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Dominion VA Power also needs do be more organized and informative to customers. Understand the damage that was done but if you inform people how and when they will start working in your area to restore power, it would prevent the resentment many have with the company.
Are they going after the retailers who price gouged ice and other essentials? Yes, there were retailers doing this - especially at smaller stores out in the county. Cab drivers are not allowed to do that during snow storms - retailers shouldn't do this either.
I wish we could get matching grants to put more lines underground.
"she explained the items in her own personal kit that she brought from her home to the press conference. These included a battery-powered weather radio, pet food, and an "old-school" landline phone which works without power. "
Okay I get the radio, and phone , but pet food ?
Pet food in case you have to evacuate. You don't leave your pets at home during an emergency!
More proactive maintenance of utility rights of way would be a huge help. If you drive around and actually look at the vegetation hanging over the lines, it's easy to see why every weather event with wind or ice creates such a mess.
The micro-bursts of June 2010 and August 2011 left some people in the city with no power for as long as a week, while the winter storm of Feb. 2010 produced similar results for county residents. The big deal for rural dwellers is the lack of water during outages which city residents don't have to deal with along with select higher density county neighborhoods. Every time this type of thing happens thousand of rural residents have to abandon their houses unless they have back-up power systems. Seems very 3rd. world doesn't it?
The likelyhood of any sort of coordinated effort to to better maintain rights of way seems remote so we'll keep having the same experience from every severe storm, maybe even worse if some pessimistic predictions about future economic contraction prove true......
Oops, this story went online this evening with my byline, but now that's been fixed to show that it was actually written by summer intern Valerie Clemens.--hawes spencer
C'ville Native; Harris Teeter in Crozet GAVE a truck load of ice away. They are not and we should say thank you by shopping there.
If they really want to address the prpblem then they need to stop planting trees UNDERNEATH POWERLINES. They spend millions trimming trees but homeowners come out screaming if they want to do it in front of their house.
If you want to stop the gouging then perhaps the Hook could do a story every storm and point out the price gougers AND those who lowered prices or brought in extra products without raising prices. That would have a huge affect for the next storm. No store manager wants to be in the paer trying to explain why they gouged people in a crisis.
Let's clear up at least one myth at the outset, offered by Kirby Felts, of all people, who should know better. An "old school" phone needs electricity as much as a new one does. But the old phone uses electric current from the phone system itself. The ringing current and voices are not carried by magic. But none of this matters if the phone system itself has no power, and the backup batteries go stale, or the lines themselves are down. A better bet is a cell phone, and preferably one with a freshly charged battery at hand. Unless, of course, the cell towers are without power - which is also exactly what happened.
And I'm not too sure about a "weather radio." It may warn of bad weather ahead - I don't know what it would contribute to a recovery effort.
Administrators should be aware that many residents don't know the location of "cooling centers" or other places of last resort for citizens. Now and then, on local radio, I heard announcements about cooling centers at certain schools whose names were unfamiliar to me, and whose locations were NOT announced. Setting aside the immediate traumatic medical impact of the storm, lack of power, and ensuing heat, the big problems were securing ice, gasoline, and fresh water. Thus it was that after a day or two, many sought hotel accommodations where they could be found. As has been correctly noted, Harris-Teeter gave away the ice when things got really ugly. Kudos to them.
One of the most stunning examples of an incalculably stupid undertaking in the aftermath was the paving operations along Rt. 810, north of Crozet. There, long lines of equipment and trucks blocked one side of the road, forcing convoys of traffic to pass by it in only one direction. God forbid that emergency traffic would need to use the road, especially when traffic was coming toward a responding unit needing to move quickly in the opposite direction. This project should have been postponed during the emergency. Why it was not is a complete mystery to me.
The restoration efforts of the power company were Herculean, to say the least, and I have nothing but gratitude and admiration for the workers who labored so long to effect repairs. On the other hand, there may be some more endemic repair required within the upper management when it comes to preventative maintenance.
I don't know what useful contingency plans may emerge from the councils of governments and their agencies with respect to the NEXT disaster, but I can tell readers to take no comfort from an old fashioned telephone. And the fact that having one is suggested by the Emergency Management Coordinator strongly suggest that the wrong person holds that post; thus, a top-down approach may be very much in order.
BBJ - a relative lives out there and reported that one of the local gas stations there was price gouging ice - before Harris Teeter gave their ice out. Sad. Needless to say - no one should shop or buy gas there!
Underground lines lead to rotting and other issues and the utilities DO have the right of way to cut down trees and vegetation and do so. However, it appears that they are again behind on doing just this. It also should be a homeowner's or business owner's responsibility to be sure the trees they plant will not cause issues with power lines in the future.
