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Of course, 2013 will be fine, because the 1950s sure were. That's the premise for the coming year, especially in regard to the agreement in Washington to raise tax rates on the well-off.
In the 1950s, after all, tax rates were far higher than what the House and Senate have agreed on, a top rate in the high-30% range. Back then, they were even higher than what President Barack Obama might have proposed, if left to his own counsel.
Republicans in that era went along with the idea that high rates took something away from the rich and thereby stabilized society.
Republican President Dwight Eisenhower's idea of a significant marginal rate cut was to push the top rate down to 91% from 92%. Corporate taxes hit 50%. Jobs proliferated, wages rose, and the economy prospered.
Lately, several documentaries have tried to capture the period, including "Something Ventured," about how the technology boom got its start.
The implications of this 1950s narrative are clear. High tax rates and the redistribution they might yield can stabilize us now, giving the economy "good directional stability," to use an industry phrase for a 1950s car, the Nash Metropolitan. High rates can accelerate growth.
Even the staunchest fan of low taxes draws comfort from the 1950s storyline. The official tax rates to which the United States now reverts, such as the top income rate of 39.6%, still look so much lower than 1950s ones. So maybe the U.S. can thrive and innovate.
Unfortunately, the tax situation wasn't what it seemed. The illusion commences with that famous 1950s top rate of 91%. Official rates matter, but so do effective rates, the percent of income that people actually pay in tax. The Internal Revenue Service reckoned the effective rate of tax in 1954 for top earners was actually 70%.
Or lower. Marc Linder, a law professor at the University of Iowa, has shown that a more comprehensive interpretation of income that includes capital gains suggests the real effective tax rate for millionaires was 49% in 1953. The effective rate dropped throughout the decade, reaching 31% by 1960.
That 31% is just slightly higher than the 29% level a Congressional Budget Office report figures the average effective tax for the top quintile will be in 2014. And that number for 2014 doesn't include taxes in Obama's health care law.
A second fantasy about the 1950s is that government soaked the rich. Joseph Thorndike and Martin Sullivan in Tax Notes magazine took a look at the tax distribution of the decade. They found that those earning more than $100,000 paid less than 5% of the taxes collected in the U.S., a far smaller share than the wealthiest shoulder today.

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Chief Medical Examiner Thomas Andrew determined the child, Noah York, died from smothering and ruled his death a homicide.
Jared Pope, 30, of Somersworth was arrested and charged with manslaughter for allegedly causing the child's death, according to the state Attorney General's Office. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in the 7th Circuit District Court in Dover.
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Police, firefighters and emergency personnel responded at 5:48 p.m. Friday to 231 High St. after a 911 call — placed from Apt. 2, where the pair lived — reported a toddler was in distress.
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Base-level analysis reveals potential savings of $1.5 million annually.
While it's a little more time consuming, a plant-wide assessment approach yields better results compared to a piecemeal approach — more than justifying the extra effort and resources. In this case study, Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to assess the energy efficiency of the company's linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant in Point Comfort, Texas.
The plant manufactures polyethylene pellets for downstream customers that produce plastic consumer products. The primary production process is polymerization, converting ethylene into useful and stable polyethylene pellets. Four process units carry out production: namely, the catalyst preparation unit, prepolymerization unit, polymerization unit and the additives and pelletizing unit. The process requires electricity, water, natural gas, nitrogen and steam utilities.
Staff from the plant's operations and engineering departments and a consulting firm made up the energy assessment team. The consulting firm developed two decision tools for the assessment. The team used benchmark data to calculate sustainability metrics that identified the energy intensity (kWh required per pound of product) for each process area. They also calculated practical minimum energy (PME) or base-level energy requirements through a pinch analysis and a fluid-handling analysis to determine the minimum energy needed to compress and transfer liquids from one process to another. PME data also helped identify cost-benefit effects of implementing process improvements with investment criteria of 2–3-year payback.
The assessment revealed five projects that could save energy, increase productivity, and reduce waste and environmental emissions.
Upgrade the gas compressor impeller. The gas compressor that recovers ethylene discharged from the polymerization reactor along with polyethylene used a significant amount of energy. The assessment team recommended an open-type impeller design that would consume 14% less electricity than the existing closed-type impeller under the same operating conditions. The new impeller also would reduce potential polyethylene buildup, which can cause blockages and cut operating efficiency.
Improve the product transfer system. In studying the product transfer system's equipment and operation, the team identified that 14 blowers, with a combined rating of 3,500 hp, were used to transfer LLDPE resin through various process steps. Because these processes require a significant amount of electricity, the team suggested two steps: increase the transfer rate, and reduce the idle time between product transfers through production control and distributive control system monitoring. During the assessment, the first step was implemented immediately in one area. Reducing the idle time alone resulted in electricity cost savings estimated at $133,760/yr.
Improve extruder system heating. The first four sections of the extruder system are used to melt the powder fed into the extruder. An electric heating element with a water-cooling system maintains the correct melting temperature. The assessment team found that the cooling water flow and the heating element temperature weren't optimal, consuming more electricity and cooling. Hence, the team developed a better control plan for the heating element, reducing its temperature range, and upgrading the cooling water manifold.
