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Study: Prison Inmate Intelligence Influences Misconduct
Doctoral Student's Research Links IQ with Propensity Toward Violence in Incarceration
A prison inmate's IQ, as well as the average IQ of a prison unit, can play a role in predicting violent prison misconduct, according to a recently published UT Dallas study.
Doctoral student Brie Diamond's research has been published in the academic journal Intelligence.
The study, featured in the latest issue of the academic journal Intelligence, is a rare examinination of the relationship between intelligence and violent misconduct in prison. Previous research has shown the link between IQ and crime in society. UT Dallas doctoral student, Brie Diamond, led the study, which is co-authored by UT Dallas criminologists Dr. Robert Morris and Dr. J.C. Barnes, who teach in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences.
Using a multi-level modeling approach, the researchers analyzed three years of incarceration from a random sample of 2,500 male inmates across 30 prison units who entered prison between August 2004 and June 2006. The researchers looked at whether an inmate was reported for violent behavior against another inmate or against a prison staff member, resulting in at least a minor injury.
The findings show that inmates with above average IQs were at a reduced risk of being involved in a violent incident and individuals assigned to units with a higher average IQ score were significantly less likely to commit violent behavior.
Diamond, who is earning a Ph.D. in criminology, said an individual's IQ captures the ability to navigate a social environment in addition to assessing academic capabilities.
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Dr. Robert Morris
"It's not too surprising then that people who are deficient in these regards would be more prone to respond physically and lack an advanced repertoire for handling situations," she said.
Diamond said the findings could help prison officials better understand how the average IQ of a prison unit has an effect on prison violence. It is a factor that officials could take into account when classifying inmates.
"What's important about these findings from a research perspective is that we've isolated yet another piece of the puzzle as far as what leads to misconduct. So in the future, researchers looking into violence should control for cognitive ability," she said.
Morris said the findings regarding the collective IQ of a prison unit was perhaps the most interesting part of the study.
"We definitely don't understand the entire package as far as how IQ explains the process leading to an inmate engaging in misbehavior," Morris said. "It's more about IQ playing a role, and that it's not only about a particular person's IQ, but it's about collective IQ in an environment of confinement."
Morris said it's a tremendous accomplishment for a graduate student such as Diamond to get her work published in a prestigious journal.
"It is rare," he said. "It's pretty exciting for a criminologist to get a publication in Intelligence. It's a big deal."
Diamond said she was shocked and excited when she learned that Intelligence had accepted the paper.
"I honestly danced around my kitchen," she said. "The impact factor for the journal is high compared to similar journals."
Diamond earned her bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in criminal justice from UT Dallas, as well her master's degree in criminology. She plans to work as a professor following the completion of her doctoral degree in May 2013.
Media Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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Aligning the Largest Providers of Ski Vacations in North and South America
Aspen, Colo. – September 3, 2013 – Ski.com (www.ski.com) today announced a new joint venture with Maktour (www.ski.com.br and www.maktour.com.br), one of the largest travel companies in Brazil and the country's leading seller of ski vacations. Through this new relationship, Maktour will integrate Ski.com's proprietary booking engine into its travel websites and provide users access to Ski.com's industry-leading inventory of hotels, condominiums, private homes, lift tickets, flights, ground transportation, rental equipment and more at 100-plus resorts in the United States, Canada, Europe and South America. Maktour's 200 travel consultants based in Brazil and Argentina will also be able to offer their phone customers Ski.com's full inventory of products and, when it's time to book, they will use Ski.com's proprietary reservations software to make the transaction.
Brazil continues to be a very important emerging market for most ski resort destinations worldwide and projections point to further growth. According to the June 2013 U.S. Travel Forecast published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, travel to the U.S. from Brazil is expected to grow 66 percent between 2013 and 2018. Brazil has also risen to 12th place in the ranking of international travel spending according to the ITB World Travel Trends Report (December 2012).
"We have been working on this relationship with Maktour for quite some time, and we're extremely excited to share the news with our international community of suppliers and vendors," said Harry Peisach, president and CEO of Ski.com. "Forming this joint venture with such a strong Brazilian travel company signifies our forward-thinking method of expanding Ski.com globally, and we look forward to growing this market significantly for each of our more than 100 ski resort destinations worldwide."
"When it comes to inventory, technology and business savvy, Ski.com is well known as the leader in the ski travel industry," said Marcus Di Tommaso, director of travel and tourism at Maktour. "Having access to Ski.com's technologies will completely change how we do business in Brazil. In addition to adding online booking functionality to our websites, we are expanding our inventory of ski destinations worldwide, which our customers will surely find valuable."
Maktour will also use Ski.com's technology to service its extensive network of travel agent clients. Through systems Ski.com already uses on its travel agent website, www.sellskivacations.com, travel agents in Brazil will be able to research, book and confirm commissionable ski vacations online for their customers with Maktour.
About Ski.com
Headquartered in Aspen, Colo., Ski.com is the largest provider of mountain travel in North America and a leading developer of travel-related booking and reservations software. Ski.com is the only travel company specializing in mountain destinations to offer the unsurpassed first-hand knowledge and experience needed to present travelers the most options at the best value. The company has the largest mountain lodging inventory, offers the most ski-related package components in the travel industry and customizes complete vacations to 100 of the most popular resorts in the United States, Canada, Europe and South America.
About Maktour
Maktour is a Brazilian tour operator specializing in tailor-made vacations for groups and the individual traveler. For over 25 years Maktour has focused on offering unique experiences in destinations throughout the world. With 16 offices in Brazil and Argentina, the team of more than 200 dedicated travel consultants guide each client, creating and planning exclusive, tailor-made vacations for every taste and interest. Maktour is committed to offering a diversity of products through strong partnerships with suppliers worldwide: a philosophy which has turned Maktour into one of the largest tourism operators in Brazil. The company has an extensive product portfolio including skiing resorts, luxury cruises, resorts in Brazil among others.

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Olamic Cutlery | Rainmaker
The Rainmaker was the second folding knife model to come out of Olamic Cutlery California shop. Released in May 2015 its first run was only about 100 pieces. Designed by Alexander Birykov, the idea was to have a straight knife but with character. Its slim handle carries well in the pocket and efficiently hides a hefty 4.125" blade. For the first run Olamic used an interesting Nitrogen-based steel called Z-Finit and then switched to Carpenter's M390 powder metals. Each knife has a unique serial number on the inside of the backspacer.
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- Overall Length: 9.77" (248mm)
- Closed Length: 5.52" (140mm)
- Blade Length: 4.18" (106mm)
- Blade Thickness: 0.146" (3.7mm)
- Blade Steel: Bohler M390
- Blade Finish: Satin
- Blade Style: Harpoon
- Edge Style: Plain
- Handle Material: 3-Hole Pattern Dark Blasted Titanium - Black Timascus Inlay - Blue Accents
- Handle Thickness: 0.65" (16.5mm)
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Sampling began May 13 for the 2019 recreation season to coincide with DNR's opening of the swimming beaches on Memorial Day weekend and will end the week of August 26th in advance of Labor Day weekend. IDEM samples for blue-green algae and analyzes those samples for the type and quantity of blue-green algae present and for the following toxins which may be produced by certain types of blue-green algae: microcystin, cylindrospermopsin (only done if species that produce it are present),anatoxin-a, and saxitoxin. For protection of human health from exposure to the algae and any of the toxins, cyanobacteria will be compared to the World Health Organization (WHO), United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Ohio Department of Health (ODH) guidelines. WHO guidelines recommend using an action level of 100,000 cells/ml of cyanobacteria to post recreational advisory signs. For cyanotoxin exposure for dogs, the California Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has developed action levels for microcystin, anatoxin-a and cylindrospermopsin. The Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division has set an action level for saxitoxin. A warning to dog owners using the Fort Harrison State Park Dog Park Lake will occur whenever any cyanotoxins are detected, and the lake will be closed to dogs if levels in the table below are met.