On underground lines vs. those above ground - there is also an issue of the utilities not knowing where their lines are - it is insane when I have had to point out to utilities where the power lines or phone lines run - shouldn't they have a master plan. At least above ground, they can SEE the lines - underground you run into the fact that they can't see them, they could be dug up by someone who doesn't call Miss Utility and it would take much longer for restoration if they must dig up the lines to fix them.
JSGeare - I do agree that the power company - those out in the field did an amazing job but I think the communication with the community on how and when power is or would be restored should be out there so at least people will understand. An example would be if you go for an appointment and are on time and the receptionist tells you, "We are running about 10 minutes behind, we apologize for the delay." You understand. But if you are not told a thing and sitting there after the time of your appointment, you get a bit agitated. The same with the power restoration.
And communication on available cooling centers, ice drops - broadcasting on TV? The people who need it are not watching, they are in the dark! Even with radio, which is known not to make announcements as they should and in the detail they should. Somehow, we need some sort of system that would reach people more effectively and efficiently too.
Another issue with underground high voltage lines is the enormous cost of burying them. Those lines on the steel towers are energized as high as 765,000 volts. The cables are bare - they are "air insulated." You can't just dig a ditch and lay them in. You need thick insulation and/or separate tunnels and pipelines for them. But those lines are really NOT the issue - it is the secondary lines, and then the neighborhood lines which are exposed to falling trees, etc., that get damaged. Another complicating factor is the manner of distribution. Most everyone has noticed that the neighbors across the street have the light on, when your own are out. This is intentional, and your house is wired the same way; thus bedroom ceiling lights may be on one breaker; but outlets on another. The idea is to assure there is at least SOME power available locally (to a neighborhood or to the room of a house) during a widespread, but still local, outage. But even this prudent distribution was challenged by a wide area outage such as we experienced. If a lot of plugs are pulled at a lot of places, all at the same time, entire systems and subsystems go down -exactly what happened.
I interviewed a work crew early in the recovery, to ask the general extent of the outage and any rough idea as to restoration. The reply was this: "Mister, we don't even know yet what's broken or where. All we know is that about a million people have no power, and our first job is to track down the specific problems. My best guess is a week or 10 days." That's when I started looking for a hotel room. But given a disaster so wide that it can't really be measured, it is difficult to tell the public when any place in particular will be back on line. That said, there were general announcements in the media indicating that the first places to be restored would be the ones with the highest population density. This makes sense, and at least allows us to have some idea of our place in line, if not an estimate of time to restoration.
It is exactly right that the people who most need access to media announcements (which were far too infrequent) can't get it. The options are the car radio, or a battery powered portable radio. But that's only half the story. I spend hours scanning the dial for news and information. One local news station paid attention to it in terms of reporting damage and parroting news releases, but they could have done much more. I am reminded of the floods which threatened Cumberland MD, about 10 years ago. There, a local station dedicated every minute to the developing situation, which included calls from listeners and constant official updates and instructions. Resources came together almost magically - food, transportation, shelters, rescue ops - among a community whose official and citizen response stands as a model for all others. Here? Back to music. Most unimpressive.
A couple of thoughts an disasters ad power companies. First of all, I have never had a problem with them trimming as needed. Howeer, I know of some accasions where they were approached about certain trees, and basically decided to ignore it until a storm took them down. Well, a storm did, and the whole block was taken out as a result for several days. They just didn;t want to spend the money to do it.
Secondly, they now hire contractors, instead of having regular employees in an attenot to get around unions and trainging. The result is crappier service and recovery after a storm. Saying they didn't plan is not really quite accurate. They don't have people available to begin with. The result is poorer service, greater loss for business and the economy after a disaster, and less mantainance. Write your state rep and senator to put pressure on them. Of course they don't know where the damage is - they don't have anyone really focused pon that like they did in the past. Someone living and working in Ohio is going to have a clue when they drive down to cut trees.
We can have better, and we deserve better. As a little girl I know we ot better. No power for a week in the City? Bull. We never were out of power like that as a little girl, and that icludes all except a few occasions out in the County. Think there weren't storms then?
