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The immigrants who have recently come to the United States are the most highly educated in history. A new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows that 41% of immigrants arriving here in the past five years had completed at least a bachelor's degree. By comparison, only 20% of newly arrived immigrants in 1970 were similarly educated.
Educational attainment has also risen over the past 50 years for adults born in the U.S. For example, in 2013, three-in-ten U.S.-born adults had completed at least a bachelor's degree, triple the share of U.S.-born adults that had done the same in 1970.
But newly arrived immigrants remain more likely than the U.S. born to have earned a degree, and that gap is now at its biggest since 1970. In that year, new arrivals had a 9-percentage-point advantage over U.S.-born adults in the share completing a bachelor's degree (20% versus 11%). That advantage narrowed to 6 points in 1990. But the advantage in college completion held by recently arrived immigrants has since widened, to about 12 points as of 2013 (41% versus 30%).
On the other end of the education spectrum, almost a quarter (23%) of today's new arrivals have not completed high school. Even so, it's an improvement over 1970, when half of newly arrived immigrants had not finished high school.
The gap in high school completion between new immigrant arrivals and U.S.-born adults widened until about 2000, but it has since narrowed. About 65% of those immigrants arriving within five years of 2000 had at least finished high school. That compares with 83% of U.S.-born adults in 2000 who had finished high school – a gap of about 18 points. But as of 2013, the gap has narrowed to 13 points.
The improved educational profile of recent arrivals that has quickened in the new century is likely due to several factors. First, immigrant arrivals from Asia – now the region sending the most new immigrants to the U.S. – tend to be very well educated, with some 57% of them holding at least a bachelor's degree in 2013.
Immigrant arrivals from Central and South America tend to be less educated. But the number of immigrants coming from those regions has sharply declined from 2000 to 2013, while the number of immigrants from Asia has been on the rise.
Topics: Education, Immigration, Immigration Trends, Educational Attainment
Richard Fry is a senior researcher focusing on economics and education at Pew Research Center.
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I'd like to know more about what the implications are for adult education programs that are tasked with helping these more highly educated folks transition to careers after arriving in the US.
Now are these all immigrants, those who entered unlawfully and those who entered lawfully?
Only 23% of recent immigrants don't have a high school diploma?
Given that over 90% of the millions of illegals in the country are uneducated, this "research" must not include them.
I expect much more of Pew Research. Nowhere in this article do you explain that this research is on LEGAL immigrants, not the ones crossing our southern border illegally.
Based on news reports, my estimate is that the average education level of illegal immigrants is probably about third or fourth grade grammar school!
Unless Pew wants to start losing its fairly good reputation for sound research, you need to be very clear about what you are reporting as "facts."
A disappointed researcher,
Ron Hill
This article is an offshoot of a report done by the Pew Hispanic organization.
What is Richard smoking? I want some of it. This is a crazy article as it speaks only about "legal Immigrants"…I think, but it is unclear.
We are all aware that the majority of immigrants over the past twenty years are here illegally. We are also aware of the fact that Donald Trump's plan to deport them is inconceivable. So those that are here illegally, will remain here. With these realities, Richard, any article of this sort should point out whether you are referring to immigrants who are here legally or those who are not here legally or both. In addition, so as not to be misleading and recognizing that those here illegally will likely remain, you should include their educational attainment in the group when talking about "immigrants". I am confident that if you did, the point you are trying to make in your article will not be true.
This article is totally clear if you read it more thoroughly, before commenting preferably. The data comes from the US Census which polls both legal and illegal immigrants.
All good information. The question I have is whether college-educated immigrants are able to find jobs in the same chosen occupations they enjoyed in their homeland?
For example, I have found engineers, chemists and even attorneys from Nigeria and other foreign locales who drive cabs and take on other jobs in the U.S. because they have to be licensed, certified or degreed in the U.S. to work in those occupations.
Unfortunately, they often do not have the money for school or, perhaps, the years required to achieve a U.S. college degree in their chosen field. So, to feed their families, they take on lesser jobs. Any stats regarding this?


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Baixo Vouga (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˌbajʃu ˈvoɡɐ]) is a Portuguese subregion integrated in the Centro Region. It is centered on the city of Aveiro. Other major cities include Águeda, Ílhavo and Ovar. The subregion covers an area of 1,807 km² and has a population of 394,393 inhabitants (2005) for an overall density of 218 hab/km². It is crossed from east to west by the Vouga River.
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A PUBLIC body based in Gwent paid thousands of pounds for trips abroad for its members, overpaid its most senior member of staff, and acted unlawfully on occasions, a damning report released today reveals.
The Wales Audit Office says the actions of some staff and members of the Newport-based Caldicot and Wentlooge Levels Internal Drainage Board were "likely to undermine public confidence".
Now the WAO says the board should consider asking its former clerk and engineer Dean Jackson-Johns for a payback.
The board, which has an income of around £1,000,000 a year, lost sight of the fact it was a public body that existed not to serve its own ends but those of the people who live and work on the Gwent Levels, according to the report.
The organisation manages the drainage system on the Gwent Levels and had only 22 members of staff at the start of the audit, but could not demonstrate to auditors it has always spent public money wisely.
Auditors made a raft of damning findings that stretch over a number of years, including that: * The board spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers money funding so-called inspection visits for board members and guests to Italy, Northern Ireland and the Netherlands, which included trips to tourist attractions like Venice, without proper business bases for them or ways of assessing their benefits.
* Former clerk and engineer Dean Jackson-Johns, who had been the drainage board's most senior member of staff, made his own proposals for pay to the board. Mr Jackson-Johns received overpayments to his salary, the report said.
* Three members of the board who were taking the body to court took part in meetings where the body decided how to respond to the legal action, despite having a conflict of interest.