Exact cell counts and toxin levels can be found in the Test Results section of the web site. Swimming areas will stay on the High Cell Count Alert until the cell counts fall below 100,000.
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- Hardy Lake - Hardy Lake SRA
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Obama's day: News conference at 2 p.m.
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President Obama will hold a news conference Friday afternoon, the last day of his year in Washington.
The president and his family are scheduled to leave early Friday evening for their annual end-of-the-year trip to Hawaii. They are not expected to return to the White House until the first weekend of January 2014.
Obama's news conference -- which should include many end-of-the-year type of questions -- is scheduled for 2 p.m.
Among the likely topics: The new health care law, the budget and debt ceiling, the president's plunging approval ratings and relations with congressional Republicans.


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Great race against time
National museum celebrates 150th anniversary of Pony Express
Jason Jenkins
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Long before letter carriers vowed that "neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night" would keep them from completing their appointed rounds, another breed of postman streaked across the American West atop a galloping steed.
These young men, in the employ of the Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Company, raced against time and terrain, enduring thunderstorms and tornadoes, blizzards and bison stampedes — even hostile American Indians. Across prairies, plains, mountains and deserts, they vowed to meet these dangers for as little as $25 per month to ensure that the mail would be delivered.
These were the riders of the Pony Express.
From April 1860 to October 1861, the Pony Express provided the fastest means of communication between the East and the West. It was vital for tying California closely with the Union just before a growing secessionist movement in the South led to the Civil War.
Though it only would last about 18 months, few ventures have captured the American imagination like the Pony Express. During the first weekend in April, the Pony Express National Museum in St. Joseph will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the start of one of the greatest adventures in Western lore.
"That's probably the thing that surprises people, how brief of a time the Pony Express was around," says Cindy Daffron, director of development for the Pony Express National Museum in St. Joseph. "They say, 'I had no idea. I thought it lasted a long time.' While is was a brief, it has carried on in history as this great adventure."
A lack of timely communication with the East was becoming a greater issue as more and more pioneers emigrated to California and the West Coast population grew. Whether by steam ship traveling around South America or by wagon train or stagecoach, information moved too slowly. In 1856, for example, it took nearly four weeks for news of President James Buchanan's election to reach Sacramento. The federal government was seeking solutions.
"So these three entrepreneurs, William Russell, Alexander Majors and William Waddell — we call them the risk takers — formed the Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Company, which became known simply as the Pony Express," explains Cindy. "Sen. William Gwin of California proposed the idea to Russell, who convinced his partners that if successful, their firm would receive a large federal mail contract."
From late January to April 1860, the men set about constructing and equipping stations along the planned route of nearly 2,000 miles. They purchased as many as 500 horses and hired 200 men as station keepers, stock tenders and most importantly, Pony Express riders.
The Express consisted of a relay of men and horses. About 160 stations were spaced anywhere from 9 to 15 miles apart along the trail. At each station, the rider would have two minutes to transfer to a fresh horse, taking only the mail pouch, or "mochila," with him. After 10 to 12 hours of continuous riding, a fresh man would take the mochila at each home station, which were 75 to 100 miles apart.
The goal was to deliver the mail from St. Joseph to Sacramento in 10 days in the summer and in 12 to 16 days in the winter. To ensure a speedy horse, Pony Express riders could weigh no more than 125 pounds. They could carry up to 20 pounds of mail.
"What I find interesting is that it was often children who rode," Cindy says, adding that the youngest documented substitute Pony Express rider was 11 years old, though most were in their late teens and early 20s. "These weren't necessarily adults who were out trying to raise a family. These were just kids out doing their thing."
At 7:15 p.m., April 3, 1860, 19-year-old Pony Express rider Johnny Fry left the Pike's Peak Stables in St. Joseph carrying 49 letters, 5 private telegrams and newspapers destined for Sacramento. The mochila would be safely delivered to Sacramento 10 days later on April 13. Today, the stables house the national museum.
The Pony Express ran weekly for 10 weeks until June 1860 when twice-weekly delivery was established. Cost to send a letter was an expensive $5 per half-ounce at first, but was lowered to $1 per half-ounce in July 1861 when a new lightweight paper was developed.
Though its run was brief, the Pony Express played a pivotal role in American history. It likely helped the United States retain California as the threat of civil war loomed. In March 1861, the service delivered President Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address to the West Coast in a record 7 days, 17 hours, providing Californians with the information they needed to remain loyal to the Union.
While financial woes seemingly would have caused the endeavor's demise, the completion of a new transcontinental telegraph line on Oct. 24, 1861, made the Pony Express obsolete overnight. Two days later, the Pony Express ceased operations. An editorial titled, "Farewell Pony!," published in the The Daily Bee in Sacramento lamented the end:
"Farewell and forever, thou staunch wilderness-overcoming, swift-footed messenger! For the good thou hast done we praise thee; and, having run thy race, and accomplished all that was hoped for and expected, we can part with thy services without regret, because, and only because, in the progress of the age, in the advance of science and by the enterprise of capital, thou has been superseded by a more subtle, active, but no more faithful, public servant."
In total during its 18 months of operation, the Pony Express delivered almost 35,000 letters. More importantly, though, it brought a young nation closer together during a difficult time. Letter mail would not travel as fast across the country until the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869.
"Yes, you could say the Pony Express failed, at least the business part of it. They lost lots of money," Cindy says. "But, if you look at what they did, if you look at the dedication and commitment, the pure adventure, that part was a resounding success."
Thursday, April 1:
• Buffalo Bill look-alike contest
• Chuck wagon dinner
Friday, April 2:
• Pony School groundbreaking
• Re-enactments
• Patron's dinner
Saturday, April 3:
• Re-rides to and from St. Joseph
• Pony Express Bridle and Saddle Parade
• Re-enactments
• Johnny Fry ride
• Michael Martin Murphy concert
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Hamden woman, her turtles to appear on NGW's 'Spoiled Rotten Pets'
HAMDEN -- Slow and steady doesn't just win you the race. If you're Diane Petrillo Greene, the Tortoise Lady, it also gets you on national TV.
Greene, who has been rescuing exotic tortoises and turtles for decades, will be featured at 9:30 p.m. Saturday on the Nat Geo Wild channel's "Spoiled Rotten Pets" TV show. She's even having a viewing party at Hamden's Side Street Grille.
"I think they're adorable," Greene, who works as a psychiatric nurse for the state Department of Mental Health, said of her 17 shell-covered pets. "They don't have the capacity to form a facial expression, but they do. They know who feeds them. They were on this planet before we were, and they're still here."
A film crew from "Spoiled Rotten Pets" spent the day with Greene and her menagerie last year. Cameras rolled as Greene hosted a Sunday brunch in her tranquil back yard; they also followed Greene on her regular excursion to the North Haven Agway with Petey, a 20-year-old leopard tortoise.
"He accompanies me to lots of places," Greene said. "I take him to All Pets Club. He likes to look at the fish there."
This is not some casual dalliance with the tortoise and turtle kingdom. It is a deep and fulfilling commitment. Greene has been keeping them since childhood, when her mom would take her to a local department store to buy turtles.
As she grew older, her dad used to joke that she'd never find a man until she gave her tortoises the heave-ho. He'll be in the TV segment, too, along with Greene's boyfriend.
"It was fun," Greene said of being on camera. "They were looking for people who spoil their pets. I think some of the other ones in the series are a duck and potbellied pigs."
