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PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - After dealing with 12 years of disappointment, Portland is back in a regional final. The only problem, they're playing a team that's played there five years running: Cheverus.
It's the fourth time the cross-town rivals are playing in the past 15 months. The Stags have won the previous three, although the gap has shrunk considerably between the two Class 'A' East schools.
Cheverus won both games in 2012 (Week Two and the Class 'A' West semifinal) by a combined 77-7. In their week one matchup this season, Cheverus forced several turnovers in a 35-25 win over Portland.
It's a growth that second-year head coach Jim Hartman has seen in his Bulldogs.
"They've really matured a lot this season: turnovers, their approach to the game, their approach to practice, their approach to each other, and their dedication to the game," Hartman said.
Stags head coach John Wolfgram doesn't any carry over or momentum from the win more than two months ago.
"It's a whole new season really. What happened nine weeks ago really has no effect on the situation right now," he said.
For the Cheverus seniors, who will have played for a trip to the state finals all four of their years, they'll look to their past experience for an added edge.
"The success we've had the last four, five years has helped our team a little bit, because we've been there. We're a mature team. We know what it takes to win that," said senior lineman Pat Ball.
For the resurgent Bulldogs program, they'll try to draw some added energy from the fact that a win would mark just the fourth time in the 46 year history of the state playoff that the Bulldogs would be able to play at their home field of Fitzpatrick Stadium.
"Obviously the school's excited. The program's excited and we're just trying to get at it. We've been waiting for it for really long, so the chance is big," said junior Justin Zukowski, the leading rusher in Class 'A'.
Also helping the competitive juices is the fact that many have known each other from their childhoods and the schools are only separated by 2.4 miles.
Kickoff is set for 12:30 pm from Boulos Stadium in Portland.


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Open-source fans worldwide have made a habit out of holding "install-fests", the equivalent of a practical training, where non-technicians get to know the benefits of using Linux and other open-source applications on computers.
A San Francisco non-profit foundation went a little further with the install-fest idea and joined swords with Untangle, a San Mateo-based open-source vendor in order to co-sponsor an all-day "Installfest for Schools" event. The new approach to install-fests targets 500 refurbished computers with older hardware that will be donated to underpriviledged students attending the nearby schools.
The 500 computers are outdated systems that have been donated mostly by businesses in the Bay Area, and have been the object of the install-fest. The computers have been distributed to four locations, where Linux fans installed the Ubuntu Linux 7.10 distribution, along with other open-source applications.
"132 million computers were bought in the year 2000 alone. They're all on the verge of being thrown out and none of them can run Windows Vista," said Andrew Fife, Marketing Manager of Untangle. "But older hardware works really well with Linux so recycling is a great way to ensure that kids in all school districts have the same technology access as those in the rich districts."
According to Andrew Fife, product marketing manager at Untangle, the computers will be donated to about nine elementary and high schools in the Bay Area.
"This is a very interesting experiment to see how nontech users who don't have a lot of computing experience can adapt to Ubuntu," Fife said. James Burgett, founder and executive director of nonprofit organization Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC), claimed that Ubuntu will give a new lease of life to outdated hardware, and put it back on track for schools that need it.
"Throwing away computers that could be used in schools is plain dumb," said Burgett. "Untangle has recognized this and decided to help fight the waste. For this we can only applaud and hope that others learn from their example."
Recycling outdated hardware is also beneficial for the environment, as it won't get disposed of in municipal landfills or trash incinerators. However, an one-day event is complicated business, as the two organizations had some logistics challenges, such as moving hundreds of PCs from various facilities to the four locations.

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A&E should turn away patients with minor problems, claim MPs
The NHS should consider refusing to treat patients who turn up at accident and emergency with minor problems, a group of MPs and peers have said.
The controversial move should be looked at alongside a wider education drive to help people manage their own health issues better.
"If we have any chance of changing behaviour we must support people to become empowered and health literate"
The suggestion comes in a report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Primary Care and Public Health, which is co-chaired by Tory MP Nick de Bois and Labour's Kevin Barron.
The politicians call for more strategic thinking and planning across the health service to deal with the winter surge in patients seeking treatment for viruses and infections.
"Also necessary are measures to empower patients and the public, to help them understand how to look after their own health and their family's health, especially during winter," the report said.
"Self-care education must be part of the winter pressures solution to help reduce workload in general practice. It will also free-up capacity in A&E for those presenting with symptoms of common ailments, and long-term conditions.
"Emergency bed admissions can also be reduced if people are taught to manage their more serious health conditions."
The group added: "We should even go as far as to consider not treating people in A&E unless they present with symptoms that are emergencies.
"If we have any chance of changing behaviour we must support people to become empowered and health literate."
Readers' comments (17)
yes, the clues in the name 'Accident & Emergency' but with little chance of getting a timely GP appointment lately this is further fuelling the burden on A&E.
People are left with little choice at times when you have to wait 3-4 weeks for an appointment to see their GP. The GP surgeries here in Cornwall are quite unethically run I think. GP's get huge bonuses each year and complain so much about having to see patients. The GP's here in my GP surgery all work part time as they get paid so much they don't need to work full time. People's ability to get an appointment on the day they need to see someone is slim to none existent. If GP's were held more accountable and were more conscientious, the A&E departments would probably not have so many people with non emergency problems.
MPs, and non-clinical managers, have no right to override the pledge of doctors and nurses and their accordance with their professional ethical codes of conduct not to turn the sick in need away, also some complaints may be a sign of a more serious underlying condition which can only come to light on careful questioning, observation and examination. too many patients are turned away without adequate care from medical services and sometimes with tragic consequences (personal experience of a nurse and member of a ward team who lost a valued young colleague in this way).
