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I didn't have a shower for my first baby -- can I have one for my second?
I had my first baby out of wedlock and didn't have a shower. Now my husband and I are expecting our first child together. (He has a child from a previous relationship, too.) Is it okay to have a shower for this baby, even though she'll be our third child?
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Well...this is my first baby and my husband's 3rd. He has 2 teenagers (14 &16) from a previous marriage. Being that his side of the family sees this as number 3 for him, they don't seem interested in celebrating anything even though it's my first. Personally, I think it kind of stinks that just because I am not wife #1 doesn't mean I don't have feelings too, and they could have at least offered congratulations (which they haven't even called to do-all that costs is a phone call!). My husband is a little hurt that they've all had baby showers and 2nd marriages, etc. and when it's our turn, nobody seems to care. At this point, we've gone out and bought everything we need on our own. We've resigned ourselves to accepting that this is the way the families work (I didn't get a shower on my side either, even though it's my first and my parents' first grandchild). I'm a firm believer in karma, what comes around goes around. We will have to rethink things the next time we get a shower or wedding invitation from the rest of these people in the future. We probably will not be spending the amount of money that we had in the past. I will give my youngest brother the benefit on this though, he gave us a HUGE gift certificate at at a baby store that we will most likely use. I feel for anyone who didn't get a shower, not because of the expectation of gifts, but because it feels like you are left alone in the world with this new blessing on the way and no one is there to support you and share the joy. Honestly, it's their loss. I just don't have to spend as much on announcements, a web page will suffice being that photos probably will be thrown out, since people in our family didn't care anyway.posted 06/01/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
I think the biggest thing to consider here, is what you have or don't have and what you NEED or DON'T NEED. There are so many reader's here making comments such as "You should have everthing already because of the other 2 children"... "You shouldn't expect people to restock your nursery".... PEOPLE, PEOPLE, PEOPLE. Did any of you stop to consider that maybe there are quite a few years difference in the ages of the other children. Maybe they don't have much left from the 'infant days' of the other 2 children!!! Even after babies are born, people stop by the house with gifts and things for the baby. Are you people saying that because you already have stuff - a lot of it leftovers - that you are going to turn away loving family members and friends because you don't NEED anything!!! Give me a break!!! Honey, I say go for it. -- Bottom line: People who don't have a problem with you having a shower will be there with gifts in arms and those they do, won't. Ultimately people are going to do for you all what they want to do.posted 06/01/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
Im pregnant with my 4th and I have had a shower with all my pregnancies. The day that I found out that I was pregnant my sister-in-law said she was throwing the shower. There isn't anything big that I really need, but it is a celebration not only for the baby but for the mom. I think there is nothing wrong with having a shower with every pregnancy and if you don't want to seem greedy don't go and register anywhere that way you really are not asking for gifts, and don't invite everyone you have ever known just your closest friends and family.posted 06/01/2004 by bjmmom
Personally, I do not know how the tradition of baby shower came about - esp. the true rationale and meaning behind it. However, regardless of how many showers you have, I think that's not the issue. The issue comes when you EXPECT to be given gifts everytime you have a shower. I think it is always RUDE to EXPECT for gifts in such an occasion, more so when you SPECIFY what you want. By all means, celebrate your child, but don't use him/her as an excuse to get gifts, no matter how useful. If friends and families choose to buy you anything, be gracious and accept it, but never expect one. In this way, you'll know they bought it out of love for you and the child and not out of obligation which comes from the LONG gift list attached to the invitation.posted 06/01/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
You will always find people to disagree with you. Expect to have people offended and disagreeable. If you were married and divorced would people say you should not have a bridal shower with your impending second marriage or no wedding gifts? Some would... does it matter? It is considered by the old school, and probably more followed in the South where decorum is crucial for people well-bred, to be in poor taste. For you to throw it or ask someone to I think would be ill-mannered but refusing to let someone if they want to do it is also ill-mannered. EXPECTING gifts in any circumstance is actually rude, but graciously and thankfully receiving them is kind and polite. If someone wants to bless you, well... let them! I am pg with my second and was really disappointed when my shower was thrown without my closest friends invited. Not because of the gifts but because this is a moment I wanted to share with these women that mean so much to me. This time I have a few friends who desperately want to do something, and some of them I did not know with my last baby. Heck, I will let them. I too feel funny registering but I felt the same way with the first one. I likely will not register this time. My mother will know where my needs are and can tell people if they want to know. In reality it takes very little in the way of material things to raise a baby although many things make it more convenient. I have tons of girl things and friends with young boys who will give me clothing if I have a boy. There are things I could use and a few items that now need replacing. (Such as the crib I loaned out that broke as she prepared to return it.) The items I really need are more costly that most would care to spend and I would not ask them to. Okay, you can tell I am pg... I am tired and rambling. Please do not try to make it happen but if it does just enjoy it if that is what you want. If people want to buy gifts, well... let them. My favorites are the handmade gifts you receive that each child should get, not just the ginuea pig first-born. (Yeah, I am the oldest... haha)posted 06/01/2004 by JenAntoniou