* The board was operating contrary to law with its framework for making decisions not constituted as it should have been.
The report also details that the board spent £175,000 on the purchase of a vegetation control machine after the board accepted hospitality from the supplier, Energreen. The purchase came after three board members and the board's former engineer health and safety plant manager visited Verona on the company's invitation - despite the fact the auditor said the equipment could have been seen in the UK.
The report said the board was also unable to demonstrate it achieved value for money with a £24,349 LandRover Freelander bought for the former clerk and engineer. The report also raised concern that Mr Jackson-Johns recommended his wife Iolanda's post as officer and personnel manager should be regraded in 2004, raising her maximum salary from £22,869 to £25,326. The report says he had a "personal and pecuniary" interest and should not have been involved.
Appointed auditor Anthony Barrett said standards of governance and management at the drainage board "fell short of what the public has a right to expect".
He said the drainage board has begun an improvement programme aimed at addressing the weaknesses identified.
Since the audit began Mr Jackson-John, his wife Iolanda Jackson-Johns and other key staff have resigned and a general manager has been appointed.
The WAO recommends that the board should commission and independent review to assess the impact and effectiveness of its improvement programme, should regularly review its progress an consider whether to seek recovery of salary overpayments to Mr Jackson-Johns.
Files on the drainage board were passed to the WAO, which audits the body, by the Welsh Government in 2011 after concerns were raised by a board member and two employees.
David Rees, part of the WAO team that conducted the audit, said one of the most shocking parts of the findings was the "lack of existence of basic policies and procedures of governing the business of the board."
He said: "Without the rules and procedures and policies governing the way things are done things will always go awry."
According to the report, the board had established several committees including the establishment committee, governance committee and others despite not, prior to April 1 2009, making rules to constitute them.
Decisions made by them would have been contrary to law, unless they were confirmed by the full board. Each of the committees was constituted to give a majority to elected members over appointed members.
Of the board 18 members were elected from among the ratepayers - landowners who pay rates to the board.
The auditor wrote it was accurate that elected members had an undue influence. However he said that was also due to the fact many of the board's 19 appointed members from the three councils that funded the body did not attend.
The board is financed predominantly by levies raised from Monmouthshire, Newport and Cardiff councils which covered 72 per cent of the drainage board's costs.
Since May 2012, Newport has yet to appoint a representative to the board.
The report admits that a number of issues identified by the audit and the scale and significance of some of the issues raised questions over the effectiveness of previous audits done by the WAO. Improvements to the way small public bodies are audited are being considered.
Trips 'did not represent value for money'
THE DRAINAGE board spent more than £9,000 of taxpayers money on sending board members and officers abroad on so-called inspection visits to Italy, the Netherlands and Northern Ireland.
Auditors said two of the trips - to Italy and Northern Ireland - did not represent value for money and were contrary to law.
Neither trip's primary purpose was to further the drainage board's objectives, the WAO said, but both appear to have been organised to mark events or benefit board members.
Members went to Italy in October 2005 for a three day trip. A total of 13 members and three officers attended with 21 guests, mainly spouses or parents of the board members. Although contributions were taken, the trip cost the board £4,333.
While the first day was spent visiting local drainage works, the second was spent on a guided sightseeing tour of Venice. Event organiser and office and personnel manager Iolanda Jackson-Johns wrote the visit was an "interesting inspection for the board members... to mark the end of our chairman's term of office."
A further two-day visit to Northern Ireland, made up of 11 board members, three members of staff and other guests who were mainly spouses of the attendees, took place in September 2008.
Again contributions were taken, but the trip still cost the board £4,732.65.
The second day of the trip consisted of a tour of the Old Bushmills Distillery, a trip to the Giants Causeway, Dunlace Castle and Carrick-a-Rede.
Minutes to a meeting said the event was "really organised for the benefit of board members" while Mrs Jackson-Johns wrote that it seemed timely to organise the trip as the current board's term of office ended in October that year.
Detailed records of one inspection trip, to the Netherlands in 2000 and intended to "mark the Millennium", could not be obtained but the auditor wrote he was concerned the visit may not have represented value for money.
Clerk paid 'thousands more than terms of contract'
THE drainage board's former clerk and engineer Dean Jackson-Johns submitted his own proposals for his pay resulting in him being paid thousands more than terms agreed in his contract, the report said.
The auditor said the officer had a personal and pecuniary interest in the matter and should not have taken part in the decision-making process.
In 2006 the former clerk and engineer submitted proposals on his pay in 2006 that resulted in him being paid more than dictated by what are known as the Lincolnshire terms.
The terms include national pay scales and terms of overtime and expenses, and Mr Jackson-John's contract had stated he would be subject to them. In May 2006 of that year his pay rose from £55,228 to £65,553, £8,268 more than the terms allowed.
By 2010 Mr Jackson-John's pay had risen to £83,122 a year after he had proposed to the board's establishment committee in November 2007 that he should receive an annual pay award of five per cent per annum each year for five years.
No formal minutes of the meeting were kept but the committee agreed to pay him a five per cent increase each year from April 1 2008, to be reviewed in three years.
Mr Jackson-John's pay was, by 2010, in excess of the £63,660 maximum he could be paid under the Lincolnshire terms.
Members 'failed to declare their interests'
THREE members of the board took part in meetings where a legal claim they were backing against the body was discussed, despite their personal interest in the court action.
In April 2010 Leonard Attewell, an elected member and then vice-chairman of the board and a landowner on the Levels brought a High Court claim against the Environment Agency to seek a declaration the body was responsible for repairing and maintaining the sea wall.
But the action, which was also funded by elected board members and Levels landowners Neville Waters and David James, named the drainage board as a co-defendant after the Environment Agency argued it was the board had the legal responsibility. If the case had been successful, the board could have found itself liable to the tune of £35m to £40m.
