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Hey man, I bought the e-book version of your book the other day and its great. I sculpted my first little figure this week and was gonna save up some money to buy some smooth on.
I ended up searching for DIY mold making materials and came across oogoo. Have you tried making anything with this?
It's silicone caulking and corn starch mixed together with some mineral spirits mixed in to thin it and make it pourable.
I made a test mold that was really sloppy, but it worked! And the over all cost was just a few dollars.
When I'm off this week I'm gonna try to do a better mold and see if I can get a good cast out of it.
Just wondering if its anything you've messed around with!
Thanks for the book, it's awesome!
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Hey West, thanks for the email. I've only played with the Smooth-On products, but I'll check out the oogoo, with a name like that, I've gotta try it. THANKS for the tip. Keep on casting! Jay~
Barry'd Treasure, Super Cooper, and JEMTOY
Super Cooper Berella is a good buddy of mine. I have been lucky enough to have been part of several of his art shows in his little home town of Los Angeles, California. We met in an on line forum through our mutual love of making paper toys. As fate would have it, I'm also a big fan of Barry from Storage Wars fame who just got his own A & E television show, Barry'd Treasure. What a hoot it is to see Barry checking out Super Cooper's massive toy collection, and a great honor to see my resin toys featured. My Bat Winged Gomper and a couple Swamp Boggers made it to the final edit. Thanks to one and all, and big hugs out to Cooper's amazing mom, Johnny Berella for getting all the release forms and paper work in order to make it all happen.
Big Hi! From Buenos Aires Argentina!
Hello Mr Jay
Let me introduce myself
My name is Matias Bovero AKA Matias Bomber,
I began making toys since 2011, doing my first try and error.
Then at fall 2011 release my first bigcartel store and then began the first sales.
Last sunday I bought your book on pdf. Were very helpful for me, I learn new ways to make molds. This mail its to say Thank you very much for your book!!!
If you wanna see some of my stuff
your truly
Matias Bomber.
Chongo Chat with JEMTOY
Congolio interviews J.E.Moores from JEMTOY. We talk about paper toys, resin toys, and art. Links mentioned in this video are: PrintCutFoldGlue.com – TimeBrats.com – Chongolio.com – Seven Super Girls - check 'em out!
Did I Do Something Wrong?
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Thank You Mista Louis
Thank you Mista Louis for including JEMTOY in your latest book, We Are Indie Toys!
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Assholes With Guns – Army Edition
We Are Indie Toys!
I am excited to be part of Louis Bou's latest book, We Are Indie Toys: Make Your Own Resin Characters. Making resin toys is a lot of fun, and this book has a behind the scenes look at several resin toy artists, including JEMTOY!
Assholes With Guns!
I repackaged a bunch of crappy drug store toys for your amusement. Here is the latest edition of the Great Endangered American Consumer project. May I present: Assholes With Guns!


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TOKYO (AP) -- Hello Kitty, whom many learned last week is a girl and not a cat, may be the queen of Japan's cute characters, but she's hardly the only one.
There are thousands, and they are ubiquitous: Long-time favorite Doraemon (who really is a cat) has a daily quiz in a national newspaper. Little monster Pikachu hosted a theme cafe in Tokyo this summer. Stress-relieving Rilakkuma ("relaxed bear") dangles from teenage girls' school bags.
Characters are not just for kids in Japan, but a part of business and social life. Some see Japan's cute-craze, known as "kawaii," as a sign of immaturity, but others say it's rooted in a harmony-centered way of life that goes back to ancient animist traditions.
Japanese used to worship many gods, and portrayed ghosts as comical characters. In what is seen as the origin of Japanese manga, or comics, a set of 12th-century scroll paintings humorously portray frogs, rabbits and other animals in human activities, from sumo wrestling to temple worshipping.
Hello Kitty and Doraemon now face hordes of newcomers, many launched by municipal governments to promote tourism and local products. Regular "character summits" choose a national favorite. The market reached 2.3 trillion yen ($23 billion) last year, according to think tank Yano Research Institute Ltd.
Here are a few that have risen above the crowd:
Created 40 years ago, Hello Kitty is made up of just a few simple strokes: two dots for eyes and a tiny circle for a nose, and no mouth. In contrast to expressive American characters such as Mickey Mouse and Garfield, Hello Kitty doesn't show emotions, and the simplicity has attracted fans from children to street fashion devotees. An article in the Los Angeles Times last week created an Internet firestorm when it explained that the character is not a cat; many insisted she must be. Despite her cat-like ears and whiskers, she is a "cheerful girl with a gentle heart," says the official website of her theme park, Sanrio Puroland. Born Kitty White in the suburbs of London, she weighs the same as three apples, enjoys baking cookies and dreams about becoming a poet or pianist.
Goofy black bear Kumamon is perhaps the most successful of the mushrooming new characters that seek to promote a locality in Japan. Its name means a native of Kumamoto, a prefecture in southern Japan, and the character was introduced on March 12, 2010, the day Japan's high-speed bullet train entered full service in the south. The prefecture doesn't charge a licensing fee to use Kumamon's simple image, and experts say that has been a key to success. As the bear's popularity grew, more and more companies wanted to cash in. Today it appears not only on Kumamoto souvenirs, but also on innumerable products including instant cup noodles, snacks and cosmetics.
A hyperactive Asian pear from the city of Funabashi, just outside Tokyo, has taken Japan by storm in the past year. Funassyi, a combination of Funabashi and the Japanese word for pear, is an exception to Japan's more typically laid-back characters. In a bright yellow, stretchy bodysuit, the pear-fairy jumps up and down frantically and talks in a rapid-fire, high-pitched voice, shouting "nashi!" (pear) at the end of each sentence. Funassyi is not an authorized city mascot, but the product of an entertainer from Funabashi. Its popularity exploded after a tea commercial last year. Funassyi appears regularly on TV and is releasing a CD from Universal Music Japan. The character reportedly earned 200 million yen ($2 million) last year.