I think you have every right to have a baby shower no matter how many kids you already have. If there are things you need, either because you've passed them on since the birth of previous children or never had them to begin with, then by all means have a shower. If people think it's rude or greedy, tell them not to come. If you already have everything you need, then obviously you don't need to have a shower, but maybe more a celebration party. I think whether you had a shower for your first child or not is irrelevent. If there are things you need for the birth of the child you're currently having, then of course you have the right to have a baby shower.posted 05/31/2004 by MJFranklin
I am pregnant with my third son. My other two boys are 20 months and 8 years old. My first shower I was single with few guests. My second I had only two guests my mother-in-law and my friend. I really didn't get anything I needed from either one. My sister is having a "Meet the Baby shower" She is writing gifts optional on the bottom of the invitation and if they want to bring a gift go ahead and if not just come and celebrate. I have found out that I am pretty much on my own when it comes to getting what I need so when I first found out I was pregnant with all three pregnancies I bought a large item with every pay check. But I don't think that having a baby shower to celebrate is wrong or to have a shower for a baby that is the opposite sex of your first. A mother may have the basics but clothes are always needed. I wouldn't want to dress a little girl in blue boy clothes just because she was second. It is always okay to have one if there is a large gap in age of your kids.posted 05/31/2004 by cutievibe
WOW im in the same position as you, Im having child # 2 6 yrs after child #1 and I never had a shower with child one, so my mom and friend are giving one, but my mother in law thinks im being greedy. I feel im not, since i didnt have one the first time around and we passed all of our stuff through the big family and now have nothing.posted 05/31/2004 by a BabyCenter Member
i am 2 months pregnant with my 4th cnild and i have never had a baby shower. but i wish i could have one.. but anyways have the shower cuz by the time most people have another baby they don't have any of the old clothes to pass on and everything is getting so expensive now a days. it is helpful if they bring presents but if not that is ok too. not like you force them to bring something. it is a nice little get together to chat with friends basically.posted 05/31/2004 by blueeyes11298
I think it is OK to have a baby shower for your second and third baby. I have an 8 year old son and a 6 year old son, and my third baby, due in 5 weeks, is a Girl! I gave away all my baby things when my youngest son out grew them. I was not planning on having any more children. If it wasn't for the baby shower my family and church are giving me I would have to go buy everything all over again on my own. And with two boys growing as fast as mine are, I can't afford to buy all new baby items and keep my other kids in clothes and shoes, too. So, I think it is a blessing to have a baby shower for second and third pregnancies.posted 05/31/2004 by SexyEvil
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At this point, we think an upswing in housing construction, rising real estate and stock prices, and increasing availability of credit will help to spur a virtuous circle of faster growth in employment, income, consumer spending, and business investment over the next few years. Still, given the restraint from federal fiscal policy and the size of the hole we're in, we think it will take four more years to get back close to full employment.
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Another important point from our report that I did not discuss on the panel is the weak growth since the summer of 2010 in purchases of goods and services by state and local governments (following a period of strong growth in such purchases). If one compares the growth of each of the major components of GDP between the current recovery and the average of preceding recoveries, a shortfall in state and local government purchases represents the largest portion of the unusual weakness in growth of GDP relative to potential GDP. I did not cover that point in my remarks because the weak growth in such purchases stems largely from other factors that I did mention; in particular, state and local government purchases have been restrained by low tax revenues (owing importantly to the drop in real estate values), tight credit markets (which probably held back borrowing for construction projects), and the winding down of the increase in federal grants to states and localities under the Recovery Act.


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We always knew that Warner Bros. were planning "Justice League," but nothing was concrete. Last summer there were rumors that "The Flash" would drop in 2016, followed by "Justice League" a year later, but with "Batman Vs. Superman" now taking the '16 slot, that doesn't seem likely (not to mention that whispers of a movie around "The Flash' seem to have quieted). But today, WB has pulled the curtain back (somewhat) on their plans.