@Caesonia: And when I was a little boy, back before there were styrofoam cups, we didn't experience the current problems, either. But we must bear in mind that, back then, electricity was actually cheap owing to production from coal fired (and quite dirty) power plants which were more widely distributed. So cheap, in fact, that power companies were promoting "Gold Medallion, All Electric Homes." Remember those? But over the years, the combined impact of stricter environmental controls, consolidation of power companies, a rapidly growing economy, and the control of rates by public utility commissions (or similar bodies) among other factors have resulted in re-allocation of resources among the utilities, with the results you have seen. And some credit should be given, I think, to those who said they had never, in their entire lives, seen a storm like the ones we just had. Not just the peculiar nature of the storm, but the vast stretches it covered. The power companies can, of course, design the system to withstand this kind of occurrence - but are the consumers ready and willing to pay for it?
That said, I will confess to some suspicions about the explanation that "we didn't have time to prepare for this." In fact, there WAS time, because the storms originated hundred of miles to the west of us. And the storms at the point of origin were as nasty there as they were here. So, there was time, and the weather plots were fairly accurate. I'm more given to think that no one believed the storms would be as bad as they were. But being caught off guard is hardly an excuse, either.
The fact that infrastructure demands have changed, or that regulations have changed, are to some extent non sequitors. They have changed and created more customers. There is also a difference between a true downtown area and people who want to live in spread out sprawl. What rising energy costs bring is innovation and a heat pump today is considerably more efficient than one made just 10 years ago. People will simply buy and make more energy efficient homes as costs go up.
None of that has to do with the energy providers complaining about unprecendted storms when that is simply not the case. The Derecho was definitely unusual, but destructive summer storms themselves with high enough winds to bring down lots of trees, and large lines of them are not. The fact is, they want to rely on bringing in work crew contractors from several states away, and the result in crisis is? You got it. Bad.
Monopolies cut services and raise prices, that's why we regulate. I think it's time that a little more is looked into regarding crisis mode, such as large storms. We might pay a few pennies more per watt hour, but the damage the downtime does to our economy is far higher.
@Caesonia: Last time I checked, a "non sequitur" referred to a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement. So I await the faulty conclusion to be drawn from the simple statement that demands or regulations have changed. Perhaps you mean that the outcomes of a more vulnerable power system do not follow from the demands and regulation. That may be true, or not, but it is no greater a stretch than to say imported work crews are the result of the crisis. I should also note that while electric devices and buildings have become more energy efficient, they have not been deployed over a short period of time and such gains in efficiency as they have made are offset to some extent by the number of power consuming units coming on line. All of this the end result of energy, environmental and international policy, market forces, regulation, insurance recoveries, and good old Mother Nature. Exactly which of these, or which combination of these, is the cause of the situation at hand is difficult to say; the most we may reasonably do is to recognize that multiple actors are at work.
That said, the subject matter of this article was local preparedness for the next big thing, and this is an area over which we stand a better chance to improve the effectiveness of civil response. When the Emergency Management Coordinator doesn't seem to know how a telephone works, I get a bit nervous. Consequently, I would be more willing to pay a few more dollars in local taxes to bolster emergency response planning and resources then I would be to send a few more bucks to the electric company.
@JSGeare The emergency coordinator's knowledge of how a telephone works seem about equal to your knowledge of why household electrical systems have multiple circuits. HInt, it isn't so your bedroom lights stay on if the kitchen breaker goes. That probably isn't your job though, I hope.
@blinded: I have cited but one reason for the distribution of power along branch circuits in a typical residence; others include load balancing, code requirements for dedicated and or protected circuits, economy of materials and future access to circuits, just for starters. Work alongside a master electrician for a few years and you'll learn a great deal about why they do what they do. Work along side a different electrician, and learn why the first one was wrong. Reading the code book doesn't hurt, either. Be that as it may, the paucity of my knowledge about residential wiring does not excuse the deficiency of the coordinator.
If we doubled the emergency dept funding we would probably get more people behind a desk making 75K and ready to give advice. During a storm they would have a land line so they could keep the advice coming. After the storm they could go back to planning.


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AUSTIN — Texas State Senator Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, filed 15 pieces of legislation this morning on the first day of pre-filing legislation for the 83rd Regular Session of the Texas Legislature, which reconvenes from January 8, 2013 to May 27, 2013.
"Our goals next session are, first and foremost, to protect Texas' economic recovery, which is outpacing the rest of the country. That means responsibly balancing another tight budget while meeting our needs on education and other important priorities," said Senator Nelson, who serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services. "We will continue to push for a more efficient, cost-effective health care system and ramp up our efforts to eliminate the fraud and abuse plaguing our health and human services. I am also working on proposals to expand access to primary care and better protect our most vulnerable citizens."
Omnibus Medicaid Fraud Prevention: SB 56 enhances the state's ability to detect and prevent fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicaid system. "Fraud and abuse of our health care system has become a national epidemic — one that will drive our health and human services into bankruptcy if not addressed. We must eliminate this abuse, which robs us of precious resources to help those who truly need state services."