She laughed and said her segment is probably the most sedate of the bunch. "I might sing to my tortoises and kiss them, but I don't paint their nails or dress them up," she said.
Greene is a long-standing member of the New York Turtle and Tortoise Society, an international, nonprofit organization. Through that group, she has helped take in any number of animals whose owners have abandoned or abused them. That's in addition to the often brutal conditions some animals endure when they are brought to the U.S. from distant places around the world.
Among Greene's current crop are three leopard tortoises, four Hingebacks, three Jordanian Spur-Thighs, a Turkish Spur-Thigh and a pair of Russian tortoises named Fat Betty and Norman.
"Oh, the boys are getting ready to rumble," Greene said, stepping onto the porch that she remodeled into a turtle and tortoise habitat. She pointed to a pair of tortoises that were staring each other down, just inches apart.
"They've been fighting all winter," Greene explained.
This room was specially insulated and outfitted with heat lamps and other lighting to make the animals comfortable. Greene buys sterilized cypress mulch from Seattle for them to walk upon, and the room is filled with plants, rocks and pieces of tree bark. In warm weather, she takes them outside to roam in enclosed pens.
She feeds them escarole, chicory, dandelions, tomatoes and corn on the cob which they devour.
In a way, this weekend's TV appearance is something of a victory for Greene. Back in the 1990s, she tried to interest the folks at David Letterman's TV show in her tortoises.
"They thought we were crazy," Greene said.
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Chick list: Forget old status symbols
Hey, all you women! Looking for a way to look good at a party? Forget bragging rights to a house with a picket fence. Forget a plastic-surgeried body that defies gravity. Here are the status symbols for a new generation:
1. A flexible job. This is practically a prerequisite for successfully balancing work and personal life. Ironically, most of these jobs come from years of conniving and strategizing under the guise of being a power-mongering ladder-climber. After all, most companies do not capitulate to flexibility until they have fallen in love with you for your performance and ambition.
2. An awesome nanny. Everyone brags about the nanny, because if you don't think your nanny's great, how can you leave your kids with her?
But most nannies are not that great. Here's what a status-symbol nanny looks like: She never calls in sick, she can plan and execute a dinner without your input, she doesn't berate you when your kid has a cut from falling off the bed while in your care. And longevity counts– if you can keep a nanny for more than two years, the implication is that you're a great manager.
3. A competent husband. House competent, that is. Delegate everything you can to your assistant. But some things would be heartless to delegate, like choosing a birthday present for your nine-year-old son. This is where a husband comes in. What if your husband knows so much about your kids that he not only remembers the birthday and decides what to buy, but also makes time to forage for it in the stores? That's real competence.
When it comes to a status symbol husband, you confer more than delegate, and you make time in your lives for taking care of your home life. If you find this kind of husband, women will drool over him as if he were the captain of the high school football team.
4. A caffeine-free life. Sure, a lot of women do this during pregnancy, but as soon as the baby pops out, the caffeine ramps up. I don't know any non-pregnant woman who works in business and has kids and abstains from caffeine. Except for Sallie Krawheck, chief financial officer of Citigroup. I don't know how she does it, but she somehow seems stable and organized.
I tell this to myself every night at 9pm, which is when I have to get ready for bed in order to get eight hours of sleep and wake up with my son at 5:30am. But there's always one more very important thing I haven't done. Sallie must do her very important things first thing every day. Which is what we all should do.
5. A reputation for helping. The standards for women have changed. The status symbols have changed. But all that talk of women "playing like men" is nonsense to me. Women have been helping each other forever, and now is no exception. The women we look up to are those who have a track record for figuring out how to leverage their power and resources to help other women. Give advice freely, mentor someone, share your experience at the glass ceiling so another woman can go higher. A fulfilling career requires that you give as well as receive.
There's a good reason that women brag about the stuff on this list: It's the stuff that really does affect happiness. This is a list of things that will improve your life more than a raise or a top-tier vacation. These are things that will pave the way for you to have fun during the day and rest well at night.


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The preliminary card for next month's Bellator 52 event is set.
In the featured prelim, world kickboxing champion Cosmo Alexander (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) fights veteran amateur lightweight Josh Quayhagen (0-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) in a lightweight bout.
Bellator 52 takes place Oct. 1 at L'Auberge du Lac Casino Resort in Lake Charles, La. The night's main card airs on MTV2 (and in high definition on EPIX).
The preliminary card streams worldwide on Spike.com.
Other prelims include featherweights Genair da Silva (10-4 MMA, 0-1 BFC) vs. Bryan Goldsby (13-14 MMA, 1-2 BFC) and light heavyweights Matt Van Buren (3-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) vs. Nick Nichols (5-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC).
In heavyweight action, Josh Burns (6-4 MMA, 0-1 BFC) takes on "The Ultimate Fighter 10" cast member Zak Jensen (10-7 MMA, 0-1 BFC), and Liron Wilson (9-4 MMA, 0-0 BFC) meets Justin Frazier (4-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC).
The full Bellator 52 card, which includes the opening round of Bellator's season-five heavyweight tournament, includes:
- Mark Holata vs. Ron Sparks (heavyweight-tourney opening round)
- Neil Grove vs. Mike Hayes (heavyweight-tourney opening round)
- Blagoi Ivanov vs. Thiago Santos (heavyweight-tourney opening round)
- Eric Prindle vs. Abe Wagner (heavyweight-tourney opening round)
PRELIMINARY CARD (Spike.com)
- Cosmo Alexander vs. Josh Quayhagen
- Genair da Silva vs. Bryan Goldsby
- Nick
Nichols vs. Matt Van Buren
- Josh Burns vs. Zak Jensen
- Justin Frazier vs. Liron Wilson
For more on Bellator 52, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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?Both Taylor Swift and Kanye West are set to perform on Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, a source tells PEOPLE. But the stars are not expected to share the stage during the ceremony at L.A.'s Nokia Theater.
While West's performance was announced last month, Swift's appearance was set to be a surprise. Other previously announced performers include Drake and Usher.
The two made headlines when West infamously interrupted Swift's acceptance speech as she attempted to collect her best female video trophy at 2009's ceremony. (West thought the award should have gone to Beyoncé.)
Weeks before the ceremony, this year's host, Chelsea Handler, said she'd love to reunite the pair on the show. "We've never really seen them together since then," she said.
West has subsequently apologized to Swift, and even Tweeted that he had written her a song, "that's so beautiful and I want her to have it." ?
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February 24, 2015 (The Washington post) U.S. military combat vehicles paraded Wednesday through an Estonian city that juts into Russia, a symbolic act that highlighted the stakes for both sides amid the worst tensions between the West and Russia since the Cold War. The armored personnel carriers and other U.S. Army vehicles that rolled through the streets of Narva, a border city separated by a narrow frontier from Russia, were a dramatic reminder of the new military confrontation in Eastern Europe. The soldiers from the U.S. Army's Second Cavalry Regiment were taking part in a military parade to mark Estonia's Independence Day. Narva is a vulnerable border city separated by a river from Russia. It has often been cited as a potential target for the Kremlin if it wanted to escalate its conflict with the West onto NATO territory.
Russia has long complained bitterly about NATO expansion, saying that the Cold War defense alliance was a major security threat as it drew closer to Russia's borders. The anger grew especially passionate after the Baltic states joined in 2004, and Russian President Vladimir Putin cited fears that Ukraine would join NATO when he annexed the Crimean Peninsula in March last year.
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This was published 6 years ago
The mining boom: How the nation spent the windfall
The mining boom delivered Australians a once-in-a-century windfall. So how did we spend it?