Recover steam condensate. Steam provides the heat needed for the LLDPE production process. The plant originally was designed to discharge steam condensate into the cooling tower as a source of cooling tower makeup water. Water used to produce steam must be demineralized before it's fed to boilers or other steam-producing devices. After analyzing the pros and cons, the team recommended transferring steam condensate to the plant's waste-heat boiler for use as pure feed water makeup. This would save $56,000 annually, due to less use of pure feed water makeup for the boiler and natural gas. The project also reduced the amount of pure water required in the extrusion area.
Optimize the vent blower system. During a historical data review and field operation check of the system, the team found that a much smaller system would meet venting requirements. The newly installed, smaller vent blower system saves $35,840/yr in energy costs.
In total, the assessment identified potential fuel savings of 115,000 MMBtu and electricity savings of 14 million kWh for an annual cost savings of $1.5 million and means to increase productivity and reduce environmental emissions. The team also generated a list of PME standards for LLDPE processes.
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"It'll be sad leaving them," says Sherrod.
It's a big change. Students know about the challenges that will face all athletics, not just the Texas A&M football team.
"I think we'll be able to hold our own," says James Arnold, a sophomore at Texas A&M.
"I think football will be a little bit tougher than it's been in the Big 12. I think definitely with being in the SEC, everybody might want to look at A&M more so than they used to and maybe we'll get some better recruits."
A new conference means potentially losing old rivalries like the Thanksgiving Day game between A&M and the University of Texas.
"I hope they keep the rivalry game. That's one of the best games of the year," says Arnold.
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These agitator directional cogs are commonly referred to as dog ears. They come four to a package and are usually used with direct drive washing machines.
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This white thrust spacer is made of plastic and is also commonly referred to as a retainer ring. It is used in the agitator assembly of many direct drive washing machine models. This is the retaining ring for inside of agitator. May need agitator grease for repair.
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CustomerMichael from Coeur d'Alene ID
Pop off fabric soft. dispenser with screwdriver in the slot.Remove the plastic seal with o-ring w/ pliers.Remove agitator assy. with 3/8 socket on extension.Pull up/off top agitator, holding on to the bottom agitator.R and R the thrust washer between agitators, w/silicon top and bottom.Remove black sleeve on cam and replace cogs in correct position.Replace agitator and insert cam lined up with tabs and slots, push down firmly to engage tabs. Replace bolt and tighten. Insert seal w/ o-ring coated with soap and push down to groove.Replace softener reservoir.Check out the video.
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CustomerRicky from Lowell OR
Watched the great parts select video and then check all other parts on bottom and top agitator for wear then found the parts I needed, very easy fix and runs like new.
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repair was really simple. If you can get it apart, you can fix it. the parts fit perfectly.
CustomerChris from Kernersville NC
Removed top cap of agitator and pulled out the inner cap. Spread a pair of needle nose pliers and placed them in square holes on each side of nylon fitting. Unscrewed nylon fitting and removed top half of agitator. Replaced directional cogs/dog ears and put agitater back together. Works like new. Easy fix.PS Received parts in 72 hours. $10.00 bucks and never left the house.
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CustomerCarleen from Las Vegas NV
With the help of a You Tube video, which was watched first, then when the parts were delivered, the video was watched again, then we played the video back and paused it after each section was done so we could make sure we were doing the repair correct. The one thing I will mention that the video doesn't mention to do is, before taking the agitator out of the washer, put a mark somewhere on the agitator to tell you which end is the top. Just remember that the top( cap ) will be off, so that will not work. Otherwise it was a good, easy fix
CustomerRichard from Corona CA
Washer stopped agitating. I removed the clothes softener cup on top of the agitator by grasping and pulling up, inside the agitator I removed the inner plastic cap by grasping the 2 finger tabs and pulling up. There was a plastic retainer assembly with spring instead of the 7/16 nut referred to in other posts. I used a long 1/2" ratchet extension to remove the plastic retainer assembly, removed the top half of the agitator and replaced the cogs, then replaced the agitator, plastic retainer assembly with spring, snapped the plastic cap back on, and replace the clothes softener cup.
CustomerKENNETH from HAUGHTON LA
Go to youtube and watch how to repair washing machine agitator. It is so easy. did the repair. Now it works, less than $20.00 to fix. Now I don't need to buy a new washing machine. Maybe it will make it another 15 years.....
Customerroger from Delanco NJ
After removing the pressed in cap inside the agitator i removed it from the machine with a socket wrench. Then it did not take long to figure out that the two peices snapped apart. then one look at the cogs (referred to as dog ears) i knew they where stripped and where the problem. Icanceled the service call and order the parts myself from this site. So it was very easy and i'm not sure how much money i saved but the bragging rights went along way with the wife, Thanks.
CustomerWendell from Hudson NY
Removed the agitator assembly with a socket wrench and extension, replaced cogs, reinstalled assembly...took about 10 minutes because I dropped the assembly once, and had to reassemble it. An absolute "piece of cake."