TANF Reform: SB 11 reforms the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, commonly known as welfare, to more closely align with the program's original mission. It strengthens work and job training requirements; institutes drug testing for high-risk applicants; and tightens policies to prevent the use of TANF funds to purchase alcohol, tobacco or other non-allowable items. "We need to ensure that individuals receiving these public benefits are on a true path to self-sufficiency and drug free in keeping with the mission of this program. Taxpayer dollars should not be used to subsidize a person's drug habit -- a destructive barrier to achieving independence."
Long-Term Care Redesign: SB 57 redesigns Texas' long-term care system to improve quality, more efficiently use our resources and better coordinate care for seniors and Texans with disabilities. "As our population continues to mature, we need to reshape our approach to long-term care services for our seniors and Texans with disabilities. Our focus will be on improving the quality of care and designing efficient programs that can serve the most people."
Mental Health Care Reform: SB 58 carves mental health services for Medicaid patients into managed care to ensure that services integrate behavioral and physical health, expand the number of providers who offer these services, and provide budget certainty to the state. "This bill fully integrates physical and mental health services which will better coordinate care and improve outcomes among our Medicaid population."
Obsolete Reports: SB 59 eliminates obsolete and redundant reports identified by the Legislative Budget Board and other state agencies. "We need to stop bogging down our state agencies with reporting requirements that are redundant, obsolete or no longer needed."
Child Credit Freeze: SB 60 authorizes parents to create a credit file for their children; requires credit agencies to place a freeze on those files upon parental request; and ensures the freeze remains in place unless requested by the parent or until the child becomes an adult. In the past three years, 57,000 cases of child identity theft and credit abuse cases have been reported to the Federal Trade Commission. "A staggering number of Texas children have fallen victim to illegal child identity theft, putting them at risk for credit problems before they ever reach adulthood. By giving parents the ability to freeze their children's credit, we can protect young Texans from identity theft and teach them about the importance of establishing good credit."
Military Physicians at Charitable Clinics: SB 61 allows the Texas Medical Board to issue a "volunteer medical license" for current and retired military physicians who would like to volunteer services at charitable clinics in Texas. "This bill will make it possible for military doctors to volunteer their time and expertise to help the uninsured."
Vaccine Legislation: SB 62 aligns the current college student meningitis immunization requirement (SB1107 82R) with national best practices. It eliminates the requirement for students over 22 and moves the conscientious objection process to the Department of State Health Services. SB 63 allows minor parents and pregnant minors to consent to their own vaccinations. SB 64 requires licensed child care facilities to develop policies regarding child care worker immunizations. "While it is important to protect Texans from vaccine-preventable diseases, we must also ensure our approach is focused on those at the highest risk."
Healthy Branding: SB 65 directs the Texas Education Agency and the Commissioner to recognize and reward schools for achievements in student health and wellness. "Many schools have gone above and beyond to improve the health and wellness of their students. Those schools and their dedicated administrators and teachers should be recognized for those efforts."
Preventing Child Fatalities: SB 66 adds an EMS provider and family violence provider to the State Child Fatality Review Team Committee, including two additional areas of expertise relevant to preventing child fatalities. SCR 1 designates the month of April as Water Safety Month to create water safety awareness and prevent drowning, a leading cause of childhood injury related deaths. "The goal of this legislation is to raise awareness about safety and prevent child fatalities in Texas."
Stem Cell Data Collection: SB 67 expands current data collection from universities in Texas regarding stem cell research. "This is a re-file of legislation that passed the Senate unanimously last session but stalled in the House. The goal is to ensure we have an accurate understanding of the type of stem cell research being conducted at our universities and how that research is being funded."
Cremation Waiver: SB 68 authorizes physicians to waive the 48-hour waiting period for cremation to assist grieving families who wish to cremate loved ones within 48 hours. "This bill protects religious freedoms and eliminates unnecessary red tape for grieving families who wish to mourn in accordance with their beliefs."
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NEA and local affiliates are leading the way to student success
Efforts showcased at national conference on collaboration
DENVER - February 15, 2011 -
They are coming from districts large and small, urban and rural, east and west. All are committed to the common cause of creating great public schools for every student. Affiliates of the National Education Association (NEA) are sharing strategies at a national conference focused on improving student achievement through labor-management collaboration.
"The architects of reform include the same people you see when you walk into a school: educators," said Dennis Van Roekel, president of NEA. "Teachers care deeply about students and schools. They want students to succeed. They want schools to be excellent. Educators and their unions are committed to working with all stakeholders to get the tools and resources we know students need to get a first-class education."