New modelling published by the Reserve Bank shows the mining boom triggered a binge on new cars. Purchases of motor vehicles were 30 per cent higher than they otherwise would have been as a result of the boom. The boom has also underpinned a glut of spending on household items such as furniture, whitegoods, TVs, cameras and computers. Purchases in that category – called "durable goods" by economists – were 20 per cent higher than what would have been the case if there was no boom.
There are two main factors driving these trends. First, the boom boosted our incomes. The bank's modelling shows household disposable income per person was 13 per cent higher last year than if there had been no mining boom. Second, the surge in demand for Australian minerals pushed up the exchange rate, making imported goods such as cars, TVs and computers cheaper for local consumers.
The analysis shows the effects of the mining boom left motor vehicle prices more than 15 per cent lower than they otherwise would have been and prices for durable goods such as furniture, whitegoods and electronic gadgets about 11 per cent lower.
"We find that the mining boom has substantially increased Australian living standards," said the Reserve Bank research discussion paper, titled The Effect of the Mining Boom on the Australian Economy, written by economists Peter Downes, Kevin Anslow and Peter Tulip.
But we didn't just spend the boom windfall on cars and household gadgets. It drove a 20 per cent lift in food purchases and an 8 per cent boost in purchases of communications services, such as internet and telephone use, the paper says. The splurge on new cars meant we also spend more on running them – the Reserve Bank estimates purchases related to "operating of motor vehicles", mostly petrol, was about 5 per cent higher than it would have been without the boom.
The researchers found the boom has lowered unemployment by about 1.25 percentage points and that higher household income had stoked demand for housing. This has helped push up property values, although interest rates have also been higher than they otherwise would have been.
Renters have not fared so well out of the boom because it led to a substantial reduction in vacancy rates and a sharp rise in rents.
"Although high rents and house prices encourage housing construction, these effects are more than offset by higher interest rates after 2009 (relative to the counterfactual) ... which depressed dwelling investment," the paper said. "So despite strong demand, the supply of housing contracts, compounding the downward pressure on vacancies and upward pressure on rents."


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Struggling Sunderland have recalled striker Connor Wickham from his loan spell at Leeds as head coach Gus Poyet searches desperately for firepower.
The 20-year-old completed a temporary move to Elland Road last month, but the Black Cats have confirmed he is heading back to Wearside and available for Wednesday night's tough Barclays Premier League trip to Liverpool.
His return comes with loan signing Fabio Borini ineligible to play against his parent club, Steven Fletcher awaiting news of his ankle injury and summer signing Jozy Altidore out of form.
A club spokesman said: "Striker Connor Wickham is to return to Sunderland after being recalled from his loan spell with Championship side Leeds United.
"The 20-year-old will be available for the Black Cats' trip to Anfield on Wednesday evening, with on-loan Liverpool striker Fabio Borini unable to face his parent club due to league rules."
Wickham, who joined Sunderland from Ipswich for an initial £8.1million in June 2011, has found himself a peripheral figure for much of his time to date at the Stadium of Light.
However, he scored eight goals in 11 appearances for Sky Bet Championship Sheffield Wednesday on loan during the first half of the campaign, although he has not registered in five games for Leeds.


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A couple of years ago, I was in Fayetteville, Ark., having dinner with a few folks including two of the loveliest people I know, Gen and Frank Broyles.
Now if you're a college football fan, you'll know whom the legendary Frank Broyles is. For those of you who don't, he was a titan of football while reigning as head coach for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks for 40 years and leading them to a national championship.
He is from a bygone era when college coaches became legends by staying put at one institution and building phenomenal programs. He was in the pack of greats that included Alabama's Bear Bryant, Georgia's Vince Dooley, Auburn's Shug Jordan, Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd and Ole Miss' Johnny Vaught.
Those days are sadly gone, though, because over anxious fans will rarely allow a coach a losing season without shipping him out and shipping in some new hoped-for better thing.
Anyway, Coach Broyles, also the long-time athletic director, comes from that crop of greats. And like them - at the least the ones I have known, like Dooley and Dodd - he is a door-holding, chair-pulling-out, well-mannered Southern man.
But he does have one fault, and it's not his fault alone. All men tend to have it.
While we were dining that night, I noticed a man come in with a group of people. He was wearing a fedora and driving a motorized chair scooter. He looked so familiar but I couldn't pin him down. I kept glancing over at him but wasn't able to place him.
Coach Broyles, who was sitting directly across from me, gently rose to his feet at one point. "Excuse me for a moment, please," he said and left the table. He went straight to the gentleman on the scooter, shook his hand and they talked at length, both men smiling, obviously happy to see each other.
When Coach Broyles returned and took his seat, I leaned across the table. "Coach, who is that man? He looks so familiar."
He smiled. "That's Paul Prudhomme. I met him through the work I've done with Alzheimer's."
I did a double take. "That's Paul Prudhomme? He's so thin!" Anyone who has ever watched the New Orleans' renowned chef knows he was always of substantial girth.
He nodded. "He's lost a lot of weight."
"What's he doing here in Fayetteville?" I asked. I couldn't imagine why New Orleans had come to Arkansas.
He shook his head. "I don't know. I didn't ask."
OK, there's the flaw. Men aren't nosy enough.
"You didn't ask!" I exclaimed. "You went all the way over there to talk to him and didn't ask why he's here?"
He shook his head. It hadn't even occurred to him to ask.
"Well," I continued, "That's what we get for sending a man to do a woman's job. A woman would have come back with all the details. No stone would have been left unturned."
Coach Broyles and Miss Gen, who find me entertaining, threw back their heads and laughed.
"Seriously," I replied. "It's no laughing matter. You men should be better at these things."
When the Prudhomme party stood up to depart, a tall, lovely woman came over to the table to speak to Miss Gen. It was Prudhomme's wife. After a few courtesies and introductions, Miss Gen barreled right in.
"What are y'all doing here in Fayetteville?" she asked.
Mrs. Prudhomme explained that they had business with Sam's Club and Walmart, which was headquartered in nearby Bentonville. I smiled proudly. Miss Gen was pitch perfect. When the lovely Mrs. Prudhomme had departed, I raised an eyebrow and threw a forefinger in the coach's direction.
"Now, that is how it's done. Stick with us and we'll teach you."
He grinned and shook his head. "Some things," he drawled beautifully, "are best left to you ladies."
Yeah, that's really what I was thinking, too.
Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should). Visit www.rondarich.com to sign up for her weekly newsletter.


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The Federal Communications Commission's main sparring partner in the realm of network management has sent the agency a polite but chilly refutation of its suggestion that the company may allow its own VoIP service an advantage over others running through its pipes. Comcast says that the ISP giant doesn't give its Digital Voice product (CDV) "disparate" treatment over its High-Speed Internet (HSI) lines, because it doesn't route the application through those lines.
"CDV is a service separate from Comcast's HSI service; it does not run
over Comcast's HSI service," Comcast Vice President Kathryn A. Zachem
wrote to the Commission on January 30.
As Ars Technica has reported, the FCC has shifted its focus from the cable company's network management practices to how it handles the many VoIP services running through its system. In mid-January the agency sent a letter to Comcast, asking it to justify its "disparate treatment of its own VoIP service as compared to that offered by other VoIP providers on its network."
The missive observed that Comcast's own explanation of its new network management techniques discloses that, when the system is trying to manage congestion, a VoIP call might sound "choppy." This potential choppiness stands in contrast to Comcast's own VoIP product, a difference that Comcast explains on its FAQ Network Management page. CDV is a "separate facilities-based IP phone service," Comcast notes, and "is not affected" by the new network management techniques.