Doraemon, a blue robotic cat from the 22nd century, started as a manga (comic) character in 1969. It has a four-dimensional pocket in its stomach with a seemingly endless supply of items to help its friends. Among them are a "time machine" and "anywhere door" that allows them to travel wherever and to any time period they wish. Doraemon is popular in many parts of the world, including Asia and Latin America, but the television cartoon series didn't debut in the U.S. until this year. Adaptations for an American audience included simplifying the names of two boy characters from Nobita Nobi to "Noby," and Gian to "Big G," and replacing Japanese yen with U.S. dollars.
The "relaxing bear" is usually seen lounging on a yellow bean bag, sometimes nibbling on snacks, demonstrating an ultimate stress-free lifestyle. The roommate of a 25-year-old female office worker, Rilakkuma's gentle words such as "sleep and reset" and "let's worry when that happens" have been compiled in a series of popular books, serving as remedies for stressed-out Japan. Created by San-X, a Tokyo-based character-oriented stationary and gift company, Rilakkuma has raked in more than 10 billion yen ($100 million) from stationary, clothing and book sales since its 2003 debut.


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Bill Clinton to Join Ben Stiller for Gala to Benefit Haiti
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- Monday, August 08, 2011 11:55 AM
NEW YORK, USA — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton will be joining comedian/actor Ben Stiller in a New York City gala to benefit The Stiller Foundation that's building schools in Haiti.
Some pretty well known American artists have donated work for the chairity auction: Chuck Close , Paul McCarthy , Jasper Johns , Dan Flavin , Jeff Koons and Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Stiller partnered with New York art dealer David Zwirner for the event called "Artists for Haiti," and it is scheduled for Sept. 22 at Christie's auction house. The gala with Bill Clinton will be held the day after.
The cause is dear to Clinton's heart. He launched the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund and created the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund with former President George W. Bush in 2010.
Stiller created his foundation after the 2010 earthquake.
All proceeds will go to support nonprofit groups already working in Haiti.
Related 07.25.2011: Miley Cyrus: I'm Going, Going, Back, Back, to Haiti, Haiti
Related 06.16.2011: Celebrities Attend Black Carpet for New Education Benefit for Haiti
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Related 04.21.2011: Ben Stiller to Put on New York Art Auction for Haitian Charities
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Topshop goes international! Well.. sort of.
It seems that some of our fabulous non-UK friends are soon to be subject to the dubious price-hikes for which Topshop is affectionately known here in the UK! Unfortunately, it appears that 'international' in Topshop-speak only includes the United States and Australia, so the rest of the world will have to wait. That said - and as our friend, Susie Bubble, surmises - this may be Topshop's way of testing the waters before adding additional destinations.. so keep those fingers crossed!
Officially, Topshop will ship at a flat rate of £10 to the US and Australia, which isn't bad when you consider that they aim to have your goods to you within 5 working days! Just mind the exchange rate, girls! (and I say that as a concerned Aussie ex-pat who has felt the pound-to-dollar pinch!)
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SYWH Podcast 36: THE STORY SO FAR
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FOR THE WIN have a sweet new song
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Stuff You Will Hate podcast: Episode 01
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- wicrawl is a simple AP scanner with a flexible/simple plugin architecture. The plugins allow us to find out useful information about an AP so we don't have to manually check each access point. Plugins are easily implemented by scripts, or any externally called program. Profiles determine your usage type and dictate the plugins you are configured for and the card scheduling algorithm. The plugin engine can handle multiple cards so you can crawl through multiple APs at the same time.
- Most scanners are passive, and just check for the existence of APs. Now that wi-fi is nearly ubiquitous, this becomes less and less useful. The need to go through tons of APs is very tedious, and annoying. Additionally, there are lots of other metrics that can be very interesting to know about an access point.
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WicrawlPlugins -- This is the plugins page that should contain information on what exact plugins we have.
Note: Plugins can be written in *any* language. As long as you point the plugin.conf to it, it should work.
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[edit] Discovery engine
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- Channel hops over defined channels
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- schduling cards and plugins
- Plugins register to a specific event, and choose numerical order
- Plugins can register as either "fast", "medium" or "slow" running, and the plugin engine will run them in that order for each event level for each AP. This is so that slow running plugins don't slow down the overall program. For example a dhcp plugin would register as "fast", and aircrack would register as "slow".
- The engine has three ways of getting feedback from a plugin
- STDOUT -- this is for "user" data that is passed back to the plugin engine to put into a report
- Return codes -- This is for signaling the plugin engine. For example an event-level change for a given AP
- IPC -- Some plugins (like GPSd) can send information back through the FIFO. They have to make sure to lock the fifo, and to send a properly formatted message (see README.developers)
- Plugin engine will cache all state information per AP
- Information is passed to the plugins through command line arguments, through the environment, and from options set in the plugin.conf (for each plugin)
[edit] Profiles, and card/plug-in scheduling
- Profiles are a list of what plugins are selected along with the plugin and scheduling configuration.
- plugin scheduling options are:
- Discover and use first available AP
- Discover on all channels and use best signal
- Discover on all channels and use most active AP
- Rediscover after plugins for a single AP are run (After all APs have been scanned, the default is to rediscover
- Default profiles are:
- Default:
- Run all plugin run lengths
- Run plugins that are benign (discovery, association, dhcp, etc)
- Mobile:
- Run selected plugins that are "short"
- Discover and use best signal
- Rediscover after plugins are run
- Stationary
- Run All plugins
- Don't rediscover after each AP is scanned
- Pentest
- Run All Plugins at all levels
- Don't rediscover after each AP is scanned
- Default:
[edit] Plugin events
- Events
- New AP
- Have association
- Have IP
- Have internet
- pre/post discovery (for hooks plugins only)
- pre/post AP (for hooks plugins only)
- ordering
- Plugins are configiured by the plugin.conf in each plugin dir
- Events
[edit] Other (possible) features
- network IPC so we can run discovery and plugins from many different machines (and cards)!!!