CustomerGenaro from Moreno Valley CA
Pulled up and removed the fabric softner dispenser. Then I pulled up and removed the cap barrier to have access to the screw. Removed the screw and pulled up the cloths mover. Tunrned the cloths mover over to remove the bearing cam to remove the broken agitator cogs and replaced them with the new ones. I held the bearing cam with my right hand and held the cloths mover with my left hand turning it slowly with my left hand and lightly pushing down with my right hand until the cloths mover made contact with the grooves of the shaft and it sunk down on the shaft. Replaced the screw and washer then the cap barrier , next the fabric softner dispenser. Took 10 min. to complete the job. Now my washer runs like new ! Plus, I have a happy wife!
CustomerMelissa from Raleigh NC
Snap off softener dispenser. Pop off top of agitator with flat head screw driver. Use long handled socket ro remove agitator fastener. Lift off entire agitator assembly. Flip upside down on floor. Secure top section of agitator between feet and carefully unsnap but lifting upper portion. Look at placement of existing agitator cogs in upper section between feet. Remove cog retainer. Note position of cogs. Replace one cog at a time making sure they are repositioned the same way. Attach cog retainer. Place bottom portion of agitator in alignment and snap. Flip over and reinstall on washer center assembly. Place bolt and washer back into assembly and retighten. reattach cover and softener dispenser (if you have one). Done! Less than 15 minutes.
CustomerApril from Lufkin TX
I simply removed the bolt from the inside of the agitator and pull the whole the straight up. It came aloose pretty easily. I took the old clothes mover off and put the new one on. On the inside of the mover the dog ears and spacer easily comes out. I removed the spacer and replaced the dogs ears. I put everything back together the way it was when I took it apart. It works as good as it did when I first got it.
CustomerHoward from Murfreesboro TN
I followed the diagram and instructions included in the kit. I removed the plastic cover on the agitator, then another plastic cap inside the agitator. loosened a 7/16 bolt-removed agitator from washer. After removing agitator, Directional cogs and gear assembly inside agitator removes easily-pull out or turn upside down. Re-assembly was easy-almost fool proof . Using the instructions and diagram included with Directional cog package made it a snap.


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February 21, 2000: The Beginning of Spring
Spring began on February 21, 2000. The month started wintry with below average temperatures and frequent snows near Lake Superior. The National Weather Service near Negaunee measured a 40-inch snow cover on February 16, 2000. Through the first 19 days of the month, the temperature averaged around a degree-and-a-half below the long-term standard. Then the pattern began to change. A cold air mass which dominated all of Canada and the northern United States faded as a mild Pacific air flow invaded the North American continent (Image 1 above). The cold air drained out of Canada and spring began.
The NWS reached 47 degrees on February 21. The rest of the month temperatures stayed way above normal. Iron Mountain reached 57 on the 27th, while Ironwood topped out at 55. The last nine days of February 2000 came in 22.2 degrees above average!
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Abstract: Deaf people want to communicate remotely with sign language. Sign language requires sufficient video quality to be intelligible. Internet-based real-time video tools do not provide that quality. Our approach is to use asynchronous transmission to maintain video quality. Unfortunately, this entails a corresponding increase in latency. To reduce latency as much as possible, we sought to adapt a synchronous video codec to an asynchronous video application. First we compared several video codecs with subjective and objective metrics. This paper describes the process by which we chose x264 and integrated it into a Deaf telephony video application, and experimented to configure x264 optimally for the asynchronous environment. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/511 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: The South African Deaf community has very limited telephony options. They prefer to communicate in sign language, a visual medium. Realtime video over Internet Protocol is a promising option, but in reality, the quality is often not enough for the Deaf to be able to understand each other's sign language. Furthermore, these applications were not design specifically for the Deaf. This paper introduces an asynchronous video chat system to provide better quality video at the expense of increased latency. It determined a codec/transmission protocol combination in the laboratory environment and tested it out with actual Deaf users. This paper will address the results based on comparison between different codecs, transmission protocol on asynchronous video communication for the Deaf. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/486 Files in this item: 1
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Abstract: This paper describes work in progress on call capacity optimization for voice over Internet Protocol on wireless mesh networks. In a developing country such as South Africa, evidence has shown that rural inhabitants find it difficult to afford the voice services offered by cellular networks. Voice over Internet Protocol is known for its affordability relative to cellular voice services, therefore deploying such services for rural communities will not only benefit rural inhabitants but also offer economic advantages to service providers. We are interested in the provision of voice services with rural wireless mesh networks. Unfortunately voice on mesh networks can experience packet loss and delays that cause reduction in voice quality. Transmission of small voice packets over wireless mesh networks imposes high overhead that leads to a tremendous decrease in call capacity. Therefore, we aim to study the performance of voice over 802.11 wireless mesh networks and evaluate packet aggregation mechanisms that merge small voice packets into a single large packet, in order to preserve voice quality with more calls. We will implement and evaluate packet aggregations mechanisms on a 'mesh potato' network with iterative cycles of laboratory experiments using a network simulator to collect data for performance evaluation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10566/618 Files in this item: 1
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Published: 11/14/2012 7:03 PM | Last update: 11/15/2012 6:57 AM Old friends are foes with Meade-La Crosse matchDuane Moeder said he fought the urge all day to send Meade High football coach Scott Moshier a text message.La Crosse's city manager, the father of a starting defensive back for unbeaten La Crosse High, had his reasons for not sending the message to his former college teammate.