The decision for the Triage nurse to 'triage someone away' is very difficult and full of clashes of professional duty and Trust policy. Nurses would need to be assured of Vicarious Liability otherwise this type of policy won't work anyway.
it is easy for these lay people and mangers simply to say turn people away but they still need somewhere to go. transport systems are appalling in the UK as is parking, and facilities are often far apart and inconveniently located. if you are sick or injured and anxious even for something minor you don't want to be turned away and pushed from pillar to post or have to hang around and ride on public transport, and a taxi may not be easily and rapidly available or an affordable option. not everybody has somebody else available to chauffeur them around at the drop of a hat or their convenience and apparently hospital transport is inefficient and for some purposes probably non-existent. Most people will even think twice about going to A&E unless they happen to be nearby or just passing by.
Yes, clinical staff will never triage away. The whole system has to work so GPs must improve access, and be held to account.
Ministers - crack on with that please instead of the triage away strategy.
I have worked with Stroke for over 2 decades, and am shocked at the amount of TIAs that are turned away, only to return with full blown strokes!!
it is unthinkable that care is not easily accessible 24/7 to patients in need of medical attention which cannot wait until traditional working opening hours and should be available at different levels from basic up to serious.
I would also see red if I found the only choice was A&E and went there to be asked why I hadn't gone elsewhere. it undermines the intelligence and anxiety of the patient as an autonomous adult. If somebody sees the need of medical attention and turns up at A&E it is for good reason and they should be treated with respect and without question which I hope is normally the case and respect also means not hanging round in a waiting room for hours!
The original comments were if I remember regarding people pitching up at A&E with minor health needs more appropriate for GP surgery. Having worked for a service that closed at 8pm we were tasked with redirecting people to appropriate services at closing time. In general red flag majors were treated or transferred to A&E, urgents to the OOH urgent care service and minors to the next day/GP/111. 111 inevitably sent people to A&E or urgent care anyway!!
What I wonder is where this argument might go. redirecting is different from turning people away. if this narrative becomes established then it gives managers free reign to pick and choose who will be treated, thereby devastating not only the basic principle of the NHS, which govt have relinquished responsibility for via H&SCA, but basic principles of humanity not to mention the professional codes and social contract. This may look like a practical solution to service capacity however I have watched the Machiavellians put morsels of seeming sense down and then pick up the ball of strategic victory and run away with it so many times.
why is the photo above of a public lavatory?
bob | 28-Jun-2014 12:09 pm
well said Bob.
Anonymous | 28-Jun-2014 12:41 pm
Yeah, now you mention it:)
I am a full time Band 5 triage nurse for all ambulatory patients attending an ED, it is located in an adjacent Urgent Care Centre (UCC). I do not have the responsibility or the autonomy to discharge from triage, I have three basic options
i) redirect to their own GP
ii) seen by a practitioner in the UCC
iii) directed to ED
Within option iii) this could be Majors, Minors or even resus.
Anonymous | 1-Jul-2014 12:51 pm
does that work well or would you prefer to have the responsibility to discharge as well?
would this be more effective for the service and patients alike?
it depends on the skills and experience of a triage nurse but would seem in theory to be a reasonable safeguard and discharges by some could be highly objective with serious problems missed, but this could also happen further along the chain but by that time a patient has had more than one examination and opinion.
Anonymous | 1-Jul-2014 2:34 pm: No it doesn't depend on the skills and knowledge of the triage nurse, discharge is different from triage. Responsibility to discharge would necessitate an individual at band 7 or 8, with medical training to be aware of what they need to be not missing. This would need more than a quick 5min triage (and I wonder why it is that there are no medical colleagues volunteering for this role!) This was the basis for walk-in centres, which are now working well beyond capacity as well. There comes a point where it needs to be recognised and appropriately responded to, that there is only so much that can be done with the budget we have. Anymore pressure will result in harm and unnecessary deaths of the public. Not to mention the mental and emotional distress of the staff. If that is what the public are happy to accept then that is one thing, however as staff I would not continue to put myself into such a damaging position
Look, these people still need some access to health care, even if it's just to advise on self care.
People aren't actually irrational. Given the sheer hassle of trying to get to a GP appointment and the dubious quality of some of the results, it makes perfect sense to go to A&E even if there's a long wait.
The current model of general practice is ineffective and horribly expensive. We've been stuck with it since 1948 because the doctors' grandfathers wouldn't allow the NHS to come into being unless they got their own way on everything!
Patients need access to 24 hour health care close to where they live and it needs to be the best 21st century quality, not governed by 19th century professional privilege and professional power structures.
People need to have more information about self care in minor self limiting illness (preferably without abuse of antibiotics) to take up vaccination where it can help.
We need an expanded health visiting workforce to re-start preventative health care in communities & homes, working with people directly to help them learn to cope and care for themselves in minor illness whist being aware when things are more serious and really need a hospital.
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Christina Aguilera Defends Herself After Super Bowl National Anthem Fumble
Aguilera should have sung: "O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?" but instead repeated an earlier line with a slight variation. She sang: "What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last gleaming."
Although the singer was unavailable for comment straight after the gaffe, she later released a statement to the Associated Press, in which she said that she flubbed the line after getting lost in the moment and losing her place.
"I can only hope that everyone could feel my love for this country and that the true spirit of its anthem still came through."
Aguilera previously sang 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at the NBA finals and was a part of the Super Bowl pre-game show in 2000. Her mistake at this show was duly noted by viewers, who lit up Twitter with -- mostly unkind -- posts commenting on her performance.
One person tweeted, "CHRISTINA AGUILERA. If you're going to sing the national anthembefore the biggest TV event ever, learn the words. Yes, all of them."
Another wrote: "Hey christina aguilera, little less time on the 12 quarts of lipstick and 90's business suit & more time on LEARNING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM!" Ouch.