[edit] Project Chunks
- Discovery Engine
- Plugin engine
- Plugins
- Profiles
- Wardriving Rollup Bar
- plugin browser/installer/updater
- reporting
[edit] CVS Access
CVS is available here:
:ext:firstname.lastname@example.com:/cvsroot co wicrawl
This is on port 222 (in a chroot on the main system), so the easiest thing to do is to add midnightresearch.com into your ssh config:
$ cat ~/.ssh/config Host midnightresearch.com Port 222 $export CVS_RSH=ssh
Please contact me (sith@) if you want an account
CVS commit list and devel list is here: http://midnightresearch.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wicrawl-cvs
[edit] Ubuntu/Debian(?) Compiling
To get the nessisary packages to compile :
sudo apt-get install libpcap0.8-dev libxml-smart-perl libgtk2-perl libssl-dev
Then download either Latest Version (Generally most stable), or Daily CVS Snapshot (Most recent) tarballs
gunzip wicrawl-*.tgz
tar xf wicrawl-*.tar
Change into the extracted directory
cd wicrawl*
Run "make", then "make install" as root
sudo make install
Finally, run wicrawl, by typing "sudo wicrawl", or making a launcher that starts "gksu wicrawl"
[edit] Experimental Wicrawl Curses interface
Experimental curses interface can be launch with the command line below:
sudo wicrawl -C 2> /dev/null
For the curses interface to work, you must install Curses::UI and Curses::UI::Grid perl modules. The following command works on Ubuntu/Debian installations to get these modules:
cpan install Curses::UI cpan install Curses::UI::Grid
[edit] Links
- http://midnightresearch.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/wicrawl-cvs CVS commit email list for wicrawl
- http://midnightresearch.com/~jspence/802.11-1999.pdf local copy of the 802.11 specification
- http://wiki.ethereal.com/CaptureSetup/WLAN How to enable monitor mode on different systems
- http://www.sanmagazine.com/ Other exploit tools
[edit] Card Support
Wicrawl Card Support -- Page of cards that we support -- please enter working and non-working cards here.
[edit] Road map
WicrawlOSXSupport -- putting this here for now. Will move shortly.
[edit] FAQ
[edit] Troubleshooting
[edit] Known Issues and bugs
[edit] Remaining 1.0 goals
See the /doc/TODO in the package.


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Head of Wall - Fire Resistive Construction Bulletin
To download this bulletin as a PDF, please click here.
Metal buildings are a popular choice in the US and abroad for various low-rise commercial, industrial, assembly and institutional uses. In today's marketplace they make up approximately 40 percent of the low-rise non-residential building market and are a cost-effective solution for many owners and occupants. Their noncombustible structure consists of rigid and braced steel frames which are comprised of both hot- and cold-formed steel shapes, plates, sheets, roof deck and/or panels. A typical, partially erected structural framing layout during construction is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Partially Erected Metal Building During Construction
Many elements of single-story metal building construction are commonly not required by the governing code to contain passive fire protection, in accordance with the Type IIB Classification of the International Building Code (IBC). This IIB type of construction designation requires non-combustible framing materials and compliance with specific allowable heights and areas for the design occupancy, per the building code.
As a result of this classification, the steel roof is often permitted to remain unprotected-unrated for fire resistance. However, there are some situations that require fire-resistive walls even in this Type IIB construction. This may be due to interior area or occupancy wall separations, exit distances and/or building proximity limits to an adjacent property line. The walls may be rated interior separation, corridor or exterior walls. The building code requirements and their application to any specific Project are intended to be considered on a case-by-base basis.
The subject of this Summary Bulletin and the following UL Test Report is a tested fire protection detail for the HOW joint at the intersection of a fire resistive rated wall (gypsum board on steel studs) with either an unrated or a rated roof. Given that the rated walls of metal buildings may need to be located anywhere within the building, they could align to be parallel, perpendicular, or in-line with the roof purlins, as illustrated in Figure 2 for the three basis cases. The developed HOW joint details, therefore, needed to cover all of these possible construction conditions.
Figure 2: Diagram Showing Three Basic Orientations of an Interior Fire-Resistive Wall Relative to the Roof Purlins
This work was undertaken and successfully completed by MBMA to answer specific questions of regulatory and fire safety officials relative to metal building construction compliance with the 2006 International Building Code (IBC) Sections 713.1-713.3, and similar provisions in other codes. Even though IBC Sections 713.1-713.3 explicitly cite "joints installed in or between fire-resistance rated walls, floor or floor/ceiling assemblies and roofs or roof-ceiling assemblies" (i.e. joints between two fire-rated assemblies), these sections are commonly interpreted to also include joints between fire-rated walls and non-rated (unprotected) steel roofs in metal buildings. This interpretation has led to enforcement of IBC Section 713.3, which requires joint testing in accordance with ASTM E1966 or UL 2079 even with unrated roofs. However, there is no current standard test method for fire resistance evaluation of HOW joints between a rated wall and an unrated roof. A more recent Feb. 20, 2009 letter from the International Code Council (ICC) provides an official interpretation of these IBC sections, which is supplemented by additional explanations and advisory guidelines offered by MBMA (available here).
The purpose of this Bulletin is to further explain and highlight the results of this MBMA Project relative to such metal building construction applications with both rated and unrated roofs. It supplements and supersedes the earlier fire resistive information developed on this subject in 2000-01, as provided in MBMA Insurance Bulletin No. 19.