And while Moeder and Moshier, Pratt College football teammates in 1984, might be good friends, this week, they are rivals in the friendliest way imaginable. Still, there's a berth in the Kansas Class 2A championship game at stake in Friday's semifinal game in Meade. And that trumped any "good luck" text Moeder planned on sending to his friends. Their friendship - three decades in the making - will resume on Saturday. Moshier understands. "We never talk during La Crosse week," he said. This is a game that has been most hoped to see - a battle of two of the best teams in Western Kansas. La Crosse has run the table this season and has been ranked atop the polls for most of the year, while Meade rebounded from a season-opening loss to win its next 10 games. Along the way, they have eliminated the rest of the contenders. The only thing left is the game everyone wanted to see. "This is a big game," said La Crosse coach Jon Webster. "It's two teams that in recent years have been as good as it gets in Western Kansas. This is a game that showcases just how good the football is on this side of the state." And it has captured the fancy of both communities - not to mention the surrounding areas. Consider that as many as 3,000 people are expected Friday when Meade hosts La Crosse in a Kansas Class 2A semifinal game. To put that in perspective, consider that the entire population of Meade County, according to 2010 Census numbers, is a tidge more than 1,700. "It will be big," Moshier said. "They will bring a lot of people. There will be three radio stations and a TV station. It's going to be a beautiful night." When Meade walks onto the field for pregame warm-ups, it will be different. The stadium, which is usually empty at 5:45 p.m., will be already filled to capacity. And across the field, on the visitor's sideline, there will be a sea of black and gold. "There will be energy in the place," Moshier said. "There will be cars lined up way early. It's going to be electric. It's something both teams are going to feed off." Meade won a state championship in 2010 and was the top-ranked Class 2A team for all of last year before losing to La Crosse in the state semifinals. La Crosse had its chances to win a state crown, but made too many mistakes in a state championship game loss to Centralia. "It's not something we talk about, but we think about it," Webster said. "I don't think you ever get over it as a coach or a player, and it may be too soon still, but with time you look back and can say we had a great season."
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Sometimes, I maybe use the width property of the input source to control the output effect, is the width property available now? It seems that I can't find help in the language reference docs.....
The width of the input image isn't available, instead you need to pass
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Pixel Bender works in the infinite image plane, meaning that you can sample anywhere and get a value back. In Flash, if you sample off the edge of an image, you get the player background color. There currently isn't a function that will get you the size of the image (it has more to do with how Pixel Bender works in Photoshop and After Effects than in Flash), but that is a big user request (obviously), so we're looking at adding it into the next version of the language.


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I don't like the idea of having to pay for my own songs. I mean, I'm going to be paying $100+ a year to even be able to submit songs. On top of that, I'm going to have to pay for every song I submit that I also want to play (more than likely all of them). So say I submit 20 songs. I'm going to have to spend another $20. And that's if I decide to charge $1 for each song. There's no way I'm going to sell enough (if any) of my songs to make the $20 up.
It's kind of like the Indie games on Xbox Live. If I was involved in creating one of those games, selling it for $10, I would feel like I shouldn't have to pay for it. Does anyone know how Indie Games works? Do the creators get to download their own games for free? SwordofWhedon said something about them getting tokens, whatever that means.
If you want to compare it to other things, well, you can't. A band may buy a acquire a bunch of their own CDs, but they would get them cheaper than what they would normally sell for. With the Rock Band Network, we're having to pay the same amount for our songs as anyone else would.
Hmmm. Is there a polite way of saying, "Cry me a river"? It's one dollar. If you can pony up to actually get 20 songs submitted and available through RBN, but then have to balk at $20 to be able to play them, then you can go through the hassle of audition mode whenever you want to, it's that simple. If you're the average band submitting a handful of songs, then you're talking about the cost of a bite to eat at McDonald's to be able to access your songs.
Further, there isn't any methodology available that could possibly link you in particular to the finished product that appears on RBN. The system can't recognize you as an individual and give you a free ride. Honestly, any indie bands who are looking at RBN as any form of revenue stream are likely to be disappointed; the cost of having a song charted and all that is not likely to be made back in any short order by whatever you get from the RBN. What RBN provides is exposure and a medium through which to deliver your music to people who would never have heard it before, people who were not going to bother with your myspace page or whatever obscure locale your music would otherwise be located in.
If I had an ounce of the talent needed to play a musical instrument, then I would be all over this and I'd be cheering as I paid my $1 to download my song, now part of the catalogue of arguably the biggest music game phenomenon ever. I guess some people have always got to see the cloud in their silver lining.
Telling people online how wrong they are since 1990.