Mr Attewell had told the auditor that he had recognised the difficulty of pursuing legal action against the board when he was vice-chairman, and had offered to resign but said it had not been accepted.
From July 9, when the board was joined to the claim, each of the members with an interest should have declared it and withdrawn from the meeting, the report reads.
But the three members failed to declare their interests on one or more occasions and remained in meetings when the case was discussed. The auditor said each of the three had a "personal and pecuniary interest" in the case.
In December 2010 Mr Attewell attended, and Mr Waters chaired, a meeting where the board resolved by vote to accept liability. The report said the decisions taken were significant and their determined the board's legal stance. Mr James was not present at the meeting.
Mr Waters later expressed regret over the oversight, and both told the WAO they did not take part in any discussions or vote on the resolutions.
But the auditor said the three members failed to differentiate their roles as members of the board from their roles and interests as private individuals. He accepted they did not act with ill intent.
Mr Attewell has since resigned from the board. Mr Waters and Mr James remain members.
The resolution to accept liability was later rescinded.


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I took the 1st flight with US Airways on sailing date morning from Charlotte to Los Angeles and had 6 hours of the worst First Class flying experience ever! What is wrong with those flight attendants...they should work on a ship and see how wonderful everything works there!
After arrival in LAX my good friend Laurel (flyingpirate) who lives in L.A. had organized a Limo and we drove together to the Pier in San Pedro, which was a quick & comfortable ride down.
There she was...this absolutely wonderful ship...my favorite in the whole wide world...The Norwegian Pearl!
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Simon the Cruise Director came out and took Laurel, me and her friend 1st through Security screening and on to the ship, before even the Villas and Suites! That is what I call NCL Super VIP Service!!!
On board I went to my Mini Suite and it was actually a nice room for myself and had nothing to complain about, especially since I got granted the same amenities as the Villa Guests.
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After dinner I went to Bliss Ultralounge to do the usual…have wonderful drinks and dance the night away.
Next day I went for lunch to "Cagney's" with a slightly headache and made it then to the pool! After I had returned to my Suite I found an invitation for the VIP Party and afterwards to dine with the Captain and Hotel Director.
The VIP Party (I do not normally even go there anymore) was the usual…flirting with the Hotel Director, Handshake with the Captain and Cocktails and Canapes and more flirting.
Captains Table was held in Le Bistro and was as wonderful as usual! We actually had quiet interesting table mates…The Captain, Hotel Director, a VP of NCL in Miami, The Empress (flyingpirate), The King (me), a very high Officer from the US Navy and "Who are you" a friend of Laurel. After many laughs and great food I felt like dancing again in Bliss (to burn down the calories), where I met some wonderful people, who I met the night before. We made it until almost 4am until we sailed under the "Golden Gate" Bride watching it from the Courtyard Sun Deck 15! By the way the weather could have not been better the whole cruise!
In San Francisco I laid lazy in the sun and swam in the wonderful Pool, had lunch in the Courtyard and went in the late afternoon to the Sauna, what a great day that was, just to do nothing! I had dinner in Indigo, which was superb (also the following night).
On sea day up to Canada, The Hotel Director invited the whole Cruise Critic Gang to bowling and free drinks, which was very generous of him. Everybody had a great time.
In Victoria I celebrated my 26 (again) Birthday and just indulged myself on the ship. In the evening the Concierge invited me for drinks to the Star Bar. There was where the nonsense begun! Shortly after me, the ships Doctor arrived as well with his nurses for a drink. The Concierge told us both, that the Cruise Critic Members had organized a meeting to congratulate me for my Birthday and if he would like to join in. I was like "OH MY GOD"…since I hate situations like that! There we went down, a door opened and a room was filled with people and 2 wonderful Birthday cakes, one for "King Marcus" and the other one for "Queen (?) Pieter"!!! Everybody I have seen or met on the ship/trip was there (except CC members), open bar and wonderful cake. What a great surprise party for the doctor and me!!! We both had no clue and have been surprised to the maximum! We both have been as well invited from the Hotel Director to invite people to our liking for dinner at "Cagney's" on his compliments!
I hard core dining and drinking experience occurred that night in Cagney's and at Bliss! The next morning it was time to say "Good bye" in Vancouver! The Concierge met the Empress and me at 10:15a to be escorted privately off the ship, he even took care of the long lines at Vancouver pier and we just cut them all. There it was, a said good bye to my loved ship, it's phenomenal crew and home away from home.
We took from there the Quick Shuttle to Seattle (never again), where I stayed overnight at the Seattle Marriott Airport Hotel (wonderful) and took the next morning a horrible First Class flight on Useless Air back to Charlotte.
Verdict: I had a brilliant cruise, better then excellent food and service!
I need to thank again Michael the Hotel Director for his going over and beyond to please two of NCL's most valued Guests and Friends (flyingpiate and me). Now to the Concierge Alexander Forbes: He is the most stylish, wonderful, great, simply gorgeous, distinguished and magic Concierge in the fleet, him and Lisa (NCL Spirit) are really the best Concierges NCL has to offer, where no request is too much and everything is dealt in a timely manner with a maximum in professionalism! It must be an Australian thing!
I can not wait to be on a NCL ship again (god thanks 3 more are already booked for this year!!!
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PERTH, Dec 1 (Reuters) - South Africa's much celebrated pace attack finally fired on the second day of the third test against Australia on Saturday to wrest the momentum away from the hosts for the first time since the opening days of the series.
The Proteas were forced to bat out the final day to save draws in both the Brisbane and Adelaide tests, setting up a Perth showdown with both the series and the top test ranking on the line.
The bowling of Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander and Morne Morkel had played a key role in the series triumph in England that earned them the number one spot in the rankings but on bat-friendly tracks, they had disappointed.