Some viewers even said that the players had noticed the fluffed line: "Xtina messes up the national anthem.... Camera then turns to packers smirking at each other... It's already off to a great start!"


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Women's Tennis Open Spring Season at Bowling Green
Jan. 21, 2013
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Duquesne women's tennis team opened up with the Spring 2013 season with a 7-0 loss to Bowling Green on Saturday afternoon.
The Falcons swept all seven of the singles matches and won the doubles point by taking two of the three matches. Megan O'Sullivan and Sarah Shashura were 8-4 winners at #1 doubles over Nikki Chiricosta and Emily Reuland.
The Dukes (0-1) open a 10-match home stand beginning on Feb. 1 against Georgetown. Start time is 1:30 p.m.


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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Cashew Noodle Salad
12 comments:
- Bianca said...
So simple, so delicious. I've never tried the WF version, but I may just make yours instead.
BTW, I was in Deja Vu earlier and talked to Chef Gary. He was telling me how you came in the other day and you were so skinny, he almost didn't recognize you!
- May 26, 2010 at 2:59 PM
help me with the 1/4 cup braggs..braggs what? is this a brand? a brand of what??? sounds delish..but I want to make it right..help !
- May 26, 2010 at 3:25 PM
- Stacey Greenberg said...
pls add to your next eaTABLE menu. thx
- May 26, 2010 at 3:59 PM
- Justin Fox Burks said...
Braggs is like soy sauce, but healthier. It has lots of amino acids that many veggies miss out on. Find it at any health food store like Whole Foods.
- May 26, 2010 at 4:54 PM
- R. said...
I made this tonight and it's everything I've been looking for in a nutty sauce! AMAZING! I'll be posting soon on our site. Thanks for being such a reliable source of excellent recipes.
- June 2, 2010 at 10:54 PM
Delicious!I've made peanut noodles too many times and this is better. I used soba noodles and 1 Tbsp chili garlic sauce for the sambal. I've always seen Bragg's, but never knew what to use it for - thanks!
- June 22, 2010 at 3:15 PM
Do you know how many calories are in a serving of this or in the Whole Foods version?
- August 30, 2011 at 7:46 PM
- Justin Fox Burks said...
Sally...lots. Lots and lots of calories.
- August 30, 2011 at 10:40 PM
Haha thanks Justin. I contacted Whole Foods and they emailed me the nutrition facts:
Serving Size 1 cup= 410 calories
- August 31, 2011 at 11:09 AM
Awesome!! I was going to try and recreate this Squash Blossom favorite tonight. Googling recipes for inspiration I found the real deal!! Thanks from Denver (sadly, cashew noodles have not gone nationwide)
- January 11, 2013 at 7:31 PM
I just got home from Whole Foods, just finished some Cashew Noodle Salad. I used to get it 20 years ago when it was Squash Blossom. Still a must have if I'm in Memphis. Thanks for the recipe. I will try ASAP!!
- September 23, 2013 at 11:23 AM
- jesse ostrander said...
Thank you so much for posting this recipe! While I was pregnant & away from Memphis I craved this every day! So very yummy!!
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Zooplankton are the animal members of the plankton community. In Chesapeake Bay, the zooplankton can be composed of rotifers and barnacle nauplii on the smallest end of the size scale (less than 1/10th of a millimeter for some of the smallest species), Copepods and Cladocerans at the intermediate or mesozooplankton size scale, on up to macrozooplankton that include the ctenophores and true jellyfish, the Cnidarians. Copepods are clearly segmented with generally elongate body divided into a head, thorax and abdomen.
Copepods are often the most abundant mesozooplankters in the main stem of the Bay during the year but copepods as a group can be found in fresh and salt water areas. The species Paracyclops timbriatus (top) and Cyclops vernalis (right) pictured here are filter feeders. Adult copepods range in size from approximately 0.4 mm to about 2.5 mm in length. Some copepods are filter feeders that use their antennae to produce a current that draws food to their mouthparts. Other types of copepods exhibit raptorial feeding behavior and seize prey with their mouthparts.
The Cladocerans have a distinct head and a bivalve carapace. Most cladocerans feed by filtering food that passes through the valves by the action of their legs. Adult cladocerans generally range in size from 0.1 mm to 4 mm. Cladocerans also occupy fresh and saltwater and can dominate the plankton community in freshwater areas in the tidal Bay during some seasons. Two species found in the Bay are pictured, Alona costata (right) and Scapholeberis kingi (above left).
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A vehicle is stolen every 33 seconds in the United States. And many of those thefts could be prevented.
That´s a pretty sobering thought, especially given that only about 57% of those vehicles end up being recovered. Drivers need to be ever vigilant in protecting their car from thieves.
Amazingly, a large number of thefts come from stupid owner behavior. Some 40% to 50% of thefts were the result of driver error, like leaving keys in the ignition or leaving the doors unlocked.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released a trove of statistics from 2008 regarding vehicular theft in the United States. Much of the information can help drivers ensure that their car doesn´t become one of the nearly 1 million that were reported stolen three years ago.
Certain Vehicles And Areas More Prone To Car Theft
The NHTSA statistics show that certain models of cars are stolen more than others. Interestingly, instead of fancy sports cars or expensive SUVs, most stolen cars 72% in fact are run-of-the-mill passenger cars. In 2008, the top ten stolen vehicles were: the Dodge Magnum, Pontiac Grand Prix, Dodge Charger, Mitsubishi Galant, Chrysler 300, Hyundai Azera, Chrysler Sebring, Chrysler Pacifica, Chrysler PT Cruiser and Hyundai Sonata.
And though no one is safe from vehicle theft, the statistics show that living in certain places could make you more prone to having your car stolen. According to the data, the top ten states for vehicular theft are: California, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Nevada, Maryland, North Carolina, Arizona, Missouri and New Jersey.
