, Ill., was named for Sloan, a former star with the Chicago Bulls who was head coach of the Utah Jazz for 23 seasons. A McLeansboro native, he was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.
Sloan was honored before a game at the high school on Saturday night, a Southern Illinoisan newspaper reported.
According to the newspaper, Jerry Sloan said, "... I didn't think I deserved to be here. I thought this would be something for somebody else."
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Hah! I can't believe I see that last sentence coming from you. lol So you do like Fed after all!
Hey, lets not get carried away here. He does have a graceful game, I will give him that, but I still can't stand him personally.
Hmm, Fed isn't Mark's cup of tea. lol
I just don't like his arrogance. There isn't a humble bone in his body.
Yeah, he says some things which make you go, "Really?"
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Collection of Purdue Diplomas, 1879-1913 | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
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Scope and Contents: The Collection of Purdue Diplomas documents bachelor of science degrees awarded at Purdue University during the early part of the university's history. Some of the diplomas are awarded to specific alumni; others are blank. Types of materials include: diplomas. The Diplomas are organized chronologically.


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Baghdad: Iraqi officials say a wave of car bombs, mainly targeting markets in and near Baghdad, has killed 20 people and wounded dozens.
Police officials say the deadliest among today`s attacks came before sunset, when a car bomb exploded near a market in Baghdad`s southeastern suburbs of Nahrwan. That attack killed six people and wounded 17.
Later, car bombs exploded in markets and busy streets in different parts of Baghdad and near the Iraqi capital, killing a total of 14 people and wounding scores.
Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to the media.
Violence has been on the rise in Iraq this year amid political and sectarian tensions.


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Art Hack Day in Brooklyn at the 319 Scholes gallery! Participants will be using the Thing-O-Matic throughout the week, from Thursday, January 26th through Saturday, January 28th, to work on their projects. We'll also be bringing The Replicator by for a few key appearances! Art Hack Day is an event dedicated to cracking open the process of art-making, with special reverence toward open-source technologies. Artists and collaborators will inhabit 319 Scholes to create and explore the participatory nature of technology, bringing together hackers whose medium is art and artists whose medium is technology. At the close of the hackathon, a giant party will be held at 319 Scholes to show off participant's creations! The party will be open to the public, starting at 7 p.m. If you'd like to attend, please RSVP here. The party will be one of the first opportunities for New Yorkers to be able to see the new MakerBot Replicator live and in the flesh! Stop by and say hi!


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Back in 1988, Futures did a special issue profiling those who had impacted the industry. I was lucky enough to interview Henry Jarecki, who was famous for running the Mocatta Group. He also was infamous as a key board member at Comex when the Hunt brothers tried to corner the silver marketin 1979-1980. Jarecki went through the events leading up to and through when the decision was made to change the margin and limits and basically break the Hunt brothers. I noted that some people wondered if the board moves had been fair. Jarecki, not one to mince words, said it was an "articulated obligation" of the markets to prevent corners and the exchange had to use any tools it had to do that and survive. "Of course they will," he said. "Anyone who would imagine they wouldn't must be naïve."
Although Jarecki was speaking of Comex, I remembered that comment as I went through our special coverage in this issue on the MF Global failure, a one-year-later retrospective. Although it seems MF Global couldn't save itself or its customers, it's apparent that it put the creditors and executives first. That certainly is a perversion of what Jarecki and the Comex board were doing to save the exchange and perhaps their own companies and customers from the excesses of the Hunt brothers, but it somehow applies to what Jon Corzine and his cronies did to save themselves and the creditors.
I'm the first to pooh-pooh conspiracy theories as I just don't give government or business credit for being that clever or clandestine to pull off a conspiracy to a large extent. People talk, leaks happen and what you end up with is Watergate.
But I do believe in smart lawyering and clever maneuvering. And in reviewing the events around the MF Global bankruptcy, it appears everyone moved faster than the brokerage entity, which no one seemed to be protecting. The result was seg funds were used where they shouldn't have been, and futures customers were left without their money, some still waiting for it to be returned even today.
We've been told the bankruptcy confusion really was because of missing money, which of course is true. But it was compounded by some fancy lawyer tricks — putting the parent company into Chapter 11, moving the brokerage arm under SIPC — and the regulators, especially the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), being so entrenched in Wall Street that they forgot their duty to those they were supposed to protect or the market they were to oversee. It's truly a story of greed, hubris and incompetence. And the result is it put the futures industry into a tailspin from which it still hasn't emerged.
In this issue, we explore the moves that seemed to complicate the bankruptcy process in "MF Global's original sin," as well as where customer money stands today ("Where's the money?"). We also review checkered behavior in "Rogue CEOs and absent regulators: Is there a pattern?" And because of the issues with both MF Global and PFG, we provide a guide in "Spotting broker red flags." Finally folks, there is hope: We review what actions the industry has taken since MF Global to enhance protection of client money and to prevent any more missing seg fund moments in "Restoring confidence in a post-MF Global world." We also interviewed Dan Roth, president and CEO of the National Futures Association, which was the self-regulatory organization for PFG. He provides some insights on changes adopted, and he's also something that CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler never was: Contrite. Roth admits his agency dropped the ball on PFG.
There have been a lot of changes since that Halloween bankruptcy. We can't fit it all in our print edition, but check out our website for more in-depth content, including first-person accounts from some impacted by the MF Global fallout and industry vet insights. It's been a dark year for the futures industry, but hopefully customers will get their money back soon, and yes, people will go to jail. As Roth noted, justice in white collar crime takes longer, but it usually happens, typically just before the statute of limitations runs out.


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During MSNBC's "The Cycle" on Friday, co-host Toure celebrated the 40th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision to legalize abortion by telling the story of when he and an old girlfriend decided to have an abortion 15 years ago.
"In some ways that choice saved my life," Toure said.
He said he was extremely thankful abortion was an option because wasn't ready to be a dad and going through with the pregnancy would have just made "a mess of three lives" because she "wasn't the one."
"I thank God and country that when I fell into a bad situation, abortion was there to save me and keep me on a path toward building a strong family I have now. And I pray that safety net stays in place," Toure said.
Being able to choose to have an abortion makes for a "stronger America," he concluded.
Watch the clip via MSNBC below:
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