Wait, what? You don't think you're going to sell even 3 copies of each song you submit? If you put up a song for $1, you get $0.30 for each copy that sells on the RBN store. It will only take 3 (and a 3rd, but I'm rounding) purchased downloads by other people for you to make back the $1 it will cost you to download it yourself.
If you don't think you're going to even get 3 people to purchase and download your songs, then why are you doing this?
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No, what I'm saying is that the bands I've worked with have, indeed, purchased their OWN CDs and merch at their selling price, not cost. Yes, the band could buy 1000 pressed CDs for $1500, or $1.50 each. But at shows they sold them for $10, so they made every member of the band pay $10 for every copy they wanted, too. Why? Because independent bands need the money to survive. Recording and touring aren't cheap. It's just the cost of not being on a label, and it's something bands have to live with. At least we're talking about $1 or $2 songs here. If you spent $100 on a developer account, can you really not afford to buy copies of the songs, too?
When I've got some subject that I hold dear, I just put it in a song and I know that you'll hear.
if 3 or less people download my songs i'm going to drive to boston and beat HMXHenry up.
I'm pretty serious about making music. I love doing it, but I know I won't sell many songs, if any. I'd be surprised if someone I didn't know downloaded one of my songs. More than anything, I just want to be able to play my own songs by myself or with others in the same room.
When you sign up for an XNA account, you link it to your Gamertag. At the very least, they could give me one code to use to download the song for myself.
My point is that in addition to paying the $99 to get into the XNA and the $60 for Reaper, you also have to pay to download your own songs. I'm not complaining. I don't mind the $99 XNA fee and the $60 for Reaper. I just don't see why, like I said before, they couldn't provide us with one code for each song we submit to download it. If the Indie Games developers get 50, why can't we get 1?
If all you want to do is play your own songs by yourself or with others on your console, then you don't need to ever pay to download it. In fact, you don't even have to submit it for play testing or peer review.
Create the note charts and use Magma to transfer them from your PC to your Xbox in Audition Mode.
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The way I understood it, when you're in Audition Mode, you can only have one of your songs loaded at a time. And I'm sure it would take a few moments to get your song sent over the network to be playable in Audition Mode too. If you can only have one song in Audition Mode at one time, that's not a good solution. Say I have 10 songs and I want to play them back to back. I'd have to go to my computer and send the first song to my Xbox, play the song, back to my computer, repeat.


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Lunchtime Seminar, 9 November 2012, WHO-HQ Geneva
On Friday, November 9th, 2012, Prevention of Blindness and Deafness and Disability and Rehabilitation hosted the lunch time seminar; living with deafness and hearing loss in middle and low income countries: options and challenges.
Guest Speakers included: Mr. Colin Allen and Ms. Sally Harvest
Chaired by: Dr Nicholas Banatvala, Senior Advisor to ADG/NMH
360 million people across the world live with disabling hearing loss. Broadly, persons living with hearing loss can be divided into those who are deaf and others who are hard of hearing. Deaf persons mostly suffer with severe or profound hearing loss. Deaf people often use sign language as a means of communication alongwith lip reading. Sign languages vary across the world, with each country having its own sign languages.
Hard of hearing refers to people with hearing loss ranging from mild to profound, who mostly communicate through spoken language. They often benefit from use of hearing aids and cochlear implants. Some of the hearing loss is due to ear diseases such as otitis media, which can be treated.
Early identification of hearing loss and intervention are important to ensure that all persons with hearing loss can reach their full potential within the society, through inclusion and full access to learning and living environments.
Mr Colin Allen was raised in a deaf family in Sydney and graduated with a Diploma in Community Organisations from the University of Technology, Sydney. Mr Allen was elected the President of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) in July 2011. Prior to this Mr Allen served as a WFD board member from 2003. He was also President of the Australian Association of the Deaf (now Deaf Australia) for nine years. As the president Mr Allen sits in the board of International Disability Alliance. Mr Allen has worked as Director of Services with the Deaf Society of NSW since October 2009 and is currently responsible for the delivery of services across five departments (Community Services, Adult Education, Employment, Interpreting and Advocacy & Community Development).
Mr Allen has an extensive experience in development work. He has worked as project co-ordinator for WFD's Global Pre-Planning Project on the Human Rights of Deaf People conducting regional survey work about Deaf people in Eastern Europe, Middle Asia, Asia and the Pacific, South America, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Eastern and Southern Africa, Western and Central Africa and Arabian States. In addition he has also worked with the Finnish Association of the Deaf's development projects in Albania, Cambodia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Turkey.
Ms Sally Harvest is a member of CBM's Advisory working group on ear and hearing care. Ms Harvest was born with normal hearing but lost her hearing after struggling with ear infections for many years. She also has inherited sensory-neural hearing loss. She wore bi-lateral hearing aids for 30 years and now benefits from the use of a hearing aid and a cochlear implant. Ms Harvest has worked closely with WHO in developing and field testing WHO training manuals for primary ear and hearing care. Today, she is a Hearing and Communication therapist and provides support to users of hearing aids and cochlear implants and their families.