Under the auspices of the MBMA Committee on Fire Protection and Insurance, two wall joint fire tests were successfully conducted in mid-2007 at Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL) and three new UL assembly listings were issued. These head-of-wall (HOW) joint tests were conducted in accordance with the existing UL 2079 (ASTM E1966) standard for a head of wall joint in a fire-resistive 1-hr wall, except that a non-rated, non-combustible steel roof assembly, typical of single-story metal building construction, was used in-place of a rated assembly required by these standards.
The joint test assemblies replicated common metal building construction conditions for an unrated (unprotected) steel roof with purlin inside the wall, as well as being parallel and perpendicular to the wall. These two HOW joint tests successfully met all the UL 2079 temperature and joint integrity acceptance criteria for a 1-hr fire rating period after Class II movement cycling for 100% compression and extension of the maximum joint width (opening) of 2-inches.
At the end of each test, the unexposed side wall temperatures were substantially below the UL 2079 acceptance limits, the ASTM E119 fire did not penetrate the wall or HOW joint, and the joint successfully passed a hose stream test. The UL Test Report with supporting data is available in the section that immediately follows this, entitled UL Report.
Unrated Roofs
The most common situation for low-rise metal building construction is that the roofs are not required to be fire resistive; i.e. they are unrated.
For this condition, UL was unable to issue an explicit listing for the actual assemblies as tested, i.e. with an unrated roof, because the current UL 2079 (ASTM E1966) test standard only covers joints between rated wall and rated floor or roof assemblies. Instead, the three new UL listings issued (HW-D-0488, HW-D-0489, and HW-D-0490) all reference roofs protected with a ceiling membrane. An explanatory UL letter, dated Feb. 5, 2008, is available in the section following the test report in order to more fully document this application.
The section drawing of the representative HOW joint detail for a 1-hour fire resistive rating is illustrated above, as given in the 2008 UL Fire Resistance Directory, for HW-D-0488 with the roof purlin being inside the wall. UL Designs HW-D-0489 and HW-D-0490 similarly show the construction details for a 1-hr HOW joint for the cases wherein the purlins are oriented parallel and perpendicular to the wall, thereby enveloping all possible single story metal building design conditions. Except for the 1-hour protective ceiling membrane identified as "1H" below, this HOW joint reflects the assemblies tested and the commonly occurring field condition for metal buildings. Readers are referred to the 2008 UL Fire Resistance Directory itself for these specific joint assembly listings and all of its construction details.
Several noteworthy aspects of these HOW assemblies include the following:
1. The wall joint detail is representative of current and typical metal building construction practices.
2. It is applicable for use with a 1-hr rated gypsum board and steel stud wall assembly in any U400 or V400 series design
3. The roof insulation is continuously draped over the top of wall; it need not be cut and re-attached to the sides of the wall, as had sometimes been required in the past.
4. This HOW joint has now also been qualified for vertical joint movement of up to 2-inches up and down from the installed neutral position. The steel deflection channel within the wall, together with other salient wall construction features that allow for this movement, are fully described in the UL listings.
5. Firestop caulking, or another brand bearing the UL Classification mark, as required, is important to the intended fire performance of this joint.
6. All the components of these assemblies are generic, except for the fire caulking product.
7. The UL joint listings cover all the possible design alignments of the roof purlins relative to the rated wall: within the wall, parallel and perpendicular to the wall.
Fire-Resistive Rated Roofs
In some cases, metal building construction may also be required to have a fire-resistive roof assembly. For these applications, the HW-D-0488, HW-D-0489, and HW-D-0490 listings in the UL Directory may be directly applied for the rated HOW joint, with inclusion of the "1H" protective ceiling membrane, for conformance with IBC Sections 713.1-713.3. Readers are referred to the 2008 UL Fire Resistance Directory itself for these specific joint assembly listings and all of its construction details.
These UL HOW listings allow any individual P200 or P500 series, 1-hr rated Roof-Ceiling Assembly to be used with a 1-hr rated gypsum board and steel stud wall assembly in any U400 or V400 series design. Three available rated roof assemblies, in particular, have been developed through MBMA: P516, P265, and P268. P516 employs Type X gypsum board for the protective ceiling, while P265 and P268 use proprietary acoustical panels.
In conclusion, a 1-hr. fire resistive HOW joint, which is characteristic of common low-rise metal building construction, was successfully tested at UL in accordance with current standards. This information has been developed to enable compliance with building code and inspection requirements for both unrated and roof construction.