We seek clarification, the FCC informed Comcast, on why the company has not clarified "the distinct effects that Comcast's new network management technique has on Comcast's VoIP offering versus those of its competitors."
What part of "separate" don't you understand?
But Comcast responds that it is precisely the separateness of its VoIP service that exonerates the company from the charge that it gives CDV a disparate boost. Yes, like Vonage and Skype, CDV is an IP-enabled service. But unlike them, it doesn't run "over the top" of Comcast's high speed Internet lines. In fact, Comcast customers don't need to subscribe to its HSI service to get CDV, Zachem explains, "and Comcast does not route those CDV customers' traffic over the public Internet."
The letter also implies that Comcast doesn't see its CDV service competing with other VoIP providers so much as against the "dominant local Bell telephone companies." In fact, Comcast notes, the company has been working with Vonage on network congestion problems.
Yet even though Comcast concedes that it is competing with telcos, its response takes exception to the second half of the FCC letter, which suggests that CDV may be a telecommunications service, and thus potentially subject "to the same intercarrier compensation obligations applicable to other facilities-based telecommunications carriers."
No, no, no, Comcast insists, invoking the FCC's own 2002 Cable Modem decision, which classifies cable as an "information" rather than a telecommunications service. "Although the transmission of information to and from... computers may constitute 'telecommunications,' that transmission is not necessarily a separate 'telecommunications service'," the agency's still controversial Order declared.
"We hope this letter clarifies the 'apparent discrepancy' you perceived," Comcast's cool response concludes, "as well as the related questions in your letter."
This answer, however, is not routing to an FCC run by Kevin Martin, who voted for the Cable Modem decision, but to his successor, interim Chair Michael Copps, who voted against it.
"Today we take a gigantic leap down the road of removing core communications services from the statutory frameworks established by Congress," Copps warned almost six years ago in his dissenting statement, "...and playing a game of regulatory musical chairs by moving technologies and services from one statutory definition to another." Ars suspects that Comcast's letter is not the last word in this fight.


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Talking with healthcare providers about cancer can be overwhelming. It can be hard to take in all of the information. It helps to be prepared. Make a list of questions and bring them to your appointments. Write the answers down in a notebook. Make sure you ask how the treatment will change your daily life, including your diet, and how you will look and feel after treatment. Ask how successful the treatment is expected to be, and what the risks and possible side effects are.
You may also want to ask a friend or family member to go with you. He or she can take notes and write down the answers, and also ask questions you may not think of. You can also ask your healthcare provider if you can record the conversation.
Below are some questions to ask during your appointments.
What is the stage of my cancer?
Has the cancer spread anywhere else in my body?
What are the treatment choices?
Do I need to be treated right away?
What treatments do you think are best for me and why?
What treatments do you think are not for me and why?
What are the goals of the treatment you are recommending?
What is the success rate of this treatment for my stage of bile duct cancer?
Are there any clinical trials I should apply for?
Will my insurance cover these treatments?
How much will treatment cost?
What is the length of the treatment period?
How long will each treatment take?
Where do I have to go for the treatment?
Who will give me the treatment?
Does someone need to go with me during treatments?
Can I take my other medicines during treatment?
What side effects should I expect?
How long will side effects last?
Are there side effects that I need to call you about?
How do I reach you after hours and on weekends?
What can I do about these side effects?
Should I change my diet? What foods can't I eat?
Will I be able to go to work and be around my family?
Are there support groups nearby that I can join?
How will I feel after the treatment?
What type of follow-up will I need after treatment?
How will we know if treatment worked?
What are my options if the treatment doesn't work or the cancer comes back?
When you have answers from your healthcare providers, it's time to think about your preferences. Think about what side effects you can and can't tolerate. Talk about all of your concerns with your healthcare provider before making a decision about treatment.


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Kashi Single-Serve Pizzas - FINALLY, Kashi has perfectly portioned pizzas!!! And the flavors sound amazing: Greek Tzatziki (with spinach, artichokes, tomatoes, and two cheeses) and Indian Tikka Masala (with eggplant, spinach, and tomatoes). Both vegetarian friendly; both super exciting! Each pizza has 340 - 360 calories, 9g fat, 550 - 640mg sodium, 50 - 53g carbs, 6 - 7g fiber, 4 - 6g sugars, and 17 - 18g protein (PointsPlus® value 9*). At select grocery retailers nationwide. New Flavors! Progresso Light Soups - Great new options from another of our favorite companies! With temperatures falling, we'll be turning to Progresso's Light Chicken & Cheese Enchilada Flavor soup and Light Chicken Corn Chowder Flavored with Real Bacon. Each 1-cup serving has 90 - 100 calories, 2.5 - 4g fat, 660mg sodium, 12 - 18g carbs, 6 - 7g fiber, 2g sugars, and 4g protein (PointsPlus® value 2). We'll raise a spoon to that! GimMe All Natural Roasted Seaweed Snacks in Teriyaki Flavor - We LOVE GimMe's line of crispy seaweed snacks, and this latest flavor is predictably great! A package of the crumbles has 100 calories, 7.5g fat, 140mg sodium, 8g carbs, 3g fiber, 4g sugars, and 2g protein (PointsPlus® value 3*); a serving of the sheets has 25 calories, 2g fat, 30mg sodium, 1g carbs, <1g fiber, 0g sugars, and 1g protein (PointsPlus® value 1*). These are currently available at Sprouts, Fairway, and many independent retailers. You can also buy 'em online at Amazon and the GimMe website!
Get 'em for yourself, or get 'em for your friends... or BOTH. (Some items come by the case, so you can use them as stocking stuffers!) Slawsa Gourmet Topping - This as-seen-on-ABC's-Shark-Tank product is AMAZING. We're obsessed!!! Like a cross between sauerkraut, salsa, and honey mustard, it's sweet, tangy, and all-natural. In Original, Spicy, Garlic, and Spicy Garlic, each tablespoon has just 15 - 20 fat-free calories (PointsPlus® value 0*). It's not available in stores everywhere, but it's definitely worth ordering online. Gentleman Ice Tray - Dress up for your next party in an unexpected way. Who wouldn't want dapper pieces of ice to accessorize their drinks? We're talking bowler hats, mustaches, and more. So cute! Sheila G's Brownie Brittle - No time to make Christmas cookies? Order up a bunch of these sweet 'n crispy snacks! We just tried the latest flavors -- Mint Chocolate Chip and Salted Caramel -- and they're sooooo good. A 1-oz. serving has 120 calories and 4g fat (PointsPlus® value 3*). Click to locate or buy online. Burger Cooler - If your pals enjoy putting their food into containers that LOOK like food, prepare to make their day. This silly item looks like a ginormous hamburger. What could be cooler than that? (Get it?!) Powell & Mahoney Limited Bloody Mary All-Natural Cocktail Mixers - We're pretty picky when it comes to cocktail mixers. Well, these schmancy 'n spicy picks are insanely tasty! In Sriracha and Chipotle, a 2.5-oz. serving has just 20 calories and no fat (PointsPlus® value 1*). Party time!
