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In the eyes of social justice, private property and individual wealth are viewed as injustices.
By BRANDON TODD
Equality is vital to economic competition, progress, and ultimately prosperity. Every American has the right to equal opportunities. However, America seemingly has transformed from a country of equal opportunity to a place of equal outcomes.
President Obama speaks of the former while his economic agenda is establishing the latter.
Obama wants everyone to be on �level playing fields.� Throughout his political career, he has touched upon the need to redistribute wealth, having the rich pay more to subsidize those in poverty. He is a strong advocate of social justice.
In the eyes of social justice, private property and individual wealth are viewed as injustices. Collectivism is the foundation of the concept.
Opportunity, competition and ambition are gradually being demolished in the private sector. President Obama�s social justice is not working. It is harming the economy, destroying opportunity, and disabling most Americans� economic liberty.
The socialistic economic policies are dealing us equal outcomes; our social and economic differences are nearly indistinguishable.
The notion of equality of opportunity � the idea that all Americans can seize success through hard work � is what built this country. America�s roots are in survival of the fittest, not of level playing fields. It�s a dog-eat-dog world; America simply allows some dogs to become wolves. That�s capitalism.
It�s been proven historically in America that when taxes are low and regulations are minimal, the wealthy and the private sector will create jobs and the economy will grow, as will the middle class.
The class warfare mentality and the redistribution of wealth economics need to stop. Taking from Peter and rationing it to John and Paul leads to everyone being in the poor house.
When someone has a ton of money, we should not say to ourselves, �No person should have that much.� We instead should say, �This is America. I can be that wealthy and successful if I put in the work.�
The wealthy whom Obama demonizes so often have created more jobs, opportunity and prosperity than the government ever has or ever will.
It�s shocking how so many supporters of President Obama think that the federal government creates jobs in the private sector. The government cannot create jobs, except bureaucracy in its own agencies. Obama�s done plenty of that.
The unemployment rate is 7.4 percent. The Federal Reserve is still printing about $85 billion a month in a stimulus effort. This is causing severe economic stagnation and devaluing the currency.
The corporate tax rate is 35 percent, the highest in the world. That is preventing small and corporate businesses from creating jobs. Obamacare will only worsen the economy.
We the People are not prospering as promised. Change has only occurred for the worse in America.
This is no longer George W. Bush�s economy. This is Barack Hussein Obama�s economy.
The government managed a $901 billion deficit this year. The national debt is $16.7 trillion, headed toward $20 trillion. Debt is slavery, as is welfare. More than 100 million Americans receive some form of government assistance. That�s more than the population of Spain. According to the Census Bureau, more than 50 million people in America, more than 16 percent of the population, are living in poverty.
Obama, on the other hand, has been vacationing like Chevy Chase and golfing more than Tiger Woods, tabbing up hundreds of millions of dollars at the taxpayers� expense. Detroit is bankrupt after receiving billions in government funds. It is a murder capital with more than 20 percent unemployment. It�s been under Democratic rule for decades. Chicago is on the verge of civil war, as homicide is rampant. It�s a Third World country with big shiny buildings. Chicago is Barack Obama�s city.
The Democrats have implemented various liberal-progressive policies in Detroit and Chicago for decades, including gun control. Now, some of the slums in those cities resemble the slums of Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
We have a president who is hell bent on exacting social justice. By 2016, President Obama�s �economic plan� could have the whole country looking like a Third World slum. All of America could face equal outcomes.
Except for the elite. President Obama and Congress, they�re all doing just fine, while 99 percent of the nation is declining. Some are obviously more equal than others.


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POMONA – Perhaps the biggest disappointment of the opening day of the NHRAseason-opening Winternationals on Thursday was the starting line problems of Top Fuel dragster rookie Brittany Force.
The 26-year-old daughter of 15-time Funny Car champion John Force was disqualified from making here first official NHRA when her Castrol-sponsored dragster rolled through the beams, the result of a brake issue following her burnout.
"I have had a problem before with the brakes before. There have been times when I have been pulling on the brakes and the car hasn't stopped," Brittany said after climbing out of the first dragster under the John Force Racing bannner. " That time was the worst instance. I was pulling on the brakes harder than I was in testing and I couldn't get the car stopped.
"That was the reason I did a longer burn out was because I was pulling on it and it kept pulling down track until I got it stopped. Rolling into stage I had a feeling I was going to roll the lights."
Leah Pruett of Cherry Valley was in the opposite lane and did get down the 1,000 feet, finishoing in 4.018 seconds at 251.86 for the 11th spot in the field. Pruett, who started in Jr. Dragster, previously races in the nostaglia class and in Pro Mod.
As for Brittany, it was disappointing.
"I really just wanted to get that first run out of the way and now I have to want a little longer," she said.
That will be later today in the second of four qualifying runs that determine Sunday's field.
Grateful for sunshine
Funny Car driver Bob Tasca III is enjoying the Southern California weather more than anyone at Fairplex. Just a week ago, his d hometown of Cranston, R.I. was hit with 27 inches of snow iduring a New England blizzard . It took Tasca and two others 48 hours to dig his family's Ford dealership out of the drifts.
"I'm happy to see something other than snow," said Tasca. "Let me tell you, I've been thinking about the Winternationals since the Finals in November. At the end of the day, whe you're a driver, the only thing you really want to do is get back in your race car.
"I was happy to get some seat time over the winter and am glad to be back in Pomona. I have a lot of confidence in this Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Shelby Mustang and my guys. We're ready to go."


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Open marriage turned out to be the key to my happily ever after.
"You are responsible for your own orgasm," my boyfriend told me. He was the guy I lost my virginity to, the guy I had my first orgasm with, and the guy whose words would one day become my mantra: I am responsible for my own orgasm. I believe that literally and figuratively. In bed, I play an active role in getting what I want. But I also take charge of getting what I want throughout my sexual life.
That's why, along with a husband I adore, I have lovers. My husband and I have an open marriage. I know it may sound decadent or like a throwback to the "free love" of the '60s. But really, for all the hype, "open marriage" is just one of many ways to negotiate love and sex and marriage. We haven't been doing it that long, but it now seems so obvious. Like, "Why on earth didn't we think of this before?"
Sex and love are totally different
I have always liked sex. I mean really, really liked sex. I have been accused, in fact, of "thinking like a man." That is, of seeing sex as something wholly separate from love. When my husband and I first started dating, it was obvious even then that our drives were quite different. As much as he enjoyed sex, he didn't need or want it as often as I did. But I fell so madly in love with him, I figured it didn't matter.
I was terribly wrong.
Three years into our marriage, I began to feel itchy. So I had an affair. She was beautiful, an artist I met through a mutual friend. I deliberately chose to have an affair with a woman, rationalizing that it wasn't as bad as sleeping with another man. (Simply by virtue of his gender, my husband never could be for me what she could be.)
She wasn't the first woman I'd been with. When my husband and I began dating, I told him that I was bisexual. "I don't care who you were with before," he told me. "But once it's just you and me, it's just you and me." And that's why — as lovely and sweet as my affair with Artist Girl was — it was awful, too. I felt sick about lying to my husband, sick about wanting to be with her, sick for not just calling it off — or avoiding it in the first place.
I thought hard about how I had gotten there. At first, I figured that my being with her really was about my bisexuality, about a part of me that I simply couldn't brush aside. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that wasn't true: It was about wanting more sex than my husband could offer, and sex different from that which any one person could provide.
My relationship with Artist Girl ended very, very badly. One night while in bed with her husband, she told him about us, foolishly thinking it would "turn him on." It didn't. He was furious and threatened to tell my husband. I knew I had to tell him myself. When I confessed, he was crushed, more because I had lied to him than because I had slept with her. I cried and cried, wondering if I had destroyed my marriage, if he would leave me, but also wondering if I would ever be happy, ever be sexually satisfied, ever find a way to make this work.
I tried to spice things up at home
We didn't talk about it much for several years. He couldn't. I would ask him once in a while if he was "OK," and he would tell me he was fine. Eventually, I believed him. I was keeping my nose clean, and we were bumping along — hitting rough patches, but bumping along. We had an adequate sex life; probably pretty darn good by some standards. Still, there were always things I wanted that I simply couldn't get from him.