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Educators believe that they are adequately preparing youth for the labor market while employers lament the lack of skills. A possible source of the mismatch in perceptions is that employers and educators have different understandings of the types of skills valued in the labor market. ... See More + This paper uses economics and psychology literature to define four skills sets: socio-emotional, higher-order cognitive, basic cognitive, and technical skills. The paper reviews the literature that quantitatively measures employer skill demand, as reported in preference surveys. A sample of 28 studies reveals remarkable consistency across the world in the skills demanded by employers. Although employers value all skill sets, there is a greater demand for socio-emotional and higher-order cognitive skills than for basic cognitive or technical skills. These results are robust across economy size and level of development, sector, export-orientation, and occupations. Employers perceive that the greatest skills gaps are in socio-emotional and technical skills. These findings suggest the need to re-conceptualize education and training systems. Taking into consideration the developmental process to acquire the skills identified by employers, this implies the need to recognize that (a) the job-skills development process necessarily begins at birth and continues throughout the life cycle so skills policy should, as well; (b) schools play a relevant, but limited, role in skills development and the role of parents, mentors, and the work place must be defined and enhanced; and (c) the skills most demanded by employers -- higher-order cognitive and socio-emotional skills -- are largely taught (the former) or refined in secondary school, which argues for a general education until these skills are formed. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS6853 MAY 01, 2014
Cunningham, Wendy; Villasenor, Paula
Although girls are approximately half the youth population in developing countries, they contribute less than their potential to the economy. The objective of this paper is to quantify the opportunity cost of girls' exclusion from productive employment with the hope that stark figures will lead policymakers to reconsider the current underinvestment in girls. ... See More + The paper explores the linkages between investing in girls and potential increases in national income by examining three widely prevalent aspects of adolescent girls' lives: early school dropout, teenage pregnancy and joblessness. The countries included in the analysis are: Bangladesh, Brazil, Burundi, China, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Paraguay, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The authors use secondary data to allow for some comparability across countries. They find that investing in girls so that they would complete the next level of education would lead to lifetime earnings of today's cohort of girls that is equivalent to up to 68 percent of annual gross domestic product. When adjusting for ability bias and labor demand elasticities, this figure falls to 54 percent, or 1.5 percent per year. Closing the inactivity rate between girls and boys would increase gross domestic product by up to 5.4 percent, but when accounting for students, male-female wage gaps and labor demand elasticities, the joblessness gap between girls and their male counterparts yields an increase in gross domestic product of up to 1.2 percent in a single year. The cost of adolescent pregnancy as a share of gross domestic could be as high as 30 percent or as low as 1 percent over a girl's lifetime, depending on the assumptions used to calculate the losses. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS5753 AUG 01, 2011
Chaaban, Jad; Cunningham, Wendy
Realizing the potential of Latin America and the Caribbean's youth is essential not only to their well being, but also to the long term well being of the whole region. ... See More + Young people's families, communities and governments as private, non-profit, and international organizations have a responsibility to help youth reach their potential. There have been many successes but also important failures. How to build on the successes and correct the failures is the subject of this report. See Less -
Other Social Protection Study 62478 JUN 09, 2011
Verdu, Rodrigo Garcia; Tesliuc, Cornelia; McGinnis, Linda; Verner, Dorte; Cunningham, Wendy
The World Bank's children and youth development portfolio grew five-fold over the past decade, from $949 million in fiscal year 2000 (FY00), defined as from July 1st 1999 to June 30th 2000, to over $4.8 billion in FY10, with a sharp increase during the post-crisis years, FY09 and FY10. ... See More + The education sector dominates through its portfolio on early child development, basic education and training. But while 80 percent of all investment is in the education sector, 60 percent of projects are managed by other sectors. This note presents a picture of World Bank investments targeted to children and youth for the period FY00 to FY10. It presents trends in lending and grant amounts and the number of projects across regions and sectors. It builds on a similar note published in 2007 by developing a standard methodology to collect and analyze data and by tracking trends for investments in children, as well as youth. The Bank increasingly understands that quality investment in an early age generates returns to society through higher economic growth, reduced social costs, and increased quality of life for all. Child and youth development is therefore a crucial ingredient for effective development strategies and a good use of the Bank's investment resources to help governments achieve their development goals. See Less -
Newsletter 80644 MAR 01, 2011
Lefebvre-Hoang, Ingrid; Cunningham, Wendy
Using panel data from labor force surveys in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, the paper maps out young people's paths from the classroom to the work place during the 1980s through the early 2000s. ... See More + By decomposing transition matrices into propensity to move and rate of separation and estimating duration matrices, the authors follow young people's movements between school and work and between employment sectors to better understand the dynamics of youth employment, including where youth go upon leaving school, how long they spend in each state, and where they go upon leaving various employment states. The main conclusion of the study is that young people across all three countries follow a similar trend over their life cycle: they leave school to spend a short time in the informal sector, move to a formal position for longer spells, and finally become self-employed. The authors find evidence of decreasing segmentation between formal and informal sectors as workers age, a lower propensity for formal sector employees to return to school than workers in the same age cohort who are not in the formal sector, and that entry to self-employment is not subject to income constraints. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS5521 JAN 01, 2011
Salvagno, Javier Bustos; Cunningham, Wendy
Youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults, even in economies with strong economic growth. This note is a tool to provide policymakers and youth-serving organizations with a framework to better diagnose short- to medium-run constraints facing the stock of unemployed youth and to design evidence based youth employment interventions. ... See More + The note only addresses youth employment; strategies to affect wages, productivity, underemployment, or job quality are not directly discussed. This note presents youth-oriented Active Labor Market Programs (ALMPs) that conform to one of two criteria. Each intervention either has been shown to have predominately positive impact, as measured by rigorous impact evaluations, or has weaker evidence of impact-rigorous evaluations with mixed evidence of impact or strong positive monitoring data-and is theoretically sound. Cost-effectiveness information is presented when available. The note focuses on programs that are appropriate to address constraints faced by youth from disadvantaged backgrounds. See Less -
Brief 58601 NOV 01, 2010
Wuermli, Alice; Sanchez-Puerta, Maria Laura; Cunningham, Wendy
This note argues that investing in Children and Youth (C&Y) is smart economics. Countries that produce a skilled, healthy, and productive workforce are better positioned in the global economy to achieve economic prosperity, political stability, and social well-being. ... See More + Since capacities built during childhood and the youth period largely determine adult outcomes, effective investments in young people provide important returns not only to the individual and the community, but to society as a whole. In other words, child and youth investments are a crucial ingredient for an effective development strategy. Complementing traditional arguments of demographics and human rights, this note provides an economic rationale to focus on the young generation. Countries that invest in their young people reap the benefits of that investment through greater growth and social well-being for generations to come. It is more effective to invest early in life than to repair later, when badly equipped adults turn out to be unskilled, unemployed, or unhealthy. Governments should therefore make children and youth part of the national investment strategies and provide sufficient resources for policies and programs that have proven effective in achieving their intended goals and that have the greatest impact per dollar spent. See Less -