The Wall Street Journal reports that WB has made it official that "Justice League" is happening, though there are a few caveats. Firstly, the script is still being worked on, and secondly, the movie isn't expected to arrive until at least 2018 (get ready for four years of rumors, oy). But the big deal is that Zack Snyder has been tapped to direct the movie, which makes sense considering (what everyone has long suspected) that "Batman Vs. Superman" will establish the team-up movie.
"It will be a further expansion of this universe," said Greg Silverman, president of worldwide production for WB. "'Superman vs Batman' will lead into 'Justice League.'"
But with at least a two-year gap between "Batman Vs. Superman" and "Justice League" (and maybe longer), one wonders if we'll get that "The Flash" movie, or perhaps the brewing DC comics project being built around Dwayne Johnson in between pictures. But we'll have to be patient. WB is staying mum on which characters will join Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman in "Justice League," and they have more than a few options to play with. But with Snyder at the helm, it looks like the studio is eager to maintain the tone he's established with "Man Of Steel" throughout the franchise.
Update: Films shooting back to back and "Justice League" coming out in 2017, just one year after "Batman Vs. Superman"? Yep, says a THR writer (Latino Review evidently called it first). Damn.
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My latest foray into the growing body of alternatives-to-marriage literature has been Judith Stacey's Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China (New York: New York University Press, 2011). Part of NYU's Series in Social and Cultural Analysis, Unhitched offers readers a whirlwind tour through Stacey's research into various forms of family organization around the globe. Stacey is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and Sociology at New York University and her previous publications all tackle the question of modern family arrangements. I haven't read any of her previous work, but this volume reads a like a tip-of-the-iceberg account of her research, and those who want to delve into the whys and wherefores of various studies might do best seeking out her previous books and (I'm assuming voluminous) journal publications.
What this book does do is encourage us (implicitly Western, largely heteronormative readers) to rethink the way our culture has elevated monogamous hetero marriage (and even same-sex marriage) to its status as the ultimate basis for family creation. Stacey does this by offering us snapshots of alternatives to that husband-wife-and-(maybe)-kids family formation: gay male families of many kinds in West Hollywood, polygynous marriages in South Africa (where it is legal for some) and the United States (where it is illegal for all), and matrilinial households of the Mosuo in China. By opening up a window onto the successes and failures of different strategies for family formation, Stacey suggests that "no family system is ideal, and no family form can be best for everyone."
I've read more coherently argued works along this same vein (on the top of the list is Nancy Polikoff's Beyond (Straight and Gay) Marriage), but Stacey's contribution is useful both for the myriad concrete examples, drawn from her years of fieldwork within the populations she profiles and for her global perspective. I particularly appreciated the chapters on polygynous (one man marrying multiple women) marriage practices in the U.S. and South Africa because Stacey avoids a knee-jerk rejection of plural marriage — and polygyny particularly — as inherently patriarchal and challenges us to support the right of all adults to form the type of relationships that work for them and their communities. I am increasingly frustrated by the rejection of poly relationships (whether traditionally polygynous or queer) as a form that can, and should, be recognized as a legitimate family form — particularly when such rejections come from people who otherwise support the right of adults to form intimate partnerships of their choosing. Is it so hard to believe that sometimes the family form that works best for those involved is one that expands to involve more than two people? Maybe I was just exposed to ElfQuest and Ursula LeGuin's Birthday of the World at too impressionable an age. In any event, I appreciate that someone with Stacey's research background is willing to speak up in favor of honoring plural unions — and to frame that argument in terms of feminist respect for individual choices:
To be sure, a polygynous brew of intimacy is no feminist cup of tea. Yet that does not make it our provenance, or anyone else's, to dictate the beverage of choice for any woman by ourselves. The proper mission for feminism and for a democratic society is to upgrade the menu of love potions on offer and to make them available to as many women, and men, as possible (151).
I don't precisely agree with Stacey that polygyny is inherently un-feminist. I would argue that what makes a feminist family has more to do with the egalitarian nature of the relationship(s) involved — including those between parents and children — than it does with the combination of bodies or gender expressions present. However, I also agree with her that, even if one believed polygyny was harmful to women — our energies would be better served as feminists improving the quality of "love potion" options available, and ensuring equality of access to those options, rather than condemning families that make choices different from our own and trying to outlaw their chosen (consensual) practices.