Both NHTSA and Consumer Reports couldn´t comment about why certain states and vehicles are prone to theft, so we are left to speculate on the reasoning behind these trends.
Thieves Want Your Parts, Too
Given that thieves can make tons of money by selling off individual parts, it´s no surprise that they will often target a car simply for its components. And we´re not talking just radios and wheels. NHTSA describes certain car components as "hot parts," which are parts that thieves are particularly interested in. The list includes air bags, batteries, catalytic converters, GPS units, DVD entertainment systems and items left visible in your car such as iPods, computers and purses.
NHTSA has instituted a parts-marking system to help deter component theft. These federal rules require automakers to place a vehicle´s VIN on certain parts so they can be more easily tracked in the case that they are stolen. However, these "hot parts" do not fall under NHTSA´s regulatory responsibility, thus they don´t have any identification markings that could make them easier to recover. So, odds are that if you have a "hot part" stolen, you´re not going to see it again.
Use Common Sense
Above all else, NHTSA recommends simply using common sense as a defense against car theft. When parking and exiting your vehicle, try to run through a short checklist in your mind:
-Do I have the key?
-Are the doors and windows shut and locked?
-Am I parked in a well-lit area?
-Are there any valuables that could be seen?
Additionally, NHTSA urges drivers to park in their garage, not the driveway, whenever possible and to never, for any reason, leave the area while a vehicle is still running.
Bottom Line: No one is safe from vehicular theft, but you could be more prone to it if you live in certain places or drive a certain car. Use common sense when parking or leaving your car for the night. Make sure you lock up, hide your valuables and never leave the area while your car is running.
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Simon Crannage, executive chef at Swinton Park, moved back to Yorkshire in 2007 after 20 years working up and down the country with some of the country's brightest chefs. Simon's passion is game, which makes him the perfect choice of chef at Swinton Park where he can source all his ingredients locally. Estate venison, rabbit, fish and wild edible ingredients which all feature on the restaurant's menu, will have been caught on the 20,000 acre estate also owned by the Cunliffe-Lister family.
His style is Modern British Cuisine which include a wide range of modern techniques and classical flavour pairing. The menu is seasonal and his inspiration comes from the fruit, vegetable and herbs that are grown in the hotel's four acre walled garden. Simon also seeks out local food producers and champions the finest as food heroes in his regularly changing menus.
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Matt Barnes' memory of last year's Thanksgiving plays like a jazz tune in his head, blending happiness and sadness.
It was twice the holiday in honor of his mother, Ann. She cherished holiday time and wanted Thanksgiving and Christmas blended because she would not see the latter.
Her family decorated and lit up its Sacramento-area home for her six-hour release from the hospital.
"She tried to be so upbeat and tried to have so much energy," Barnes said, glancing at her picture lying before him. "She couldn't eat anything. She tried to get up and walk and couldn't. It killed me because I knew soon it was going to take over her."
It was cancer, diagnosed only three weeks prior but already ravaging her kidneys, pelvis, hip, breast and lung. Thanksgiving on Thursday is the one-year anniversary of when Barnes lost his best friend.
His NBA residence with the Suns is ironic, given that he played in a victory against them four hours before her death. He had skipped a five-game trip to be with her, spending one night alone with her in her hospital bed as she stroked his head and she encouraged him to play.
"She told me how proud of me she was and to take care of everyone," Barnes, the oldest of three kids, said as he paused to clear emotion from his throat. "She said she was going to miss me. Hearing that was tough to swallow."
This was everyone's mom, whether it was Barnes' NBA teammates or school-days friends. She was the one sick kids called for aid and confused ones sought for advice.
Barnes could talk to her about anything, girls and sex included. When he got into regular trouble at his grade school, she took a job there. In high school, swastikas and death threats aimed at him emblazoned the campus following his fight with a boy who called his sister by a racial epithet. His mom rallied the community when the school sat idle.
At UCLA and during a nomadic pro career, he talked to her several times a week as he fought through the minors, waivers, trades and training camps to stick in the NBA. She volleyed any complaints into advice to make his own breaks.
All of that was a lot to lose. He first was furious that her cancer was diagnosed at Stage 4, even though she had complained of shortness of breath and kidney pain during six doctor visits in the previous 18 months.
"It broke my heart for her to keep saying, 'They're going to try this on me,' " Barnes said. "It was just the hardest time in my life to know there was nothing they could do . . . .
"They never did a scan (prior to diagnosis). They told her she needs to work out, that she's lazy and to change her diet. I was really bitter at the situation."
He tried to return but his season crashed in the darkness. He was never the same energizer. His impact diminished, as seen in his 3-point shooting dropping to 29.3 percent. He was adrift, evidenced by his NBA-high five flagrant fouls.
She was in his daily thoughts and nightly dreams but nobody knew.
"Everything was blurry to me after that," said Barnes, wearing the red rubber wristbands with "ANN" and a heart that the Warriors wore last season. "All my family turned to me to be the rock and I didn't have nobody to turn to. I had to keep everything in and say everything was going to be all right. Deep down, I wasn't all right. I was always encouraging so I never got a chance to cry."
Warriors executive Neda Barrie, a former Phoenix Mercury staffer, set up Barnes, his father, brother and sister with a family therapist after the season. With two sessions, "the world came off my shoulders," he said.
The emotions came rushing back this month as Barnes grappled with the anniversary of Ann's death Thursday, with his twin sons being born - three weeks ahead of today's due date - and a bond with Leandro Barbosa, since Barbosa's mother went into critical care and died two weeks ago.
Barnes has advised the same counselor to help Barbosa. Barnes ordered wristbands with Ivete Barbosa's name for the team. He urges Barbosa to open up to "not go through the fish tank that I did."
