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CHAPTER XXXII: the country and the frame of government - Viscount James Bryce, Modern Democracies, vol. 1. [1921]Edition used:Modern Democracies, (New York: Macmillan, 1921). 2 vols. Vol. 1
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CHAPTER XXXIIthe country and the frame of governmentThe study of popular government in Canada derives a peculiar interest from the fact that while the economic and social conditions of the country are generally similar to those of the United States, the political institutions have been framed upon English models, and the political habits, traditions, and usages have retained an English character. Thus it is that in Canada, better perhaps than in any other country, the working of the English system can be judged in its application to the facts of a new and swiftly growing country, thoroughly democratic in its ideas and its institutions. Let us begin by looking at those facts, for they determine the economic and social environment into which English institutions have been set down. The Dominion of Canada is a country more than three thousand miles long from east to west, with a region, which at the meridian of 114o W. is about seven hundred miles broad from north to south. This region is interrupted to the north of Lakes Huron and Superior by a rocky and barren, and therefore almost uninhabited tract, which separates the fertile and populous districts of Ontario from those of the Prairie Provinces, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, lying farther west. Unless valuable minerals are discovered in many parts of this tract, as there have been in some, it may remain thinly peopled. The natural resources of the Dominion, besides its still only partially explored mineral wealth, consist in vast areas of rich soil, in enormous forests, both in the eastern Provinces and in British Columbia and in the fisheries of the Maritime Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, which give employment to a large and hardy population. There is coal in Nova Scotia and many parts of the West, with large deposits on the Pacific coast also; and the total quantity, estimated as second in the world only to that in the United States and Alaska, is more than sufficient to cause the development of manufactures on a large scale. Severe as are the winters on the Atlantic side of the Continent, the climate is everywhere healthy, favourable to physical and mental vigour, the death-rate low and the birth-rate high. These conditions indicate the lines which economic development will follow. Agriculture is now and may long continue to be the chief source of livelihood, and forestry may provide employment for centuries if fires are checked and replanting is carried out on a large scale. Mining is now confined to comparatively few districts, but it, and the manufacturing industries also, aided by the utilization of the enormous volume of water power, cannot but increase. At present the bulk of the population are tillers of the soil, dwelling in rural areas or towns of moderate size; huge cities like those of Britain and the United States being comparatively few. Two only (Montreal and Toronto) out of a total population of about 8,000,000,1 have more than 300,-000 inhabitants, and there are but five others whose population exceeds 50,000. Plenty of good land is still to be had at a moderate price, and the agricultural class lives in comfort as does also the less numerous class who produce goods for the home market. There is hardly any pauperism and need be none at all. No such opposition is raised to immigration as has been raised in Australia, so the population is likely to go on increasing for generations to come, especially in the western half of the country. The fact most important to note is that the land is almost entirely in the hands of small cultivating owners, an industrious and independent class. As great landed estates are unknown, so, too, great financial or commercial fortunes are comparatively few, those who have suddenly risen to wealth having mostly acquired it by an increase in the value of land, or of railroad properties, and by speculative land investments. With the growth, however, of commerce and the development of the country generally the opportunities for accumulating wealth by business are now fast increasing as they did in the United States half a century ago. Meantime, one may note the absence in Canada of two factors powerful in the great countries of Western Europe and equally so in the United States. There are not many great capitalists, or great incorporated companies taking a hand in politics for their own interests and exciting suspicion by their secret influence. Neither has the element of working men, congregated in large centres of industry and organized in labour unions, yet found leaders of conspicuous capacity, nor acquired a voting power which, whether by votes or by strikes, can tell upon the action of governments and party organizations, constituting a force outside the regular political parties and, like the capitalists of France and America, using them for the furtherance of its own economic aims. One feature which is conspicuous by its absence, alike in Great Britain, in the United States, and in Australia and New Zealand, is here of the first importance. It is the influence of Race and of Religion. When Canada was ceded to Great Britain by France in 1763, the French-speaking inhabitants numbered 60,000. They have now grown to nearly two and a half millions, or about one-third of the whole population, and this by natural increase, the stock being very prolific, for there has been practically no immigration from France. The great majority of these French speakers dwell in the Province of Quebec, which was the region first settled, but a large number are also to be found in Eastern and Northern Ontario, in the Maritime Provinces and scattered out over the West. Of those in Quebec extremely few speak English. There they constitute a community retaining with its language its French manners and ideas, quite distinct from those of the British districts. This separation is mainly due to religion, for they are all Roman Catholics, deeply attached to their faith, and if no longer obedient yet still deferential, in secular as well as ecclesiastical matters, to their bishops and priests. Nowhere in the world did the Roman priesthood during last century exert so great a power in politics. During the last twenty years the tide of immigrants to Canada has flowed freely, chiefly from Scotland and from the countries of Central and South-Eastern Europe. There have also come into the Western Provinces from the adjoining parts of the United States a great crowd of farmers attracted by the cheapness of good land. Nearly all of these have been naturalized as Canadian citizens and are rapidly blent with their Canadian neighbours. Thus one may say, omitting the most recent immigrants, that the Canadian nation consists of two parts, nearly one-third French speaking and Roman Catholic, two-thirds English speaking and Protestant.1 The Constitution of Canada was prepared by a group of colonial statesmen in 1864 and enacted in 1867, by a statute of the British Parliament. The scheme of government is Federal, a form prescribed not merely by the diversities to be found in a vast territory stretching westward from Nova Scotia to the Pacific, but also by the aforesaid dual character of the population, one-third of which inhabits Quebec, speaking French and following the Roman law established there by France when her first settlers arrived, while in the other provinces the common law of England prevails. The Federal system roughly resembles that of the United States, framed seventy-eight years earlier, and that of Australia, framed thirty-three years later, as respects the distribution of powers between the Central or National and the Provincial Governments, each in the main independent of the other, while the former has nevertheless, within its allotted sphere, a direct authority over all citizens, with adequate means for enforcing that authority. As this federal form of government has little to do with the subject that here concerns us, the actual working of democratic institutions, it may suffice to call attention to three important points in which the National Grovernment has powers wider in Canada than in Australia or the United States. 1. The legislative authority of the Dominion Government covers a larger field, and includes a power of disallowing acts of the Provincial Legislature. This particular power is, however, seldom used, and practically only where such a Legislature is deemed to have exceeded the functions assigned to it by the Constitution or to have violated any fundamental principle of law and justice. 2. Judicial authority (except as respects minor local courts) belongs solely to the Dominion Government. 3. All powers and functions of government not expressly assigned either to the Dominion or to the Provinces respectively are deemed to belong to the Dominion, i.e. where doubt arises the presumption is in its favour, whereas in the United States and in Australia the presumption is in favour of the States. 4. Amendments to the Constitution can be made not by the people, but only by a Statute of the Imperial Parliament of the United Kingdom. This follows from the fact that the Constitution itself is a Statute of that Parliament. But the provision is in reality no restriction of the powers of the Dominion, for it is well understood that in such a matter the British Parliament would take no action except when satisfied that the Canadian people as a whole wished it to do so, and were approving any request made by the Dominion Parliament to that effect, just as the Act of 1867 was passed to give effect to what had been shown to be the wishes of the Dominion itself. This theoretic or technical sovereignty of the British Parliament provides a more convenient method of altering the Constitution than the complicated machinery created for that purpose in the United States and in Australia,1 and is even more certain to give to a dissident minority whatever consideration it deserves. The frame of the Dominion or National Government has been constructed on the lines of the Cabinet or Parliamentary system of Britain and all her self-governing colonies. Executive power is vested nominally in the Governor-General as representative of the British Crown; but is in fact exercised by a Cabinet or group of ministers, who hold office only so long as they can retain the support of a majority in the Dominion House of Commons. They are virtually a Committee of Parliament, and in it all of them sit. Thus the actual Executive is the creature of the House of Commons, possessing as against it only one power, that of appealing to the people by a dissolution of Parliament. If ministers do not dissolve they must resign, and if they dissolve and the election goes against them, they resign forthwith and a new Cabinet is formed. The