The chapters on gay male kinship networks did not offer anything radically new to me, but this is possibly because I have spent a fair amount of time reading studies of kinship among queer folks. Likely I've read some of Stacey's research in the past, I just haven't remembered her name! She uses her research on kinship among gay men in West Hollywood, California, to explore how gay men establish families, both with and without children. She makes the argument that gay men, more than lesbians or other segments of the queer community, are re-defining family life in ways that might offer us a useful model for the future. She bases this argument on the fact that gay men, more than lesbian women, must rely on alternate means of procreation. I'm not sure I buy it, and she doesn't present as much comparative evidence as I would have liked. The lesbian women I know have been incredibly creative in establishing kinship networks, whether or not they have biological children, and many of them share characteristics that Stacey identified in her gay male subjects: the tendency to remain close to ex-partners, for example, and relationships that are at times surprisingly heterogeneous in terms of race, class, age, religion, etc. While I only have anecdotal evidence at the moment, my sense is also that queer women are no more or less likely than queer men to form relationships that are either non-monogamous or monogamous but made up of more than two persons (all women or plural gendered).
The chapter on the Musao describes a culture in which families are centered around women and their children. Siblings create a home together and raise the children of the family's women. Lovers form relationships outside of the family structure, so that male lovers visit their female partners but return to their home and help parent their sister's children on a day to day basis. The story of this culture was described in detail from an insider perspective in the memoirLeaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood on the Edge of the World by Yang Erche Namu (Boston: Little Brown, 2003). It offers, even more than polygyny and the gay male relationships profiled in this book, and example of familial organization that separates out sexual intimacy from the practical aspects of daily family life and child-rearing. While, as Stacey points out, it would be impracticable (and likely undesirable) to try and replicate such a family system wholesale, the Musao do offer us an example of human beings who have thrived without the type of family system that modern Western society — particularly U.S. mainstream culture — views as synonymous with a functioning society. Moral panics about the "breakdown" of the family and young peoples' supposed disinclination to form lasting dyad relationships are the perennial subject of political initiatives and best-selling polemics. What Stacey's book can offer us is the assurance that human beings thrive in many different family forms. Not just that, theoretically, they could but that they have … and are currently doing so. Hopefully, Unhitched will provide just such thought-provoking reassurance to any fence-sitters who are lucky enough to pick it up and peruse its pages. I admit to being skeptical that this book will end up changing minds, but perhaps it will help to create a greater flexibility of thought on how human beings are best supported in their quest to form intimate bonds.


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China PMI Drops To Lowest In 9 Months; Schrodinger's Economy Continues
Following South Korea's dip back into contractionary mode (PMI sub-50 for first time in six months - prompting JPY strength and NKY weakness, on implicit KRW weakness retaliation), it appears China's government-sanctioned PMI (printed at 50.1 relative to 50.8 prior and 50.1 expectations) is converging down to the nation's HSBC PMI (whose Flash print was 48.3 - final due at 2145ET). This is the equal lowest print in 9 months but provides just enough cover to the current administration to maintain its tight policy stance - even if it was the biggest MoM drop in 10 months. On a side-note, all PMI sub-indices also fell MoM. The market's response is modest AUD strength and Nikkei weakness which suggests investors were hoping for a little weaker data to push China a litte closer to folding on their bubble-popping position.
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Margin of error is very likely much bigger than 0.1. Taking it into account 50.1 can mean expansion or contraction.
It is a subjective measurement, there is not a margin of error. It is a survey where they ask if things are improving, the same, or worse. Improving = 1, the same =.5, worse = 0. Average the answers and you get the reading. The panel of purchasing managers that they survey is carefully selected/rigged. This index is like asking a realtor how the real estate market is doing. it doesn't tell you if the economy is contracting or expanding, despite what bloombergI would have you believe.
The Chinese economy is drastically slowing down.
Europe is doing so bad that Goldman had CNBC just fucking drop the Europe section from their website.
Maria loves it when Europe is "doing bad."
Maria, that stupid snatch, only likes Europe when she can get a free ride on the corporations company jet she is supposed to to be reporting on. Probably is not a free ride for her, working the whole flight on her back....
The real number is coming up in 20 minutes.
18:45 CNY Chinese HSBC Manufacturing PMI 48.3 48.3
The night is still young. I'm sure at 4AM Eastern they'll jam the market up up up on zero volume. Gotta open the markets green so the chumps buy. This will be a gift to the slow pokes that didn't get out of the building Friday night.
Yeah, but Japan's all fixed, so we're good. Green arrows at 9:30am. Party on, Wayne. Party on, Garth.
