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Some conservative House Democrats are pushing to extend the Bush tax cuts, likely earning themselves favor with "Republican-leaning business associations." Pat Garofalo writes, "There's absolutely no reason to extend these cuts, which this year will give millionaires more in tax breaks than 90 percent of Americans will earn in income."
Ben Bernanke's confirmation for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman "could be a closer vote than seemed likely just a few weeks ago." Three senators have publicly said they will vote against Bernanke and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said there are other Dems who are quietly planning to do the same.
In the wake of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on corporate involvement in elections, the Colorado Republican Party plans to sue "to overturn voter-approved state limits on some campaign contributions." "Our firm will be bringing a challenge to this law in the coming days," said Ryan Call, a lawyer whose firm will represent the state GOP. The 2002 law banned direct corporate or union expenditures in state races.
"The nation's mayors are asking the federal government for a second wave of stimulus money," saying the first round hasn't done enough to combat urban unemployment. More than 230 mayors are in Washington for a conference and warn that they will be forced to impose more layoffs without a second stimulus.
Liberal radio network Air America announced yesterday that it was declaring Chapter 7 bankruptcy and shutting down after six years on air. The company raised the profile of Al Franken and Rachel Maddow and "helped build a new sense of purpose and determination among American progressives" at a time when dissent on issues was "often denounced as 'un-American.'" Despite yesterday's news, progressive radio remains alive and well.
In a speech on internet freedom yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "Those who disrupt the free flow of information in our society or any other pose a threat to our economy, our government and our civil society." The Chinese Foreign Ministry lashed out today saying Clinton's speech was "harmful to Sino-American relations."
"A bill that would ban abortions in Nebraska during the second trimester or later would be the first law of its kind in the nation if passed by the Legislature," according to the bill's sponsor. The legislation would ban abortion after the fetus has the "physical structures necessary to experience pain" and would "require a doctor to determine the gestational age of the fetus before performing an abortion."
The Obama administration "has decided to continue to imprison without trials nearly 50 detainees at the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba because a high-level task force has concluded that they are too difficult to prosecute but too dangerous to release," an administration official told the press Thursday. There are currently nearly 200 detainees left at the prison.
Several European governments reacted positively to a new Obama plan "to curb banks' size and trading activities" yesterday. "They see that regulation, which was a taboo word that was difficult to use in financial circles in the United States, is vital to contain … banking excesses," said French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde.
Continuing his "White House to Main Street" jobs tour, President Obama will travel to the Cleveland suburb of Elyria, Ohio today, one of the hardest hit areas in the country in terms of unemployment. The president will visit the Riddell sporting goods factory to witness the production of baseball and football helmets.
And finally: Washington now finds itself in the middle of the NBC controversy between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien: The White House Correspondents' Association has reportedly chosen Leno to headline its annual dinner on May 1.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century ago in defiance of racial segregation has died. James Hood of Gadsden was 70.
Officials at Adams-Buggs Funeral Home in Gadsden said they are handling arrangements for Hood, who died Thursday.
Then-Alabama Gov. George Wallace made his infamous "stand in the schoolhouse door" in a failed effort to prevent Hood and Vivian Malone from registering for classes at the university in 1963.
Hood and Malone were accompanied by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach when they were confronted by Wallace as they attempted to enter the university's Foster Auditorium to register for classes and pay fees.
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Thomas Cormack, director of operationsat Personnel Systems Corporation, a Chicago-based human resource assessment,evaluation, and development company, had just returned from overseas when hecalled to check on his disillusioned retailer-client.
"He asked if I had read in the paperabout the guy who kidnapped his ex-wife and raped her. It was the last guy hehired," Cormack recalls. The moral: A pre-employment test that costs less than$10 can sometimes save a company the thousands it costs to replace a bad match,or the legal fees to defend against liability lawsuits for negligence in hiringa troubled or troublesome employee. Tests range from evaluating cognitive skillsto identifying personality traits, and can help employers avoid bad apples andmatch good ones to the right jobs. But how do you determine what to test? Wherecan tests be found? Do you have to hire expensive consultants or can you do ityourself?
While Fortune 500 companies can affordto hire HR personnel trained in "psychometrics" (measurement of cognitiveand psychological traits), many small and medium-sized businesses don't havethe financial resources.
HR professionals can, however, restassured that there are plenty of experts, research, and resources to help eventhe smallest company navigate these waters. American businesses are prolificpre-employment testers. A recent American Management Association survey showedthat 43 percent of its responding members assess applicants with basic mathand/or literacy tests; 60 percent required specific job-skill testing ofapplicants; and 31 percent use psychological tests.
When to test
"The question is not, 'Can we dobetter than we're doing now?' but 'Do we need to do better?'" suggestsDr. Barbara Plake, director of the Buros Institute of Mental Measurements at theUniversity of Nebraska, which arranges annual critiques of hundreds of tests andpublishes the results. "Maybe your workforce is humming along and you don'trecognize any real problem. The old adage is, 'If it's not broke don't fixit,'" she says.
Plake, however, suggests that companiesconduct a cost-benefit analysis. "If you need improved sales or productivity,the cost of a testing program may be worth it," to get the right new hires inthe right jobs. Conversely, "If you're bottom line, blacker than black, youmight not realize a meaningful gain from an assessment program," she says. Anexample is customer-service call centers, which typically have a turnover ratebetween 30 and 60 percent, according to Tampa-based HR Directions. When a fourthof new hires are leaving in the first year, making the decision to test becomeseasier given that it costs $8,000 to $12,000 per employee for advertising,recruiting, interviewing, and training expenses.
Some firms, however, say testing isessential, especially in a tight labor market where the pool of availableworkers is depleted of the best and brightest.
"Obviously, many things make up thehiring or screening process, like reference checks, background checks, and workhistory," says Cormack. "But to really gain true insight on a person, youneed to do some testing."
Seattle aircraft-maker Boeing uses apre-employment assessment test for hourly-paid mechanics and electricians whoperform assembly work, and is happy with the results.
"Our managers have noticed that oncepeople come on line after taking the pre-employment tests, they tend to bebetter performers and show up for work," says Linda Sawin, manager ofassessment services in Boeing's human resources department.
The four-hour-long test measures workaptitude, including math, verbal, and spatial aspects, along with testing ofcomprehensive mechanical and electrical components. Boeing, which has 180,000employees, conducts specialized pre-employment testing for management positions.It also uses an oral, behavioral-based interview on college campuses forrecruiting salaried engineering and business positions.