relations of the Executive and Legislative Departments are thus far more intimate than in the United States, for the Ministry sit in the Legislature and are, just as in France and England, the leaders of its majority for the time being. The Dominion Legislature consists of two Houses. The House of Commons numbers 235 members, elected on universal suffrage, woman suffrage having been in all the Provinces also, except three, recently adopted.1 Its legal duration, subject to a prior dissolution by the Executive, is five years. The Senate consists of 96 persons nominated for life by the Governor-General, i.e. by the Ministry for the time being, as vacancies occur by death or resignation. A number of senators proportionate to population is assigned to each Province. Except in financial matters its functions are legally equal to those of the House, but it is in fact far less important, for though it revises and amends Bills, it seldom ventures to reject or seriously modify any measure sent up by the House of Commons. The latter is the real driving force, just as the House of Commons is in England and for the same reasons. The House controls finance; and since it has the making and unmaking of the Executive Ministries, is the centre of party strife. Contests between the two Houses arise only when one party comes into power after another party has had for a long time the appointment of senators, and effective opposition disappears after a few sessions, when vacancies filled by the new Ministry have changed the party balance. The judges of the Supreme Court of the Dominion, and of the Supreme Courts in the provinces, as also of the County Courts, are appointed for life by the Executive (i.e. the Dominion Cabinet), and can as in Britain and Australia be removed from office only upon an address of both Houses of Parliament. They are taken from the Bar, and the salaries paid, though lower than in England, are higher than those which generally prevail in the United States. An appeal lies from the Supreme Court of Canada to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in England, of which a Canadian Justice of the Supreme Court is a member. There exists no veto upon the legislation of the Dominion Parliament except that which the Governor-General at the direction of the British Crown, or that Crown itself on the advice of the British Cabinet, might in point of strict law exercise, but does not in fact now exercise, although cases may be imagined in which its existence might be thought useful for the preservation of some interest common to the whole of the British Dominions or the fulfilment of some international obligation undertaken on their behalf. Neither does the Canadian Constitution contain any restrictions upon legislative power such as those imposed on Congress by the United States Constitution. The Dominion Parliament is limited only by the assignment of exclusive jurisdiction on certain specified subjects to the legislatures of the Provinces and by the fact that it cannot directly and by its own sole action alter the Constitution as set forth in the Act of 1867. Otherwise its powers are plenary, like those of the British Parliament, whose traditions it was desired to carry over into the New" World. While the Ministers and a very few of the higher officials change with the departure from power of one party and the accession to power of another, all the other posts in the Civil Service are held for life or "good behaviour," i.e. a man once appointed is not dismissed except for misconduct or proved incompetence. There is therefore no Spoils system in the United States sense of the term, a Civil Service Commission having been recently created which fills up all posts. But in such higher appointments as are still left to the Executive, party affiliations and the influence of leading politicians counts for much, so that it is not necessarily the best men who are selected. Civil servants having a secure tenure are not expected to work for their party, but they are not forbidden to do so, though if they do, and their party is defeated, they will probably be dismissed as offenders against propriety. The Governments of the Nine Provinces (which correspond to the States in the Australian Commonwealth and in the U.S.A.) are also created, or rather re-created and remodelled by the Constitution of 1867, for most of them had existed before it was enacted.1 They reproduce the system of Cabinet and Parliamentary Government provided for the Dominion, save in the fact that it is only the legislatures of Quebec and iSTova Scotia that have two Chambers. The head of the Executive is the Lieutenant-Governor, who is appointed for a five years' term by the Governor-General, i.e. by the Dominion Cabinet for the time being, and is usually a member of the party to which the Cabinet belongs, and a leading politician of the Province. He does not, however, take any share in party politics,2 but fills the place of a sort of local constitutional king, being advised by a ministry of six or seven members which has the support of the majority in the Legislature and is responsible to it. The system is, in miniature, that of the British Parliament and Cabinet. The Legislature is elected by universal suffrage for four years, subject to an earlier dissolution by the Cabinet. It has, under the Constitution Act of 1867, the power of amending its Provincial Constitution, subject to the rarely exercised power of disallowance vested in the Dominion Government. In the two Provinces which have retained Second Chambers filled by the appointment of the Executive as vacancies occur, few controversies have arisen, the Second Chamber generally complying with the wishes of the popular House. No desire for the creation of a Second Chamber has been expressed in those provinces which do not possess one, perhaps because they take their notion of such a Chamber from the Dominion Senate, a body which, though not wanting in talent and experience, is weak because nominated: but the bicameral system has been, where it exists, of service in preventing jobs, and a Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario spoke to me of instances in which the existence of a revising body would have been useful in making it possible to reconsider and reverse an unfortunate decision taken by the Assembly. This scheme of government seems at first sight less democratic than that of the United States, because the direct action of the people is not so frequently invoked, their people's share in the government being limited to the election of representatives to the legislature, Federal and Provincial. But the power of the people is in fact by and through that one function so complete that nothing more is wanted, and it is in one point ampler than in the United States, because the legislatures are restrained by no such limitations as both the Federal and the State Constitutions contain. In choosing and instructing their representatives the citizens have all the means they need for giving effect to their will, for the representatives choose the Executive, and if the Executive and the Legislature differ, their differences can be promptly settled in appealing to the people by a dissolution of Parliament. The Frame of Government which I have described in outline is accordingly highly democratic, and the experience of England in last century commended it as having proved both democratic and efficient. It fixes responsibility upon representatives each of whom can be called to account by his constituents, and upon a small number of administrators each of whom can be watched, questioned, censured, and if need be expelled from office by the Legislature. Given favourable economic and social conditions in the country where it is to be worked, it ought to give excellent results. If any source of danger to peace and good government was discernible, it lay in the existence of two races which, though not hostile, were mutually jealous and showed no tendency to blend. Government of Canada has been worked, as in every other free country, by Party. That was contemplated when the Constitution was enacted, for parties had been in full swing for generations before 1867, and insurrections had occurred so late as 1837. In Canada as in England the parties run both the legislative and the administrative machinery, and are responsible to the people for the use they make of it. But before proceeding to examine how that machinery is actually worked it is well to look a little more closely at the conditions which Nature and History have here provided. They are eminently favourable, not only to the growth of population and of national wealth, but also to the orderly development of free self-governing institutions. [1]In 1911 the population was 7,206,000. [1]Though very nearly all the French speakers are Catholics, by no means all the Catholics are French speakers, for many of the German, Irish, Italian, and Polish immigrants are Catholics, so it might be more exact to say that three-tenths are French speaking, and rather more than one-third Catholics. Conversions from either faith to the other are uncommon, but the children of Catholics from the European Continents often lapse from their faith, the Irish rarely. [1]That machinery will be described in the chapters on Australia and the United States respectively. Other points in which the constitutional arrangements of Canada differ from those of the United States will be noticed in Chapter XXXV. [1]In the beginning of 1920 it had not been enacted in Nova Scotia, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island Women are eligible for seats in the House of Commons, and are already members of one or two Provincial legislatures. [1]Manitoba. Saskatchewan, and Alberta have received their constitutions and Governments since 1867. Their territories were purchased by the Dominion Government from the Hudson Bay Company. [2]Instances have occurred in which a Lieutenant-Governor took independent action in what was deemed to be the general public interest, the most recent being that in which (in Manitoba) a judicial enquiry was ordered into misdeeds alleged to have been committed by a Ministry. See as to this and the earlier case in Quebec the book of Mr. Justice Riddell on the Constitution of Canada, p. 108. |


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Securing Life and Livelihoods in Rural Afghanistan: The Role of Social Relationships
This paper provides evidence of the importance of social relationships to Afghan rural life and livelihood outcomes. This is an understanding of rural life not generally reflected in programme design and implementation. The paper draws from recently completed qualitative research on rural livelihood change in Kandahar, Badakhshan, Sari-Pul and Faryab provinces. Data was collected in 11 villages across the four provinces through in-depth interviews with eight case households in each village.1 The household data clearly demonstrates the various ways in which social relationships are important to livelihood security.