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Why I won't be taking unpaid internships
January 16th, 2013 • Yuni Kim
A $250,000 settlement has students talking
U.S. television host and journalist Charlie Rose recently settled a class-action lawsuit after his production company was accused of failing to pay its former college interns. The settlement will set his production company back about $250,000, with each of the 189 interns walking away with $1,100 each for 10 weeks' worth of work.
"$1,100? Not that bad," I thought to myself.
Media executive turned law school graduate Steve Cohen disagreed. In the Wall Street Journal he called the lawsuit "dumb" and the settlement "worse." He says that companies will now be hesitant to take on interns because it invites the possibility of meddling from labour activists rallying against the notion of unpaid work.


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Chancellor Opposes Senate Bill 1467
March 4, 2011
Tucson, AZ – Pima Community College Chancellor Dr. Roy Flores today issued a statement expressing his views on Senate Bill 1467. The text of the statement follows:
The Arizona Legislature is debating Senate Bill 1467, which would allow persons possessing a valid permit to bring firearms onto the campuses of institutions of higher education, including Pima Community College.
I believe that this legislation will not make PCC's campuses safer, and might have undesirable negative consequences.
Police chiefs from higher education institutions throughout Arizona have said they believe that allowing firearms on campuses will make the campuses less safe. I wholeheartedly agree with these experts, who are trained in the use of firearms and dedicated to ensuring safety at higher education facilities.
Additionally, I believe that the bill interferes with the autonomy of the Pima Community College Governing Board. Board members have been elected by the people of Pima County. A locally elected board should have the authority to decide this issue.
A. Rachelle Howell, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Marketing,
(520) 206-4850


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Wynberg, one of the most loved and established suburbs in the Western Cape, is known for its famous Maynardville open-air theatre, its quaint Chelsea Village and its excellent restaurants. Nestling on the southern spine of Table Mountain, this suburb today has the highest concentration of historic buildings in South Africa. Wynberg had its beginnings when on 1 March 1657, when Jan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch commander of the Cape, distributed land along the Liesbeeck River to nine "Free Burghers", in order to establish farms. These farmers were to supply produce to the VOC Company so that their trading ships had fresh supplies en route to India and Europe. The local Khoikhoi people who had lived in this area prior to the arrival of the Dutch were forced to retreat or be incorporated forcibly into the economy of the European settlers. Van Riebeeck himself established a vineyard on a prominent hill at the Southeastern end of the Table Mountain chain, naming it Boschheuvel. In 1683, the first estate in this area passed into private hands when Herman Weeckens took transfer of the land and established the farm called De Oude Wijnbergh (Old Wine Mountain). A formal winter anchorage was established in Simon's Bay (during 1743) as the conditions in Table Bay during the windy winter season could cause shipwrecks. A wagon route linking this False Bay settlement, with Cape Town led over the hill adjacent to Oude Wijnbergh which then became a busy refreshment stop on the Cape Town to Simon's Town route, thereby literally putting Wynberg on the map. Wynberg prospered and grew rapidly over the next three centuries into a vibrant satellite settlement.
The British took control of the Cape in 1795, the established farming area of Wynberg, was developed into a military base when the British settled troops, the "Hottentot Corps", in the area. Wynberg is about half way between Table Bayand Simonstown, so this was convenient for troops to have access to ships in both ports. The base provided farmers with a market and saved them the journey into Cape Town. The farm of Alexander Tennant, a slave trader, De Oude Wynberg, was selected by the British as property suitable to establish a camp. Tennant sold 78 morgen (a morgen was a unit of measurementof land in Germany, the Netherlandsand the Dutch colonies, including South Africa and Taiwan. The size of a morgen varied from 1/2 to 2½ acres, depending on area of land ploughed in a day .In 1869 the Germans fixed the area to a quarter hectare or 2500m²) to the Cape government in 1809; the British purchased a further 54 morgen in 1886 and established an extensive military camp which became less important after the South African War. In 1921, property and buildings on the remainder of the farm were transferred to the government of the Union of South Africa and remained a military camp.
The house built by Tenant, Sonnebloem, still stands today at the foot of Wynberg Hill and the vineyards belonging to the property can be seen on both sides of the M3 freeway. Between 1834 and 1838, the astronomer, John Herschel lived in Wynberg. He studied the southern hemisphere skies, and together with his wife studied South African flowers. Charles Darwin, still a young man in 1836, met Herschel in Wynberg, this meeting had an influence on Darwin's later work. The village grew up around the two churches. Land was granted to the Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk in 1832, the first building on the site was erected in1839. Enlarged in 1843, the landmark as we know it today, at the top of Carr Hill, was rebuilt in 1889, in 1965 the church was proclaimed a national monument. In 1836 land was granted to the Anglican Church and St John's Church, the oldest Anglican Church in Cape Town was built. In the 1840's Wynberg became a popular area in which to buy property for a country villa. James Maynard settled in Wynberg on the farm Rozendal and built Maynard's Villa. When the remains of Napoleon, were removed from St Helena to Paris in 1841, James Maynard purchased the gates that guarded the grave and shipped them to Cape Town to be erected at the driveway to his estate. They remained there for 100 years, after which they were restored and returned to St Helena. Willow cuttings taken from the trees at the grave site, were cultivated to lay out the Willow grove at Maynardville. Maynard married late in life and had no heirs, his properties were left to his nephew, William Mortimer Maynard Farmer. Farmer was a director of the Union Castle Company. Farmer entertained lavishly at Maynardville, gaining support for his political career as a member of parliament. The property was left to his son Gerald, who sold Maynardville to the City Council of Cape Town, who in turn demolished the homestead in 1954. The land now a large public park, with an open air theatre, hosts an annual Shakespearean festival, during the summer months. Annually at the end of February, the Maynardville Community Chest Carnival takes place.