"I want you to talk dirty to me," I told him. "To tie me up. To attack me in the middle of the day on the kitchen floor."
"I can't, baby," he'd say, drawing me into his arms. "I love you."
And slowly I began to figure it out. For my husband, sex with me was about loving me. And loving me was about caring for and respecting me. Although there are people who can manage that duality (or plurality), my husband simply couldn't. And I wasn't sure he should have to. But I also wasn't sure that I should have to go without.
One day, on a whim, really, I asked my husband about a longtime friend of mine. She had once been a grad student at the university where I taught. I had helped her get through research papers, exams, and first-time teaching assignments. She spent a lot of long nights and weekend afternoons at our house during those two years, and we became close friends. Even after finishing her degree, she still spent a lot of time at the house.
"Have you ever thought about sleeping with her?" I asked him.
"No," he said. My husband has no poker face. "OK, yes, but ..."
"But what?" I asked.
"Well, first of all, she'd never want to sleep with me. She's 10 years younger than I am. And second, I don't want to be with anyone else."
"Really?" I asked.
"Well," he said, "I mean, I don't need to."
"But do you want to?" I didn't need him to answer me. It was clear that, in his head, he was already there.
"She's hot," he said.
"I know," I laughed. "So ... ?"
"So, of course I'd like to sleep with her. But what about you?"
"Of course," I replied. "I'd like to sleep with her too, silly."
"That's not what I meant," he said.
"I know. I know. So ... ?"
"So, bring it on," he teased.
"She's dying to sleep with you, you know."
A threesome with my husband
It was true — I knew she was interested. We'd joked about it plenty of times before. "When are you going to let me at that hot husband of yours?" she'd ask me. "Whenever you like," I"d tell her. I started teasing my husband about it every now and then. Sometimes when we'd have sex I'd talk about her being there. It always was about wanting more sex than my husband could offer, and sex different from that which any one person could provide. pushed him over the edge.
Finally, I decided it was time.
"Let's do it," I said to her one night when we were at my house, watching yet another terrible, made-for-TV movie. She knew exactly what I was talking about.
"You sure?" she asked.
"Are you?" I asked back.
"Yeah," she said. "As long as you're positive it won't mess us up."
"I don't think it will," I said. "But you know I can't promise that."
"I know," she said. "But promise me anyway."
"OK," I told her. "I promise."
A few hours later, my husband came home. He slid onto the couch next to me, putting his hand on my right thigh, under the throw blanket. Her hand was already on my left. A few seconds later, I felt their hands accidentally touch, and I saw them look at one another. I'm pretty sure that was the exact moment my husband realized what was going on.
"I'm beat," he said a short while later. "I'm going to bed."
"We'll be up soon," I said. He kissed me, and began to walk away.
"What about me?" she asked. He looked at me, and then kissed her, long and hard. Laughing, he shook his head.
"You girls," he said, as he headed upstairs. When the movie ended, we followed. We slipped into bed with my husband as if we'd done it a hundred times before, one on either side of him.
Everything that followed felt equally natural.
It was amazing to watch them together. It was hot, but it was also very sweet. She was so lost in him and he in her. I was able to see him as a human being, if you know what I mean. Not as my husband or my daughter's father, but as a man, a sexual being, a person who wants to be wanted, who needs to be wanted.
And I know that watching her and me together was an incredible experience for him as well. She even taught him how to give me a G-spot orgasm, a feat that he had never managed. It sounds so deviant, I know. But it was charming, really. He held her long hair in his hands and watched her. He also stole looks at me. "I love you," he mouthed. "I love you, too," I somehow managed. And when I came, I couldn't help but notice the glances the two of them exchanged. "Not bad," his seemed to say. "See, I could teach you a thing or two," hers seemed to imply. It was weird. But it was also, well, normal.
Giving up 'ownership' of your spouse
My husband and I had a six-month affair with my close friend. The three of us had sex. He and she had sex. She and I had sex. And, of course, he and I continued to have sex, just the two of us. The arrangement eventually faded out, and we all slipped back into our previous relationships. But my marriage was forever changed. Our experience with her was the catalyst that led us to explore open marriage.
It's been interesting and hard and wonderful and confusing. It has led to some terribly sad moments and some incredibly joyful ones. The sad ones always stem from some combination of ego, insecurity, and lack of communication.
The wonderful ones result from love and trust and understanding. But really, it's blindingly simple. We give each other what we need, including freedom and space. We respect one another. And we are self-aware enough to know that we're interested in, and capable of, exploring sex, whatever that means for us and despite what it may mean for anyone else. (That is, of course, anyone not sexually involved with us.) It has brought my husband and me closer than I ever imagined possible.
We communicate in ways I never dreamed of, staying up late at night talking about the nature of monogamy, of sexuality, of marriage, and of life in general. I suppose open marriage works for us for precisely that reason: because we talk about it, because it has opened us to one another. The learning curve certainly has been steep. We have absolutely, positively no models for what we're doing. We're really just the average couple next door. Really. We've just found that "owning" each other sexually doesn't help our marriage.
It only hurts it.
It is amazing, though, how much trouble people have with open marriage. One person told me how sad he is that I need "conquests" and need others to find me sexually attractive to be satisfied, and that he hopes that one day I'll find enough success elsewhere to overcome that. Another person told me she thinks I'm a lesbian who doesn't want to give up the creature comforts my marriage provides. Still another said she's scared for me and my relationship if I need such "fireworks." But each of these statements said more about the speaker than about me.
The truth is I'm just like everyone else. I'm just trying to figure out all of this life stuff. It's hard. There's this one plan we're all supposed to follow, this heterosexual, monogamous, child-rearing, one-size-fits-all model that we're all supposed to goose-step into line with. But I can't. In fact, I have a responsibility not to. I am responsible for my own orgasm — and my own happiness. And I don't need other people to like me or to approve, and I don't need others to live in the same way I do. I just need to do what I need to do, without hurting myself or others. For right now, at least, that means having sexual relationships outside of my marriage.
Communicating ... and doing it right
My husband hasn't pursued anyone since my friend. He says he's too shy to pick up girls, and, really, he doesn't feel the need. I can sometimes tell that the fact that I do hurts him. "Intellectually," he explains, "I totally get it. But sometimes, emotionally, it's hard."
"I know," I tell him. "Do you need me to stop?"
"No," he says. "I'm not that guy. But you have to bear with me. I'm still trying to figure all of this out."
"Hey," I reply. "Me too."
And it's true. Neither of us really knows how we feel or what will or won't work until we test it out. For example, my husband continues to wrestle with how much he does and does not want to know. If I'm with another woman, he wants every gory detail. But when I'm with another man, sometimes he'd prefer not to know it happened at all. Generally, though, he likes to know who and when.
When he asks for specific information, I answer. Sometimes, however, it's hard to read whether he really wants that answer, and I feel sad when I get it wrong. Like when I don't tell him something and it comes up later, making him feel out of the loop, something I try desperately to avoid. It all boils down to effective communication — without it, no marriage, open or otherwise, stands a chance.
Being secretive, lying, or sneaking around — those would be surefire ways to destroy our marriage. But the sex itself is not a threat.
I think of it as the "playpen effect:" You keep a kid locked up in one of those things and all she thinks about is how to get out, how much she'll love what's in the other room. But let her roam free and check it all out, and odds are she'll end up at your feet, playing with a puzzle.
Is there a chance she'll love another room and stay in there instead? Sure. Just like there's always a chance one of us will fall in love with someone else and decide to end our marriage. But I don't think that having sex outside our marriage increases that risk. In fact, I believe it decreases it, because it removes all the fantasy. I don't pine. If I want someone (and he wants me), then I have him. So far, no one has come even close to making me want to jump ship. But I'll tell you the truth: Before we tried out this open marriage thing, I definitely wondered about the quality of the grass in other lawns.
This is in no way a prescription for anyone else. All I know is how I feel, which is loved and cherished and secure—thanks to my husband. I want that. But I don't see anything wrong with wanting more. And, for me, that "more" is longing. Mystery. Sexual tension. Craving—and getting tastes of—things I never wholly possess.