If you like Hungry Girl (which we assume you do, since you're reading this) and you like potatoes (who doesn't?), mark your calendar! Lisa (HG herself) will be chatting LIVE on Facebook this Wednesday, Dec. 11th, at 3 p.m. ET/noon PT. She'll be answering questions about guilt-free eating, holiday entertaining, and more! It all goes down on the Potatoes, Taters and Spuds Facebook page. Click to RSVP! ***In restaurant news, Olive Garden has two new Lighter Italian Fare dishes... but just how light are they? The Garlic Rosemary Chicken comes with mashed potatoes and spinach, all for 510 calories and 19g fat (PointsPlus® value 13*) -- not bad! The Baked Tilapia with Shrimp features a side of steamed broccoli -- this one has 570 calories and 28g fat (PointsPlus® value 13*). A little steep in the fat department for a "lighter" item. To slim it down, request a side of marinara in place of the buttery white-wine sauce. And watch out for those bottomless breadsticks! ***Science time... PepsiCo is reportedly working with a biotech firm to create a "taste modifier" that would allow them to lower the amount of sugar in their soda without affecting the sweetness. The modifying ingredient, we hear, is called S617. Ummm, might wanna change up that name, from a marketing standpoint! How about Super-Awesome Calorie-Reducer 617? ***And if today's gift guide didn't give you enough ideas, we've found the perfect present for the Instagram fanatic in your life. Boomf Magical Mallows can be printed with your favorite Instagram photos on them... Then you (or your pal) can eat those photos. Weird but true! And that's all we've got. HG out!
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Laying eyes on any International Travelall in excellent condition is a rare treat on its own, but this is far from just any International Travelall. This particular 4x4 was built to late actor John Wayne's custom specifications for use on his ranch. If putting the Duke's Travelall in your garage seems like an appealing proposition the truck is currently listed on Ebay, but be prepared to have a showdown with the staggering seven figure asking price.
When you are a movie star as big as John Wayne you can add gun ports and raised roofs to pretty much any vehicle you desire. Wayne chose this 1966 Travelall as the ideal vehicle to modify for use on his "Red Eye Ranch" in Arizona. The hatch and raised roof made it easy for Wayne to stand and shoot at the correct height while hunting antelope. Other modifications to the Travelall, nicknamed "The War Wagon" by Wayne's son Ethan, included heavy duty shocks, extra spring leaves, extended steel bumpers and a medicine cabinet in the back.
Texas state Rep. Joe C. Pickett (D-El Paso), who currently owns this truck, believes construction of the Travelall was inspired by the vehicles used in Wayne's 1962 safari film "Hatari". Although many have mistaken this vehicle for one of the ones used in the film, but it was constructed several years afterwards. This truck is believed to have been shipped to
Africa for safari at one point, but this story is unconfirmed.
Pickett's asking price for this awesome IH is nearly as large as the state he represents—an amazing one million dollars. With less than a day left on the listing, the truck still hasn't sold. We aren't sure how long it will take for this Travelall to sell at this asking price, but if and when it does it will surely set a record for the most expensive International Harvester ever sold.


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So I am guessing that they are building in this whole site or part of this site.
Tribeca tower riles residents
By Ronda Kaysen
Volume 19 Issue 6 | June 30 - July 6, 2006
New York Law School might be full of well, lawyers, but its their neighbors that are jonesing for a legal fight.
The Tribeca school put its four-story Mendik Library on the market a year ago, promising prospective buyers they could build a limitless skyscraper in the low-rise neighborhood. With the demolition of the library underway and the school 30 to 60 days away from a sale, according to their selling agent, some Leonard St. neighbors are figuring out how to keep a new structure from towering above their neighborhood.
Putting a glass tower there would wreck the neighborhood, said Dr. Antonio Convit, a Leonard St. resident. Its going to completely change the flavor of the neighborhood.
Although the sleepy, low-rise neighborhood was re-zoned in 1995, capping buildings at 120 feet, the law school property at Church and Leonard Sts. was carved out of the zoning map. A developer could build a 306,000 sq. ft. residential structure on the 12,500 sq. ft. parcel, realtors for the law school said last year. Some residents estimate that could translate to a 50-story tower.
Technically it can be [that tall]. Thats the problem, said Madelyn Wils, the former chairperson of Community Board 1 and one of the Tribeca residents leading the effort to curb the buildings height. Other than it being a hideous addition to the Tribeca community, you create all these other issues Do you need to create a whole school just for that building?
Residents plan to paper the neighborhood with leaflets about the planned tower, giving out phone numbers of the law school and community board office. Convit and a group of neighbors, under the umbrella of the neighborhood organization, the Family Association of Tribeca East, also plan to begin raising funds for legal counsel.
Tribeca residents have little clear information to go on. The school has been quiet about all details surrounding the sale. Alta Garcia Levat, a spokesperson for the school, referred all comments to Studley, the schools selling agent. In turn, Studley executive managing director Howard Nottingham told Downtown Express that he was bound by a confidentiality agreement with New York Law and could not elaborate on any details of the sale. I would love to be able to tell you everything, but I cant tell you anything, he said.
Residents will have to wait until the buyer comes forward with his plans, which will happen in short order, said Nottingham, perhaps in 30 to 60 days. People should deal with reality opposed to speculation, whatever the reality is, he said.
Nottingham suspects that much of the speculation about the buildings scale may be wrong. However, he declined to estimate what the height of the new building would be. I do not know the answer to that question, and Im not sure that the buyer knows how big the building is going to be. Its a complex site.
Not everyone in the community is convinced that mounting a campaign to influence the development is worth the effort. Several Leonard St. residents, including Wils and Convit, turned out at a recent C.B.1 meeting to plead their case. Board members were skeptical anyone could stop a developer from building a tower on property that is zoned for a tower.
The building is as of right, there is very little we can do, said C.B. 1 chairperson Julie Menin at the meeting, referring to the zoning law that permits a developer to build a large tower on the site. We didnt want a 75-story tower on Beekman St., but it was as of right and there wasnt much we could do.
Wils challenged Menins comparison, saying, Julie, with all due respect, we got a school in exchange for the Beekman St. tower. We would have negotiated a lower building if we hadnt have gotten that.
Developer Bruce Ratner will soon begin construction on a Frank Gehry-designed tower on Beekman and Nassau Sts. C.B. 1, under Wils leadership, and local elected officials negotiated a 600-seat K-8 school inside the tower and did not fight for a smaller building.
In some respects, the law school tower is just one of many. Lower Manhattan is facing unprecedented development, with new residential buildings rising at a rapid fire pacethe neighborhood expects 13,000 new units of residential housing in the next five years. C.B. 1, a voluntary board with three paid staff members, is currently keeping its eye on several developments, including a proposal to rezone a swath of the North Tribeca waterfront to make way for a residential tower.
Theres so much development pressure throughout the district, there are so many sites in play. Any site thats not built on is a potential development site, said C.B. 1 district manager Paul Goldstein.
The growing frustration with New York Law School has gotten the attention of City Councilmember Alan Gerson who says lowering the height on the building is a number one priority for him. Being as of right is not the end of the discussion, but obviously it has a significant bearing on the outcome of the discussion, he said. Well have to be more creative in coming up with ways of influencing them.
The Law School has gotten some help from the city since it put the property on the market. Late last year, the city awarded the school $145 million in triple tax-free bonds to build a new, five-story library at 40 and 54 Leonard St. Because of the financing, the school will be able to funnel the proceeds from the sale of the Mendik library as much as $122 million to its endowment.
© 2006 Community Media, LLC
So I am guessing that they are building in this whole site or part of this site.
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What is he talking about? There are towers all around, including one without windows. Also, the Freedom Tower won't be far. You'd think they would have gotten used to skyscrapers with the WTC.Originally Posted by krulltime
Maybe they should worry about those parking lots on Leonard Street instead.
^ I know... they act like there is just no highrises in or right next to the neighborhood. How pathetic can they get.
Maybe residents should have paid more attention when the neighborhood was rezoned. It's just ridicoulous that people in this neighborhood will lose sleep over a tower that is perfectly legal. I hope it does rise to 50 stories to give these residents a nice slap in the face.....and the pleasure of months of construction noise.