Barnes knows Barbosa will need that release he found. Part of it is being with the Suns. It is praying before every game and kissing those red wristbands. It is following every 3-pointer with three fingers up and a blown kiss to heaven, just as he did on his game-winner Tuesday night.
"She loved when I shot threes," Barnes said. "That was her favorite part."
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BEIJING (Caixin Online) — The current Internet boom, centered around social networking, e-commerce and online gaming, has not produced a significant productivity boost for the economy and likely will not in the future.
The boom is mostly about redistributing existing demand from offline to online. As most hot businesses have gained market share with cheap financing and without profit, it is doubtful that the demand re-slicing is entirely due to a more efficient channel of distribution. Cheap financing, i.e., a liquidity bubble, may have been the main engine for the Internet boom.
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The bubble may not inflict much damage on its own because the amount of financing is small relative to the overall size of investment in the global economy. The danger to China is that it offers false hope that it can revive the economy. The false hope becomes an excuse not to implement painful structural reforms. If one envisions a rising tide to lift the economy ahead, where is the incentive to reform?
How a product is sold is insignificant compared to the product itself. Steve Jobs had the iPhone to sell. Whether the phones are sold online or through posh Apple stores is not important. A sustainable economy is based on businesses that make better products at lower costs over time. An economy full of colorful middlemen and no unique or high-value products cannot go far.
China's only path forward is to increase efficiency on the supply side and shift the savings to the household sector as an increase in real purchasing power. This requires major reductions in government and state-owned enterprise spending, and boosting competition by eliminating government-approved market access. A necessary condition is for the high-yield debt bubble to burst.
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The smartphone has put the Internet into the hands of every person. It gives the masses a touchable representation of Internet technology and opens their minds to all possibilities. Low interest rates around the world have given them the push to imagine the upside in something fancy, touchable and totally incomprehensible. This is why exchange-traded funds in Internet stocks have become popular.
Bitcoins are an extreme example of how the popular imagination has given birth to something ridiculous, bizarre and probably criminal. It is just the private printing of money, though in digital form. It is not legal in any country.
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One could argue that social networking sites are just places for people to express their narcissism cheaply.
Online gaming has become the real money spinner. Of course, it is bad for economic productivity. All those people who are addicted to online gaming are less productive. The worst is its impact on young people.
Its financial success is partly due to a lack of regulation of content. Sex and violence are restricted in print media, TV and film. Standards in online games are not present.
Youth addiction to online gaming has seriously damaged the physical fitness and academic achievement of a whole generation. It is amazing that government is not regulating it like other harmful and addictive yet entertaining products like cigarettes, alcohol, gambling, etc. This is really due to the aura that anything online has in today's world. One day, governments and consumers will realize that the Internet world is just like the physical world, where some products are useful, some frivolous and some so harmful they need to regulated.
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One Internet bubble burst in 2000, but a bigger one has been brewing since 2008. Social networking, e-commerce and online gaming businesses have become the darlings of financial markets. For some of the profitable businesses, market valuations have reached the levels seen in 2000. The Nasdaq COMP, +0.41% rose above 5,400 at the peak in 2000 and fell close to 1,000 at the bottom.
The stories in today's Internet boom are different in context but similar in profit arguments to what occurred in 2000. There were three arguments in favor of huge valuation for startup businesses with no experience, no revenue and no profit. First, the Internet changed everything. Every business was considered as either moving online or becoming extinct. Second, the winners would take all in the dotcom world. Third, the first-mover advantage was huge because consumers would not change their habits.
History shows that all of these arguments were way off the mark. The hot dotcom plays in 2000 have mostly vanished or are still struggling. The global economy is dominated by multinational companies that control their own commercial world. They do businesses as before. The Internet has totally changed the businesses that are most susceptible to the digital revolution — music, print media and broadcasting are the main ones.
A dozen years on, the same arguments are being applied to today's hot plays. Social networking software like WhatsApp and WeChat are seen as completely overthrowing telecom companies, even though these things are just software running on the latter's networks. E-commerce is spoken of as completely replacing physical shops, just as in 1999.
The Internet hype in the 1990s turned out to be just that. The businesses that did prosper after the 2000 burst dealt in information or digital consumer products like books, music or travel reservations. The advantage of Internet commerce is severely reduced when dealing with physical goods and services. The new hype on this shortcoming is 3D printing, whose importance is totally overblown. It is at best a niche product. The Internet's advantage in business will remain in dealing in digital information products.
Social networking is all the rage today. Putting aside its potential as a business, it is unlikely to have a significant impact on economy-wide productivity. Yes, people have a place to publicize what they are doing every day, but does it make any difference to the economy? One could argue that social networking sites are just places for people to express their narcissism cheaply.
Communication tools that replace texting are featured prominently in this Internet boom. Because they allow users to communicate with each other on the same platform, the successful ones tend to have huge user bases. Their attraction is that others are using it, i.e., they are self-fulfilling bubbles. But, as soon as they charge a significant fee, either in the form of cash payment or deteriorating service with ad interruptions, competition becomes a force in limiting what they can do, just like in other marketplaces. "Winner take all" works when the services are free. Otherwise, competition drives down everyone's return on capital close to the average.


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Face Page (cover sheet): first page of a proposal; identifies project title, sponsor to whom proposal is submitted, project director's name, title, address, project duration, total dollar request, submitting organization's name and address, and the name, title, and signature of a person authorized to sign for the organization.
Family Foundation: an independent grant making organization; decision may be made by donor or donor's family, by an independent board of directors, or by a bank or trust officer acting on donor's behalf.
FedBizOpps.gov: Single point-of-entry for commercial vendors and government buyers to post, search, monitor and retrieve opportunities solicited by the entire federal contracting community.