Why am I married, then? Many people have asked me that question. So I'll tell you exactly what I tell them. As hot as it makes me when a new conquest whispers something scandalous in my ear, nothing thrills me like the sound of my husband's voice when I hear him say, "Hey, baby, I'm home."
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Dave and Sherri Denbow of Gladbrook, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Denbow to Mike Steven, son of Geoffrey and Marilyn Steven of Traer.
Ashley graduated from Gladbrook-Reinbeck in 2003 and attended the University of Northern Iowa where she received her BA in Education. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Northern Iowa pursing a degree in math. She is employed at South Tama County Middle School, in Toledo.
Mike graduated from North Tama High School in 2005 and attended Ellsworth Community College where he received his 2-year degree, and then went on to the University of Northern Iowa where he received his BA in Exercise Science. He is currently employed at Clearline Manufacturing in Traer.
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A little upgrade... From MS1 to MS2, so far it's pretty nice... AFRs are much more stable now, idle doesn't hunt as much, no idle burble.
Overall runs MUCH better, handles my 528CC injectors way better.
And since I have that now, I made a mod to the firmware to support my SPI (serial) LED display:
I have it set up so I can change the displayed value is RPM, MAP, MAT, CLT, AFR (shown), BAT, or ignition advance.
The nice thing is that it's driven directly by MS2 processor, and doesn't suck up the serial connection like "MegaView".
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Wealth management questions may be the same as ever, but answering them is putting banking services under new scrutiny. The influence of digital technologies—from robo-advisers to online accounts—means there is unparalleled choice in how wealth is managed. With changing client behaviors and the demand for greater value, the unpredictability of the wealth management function puts banks at risk of obsolescence.
By applying digital technologies to their workforce and capabilities, alongside the human touch, wealth managers can add new value—not only serving and anticipating clients' needs but also ensuring the health of their own organizations.VIEW THE REPORT [PDF]
Three digital factors
Digital transformation of the wealth management function is based on:
The perceived value of traditional advice:
Customers are no longer willing to pay a premium for undifferentiated services and advice. Digital technologies demand that employees are flexible and adaptable—and they can be applied to transform the value exchange between themselves and their clients.
Customers demand a lifestyle partner:
Private banks must open themselves up to an ecosystem of relationships to fuel sustainability and growth and avoid being swiftly replaced by robo-advisers, new entrants, artificial intelligence or a combination of the same.
More value must be squeezed from data:
Customers are redefining loyalty—one or two phone calls a year and one face-to-face meeting is insufficient to add value. Wealth managers should use their "data gold" to offer differentiated services that drive new profit streams.
of wealth managers' time is spent on non-revenue generating activities, such as compliance, risk or filling in forms.
improvement in client retention and an increase in net new client acquisition through digital
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Wealth managers have seen their margins decline by one-third over the last three years.
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Invest in hybrid wealth management: Re-evaluate roles and reset priorities to become an organization that marries human and artificial intelligence, bringing the low cost and seemingly limitless analytics of digital together with the human touch—where it is understood that wealth management involves emotions and families.
Become your client's lifestyle partner: Avoid the legacy trap by becoming an ecosystem wealth manager. Many wealth management firms are building state-of-the-art integration capabilities using open APIs or moving toward platform strategies that will mean they are better positioned in a market that is crowded with FinTechs.
Exploit big data to create value: Seek out new, proactive client service opportunities. By making full use of existing data, wealth managers can drive new value, from existing client investments and from differentiated, bespoke advisory services.


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Dan Walters: San Francisco basketball arena's now a political football
What is it about sports arenas that makes politicians bend over backward to exempt them from regulatory hurdles?
Two years ago, lawmakers passed and Gov. Jerry Brown signed a hastily drafted bill to give a proposed professional football stadium in downtown Los Angeles a fast track through the California Environmental Quality Act's notoriously dense, time-consuming reviews.
The legislation's big beneficiary was Anschutz Entertainment Group, which wants to build the $1.2 billion stadium near the Staples Center. The legislation would help AEG stave off CEQA and legal challenges from the developer of a rival stadium project in the City of Industry.
Earlier this year, as Sacramento's civic and political leaders battled with Seattle to retain the Kings basketball team, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg carried a bill that modifies CEQA to narrow the grounds on which a proposed downtown basketball arena could be challenged. And apparently it helped Sacramento win the NBA's board approval for selling the team to new owners.
Interestingly, development of two recent major sports venue projects, the San Francisco Giants' AT&T Park on the city's waterfront and the San Francisco 49ers' new Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, now under construction, went through without fast-tracking.
However, politicians are all over another big project - a proposed basketball arena near AT&T Park on the San Francisco waterfront for the Golden State Warriors, who now play in Oakland.
There's no shortage of conflict over legislation to facilitate its construction.
One San Francisco assemblyman, Phil Ting, is carrying legislation that would allow the stadium to intrude on publicly owned tidelands. But San Francisco's other assemblyman, Tom Ammiano, is opposed, and their split mirrors what's happening in the city itself.
While most San Francisco politicians are backing the project and want Ting's bill to pass, former Mayor Art Agnos, among others, sees it as ruining the waterfront's ambiance, especially since it also includes several business buildings.
Agnos, who pushed for the demolition of a partially constructed freeway along the waterfront, wrote recently, "I never dreamed that, 23 years later, after fighting to tear down ugly freeway blight, I would be fighting to protect this priceless restored waterfront from a modern-day real estate gold rush."
Last week, in anticipation of a showdown hearing in the Senate, Ting amended the bill to shift control of the tidelands issue from the San Francisco Port Commission to the State Lands Commission. But the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, which regulates development on the bay, voted to oppose the Ting bill.
Thus, a basketball arena has become a political football.
Call The Bee's Dan Walters, (916) 321-1195. Back columns, www.sacbee.com/ walters. Follow him on Twitter @WaltersBee.


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DREAMGIRLS starring Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover and Beyoncé Knowles, airs as the "ABC Saturday Movie of the Week," FEBRUARY 23 (8:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. The 2006 film garnered two Academy Award wins, with eight nominations, and three Golden Globe wins. "Dreamgirls" will be broadcast in HDTV format with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish audio. (Rebroadcast. OAD 9/14/09)Adapted from the 1981 Broadway musical of the same name, "Dreamgirls" covers the history and evolution of R&B music during the eras of doo-wop, soul, funk, disco and Motown. It follows the lives of Effie White (Hudson), Deena Jones (Knowles) and Lorrell Robinson (Rose), who form a singing trio from Detroit called The Dreamettes. After working with a manipulating agent and record executive, Curtis Taylor Jr. (Foxx), The Dreamettes rise to fame as background singers for James 'Thunder' Early (Murphy) and are transformed into the more pop-friendly Dreams. But as their careers grow, so does the conflict between them, especially when Curtis replaces Effie with Deena as both lead singer of The Dreams and as his romantic interest. "Dreamgirls" stars Jennifer Hudson in her Academy Award winning-role as Effie White, Jamie Foxx as Curtis Taylor Jr., Eddie Murphy as James 'Thunder' Early, Danny Glover as Marty Madison, Beyoncé Knowles as Deena Jones, Anika Noni Rose as Lorrell Robinson, Keith Robinson as C.C. White, Sharon Leal as Michelle Morris and Hinton Battle as Wayne. "Dreamgirls" is produced by DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. The 2006 screenplay was written and directed by Bill Condon and adapted from the stage musical written by Tom Eyen. (CLOSED-CAPTIONED) (Broadcast in stereo where available)"DREAMGIRLS" IN HDTV:
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By Gwen Ruta The ruckus over Frito-Lay's recent decision to pull some of the compostable bags it uses for SunChips snacks is missing the point. The point is not whether compostable bags are too noisy – that was the complaint that precipitated the bag redesign – but whether they really are better for the environment. And the answer is, "only if they actually get composted."
The bags do crinkle loudly, though hardly like the "revving motorcycle" reported in the Wall Street Journal. But that's nothing compared to the noise being generated by this announcement. USAToday wrote a feature article that generated hundreds of scornful comments (on both sides) and later The New York Times' Green blog called it a "Snacklash."
"There was so much hype when the bags were introduced," I was asked by a reporter. "Doesn't that make the move back to the old bags that much worse?"