Mostof the towers lie to the east towards Broadway, west at Greenwich and farther south. There are no 50 story towers along that area of Church St.
That short stretch of Church between Duane St. and Franklin St. was widened at some point in the past leaving "less than worthy" buildings along that stretch, hence part of the decision not to Landmark this small area: MAP (pdf).
Across Church to the east of Mendik lies the Tribeca East Historic District (Blue on map below). The Tribeca West District is block and a half to the west (Yellow on map below); Tribeca South lies a block and a half to the south.
Google MAP showing the location of Mendik Law School (SE corner of Leonard / Church, although the address is listed as 57 Worth St.).
This looks like a classic New York battle to the death between the poor NIMBY's and the big, bad developer. When will they accept the fact that they can't have the final say on every proposal that comes up? I can understand asking for some concessions, like the public school for the Beekman Tower. That's pretty much a win-win. But what is the point in asking a developer to lower the height for a building that he has every legal right to build? I'm surprised every time the developer caves in. These people do not have the right to complain to him. Instead of focusing on the immediate problem, look at the bigger picture. Why didn't they stop the city from allowing these kind of air rights at the site? I have no problem with getting a district like the upper East side landmarked. Tall buildings in certain areas would in fact be detrimental to the community. But here? I think not. And for God's sake, stop focusing on the height! One way or another, it will still stick out. Would you rather look at Danny Devito every time you pass by, or Maria Sharapova? (Okay, I got carried away with the example, but I'm trying to prove a point.)
The example is apt.Originally Posted by pianoman11686
I walked by this site yesterday -- seems the biggest complaints will come from 66 Leonard, a great old condo building across Church on the SE corner of Church / Leonard. Now they have a fairly unobstructed western view (save the towers of Independence Plaza a few blocks to the west) that a new tower across the street will obliterate.
C'est la vie in Manhattan.
...et cela doit etre la vie.Originally Posted by lofter1
Lois Weiss
July 19, 2006
IZAK Senbahar and Simon Elias have bought New York Law School's development site at 240 Church St., where the duo will construct a 306,155-foot luxury residential building.
Among their Alexico holdings are The Mark and the Alex Hotels and the third Richard Meier building at 165 Charles St. They are also constructing a 30-story luxury tower at 402 E. 67th St. designed by Costas Kondylis.
As we alerted you previously, a more complicated sales discussion with Tishman Speyer Properties never made it to the finish line as it included developing the new 216,800-foot academic building for the law school on the same block.
Designed by The Smith Group, that NYLS building will include classrooms, cafeteria and a new library spread over five above-ground floors and four below. It will break ground in August. A source told us the current Mendik Library, named for the late alum and real estate great, may also not be reborn with his moniker.
Howard Nottingham and Woody Heller of Studley oversaw the marketing and declined to discuss the sale.
We do hear, however, that Senbahar teamed up with Goldman Sachs and Dune Capital, the investment baby of former Goldman partner Dan Neidich, in what has been relayed as an approximately $140 million deal.
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Law School Announces Campus Construction and Renovation Project
Law School Completes Sale of 240 Church Street; Groundbreaking for New Academic Building Scheduled for early August
In a June 23, 2006 letter to the schools Board of Trustees and Faculty, Dean Richard Matasar announced the completion of the sale of 240 Church Street describing it as a truly transformative event for the law school. The sale of the Mendik Law Library building is a critical step in launching the schools extensive expansion and renovation program that will provide a comfortable, attractive, warm home for every member of the law school community in a state of the art facility that will serve the school for decades. It will showcase every aspect of our program in a law building finer than any in the city, the Dean wrote.
Ground breaking for the campus project will begin next month on the first phase of the project that involves the construction of a new academic building in the school's existing parking lot. This new building is expected to be ready by the fall of 2008. The second phase of the ambitious project will consist of the complete interior renovation of the schools remaining buildings on Worth Street that is projected to take at least 12 months to finish with an anticipated opening in spring 2010.
According to Dean Matasar, proceeds from the sale of 240 Church Street will nearly quadruple the schools endowment putting it among the top 10 of all American law schools. Combined with a planned fund raising campaign due to kick-off in the fall of 2006, this should provide the school, according to the Dean, with a resource base that in the years to come will give us the capacity to build and improve student support, expand the faculty, add greater depth to our extraordinary program, and permit us to respond to the needs of our profession.
Financing for the new academic building comes from the sale of $135 million in insured bonds issued through the New York City Industrial Development Agency, which was successfully completed on June 30, 2006. The schools securities were given an A3 credit rating by Moodys and an A-minus rating by S&P, both reflective of the schools stable market position and solid financial condition.
The new building and renovation of existing facilities on Worth Street will bring together the law schools classrooms, library, student spaces, administrative offices and professional academic centers in a combined 346,000 square foot, integrated environment that is nearly double the existing space occupied by the school today.
The sale of the Mendik Law Library building also achieves the schools goal of remaining in its Tribeca home where it has been a vital part of the community since 1891. In a recent interview with The Bond Buyer newspaper where Dean Matasar recalled the schools original mission of creating a place where working people and immigrants could access a legal education, he said: the school remains committed to the core values of its founders. Its part of our DNA. In lots of ways the school is part of the fabric of the city weve got tremendous diversity and its a place where smart, energetic people come to get an education and the opportunity to use their talents. Its a very New York place.
Further details on the August ground breaking will be announced shortly.
Copyright 1997-2006 New York Law School
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Trading Law Tomes for a Pile of Luxury Homes
While the New York Law School gets ready to carve up some new digs, the old NYLS building at 240 Church Street, which it recently sold, will make way for "a 306,155-[square]-foot luxury residential building," according to Lois Weiss in the Post. The law school, meanwhile, is putting up a new academic building on its existing parking lot. At the reins of the 240 Church project are hoteliers Izak Senbahar and Simon Elias, who also handled the occasionally problematic third Richard Meier tower in the West Village.
Precious few details on this new Tribeca development, but our money's on a Costas Kondylis design, the ubiquitous firm that (let's hear it for 'em) finally got around to snazzing up its website. Woot!
These are on the Cetra Rudy website. That nimby article a few posts above is so aggravating to read.
Now that ^^ is interesting ...
Plus the "all duplex units with an outdoor two-story space for every apartment" sounds oh-so-much better than your standard balcony.
Look forward to seeing better renderings that more clearly show how this will sit on that corner plot.


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If you think the fiscal cliff is all about Washington and Wall Street, think again. It's estimated that the federal health care program sequestrations alone will slash 496,000 jobs nationwide in 2013 rising to 766,000 lost health care jobs by 2021. Starting next year, Medicare will be cut by $11 billion annually; Obamacare implementation spending will be cut by billions of dollars; the Food and Drug Administration will be cut by $318 million; the Centers for Disease Control will be slashed by nearly half a billion; and the National Institutes of Health will be cut by $2.5 billion annually.
The only federal health care programs that are exempted from the sequestration cuts taking effect on Jan. 1 are Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
To add even more fuel to the mix, unless Congress and the president can agree on a solution, on Jan. 1, all Medicare payments to doctors will immediately drop by 27 percent because of the "doc fix" reimbursement system that was implemented in 1997 under a deficit reduction law, but never actually "fixed."
Regardless of one's political persuasion, this is a meat ax approach to health care spending reduction. It will create enormous pain and suffering for millions of Americans if Congress and the president remain at an impasse. There are unquestionably better ways to deal with the health care cost problem. And make no mistake, dealing with the health care cost problem is rapidly becoming the biggest fiscal problem we face as a nation.