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I mean wealth and suffering money .
and war
I read the news today, oh boy
About a PMI that missed the grade
And though the news was rather sad
Well, I just had to laugh
Having seen Tyler's graph
I heard the news today, Oh boy
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They couldn't count them all
Now they know how many ticks it'll take to ramp ES
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You let your comments grow long
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Yesterday, a 2.5% 10-YR seemed so far away
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Why he had to taper, I don't know, he wouldn't say
My duration's far too long, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, POMO was such an easy game to play
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Oh, I believe in yesterday
China can't go all out print job with oil at 96+, will cause the oilers and others (whole nation) to buy massive amounts of USDs, hence causing their liquidity squeeze to become a full blown crisis. China is stuck. They need a distraction and fast.
the liquidity squeeze has been allowed on purpose
china has plenty of foreign reserves
the real problem is a serious internal overcapacity and overheating speculation verging on fukushima meltdown.
whatever happens in china it is because the china ptb allow it to happen not because of any international constraints. if anything the usa pigmen would like for them to throw more gasoline on the fire
I agree, but China may lose control of their levers.
Chinese, companies, average people, are stock piling USDs much like South America, more so Argentina and now maybe Brazil if the economy/political system blows apart. The Pigman should be freaking, if China liquidates so far gold, but dump a load of USTs it will create a massive crash in stocks (bond crash). Wall Street who is all in will take a margin call hit from hell. It all points towards a massive deflationary collapse. I can't see this that orchestrated.
i fully expect when i get up around 6:30 am eastern that futures will be green despite china continug to contract .
ben will be up early buying futures up.
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This is getting so weird that I no longer require any chemical help. The thing is I hear its all fixed, but I know its not, I hear additional liquidity will calm the noise but it gets louder.
Where are the Statesmen, the thinkers, the plan..... there is none.
And I hear the song.... Ring a ring of posies .. atitchu athichu we all fall down.
This is a pox on all
Yup, ... when the stimulus spending, via debt, runs out, the slide in aggregate demand resumes ... which just means the Chinese economy and growth is indeed unsustainable and it is indeed just a credit bubble ... like all the rest.
The more they stimulate with debt the worse it gets ...
Pretty soon the people are going to want the real solutions, not the fake temporary non-solutions that just makes the EXTREME OVER-FINANCIALIZATION even worse than it already is.
Direct treasury printing to buy and refinance consumer debt is what we need - one time and on terms where gets paid back in 30 years or less- so basically temporary money creation.. Get the consumer going and big biz will start to invest again. You may even see some small biz arise to challenge them on the way. We need to rid ourselves of the drain that 'financiers" have over every aspect of the economy. They have no right to collect a vig on just about every dollar earned and created in America.
Printing money = diluting PM content of a coin = hidden tax of the "subjects."
Ultimately fails when hidden tax drives subjects into other means of exchange or escape.
Early Mesopotamian clay tablets mention payment in units of silver rings. Say 30 rings of silver is the price you have to pay if you kill another mans slave.


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Now I blocked all access to smtp port(25) from any IP incluided LAN, only access permit from webmail zimbra.
What files logs I need see, and any example?, please
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8+ Ways to be Sustainable at Home and on Vacation
We know being sustainable and going green is on many peoples minds these days, but sometimes it can be hard to act on your desire to help our Mother Earth. Need some fresh ideas to get you started? Look no further.
Sustainability on Vacation
While on vacation there are ways to engage in earth friendly practices.
1. Consider choosing a vacation spot that engages in sustainable practices. Just by choosing a resort or hotel that is green you are making an impact. At Maddens sustainability is a big priority. Our friends in Naples, FL also practice what they call Good Earthkeeping
2. Keep up your habits of recycling while vacationing. At Maddens we provide friendly reminders to recycle as well as many recycling receptacles around the resort.
3. Consider walking or biking rather than driving. A brisk walk or bike ride isnt just good for the environment, its good for YOU! Maddens offers bicycle rentals for moving around the resort and for using local trails. Stop by the front desk or the Tennis and Croquet Club for trail maps.
4. Flip the switch. While on vacation we sometimes forget about the lights or air conditioning because were distracted with some many fun things to do. Just flipping the switch before leaving the room can make a big difference. Plus by shutting off the air at night and cracking open the windows, you can often take in the local sights and soundsour favorite at Maddens are the loon calls at night.
5. Reuse your towels and sheets. Consider using your towels and sheets for more than one day. If you choose to reuse your towels let your housekeeper know by hanging them rather than leaving them on the floor. For sheets, look for a note card or sign in your guest room to place on the bed.
6. Take home your in room amenities. You can reduce waste by taking home opened bottles of shampoo, lotion, etc. Use them at home to feel like youre still on vacation. Then recycle the bottles when youre finished with them for a doubled helping of sustainability.