On Saturday, they faced an Australia side charged with confidence after dismissing the tourists for 225 and resuming on 33 for two with high hopes of building a big first-innings lead.
Instead, Steyn (4-40) terrorised the Australians in a brutal spell of fast bowling and took the wickets of opener David Warner, nightwatchman Nathan Lyon and skipper Michael Clarke at the cost of just four runs in the first 40 minutes.
"He's the number one bowler in the world for a reason," said Philander, who chipped in with the dismissal of Ricky Ponting and ended up with figures of two for 55.
"When you bowl on the other side from him it is special and just to bowl the new ball with him is special. The way he can deliver on big moments is unbelievable."
Philander, a late bloomer in test cricket who now ranks third in the ICC bowling rankings, said the conditions and the batting disappointment on Friday had helped transform the fortunes of the bowling unit.
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With a lead of 292 going into the third day, South Africa's number one ranking and their record of not having lost an away test series since 2006 look safe.
Perhaps mindful that the Proteas chased down 414 to win the Perth test four years ago, Philander said they would aim to leave nothing to chance and he was not expecting to be bowling again any time soon.
"There's plenty of time left in the test and we'd obviously like to get as many runs as possible," he concluded. "Tomorrow's a new day and will pose a lot of new challenges, but hopefully we can get another 200-250 runs." (Editing by Ed Osmond)


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Published Monday, July 15, 2013 | noon
Updated Tuesday, July 16, 2013 | 4:23 a.m.
Chip counts/payouts
- J.C. Tran 38,000,000
- Amir Lehavot 29,700,000
- Marc McLaughlin 26,525,000
- Jay Farber 25,975,000
- Ryan Riess 25,875,000
- Sylvain Loosli 19,600,000
- Michiel Brummelhuis 11,275,000
- Mark Newhouse 7,350,000
- David Benefield 6,375,000
- Carlos Mortensen 10th for $573,204
- Matt Reed 11th for $573,204
- Rep Porter 12th for $573,204
- Alex Livingston 13th for $451,398
- Sergio Castelluccio 14th for $451,398
- Bruno Kawauti 15th for $451,398
- Chris Lindh 16th for $357,655
- Fabian Ortiz 17th for $357,655
- Jan Nakladal 18th for $357,655
- James Alexander 19th for $285,408
- Anton Morgenstern 20th for $285,408
- Maxx Coleman 21st for $285,408
- Yevgeniy Timoshenko 22nd for $285,408
- Clement Tripodi 23rd for $285,408
- Steve Gee 24th for $285,408
- Jason Mann 25th for $285,408
- Jorn Walthaus 26th for $285,408
- Benjamin Pollak 27th for $285,408
- Blinds at 200,000-400,000 with 50,000 ante.
2013 WSOP Main Event final table payouts
- 1st: $8,359,531
- 2nd: $5,173,170
- 3rd: $3,727,023
- 4th: $2,791,983
- 5th: $2,106,526
- 6th: $1,600,792
- 7th: $1,225,224
- 8th: $944,593
- 9th: $733,224
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The World Series of Poker Main Event may have somehow pulled off landing both its most talented and eclectic final table since going to the November Nine format five years ago.
The group that played their way into the last session of poker's $10,000 buy-in world championship early Tuesday morning at the Rio includes two former bracelet winners and an online legend.
J.C. Tran is the clear headliner. Tran knocked out Carlos Mortensen, who was looking to become only the fifth player ever to win more than one Main Event title, on the final table bubble when he turned a straight against Mortensen's pair and flush draw.
Tran owns two previous WSOP bracelets. He's cashed in the Main Event in six of the past 10 years and sat 32nd on the all-time tournament money list before play began more than a week ago.
He can now add $733,224 to his total, as all players were paid out ninth-place money to hold them over until they compete for the near $8.36 million prize in November.
Tran enters the final table with the chip lead, as a tear over the last two days helped him build his stack to 38 million.
The final table's other bracelet winner, Amir Lehavot, is in prime position with 29 million chips.
David Benefield, who made millions online before he was eligible to play in the WSOP as a 21-year-old, is the short stack with 6 million.
Despite the big names, a couple unknowns also made it through the 6,352-player gauntlet. Neither Sylvain Loosli nor Jay Farber had ever made the money in a WSOP tournament before this year's Main Event.
Check back to lasvegassun.com for full coverage of the November Nine in a few hours. In the meantime, check out the chip counts and results to the side.
The Final 10
With 10 players remaining, the unofficial final table is under way at the 2013 WSOP Main Event.
Tournament staff is re-drawing seats for the final 10 players at the moment after J.C. Tran took care of the last two-table elimination.
Tran looked down at pocket Queens after Matt Reed went all in with king-4 of clubs. The highest community card was a 9 with no flush possibility.
Reed takes home $573,204 for 11th place, while Tran's November Nine dream looks close to secure. The Sacramento, Calif., professional has the chip lead with nearly 40 million.
David Benefield and Mark Newhouse are the players looking for double-ups. Newhouse barely has enough to pay for 10 big blinds, while Benefield is about to slip below 7 million.
Riess The Beast
A new name has crept near the top of the chip counts.
As his fan section chants, it's "Riess the beast." Ryan Riess just eliminated two-time bracelet winner Rep Porter in 12th, making a tough call with pocket 9s after an all-in that turned out to be correct and beneficial.
Porter had king-jack, meaning there was close to a 50/50 chance he would double up. But the 4-8-queen-7-5 board offered no help.
The Michigan State graduate's fans have perked up and are now the loudest in the room. Riess is close to 17 million after toiling with short stack all day.
Lots of aces for Loosli
With an assist to the dealers for dishing out premium hands, they're falling fast now.