"It's just a small piece of therecruitment puzzle, but it really levels the playing field," Sawin says. Thetest neutralizes the old nepotistic adage of, "Your father worked here so youcan have a job here too," she says. "It really makes everyone equal. Somewill do better than others, but that's how you identify people who willperform better on the job."
Too costly not to test
"We're increasingly seeing cases ofnegligent hiring that ask, 'Did you hire a person you wouldn't have hired if you had tested?' "says Ronald A.Schmidt, an employment attorney and specialist in Title VII civil rights lawwith the Washington, D.C. firm of Thelen, Reid and Priest. Integrity testing,for example, works well in states where criminal records aren't easilyaccessible, Schmidt says.
"Testing provides probative evidencethat the employer met its duty to reasonably investigate an applicant's fitness," which can reduce exposure to negligenthiring claims, Schmidt wrote in an article, "PersonalityTesting in Employment," co-authored with attorney David Shaffer.
"The cost of testing is minimalcompared to the costs of employee turnover," writes Dr. Joan Brannick,president of Brannick Human Resource Connections, in a recent white paper."Conservative estimates of turnover costs range from one-third to one-half ofthe annual salary of the employee," with management and highly skilled talentcosting one to two times the annual salary of the employee being replaced,Brannick notes. "How to Implement an Effective Testing Program in YourOrganization" is on her Web site, http://www.brannickhr.com/.
Choosing the right test
Pre-employment assessments generallyinclude qualifying (eligibility) and disqualifying tests, says Wendy Bliss,principal of Bliss and Associates, a Colorado Springs HR consulting firm. Alsocalled "screen-in tests," qualifying instruments include basic skills tests,cognitive ability and aptitude tests, physical ability tests and personalitytest indicators, all to determine if applicants are qualified for the job.
Disqualifying tests, or"screen-out" assessments, weed out applicants that an employer doesn'twant in the selection pool, and includes drug tests, medical exams, and honestyand integrity tests, and can include controversial genetic and polygraphtesting. Bliss recommends a four-step process to determine the right test.First, ascertain the information you want from a test.
"Go back and look at the jobdescription and find the tasks and duties and other characteristics you'relooking to measure," she says. Next, determine administrative aspects, such aswhether to use a written or computerized test, testing location, time and costs,and who will administer the test. The final two steps are finding out whichtests are available, and the legal ramifications of a particular test.
"Several thousands of tests areavailable to employers," Bliss says. "But employers shouldn't rush out andtake the first thing that seems like it will work."
Buros Institute at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The organization's Tests in Print listsmore than 2,900 commercially-available tests, including 560 vocational and 676personality tests.
One of the best resources for findingthe right test, Bliss says, is the BurosInstitute
at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The organization's Tests in Print listsmore than 2,900 commercially-available tests, including 560 vocational and 676personality tests.
In Buros's Mental MeasurementsYearbook, published every two and a half years, descriptions and reviews areprovided for some 400 new and revised tests. Two experts each independentlyevaluate every test, in part, to verify the test publishers' claims. Asupplement is published to the yearbook between editions.
"We're the Consumer Reports fortesting," quips Plake, the institute's director. In addition, the institutecan tailor test searches for several criteria, such as highlights of a test'sstrengths and weaknesses. But "we're careful about not recommendingtests," she says.
Buros's information can be retrievedfor a fee through the Silver Platter Web site. Even then, Plake recommends thatcompanies seek expert advice in choosing tests that deal with complex or highlytechnical material. "When in doubt, get a consultant," she says. "Iwouldn't want to be on the defense when the prosecution says, 'It says rightthere in Yearbook the test has these particular properties that are invalid foryour use.'" It's hard to wiggle out of it by saying, "I didn'tunderstand that," Plake says.
Homegrown vs. commercial
Employers who choose to do their owntesting have two options, says Plake: Create your own test or buy one on thecommercial market. "Some companies are so specialized, it makes sense totailor their own instrument to the unique features of their organization," shesays. "But that usually requires a company with a human-relations team skilledin test development." Without such a team, consultants should be called in todesign a test, and that can be expensive, Plake says.
"Many times, a test developed thatway ends up on the commercial market because the development costs are so hugethat the company will sell the rights to a professional company to recover someof the costs."
Brannick, the HR consultant, also warnscompanies to avoid developing their own tests unless they have someoneexperienced in test development and validation, the process by which a test islinked to job performance. The other option, Plake says, is for an HR departmentto cherry-pick existing tests on the commercial market. That's where the BurosInstitute comes in.
In Tests in Print, comprehensiveindexes can help you select tests germane to a particular vocation or desiredmeasurement and direct you to the descriptions of individual tests appropriateto your needs. In the Mental Measurements Yearbook, independent experts providetest reviews, including evaluations of a test's reliability and validity aswell as critiques of claims from test publishers.
The 'turnkey' approach
Some companies, however, choose theconsultant route, where employee testing has evolved from mere test developmentand administration to strategic, comprehensive turnkey approaches that go farbeyond pre-employment assessment.
One of the nation's leading testcompanies is Wonderlic, based in Libertyville, Illinois. Charles F. WonderlicJr., whose grandfather founded the company in 1937, says his company'sHRMetrics program goes past traditional benchmarking. HRMetrics includesassessments and recommendations establishing new performance levels, as well astraining and workforce realignment. "Development, validation and delivery of atest is only part of the answer," Wonderlic says. "It makes sense to put itall together in one integrated platform."
While large corporations have theresources for such an approach, smaller companies usually don't, Wonderlicsays. "Consultants are only part of the equation," he says. "What smallercompanies are looking for is a system by which you have a group come in andquickly give them a solid picture of the organization." Of Wonderlic's45,000 clients, perhaps the most intriguing is the National Football League,which uses the company for intelligence testing of rookie players.
Cormack, whose retailer-clientprematurely pulled the plug on testing, says his company, Personnel SystemsCorp., offers integrated testing of what he describes as the ABCs of employeescreening: ability, behavior, and character. One of the linchpins of theprocess, Cormack says, is the PASS III Net Survey, a $10 test of 100 yes-noquestions that takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete. The test evaluates workethic, reliability, honesty, and drug and alcohol use.