So much hype? He'd clearly forgotten the uproar when Apple's much-heralded new phone came out with a flawed antennae. Or the massive marketing campaign for "new Coke", which was quickly pulled off the shelves when consumers didn't like the taste. Companies introduce and tweak and refine their product offerings all the time.
What's missing in this cacophany about the bags is any discussion on what it means for packaging to be "compostable." In the case of SunChips, the small print on the bags says that it is suitable for industrial composting, and that industrial composting is not available in all areas. That may be the understatement of the year.
According to Waste Age magazine, only about 2% of food waste is composted. Last summer, San Francisco passed the first large-scale municipal composting law in the nation and Seattle also mandates composting for single-family homes. But this country does not have a comprehensive composting infrastructure, so while it may feel good to have packaging that's "compostable", unless you live in San Francisco or Seattle, it's not actually being composted. Rather it ends up in landfill, where it takes as long to break down as everything else and may actually contribute more greenhouse gases than traditional plastic packaging.
And if you try putting the SunChips bag (or most other compostable packaging) in your backyard composting pile, as one of my staff did recently, you'll find that doesn't work either.
I hope that Frito-Lay and the other companies that use compostable materials will think about that in their next round of packaging design. If they're moving toward compostable packaging, they'll also need to support composting facilities that can capture the environmental benefits.
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Romero's road to redemption smooth so far
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- There's still an awful lot of work that needs to be done but left-hander Ricky Romero finally appears to be heading in the right direction.
Toronto's left-hander is coming off a pair of solid outings, and for the first time in recent memory there are some positive vibes to build from. It has been a long time coming, but the fire has returned and all of a sudden everyone in camp seems to want to bring up his name.
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- There's still an awful lot of work that needs to be done but left-hander Ricky Romero finally appears to be heading in the right direction.
Toronto's left-hander is coming off a pair of solid outings, and for the first time in recent memory there are some positive vibes to build from. It has been a long time coming, but the fire has returned and all of a sudden everyone in camp seems to want to bring up his name.
There's still no guarantee that Romero will have a job at the end of Spring Training, but the fact that he has re-entered the discussion for a spot in the starting rotation shows just how far he has come over the past several weeks.
"I definitely feel like it's going in the right direction, and how can you not," Romero said. "Everything I've been through, this feels good. I'm not going to get ahead of myself, or anything like that, but it's taking it day by day and working.
"I think if I do that, just continue to work, work, and see the little wins each and every day and remain positive, I think I'm going to be just fine. The rest will take care of itself."
The Blue Jays entered the spring with a slew of candidates for the final spot in the starting rotation. Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos and manager John Gibbons spent the opening days of camp running through a laundry list of names that included the likes of Esmil Rogers, Todd Redmond, Marcus Stroman, Sean Nolin and occasionally even Dustin McGowan.
The one name that never got mentioned was Romero. It seemed like the only time anyone in the organization talked about him was in response to a direct question from a reporter. The company line was that Romero was indeed competing for a spot, but the fact that he was rarely -- if ever -- included in the large group of candidates spoke volumes.
That stance has changed during the past week. Romero pitched two scoreless innings vs. the Rays on Friday in his second outing of the spring and followed up that performance with just one earned run over four innings against Tampa Bay on Wednesday afternoon. He has an impressive 1.29 ERA over seven innings and seems to be showing flashes of his former self on the mound.
There are still some concerns, as Romero has issued five walks over the course of those three outings. He's also been coming out of the bullpen and hasn't always faced the opposing teams' best hitters. That is expected to change in the final two weeks of camp, and he might even get an opportunity to start Tuesday vs. Detroit. So a true test is yet to come.
Regardless of what happens in the relatively near future, Romero isn't about to get carried away. He spent far too much time obsessing over those details in the past and worrying about his future. For now, he plans on staying in the moment and not concerning himself with what the club's front office might be thinking behind the scenes.
"I've learned to stay in the present and not look ahead or not look behind and start thinking, overthinking," Romero said. "I think for me it's a positive every time I come out and get my work done. It feels good. Whether it's in the game, in the bullpen, towel drills.
"I feel good about myself. That has been the biggest key, staying in the present right now and not looking ahead. Everything else will take care of itself. All I can do is go out there and pitch and audition."
By now, the trials and tribulations of Romero have been well documented. He's a former ace who made the American League All-Star team in 2011 and has three seasons under his belt in which he won at least 13 games and posted an ERA below 4.30.
The problems began in 2012 when Romero lost control of the strike zone and ended up walking 105 batters over 181 innings. The prolonged struggles seemed to cause a lot of anxiety on the mound, and it carried over into the following spring. Romero struggled out of the gate and ultimately was sent all the way down to Class A Dunedin at the end of camp.
That seemed to only make things worse, and even though Romero ended up making it back for two stints in the Major Leagues, he never seemed like himself. One of the problems was Romero tried to be too fine on the mound and appeared to guide the ball instead of just reaching back and letting go.
There has been a different approach this spring. Romero is trying to get back to the guy he was before, and part of that process has involved returning to the basics. Instead of trying to hit the corners, Romero has been asking his catchers to set up in the middle of the plate and letting the natural movement of his pitches take over.
The down-the-middle approach was something he used to do under the guidance of former catchers John Buck, Jose Molina and, for awhile, J.P. Arencibia.
"They were the ones who said, 'Let's set up down the middle because your stuff is so lively,'" Romero said of Buck and Molina. "It moves so much, if you try and throw a sinker down and away they're not going to swing at it. There's a certain time to expand, and I'll do that, but for right now it's about seeing that glove and hitting it.
"I think a lot of the stuff that I've done is just get back to my roots, to what got me here, to this point. My confidence is growing."
Regardless of whether Romero makes the team at the end of camp, that can only be good news for the Blue Jays -- and especially their former No. 1 starter.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB.


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Here are some questions that I might ask myself with the answers. Who are you to write it? Have you submitted patches to kernel? No, yet to. Have you modified and recompiled the kernel? Yes, several times. Most of the changes are very specific to the kind of work I am doing. Submitting that as a patch might not help the community. What Linux do you use? I use a Debian 5.0. Have you been paid to modify the kernel? Yes, as part of my job or as a freelance. Do you like doing that? I love doing that.
The order in which I go through the kernel is in the same order in which Robert Love structured his book (because I personally like that book), with some variations here and there. You would see the exact copy of Linux Kernel code in many places. Copyrights of the code belong to its developers (check github) under GPL or one of its variants.
Chapter 1: Introduction - Tasks or Processes
In Linux terminology, task stands for process. Wikipedia defines a process as an instance of a computer program that is being executed. Lets call it task going forward, because many of the variables in kernel source are named so. In Linux, a task can have multiple concurrent threads, a task can spawn multiple children-tasks, and each task operates on virtual memory with most of the time no regards to the other tasks. A task is created by a clone() or fork() system calls and terminated by an exit() system call.
In Linux, the information about each task is preserved in a structure: struct task_struct in linux/sched.h. This is a huge structure because of the information it has to store. Some important variables in that structure are:
- volatile long state; - defines the state of the task. Negative means the task is not runnable; zero means the task is runnable and can be scheduled; and positive means the task is stopped or suspended for some reason.
- pid_t pid; - unique process id. pid_t is usually int.
- struct mm_struct* mm; - user address space for the task
- struct files_struct *files; - pointer to the files kept open by this task
- struct thread_struct thread; - this is the CPU specific state of the current task. We will look at this later
- struct held_lock held_locks[MAX_LOCK_DEPTH]; - array of locks held by the task. Typical value of MAX_LOCK_DEPTH is 48
- struct task_struct *parent; - pointer to the parent of the current task (which would wait() for it)
- struct list_head children; - list of children of current task
- struct list_head sibling; - list of siblings of current task
The state of any task can be changed by the kernel using the macro: set_task_state(task, state); which is defined as follows:
#define set_task_state(tsk, state_value) \
set_mb((tsk)->state, (state_value))
Here set_mb is again architecture specific, just like current macro. If you are interested, you can find all the architecture specific macros in folder arch/##architecture##. Specifically, the implementation details of set_mb() can be found in asm/system.h and asm/barrier.h in every architecture.