Federal Share of Real Property, Equipment, or Supplies: The percentage of the properties or supplies acquisition costs and any improvement expenditures paid with federal funds. This will be the same percentage as the federal share of the total costs under the award for the funding period in which the property was acquired (excluding the value of third party in-kind contributions).
Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Government: The governing body of any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community (including any Native village as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act certified by the Secretary of the Interior as eligible for the special programs and services provided by him through the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Fedgrants.gov: A web site that has been shut down. When it was live, its purpose was to enable users to search for grant opportunities.
Fellowship: an award made directly to an individual in support of specific educational pursuits; recipients may be subject to service and/or payback requirements after the fellowship terminates.
Final Report: may be programmatic, technical, financial, or any combination thereof; a summary of project implementation including an evaluation of the degree to which objectives have been met; required by most funding sources and appreciated by all others; a necessary courtesy if future funds should be desired.
Financial Assistance: The transfer of a thing of value from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States (see 31 U.S.C. 6101(3)). An agency may provide financial assistance through various types of transactions, including grants, cooperative agreements, loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, insurance, food commodities, direct appropriations, and transfers of property in place of money.
Formal Application: a proposal to which an authorized signature has be affixed; contrasts with an informal inquiry that constitutes a request for information only; see Authorized Signature, Proposal, and Application.
Foundation: organization established to disburse funds for philanthropic purposes; usually privately owned.
Fringe Benefits: payments in addition to base salary for such things as social security, hospitalization, retirement, etc.
Funding Opportunity Announcement: A publicly available document by which a federal agency makes known its intentions to award discretionary grants or cooperative agreements, usually as a result of competition for funds. Funding opportunity announcements may be known as program announcements, notices of funding availability, solicitations, or other names depending on the agency and type of program. Funding opportunity announcements can be found at Grants.gov/FIND and on the Internet at the funding agency's or program's website.
Funding Opportunity Number: The number that a federal agency assigns to its grant announcement.
Funding Period: The period of time when federal funding is available for obligation by the recipient.
Government: A State or local government or a federally recognized Indian tribal government.
Grace Period: This period reflects the number of days after the closing date that Grants.gov will continue to accept applications for a grant opportunity. It also represents the day (Closing Date + Grace Period) that applicants will no longer be able to download the application package. This value is entered by an agency when creating a grant opportunity and is not visible to grant applicants.
Grant: An award of financial assistance, the principal purpose of which is to transfer a thing of value from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States (see 31 U.S.C. 6101(3)). A grant is distinguished from a contract, which is used to acquire property or services for the federal government's direct benefit or use.
Grant Period: begins on the effective date and ends on the expiration date; the period of time agreed upon by the grantor and the grantee during which a funded project is in operation; allowable project costs may be charged to the project only during this time; see Duration Date and Expiration Date.
Grantee: any legal entity that receives an award and assumes responsibility for fiscal accountability for managing awarded funds, supervision of grant-supported activities, and submission of final reports.
Grants Policy Committee (GPC): Established by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Council consists of grants policy experts from across the federal government. GPC's vision is to improve the effectiveness of federal financial assistance by:
Grants.gov: A storefront web portal for use in electronic collection of data (forms and reports) for federal grant-making agencies through the Grants.gov site. (www.grants.gov).
Grants.gov Tracking Number: A number set used by Grants.gov which is used to identify each application it receives.
Grantor: funding source that has agreed to provide financial support in the form of a grant.
Grantsmanship: the process of procuring grants; a modernization might be "grantspersonship".
Guidelines: directions to follow in the preparation and submission of a proposal; usually but not always provided by the funding source; more commonly available from government sources or larger foundations.
IIndirect Costs: overhead or administrative charges related to a project but not easily and separately identifiable; e.g., utilities, clerical, office space, accounting, library, and custodial services necessary for proper implementation of the project; usually assessed against the project as a predetermined rate established according to standard accounting procedures.
Individual: An Individual submits a grant on their behalf, and not on behalf of a company, organization, institution, or government. Individuals sign the grant application and its associated certifications and assurances that are necessary to fulfill the requirements of the application process.
Informed Consent (statement): a written description provided by project staff, agreed to and signed by project participants, which describes the activities (including the possible benefits and risks) in which the participant will become involved; required by the federal government as a condition of accepting an award for projects involving research on human subjects.
In-Kind Contribution: a service or item donate in lieu of dollars to the operation of a funded project; usually given by a third party; e.g., donated equipment or guest speaker's time; should by referenced in budget as real direct project cost but designated as in-kind; must be auditable with letter of agreement.
Inputs (resources): items you will need to carry out the objectives or activities (surveys, money, staff time, volunteer time, etc.)
Intangible Property and Debt Instruments: Includes trademarks, copyrights, patents and patent applications, and such property as loans, notes and other debt instruments, lease agreements, stock and other instruments of property ownership, whether considered tangible or intangible.
Inter-Agency Electronic Grants Committee (IAEGC): An organization which encourages and assists federal agencies in developing electronic grants systems and standardizing electronic commerce methodologies throughout the federal government. The IAEGC is chartered to Grants.Gov Program Management Office.
Letter of inquiry (LOI): initial contact with a funder to find out if a full proposal would be welcome. Typically includes a brief summary of your organization, its mission, the need you want to address, the program you want to implement, the cost, and the amount you are requesting.
Local Government: A local unit of government, including specifically a county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority, school district, special district, intra-state district, council of governments (whether or not incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under State law), any other regional or interstate entity, or any agency or instrumentality of local government.
Maintenance and Service Contracts: an agreement with a supplier to service and repair equipment sold or rented to a project; cost should be included in proposal budget; typically applies to office instruments such as copy machines, word processors, etc.
Mandatory Forms: Mandatory forms are the forms that are required for the application. Please note that a mandatory form must be completed before the system will allow the applicant to submit the application package.