Alex Livingston just became the third player knocked out of the Main Event in the last 20 minutes. He snagged the last $451,398 payout in a hand he couldn't have possibly gotten away from.
Livingston, down to less than 5 million for the last several hours, was happy to commit himself with ace-queen. But the unbelievable card run in favor of Sylvain Loosli continued, as the France native awoke with pocket Aces.
The final ace in the deck spiked on the flop, meaning Livingston's long shot now had no shot. With 12 players remaining, the final three to go out tonight will receive $573,204.
Sergio Castellucio's stack shipped to Amir Lehavot
The international presence at the WSOP Main Event has taken a serious hit since the dinner break.
The lone Italian left standing joined the final Brazilian, Argentinian, and Czech on the outside looking in. Getting short on chips, action folded around to Sergio Castelluccio on the button.
He glanced at ace-5 off-suited and announced he was all-in. Unfortunate timing.
Amir Lehavot looked down at pocket Kings and made the easy call. The board provided no sweat, showing two Queens and two Deuces, for Lehavot.
Six nations are now represented in the final 13 players, with Israel's Lehavot the new leader.
Amazon Room suddenly quiet
A fan watching from the stands yelled a message at Rep Porter after he recently put a bad beat on Bruno Kawauti to eliminate the Brazilian.
"Way to go Rep," he yelled. "That's how you make it quieter in here."
Kawauti had the loudest set of supporters for the last several days, but they were silenced by the come-from-behind they just witnessed. Down to around 3 million chips, Kawauti shoved all-in and found a caller in two-time bracelet winner Rep Porter.
The Brazilians amped up their energy when Kawauti showed pocket 10s against Porter's pocket 7s. Porter, who's been near the bottom of chip counts all day, found salvation in a 4-5-7 flop to take the lead.
Ensuing queens on the turn and river sent Kawauti walking through the tunnel at the back of the ESPN while his friends shouted what was thought to be one last song. They then, however, accompanied Kawauti to the payout line for one last celebration before exiting for good.
Chris Lindh's elimination ushers in pay jump
Lindh-sanity is over.
Local pro Chris Lindh bowed out from the Main Event in 16th place moments ago on the secondary table. Lindh entered the day with one of the three biggest chip stacks, but steadily fell down the ladder as the hours matched on.
He eventually shoved his chips in the middle with 9-10 out of desperation. Mark McLaughlin called with ace-9, including one diamond, and the board ran out four diamonds to give him a flush.
Lindh gets $357,655 for his seven-day effort and sends the rest of the field up to a minimum payout of $451,398.
So long, Argentina
J.C. Tran just showed why many regard him as the best player left in the WSOP Main Event, even better than former world champion Carlos Mortensen.
The veteran took out Argentinian Fabian Ortiz with a river call that was equal parts gutsy and astute. Ortiz raised before the flop on Tran's big blind and fired a continuation bet on a King-9-7 board.
When Tran called, Ortiz slowed down and checked behind on a 4 turn. He tried to get creative on the river, going all-in for more than the pot with $2.8 million chips.
Tran thought about it for a while, but eventually made the call with 8-9 for a pair of 9s. Ortiz, on the other hand, had nothing — showing down Ace-Queen.
One more elimination is needed before a pay jump to $451,398.
One gone in quick fashion after returning from break
There's nothing like a cooler to welcome the WSOP Main Event back from dinner break.
Slightly below average in chips, Jan Nakladal was dealt a hand he couldn't possibly get away from within 15 minutes of the field getting re-drawn to two tables. Nakadal moved all-in with a fourth bet before the flop with pocket Queens.
Matt Reed had no decision to make as he had the best starting hand in no-limit hold'em, pocket Aces. Nakladal's third-best starting hand wouldn't convert on its 20 percent opportunity this time as the community cards came out 4-8-2-5-9.
James Alexander's exit sends the rest of the field on dinner break
The 18 players left in the WSOP Main Event received a gift just before the 90-minute dinner break — a near $75,000 pay jump.
James Alexander, one of the chip leaders with 19 million just an hour ago, imploded with 13 minutes left in the current level to send the players off to an early dinner break while they re-draw to two tables. The Edinburg, Texas bar owner's erratic play finally caught up to him.
He re-raised Amir Lehavot with his stack of around 3 million chips. Lehavot may not have called against other players, but witnessing first-hand how loose Alexander had played, he had no choice.
Sure enough, Lehavot had a huge advantage with ace-10 against ace-7. The board ran out 10-king-4-9-jack to spring Lehavot towards the top of the leaderboard.
Collapse completed
At the beginning of the day, Anton Morgenstern sat in front of the largest stack of chips.
Now he has none at all, losing nearly 30 million in the span of four hours to bust out of the Main Event. The final hit came when he committed his last couple minutes with ace-jack before the flop.
Argentina's Fabian Ortiz called immediately and showed pocket Aces. The 4-3-2 flop gave Morgenstern some hope to chop the pot if a 5 appeared for a straight.
But Ortiz's hand held up, and Morgenstern was forced to shake hands and say his goodbyes. It's a stunning early exit from the German professional who had the best odds to reach the November Nine final table as recently as earlier this afternoon.
Former chip leader taken out
Maxx Coleman will look back upon his 2013 Main Event run fondly but it won't the culminate in a final table or a seven-figure score.
The Day 3 chip leader from Wichita, Kan., just became the seventh player eliminated this afternoon in a hand against David Benefield.
The short stack since the beginning of this level, Coleman found himself with queen-jack of hearts in the big blind and called Benefield's all-in raise from the small.
Benefield had ace-3 off-suit for a slight lead before the community cards were dealt. The dealer flipped over an uneventful 2-4-10-5-7 board to send Coleman on his way.