Now let us write some simple code using what we learned. The following code traces back the ancestry of the current task and prints them in the kernel log:
struct task_struct* task;
for (task = current; task != init_task; task = task->parent)
printk("%s-%d\n", task->comm, task->pid);
To print all the siblings of the current task in the kernel log:
The code listed above are computationally expensive, and should be used only for debug purposes. That's it for now. In the next chapter (expect it on 5th of September), we will see how a process can be created and how threads in Linux kernel are different from processes (are they different?).
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El Paso Electric has received a request to send crews to help in the restoration of power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and the northeast storms. Baltimore Gas and Electric, which serves approximately 1.2 million electric customers in a 2,300-square-mile area encompassing Baltimore City and all or part of 10 Central Maryland counties, requested EPE's assistance.
El Paso Electric is making preparations to send three crews, approximately 17 people, in addition to bucket trucks, boom trucks and other equipment. Depending upon the severity of the storm and logistics, deployment of vehicles has been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday morning, October 31. EPE employees will leave El Paso and Las Cruces later in the week.
"The widespread outages expected to be caused by Hurricane Sandy will affect millions of residents in several large areas on the eastern seaboard," said Tom Shockley, El Paso Electric Chief Executive Officer. "EPE is glad to be able to offer assistance to eastern electric utilities as they work to get power back up to those in need. There is no doubt our crews will work hard to repair the damage caused by this storm."
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The latest film from the animated wing of 20th Century Fox is Epic, following in the wings of similarly one word-titled animated films full of adventure, wonder and bravado. But just how well this film measures to the recent crop of similar ones in the genre remained to be seen for me until I finally experienced the slightly hyperbolic Epic on Blu-ray. So time to crack open the hood and take a look and what is underneath.
The film is written by James V. Hart (August Rush) and William Joyce (Rise of the Guardians), among others, and directed by Chris Wedge (Ice Age). Mary Katherine (Amanda Seyfried, Big Love) lives with her Dad much to her consternation, because Dad is obsessed with possible miniaturized tree people that are in a Good vs. Evil fight with a group that encourages decay in the forest. She eventually finds herself as part of the battle when the good side of the fence (named the Leafmen) bring her into the forest at the behest of the Queen (R&B diva Beyonce Knowles). The main Leafmen soldiers are Ronin (Colin Farrell, Seven Psychopaths) and Nod (Josh Hutcherson, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), the latter of whom M.K. takes a liking to. They attempt to defeat the evil Mandrake (Christoph Waltz, The Green Hornet), all the while with M.K. wanting to return home.
Without a doubt, what Epic does from casting to execution is tick off points from an apparently established template when it comes to animated family films. In lieu of the viewer, take the protagonist and drop them into unfamiliar grounds, and their belief structure will change, include an antagonist that could be described as mean yet ultimately harmless, and throw all of the names of the day into the mix to provide vocal talent. Sure, there's Farrell, Seyfried and Hutcherson, and Waltz was fresh off his second Best Supporting Oscar. And these casting choices, while nice, are a sample of how eccentric some of the cast is. Along with Knowles, add Pitbull and Steven Tyler to the list of musicians who appear as voiceover talent in Epic. And as voiceover actors, they are decent musicians. But hey, maybe a song in the film cannot be far away! All the more frustrating, established comic actors such as Jason Sudeikis, Chris O'Dowd and Aziz Ansari do appear in the ensemble, though most of their work is relegated to the sidelines. Even Judah Friedlander appears for a scene as a cab driver and goes away.
It is really hard to find something truly redeeming about Epic. It is not that the film is bad, but that there is very little to really crow about. Unlike other films that a ton of people have seen, the world that is created presents a connection to the viewer that reaches across various age groups and income levels. In Epic we get an environment with the Leafmen that has characters that are not very engaging, in an environment that does not feel special, fighting a battle that feels like it is won before the sides are completely sorted out.
With the release of Epic, I think that we may be hitting that cresting moment when it comes to animated children/family films, assuming we did not reach it before. This may be more symbolic in the Pixar releases of late, where those films hoe the same ground and feel recycled or without a lot of inspiration. Epic takes two ideas that have been used before (the backyard wilderness of Bugs and/or Antz along with the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! and a dusting of The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror"), and uses characters that the viewer has seen before in countless films, executing a story that hits its required beats in less than enthusiastic fashion. In a weird way the film is as green as the backdrop is, and not in a good way.
2.40:1 widescreen by Fox, and in high definition using the AVC codec. Like other digital video releases of exclusively CG created productions, there is little to complain about. Colors are vivid without saturation and image detail is abundant in the foreground and background. Darker scenes include black levels that are inky and provide a nice contrast to the other colors on screen, and you will feel like you will have watched a week of NBC programming during Earth Week with all the green in the film's palette. Stellar work, this. It should be noted that while there is a 3D version of the combo available, the 2D is the center of focus here.
The 7.1 DTS HD-MA surround track brings as much goodness to your earholes as it does your eye things. Dialogue is consistent and well-balanced, channel panning is evident as the hummingbirds soar through the sound stage, and directional effects during quieter outdoor moments place the viewer in the middle of the garden. And when M.K.'s Dad or the dog come into the picture when M.K. is miniaturized, the footsteps are massive with low-end goodness and the slowed down sounds of each provide a warm bath of bass from the subwoofer. All in all the film looks and sounds good, as one would expect.
'Over 45 minutes of special features' touts the back of the disc, and most of these are similar to things produced before for children/family discs. "Birds, Bugs and Slugs" (5:21) looks at the bugs in real life and in their natural habitat, while "Rot Rocks" (3:18) does the same thing, but from the antagonist's side of things. "Bugs of Camouflage" (3:44) looks at bugs and camouflage, while "The Epic Life at 2 Inches" (3:42) explains how things would be if you were shrunk down to such a height, and with science to boot! "Mysteries of Moonhaven Revealed" is a multipart look at the production which interviews some members of the cast and examines the challenges in animating such a story (7, 24:39). The film's trailer (2:12) concludes the disc side of things. The disc also comes with a standard definition copy of the film (the source for the pics in the review) and digital copies of the film for iTunes and Ultraviolet users in your respective 'hood.
Epic may serve as a nice distraction for your children when you put them in front of the television and leave for an hour and a half, but if you find yourself sitting down to watch it, there just is not a lot of entertainment there to keep you engaged through the film. Technically it looks and sounds great, but from a bonus material perspective brings things neither new nor entertaining to sit down and watch. There are better children's films with more robust disc packages out there, this is worth a rental, and at a discount at best.


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More C++ Idioms/Erase-Remove
To eliminate elements from a STL container to reduce the size of it.
Also Known As[edit]
Remove-Erase (based on the order of execution, rather than the typed order on the source code line)
std::remove algorithm does not eliminate elements from the container! It simply moves the elements not being removed to the front of the container, leaving the contents at the end of the container undefined. This is because std::remove algorithm works only using a pair of forward iterators (Iterator Pair idiom) and generic concept of forward iterators does not know how to eliminate data elements from an arbitrary data structure. Only container member functions can eliminate container elements as only members know the details of internal data structure. Erase-Remove idiom is used to really eliminate data elements from a container.
Solution and Sample Code[edit]
std::remove algorithm returns an iterator to the beginning of the range of "unused" elements. It does not change the end() iterator of the container nor does the size of it. Member erase function can be used to really eliminate the members from the container in the following idiomatic way.
template<typename T>
inline void remove(std::vector<T> & v, const T & item)
v.erase(std::remove(v.begin(), v.end(), item), v.end());
std::vector<int> v;
// fill it up somehow
remove(v, 99);// really remove all elements with value 99
The order of evaluation of v.end() and invocation of std::remove is unimportant here because std::remove algorithm does not change end() iterator in any way.
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The Survey Orientation course includes three modules:
Module 1. Survey Overview
Module 2. Navigate NHANES Website
Module 3. Data Structure & Contents
These three modules provide a general overview of the Continuous NHANES survey conducted since 1999, its website and data structure. NHANES contains a vast amount of data that is organized and released in separate data files on the NHANES website. These data files are organized according to certain conventions. Therefore, a thorough understanding of how information is laid out on the NHANES website and how the data files are organized will help you be more efficient in finding the information you need for your analysis.