Background checks
While pre-employment testing can becomplex, background check results are black and white, says Dean Supass,president and CEO of Avert, a Fort Collins, Colorado-based backgroundinformation provider and pre-employment screening consulting firm. "Withtesting, you're trying to predict the future, while background checks say thepast is an indicator of the future," Supass says.
Background checks generally includecriminal, driving, credit, and past employment history. Of the 1 million annualchecks Avert conducts, 53 percent look at criminal records. Since the companywas founded in 1986, Avert has experienced only three lawsuits challengingbackground checks. Two were dropped and one was thrown out by a judge, Supasssays.
One reason is that background checksare considered consumer reports, which fall under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.Applicants sign a release approving the background check, and the employeragrees to abide by terms of the act before Avert provides information, Supasssays. Even if the information is wrong, as long as it's not used to unfairlydeny an applicant a job, Avert and the employer cannot be held responsible forincorrect information, as long as human error in reporting was to blame andaction was taken to correct the misinformation, Supass says.
No policy
Supass sees two mistakes that companiesmake: inconsistent hiring policies at multi-location companies, and failure ofsmall companies to write specific hiring criteria. "You may have 150distribution sites around the country, and one site will interpret the sameresult of a background check differently than another," he says. That caninvite litigation.
The solution is to have a centralizedcomputer system grade results to eliminate discrepancies, Supass says. Half thecompanies of 100 employees or less that Supass sees don't have establishedpolicies and procedures describing criteria for new hires. "If you don'thave a policy that says you won't hire convicted felons, then on what basiscan't you hire them?" he asks.
What's next: e-testing
Cormack says that pre-employmenttesting, like other aspects of business, is being revolutionized by theInternet. The emerging "e-testing" trend involves multi-site testing on theWeb. "If you're a retailer with 50 locations across the Midwest, applicantscan take the tests on-site 300 miles away from corporate headquarters,"Cormack says. The HR director, who in the past would have been forced to travelto each individual location, can download results from her office. Half ofPersonnel Systems Corp.'s new clients use e-testing, he says.
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"I'm showing the world that we had a world before the storm," says Kimberly Rivers Roberts, a.k.a. Black Kold Madina, on August 28, 2005, the day preceding Hurricane Katrina's devastating touch down in New Orleans. Kimberly is poor, black, and, unlike the majority of the city's wealthier white citizens, unable to "afford the luxury" of transportation that could take her out of what will prove to be a very vulnerable Dodge. Armed with a newly purchased camcorder, she records and narrates her preparations for the storm as well as the ongoing life of her Ninth Ward community, including neighbors' defying boasts in the face of reports warning residents to evacuate their homes due to the impending category-five hurricane.
Thus ominously, heartbreakingly begins Tia Lessin and Carl Deal's "Trouble the Water," a documentary structured around Kimberly's incredible footage and her post-Katrina survival. Unlike Spike Lee's expansive, macroscopic "When the Levees Broke" or Lucia Small and Ed Pincus's self-reflexive "The Axe in the Attic," "Water" captures Katrina and its aftermath as it unfolds through the point of view of a single person, and through that single person the film focuses widely on "the world before the storm" Kimberly not only represents but struggles to keep alive.
Foregoing talking head interviews or voice-over narration, "Water" jumps back and forth in its first half between Lessin and Deal's crew following Kimberly as she returns to survey the damage of her home and the footage Roberts shot as Katrina drowned the Ninth Ward. One can see why this woman immediately captured the filmmakers' attention--brash, strong, and yet religiously humble, Kimberly has at the age of 24 suffered a lifetime of pain, from a drug-addicted mother who died of AIDS to the several family members lost to Katrina, and yet pushes on with an infectious fortitude and humor that comes through in her natural command of the camera (in front of and behind it). Lessin and Deal wisely let Kimberly and others--many of whom become friends while Katrina refugees--speak for herself, though the filmmakers' work as producers for Michael Moore has obviously rubbed off, leading to a few ill-fitting newscast inserts of New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, former FEMA director Mike Brown, and, of course, George W. Bush--all at their bullshitting best--provided as easy fodder for viewers' outraged sentiments.
Aside from those thankfully infrequent miscalculations, "Water" is full of revealing moments and painfully experienced truths, from the harrowing sight of Roberts and others holed up in her attic, desperately calling an overwhelmed 911 as they find buoyant objects to sail to safety, to the disturbingly cold explanation from an officer who turned away pleading civilians looking for shelter at a closed Navy base (reports conflict as to the violent extent of the rebuff--guards say they were carefully following orders, a civilian claims he and the people he was leading were threatened with locked and loaded machine guns). People who directly suffered from them describe the ineffectiveness of federal authorities and the lack of preparedness of the local government, and the film's political critique naturally accrues from subjects directly addressing their discontent to the camera ("If you don't have money, if you don't have status, you don't have a government," says Kimberly).
But even more vital is "Water"'s second half, a portrait of Kimberly, friends, family, and neighbors literally building from the ruins on the road from New Orleans and, once settled back in the city, fighting against the lures of street life by standing up for themselves and their disenfranchised community. This, even as Katrina gives them every opportunity to permanently flee the "bottom of the barrel." One moment in particular poignantly imparts such life-affirming tenacity: Kimberly discovering the rap demo she recorded and feared lost in the flood, rapping to the accompaniment of her own voice an emotional song about enduring hardship. The song is called "Amazin'" -- a fitting one- word description of "Trouble the Water."
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The Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics (DGCI&S) is the nodal agency of the Government of India responsible for collection, compilation and dissemination of Trade Statistics and various types of Commercial Information. Over the years, DGCI&S has been making utmost effort to release the Trade Data in time and to create reliable and detailed data-base to facilitate the formulation, implementation and modification of India's Trade Policy and Planning in the field of Export Promotion and efficient Import Management. DGCI&S made a significant progress in releasing the provisional Foreign Trade Data of aggregate Exports and Imports and also major Commodity/Country and Portwise data. Presently, the Press Release and Quick Estimates of Principal Commodities for Exports and Imports are prepared within 25 days from the close of the reference month. These are very useful for making overall assessment of India's Foreign Trade in advance by the Government and to study the impact of various trade policies. A Brochure titled as "Foreign Trade Statistics of India (Principal Commodities & Countries)" containing provisional data is released thereafter. The detailed statistics at 8-digit level of ITC(HS) are being published with much reduced time-lag than in the past with the continuous efforts to make it more timely.