Mandatory Grant: A grant (or cooperative agreement) awarded under a program where the authorizing statute requires the head of the agency or designee to make an award to each eligible entity under the conditions and in the amount (or based on the formula) specified in the statute.
Marketing Partner ID (MPIN): A personal code that allows you to access other government applications such as the Past Performance Automated System, DoDBusOpps and TeDS. The MPIN may act as your password in these other systems. You make up the code and register it in CCR. The MPIN must have 9 digits containing at least one alpha character (must be in capital letters) and one number (no spaces or special characters permitted).
Matching (funds): financial contribution by the grantee; common to capital and/or equipment grants when grantee and/or grantee's client is primary beneficiary; typically 1/3 or greater; a form of cost sharing.
Multi-Year Budget: budget representing the cost of a project of more than one year's duration; a separate budget is prepared for each year, with a budget summary presented preferably at the beginning of the budget pages; see Multi-Year Funding.
Multi-Year Funding: financial support expending beyond one year; may require submission of annual request for continuing support even though grantor approval has been tentatively given for the anticipated multi-year grant period; see Multi-Year Budget.
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: A code with a maximum of six digits used to classify business establishments. This code will be replacing the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.
Obligations: The amounts of orders placed, contracts and grants awarded, services received and similar transactions during a given period that require payment by the recipient during the same or a future period.
Objectives: specific statements of anticipated project outcomes or products; should identify clearly what will be produced as a result of the project having been funded; not a definition of project activities to be conducted during the project; should be measurable and directly related to project evaluation, need statement, and budget; see Goals.
Opportunity Category: A field located on the Grant Opportunity Properties screen within Grants.gov. The Opportunity Category field values include Discretionary, Mandatory, Earmark, and Continuation. The Opportunity Category field was added to the site to assist Grants.gov with aggregating opportunities and application packages for public and private displays on the site. For example, there are links which show grant opportunities and packages recently posted to the site. Those opportunities and packages with a category type of Earmarked or Continuation will not show up on these public listings.
Optional Forms: Optional forms are the forms that can be used to provide additional support for an application, but are not required to complete the application package.
Organization: A grant applicant who is submitting a grant on behalf of a company, state, local or tribal government, academic or research institution, not-for-profit, or any other type of institution.
Outlays or ExpendituresCharges made to the project or program, which may be reported on a cash or accrual basis.
Outputs: direct products from program activities (number of service units, number of participants, products developed, curricula developed, etc.)
Overhead (costs): see Indirect Costs.
Overload: project responsibilities that, when added to other professional responsibilities for which a person is normally paid, constitute more than 100 percent time; normally not allowable by a funding source.
Paper Trail: an auditable financial record; may also apply to administrative procedures and records.
Password: A code used to gain access to Grants.gov along with a username. Good passwords contain letters and numbers (i.e.,Virtue7) and must not be found in any dictionary.
PDF: A file format designed to enable printing and viewing of documents with all their formatting (typefaces, images, layout, etc.) appearing the same regardless of what operating system is used, so a PDF document should look the same on Windows, Macintosh, Linux, OS/2, etc.
Peer Review: process of evaluating proposals for funding; usually involves experts representing the same general fields or disciplines as the proposal topics.
Personal Property: Property of any kind except real property. It may be tangible, having physical existence, or intangible, having no physical existence, such as copyrights, patents, or securities.
Planning Grant: an award made in support of the planning stages of a future project.
Point of Contact (POC): An individual who is designated as the person responsible for authorization and maintenance of information on behalf of a CCR registrant, coordinating communication among organizations.
Prefixed Filename: Attachment filenames may appear verbose because many are prefixed to include the form name, field name, unique number and attachment name (attachment name which was entered by the applicant) as one entire filename. Not all attachments are prefixed exactly the same, but you will be able to recognize the filename entered by the applicant by reading through the entire line of the filename text.
Preliminary Proposal (draft proposal): occasionally required by a funding source as a first step in the submission process; a proposal containing only the essentials necessary to convey the idea to be proposed more formally at a later date; see Prospectus.
Prime Contractor: organization that receives the funds and implements a project funded under a contract.
Principal Investigator (PI): project director or program director; individual designated by the grantee and approved by the funding source to direct the grant supported activities of a project; responsible to grantee officials.
Prior Approval: written documentation of a permission to alter any aspect of a funded project; includes programmatic and fiscal changes; may be obtained within grantee organization or from grantor depending upon the case in point and grantor policy.
Private Foundation: a nonfederal funding source; established to make funds available for purposes consistent with the desires and interests of the person or persons responsible for acquiring the funds, or consistent with the objectives of the founding group.
Profile: Applicant information stored in the Grants.gov system for the purpose of identifying a user.
Program Director: see Principle Investigator.
Program Income: Gross income earned by the recipient that is directly generated by a supported activity or earned as a result of the award.
Program Officer (project officer): funding source staff member officially responsible for the technical, scientific, and programmatic aspects of funded project.
Project: all activities described in an approved grant application whether or not the funding covers or only a portion of the necessary financial support.
Project Costs: All allowable costs, as set forth in the applicable federal cost principles (see Sec. 74.27), incurred by a recipient and the value of the contributions made by third parties in accomplishing the objectives of the award during the project period.
Project Officer: see Program Officer.
Project Overhead: see Indirect Costs.
Project Period: The period established in the award document during which awarding agency sponsorship begins and ends.
Property: Real property, equipment, intangible property and debt instruments.
Proposal: definition of project conditions and expenses prepared by a potential grantee and presented to a potential grantor; see Application.
Prospectus: a brief, written project overview; draft proposal; see Preliminary Proposal.
Real Property: Land, including land improvements, structures and appurtenances thereto, but excludes movable machinery and equipment.
Research Grant: an award made in support of an empirical study.