Whether you are a novice or an experienced analyst, we recommend that you review this entire course before starting the tutorial, as these three modules serve as a roadmap that will help you get oriented quickly or refresh your knowledge of NHANES.
Users who wish to pick and choose topics of interest in this course may do so by using the navigation bar to the left or by using the Tutorial A-Z Index.
The course begins with Survey Overview, where you will learn about the history and methodology of NHANES as well as some of the ways in which NHANES data have been used in the past. In the next module, Navigate the NHANES Website, you will learn where to find different documents, how to access datasets, and how to get help with NHANES data. Finally, Data Structure & Contents will show you how the data are organized.
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University family remembers Judith Shaw
Friday, February 1, 2013 2:00 AM
Pittsburg, KS
The Pittsburg State University family will gather Saturday to remember a woman who was a fixture on the PSU campus for more than half a century. A memorial for Judith Shaw, a member of the faculty in the Department of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, in the Sharon Kay Dean Recital Hall in McCray Hall. Shaw died in Lawrence, Kan., on Dec. 25, 2012.
Shaw, 81, joined the PSU faculty in 1959, teaching continuously until she became ill in 2012. Previously, she had taught at Georgetown University. Her area of research included British and French history, local history and women's history in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Shaw developed a reputation among students as a great storyteller and many former students said she made history come alive for them.
"I have great memories of her classes," wrote Ron Rice, a former student. "I loved how she would come into the room, set her purse and coffee down and then sit on the desk and just start talking. I've never had a history teacher who could come in with no notes and tell a story all hour, let alone for one day but all semester long. I will miss her, and will try to pass on her style of teaching with my own as I teach in bush Alaska."
Another former student, Cathleen Garrison, remembered that Shaw almost never read from prepared notes.
"From Cleopatra to the British Empire, she told us her stories and we listened like children hearing a great bedtime story," Garrison wrote.
At a ceremony recognizing Shaw's 50th year of teaching at PSU, colleague John Daley estimated that Shaw had taught at least 10,000 students in her career.
"Some of our current students have grandparents who took courses from Judy and still ask after her," Daley said, "and her hundreds of local presentations over the years have made her well known off campus, even to those who have never taken a course from her."
President Steve Scott said Shaw was an example of the kind of teacher who leaves a lasting impression.
"Judy was a talented and caring educator who, over the course of more than a half-century at PSU, touched the lives of countless students and colleagues," Scott said.
Shaw was born March 21, 1931, in Champaign, Ill., the daughter of Judson Roy and Phoebe Helen (Gaston) Griffin. She graduated from Bowling Green High School in three years at the age of 16 and received her undergraduate degree from Western Kentucky State University. She earned a master's degree from the University of Kentucky. Shaw was a Fulbright Scholar and studied at the Sorbonne.
Survivors include a son, Michael Shaw of Le Roy, Kan.; a step-grandson, Shawn Lane of Lawrence, Kan.; a sister-in-law, Patty Griffin of Huntsville, Ala.; as well as nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Judson Roy Griffin II.


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Many people have asked how to add pictures to posts on the forum, as such I will create a post which explains how to do it step by step, 1st up how to do it via a URL... then how to insert pictures which are stored on your computer...
If you want to add pictures from a URL this is how you do it:Step 1
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This is Tanner, hes a 10 year old Tennessee Walking Horse. I took this picture of Tanner at White Water Park here in Ohio before our 8 mile ride. He goes bitless, a great horse, so much personality, I love him :)
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A saddle fit for a king or queen, though I've never ridden a horse with a saddle, always rode bare back, couldn't be bothered putting a saddle on, such is my laziness, which my avatar is evidence of LOL :D
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Glenn Neff is not a happy camper. How do I know? Because he was just arrested driving a Jeep with a home-brew fireworks auto-cannon and plans fire off large amounts of rockets at Capitol Hill. So yeah, just a bit pissed.
Neff, a resident of Stuart, Florida, was arrested in Bethesda, Maryland after officers discovered his vehicle filled with fireworks and outfitted with a multi-PCV-pipe turret for launching them. Police report that Neff disclosed he had planned to fire off the rockets at the National Mall in an effort to draw attention to issues he had with the banking industry. Police also found—surprise, surprise—drug paraphernalia and alcohol in the vehicle.
He's since been charged with three felonies: possession of a destructive device, transport of a destructive device and manufacture of a destructive device. He faces a maximum of 75 years in prison if convicted on all three counts. Five lesser charges include counts of paraphernalia and fireworks possession. And, just to drive them nails deep, Neff is also charged with "use of a park after dark." [WUSA]
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Make History: An interactive historic timeline of events that shaped the OCC - text version
History | Hugh McCulloch | Abraham Lincoln | Notable Comptrollers | Bank Examiners | National Bank Vignettes
The OCC's mission is to charter, regulate and supervise national banks and federal savings associations. We ensure that they operate in a safe and sound manner and in compliance with laws requiring fair treatment of their customers and fair access to credit and financial products.
Explore the timeline of people and events that shaped OCC.
This timeline consists of national events of importance and also highlights events relating to the OCC.
Important OCC events are highlighted with slides or short videos. These are indicated in the timeline below with the label "slide" or "video."
The timeline is divided into six time periods:
- Time Period 1: Year 1861-1865: Creating the National Banking System
- Time Period 2: Year 1865-1900: Economic Modernization and Industrial Growth
- Time Period 3: Year 1900-1920: The Rise of Central Banking
- Time Period 4: Year 1920-1941: Expansion and Contraction
- Time Period 5: Year 1941-1960: Democracy Triumphant
- Time Period 6: Year 1961-1980: The Challenge of Competition
- Time Period 7: Year 1981-Present: Balancing Growth and Stability
Time Period 1: Year 1861-1865: Creating the National Banking System
- Milestone: Year 1861: Abraham Lincoln becomes 16th President of the United States.
- Milestone: Year 1861-1865: The Civil War
Slide: Year 1863
Hugh McCulloch, first Comptroller.
Hugh McCulloch was president of the State Bank of Indiana, among the most successful of the state banks, when President Lincoln nominated him to become the first Comptroller of the Currency. McCulloch organized the new office, evaluated applications for national bank charters, and proposed extensive changes to the National Currency Act, which were enacted in 1864 as the National Bank Act. After leaving the OCC, McCulloch went on to serve two terms as Secretary of the Treasury.
Slide displays a photo of Hugh McCulloch
Video: Year 1863-1864
The National Currency and National Bank Acts are passed.
The National Bank Act, passed by Congress in 1863, created a new class of federally chartered and supervised banks. By law, the banks were required to purchase U.S. bonds to back the bank notes they would then be allowed to issue. If a bank failed, depositors would be reimbursed from the sale of the bonds.
More significantly, the soon to be reunited country would from then on have a uniform paper currency honored everywhere in America.
Video displays several photos to include a uniformed paper currency, the National Bank Act of 1863, US Bonds and Bank notes.
Video: Year 1863
The OCC is created. A new bureau was created within the Department of the Treasury to implement the new laws.
Slide: Year 1863:
First national bank charter is granted.
First National Bank of Philadelphia receives national bank charter number one.
Slide displays a copy of the signed Emancipation Proclamation
- Milestone: Year 1863: Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation
Slide displays a copy of the signed Emancipation Proclamation.
Slide: Year 1863-1913:
Currency issued by National banks becomes nation's common paper money.
A ten-percent tax on state-bank notes enacted by Congress makes currency issued by OCC-supervised national banks the nation's common paper money. Slide displays a photo of the nation's common paper money ( a Ten dollar note )
Time Period 2: Year 1865-1900: Economic Modernization and Industrial Growth
Slide: Year 1865-1900:
Thrift Institutions Finance Homes for Americans
Commercial banks were largely uninterested in making housing loans for individuals to buy houses. National banks were forbidden by law from making such loans. Thrift institutions (also known as "savings and loans") were formed for that purpose. By 1900, there were more than 5000 such institutions in the United States, holding some $600 million in assets, mostly home mortgages.
Slide displays a photo of a building with the Savings & Loan Sign.
Video: Year 1865-1900:
Growth and Consolidation of the National Banking System
With the war over, and the continent beckoning, America's westward expansion accelerated. The nation turned toward rebuilding the wartime devastation and expanding settlement and business opportunities from coast to coast.