As part of its regular activities, DGCI&S collects, preserves, analyses and disseminates various types of commercial information required by importers, exporters, traders as well as overseas buyers. Directory of Indian Exporters published by DGCI&S is a valuable document for the foreign buyers. The Indian Trade Journal, a weekly publication brought by DGCI&S, is a repository of material of commercial interest as well as a major channel for flow of information on tenders at the National and International level. DGCI&S also helps in the settlement of Commercial Disputes and maintains a Commercial Library, which serves a vast clientele. The Directorate brings out a number of other publications mainly on Inland and Coastal Trade Statistics, Revenue Statistics, Shipping and Air-cargo Statistics etc., which are utilized by the government departments as well as by the trading communities and researchers. A list of the important publications issued by DGCI&S is given in Appendix-IX.
The Daily Trade Returns (DTRs), which form the source document for generation of Foreign Trade Data, are received from major customs houses through SCPC VSAT and 512 kbps leased line in Electronic Data Interface(EDI) & Non EDI form. The data from minor ports are received through Email/Floppies. A monitoring-cum-feed back system has been in operation in order to improve the quality and coverage of such data received from custom houses. The data relating to major customs houses received through VSAT /Leased line together with those received through Email/floppies cover about 80 to 85% of India's total Foreign trade. The rest of the data are received in the form of Manual DTRs, which come from places such as Land Customs Stations, Inland Container Depot ( ICDs), Export Processing Zone(EPZ) and medium & minor sea and airport custom units.
Data processing system of DGCI&S is presently built on ORACLE database in SUN ULTRA E-450 system. The computer system of the Directorate is having networking facilities. A dedicated SCPC VSAT installed in this Directorate is being used to receive the DTR data on line from computerised Customs houses. Parallel to this SCPC VSAT, a dedicated 512 kbps leased line is also installed to facilitate the uninterrupted receipt of DTR's. An Exchange Server is also installed for providing Internet/E-mail facilities to the various computers in the local network. Presently data is coming through VSAT/Leased line from 21 major ports. Other computerized ports are sending DTR data in floppies/E-mail. The DTRs are then passed through a series of coverage checking and cleaning operations at the EDP unit of DGCI&S in ORACLE based platform. By switching over from FTS processing to ORACLE based platform, the task of identification, retrieval and corrections of errors in DTRs has become quicker at DGCI&S. Foreign Trade processing has been fully computerized and part of the editing is made online using client server architecture of ORACLE RDBMS. All the staff of the Directorate are trained in PC-based operations. The WEB site of the directorate has been developed and is under testing stage. The site will be launched very shortly. The website is having two parts namely static pages and dynamic pages. The Static pages of website mainly consists of history of DGCI&S and its various activities in brief. These pages contains summary data on principal commodities, chapter, section, economic region and country wise final foreign trade data also which will be updated regularly. The site is also having revised Custom Tariff Code Classification implemented in DGCI&S w.e.f. April 2003 with section and chapter wise navigation facility. This part has free access to all users. The Dynamic pages of Website are mainly for on line data dissemination and having the provision of using it both free and on payment basis. The Website also contain Exporter and Importer directory in a user-friendly manner. Once the WEB site of DGCI&S becomes operational, it will meet a long felt need of the users and benefit them immensely by way of providing online data dissemination facilities. Upto March 2003 issues, the foreign trade publication were released in printed form. However, from April 2003 issue onwards, data are being released in electronic media i.e. CDs.
The Foreign Trade Data as generated by DGCI&S are disseminated mainly through (1) Monthly Press Release, (2) Foreign Trade Statistics of India (Principal Commodities and Countries), (3) Monthly Statistics of Foreign Trade of India, (4) Statistics of Foreign Trade of India by Countries and (5) Magnetic/hard copy media.
In the first stage, a Monthly Press Note containing India's aggregate data on Exports and Imports is compiled along with quick estimates for exports and imports within 25 days from the close of a particular reference month. This is followed by a monthly Brochure titled "Foreign Trade Statistics of India (Principal Commodities and Countries)" in order to meet the immediate requirements of the Ministry and other Government organizations, Commodity Boards, EPCs, Research Organisations etc. involved in the review of Trade policies, formulation of Export and Import policies, negotiating Trade Agreements, monitoring of India's External Trade etc. This Brochure inter-alia provides provisional Foreign Trade Information under the following heads:
The Brochure data in floppy media along with a Computer software package for accessibility is being sent to different Indian Embassies abroad.
In the final stage, the detailed data on India's Foreign Trade are released to the public through the publication entitled "Monthly Statistics of Foreign Trade of India" containing Commodity by Country details and "Statistics of Foreign Trade of India" containing Country by Commodity details. The data in these publications are reported at the 8-digit level codes of the Indian Trade Classification (Harmonized System). The country by commodity wise data are brought out for quarter ending months only. In all publications of DGCI&S on foreign trade, data are furnished for current month as well as for the cumulative period i.e. April to current month. In addition, final figures for the corresponding month and cumulative period of the preceding year are also shown in the Brochure.
Presently, DGCI&S disseminate the information on Foreign Trade at various levels. The Government Departments, Ministries, other Research Organizations, Indian Embassies abroad and International Organizations are provided data according to their specific requirements, free of charge. Some of these Organizations are served through the exchange agreement on regular basis.
Provisional information as well as final statistics are also supplied to these category of users according to their need. Data are also disseminated among the private parties, EPCs, Commodity Boards, Foreign Embassies, etc. on payment basis under a Special Scheme called "Priced Information Service System ". Under this scheme, the users are to pay Rs.1/= per unit record of Information. Under this system, the users are not supplied the whole basket of 8-digit Commodity-Country Data for any particular period for reasons of `Copy Right' provision of DGCI&S. It is worth mentioning in this connection that under this system, DGCI&S has earned Rs.1815409/- and US $104.82 in 2003 (January to December). DGCI&S has signed a MOU with Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) for an efficient Trade Intelligence Service under which DGCI&S is to provide aggregate and detailed data to CMIE under an agreed contract.
Apart from the above modes of Data Dissemination/System, DGCI&S is making available Quick Estimates on (a) aggregate data of Exports and Imports and (b) Principal Commodities with a view to assessing the performance of India's Foreign Trade scenario in advance by the Government and to study the impact of various Trade Policies. This, in turn, helps the Government initiate suitable corrective measures in attaining the required objectives in the sphere of India's External Trade.