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Don't lose out when businesses die!
We explain how to avoid losing out when companies crash and firms fold.
In England and Wales last year, 4,792 companies were placed into compulsory liquidation, while another 11,253 firms went into creditors' voluntary liquidation. In total, 16,045 companies went bust in 2010 in England and Wales alone.
Adding in a further 19,077 company failures in 2009 and 15,535 more in 2008 gives us a total of 50,657 companies going bust in just three years.
Protect yourself from collapsing companies
With around 1,400 companies going bust each month, it's vital to take steps to protect your money when buying goods and services. Otherwise, if you don't take care, then a firm could fold and take down your money with it.
Of course, it's not only small businesses that go to the wall when the economy is struggling. In the financial meltdown of 2007/09, the credit crunch and recession killed off many famous firms. For example, 99-year-old high-street icon Woolworths bit the dust in November 2008, music chain Zavvi followed in December 2008, and bookseller Borders went under in November 2009.
What rights do you have when companies crash? What can you do to make sure you don't lose out?
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Section 75: your flexible friend
For many years, I've been loading all of my spending onto my credit card. One reason I do this is to earn 1% cashback on all my spending, which can exceed £10 a month in 'free' money. But I also use my credit card because I know that my flexible friend offers valuable protection when problems arise.
This is because spending on credit cards is governed by Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. Section 75 governs what are known as debtor-creditor-supplier relationships, in which you're the debtor (borrower), the card issuer is the creditor (lender) and the retailer is the supplier.
In these relationships, the card issuer "stands in the retailer's shoes." In other words, if the retailer doesn't deliver on its promises, then the card issuer is jointly liable. However, this protection applies only to goods costing between £100 and £30,000 where full payment -- or a deposit of any size -- has been made using a credit card or other credit agreement (such as a store card or retail finance).
Thus, if goods don't turn up or aren't as described, of satisfactory quality and fit for purpose, then your card issuer is equally liable for this breach of contract. To get your money back, you need to make a complaint to your card company in writing and await your refund.
This protection lasts for six years from the breach of contract, not from the date of sale (five years in Scotland). If your card issuer refuses your refund, then ask for a 'deadlock' letter with which to approach the free, independent Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).
Paying by debit card
The protection afforded by Section 75 is available only when paying by credit card and not by debit card. On the other hand, if you pay using a Visa debit card (or a Visa credit card for goods costing under £100), then you can rely on another safety-net known as 'Visa Chargeback'.
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With Chargeback, your card issuer reclaims the money from the supplier's bank, so it isn't affected by retailers going bust. Also, Chargeback covers items costing under £100, so it's a useful back-up.
To make a Chargeback claim, simply write to your Visa card issuer within 120 days of the breach of contract, explaining the breach and asking for a Chargeback refund. Again, the FOS will help if your card issuer drags its feet for longer than eight weeks.
Paying by cash, cheque or vouchers
If you pay for something using cash, cheque or vouchers, there's very little you can do if a company crashes or your goods aren't as expected.
When companies collapse, there is a strict pecking order for payouts. First are secured creditors, which are lenders owed money secured against property or other assets. Next is the insolvency practitioner hired to wind down the company. After these come employees, the taxman, unsecured creditors and customers, including you. Hence, you're at the end of a long queue and are unlikely to get a penny.
You may get lucky and find your goods labelled with your name in the company's warehouse, ready for shipping, making you their registered owner. However, this is fairly unlikely and thus offers faint hope. If you have a warranty governing a faulty product, then you may have a claim under the manufacturer's warranty.
When travel firms tumble
Most travel insurance policies won't pay out if your holiday company goes bust before you head off on vacation. Those that do usually cover only the failure of scheduled flights to deliver you to your destination.
Even so, you have special rights if a holiday firm, tour operator or airline goes bust and leaves you in the lurch. A law known as the Package Travel, Package Holidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992 forces all package holidays to be bonded.
Most flights and package holidays including flights are bonded with ATOL, the Air Travel Organisers' Licence. If your tour operator or holiday company goes under, ATOL will refund your money, or pay for you to return home if you've already left.
However, some holidays aren't bonded by ATOL, including:
- when you book directly with an airline, rather than through a travel agent or tour operator;
- when you buy a ticket for a scheduled flight and get your ticket there and then;
- DIY holidays (where you book flights, accommodation, transfers and car hire separately); and
- most holidays booked overseas.
It's easy to check whether a travel agent or tour operator is ATOL bonded -- the ATOL logo and individual ATOL licence number should be displayed in shops, websites and brochures.
When financial firms flop
Insurance policies, pension plans and many other financial products are protected by a government-backed safety net known as the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). If a company regulated by the Financial Services Authority goes bust, then the FSCS steps in to bail out investors and policyholders.
How much you receive depends on what you own.
For example, the payout to depositors when banks and building societies go bust is limited to a maximum of £85,000 per individual per institution. Thus, a couple can have up to £170,000 in a joint account while still enjoying the full protection of the FSCS.
For investments, this upper limit is £50,000 per person per firm; for insurance policies, it is 90% of the claim with no upper limit.
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Alcovitch, on 25 June 2012 - 08:41 PM, said:
DUNCAN99, on 25 June 2012 - 07:24 PM, said:
The game feels so unfinished to me because of things like this.
Not just a very bad story and bad story telling. But also incomplete and making no sense.
We saved a fat chick who, despite her begging to get the hell out of that cave, proceeds to walk ridiculously slow to the exit.
Haha I thought the same thing.. reminds me of those horrible escort quests in WoW... ZOMG get me OUTTA here... step.... step.... step.


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February 26, 2011 - Former Justice Minister Mustafa Mohamed Abud al Jeleil announces the formation of an interim government to lead the eastern regions under opposition control.
February 28, 2011 - The European Union votes to impose sanctions against Libya, including freezing Gadhafi's assets and imposing an arms embargo.