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On 19 June 2013 I was fortunate enough to attend the BELMAS event 'Who should own our schools', organized by Professor Tim Simkins and chaired by Emeritus Professor Ron Glatter. The event was very well attended, well organized and offered up some fantastic speakers including Matthew Taylor (Chief Executive, RSA), Melissa Benn (Author and Journalist), Jon Coles (Group Chief Executive, United Learning), Emma Knights (Chief Executive, NGA), Brian Lightman (General Secretary, ASCL) and Mervyn Wilson (Chief Executive and Principal, the Co-operative College). In fact, the event was so enjoyable and insightful that I will share with you some of the different perspectives and ideas to emerge from it.
The focus of the event concerned the topic of school ownership – what does 'ownership' of schools mean, does ownership matter, and how does it relate to concepts of the 'public'? An additional and equally important focus of the event concerned the role of collaboration across the school system and the creation of better forms of co-ownership (or co-governance) of services by education professionals and the people they supposedly serve.
The concept of (co)ownership is an important one when we consider that state education exists at the intersection of apparently contrasting and competing discourses – hierarchy (paternalism, state intervention, coherence), individualism (consumerism, personal freedom, autonomy) and community (locality, group membership, shared values). (Matthew Taylor highlighted the community or 'solidaristic' perspective of 1970s British education and the individualism of 1980s education, for example. Today these discourses combine to produce very uneven and complex expressions). Education is also the product of complex public-private partnerships and networks. Consider academies, free schools, foundation and voluntary-aided schools, all of which are governed through public, private and third sector (voluntary) interests and a variety of accountabilities (contract, consumer, performance, market, professional, etc.). 'Ownership' therefore is a contested concept albeit a necessary one for contemporary debates on education.
It is necessary on the one hand for framing moral questions concerning what is the value of education. For example, should education be solely concerned with market prerogatives and competencies such as performance indicators and competitive behaviour. How much importance should be attached to schools producing entrepreneurial and 'employable' young people with the right industry-relevant skills to enter the 'new economy'? Should this be considered a moral obligation for schools? Equally, what is the value of a school that works toward embedding and responding to community need and local interest. Both are moral and political questions and both powerfully shape debates about the value of education. Many people who work in or research education – professionals, practitioners, policy makers, sponsors, knowledge brokers, volunteers, journalists and academics – often find value in both these approaches. So the question of who should own our schools is partly to do with the values and beliefs of schools as well as the rights of citizens to participate in and shape local community and political processes, irrespective of their background.
The extent to which some education commentators and practitioners (in Britain at least) are prepared to engage with both these arguments – and even debate possible structures and systems for their joint expression – was reflected in the main question steering the BELMAS event: 'How can effective democratic control be partnered with effective accountability for performance?'. The framing for this question is peculiarly 'Third Way' in its insistence on thinking through models, ideas and systems for the expression and articulation of social democratic and neoliberal ideals. Democratic control refers to vertical, community-led, grassroots accountability, the creation of joined-up services that work with and involve communities, parents and students in the vision and ethos of the school. Performance accountability on the other hand refers to audit, inspection, target setting, strategic planning, box ticking, performance indicators, league tables, competition and the monitoring of achievement and progression levels. There is a general consensus (in Britain at least) that both these perspectives matter to the improvement and equity of education. So what did the panel of speakers have to say on these issues?
Well, the general feeling among the speakers and audience was a very positive and surprisingly optimistic one. Many of the speakers expressed concern with some of the current arrangements that dominate school improvement debates in Britain (at least at the government level), including the myopic focus on performance accountability, selective admissions, the command and control model of governance among academy chains, the displacement of local community ownership of schools in favour of oligopoly, and so forth. However, there was a degree of optimism concerning the future of British education and possible solutions to the 'democratic deficit' shaping the current system. On several occasions I heard speakers repeat the phase 'we are on the cusp of something new', the kind of utopian, idealist thinking you rarely find articulated let alone murmured in the confined halls of academic institutions. Such optimism, especially in the current education climate, is few and far between. But the speakers seemed convinced that there is a growing consensus among professionals about what we ought to be doing and that a new vision of education might be possible in the foreseeable future, subject to a set of values everyone can agree on. To summarise here are some the main arguments put forward by the speakers:
- The problem of securing system change in the current education setting. The system at the present time is too diverse and ambiguous, fragmented and internally differentiated. Seeking change through the concentration of power is pointless. (Ron Glatter)
- More vertical, bottom-up accountability is needed together with less top-down, hierarchical accountability. BUT no mention of any reduction in performance accountability.