The second oldest school in South Africa, Wynberg Boys High School was established in 1841, on the hill above the village, now situated on Hawthornden Estate.
Hawthornden built by Captain John Spence in the Renaissance manner, has more than thirty rooms, with bay windows, cast iron balconies, a turret, and a French-type mansard roof, a formal rose garden, can be seen by driving along Lovers Walk. In 1891 Hawthornden was bought by the mining magnate J B Robinson, who only moved into the property in 1917 Their daughter, Ida married Count Labia, who later became Prince Labia. The Labia family still occupy this magnificent home.
The Junior School buildings designed in the Victorian style by Sir Herbert Baker is situated on the same estate. In the 1860's, six Dominican sisters from Ireland, purchased the Springfield estate to establish a girl's school in the "countryside". The school, Springfield, is an independent Catholic Girls School, the first to offer "matric" for girls, was established in 1871. In 1884 the Dutch Reformed Church, of Wynberg, decided to found a school for girls, now Wynberg Girls High School. The school was founded in 1885 with two teachers - Sisters Annie Brink and Nellie Brink - and twenty-seven young boys and girls. The buildings on the school grounds have significance. The boarding house, built in 1885 is situated where the old Pastorie was, the school library on the site of the original little school, as the school grew many buildings changed their original use. The school was nicknamed the "School in the Bush." Later changed the now known as Wynberg Girls High to Girls Public School, it now included pupils from Sub A to Standard Ten. It was the first girls' school in South Africa to offer Physical Education which included hockey, cricket and tennis, with a fully qualified Physical Education teacher, who studied in London. The gymnasium was erected in 1900, in 1905 the running of the school was taken over by The Cape Education department. In 1682, the second railway in the colony was built from the junction at Salt River to Wynberg.
Wynberg Park, over 22 hectares, is a popular place for recreation and relaxation. The park which borders Trovato Link Road, a feeder to the M3, has an entrance to the park demarcated with a white marble fountain inscribed: "To commemorate the Coronation of King Edward VII, 9 August 1902." The land for the Kind Edward Park, as it was then known, was obtained in the 1890s. The park was landscaped with waterways, lawns, trees, shrubs and displays of hydrangeas in summer, although a large section was allowed to remain wild. A small number of the Silvertree (Leucodendron argenteum), which was once plentiful in the area can be seen in the upper reaches of the park. The numbers of this prominent and attractive tree have been decimated through loss of habitat. Although the park has lost some land to the freeway it has been well preserved. Wynberg was and still is the magisterial district of the Southern Suburbs, this is considerably larger than the former municipality. The district includes Hout Bay and Llandudno, Mowbray, Rondebosch and Claremont, Constantia and Tokai areas south of Wynberg and most of the Cape Flats. It has a district court and a Home Affairs Office. Around 1954 the restoration of the old village of Wynberg, began, the area contains some fine examples of Regency architecture. Several dwellings in Durban and Victoria roads have been renovated with the efforts of the Old Wynberg Committee keeping the aesthetic, architectural and cultural values that make Little Chelsea unique in South Africa. Wynberg Village was designated as a conservation area in 1981. Many of these historic cottages are commercially owned and house galleries, picture framers and antique shops, however the little streets still have quaint cottages, overhanging trees and creepers that create a village atmosphere. There are townhouses complexes which blend into the architecture of the village and many of the properties are deceptive in size. Parts of Wynberg have larger homes in more conventional tree-lined streets. These older homes are much sought after by locals as well as overseas purchasers. There are still a few unaltered cottages and homes to be snapped up and remodelled to individual taste. There are apartment blocks which are popular with young and old alike. Access to the M3 freeway is gained by using the Constantia intersection or the Wynberg intersection. The Main road or Tenant road can be used to access Claremont. Heading towards Main Road there are second-hand shops, fabric shops, factory outlet shops, great for picking up a good deal. Constantia Village shopping centre is nearby as well as the Gabriel Road shopping centre. There are restaurants, and a pub in the heart of the village, and a convenience store at the petrol station on the outskirts of the village. Victoria Hospital situated at the foot of Wynberg hill is known for its high standard of care for the population it serves. The hospital provides a wide range of medical and surgical services.