Newsletter 80642 AUG 01, 2010
Hempel, Kevin; Cunningham, Wendy
About half of Latin Americas youth are considered "at risk," meaning that they engage in or are at risk of engaging in risky behaviors that are detrimental to their own development and to the well-being of their societies. ... See More + While child psychologists identify many factors that may cause some youth to engage in at-risk behaviors and others not to, only empirical evidence can identify the set that is relevant to a particular population. This paper uses youth surveys from Chile and Mexico to test which of a large set of potential factors are correlated with a range of risky behaviors among youth. These factors range from relationships with parents and institutions to household behaviors (abuse, discipline techniques) to social exclusion. The authors use stepwise regressions to sort out which variables best explain the observed variance in seven different risky behaviors. They find that higher socioeconomic status, a good relationship with parents and peers, strong connection with local governmental institutions and schools, urban residence, younger age, and spirituality emerge as key explanatory factors for all seven behaviors for boys and girls in both countries. This points to a wider range of policy entry points than currently used, including targeting parents and the relationship with schools. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS5333 JUN 01, 2010
Bagby, Emilie; Cunningham, Wendy
This report presents a framework - Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP), that provides a simple yet comprehensive way to look at skills development. ... See More + It brings together research evidence and practical experience from a range of areas-from research on the determinants of early childhood development and learning outcomes, to policy experience with the reform of vocational and technical education systems and labor markets-and provides a set of powerful messages to policymakers, researchers, and practitioners. The report's emphasis on performance measurement and benchmarking, policy and program evaluation, and cross-sectoral approaches focusing on individuals throughout their lifecycle provides a solid platform for developing countries to start exploring reforms. See Less -
Working Paper 55566 JUN 01, 2010
Banerji, Arup; Cunningham, Wendy; Fiszbein, Ariel; King, Elizabeth; Patrinos, Harry; Robalino, David; Tan, Jee-Peng;
High youth unemployment rates may be a signal of difficult labor market entry for youth or may reflect high churning. The European and United States literature finds the latter conclusion while the Latin American literature suggests the former. ... See More + This paper uses panel data to examine whether Latin American youth follow OECD patterns or are, indeed, unique. By decomposing transition matrices into propensity to move and rate of separation matrices and estimating duration matrices, the authors find that Latin American youth do follow the OECD trends: their high unemployment reflects high churning while their duration of unemployment is similar to that of non-youth. The paper also finds that young adults (age 19-24) have higher churning rates than youth; most churning occurs between informal wage employment, unemployment, and out-of-the labor force, even for non-poor youth; and unemployment probabilities are similar for men and women when the analysis control for greater churning by young men. The findings suggest that the "first employment" programs that have become popular in the region are not addressing the key constraints to labor market entry for young people and that more attention should be given to job matching, information, and signaling to improve the efficiency of the churning period. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS5022 AUG 01, 2009
Cunningham, Wendy
This study focuses on short- and medium-term solutions. It informs the government about the type of programs and policies that could improve the employability of young people, paying special attention to areas in which productivity can be rapidly improved. ... See More + The report consists of six chapters. Chapter two profiles young people in Sierra Leone. Chapter three examines young people in the labor market, with a focus on the labor supply side of the equation (that is, the skills young people bring to the labor market). Chapter four turns to employers (the demand side of the labor market) to better understand why they do or do not employ young people. Chapter five reviews skill development programs to enhance employability of young people in Sierra Leone and other countries and presents policy options for improving worker skills (supply side) and employer interest (demand side). Chapter six summarizes the lessons from the analysis and concludes with policy and program recommendations. See Less -
Other Social Protection Study 47609 FEB 27, 2009
Peeters, Pia; Cunningham, Wendy; Acharya, Gayatri; Adams, Arvil Van;
Realizing the potential of Latin America and the Caribbean's (LAC) youth is essential not only to their well-being, but also to the long-term welfare of the whole region. ... See More + Young people's families, communities, and governments as well as private, nonprofit, and international organizations, have a responsibility to help youth reach their potential. There have been many successes but also important failures. How to build on the successes and correct the failures is the subject of this report. This book has two objectives: to identify the at-risk youth in LAC, and to provide evidence-based guidance to policy makers in LAC countries that will help them to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their youth investments. The book concludes that governments can be more effective in preventing young people from engaging in risky behavior in the first place and also in assisting those who already are engaged in negative behavior. To support governments in this endeavor, the book provides a set of tools to inform and guide policy makers as they reform and implement programs for at-risk youth. See Less -
Publication 44823 MAY 30, 2008
Cunningham, Wendy; McGinnis, Linda; Verdu, Rodrigo García; Tesliuc, Cornelia; and Verner, Dorte;
Latin American countries are generally characterized as displaying high income and earnings inequality overall along with high inequality by gender, race, and ethnicity. ... See More + However, the latter phenomenon is not a major contributor to the former phenomenon. Using household survey data from four Latin American countries (Bolivia, Brazil, Guatemala, and Guyana) for which stratification by race or ethnicity is possible, this paper demonstrates (using Theil index decompositions as well as Gini indices, and 90/10 and 50/10 percentile comparisons) that within-group earnings inequality rather than between-group earnings inequality is the main contributor to overall earnings inequality. Simulations in which the relatively disadvantaged gender and/or racial/ethnic group is treated as if it were the relatively advantaged group tend to reduce overall earnings inequality measures only slightly and in some cases have the effect of increasing earnings inequality measures. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4591 APR 01, 2008
Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Cunningham, Wendy
The World Bank has produced this policy Toolkit in response to a growing demand from our government clients and partners for advice on how to create and implement effective policies for at-risk youth. ... See More + The author has highlighted 22 policies (six core policies, nine promising policies, and seven general policies) that have been effective in addressing the following five key risk areas for young people around the world: (i) youth unemployment, underemployment, and lack of formal sector employment; (ii) early school leaving; (iii) risky sexual behavior leading to early childbearing and HIV/AIDS; (iv) crime and violence; and (v) substance abuse. The objective of this Toolkit is to serve as a practical guide for policy makers in middle-income countries as well as professionals working within the area of youth development on how to develop and implement an effective policy portfolio to foster healthy and positive youth development. See Less -
Working Paper 43705 JAN 01, 2008
Naudeau, Sophie; Cunningham, Wendy; McGinnis, Linda; Cohan, Lorena M. Arabic