After two more eliminations, the players will re-draw to form two tables.
Las Vegans Mark Newhouse, Jay Farber going in right direction on featured table
Two hours have passed since the last elimination in the Main Event.
The slow in pace is not for the lack of short stacks or players gambling with all their chips. It's just that everyone is surviving when they need it.
The last five players to put themselves at risk with an all-in move won the hand, including a couple in dramatic fashion by hitting the river card. On the ESPN featured table, Las Vegas native Jay Farber just went all-in with Ace-10 after a flop of 3-5-2.
Fabian Ortiz debated his options before putting in enough chips to call with pocket 9s. He looked safe when another 2 hit the turn, but a 10 on the river got Farber's fans to uncover their faces in nervousness and start cheering in celebration.
Farber is above average for the first time all day, while fellow local Mark Newhouse leads the way with 22 million chips. Newhouse flopped a full-house with pocket 2s on a 2-ace-ace flop. Long-time chip leader Anton Morgenstern doubled Newhouse up by calling his all-in with ace-jack.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko's run ends with a $285,408 payout
Another one of the stars has fallen.
Joining Steve Gee on the rail at the Rio is Yevgeniy Timoshenko, the online phenom turned successful circuit pro who had more than $9 million career earnings combined between live and Internet winnings. The 24-year-old Timoshenko seemed to never pick up a hand or catch any breaks after briefly capturing the chip lead early during Saturday's play.
The trend continued on the final day of play in the summer. After losing a couple pots, Timoshenko was down to less than 3 million chips and shoved all-in with Ace-8 of clubs pre-flop.
Jan Nakladal had him dominated with ace-jack and improved to a full house as the dealer spread the five community cards. He embraced and congratulated Timoshenko as he made his way out of the playing area and to the payout line.
Fifth elimination of the day
Sylvian Loosli is officially the last Frenchman left in the Main Event.
France started the day with three players still in the running, but Clement Tripoldi just became the latest to bust out. He finished in 23rd for $285,408, the same payout everyone will receive until there are 18 players left.
The short-stacked Tripoldi must have been happy to look down at ace-queen off-suit pre-flop. Unfortunately for him, Brazilian Bruno Kawauti — who's on a hot streak today — found pocket Kings and immediately called.
No ace or anything else funky came on the board, as Kawauti raked in the pot of more than 3 million chips. That should make for a loud rest of the day, as Kawauti's rail of his patriotic Brazilian friends have been vocal for the last few sessions.
No more Gee
There will be no November Nine repeat for another year.
Steve Gee, who finished ninth in 2012, just met his demise a few minutes before the first break of the day in the Main Event. Getting short on chips, Gee went all-in over the top of a re-raise from chi-leader Anton Morgenstern.
When Morgenstern called immediately, Gee shook his head and knew he was in trouble. Morgenstern, sure enough, flipped up pocket 8s against Gee's 10-7 of diamonds.
The board ran out 8-queen-2-ace-3 to give Morgenstern three of a kind.
Morgenstern now has nearly twice as many chips as anyone else in the field.
Down to 24
The declaration from the dealer on the outer table echoed demonstratively throughout the Amazon Room — "all in."
A few moments later, another player was headed to the payout line. Canada's Jason Mann is the latest to collect a check for $285,408.
Mann went out in 25th place, no doubt a disappointment after he was in the top five for most of the day Friday and the top 10 yesterday. He shipped all of his chips into the middle after a flop of queen-5-5.
Chris Lindh called and showed queen-9 for top pair, which was in good shape against Mann's pocket 10s. The final two community cards — an 8 and a 6 — ensured the elimination.
Two players check out within a matter of minutes
The first announcement of a bustout and ensuing round of applause came within 15 minutes of action getting under way.
The second came a few minutes later. Benjamin Pollak, one of three players left from France at the beginning of the day, and Jorn Walthaus, one of two representing Amsterdam, were the unfortunate early exits.
Pollak can at least claim to have gotten his chips in with the best hand. Maxx Coleman re-raised Pollak all-in with Ace-4 of clubs from the big blind. Pollak thought for several minutes before committing his stack with pocket 9s.
The jack-2-3 flop gave Coleman a straight draw that he converted on the river with a 5.
Walthaus and Steve Gee, two short stacks, tangled here at the ESPN stage. Walthaus shoved his chips in the middle first and Gee called behind him.
Gee had a major advantage with ace-king to Walthaus' ace-9, which grew when a king hit the flop. Gee moved up a couple places on the leaderboard now that he has 5 million chips.
Both Walthaus and Pollak earned $285,408, as will the next six eliminated players.
The Rio's Amazon Room was so full of poker players a week ago that anyone who wanted to walk through the maze of tables had to emulate a gymnast on a balance beam.
Two other areas in the Rio convention center — the cavernous Pavilion Room and the claustrophobics' nightmare Brasilia Room — combined with Amazon to host thousands of players competing in the biggest tournament of the year.
The World Series of Poker Main Event looks much different today. The $10,000 buy-in world championship is down to three tables spaced out neatly as to accommodate the ESPN cameras in the Amazon Room.
It's an accomplishment for each of the 27 players remaining to make it this far. That, combined with the $285,408 guaranteed payout, is the good news.
The part they might not want to hear is that two tables worth of players remaining will be ultimately forgotten. In order for a player to secure his — everyone left is male — legacy, he needs to reach the final table.
He needs to come back in four months to the Penn & Teller Theater to play as part of the November Nine. Today is when that can be secured, as action will continue until there's nine players left standing.
One of the final 27 players has improbably been there before, as 2012 ninth-place finisher Steve Gee is seeking his second straight final table appearance.
He could become the first player in the November Nine era, which started in 2008, to twice make it that far. Although his chip stack is dwindling, Gee is used to the pressure to double-up.