At the OCC, the leadership of Hugh McCulloch and his successors helped propel America into the front ranks of modern industrial nations. The principles of sound banking that they articulated seem fresh and valid even today.
Video display several photos to include an expanding and rebuilt America.
- Milestone: Year 1869: The Transcontinental Railroad joins together a national market.
Slide: Year 1872-1884:
John Jay Knox, 4th Comptroller
John Jay Knox, a native of New York, was the second longest serving Comptroller in the office's history – and the first to rise through the OCC ranks to that position. Knox was also a renowned writer on banking and financial history, whose Annual Reports to Congress were important works of scholarship.
Slide displayed a photo of John Jay Knox.
- Milestone: Year 1873: The Panic of 1873
Slide: Year 1870-1913:
The Rise of the "dual" banking system.
The national banking laws envisioned the elimination of state-chartered banks. Yet during the 1870s and '80s, their numbers rebounded, encouraged by supportive state laws and restrictions on national bank activities that made the national bank charter less attractive.
- Milestone: Year 1893: The Chicago Exposition showcases America's rising economic power.
Slide: Year 1898-1901:
Charles G. Dawes, 10th Comptroller
A native of Chicago, Charles G. Dawes had a distinguished career as a banker, philanthropist, statesman, author, and musician. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to rebuild the European economy after World War I and served as Vice President of the United States between 1925 and 1929. Slide displays photo of Charles G. Dawes.
Time Period 3: Year 1900-1920: The Rise of Central Banking
Video: Year 1900-1919:
The Economy in a New Century
As the 20th century began, the United States took its place as an economic power to be reckoned with. The uniform national currency and the national banking system created along with it, had helped support the expansion of manufacturing and trade that supplied domestic and foreign markets. Immigration boomed, as people from all over the world came to America in search of opportunity.
In 1913, President Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act, which further strengthened the paper money system. All national banks were required to join the Federal Reserve System. The OCC took its place in the new framework, and continued its role as the supervisor of national banks in an ever-expanding economy.
As America's isolation ended, its economy and banking system grew to meet the demands of war and the peace and prosperity that followed.
Video displays several photos of America and its new expanding economy.
- Milestone: Year 1900-1920: The Progressive Era in American Politics
- Milestone: Year 1907: The Panic of 1907
Slide: Year 1908 – 1913:
Lawrence O. Murray, 12th Comptroller
Lawrence O. Murray, a native of upstate New York, was an attorney whose interest in improving the operational effectiveness of government agencies earned him the support of President Theodore Roosevelt. As Comptroller, Murray launched an ambitious program of reforms that improved the OCC's ability to supervise the national banking system.
Slide displays photo of Lawrence O. Murray.
Slide: Year 1913:
The Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act brought a new central bank, a new national currency to replace national bank notes, and major changes to the OCC and bank supervision.
Slide displays photo of first Board of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Slide: Year 1914 – 1921:
John S. Williams, 13th Comptroller
John Skelton Williams, a Virginian, was appointed Comptroller by President Woodrow Wilson. His tenure coincided with the creation of the Federal Reserve System, which instituted a new regime of paper money to replace national bank notes, extended federal regulation to state-chartered banks, and strengthened the OCC's supervisory capabilities.
Slide displays photo of John Skelton Williams.
- Milestone: Year 1917-1918: The United States in World War I
Time Period 4: Year 1920-1941: Expansion and Contraction
Video: Year 1920-1929:
Economic Expansion in the 1920s
They called it The Roaring Twenties – an age of rapid growth and increasing affluence never before seen by most Americans. We danced, we drank – despite Prohibition – we spent, and we borrowed. And much of the credit that financed the boom came from banks.
For only with credit could most Americans afford radios, refrigerators, automobiles and all the new technological marvels that helped transform the nation into a boundless society with unexpected hopes and expectations for the future. The big banks became financial supermarkets, serving the needs of not just business, but of government and consumers.
But the boom quickly became a bust when the stock market crashed.
Video displays several photos of America and its rapid growing economy
Video: Year 1929 - 1930:
The Wall Street Crash triggers the Great Depression.
With now-worthless stocks, speculators could not repay the money borrowed to purchase the stocks in the first place. Thousands of investors, many of them working people, were financially ruined. Overnight, billions of depositors' dollars disappeared. Panic gripped the nation as customers queued up in block-long lines in hopes of withdrawing their savings before the banks ran out of cash.
In the final quarter of 1931 alone, a thousand U.S. banks failed. By 1931, there were 5 million jobless Americans. By 1933, the number had more than doubled. Industrial production tumbled. The few measures taken by government seemed only to make a bad situation worse. The crisis demanded a fresh approach.
Video displays several photos to include Wall Street crash and the troubled America.
- Milestone: Year 1929: Collapse on Wall Street
- Milestone: Year 1930-1941: The Great Depression
Slide: Year 1932:
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
The Depression-related collapse of the mortgage industry led Congress to create a new system consisting of twelve Federal Home Loan Banks and a supervisory board whose mission was to funnel funds into member institutions for lending to home buyers.
Video: Year 1933-1934:
National bank examiners help reconstruct the banking system
Two days after taking office, President Roosevelt issued an emergency Executive Order that temporarily closed all of the nation's banks, to stop the massive runs that threatened to destroy the entire banking system.
But for every crisis, there are heroes. And among them in early 1933 were the men and women of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and their counterparts in state banking departments. Within a week after Roosevelt's Bank Holiday, OCC's examiners verified the soundness of many banks, and all across America, they began to reopen. Those deemed unfit were liquidated, sold, or reorganized.
Confidence returned, and Americans began to transfer their money from cookie jars and mattresses back to savings accounts. The banking system survived, and the OCC under Comptroller J.F.T. O'Connor, had played a major part.
Video displays several photos to include shut down banks, banking officials and President Roosevelt.
Video: Year 1933-1935:
Reform of the Banking System
In the thirties, important safeguards were installed with the goal of insuring that another such banking crisis would never occur. The Banking Act of 1933 empowered the government to set interest rate ceilings on bank deposits and narrowly defined the business of banking.
Two years later, in 1935, Congress passed another law that limited the number of banks and retired the national currency first issued under OCC supervision in 1863. Thereafter, Federal Reserve Notes became the nation's circulating currency. With these new measures in place, OCC supervision prevented but a handful of national bank failures into the late 1950s.
Video displays several photos to include bank buildings, the Banking Acts of 1933, Federal Reserve Notes, and the Retired National Currency.
Slide: Year 1933- 1938:
J.F.T. O'Connor, 18th Comptroller
J.F.T. O'Connor, a native of North Dakota, led the OCC at a time of anxiety and uncertainty. He organized the massive effort to liquidate or reorganize the thousands of banks that were left insolvent during the Great Depression; helped coordinate federal bank supervision between the OCC, the Federal Reserve, and the FDIC; and stabilized the national banking system.
Slide displays photo of J.F.T O'Connor.
Time Period 5: Year 1941-1960: Democracy Triumphant
- Milestone: Year 1941-1945: The United States in World War II
Slide: Year 1941-1945:
The OCC supports the war against tyranny
A revived and reorganized national banking system helped mobilize the nation's financial resources in support of the war effort. During the war, bank balance sheets shifted heavily in favor of loans to the government rather than to individuals.
Slide displays photo of American Soldiers erecting the American Flag.
- Milestone: Year 1945-1960: Cold War with the Soviet Union
Slide: Year 1945-1960:
National Banks in Postwar America
Glass-Steagall and related legislation shaped the banking environment in the post–World War II era. Limits on bank powers and activities, and restrictions on entry into the banking business were strictly enforced.
Slide displays photo of a typical American family showing a rejuvenating American economy
Time Period 6: Year 1961-1980: The Challenge of Competition
- Milestone: Year 1960-1975: War in Vietnam
Video: Year 1961-1965:
James J. Saxon, 21st Comptroller
(President John F. Kennedy speaking) "Let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and foe alike that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.."
As the world changed, the OCC changed with it. Men of vision, such as Comptroller James J. Saxon sought to modernize the banking business and sought to upgrade the OCC's regulatory capabilities.
(Speaker) "Jim Saxon recognized the world was changing and that the structure of the banking system had to change with it. That's what he did."