February 28, 2001 - In an interview with Christiane Amanpour, Gadhafi states that his countrymen love him and would die to protect him.
February 28, 2011 - The prime minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al Thani calls on Gadhafi to resign.
March 1, 2011 - The U.N. General Assembly suspends Libya's seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
March 4, 2011 - Libya appoints Ali Abdussalam Treki ambassador to the U.N.
March 7, 2011 - NATO begins 24-hour air surveillance of Libya.
March 8, 2011 - The EU imposes sanctions on the Libyan Investment Authority.
March 10, 2011 - Mahmoud Jebril and Ali Essawi, representing the Libyan opposition, meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
March 10, 2011 - NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels to discuss establishing a no-fly zone over Libya.
March 10, 2011 - Speaking before the House Appropriations Committee, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. is suspending its relationship with the Libyan embassy.
March 14, 2011 - Libyan forces retake Zuwarah.
March 15, 2011 - Libyan TV claims its forces have retaken the town of Ajdabiyah, but rebel forces dispute this.
March 15, 2011 - Libyan opposition forces appoint former Interior Minister Abdel Fattah Younes al Abidi as head of the rebels' armed forces.
March 16, 2011 - Libyan forces attack the rebel-held town of Misrata with tanks and artillery.
March 16, 2011 - The New York Times reports that four of its journalists are missing in Libya.
March 17, 2011 - The U.N. Security Council votes to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and take "all necessary measures" to protect civilians.
March 18, 2011 - Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa announces a cease-fire. However, witnesses report government attacks on Misrata and in eastern Libya.
March 19, 2011 - Government and opposition troops battle with mortars, artillery fire and tanks in Benghazi.
March 19, 2011 - French fighter jets begin enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya, and the U.S. launches more than 100 Tomahawk missiles at targets in Libya in Operation Odyssey Dawn.
March 20, 2011 - Gadhafi calls the countries involved in Operation Odyssey Dawn airstrikes terrorists, and "the new Nazis," while promising a "long-drawn war."
March 20, 2011 - Missile strikes target a suspected command and control building at Gadhafi's Bab el-Azizia compound on the outskirts of Tripoli.
March 21, 2011 - Four U.S. journalists with the New York Times are released by their captors.
March 22, 2011 - A U.S. Air Force fighter jet crashes in Libya after experiencing equipment failure. Both crew members eject safely and are rescued by U.S. forces.
March 24, 2011 - NATO agrees to take command of the mission, enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya.


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Runners have a biological clock of their own to reckon with (for most of us, it can be found in our knees and hips). Despite the best footwear technology and training programs that promise to ease the stress on your joints, most of us are eventually forced to turn our passion for running towards bikes, swimming pools, or gym equipment. Not a fun prospect for anyone addicted to the runner's high, which is why we're very curious about the new ElliptiGO, a new training device that looks like a cross between bike and elliptical trainer, and allows users to stand upright (just like running!), move forward (just like running!), and train outside (just like running!). More
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Insight Bowl Souvenir Edition
The Insight Bowl Souvenir Edition will be included in the Dec. 26 edition of the Herald-Times.
It features the superb photography of Chris Howell (see above) and David Snodgress, and was designed by Stewart Moon, Patrick Beane and Jeremy Price.
We're also working on the web edition, which can be found under the "Play 13″ tab on the new HoosiersHQ.com.
Here's a preview of what you'll find in the print edition.
- Page 2: "Play 13," by Doug Wilson; Season in Review by Patrick Beane
- Page 3: Season in Review, continued
- Page 4: Season in Review, continued
- Page 5: OSU's Gundy known for rant as much as coaching, by Chris Korman; Oklahoma State Season in Review
- Page 6: Go Hoosiers poster
- Page 7: Win #13 poster
- Page 8: Oklahoma State-Indiana team comparison, probable starters, team statistics
- Page 9: "Gauging the bowl Impact," by Doug Wilson with input from Bill Lynch, Bill Mallory, Jane Hoeppner and others.
- Page 10: IU bowl history, by Jeremy Price.
- Page 11: IU bowl history, continued; Insight Bowl history; game-day information
Big Ten Network highlights from Coppin State
Hoosier women get Christmas wish
Saturday's win over No. 13 West Virginia was, let's say, pretty darn good. Rather than heading into the holiday with another close game against a good team that they could have won, the Hoosiers are suddenly one of the hottest 7-5 teams in the land. There's no doubt whatsoever that Indiana will be "Jacked" up for the Big Ten opener at Northwestern on the 31st. Last season, it was 'Oh, they're 11-2 but who have they played so far?' before conference games began. Well, now they've played more than a handful of quality opponents that were either Top 25 or receiving votes in the polls at the time, managed to beat two of them, and now face games inside a somewhat less intimidating Big Ten.
The Big Three from last season are now the Big Two, with Purdue off to a 4-6 start, and next week may be the Big One as No. 23 Michigan State lost at Hartford on Saturday. Ohio State, the conference champs three years running, is left at No. 18, and the prospect of upsetting one of these teams is not such a wild premonition anymore.
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INDIANA (7-5) downs No. 13 WEST VIRGINIA (10-2), 79-66
The No. 13 Mountaineers have only begun a season 10-1 one other time in school history. The game is the last of the non-conference slate for Indiana, which plays at Northwestern on New Year's Eve.
FINAL STATS: Meg Bulger and Chakhia Cole both posted 19 points for the Mountaineers, while leading scorer Olayinka Sanni finished with 14
For the Hoosiers, Jamie Braun hit for 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds, Kim Roberson also had 17, and Amber Jackson 16
IU 37, WVU 32: Meg Bulger has started strong in the second half for the Mountaineers. She now leads the floor with 14 points.
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Indiana 73, Coppin State 46
Hoosiers pull away in the second half and cruise to the 27-point win.
Harrison drives into the paint and scores easily for a Coppin State basket.
D.J. White hits from outside.
Ellis takes a hard charge. He's a bit gimpy from that earlier ankle injury but is still effective.
D.J. White again scores in the paint. Coppin State has no one who can guard him.
Kyle Taber enters the game.
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Coppin State at Indiana, in-game analysis
McKee just hit a 3-pointer right over Indiana's defense. Have to say I'm glad he did, because the band was doing that thing where they yell as if the shot clock is going down toward zero even though it isn't. And McKee hit the shot right when they got to 1. Thus ending what must be the lamest fan tactic in all of sports.
McKee with another tough 3-pointer. That cuts Indiana's lead to two as we near half-time.
Stemler can't handle that pass and the Eagles go the other way.
McKee steps out of bounds as he swarmed on the baseline.
Indiana will wait for the last shot.
Ellis is caught under the basket and tries to hit a shot. He ends up coming down awkwardly and is limping off the court. Apparently his left ankle is hurting. Ellis, who started every game before this one, already has what appears to be a black brace on his right ankle.
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Pre-game updates
As usual, expect a shorthanded Hoosiers squad this afternoon for their first ever matchup against Coppin State.
The team is currently warming up without Eli Homan or A.J. Ratliff. Holman will miss his second straight game due to torn ligaments in his left wrist, while Ratliff, who was just ruled academically eligible this week, injured his right ankle this week in practice.
Armon Bassett is also serving the final game of a three-game suspension and will not play.