He's worked with a below-average stack for each of the last two days and reached this point last year in roughly the same position. Gee was 22nd in chips going into 2012's Day 7, while he's 23rd today.
Gee has built a profile for himself in the poker world based on last year's success, but there are three players left who are even more known than him.
Carlos Mortensen looks to do something many have regarded as impossible at this day and age of the WSOP and win the Main Event for the second time. "The Matador" originally won the world championship in 2001 for $1.5 million.
If the prize pool isn't clue enough to how much the event has changed since then, consider Mortensen beat out 612 opponents for the gold bracelet that year.
This year, he was up against 6,351.
J.C. Tran and Yevgeniy Timoshenko are the two other big-name professionals to survive this long. They're both aggressive players who will look to make the more inexperienced hopefuls uncomfortable today.
They've done a good job so far, but all that matters now is the final table.
Stay tuned to lasvegassun.com all day for a live blog as the WSOP Main Event plays down to nine players. We'll update every time a player gets knocked out and keep the chip counts to the right as current as possible.
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Firm Entry, Productivity Differentials and Turnovers in Import Substituting Markets: A study of the petrochemical industry in Colombia
This paper analyses plant entry, total factor productivity growth, average productivity level differentials and turnovers across Colombia's petrochemical industry for the 1974-1998 period. Results show that successful entrants shaped industry productivity and induced plant restructuring among incumbent plants. There is consistent plant heterogeneity across plant cohorts as well as across sub-markets within petrochemicals. Entry flows were steady increasing within plastics regardless of trade policy regimes. Survival rates are remarkably high and consistent over time in medium-size plants meaning that entrants adopted competitive post-entry strategies. Total factor productivity growth decomposition shows that the incumbent effect dominates the turnover effect. Market share reallocation among continuing plants constitutes an important source of productivity growth. Econometric results suggest that barriers to entry associated with plant technology licensing and dependence of imported raw materials deter entry while complementary market variables such as industry productivity levels, growth in housing construction, and fringe competition induce firm entry.
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New "It" Ingredient, Spoiled-Milk Detectors and a $25 Corn Dogby Amy Reiter in News, March 20th, 2014
Trend Watch (for Cooks with Deep Pockets): What's the the newest 'it' ingredient among discerning New York City chefs? Ramp seeds ("not the fawned-over leaves or bulbs"), according to Food Arts, which describes them as "tiny, with a pungent punch and an equally sock-it-to-me price tag." Often preserved using salt or vinegar, the caper-like green seeds have a taste that evokes garlic and onion, and they are being used to add punch to dishes. One chef calls them "tiny flavor bombs." But even extravagant chefs are sprinkling them sparingly: Labor intensive to harvest, ramp seeds cost about $120 per pound. [Food Arts]
Spare Your Schnoz: To tell if your milk has spoiled, you probably subject it to the sniff test — which really means subjecting yourself to the sniff test, but is still better than skipping directly to the taste test. (Yuck — yet expiration dates are not always reliable freshness indicators.) Now you can spare your senses such unpleasantness. Chinese scientists have come up with "smart tags" — small, gelatinous squares — you can stick on containers that change colors to indicate when the food in them has gone bad. [CBS News]
Borough Bragging Rights: Looks like Brooklyn is taking the Manhattan-born Cronut® craze personally. "We're honestly not trying to take anything away from the Willy Wonka-esque genius of pastry chef Dominique Ansel," Brooklyn Magazine sniffs, but "we've been enjoying cleverly conceived hybrid pastries in this borough before the Cronut® was even a twinkle in Ansel's eye." Among the NYC borough's food mash-ups: the intriguing Chicken and Waffles Cupcake at Robicelli's and the Lemon Meringue Doughnut at Dough, which the mag describes as "deep-fried, citrus curd-filled dough discs crowned with jaunty, toasted meringue hats." Sound good? Fuhgeddaboudit! [Brooklyn Magazine]
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The Supreme Court on October 19 granted bail to Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi, a senior journalist who had been arrested by Special Cell of Delhi Police for his alleged involvement in planning attack on Israeli diplomat's car in February 2012. The court asked him to surrender his passport and not to leave Delhi without informing the court. Mr. Kazmi had been in jail since March 6.
After having been released from Tihar Jail, Kazmi said it was true that he had been writing in favour of Iran and criticised the foreign policies of America and Israel. He wrote in one of his writings that there's no need to be afraid of Israeli Army as the Hezbollah has proved its weakness. But these all did not mean that he was going to attack on the diplomat.
As the news of him being granted bail spread out, a large number of his friends, well-wishers and family members gathered around Tihar Jail to get a glimpse of their hero. Mr. Kazmi later visited Markaz Jamaat-e-Islami Hind in New Delhi and thanked for helping him getting bail.


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A Verbal Stumble, Not Intentional Bigotry
Published: January 30, 1995
To the Editor:
"Hate Speech Comes to Congress" (editorial, Jan. 29) completely misrepresents the events of last Friday and my comments about Representative Barney Frank, and you owe me an apology for your accusation of "bigotry aforethought."
I understand that people may find it hard to believe that a "professional politician," as you put it, is capable of stumbling over words or names, but that is exactly what happened to me Friday morning. In saying that I did not want to "listen to Barney Frank haranguing" me, I blended the two words (Frank and harangue, which I pronounce with a hard "g") in a way that made it sound as if I was using a slur. I immediately corrected myself and moved on with my comments.
National reporters sitting at the table did not notice this mispronunciation until they later played the tape back. Surely, if I had made this statement with "bigotry aforethought," one of these reporters would have rightly challenged me on the spot. The fact is, those present at the time heard what many reporters in Washington have become somewhat accustomed to: Dick Armey stumbling over someone else's name.