The Indices of Unit Value and Quantum of Foreign Trade of India as well as the `terms of trade' are compiled on regular basis by DGCI&S and the indices with base year 1978-79, have been worked out till March, 1998. On account of the changes effected in the Indian Trade Classification since April, 1987, old commodity baskets have been recast to suit the new Classification System for computation of Index Number series besides maintaining temporal comparability. It is felt that the base year 1978-79 is too old to serve its purpose and therefore a decision has been taken to change the base period from 1978-79 to 1998-99. It was also decided that besides bringing out global monthly index numbers, country-wise Index Number have also to be issued for selected countries. The commodity baskets for global and country-wise Index Numbers separately for Export and Import have been prepared. The work relating to compilation of Index Numbers with base year 1998-99 is in progress.
The Commercial Intelligence Branches are equipped with the whole gamut of trade information, ranging from foreign exporters' and importers' addresses to the scope of trade in various commodities, from information relating to India's trade relations with its major partners to current international trade environment. The information is gleaned from sources as varied as inputs received from Indian embassies and High commissions and materials culled from websites of National and International Organizations. Thus armed, the Branches assist and encourage the entrepreneurs in their trade endeavors. It is beyond debate that the main hurdle faced by Indian exporters is in the field of marketing. Many manufacturer-exporters producing quality goods fail to make profits because they do not have necessary information regarding overseas buyers. It is here that the Commercial Intelligence Branches of DGCI&S step in and bridge the information gap by providing names and addresses of foreign importers to the Indian exporters who lack the wherewithal to overseas market intelligence on their own.
The up-to-date data on overseas importers are, at present, being stored in MS Access databases. The databases are constantly updated by sending special queries in respect of selected items and countries as per the requirements of Indian exporters.
Country-wise and commodity-wise trade information, indicating existing and potential markets for different items in countries of the world over is provided to the best of the Branches' ability. This helps the potential Indian exporters to identify their target overseas markets and also to choose the most suitable exportable items.
The Commercial Intelligence Branches do not only confine themselves to answering written queries but desk information is also provided regularly to visitors on various aspects related to trade Intelligence. This saves time and the informal interaction helps in building exporters' and importers' confidence. Moreover, Country Profiles are being prepared, which deals in general information of the countries, present economic indicators in brief and analyse their trade performance with specific reference to trade with India. The country Profiles are being published in the newly launched journal called `VAANIJYA'. These Profiles offer the reader a clear idea of the economic conditions of the countries reviewed, the trends shown by their recent trade data, with an accent on India's trade with the countries. The discerning readers will be able to make reasonable conjectures on future trade performance of these countries.
In addition, a monthly Review of Foreign Trade is compiled, showing imports and exports of major commodities, volume of trade with major trading partners and through major ports.
The Branches also contribute a fortnightly news item relating to international trade environment to the Indian Trade Journal to keep the trading community abreast of the current developments in the field of foreign trade.
Achievements during October 2002 to March 2003.
Besides preparation of Monthly Review of Foreign Trade and Country profiles, during the above period, 211 trade inquiries were received and replied . In addition, desk information was provided to 78 visitors. During the same period, 1760 foreign importers' particulars were entered into the MS-Access database. During the period the Commercial Intelligence branches contributed country profiles of France and Japan to "VAANIJYA" and the work on some more country profiles was initiated.
International Trade News is a fortnightly contribution made by the Branches to the Indian Trade Journal. Thirteen news items culled by the Commercial Intelligence Branches have been published in the Indian Trade Journal during the period.
Achievements during April 2003 to September 2003
Besides preparation of Monthly Review of Foreign Trade and Country profiles, during April 2003 to September 2003, 251 trade inquiries (both Indian & Foreign) were received and replied. In addition, desk information was provided to 80 visitors.
During the same period, 2000 foreign importers' particulars were entered into the MS Access database.
During this period the Commercial Intelligence branches contributed two important country profiles to `VAANIJYA'. The work on some more country profiles were initiated during the period and on completion, the same will be published in the subsequent issues of `VAANIJYA'.
Thirteen inter-nation trade news items culled by the Commercial Intelligence Branches, have been published in the Indian Trade Journal during the period.
In order to keep the Indian trading community informed about the latest business opportunities in India and abroad, the D.G.C.I. & S. has been publishing the Indian Trade Journal (ITJ), a weekly publication, since April 1906.
The primary roles of the publication are in (i) publishing tender notices including Foreign tenders and (ii) facilitating exports efforts of Indian exporters by disseminating various related information to them.
For export promotion, the I.T.J. incorporates news capsules on policies, both Indian and Foreign, affecting India's foreign trade. As a part of the export promotion activities, the Indian Trade Journal publishes various regular sections every week. The `Focus on International Trade' is one such section that gives us a brief overview of a country's economic and political scenario, especially from the point of view of the Indian trading community. In another section entitled `From Our Embassies Abroad', important information (regarding market trends of various commodities traded internationally, policy changes announced in foreign countries, economic and financial conditions in foreign countries etc.) received from Indian Embassies/ High Commissions abroad are published in the backdrop of the information needs of the Indian exporters and importers. The `Commodity Exim Update', another section of the Indian Trade Journal, gives a brief analysis of the statistics related to Indian imports and exports of various commodities. In addition to these, the Indian Trade Journal publishes a fortnightly section titled "Issues in International Trading Environment"
in which current important developments with bearing on international trade regime are published for the benefit of the Indian trading community and general public. Except for these weekly sections, some sections/items are published occasionally. Notifications regarding initiation of anti-dumping investigations concerning various commodities are also published in the I.T.J. Besides these, sometimes, warnings issued by the DGFT in the interest of Indian exporters and importers are published in this Journal. Information regarding International Fairs and Exhibitions, Economic and Commercial information on various countries, etc. also are published in the I.T.J. There is another section that is published once in a month Viz. `Foreign Trade Review' that gives an analysis of the latest export-import trends of India. This section depicts the commodity-wise and port-wise break-up of major exported and imported commodities. Moreover, once in a month, the I.T.J. publishes the Press Note on Foreign Trade Statistics (Monthly) brought out by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics. The information published in the I.T.J. is much sought after by the Chambers of Commerce, Government Bodies, Traders and Exporters.
Furthermore, the DGCI&S is striving hard to make the I.T.J. more and more informative so that this journal can cater to various information needs of the general public and the trading community.