Also, on the recruiting trail, Stephan Van Treese is seated right behind the IU bench. The four star recruit via Rivals.com is considering Indiana among a number of schools. He added 13 points in Lawrence North's 68-84 win over Howe last night.


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I should probably introduce myself (and start writing as well!). I'm Matt, a first-year grad student at the University of Chicago. I'm interested in algebra, geometry, and topology, but I also find various topics in theoretical CS and in logic and set theory really neat — so I doubt there will be much uniformity in the topics I write about!
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Article Authored by Joe Paul, M.S. with the Aspen Family Business Group
The more complex the family business issues the more important ceremony becomes. Eight years ago the Smith family was in chaos over ownership and management issues. Now they are a role model for family governance.
At the 7th Annual Gathering the Smith Family Assembly the 6 members of the Smith Family Council stood behind six chairs arranged in a circle in the middle of a hotel meeting room. There are 3 family members from Generation-3 and three from Generation-4. The remaining 18 members of the Smith Family Assembly become quiet and take seats as they prepare to observe the Annual Meeting of their Family Council.
One at a time in no particular order each family member crosses the boundary of the circle of chairs. As they cross the boundary each of the 6 say "As I enter the Circle of our Family Council I promise to be a steward of our legacy and to always act in the best interests of our family."
Harold Smith, age 68, a member of G–3 is the Chairperson of the Council. He calls the meeting to order and says, "As is our custom, we begin each Annual Family Council Meeting by hearing our Mission Statement and the Code of Conduct for Council members read aloud. Cousin Ellen, would you do us the honor?"
A ceremony's power is generated by intent, organization and symbolic meaning along with patience and creativity. Many of us are predisposed to first think of ceremonies as mumbo-jumbo practiced in exotic places or by impressionable, a-rational people in our culture. But ceremonies are not necessarily religious — they can be very practical and help people connect with what is most important within their family system. Ceremony is used to make a point about something in a way that people will remember the point. It does so by differentiating an object, a place, an event, or person so that we remember it. And we remember it because in a ceremony the object, place, action, event or person becomes symbolic of an idea. Family legacies are collections of memories that usually stand out because of remarkable events that were either intentional (ceremonial) or accidental.
An annual tax exempt gift check that comes from your grandmother's accountant by mail will leave much less of an impression than the same check handed to you by your grandmother as she gives you her blessing for how you are living your life.
Interrupting the normal work day in your office by surprising a loyal employee with a vase of flowers and your public appreciation of an action they took will build a lot more good will mumbling "atagirl" as you pass her desk.
And in the Smith family described above, everyone, both Council members and observers alike, are more likely to feel they are part of something that is serious and important because of Harold's ceremonial way of leading. It would be much less memorable if Harold had said instead, "Well folks, we have a hell of a list to get through today so I suggest we get started."
If you are interested in being more purposeful in the events connected with your family and business you will enjoy a recently published book called The Power of Ceremony, by Linda Neale.
Copyright Joe Paul, January 2012
Joe Paul, M.S. works only with families in business, families of wealth and family foundations. Since 1978 he has helped families to communicate well, plan for their future, and grow their tangible and intangible assets. We are excited to feature him as our guest author this month.


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Monday, July 06, 2009
Hang time
Posted by Colin WyersI've been playing with the Hit F/X data from Sportsvision for a little while now, and I think I finally have something worth sharing with the class.
If you check out the first THT Annual, you'll find an article from Robert Dudek about the importance of hang time in how easy it is to field a fly ball (which, for these purposes, I am using to encompass everything that isn't a ground ball). This is a huge, important thing.
But the data providers have never recorded hang time for us; instead, we get the three bins "fly ball", "line drive" and "pop-up." (There are a few more bins, like "fliner," in the BIS data.) So we've had to make due with that. This is one of the chief reasons that outfield defense is harder to measure than infield defense, for instance.
Well, now we have Hit F/X. This gives us a few pieces of data that we can use to estimate hang time:
- Vertical angle at launch
- Speed at launch
- Position at launch
The most important piece of missing data is the ball's spin at launch. This can potentially be estimated based upon the spin of the incoming pitch and the launch angle (smarter men than I will be required for this task). For the time being, I am proceeding as though a hit ball has no spin. This is an area for further improvement. (Other potential areas of improvement would be the inclusion of air density and wind data.)
Professor Alan Nathan has provided a set of spreadsheets useful to the calculation of a baseball's flight path based upon the data we have. I have based my efforts upon these spreadsheets (and am especially indebted to him for help in understanding some of the particulars).
As a little taste, here's a look at DER for a ball in play (in other words, home runs excluded) based upon hang time:
Time |
0.0 |
0.831 |
0.5 |
0.574 |
1.0 |
0.483 |
1.5 |
0.233 |
2.0 |
0.213 |
2.5 |
0.524 |
3.0 |
0.662 |
3.5 |
0.825 |
4.0 |
0.935 |
4.5 |
0.972 |
5.0 |
0.986 |
5.5 |
0.998 |
6.0 |
0.985 |
6.5 |
0.944 |
7.0 |
1.000 |
The smallest time in the air looks like it's largely bunt attempts. A little longer time is mostly for ground balls. Then we get to fly balls. Past a certain point, the longer a ball stays in the air, the more likely it's getting caught.
There is of course a lot more we can do with this data, and a lot of improvements that can be made to how the data is derived from Hit F/X. This hopefully at least whets your appetite.
For those interested, you can download the source code used to calculate hang time here. In order for it to work you need:
- MySQL (I used version 5.1)
- A copy of the Hit F/X data
- Python (I used version 2.6)
- MySQL for Python
Go ahead and leave a comment or drop me a line if you have any questions or helpful suggestions regarding the Python code.
UPDATE: Professor Nathan, from a comment at Tango's blog:
Colin: I am not sure exactly how you did your calculation, but I am pretty sure that neglecting the spin is not a very good approximation. I just did a quickee calculation of a typical home run trajectory (100 mph, 29 deg). Without spin, the hang time is 3.9 sec. With 2000 rpm backspin, it is 5.4 sec. One thing I have done is used at hitf/x data combined with Greg R's hittracker data for home runs. What I can do is compare the measured hang time (by Greg) with the hang time expected in the absence of any aerodynamic effects of lift and drag. What I find is that the actual hang time is longer (as you would expect) by an average of 20% (sometimes as much as 40%, sometimes as low as 0%).
For a line drive type of hit, the hang time is even more senstive to the spin (at least, percentage-wise). E.g., a line drive hit 3 ft off the ground at 0-deg has a hang time of 0.44 and 0.74 with 0 and 2000 rpm of backspin, respectively.
Getting the spin is important to getting the trajectory (and therefore the hang time). Hitf/x does not get us the spin. Unfortunate, but true.
I modified the code base to include the effects of backspin at 2000 rpm, and I think my results line up with his as far as the 20% figure goes. I can't tell you which is more reliable, or even if either set of estimates is more useful than what we currently have for air balls. (Although I think that it is, but my thinking is far from proof.)
For those who want to see the data, you can. The first column is the id as per the provided table from Sportsvision,the next two columns are distance and time without spin, and two columns that follow are distance and time computed with spin.
Colin Wyers knows exactly how much of a nerd he is. He is very interested in hearing about any other concerns you may have; you can reach him by e-mail, and he will try his best to respond in a timely fashion. He also blogs at Statistically Speaking.