As for a lack of "true contrition," upon hearing of the mispronunciation, I immediately went to the reporters present to express my dismay and to assure them that I never use that word. I then sought out Mr. Frank, whom I have worked closely with in the past in a bipartisan manner and do consider "a worthy opponent," to personally explain this matter and to assure him that I was sorry for even the perception that I would think in such terms.
When a colleague attacked a fellow Republican on the House floor over his homosexuality, I wrote a letter on behalf of the colleague he assaulted. Indeed, your paper quoted me as saying that we conservatives who believe in individual liberty do not concern ourselves with the private lives of our colleagues.
This belief is also why I voted against a motion to expel Mr. Frank when such a motion was brought to the floor over a private indiscretion on his part. I did this despite pressure from many conservatives to score political points off the incident.
I've been accused of many things, but lying is not among them. My honesty often gets me into heated debates and some controversy, but I would never use the kind of slur that I am being charged with. If a liberal Northern Democrat made the same mistake and gave the same explanation, you would assume it to be true. Implicit in your blast is the belief that a Southern conservative Republican uses such words in private. That is a stereotype, and it is wrong.
Your comparison to Earl Butz is unfair. This was not an instance of a public official saying something in private or off the record only to have it come out later. It is, believe it or not, a public official mispronouncing another public official's name.
The Washington media complain constantly about blow-dried politicians, canned statements and pre-scrubbed, sterile text. Yet when someone who is as known as I am for accessibility and straightforwardness stumbles in a statement, it is made into a national story and turned into a lead editorial. No wonder public officials feel the need to speak only in scripted sound bites. DICK ARMEY Member of Congress, 26th Dist., Tex. Washington, Jan. 29, 1995


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After working together in few films, Ganesh and S Narayan's relationship soared with their Munjaane bombing at the Box Office. The war-of-words just begun after the movie started disappearing from theatres. However, the duo seems to be not ready to let it go, as the fight between them has continued.
Soon after the movie was declared a dud, S Narayan started the proceedings by accusing Ganesh of not co-operating and promoting the movie. Ganesh, who maintained a dignified silence for a few months, said that he was an actor and he could not be blamed for a movie's failure. S Narayan had narrated an interesting story before Munjane took off, but it was different when it was brought on-screen, the Mungaaru Male star had claimed.
This bitter incident made S Narayan to announce his retirement. The director blamed the young actors for their lack of dedication and for not having respect towards senior directors leading him to bid goodbye to films. But he returned to films after three months when his close friends in the industry forced him to change his decision. During the process, he was reportedly accusing Ganesh despite admitting in public that the filmmaker himself was responsible for the failure and he was not blaming any one.
But Ganesh, who is basking in the success of Romeo, have reportedly heard that S Narayan is still pointing his fingers at him for Munjaane's failure, for which the Golden Star has reacted again. He has claimed that it is unfair to blame him for the failure of a film. Success and failure are two faces of the same coin and we should accept it as it comes.


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Etna, Sharpsburg flood study done; reviews are mixed
A flooding study by a Washington nonprofit that helps protect and restore rivers lays out ambitious proposals that might be difficult to implement, say officials in Etna and Sharpsburg.
They're taking a cautious view of the report completed last year by American Rivers, which has an office in Edgewood. The nonprofit recently distributed its recommendations to officials for review.
"To help with flooding in Etna, you'd have to move upstream," said borough Manager Mary Ellen Ramage.
She said the borough played no role in developing the proposals. Among suggestions for Etna, the report says the borough should consider flood prevention ideas when revitalizing the Tippins brownfield and expanding a walking trail.
American Rivers believes the Tippins site could be an especially good area to make significant improvements, said Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, associate director for river restoration.
"Anytime you're looking at taking a brownfield and bringing it up to a new use, there's a great opportunity," Hollingsworth-Segedy said.
She said the report identified two types of flooding — the 100-year storm types similar to that from Hurricane Ivan in 2004, and nuisance flooding from heavy rain. It recommends "green" infrastructure and green-space ideas to beautify the communities and help with flood prevention.
Hollingsworth-Segedy remains hopeful the ideas will enable officials to tackle several issues at once.
"They're facing multiple problems," she said.
Sharpsburg borough Secretary Jan Barbus said she expects officials to discuss the report this summer. Some of the ideas would require a lot of work, she said.
"It's a lot of extreme changes," Barbus said.
Ramage said by the time flooding reaches the communities it can be too late for mitigation.
"If you want to hold water back, you have to hold it back before the floodplain," she said.
American Rivers suggested a gateway between Sharpsburg and Etna and "green" parking lots to control stormwater runoff.
The suggestions could be useful for a multi-municipal plan, Ramage said, but American Rivers officials should not assume their ideas will be considered.
Hollingsworth-Segedy said she would next like to look for money to pay for a feasibility study on some of the recommendations.
Barbus said Sharpsburg's budget does not include money for any of the potential projects.
"The overall goal is to find as much assistance that's available ... to get these projects ready for implementation," Hollingsworth-Segedy said.
Tom McGee is an associate editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-856-7400, ext. 1513 or email@example.com.


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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. Brittany Lincicome was brilliant when it mattered most.
Lincicome sank a 6-foot eagle putt on No. 18 to upstage good friend Kristy McPherson, sister of Augusta State women's golf coach Kevin McPherson, and win the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday, capturing her first victory in a major.
Never worse than three strokes behind in the final round, Lincicome stayed close as McPherson and Cristie Kerr traded the lead back and forth on a perfect day at Mission Hills.
Trailing by one, Lincicome broke through with an amazing sequence of shots on the par-5 18th. After hitting a booming drive down the middle of the fairway, she launched her approach shot across the water and onto the upper part of the green, with the ball curling down just above the hole to set up her winning putt.