Video displays several photos to include President John F. Kennedy speaking, and Comptroller James J. Saxon.
Slide: Year 1961-1966:
Modernization of bank supervision
Under Comptroller Saxon, the OCC accelerated recruitment and training of national bank examiners, revised its supervisory guidance, and encouraged expansion of nation-bank numbers and powers.
Slide displays photo of James J. Saxon
- Milestone: Year 1971-1980: The "Stagflation" Era of rising prices and slow economic growth
Slide: Year 1975:
The Haskins and Sells report
In the wake of several national bank failures, Comptroller James E. Smith commissioned a study of OCC practices that led to the adoption of new supervisory tools and strategies.
Slide: Year 1977:
The Community Reinvestment Act
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), which required federally regulated banks to provide financial services to underserved communities, was one of a number of laws enacted during the period to protect consumers and promote the public service responsibilities associated with a banking charter. The OCC was charged with enforcing compliance with CRA and related laws.
Slide: Year 1977- 1981:
John G. Heimann, 24th Comptroller
The former New York state banking commissioner, John G. Heimann became Comptroller at a time when the OCC mission was changing to embrace responsibility for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and the internationalization of American banking. Under his leadership, the OCC developed special programs to more effectively supervise the largest national banks.
Slide displays photo of John G. Heimann
- Milestone: Year 1980: Depository Institutions Deregulatory and Monetary Control Act (DIDMC)
Time Period 7: Year 1981-Present: Balancing Growth and Stability
Video: Year 1980-1994:
Instability in Banking
For the U.S. banking system, the years between 1980 and 1994 were the worst since the Great Depression. More than 1,600 U.S. banks failed, at an ultimate cost to the FDIC of thirty-four billion dollars. The impact on communities, regional economies, and the whole nation, was enormous.
The banking crisis was rooted in the volatile economy of the era. Banks that partnered with producers of farm commodities, oil and natural gas, and real estate developers profited on the way up, and suffered when those markets turned down, as they began to do with a vengeance in the early eighties.
First in the Midwestern Farm Belt, then in Oklahoma and Texas, up the coast into the Middle Atlantic states and New England, and finally leapfrogging the continent into California. The crisis spread, leaving shattered and shuttered banks in its wake, and a force of national bank examiners to cope with it.
The banking crisis had a huge impact on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the supervisor of nationally chartered banks. In some ways, the agency and its people would never be the same.
A bank examiner's job is always demanding; during the crisis of the eighties the stresses were severe. But for the men and women who endured the long hours, the months at a time away from home and family, and the painful duty of closing problem banks, there were compensations. They made endearing personal and professional associations. They acquired invaluable skills and experience, and they brought back war stories – stories about how it was to live through those troubled days when the U.S. banking system was under siege and OCC examiners were on the front lines.
Video displays several photos to include Bank Failures, depressed nation, farms, bank officials.
Slide: Year 1985-1992:
Robert L. Clarke, 26th Comptroller
A Texan, Robert L. Clarke came to OCC from private legal practice. His tenure as Comptroller was overshadowed by an economic and financial crisis that rolled through several parts of the county, particularly the energy-producing states of Texas and Oklahoma. Through difficult times, Clarke distinguished himself by his steady leadership and defense of the agency's independence and reputation.
Slide displays photo of Robert L. Clarke
Slide: Year 1985 – 2000: The OCC refines its approach to bank supervision
The OCC today deploys specialized supervisory resources in accordance with the specific risk posed by national banks of varying sizes, lines of business, and financial condition.
Slide: Year 1986-1989: The Savings and Loan Crisis
Diminishing returns from their traditional portfolio of home mortgage loans led many thrift institutions to take on excessive non-mortgage risk. The ensuing crisis led Congress to create new models for the industry and a new supervisory agency, the Office of Thrift Supervision.
- Milestone: Year 1989: Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (FIRREA)
Slide: Year 1993-1998: Eugene A. Ludwig, 27th Comptroller
Eugene A. Ludwig, a native of Pennsylvania, was appointed Comptroller by President Bill Clinton. Ludwig encouraged national banks to revamp their business strategies to reach out to previously underserved Americans and to become partners in the rebuilding of America's cities and municipalities. Ludwig helped reinvigorate the OCC and the national bank charter.
Slide displays photo of Eugene A. Ludwig.
- Milestone: Year 1999: Gramm-Leach-Biley Act (GLBA)
Slide: Year 1999-2004: John D. Hawke, Jr., 28th Comptroller
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance before coming to the OCC, John D. Hawke, Jr. presided over the agency at a time of relative tranquility in the national banking system, enabling him to focus on a number of key legal and administrative issues for the OCC and the national banking system. Hawke's deep understanding of OCC traditions and history enriched his Comptrollership.
Slide displays photo of John D. Hawke
Slide: Year 2005-2010: John C. Dugan, 29th Comptroller
A native of Washington, D.C., John C. Dugan was appointed Comptroller by President George W. Bush. Dugan's OCC tenure was dominated by the financial crisis that began in 2008. Dugan played a major role on the administration team that helped restore confidence and stability in the U.S. financial system.
Slide displays photo of John C. Dugan
- Milestone: Year 2007-2009: "The Great Recession"
- Milestone: Year 2010: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Slide: Year 2010: The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
The Dodd-Frank Act brought significant changes to the regulation of U.S. financial institutions to correct many of the abuses exposed by the financial crisis of 2007 to 2009. Among other things, the law integrated the Office of Thrift Supervision into the OCC.


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Biblical Literacy: Essential Bible Stories Everyone Needs to Know.
By Timothy Beal (HarperOne, 2009)
Timothy Beal wants you--to read the Bible. Actually, he's making the case that everybody should. His argument is simple. The Bible is the literary cornerstone of Western culture. It's quoted ubiquitously, from the corridors of politics ("Am I my brother's keeper?") to the neighbor's nightly card game ("The love of money is the root of all evil, pal"). Since scripture is literally inescapable, don't get left behind, Beal urges. Instead, give in, or at least give in to this neatly edited "Best of the Big Book" and find out once and for all why "the writing is on the wall."
One could offer another reason to read Biblical Literacy that the author doesn't advance: to fall in love with the Bible again. Even believers and longtime scripture fans will find plenty to woo them to this excellent selection of texts. Beal does a fabulous job of connecting the dots between pop culture, high-brow literature, music, the art world, current events, and biblical sources. Reading this book becomes a six-degrees-of-separation game: Do you know the link between a remorseful Bill Clinton and Psalm 51? What do William Blake and John Milton have to do with Chariots of Fire and the prophet Elijah?
Some of the connections are deeply consequential. Abolitionist Frederick Douglass found the will to oppose slavery from reading the Bible at age 8, and oppressed souls on every continent have discovered the path to liberation there.
The Bible's a dangerous book in the right hands, the author suggests, so it's wise to arm yourself in kind. And if ideological warfare isn't your game, then come to Biblical Literacy for the provocative questions: Is the story of Jephthah's daughter a noble wartime sacrifice or "a story of stupid death"? Come also for pleasure reading: mystery stories, romance, and high-stakes action. Or just come for the fun facts. Did you know that Joseph's coat wasn't multicolored? The correct translation is "long-sleeved" Who knew? --Alice Camille
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George Segal's public sculpture, "The Holocaust," sits in Legion of Honor Park in San Francisco overlooking a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean. Often visitors find the sculpture an unexpected intrusion on the view, and an unfriendly reminder to one of the most significant genocides of the 20th century. Segal's outwork work is executed in bronze and painted white. It has been the subject of grafitti, but Segal mentioned, at a 1998 conference at Notre Dame University, that he did not find this a problem since grafitti was a reminder that problems of prejudice have not been solved.
Segal's ensemble of bodies is not random. One can find a "Christ-like" figure in the assemblage, reflecting on the Jewishness of Jesus, as well as a woman holding an apple, a reflection on the idea of original sin and the biblical connection between Jews and Christians, and raising the question of this relationship during the Holocaust.
The essential figure of the man standing at the fence is probably derived from Margaret Bourke-White's famous Life Magazine 1945 photograph of the liberation of Buchenwald.
Another plaster version of Segal's "The Holocaust" can be found at The Jewish Museum in New York.
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