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Date: 2011-07-28 11:48 pm (UTC)
From: 18lemons
Yeah, one of my flatmates learned this last year. His girlfriend was teasing him at the pub and threatening to pour her drink over his head, she did accidentally spill some on his head and he grabbed his coat and left the pub. As soon as he got outside, he realised how dramatic he had been, but had to go home because he would have made a fool of himself if he walked back in after storming out.
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Date: 2011-07-28 11:58 pm (UTC)
From: detective_deathman08
I think he should have came in and played it off like he was jokeing. The thing is people forget once you lose composure, whatever point you try to make falls to the wayside.
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Date: 2011-07-29 12:14 am (UTC)
From: 18lemons
He could have handled it better, but I doubt he would have been able to pull that off. We all had a laugh about it later on though. You're absolutely right about the composure thing though.


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The world is flooding over with bands; there are simply too many of them. Where is the honest, fiery, song-driven rock and roll music? Where are the bands with staying power?
For more than six years now, Jay Clark and The Jones have been playing hundreds of shows, making albums, selling thousands of copies of them, building a loyal fan base, and creating passionate rock and roll music. Toronto, 1998: Jay Clark and The Jones was formed by old schoolmates Jay Clark Reid and Bobby Spencer. Shortly thereafter, Ian Philp and Ken Yoshioka joined, and finally Jairo Rodriguez and James Chapple entered the picture. Know that these gentlemen are as diverse as their music, hailing from some of the world's great cities: Tokyo, Santo Domingo, Kingston, and even Sarnia! Jay Clark and The Jones are what rock and roll is all about, or what rock and roll should be about anyhow. Their songs and sound are full of an honest and contagious desire so rarely found in rock and roll music today. And speaking of important rock and roll music: Jay Clark and The Jones have just released their third album, Home Fires Burning. Produced by Toronto wunderkind Jameson Elliott, the album is a collection of ten live-off-the-floor true-blue rock and roll songs. Recalling The Band, The Beatles, the great Stax/Volt groups, Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones and even Bruce Springsteen, these songs are honest, catchy and passionate slices of classic rock and roll re-rendered and made new. And another rare treat: this is the kind of sweet-hearted rock and roll music that you can dance to and listen to on your headphones. A warm and inventive blend of electric guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, harmonica and horns, the songs are full of a rich desire and passion so often lacking in rock and roll music today. It's not just that rock and roll really matters to Jay Clark and The Jones; these boys live and die for it. To be sure, this honest passion comes across beautifully when they play live. Jay Clark Reid's singing is raw and rocking and the band is so obviously in love with rock and roll. Their performances are infectious, fun, and moving all at once. Jay Clark and The Jones make music that is old and new at the same time. Their influences are classic, but their songs are fresh and vital. Buy their albums. Go see them when they come to your town, and they will come to your town. Ask them to play at your daughter's wedding; they probably will. If you still love rock and roll, then I've got some good news for you: Jay Clark and The Jones are alive and well! Check out the artist's website: http://www.jayclarkandthejones.com Track List: 1. Open Invitation 2. Counting Stars 3. Home Fires Burning 4. Kitchen Door 5. Night in Question 6. Paranoid Photographs 7. Booze Can 8. Thank You 9. It's About Time 10. When You and I Were Young Suggested CDs:Other Genres:


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The NSW state budget has confirmed support for PlantBank at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mt Annan. The proposed 3200sq m building for PlantBank has been designed with thermal-efficient vaults where millions of seeds will be deep-frozen to support plant conservation. PlantBank project co-ordinator John Siemon said PlantBank would hold national significance as the largest native plant conservation facility in Australia.
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This is absurd. Neither party has ever been able to "shrink government, restrain spending, bring a modicum of fiscal sanity." Maybe if my Republicans actually did so instead of just making noise, **then** they would be successful.
Odd that Clinton is the only one to give us surplus budgets in my 60+ years.
Clinton was both lucky and stupid.
We ended the cold war and reaped the benefits of reduced military spending.
We fought limited wars (Bosnia, Sudan)
We ignored others
We ignored Al Queda (kenya and tanzania embassy bombings, Khobar towers, WTC basement bombing)
With the peace dividend enhancing domestic spending programs, and the .com coming on line, no wonder there were surpluses.
But alas, fail to take care of the little things (capture Bin Laden for $10 million, or let him go and have to deal with Afghanistan to the tune of trillions) and leave a mess for the next president to deal with. Yes, Bush hosed us with Iraq 2 - but he left Al Queda on the table and WE paid the price.
I like th guy as a president, but his foreign pilicy failings were tragic.
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Is anyone getting this? Graphics and gameplay look amazing. Arkham Asylum was a great game so I am pretty much expecting the same in this one.
Is anyone getting this? Graphics and gameplay look amazing. Arkham Asylum was a great game so I am pretty much expecting the same in this one.
First game was amazing so yep.
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I am going to get it....but probably not for a while...with BF3 coming out in a week and then Skyrim shortly after, I don't know if I have the time to take on this one too just yet...but it looks great.
and Gamespot already gave in a 9/10
Loved the first one, though thought it was a little slow at the strat. Will probably wait for GOTY edition, still finishing Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, and then have to make time for Uncharted 3, Saints Row The Third and Zelda Skyward Sword. Gotta love this time of the year!
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I liked the first one but damn if Harley Quinn isn't the most ANNOYING voice in gaming history. Kmart is running a $30 gaming coupon with the purchase of Arkham City. Tempted, but I am already into Forza, NHL 12 and BF3 next week.
Bought it last night. Enthralled with it. So far it's an amazing game. AR training is a bit tough at the beginning but you can get through it with patience.
I'll eventually get it through Gamefly, just like every other game coming out in this beautiful time of year (Skyrim, Zelda, MW3 [although I may buy that]). Right now I'm screaming through inFAMOUS 2, first play-through (all good, second time all bad). B:AC looks like it's going to be awesome though, and if it's even half as deep as Asylum was, it'll be fantastic (not that I have doubts)
Just came in the mail yesterday. Like what I see so far.
Loving it after around 5 hours so far. Catwoman is very cool to play as, but her first 2 eps are very short.
The 'hit LB to snap Riddler trophies onto your map' only came up after I missed around 20. D'oh!
I just bought the first game for cheap (the Game of the Year Edition) to see if I will like the series or not. I play games for a good story, not action which I hope Batman will deliver on. I want to be impressed with an awesome story and stuff
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Yes, the joys continue.
Part of our electric is off. Even though the circuit breakers seem okay. Calls have been made.
I think we've lost some of the outside connection. Just a guess. Something like this happened before, maybe 15 years ago, I think. The electric company had to reconnect something.
No biggie, except... the air conditioning is one of the non-working circuits!
I'm spoiled by A/C.
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FLINT -- The Hamady girls basketball team used a 7-0 run during the third quarter to pull away from nearby Flint Northwestern, before winning 60-41 Monday night in an intensely physical game.
The referees gave Northwestern junior Shavonne Morgan a technical foul in the third quarter, then halted play in the closing minutes to try and calm down both squads.
The Hawks led 28-15 at the half.
The two-time defending champions in Class C, Hamady closes out the regular season Thursday versus Bentley.