The heart of Wynberg and the areas along Main Road have, since the late 70's slowly fell into a state of disrepair, even though the character of the area was maintained. Property prices in this area also moved more slowly than the surrounding areas which made the land and building prices attractive to developers who saw the potential of the area. Only recently in time terms, has Wynberg entered into a regeneration phase, which is leading to rapid property price increases and these too will reach similar levels as those in surrounding areas. "It is now the right time to invest in Wynberg." says Greeff "One can clearly see the densification process taking place, older units being demolished to make way for new apartment blocks and or townhouse complexes. The Main Road area has until now resisted major change and only a few retail buildings have been developed there. This too is changing, as substantial open land and certain old building blocks in the Main Road precinct have been bought up by developers, who are working on new retail and residential projects.
Wynberg is a village packed with history, steeped in tradition, yet alive.


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Southern Arizona Consumers Complain about Telemarketing Calls from Phoenix- based Green Alliance
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona is alerting consumers to Green Alliance, a Phoenix-based solar panel installation company that consumers in Tucson and Sierra Vista say is employing aggressive, and allegedly misleading telephone sales tactics.
Multiple consumers have told BBB that they were called by sales representatives from Green Alliance, despite their phone numbers being registered on the National Do Not Call Registry. Multiple consumers also tell BBB that once on the phone with Green Alliance some company representatives became rude, and in one case yelled at the consumer.
Earlier this month Sulpher Springs Valley Electric Cooperative (SSVEC) – Cochise County's electric utility – issued a member alert after customers called and complained about phone calls from Green Alliance. In the alert, SSVEC said Green Alliance was telling its customers they were eligible for various solar reimbursement programs that SSVEC says have never existed.
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"Tucson Electric Power does not have any business partnership with a company called The Green Alliance," Joe Salkowski, TEP Director of Communications, told BBB in an email. "TEP does make incentives available to the owners of solar power systems, and we have established working (more…)


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If you reduce holiday commercialism to its essence, it's about showing someone you love them. So why do we have to spend money to do that?
It was a big weekend with the Thanksgiving holiday and for the first time I can recall, many of us also celebrated Hanukkah. I love this time of year filled with tradition, gathering together and sharing.
What kind of dissonance is experienced by children who, the day after they learn about the meaning of Thanksgiving, go with their parents to the mall and watch them argue and push others over appliances?
The ethical teachings of Jesus long and clearly have been understood to support the poor and struggling in the world over those with means -- who remain hard of heart.
Is keeping up with the Joneses getting you down -- financially, emotionally and let's face it, physically? What if you want to tell the Joneses to take a long walk off a short pier (in the most respectful, non-grinchlike way possible)?
Some manufacturing is coming back to America, to be sure, but not the assembly line jobs that used to be the core of manufacturing employment. Computerized machine tools and robots are doing an increasing portion of the work -- which is why many companies can afford to bring their factories back here. Get it? Technology and globalization are driving the good deals American consumers are getting this holiday season. But the same forces are keeping wages down, and are even on the verge of eliminating many of the low-wage retail and related service jobs many Americans now need to make ends meet. To put it another way, American consumers getting great shopping deals are also American workers on the losing end of those same deals.
Look, at the end of the day, what policy makers really need to be looking for are ideas that most efficiently reduce wage and income inequality. That's a main reason why I've been so stuck on full employment, as it perfectly meets that criterion.
Will the media whip the public up into a frothing fit over the terrible state of the nation's infrastructure? What about the millions of unemployed, underemployed and underpaid? The answer is: probably not.
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Some studies that look at brain activity when people are giving, show similar pleasure circuit patterns to when we eat chocolate, have orgasms or do drugs. Sex, drugs and... philanthropy? Doesn't quite have that same ring to it.
No matter what type of foot problem you may have, when you place arch supports in your sandals, high heels or running shoes your foot will automatically become more supported, comfortable and improve the wear pattern of your shoes.
Alongside the convenience and ease of shopping online brings the complexities of actually getting the goods in the hands of the shopper, which can be difficult for retailers to control.
Thanksgiving seems to be everyone's favorite holiday. In addition to the pleasures of the feast, millions of Americans enjoy sitting around the table ...
This week, the time devoted to giving thanks for all that we have became a little shorter, and the time devoted to accumulating more stuff grew longer, with the shopping orgy known as Black Friday (a name that seems more apt every year) getting started on Thanksgiving itself. At Macy's, the traditional parade balloons were followed by armed police watching as impatient shoppers, corralled within barricades, waited to get into the company's flagship store. Black Friday brought a slew of bargains coast to coast -- along with shootings, stabbings, various assaults and the trending hashtag #WalmartFights. How did a holiday meant to celebrate what's best in us come to be hijacked by a consumerist frenzy that increasingly showcases our worst impulses? Perhaps next year, between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we can officially shoehorn in Reflection Sunday.
Perhaps ironically, the toys that parents are pushing each other out of the way to buy are themselves aimed to train the shopper in the fine art of mayhem and competition.
Who waits in line over night to go shopping? Who gives up their Thanksgiving just to save 10 dollars on a toaster, or even a hundred on a tablet? Poor people, that's who. Those of us who say we wouldn't dream of entering a Walmart on Black Whateverday? We can afford to say things like that.


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