DGCI&S has a time-honoured system of registration of Indian firms exporting, or intending to export, products and services for the purpose of their trade introduction to foreign importers/ potential importers all over the world. The registration of a firm comes as the culmination point of an elaborate process of verification of the credibility of the firms from various angles financial and exports experience if and only if the firm in question meets certain criteria. This aspect of examining the credibility of firms is stressed because of the fact that their names are forwarded to prospective foreign importers as well as to various Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations of the Government of India and Indian Embassies/ High Commissions abroad as and when required and, at the same time, are published in the Directory of Indian Exporters brought out by this Directorate.
This Directorate had embarked upon this service to the nation long back in 1919. 25 editions of this Directory have already been brought out till date. The 25th edition (i.e. the latest) has been published in June, 2003.
This Directory has an important role in boosting trade between India and the rest of the world and, in the post-liberalization scenario, this role has got accentuated even more. This is so because the quality and extent of information provided in this Directory have the potentiality of facilitating trade, especially so when there is a worldwide awareness on the value of free flow of information in economic activities and in trade between and amongst countries. In fact, this Directory provides an excellent opportunity for publicity and advertisement of good exporting firms throughout the world and this is how the D.G.C.I. & S. is contributing its might to the efforts of the Government of India to boost up exports earnings.
The 25th edition of the Directory of Indian Exporters includes many additional features as compared to the previous editions. In fact, in addition to firm profiles of registered firms (containing names, addresses with telephone, fax numbers and e-mail addresses, names of contact persons, IECs allotted by the DGFT and the nature of firms as well as the types of activity etc.), this Directory includes the details of exports and exportable that have been classified as per the ITC (HS), at 6-digit levels wherever feasible and, otherwise, in 4- and 2-digit (chapter) levels. Names as well as other details and export/ product profiles of as many as 3,369 registered firms have been included in this edition. The work of 26th Edition of the Directory has been started with the target to include at least 5000 names of Indian exporters in the Directory.
Achievement during April, 2003 to November, 2003:
The 25th Edition of the Directory of Indian Exporters was published in June 2003. The process of preparing the database of 26th edition is under progress through a modified and upgraded version of computer design used in the 25th Edition.
Further, the static pages for the Directory of Indian Exporters (25th Edition) for the website were prepared. The questionnaire form has also undergone some changes and this will be posted on the DGCI&S website for the benefit of public. Work on online distribution of data contained in the Directory of Indian Exporters, 25th edition has also been done. In fact, care has been taken to ensure that subscribers get value for their money. Plans are afoot to bring out the Directory on CD-ROM also. Necessary work pertaining to the database has been done.
In the post-liberalization scenario, when ensuring a free flow of information is an essential prerequisite for facilitating our trade with the outside world as well as within the country, a Directory of Indian Importers was perceived as a long-felt need. Such a directory would act as an important link in the chain of trade information. It would help the producers of import-substituting commodities to find out their markets within the country. Moreover, circulation of the Directory abroad may help regular importers in importing at more competitive prices. To include the name of Indian importer firms in the Directory of Indian Importers, DGCI&S issues an especially designed questionnaire to a large number of Indian importing firms for enlistment in our Trade Directories. Their credentials are verified and if it is found to be satisfactory the firms are included in the said Directory. The service is provided free of cost.
The first edition of the Directory brought out in September 2002 contained particulars of 1506 Indian importing firms and some 6500 principal commodity imports made by them. The information available in the directory has been arranged in a very user-friendly manner. Printed copies of the Directories have been distributed to the Indian Diplomatic Missions abroad and also to the official users of the information in India. The directory with also be accessible in the official website of DGCI&S. At present the work for the 2nd Edition of the Directory is in progress.
The Trade Dispute Reconciliation Section of DGCI&S, Kolkata receives complaints on disputes relating to Foreign Trade for resolution. Generally, the disputes are referred to the DGCI&S, Kolkata office by the Indian Diplomatic Mission abroad, the officers of Reserve Bank of India, Export Promotion Councils, Chambers of Commerce, and other organizations representing the Government and non-Government sectors. During the financial year 2002-2003, a total number of 16 cases, including fresh and old, were examined and decided in DGCI&S, Kolkata office. Besides this, during the same period, three cases of disputes were referred and transferred to other statutory organization for final decision.
During the current financial year 2003-2004 ( April- September, 2003), four fresh cases were received in DGCI&S, Kolkata, for resolution. During this six-month period, two fresh cases were referred to other statutory organization for final decision. No cases have been closed during this period.
Under a scheme of the Government of India, National Awards for outstanding export performance are distributed every year. Consolidated information for 35th set of Export Awards for the year 2001-2002 has been sent to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for finalization of the names of Award Winners on the basis of their outstanding export performance.
The DGCI&S also compiles and publishes on regular basis the Inland Trade Statistics inter alia Inter-State Movements of Goods by Rail, River and Air, Statistics on India's Customs and Excise Revenue Collections according to the tariff heads, Shipping Statistics, Coastal Trade Statistics and Selected Statistics of Foreign Trade of India. It also brings out an Assessment Report on India's Foreign Trade by Air, every year.
Inter-State Movements/Flow of Goods by Rail, River and Air: ( 2001-2002 )
This is an annual publication containing data on quantity figures of 78 selected commodities/commodity groups moving by inland rail and river amongst 38 different trade blocks. Each of the States (provinces) of India is basically treated as individual trade block whereas with a view to trace the foreign imports to their places of consumption and exports from their places of production some of the important sea port towns are segregated from the maritime
states and identified as additional and independent trade blocks resulting in a total of 38 trade blocks. The primary sources of the statistics are the returns received from the different Railway Zones, Central Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC), Kolkata and Indian Airlines at present. The combined Rail and River-borne trade data is represented in two different forms. The first is a 38 X 38-matrix representation of individual commodity-wise quantity in prescribed unit (in quintal) moved/flown between the trade blocks. The second is the presentation of state-wise inward and outward consignments of 78 selected commodities/commodity groups moved/ flown. This publication also contains cargo in gross weight carried by Air from Airport to Airport and also State to State within the country through Indian Airlines only.