- Echoing Stephen Twigg's recent speech at the RSA, Matthew Taylor said 'ownership has become a massive distraction'. School improvement cannot be achieved through transfer of ownership.
- We need to rekindle (or reformulate, renew, as recommend by Professor Chris James) a sense of solidarity at the level of the school and encourage where possible partnerships across schools. Matthew Talyor highlighted three existing types of school-to-school partnerships: 1) Pyramid partnerships; 2) Family of Schools; and 3) Locality.
- There is an emerging consensus towards midldle-tier arrangements, with some concerns over whether local education authorities (LEAs) are fit for purpose. Lots of agreement that LEA performance is variable across the country mainly due to the different number of schools within their remit. Also, some suggestion that LEAs need to better clarify their role in the future (intervention, commissioning, brokerage, for example) given their diminishing capacity to govern.
- We need a system of education resembling Alberta, Ontario and Finland, one that rejects market model of closures and collapses and which is concerned with a good school for every child and ensuring the 'common educational offer'. (Melissa Benn).
- We must not romanticize the notion of democratic accountability, participative governance. LEAs and LEA governor representation on the governing body is sometimes perceived as interfering and unproductive. (Emma Knights, NGA)
- The need for better transparent mechanisms through which schools can be held to account, for example by ensuring local people can influence the school. (Jon Coles, United Learning)
- Stakeholder model and business model of governance not mutually exclusive but can be made mutually compatible. (Emma Knights, NGA)
- 'Mutualisation': ensuring communities own their schools through safeguarding community assets and infrastructure. Building from collaboration and creating mutual solution to local need. (Mervyn Wilson, Co-op)
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India Exports grew by a meagre 3.79 per cent in January to USD 26.7 billion but imports, particularly gold and silver, declined, narrowing trade deficit sharply to USD 9.92 billion in the month.
The deficit was USD 18.9 billion in January, 2013.
Director General of Foreign Trade Anup Pujari said export growth was in single digit because of a decline in outbound shipments of major products-- gems and jewellery and petroleum.
"Petroleum and gems and jewellery have shown a decline in exports. As a result, when my major two things among the top four are showing decline, exports are not going far," he said.
Petroleum and gems and jewellery exports in January contracted by 13.1 per cent and 9.39 per cent, respectively.
Imports fell by 18.07 per cent to USD 36.6 billion in January.
A decline gold and silver imports mainly contributed to bridging the trade gap. Their imports dipped by 77 per cent to USD 1.72 billion in January from USD 7.49 billion in the same month last year.
Oil imports too declined by 10.1 per cent in the month under review to USD 13.18 billion.
Apex exporters body FIEO expressed serious concerns over the declining trend in exports from October, 2013 onwards.
"The continued modest growth in exports is worrisome to achieve the targets for this fiscal. It indicates that Indian exporters need immediate attention to bring exports back on track," Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) President Rafeeque Ahmed said in a statement.
After registering 13.47 per cent growth in October, 2013, exports recorded a growth of 5.86 per cent and 3.49 per cent in November and December respectively.
The upward trend in exports is maintained and that gives satisfaction, Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher said, adding that there is lot needs to be done. Narrowing trade deficit rejoicing he said.
"This is fact that it (growth in exports) has come down to single digits. But the monthly trend has not fallen," Kher said.
When asked whether import restrictions on gold are impacting gems and jewellery exports, Pujari said curbs are mainly for domestic players.
"Although the figures are showing that there are difficulties, the restrictions are not really impacting the exports," Pujari said.
Government has raised the import duty on gold to 10 per cent and the RBI has introduced 80:20 norm under which 20 per cent of the total imports had to be re-exported.
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Does Twitter work during worship?
You hear it often before meetings, cultural events and worship: Please turn off your cell phones. But some churches are urging worshipers to keep their phones on to "integrate text-messaging into their relationship with God."
Bonnie Rochman writes in Time that people can text questions about the sermon that pastors will answer later. Or they can tweet in real time and hope another congregant will offer insight. Some use Twitter to take notes. At one church a pastor preaches while another taps out, "In what way do you feel the spirit of God moving within you?"
Parishioner Robbie McLaughlin—who is "caught up by the way it transformed how he worshiped"—likes to see what God is doing in other people's lives during the service.
The Time article notes: "If worship is about creating community, Twitter is an undeniably useful tool. The trick is to not let the chatter overshadow the need for quiet reflection that spirituality requires."