The World Bank has produced this policy Toolkit in response to a growing demand from our government clients and partners for advice on how to create and implement effective policies for at-risk youth. ... See More + The author has highlighted 22 policies (six core policies, nine promising policies, and seven general policies) that have been effective in addressing the following five key risk areas for young people around the world: (i) youth unemployment, underemployment, and lack of formal sector employment; (ii) early school leaving; (iii) risky sexual behavior leading to early childbearing and HIV/AIDS; (iv) crime and violence; and (v) substance abuse. The objective of this Toolkit is to serve as a practical guide for policy makers in middle-income countries as well as professionals working within the area of youth development on how to develop and implement an effective policy portfolio to foster healthy and positive youth development. See Less -
Working Paper 43705 JAN 01, 2008
Naudeau, Sophie; Cunningham, Wendy; McGinnis, Linda; Cohan, Lorena M. English
Realizing the potential of Latin America and the Caribbean's youth is essential not only to their well being, but also to the long term well being of the whole region. ... See More + Young people's families, communities and governments as private, non-profit, and international organizations have a responsibility to help youth reach their potential. There have been many successes but also important failures. How to build on the successes and correct the failures is the subject of this report. See Less -
Other Social Protection Study 62478 JAN 01, 2008
Verdu, Rodrigo Garcia; Tesliuc, Cornelia; McGinnis, Linda; Verner, Dorte; Cunningham, Wendy English
A new literature on the nature of and policies for youth in Latin America is emerging, but there is still very little known about who are the most vulnerable young people. ... See More + This paper aims to characterize the heterogeneity in the youth population and identify ex ante the youth that are at-risk and should be targeted with prevention programs. Using non-parametric methodologies and specialized youth surveys from Mexico and Chile, the authors quantify and characterize the different sub-groups of youth, according to the amount of risk in their lives, and find that approximately 20 percent of 18 to 24 year old Chileans and 40 percent of the same age cohort in Mexico are suffering the consequences of a range of negative behaviors. Another 8 to 20 percent demonstrate factors in their lives that pre-dispose them to becoming at-risk youth - they are the candidates for prevention programs. The analysis finds two observable variables that can be used to identify which children have a higher probability of becoming troubled youth: poverty and residing in rural areas. The analysis also finds that risky behaviors increase with age and differ by gender, thereby highlighting the need for program and policy differentiation along these two demographic dimensions. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4377 OCT 01, 2007
Cunningham, Wendy; Bagby, Emilie
This study constructs three indices to measure how well Brazil's young people are surviving their transition to adulthood. Youth development is difficult to quantify because of the multi-dimensionality of youth behavior. ... See More + Most monitoring use individual indicators in specific sectors, making it difficult to track overall progress. The study adapts to the Brazilian case a methodology developed by Duke University to measure the well-being of U.S. children and youth. It uses readily available data to construct three indices for each Brazilian state based on 36 indicators encompassing the health, behavior, school performance, institutional connectedness, and socioeconomic conditions. The indices conclude that young people in the states of Santa Catarina and the Federal District are doing particularly well and those in Alagoas and Pernambuco are the worst off. While these rankings are expected to continue into the next generation, young people in other states have a brighter (Espiritu Santo) or more dismal (Rio Grande de Sul, Tocatins) future due to underinvestment in today's children. Still others (Rio de Janeiro) are underutilizing their resources so their young citizens are in a worse situation than they could be if the state were to invest more. The hope is that the methodology can be used in Brazil as it has been used in the United States to estimate the indices annually, thus allowing policymakers, young people, and society to track the well-being of youth in each state over time. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4189 APR 01, 2007
Leon, Joana Severo; Borges, Vicente Cassepp; Cunningham, Wendy; Dell'Aglio, Debora; Koller, Silvia
This report examines how minimum wages affect the income poverty of workers, their households, and the state. It does not question whether or not the minimum wage is a good policy: instead, it focuses on the tradeoffs in setting the minimum wage level. ... See More + It takes as a starting point the literature on the wage and employment effects of minimum wages in Latin America and expands the discussion in three ways. First, the household is placed at the center of the debate. Poverty and inequality are measured at the level of the household, rather than at the individual level, to allow for employment and wage trade-offs among individuals who pool their income. Second, new research is presented on how the minimum wage affects groups whose labor market participation and success is considered "vulnerable": that is, youth, women, the low-skilled, and informal sector workers. Third, the implications of the minimum wage on wage and social expenditures of the government are measured. In the end, the report argues that the minimum wage by itself is not a sufficient tool for protecting the income of the poorest households, and that other social protection tools are necessary to complement it. The report has eight sections following the introduction. Chapter 2 presents a history of the minimum wage in LAC, the theory behind the functioning of the minimum wage, and empirical evidence from the OECD to lay a foundation for the Latin American experience. Chapter 3 presents an overview of the minimum wage in the Region, including a discussion of the definition of a minimum wage, institutional design, and who earns it. Chapter 4 focuses on the worker; it summarizes the existing literature, presents new evidence on the wage and employment effects of a minimum wage, and gives special attention to "vulnerable" labor market groups. Chapter 5 turns its attention to the household and presents the new (and only) evidence on the effects of the minimum wage on household poverty and inequality in LAC. Chapter 6 considers the state and discusses the cost of minimum wages to the government. Chapter 7 opens the discussion to the rest of the world and considers the lessons learned in other countries about setting, managing, and enforcing the minimum wage. Finally, chapter 8 concludes and presents policy considerations. See Less -
Publication 40526 JAN 01, 2007
Cunningham, Wendy
Despite the existence of minimum wage legislation in most Latin American countries, there is little empirical evidence demonstrating its impact on the distribution of wages. ... See More + In this study the authors analyze cross-country data for 19 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to gain an understanding of if and how minimum wages affect wage distributions in LAC countries. Although there is no single minimum wage institution in the LAC region, the authors find regional trends. Minimum wages affect the wage distribution in both the formal and, especially, the informal sector, both at the minimum wage and at multiples of the minimum. The minimum does not uniformly benefit low-wage workers: in countries where the minimum wage is relatively low compared to mean wages, the minimum wage affects the more disadvantaged segments of the labor force, namely informal sector workers, women, young and older workers, and the low skilled, but in countries where the minimum wage is relatively high compared to the wage distribution, it primarily affects wages of the high skilled. This indicates that the minimum does not generally lift the wages of all, but instead, it offers a wage into which employers can "lock in" wages that are already near that level. Thus, minimum wage legislation is more far-reaching than originally thought, affecting both the uncovered informal sector and those earning above the minimum. In addition, the relative level of the minimum wage is important for determining whose wages are affected. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS3870 MAR 01, 2006
Kristensen, Nicolai; Cunningham, Wendy
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Here is a tasty and well-rounded recipe to add to your breakfast or brunch rotation. These muffins have it all - whole grains, fiber, fruit, and protein. Delicious and nutritious. The recipe makes 12 muffins. So grab and go!