The Commercial Library, attached to the office of the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Kolkata established in 1916, as a Departmental Library, started offering services free of cost to general public from 1919. A vast number of readers comprising Traders, Manufacturers, Businessmen, Industrialists, Technologists, Government officials, Lawyers, Students, Teachers and Research Workers, etc. visit the library to gather their required information. The Library offers personalized across-thetable-reference service to its readers. The total stock of the Library is being enlarged every year by acquisition of books and journals, important newspapers and also through gifts and exchanges with DGCI&S publications.
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Alliance Grain Traders thinks growers will be making changes to their seeding plans right up until they start seeding.
"Management expects that the key pulse crops handled by AGT may see a last minute boost in acreage as a result of recent strong performance of lentil prices," the company said in financial documents related to its first quarter results.
AGT said the high price and reduced availability of nitrogen fertilizer will also factor into farmer decisions to grow more lentils.
Marlene Boersch, a partner in Mercantile Consulting Ventures, agreed that lentils will be a popular choice for farmers this year.
She is forecasting more than three million acres, which is much higher than Statistics Canada's 2.86 million acre estimate. The record was 3.44 million acres in 2010.
Statistics Canada estimates that 648,000 tonnes of lentils were in the system as of March 31, which is 41 percent less than the same time last year.
"Export performance has just been excellent," said Boersch.
Chuck Penner, an analyst with LeftField Commodity Research, questions StatsCan's stocks number.
"I don't know that supplies are that low, but they are tight," he said.
However, Penner agreed that farmers could plant more than three million acres this year.
He isn't overly concerned about a big crop because he expects a sizeable increase in red lentil export demand from Turkey and India.
Turkey's crop has been devastated by drought, while prices in India have continued to climb, indicating that its lentil crop was damaged by rain and hail in late February.
Boersch said Canada had exported or consumed an estimated 1.5 million tonnes by March 31, which is 71 percent of the 2.1 million tonnes of lentil supply.
"That's quite excellent," she said.
That leaves 280,000 to 300,000 tonnes available for export and domestic use for the rest of the year after factoring in seed, feed and carryout. It's equivalent to 70,000 to 75,000 tonnes per month.
The average monthly usage has been around 190,000 tonnes this crop year, so that's a considerable reduction.
"You can see there is a tightness there. That's why we have seen prices respond," said Boersch.
"What has happened on lentils over the last several weeks is that we are now much closer to international grower prices."
Processors were paying 25 cents per pound for red lentils last week, which is going to attract more acres this year.
Boersch isn't too concerned about a big lentil crop either because she expects the year will begin with a clean slate of less than 200,000 tonnes of carryout. However, she would be careful not to carry old crop into the new crop year because prices will likely fall with the big acres going in the ground.
She expects growers to switch out of greens and into reds because the price is right, they are easier to grow, they have better movement and there have been impressive yields with new varieties.
"There's lots of things pushing towards the red lentils, so we have to be a little bit careful. I think it's possible we'll overdo the reds a little bit this year."


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Fifteen new claims against the state and Snohomish County were served Monday on behalf of victims of the Highway 530 mudslide.
The claims initiated Monday involve 11 allegations of wrongful death. Others involve claims for property damage, compensation for injuries to a child, and one for outrage and emotional distress.
The claims — precursors to lawsuits — must be submitted at least 60 days before a lawsuit can be filed.
Twelve of the new cases were brought by Seattle attorney Corrie Yackulic, who previously filed three other wrongful-death actions related to the landslide.
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The other three new cases were initiated by Seattle attorney Karen Willie, who previously filed a wrongful-death claim for the family of mudslide victim Lon Slauson.
Yackulic said the cases are at an early, information-gathering stage.
Unlike the first wrongful-death claim from the mudslide, in which Yackulic asked for $3.5 million in compensation for the widow of victim Thomas Durnell, claims filed Monday do not specify damage amounts. They simply say damages would be determined by a jury.
"At the end of the day it's not my call. It's up to a jury," said Yackulic, adding that media accounts about the $3.5 million figure created some "blowback" from the public.
The claims allege that construction was allowed in an area known to have had mudslides, and explore whether logging permitted in the area by the state Department of Natural Resources contributed to the slides.
Wrongful-death claims submitted by Yackulic on Monday are on behalf of relatives of victims Julie and Adam Farnes, Christina Jefferds, Summer Raffo, Stephen Neal, Joseph Miller, Jovon Mangual, Kaylee Spillers and Brooke Spillers.
Other claims Yackulic brought Monday are on behalf of Jonielle Spillers, for injuries sustained by her young son, Jacob Spillers; Rhonda and John Thompson, for destruction of their property; and LoAnna Langton, for outrage and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
Among the claims initiated by Willie on Monday, one from the family of John and Kris Regelbrugge, who died in the slide, alleges wrongful death and property destruction.
Kris Regelbrugge remains the only one of the slide's 43 victims whose remains have not been found in the massive debris field that covered a neighborhood and Highway 530 near the town of Oso.
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University of La Verne Videos Win Honors From the Alliance for Community Media
A video, "Bonita High Pop Show 2012", produced by Professor of Communications Don Pollock and adjunct professor Shane Rodrigues earned honors as a finalist in the Performing Arts professional category in the WAVE awards in Sacramento on October 20, 2012. Rodrigues also directed and edited the show.
Three videos produced by University of La Verne students also won honors at the same event.
"Pomona College Museum of Art" produced by Anthony Troli, McKinley Pollock, Marianna Pignotti, and Chelsea Stark-Jones won the WAVE award for best documentary event, non professional.
"Encaustic Tile" produced by Kaitlin Hollingsworth, Kyle Deeley, and Marie Tabarez was honored as a finalist in best lifestyle video, non professional.
"Behind Closed Doors" produced by Jazmin Barragan and Angelina Aulicino was honored as a finalist as best documentary issue, non professional.
"Pomona College Museum of Art" and "Encaustic Tile" were produced in Professor Don Pollock's Advanced Video Production class as part of a video magazine program "Spotlight", which features short documentaries on people, places and events in and around the cities of La Verne and San Dimas.
"Behind Close Doors", a look at alcohol consumption on the "dry" University of La Verne campus was a senior project supervised by visiting professor Jake Huberman.
Also in October, Pollock made two presentations at the regional Alliance for Community Media conference in Sacramento. He made a presentation on "Dramatic Screenwriting" and moderated a panel on "The Case for Video in the Classroom", where he also made a presentation on using video production in the classroom and in access organizations.
The WAVE awards honors the best community television productions in the western United States.
The ACM's mission is promoting civic engagement through community media.