We spend much more per person on healthcare than any other country and have very little to show for it. Medicare itself has a $60 trillion unfunded liability that will have to be wrung out of future generations of taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries. Based on current figures, Americans would have to work five straight years and give every penny of their earnings to the government just to balance the Medicare books. Obamacare will add trillions of dollars to healthcare costs paid by the states through Medicaid, the individual mandates and employers that continue to provide health insurance to the families of their employees.
Health economists of nearly every political stripe can agree that there is a much simpler way to address the health care cost containment problem. Each year, the federal government gives away $250 billion in tax exemptions for employer healthcare insurance premiums. This is bigger than the amount of money that is at stake on the fiscal cliff. The largest share of these federal giveaways goes to the highest income Americans, since they are able to deduct more dollars for the same health insurance premiums with their higher tax brackets. If this one tax exemption was removed or reduced, we could solve the entire fiscal cliff problem without raising tax rates or changing exemptions for charity, home mortgages, state and local taxes, or any of the other federal tax deductions.
The long-term benefits of limiting this tax deduction would be much larger, however. If Americans are forced to buy health insurance with take-home dollars rather than with pre-tax dollars, they will be much more interested in spending those dollars wisely. They will be more open to managed-care options or high-deductible insurance plans with health savings account options that genuinely reduce health care costs.
This in turn will lower the future medical cost obligations for Medicare, Medicaid and all other healthcare programs, helping to restrain federal spending without future tax increases and helping to ensure that employees' future wage increases aren't sucked away by future health care costs.
The politics for making such a change aren't easy, but by the time we're finished watching the "Thelma and Louise" movie that Washington is in the process of making about the fiscal cliff, any political solution is going to look serene by comparison.
Why not do something that benefits all of us in both the short and long run, and something that all health economists agree on? Why not limit deductions for health insurance premiums?
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There are times when I feel as if I'm truly living in the future. It happened to me most recently when, browsing an online newspaper archive, I came across a 1954 article in the Los Angeles Times about the dawning age of language translation by computers. The short Associated Press article about an IBM computer, trumpeted as the first computer capable of translation between different languages, ended with an example of its skills.
The reporter, in suitably sensational language, explained "the brain" was fed a sentence in Russian to translate into English. "Lights flash, there is a subdued clinking and clanking, and in 10 seconds you've got the translation," it said.
Curious to see if it had got it right, I copied the Russian text from the story and opened a new tab in my browser. A quick copy and paste into Google Translate and I quickly confirmed the translation - no need for a super computer or access to the laboratories of a computing giant. And, had the original quote been in one of the 63 languages supported by Google, the process would have been just as quick.
Welcome to the future.
My discovery got me hunting for the origins of this technology that we now take for granted. And, as I discovered, our interest in multilingual machines and trouble-free translation goes back much further than the 1950s. In fact, you have to go back to 1629, when French philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes proposed a series of universal symbols that any language could be converted into. His idea was seemingly never capitalised on. In 1933 patents were filed independently in both France and Russia which used different mechanical means of translating languages through paper tape. But, as is so often the case, war was the catalyst for serious effort in the field.
Fear and loathing
Electromechanical cipher machines used during WWII, such as the German Enigma, inspired scientists after the war to dive head first into the bold new era of computer translation machines. One of its early proponents was American scientist Warren Weaver, director of the Natural Sciences Division of the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1946 he read a report by English physicist Andrew D. Booth which inspired him to believe that machine translation was just around the corner. In the following years, his colleagues encouraged him to elaborate on his ideas, resulting in his 1949 memorandum "Translation". The document, said to be the single most influential publication in the early days of machine translation, outlined a series of ambitious goals for the field, despite appearing at a time when few people knew what computers may be capable of.
The note, which recognised the need for a "tremendous amount of work in the logical structures of languages before one would be ready for any mechanization", was circulated to about 200 of his friends (many of whom were US government policymakers) and is said to have inspired virtually all serious research into the subject in the 1950s.
But Weaver's memo was not the only driver for this burgeoning field. What really kick-started research was Cold War fear and the US desire to easily read and translate Russian technical papers.
In the mid-1950s roughly 50% of scientific papers published around the world were in English. The average paper cost about $6 to translate (around $50, adjusted for inflation) and translation of highly technical papers required that the human translator be intimately familiar with the material. The enormous amount of time and high cost of translating those papers presented a problem for Americans obsessed with being on the forefront of new technological developments - and beating the Russians.
As a 1958 issue of Popular Science explained, these papers could contain clues to "H-power, interplanetary flight, more powerful batteries, longer-wearing tires."
"The trouble is: Too few scientists and engineers read foreign languages. What we need is a machine to read one language and type in another: an automatic translator. We're trying to build - not one, but several," it read.
One of those early machines was the IBM computer mentioned in that Associated Press article that sparked my interest. The all purpose computer, described as ""the most advanced, most flexible high-speed computer in the world" when it debuted in 1952, was programmed to carry out translations. Two years later it was ready. Although it only had 250 words and six grammar rules it was enough for the media of the time to be suitably impressed. The 25 January 1954 issue of Chemical and Engineering News ran a story on the "enormous step" the machine had made "toward establishing intercultural communication".
"A mathematical computer, IBM 701... has been converted into an electronic language translator, called the electronic brain. The brain's first language feat has been in translating Russian scientific literature, chemistry and engineering included, into English. A typist who doesn't have the know-how in any language can work the machine," it read.
'No future'
The machine dominated coverage in the popular science and engineering press. An article in the October, 1958 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, explained how the "giant brain" worked.
"First, every word in a sizable English dictionary is listed on tape under a code number," it said. "The Russian, French or German equivalents for each word are given the same number. Then, to translate from Russian to English, for example, a tape with the Russian code numbers is fed into the machine, which matches the numbers and prints out the English."
The reporter goes on to describe an experiment, where the computer was asked to translate the English saying "Out of sight, out of mind," into Russian. "The result was startling: 'Invisible and insane'," the article says. "Newer computers are much more sophisticated, and while human editing to rearrange awkward word sequences is still needed, the computer can make hundreds of rough translations in a day."
Around this time, we also begin to see the idea of machine translation cross into popular culture. As we looked at previously, Sunday comic strips like Closer Than We Think were borne out of the Cold War and concern that Americans would lose the scientific and technological battles as much as they would lose a nuclear one. The 21 August 1960 edition of the Closer Than We Think strip intentionally ignored the obvious reasons that the American government wanted to develop such machines:
"In the world of tomorrow, you'll be able to talk in English and be understood by a Japanese who knows only his own tongue, or by an Ottoman Turk who's acquainted with his own language and no other," it says. The picture shows what seems to be a foreign dignitary paying a visit to the White House. He has just stepped off his "vertiplane" which has landed in the garden and is shaking hands with a very formal gentleman carrying the "translator box". The cartoon was inspired by a machine being developed by the US Air Force, the text explains. "Right now it operates at only 40 words per minute and is bulky and complicated. But miniaturization, combined with magnetic tape, suggests far more dramatic possibilities for the future - a translating box that might listen to one vernacular and instantly relay a verbal translation. Any language would then be usable anywhere, universally!"
However, as so often happens, the reality failed to live up the glossy images and hype. By the mid-1960s there was frustration in the United States about the future of machine translation. Then in 1966 came the hammer blow. The influential Automatic Language Processing Advisory Committee (Alpac) published a report on the state of the field, and particularly the success – or lack of – in the analysis and scanning of Russian-language documents for US military use. Its conclusion was damming: "We do not have useful machine translation [and] there is no immediate or predictable prospect of useful machine translation." The committee effectively recommended a halt to the various research programmes and a return to human translators. It was not until the 1980s, when cheap computing power became available, that research began again in earnest.
Just think what Google Translate could have been now if they hadn't stopped.
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