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With tax season upon us, I thought I would take just a moment to give a very brief overview of the estate and gift tax scheme at the federal and Washington state levels. The amount of any estate tax (or death tax or inheritance tax) due upon your death depends on the size of your estate, the amount of gifts you made during your lifetime, the applicable exemptions at your death and the tax rate.
Your Estate
The amount of your estate that is subject to federal and state tax (the "taxable estate") is equal to the fair market value on the date of your death of all of your assets (cash and securities, real estate, insurance, trusts, annuities, business interests and other assets) minus mortgages or other debts, estate administration expenses and the amount of property that passes to qualified charities or your surviving spouse. This final deduction, also known as the spousal exemption, is extremely important and is a key component of estate tax planning for larger estates.
Lifetime Gifts
Yes, gifts made during your life may be taxable. There is an annual exclusion of the first $13,000 (adjusted for inflation) to each individual which generally covers most gifts, but anything over $13,000 given to an individual (or $26,000 if gifted by a couple) is subject to gift tax. Gift amounts over the annual exclusion are subtracted from your "unified" lifetime exemption for gifts and estate. The current federal estate tax scheme provides for a $5 million combined "unified" exemption for gifts, both during your life and as your estate, which means that you can either give away your assets during your life or at your death and the first $5 million of assets is not taxed at the federal level. A strategy of lifetime gifting, if started early enough, is one very important estate tax reduction method, especially when considering not only federal but also Washington state estate taxes. Washington state does not tax lifetime giving, only gifts made at death (your taxable estate), so one way to potentially reduce Washington state estate tax is through aggressive gifting of assets prior to your death. This strategy must be implemented carefully and with proper planning so as to balance out any federal and state tax consequences as well as keeping sufficient assets to meet your retirement goals.
Exemption Amount
As mentioned above the current federal "unified" exemption for gift and estate tax is $5 million per individual. This exemption amount is currently in effect for 2011 and 2012 but set to revert back to $1 million in 2013. The Washington state exemption amount is $2 million per individual, but remember this is only on the taxable estate and does not apply to lifetime gifts. Additionally, the current federal exemption is portable to a surviving spouse, meaning any portion of the $5 million exemption that is unused by the first spouse to die gets added to the surviving souse's $5 million exemption. This only applies to federal estate tax and not Washington state estate tax.
Tax Rates
The current federal estate tax rate is 35%. This is set to increase in 2013 with the reduction in exemption amount. It is impossible to say what the political climate in 2012 or 2013 will be when any new estate tax scheme will be discussed by congress. Therefore it is best to build flexibility into any estate plan to allow a surviving spouse to disclaim up to the current federal estate exemption to take full advantage of whatever that amount may be.
The Washington state estate tax is computed as follows:
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$0 | $1,000,000 | $0 | 10.00% | $0 |
$1,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $100,000 | 14.00% | $1,000,000 |
$2,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $240,000 | 15.00% | $2,000,000 |
$3,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $390,000 | 16.00% | $3,000,000 |
$4,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $550,000 | 17.00% | $4,000,000 |
$6,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $890,000 | 18.00% | $6,000,000 |
$7,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $1,070,000 | 18.50% | $7,000,000 |
Above $9,000,000 | $1,440,000 | 19.00% | Above $9,000,000 |
For more detailed information and examples of how a modest estate in Washington state might owe estate taxes, please see my previous posts here and here.
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It has been previously reported that New Regency had put Voltron: Defender of the Universe into turnaround with Relativity Media now backing the property with a more moderate budget and plans of utilizing the type of cost-effective technology employed in "300."
Latino Review (via ComingSoon.net) now reports that Max Makowski will direct the film, which was written by Justin Marks.
Makowski directed 2005's One Last Dance, rewrote the screenplay for the Hawaii Five-O feature, and is attached to the direct the big screen adaptation of 1970s TV series Kung Fu and the Shinobi remake.
Voltron: Defender of the Universe is described as a post-apocalyptic tale set in New York City and Mexico, where five survivors of an alien attack band together and end up piloting the five lion-shaped robots that combine and form the massive sword-wielding Voltron that helps battle Earth's invaders. It is based on the popular 1980s Japanese animated TV series, comic books and toy line.


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Need advice on good binding for NS Raptor X
Hey guys, i've been riding for three years now, and wanted to try out a new board/binding setup. I've got a 2010 burton bullet board with cartels and was thinking of stepping up to a NS Raptor X. I am an all mountain rider that never visits the park. I want something that is going to be responsive and carve well with. Any recommendations for a good binding that would pair up well with the NS Raptor? Thanks for the help!
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The cartels woud probably work pretty well with the raptor. Lots of people pair them with the Lib tech T-rice pro, which is a pretty stiff board. They are plenty responsive for me.
Or if you want something more responsive, Ride El hefe, Union SL, Burton Diode, Raiden Phantoms, Flux DMCC, K2 Ever. Probly couldn't go wrong with any of those, it just depends on what features you want and what looks the coolest to you. Someone will probably mention the Rome targa, but with the issues soem have been having i cant recomend.
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MEMBER ALERT: AOPA is closed today, Dec. 10, due to inclement weather and will reopen Dec. 11 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
June 27, 2012
By Jim Moore
An NTSB investigation of the crash that seriously injured pilot Jack Roush at EAA AirVenture 2010 found that Roush, co-owner of a NASCAR Sprint Cup team and holder of an airline transport pilot certificate, allowed the Hawker Beechcraft 390 (Premiere IA) jet to stall during an attempted go-around.
The NTSB, in a probable cause finding approved this month, determined that Roush failed to apply takeoff power after aborting an attempted landing at Wittman Regional Airport. Roush suffered broken bones and lost his left eye in the crash, according to The Sporting News. His lone passenger suffered minor injuries, according to published reports, though the NTSB report states that pilot and passenger both suffered "serious" injuries.
Roush told The Sporting News that "I accept the findings" of the report.
"It was a very sad day in my life when I crashed that airplane," Roush told The Sporting News. "I'm glad to have closure now."
Roush said he was thankful that there was no loss of life.
"I can't emphasize this too much—what a relief it was that I was able to negotiate a contact with the ground that kept me free of other airplanes and free of anybody that could have been injured outside of the airplane," Roush told The Sporting News.
Roush had been cleared to land on Runway 18R behind a departing Piper Cub, which was cleared for immediate takeoff followed by an immediate turn away from the busy runway. According to the NTSB report, Roush was not monitoring the departure frequency, and was unaware of the Cub's clearance and intentions. Concerned he would overtake the two-seater, Roush decided to abort the landing but did not advance the throttles to takeoff power. He told investigators that he was scanning for other traffic, and did not recall hearing the stall warning that was picked up by the cockpit voice recorder. The stick shaker and stick pusher systems activation was nearly simultaneous to the right wing stall, Roush told investigators. The aircraft struck a grassy area with a nose-down attitude following a five-second descent from 117 feet agl at 1,972 fpm. Investigators found no mechanical problems contributed to the crash.
Roush, 70, nearly lost his life in a 2002 crash after striking power lines. He had logged more than 9,000 hours at the time of the 2010 crash, according to the NTSB report, and continues to fly, according to The Sporting News.
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Tickets for the 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship series, including two U.S. races, are now on sale.