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In case you've never heard of Robert Kiyosaki, he's the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad.
Back in 2005, I first heard about this title and assumed, without checking it out, that it was a book about parenting. So I never bought it.
If only I'd thought to check it out – I might be in a very different financial position right now if I had.
Rich Dad Poor Dad describes without judgement, two very different approaches to managing money – one by his biological father and the other by the father of a friend, who became his financial mentor. Robert mentions right at the outset, that both fathers were highly intelligent, educated men, yet how they viewed and handled their money produced vastly different outcomes for each of them.
Robert's father went to university, became highly qualified and was a teacher all his life. The other father left school without any qualifications and he educated himself throughout his life. Guess which one became rich?
After reading Chapter – or Lesson 2, as Robert calls it and looking through his very basic diagrams which suit me perfectly, I realise finally where I've been going wrong all these years. No wonder I got myself into the financial state I'm in! And I'm not alone. There are so many people like me, who've received little or no education on how to manage their money.
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A couple of friends sent me to this article yesterday, and I wanted to share: How to Prepare for Going on the GAPS Diet. I've been thinking of writing a similar post, but I wanted to re-read the beginning stages in the book. It's been a year since we started, and I certainly don't want to steer anybody in the wrong direction! There have been many, many people who have e-mailed me, called me, or chatted with me in person about their desire to start this diet, but most feel overwhelmed at the thought of how to start. Well, click on that link–Stephanie did a GREAT job breaking it down!
I suggest, take it slow. Don't try to jump into GAPS by next Monday, or whatever. You need to research. You need to read the book. You need to stock up on the right foods. You need to get in the habit of cooking things you're not used to cooking.
A couple of baby steps I have to add:
- I wrote about this in my post about New Year's Resolutions, but get in the habit of cooking a whole chicken every single week and then putting the bones in the crockpot with some water, salt and pepper overnight. In the morning, you can strain out the bones and compost them, and then use the stock that night for dinner, or freeze it in quart size jars (don't fill up the jar too full, it will break in the freezer!). Or, we keep the crock pot going the whole next day so that by evening, we've got a really dark, rich stock. Some people strain that stock, and then add more water to the bones and make more broth the next day.
- Start eating more eggs for breakfast. Cut out the cereals, pancakes, waffles, etc. Before we were on GAPS, I went through phases where I'd only allow myself to have some kind of eggs for breakfast (even though I was making pancakes for my kids ), and I always felt better and lost a little weight during those stages. Try it!
- Eat at home. Get into the habit of making every single meal. Read my post on Contentment in the Kitchen if you're struggling with the thought of this!!
- Start collecting recipes. I found a program that I love called Shop n' Cook, and it's made meal planning SO much easier for me! I went to all of the blogs I could find that cook GAPS, SCD and Paleo recipes that my family would eat. I copied and pasted the recipes (and typed in the source, too), and then the program auto-formatted the recipe for me. I drag recipes onto the calendar onto specific dates, and then I can generate a shopping list. It's SO easy and I LOVE it! Check it out! I have the Shop n' Cook Pro version, because I can also enter prices and calculate how much a recipe costs to cook. I am into numbers, and these kinds of details are really fun for me. Also, it helps with budgeting meals for my family & figuring out which meals are cheapest for serving to large crowds, etc.
Somebody asked me the other day what GAPS stands for. GAPS stands for Gut and Psychology Syndrome. The original book was written about autistic kids–to point out that their Leaky Gut Syndrome was causing the issues in their brain. The thing is, Leaky Gut doesn't only effect the brain–it really depends on the person's makeup and what bacteria is thriving in their body. Some bacteria like the brain. Some like the thyroid–etc. Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride is writing another book called Gut and Physiology Syndrome. When I first heard of GAPS, the title "Gut and Psychology Syndrome" didn't stand out to me as something I needed (I wasn't autistic or schizophrenic ), but a very similar diet (which GAPS was based upon), the SCD Diet, sounded ok: the Specific Carbohydrate Diet. I read Elaine Gottschall's Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health Through Diet and it made SO much sense to me!!! That's why I went on to read Gut and Psychology Syndrome–I knew it was mostly the same diet, but more updated, and written by a doctor. I appreciated that. I loved both books, but Gut and Psychology Syndrome gets into the science behind it all, and I really, really liked that.
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