So, is Twitter a useful, way cool worship tool? Does it build community? And a relationship with God? Or should Twitter be turned off during worship?
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Right-wing activist Noam Federman appeals to health minister in bid to prevent PM Sharon from being buried in Sycamore Ranch alongside his wife; says ranch not designated cemetery. Request appalling, health minister states in response
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Published: 02.15.06, 10:58 / Israel News
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Consequently, Federman decided to "take preventive steps" and make sure the ailing PM is not buried in his ranch.
"Mr. Ariel Sharon has been hospitalized in a serious condition for over a month, and recently there has been a deterioration in his condition," Federman stated in his letter to the health minister.
In interview to Israel Radio Wednesday morning, Federman explained he sent the letter at this date, in order to ensure the issue is handled in time.
"When I petitioned the court against Lily's burial, I was told I am right, but that the appeal came too late for the court to do anything about it."
When asked whether he did not feel uneasy sending a letter of this nature while Sharon is still alive, Federman said he faced no such problem.
"Sharon didn't blink when he uprooted the graves in Gush Katif," he said.
Health Minister Jacob Edery said he was appalled by Federman's request.
"A man who works to remove Lily's body out of her grave, and already concerns himself with the prime minister's burial can only be described as loathsome and despicable," Edery stated.


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Ten months after a Greek company announced it would build one of the nations biggest cement plants just north of Wilmington, not a shovel has turned but a lot has been churned up. The last election saw a county commissioner who supported the plant go down in defeat, two of its foes elected and a state senator at risk of losing her seat keep it after blasting Titan Groups project in Castle Hayne.
The plant and a limestone quarry on 1,868 acres will produce more than 2.3 million tons of concrete a year along the Northeast Cape Fear River and receive $4.5 million in county and state incentives. Prominent environmental groups have joined the fight amid fears the plant will emit mercury and other pollutants into the air, soil and water. But the big issue, some believe, isnt the plant. Its the economic future of the Cape Fear region. Will it be driven more by brains or brawn? If were going to spend money on incentives, lets get industries of the 21st century, not the 18th century, says Joel Bourne, president of Stop Titan, a group that claims more than 3,000 supporters.
Thats what some local leaders have been trying to do, but it hasnt been easy. New Hanover Countys long, sandy shore draws hordes of tourists, but that isnt always enough to lure top talent. GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy, for example, said last year that it would add 900 workers to its Wilmington plant, but it has struggled to attract nuclear engineers. The Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce recently launched a task force to shift the regions economic base from manufacturing to knowledge-based employment. It hired Creative Class Group, a Toronto-based consultant, to explore how to make the region more appealing.
Titan supporters include county commission chairman Ted Davis, the state Commerce Department and local economic developers. They say that state and federal environmental permits ensure safety. The work force will be mostly engineers, researchers, laboratory technicians and sales people. We get a $450 million plant, with 160 jobs at an average salary of almost $75,000 and annual tax revenue of about $4 million, Davis says. I thought the incentives were justified.
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KINSTON MasterBrand Cabinets laid off 170 of about 400 employees at its factory here. The Jasper, Ind.-based company blamed the slow housing market.
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FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers discovered a large weapons cache and detained a suspected special groups criminal associated with it July 15, during Operation Raider Nor'easter in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.
Based on an Iraqi citizen's tip, Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, discovered a large weapons cache while conducting a security operation in the Abu T'shir neighborhood at approximately 4:15 p.m. The cache consisted of 45 Iranian-manufactured 107 mm rockets, 46 Iranian-manufactured 120 mm mortar rounds, 152 Iranian-manufactured 81 mm mortar rounds, 139 Iranian-manufactured 60 mm mortar rounds, a 60 mm mortar tube, a 120 mm mortar tube with base plate, 27 brand new AK-47 assault rifles, 13 rocket propelled grenade launchers, four Iranian-manufactured 40 mm PG-7-A2 rounds, approximately 10,000 rounds of new 7.62 mm ammunition stamped March 2008, 36 rocket fuses and nine optical sights for RPG launchers.
The Soldiers also detained the individual responsible for transporting the cache. The patrol moved the cache and suspect to a nearby coalition force base for processing.
"The significance of this cache recovery cannot be overstated," said Col. Allen Batschelet, chief of staff for MND-B and the 4th Inf. Div. "The cache was recovered based on an Iraqi citizen's tip. We caught the criminal transporting the munitions and recovered numerous weapons that would undoubtedly have caused an untold number of senseless casualties. This is a good day for the Iraqi people."
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