The ACM's vision is for an ever increasing array of media channels, with communities demanding relevant, factual and hyperlocal content from respected sources. The Alliance for Community Media will be a recognized contributor, aggregator and leader in that movement.
The ACM's guiding principles are to promote free speech, expand civic engagement through local media, collaborate with others, and act with one voice.
Links to the award winning videos are listed below.
Entry Title: Bonita High Pop Show 2012
Producer Name: Donald Pollock
Co Producer: Shane Rodrigues
Media Center: LVTV-3 La Verne Community Television
Program Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPs6mAymSt0&feature=youtu.be
Entry Title: Encaustic Tile
Producer Name: Kaitlin Hollingsworth, Kyle Deeley, Marie Tabarez
Media Center: LVTV-3, La Verne Community Television
Program Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DjpjTWiejU
Entry Title: Pomona College Museum of Art
Producer Name: Anthony Troli, McKinley Pollock, Marianna Pignotti,
Chelsea Stark-Jones
Media Center: LVTV-3, La Verne Community Television
Program Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXOYhPhqvz8
Entry Title: Behind Closed Doors
Producer Name: Jazmin Barragan and Angelina Aulicino
Media Center: LVTV-3, La Verne Community Television
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Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian Fire Back At 'Teen Mom' Farrah AbrahamChris Rogers
What started as an ill-thought tweet has turned into a brawl between Teen Mom and the Kardashian Klan!
On Friday (Dec. 2), Teen Mom Farrah Abraham wrote a ridiculous tweet saying, "Im Shocked Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant again, Did she not learn anything from TEEN MOM? Maybe its a fake pregnancy like kims wedding SAD."
Seeing as how Kourtney is 32-years-old, her tweet made no sense at all. Baby daddy Scott Disick was the first to respond, but not too long after, the Kardashian sisters were quick to rebut her ludicrous statement as well.
A pregnant Kourtney wrote, "Why would I have anything to do with teen mom? I'm 32 years old! I may look young honey, but don't get it twisted. :)"
Khloe chimed in as well saying, "I have never met a better mother then @KourtneyKardash."
And hoping she could get the last word in, Farrah tweeted, "4 all who misunderstood: regards to kourtney K.~ I hope she takes her relationship w/her boyfriend more serious 4 their children-takecare."
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November 4, 2009 - Betsy Bethel
As many meltdowns, undesirable episodes and whine fests that occur at my house on a weekly basis (and that's just among the adults, not to mention the 3-1/2-year-old!), I have come to truly appreciate the little victories.
I witnessed one such victory yesterday morning. It started out dismally, as most battles do, with the munchkin refusing to pick a sweater to wear and the grown-up gnashing her teeth.
I had succeeded in getting a shirt and socks on her so far. But Emma wanted to play with her stuffed bunnies, and I wanted to stuff her arms into a sweater, any sweater! But instead I sing-songed, "Go ahead, Sweetie, pick one." I held out the fuzzy blue cardigan with the rainbows on it and the new polka-dotted fleece pullover.
"NO!" she yelled as she crossed her arms over her chest and put her nose in the air. "I'M NOT GETTING DRESSED. I'm NOT picking one, Mommy!"
In a calm voice, I explained it was time to get dressed. In return, I got a brush thrown in my general direction.
"That's it, young lady! You're in time out!" I picked her up and sat her on her bed, muttering something unmentionable under my breath and giving her "the look" that my father was famous for. Disapproval dripped from my chin and oozed from my eyesockets and nose. There was no mistaking it; I was not happy.
My daughter tempted fate, however, as she is wont to do. She stood up, bounced on her bottom and catapulted off the bed.
"Oh, no you don't!" I picked the 40-pound dead weight off the floor and put her back on the bed. "You are in BIG trouble, Emma, and you are about to get in even BIGGER trouble!"
This was it. It was the battle's climax. And I was totally bluffing. My thoughts raced -- what was my next move? What defined "BIGGER trouble"??!!
But I only had to worry for a second, because that's when it happened. Emma's face turned beat red. She clenched her jaw. Her fists balled up. Her eyes shone in fury. Then, a switch flipped. She took a deep breath, then another, then another. On the fourth breath, she plopped down on the bed. She sat there, silent, for a few seconds, as her face turned a normal color again.
Inside, I was doing a little victory dance, but I remained stony faced and told her it was time to apologize. She said, "Sorry, Mama, for throwing that brush at you."
I was ecstatic at her newfound ability to defuse the tantrum bomb, and I think she was proud, too.
I hugged her, and she put on her sweater. The blue fuzzy one with the rainbows on it.
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Have I gone blind? I can't seem to find anywhere to see how many calories I've burned during the excercises I've done today.
I can see how many brinks I've smashed and how many push ups I've done, but not todays burned calories
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How to Manage Pests
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Varnish spot affects only the inner leaves of head lettuce varieties. To see the symptoms, remove the outer leaves of the head. Varnish spot appears as dark brown, shiny, firm, necrotic lesions on these inner leaves. Lesion size can range from small to very large, and lesion borders are not delimited by veins, but areas along veins are most often affected. In severe cases, an infected leaf may have 90% or more of its surface area diseased. A notable feature of these lesions is that affected leaf tissues are intact; the lesions are not soft or broken down. This is in contrast to secondary soft rots and slime of lettuce in which tissues are disintegrated.
This disease often occurs in places where Pseudomonas cichorii contaminates water in reservoirs. When such water is used to sprinkle irrigate head lettuce crops at the rosette stage, the bacteria are introduced into the developing head. There is some evidence that P. cichorii also survives for brief periods in the soil and is splashed up onto plants via sprinkler irrigation or rain. Varnish spot does not develop on cultivars that form an open head.
Avoid using contaminated reservoir water when sprinkler irrigating head lettuce at susceptible stages. Rotate away from susceptible crops for 1 year. Other hosts include chicory, endive, cabbage, cauliflower, chrysanthemum, and celery.
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Since its no longer my responsibility, what is the reason it still shows in my credit report? Is there any action I can take to have it removed? Or possibility a timeframe it is going to be removed on its own?
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Preaching is the primary focus of all of our services. The Bible exalts preaching, so we should, too. Our pastor is an articulate and educated speaker, but he is also capable of placing God's truth "on the bottom shelf" so even children can understand God's Word. Some may consider preaching to be "foolishness," but we believe it is a powerful tool to mold us into the image of Christ.