The House has passed a bill requiring the TSA to consult stakeholders, including general aviation representatives, before making major changes to security policy.
A Minnesota teen will spend 60 days behind bars for stealing a Cessna 150 and flying it for months without training or certification.
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The charter-school movement lost much of its first decade to faulty educational designs. Will digital learning follow that precedent?
With the passage of the first charter laws in the early nineties, hundreds of school entrepreneurs rushed to open schools fashioned on the usual progressive pedagogies. Many focused on creativity and collaboration, often to the detriment of core subject knowledge. These new schools, their founders effused, would be child-centric and engage the whole community. Students would learn "authentically" and would "discover" the knowledge that "they need." Teachers would act as "facilitators." Never mind that there was scant evidence that this sort of thing worked, especially for children in poverty.
After the doors of these new charters opened came a long and painful reckoning. Mismanagement and poor execution were widespread, and the pedagogical choices, so compelling on paper, often proved heartbreaking in practice. In too many schools, classrooms were unruly, learning activities chaotic, and test scores an embarrassment. At many, parents pulled their children; founders were pushed out. To stay in business, boards of trustees drove a wrenching process of remaking the schools around proven practices.
A decade into the charter movement, as states and the federal government ramped up their results-based accountability policies across public...
Textbooks won't go extinct anytime soon.Photo by meedanphotos
Last week, Apple launched two programs for the iPad that it hopes will transform the textbook industry in the same way the iPod transformed the music industry. The first, iBooks 2, will make media-rich electronic textbooks available for purchase on the iPad at a fraction of the cost of a hard-copy text. (Currently, all titles are available for $14.99 or less.) The second, iBooks Author, allows anyone to create textbooks for free using an iMac, and to publish them to iBooks immediately.
There were many skeptics who, when the iPod was launched a decade ago, believed it would have only a negligible impact on the way people listened to music. Helping those folks eat their words has become something of a cottage industry on the web. Just yesterday, tech blogger and Apple enthusiast John Gruber gleefully documented all of the people who underestimated the appeal of the iPhone and iPad and contrasted them with Apple's just-announced record-breaking sales for both products.
And so, I'm loathe to doubt the transformative power of the iPad in the world of education. After all, if anyone can transform the textbook industry, it's Apple. As someone who spent...
Americans have generally embraced the premise that choice is good in education, but we are engaged in a long-lasting war over how to deliver it. This war has many fronts: We fight over the expansion of charter schools and talk past each other on questions of their freedom and funding; we enhance the growth of online education while doing little to change a model of public school governance that remains rooted in the 19th century; we linger over the political divide that insists on drawing lines separating "public" and "private," even as those words have become less relevant in evolving education systems that defy traditional labels.
How do we categorize, or properly finance, the smorgasbord of options available to today's student? And how do we enhance the debate to rethink how we administer a public education? The resistance to customized forms of schooling is not new. Many a well-meaning principal and superintendent fought back-to-basics schools and International Baccalaureate programs and gifted education for fear they would dilute other public schools. But too many of today's well-meaning school leaders and policymakers remain stuck in those old conversations.
Furthermore, our dialogue remains muddy with assumptions that keep us entangled in old fears about vouchers, charter schools, virtual education or, more particularly, homeschooling. And that...
In this post, guest blogger Bill Tucker, managing director of Education Sector, responds to "The Costs of Online Learning," a paper released today as part of Fordham's Creating Sound Policy for Digital Learning series.
The latest in Fordham's digital learning policy series tackles the tricky question of cost. And while the paper cannot offer definitive answers for policymakers and school leaders, it does provide a helpful primer on the overall economics of online and blended learning.
The top-line findings, that blended learning models cost an estimated $8,900 per pupil (+/- 15%) and fully online schools cost $6,400 (+/- 20%), will surely be repeated in statehouse policy battles throughout the country. But, those who actually read the short brief will quickly realize that the authors have bent over backwards to caveat their findings in multiple ways. The most important of these caveats? The author's cost figures reflect estimates of what online and blended schools are currently spending, rather than what they should be spending. In other words, since we have little understanding of how spending relates to student outcomes, the authors cannot say much about either the effectiveness or productivity of this spending. Is it the right amount? We just don't know.
Still, readers of the paper will better understand the various components of costs in blended...
The controversy over the recent New York Times front-page slam of K12 Inc. was ostensibly about the company's inability to deliver online education (see CEO Ron Packard's reply here), but one of the more interesting parts of the ensuing debate was not about computers and education but about delivering education for profit – which is what Packard's company does. (Full disclosure: I have done some editing work for K12.)
This morning Walt Gardner, who writes the Reality Check blog for Education Week, penned a letter to the Times editor that seems to sum up the anti-profit school of thought pretty well:
Agora Cyber Charter School [the K12 school that was the Times' whipping post] serves as an instructive case study of what happens when schools are run like businesses. The profit motive always assures that the education of students takes a back seat to the enrichment of investors.
Nevertheless, free market advocates have managed to exploit the frustration and anger felt by taxpayers over the glacial progress of traditional public schools to advance their agenda. In the end, it will become clear that it's impossible to provide a quality education and show a profit at the same time.
This is a brief but concise compilation of some of the misguided beliefs about business and education, and it reinforces a working theory of mine: that many education establishmentarians lean far to the left on governance issues other than those affecting education. (See my post...
Guest blogger Paul Teske is dean and University of Colorado Distinguished Professor at the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. In this post, originally published at EdNews Colorado, he reflects on the future of digital learning and Paul T. Hill's recent paper in Fordham's Creating Sound Policy for Digital Learning series, "School Finance in the Digital-Learning Era."
For decades, some education pundits have predicted that technology would radically alter and improve the delivery of educational services. Radio, Ed TV, and computers in classrooms were all examples that were highly touted in their time. And, while none of these has really had much impact on student learning, a cottage industry has also developed within academia to explain why – no changes to teaching approaches, use of a mass media, poor content, lack of training, etc.
(I should note that I'm old enough to remember film-strips as a major technology. In the exurban NYC town in which I grew up, teachers sometimes engaged in strikes, despite a state law against it, and we students would come to school anyway, to get enough days in to fully meet state regulations for funding. We would wave to our striking teachers and head into class rooms to watch educational film strips, in the absence of real instructors).
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Def Leppard became quite the name droppers in this Hysteria track. The first reference to stand out: "Rocket Man" by Elton John. There's also a nod to "Bennie and the Jets". Sir Paul, with and without the Beatles, received several mentions. Chuck Berry and Queen were recognized for "Johnny B. Goode" and "Killer Queen" respectively.
The two-and-a-half minute shorter video reveals the groups love for all that is glam. A quick cut to guitarist Phil Collen all Ziggy-Stardusted-out pays tribute to Bowie. Then there are speedy flashes of Mott the Hoople, T-Rex and Sweet and the TV screens, still pictures and black-and-white performance videos. This is truly a late-eighties homage to guys that wore make up.
By today's standards, Mercury Records milked this album. It was the seventh and final US single. Sadly, it was the last to feature Guitarist Steve Clark. Producer "Mutt" Lange used samples and really dialed in Rick Allen's one-armed electronic drum kit to give us a true glimpse of early-nineties Hard Rock production which lasted until hair bands either converted to flannel wear or sat out most of the decade. Eventually, Def Leppard would attempt (and fail) to "Grunge-it"!
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