Receipt Date: see Deadline.
RecipientAn organization receiving financial assistance directly from an awarding agency to carry out a project or program.
Recovery.gov: Federal website established in order to accomplish the mission set out in the Recovery Act, and provide information for the public to monitor the progress of the stimulus package.
Recovery Act: See: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
RFA (request for an application): see Request for a Proposal.
RFP (request for a proposal): announcement distributed by a funding source to potential grantees defining in a general way the type of project proposals desired; often pertains to applied research that is in the interest of the grantor or contractor or its clients; can result in either a grant or contract; same as Request for an Application (RFA).
Replication: how your project will be used or duplicated by others.
Research and Development: All research activities, both basic and applied, and all development activities that are supported at universities, colleges, hospitals, other nonprofit institutions, and commercial organizations. Research is defined as a systematic study directed toward fuller scientific knowledge or understanding of the subject studied. Development is the systematic use of knowledge and understanding gained from research directed toward the production of useful materials, devices, systems, or methods, including design and development of prototypes and processes. The term research also includes activities involving training of individuals in research techniques where such activities utilize the same facilities as other research and development activities and where such activities are not included in the instruction function.
Researcher: A Grant Researcher writes, prepares, and/or searches for grant applications on their behalf, or on behalf of a company, organization, institution, or government, but do not plan to sign the grant application or its associated certifications and assurances.
Role Manager: The person listed as the Point of Contact for a specific grantor agency or sub-agency. This person will receive any email notifications about application submissions, depending on the option selected in the agency's profile.
Rubric: a way of presenting evaluation criteria that helps the judge score your grant proposal
Seed Money: a small grant for the purpose of getting a project started; it is assumed that the project will be able to attract additional external funds following the "seed grant" period.
Senior Project Staff: usually includes project director, associate director, and any full-time professional project personnel having major responsibility for administering and/or implementing project activities.
SIC Code: Being replaced by the NAIC code, a code that was used to classify business establishments.
Site Visit: a final step in the review of some proposals; involves a team of evaluators designated by the funding source who examine the project facilities and other resources on location; includes review of project plan and objectives with key personnel; an encouraging sign to the project director; occasionally conducted during the life of a project.
Solicited Proposal: a proposal responding to a project concept originated by the funding source; usually the funding source invites all eligible organizations to submit such a proposal.
Sponsor: funding source.
Standard Form 424 (SF-424) Series Forms: Standard government-wide grant application forms including:
Stimulus Package: See: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Stipend: periodic payment, similar to an allowance, made to an individual; normally intended for living expenses associated with participation in some phase of a funded project such as a fellowship or training grant; usually related to academic studies.
Subaward: An award of financial assistance in the form of money, or property in lieu of money, made under an award by a recipient to an eligible subrecipient or by a subrecipient to a lower tier subrecipient. The term includes financial assistance when provided by any legal agreement, even if the agreement is called a contract, but does not include procurement of goods and services nor does it include any form of assistance which is excluded from the definition of award.
Subcontract: a secondary agreement in which a third party agrees to perform some of the activities or services defined in a primary proposal; agreed upon by the grantee and service provider at the time of submission but not consummated until after the award has been made to the organization submitting the primary proposal.
Subrecipient: The legal entity to which a subaward is made and which is accountable to the recipient for the use of the funds provided.
Supplemental Grant: an award made to cover expenses incurred beyond those requested at the time the original was submitted; additional funds become a part of the original award.
Supplies: All personal property excluding equipment, intangible property, and debt instruments as defined in this section, and inventions of a contractor conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the performance of work under a funding agreement.
Suspension: A post-award action by the awarding agency that temporarily withdraws the agency's financial assistance sponsorship under an award, pending corrective action by the recipient or pending a decision to terminate the award.
Sustainability: how the project will continue when the grant funding ends.
Synopsis of Funding Opportunity: Summary information extracted from or based on the funding opportunity announcement that is electronically posted at the government-wide website known as Grants.gov/Find. The posting at Grants.gov/FIND includes a direct link to the funding opportunity announcement or includes an uploaded copy of the funding opportunity announcement.
Target Group: somewhat worn out term used in referring to the primary beneficiaries of a project; see Client Group.
Tasks (also called activities or actions): specific steps you will take to achieve the objectives in the grant.
Termination: The cancellation of awarding agency sponsorship, in whole or in part, under an agreement at any time prior to the date of completion.
Termination Date: see Expiration Date.
Terms and Conditions: legal requirements imposed upon a grantee as conditions for accepting an award.
Three-Column Budget: a budget that identifies in three distinct columns the amount requested of the funding source, the amount to be contributed by the grantee, and the total project cost; only necessary when matching or cost sharing is involved.
Third Party In-Kind Contributions: The value of non-cash contributions provided by non-federal third parties. Third party in-kind contributions may be in the form of real property, equipment, supplies and other expendable property, and the value of goods and services directly benefiting and specifically identifiable to the project or program.
Timeline: a schedule that includes every activity you must undertake to establish, implement and evaluate the program.
Trading Partner Identification Number (TPIN): An identification number. The restricted access number assigned by CCR to the main CCR Point of Contact who manages information for the CCR registrant.
Training Grant: an award to support costs of furthering the education of personnel, often students.
Transmittal Letter: see Cover Letter.
Unobligated Balance: The portion of the funds authorized by an awarding agency that has not been obligated by the recipient and is determined by deducting the cumulative obligations from the cumulative funds authorized.
Unsolicited Proposal: proposal for which the initiative for defining the project concept and submitting the proposal rests solely with the applicant organization.
USA.gov: The official web portal of the United States Government created to improve U.S. Government interactions with the public; by offering links to every federal agency to help website visitors quickly find information to the services they seek. USA.gov features links to every federal, state, local, and tribal government agency.
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