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, the Conference on Advancing Student Achievement through Labor-Management Collaboration runs Feb. 15-16 in Denver. Teams representing 150 school districts across the country were selected to participate. Each team is composed of the local union or Association leader, superintendent and school board president. Some have already made great strides in collaborating for student success. Others are just starting their work.
More than 70 NEA affiliates are participating, and about 50 more of the attending affiliates are represented jointly by NEA and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Thirteen union-district teams will describe what they have learned from working together and will provide examples of labor-management relations, policies and agreements. The presenters are using strategies tailored to their individual communities, in places like Denver; Hillsborough County, Fla.; Montgomery County, Md.; and Helena, Mont.
While several NEA affiliates will be making presentations at the event, Van Roekel notes that many in the audience have their own success stories as well. "Unfortunately, we don't hear or read enough about the many unions and school districts working in student-centered, innovative partnerships. Teachers and their unions are showing the way to great public schools and student success."
Through its Priority Schools Campaign, NEA is helping students in low-performing schools achieve and bringing communities together to promote student success. In many of these schools, NEA is providing school-based technical assistance, offering training to community members and connecting schools with vital partnerships to tackle many of the non-school related issues that affect students' ability to learn and achieve. NEA's Priority Schools Campaign covers schools that receive federal School Improvement Grants.
Innovative Union, District and State Approaches by NEA-affiliated Attendees
The Massachusetts Teachers Association has proposed a new way to evaluate teachers and administrators in its Reinventing Educator Evaluation plan. Under the proposal, assessments would include classroom observations by trained evaluators, multiple measures of student learning and evidence of the educator's contributions to the school, district or profession. Other key recommendations include streamlining evaluation standards, establishing teacher and administrator ratings, encouraging peer assistance and review programs, creating opportunities for exemplary teachers to take on new roles to help other teachers and requiring professional growth plans and support for educators.
The Illinois Education Association jointly developed an Accountability for All proposal that would streamline the process for removing underperforming teachers and resolve teacher dismissals in a much shorter time. The Association worked with the Illinois Federation of Teachers and the Chicago Teachers Union. The unions suggested a "Student Bill of Rights" that would hold districts accountable for providing every student with a qualified teacher. In addition to recommending the expansion of training and mentoring programs for teachers and school administrators, they also proposed changes in tenure attainment and layoff decisions.
The Michigan Education Association has created MEA's A+ Agenda, a proactive, positive plan for real education reform in Michigan. It focuses on five bold areas for reform that can improve public schools, prepare Michigan students for the workplace and move the state forward. The agenda calls for realigning the pre-K-12 curriculum to make sure students graduate ready to succeed in college or other post-secondary opportunities; increasing accountability for everyone in public education; streamlining the tenure process; increasing professional training for administrators, teachers and support staff; and increasing school district efficiency and financial stability to ensure good stewardship of taxpayer dollars.
The Hamilton County Education Association in Tennessee is working collaboratively to boost achievement in middle schools with a grant from the NEA Foundation. In collaboration with the Public Education Foundation, the district and union formed networks to share and implement best practices. Data is used to set goals, measure progress, and improve instruction. The results are impressive. More students are scoring advanced on state exams, and the achievement gap has narrowed from 24 to 14 percentage points. The percentage of students passing the state's reading and math exams has increased.
The Adrian Education Association in Michigan has been working with the superintendent since they decided to apply for a School Improvement Grant for Adrian High School. Tutoring opportunities are offered before and after school. Collaboration with a state university has resulted in richer summer school offerings. Instructional coaches provide professional development and guide educators through curriculum and instruction changes.
The Springfield Education Association in Massachusetts worked with the school district and community groups to respond to disappointing graduation rates and gaps in student achievement. A grant from the NEA Foundation provided funding for teachers to visit students and parents at home. Strategies also include providing new professional development opportunities for teachers and creating professional learning communities that not only explore student performance and growth data, but also look at teacher satisfaction and perceptions about curriculum, instruction and leadership.
The Salem-Keizer Education Association in Oregon is working collaboratively to improve Priority Schools. They helped develop an extended learning day at one school and are starting community outreach. The Association and the school district are also working on the CLASS Project: Creative Leadership Achieves Student Success. The four components of CLASS are: teacher effectiveness and evaluation, professional development, compensation, and career pathways.
The Little Rock Education Association is working to boost student achievement by increasing parental and community engagement. The Association has hosted community conversations to gauge concerns and priorities. The district's high school graduation rate is increasing and achievement gaps are narrowing.
The Des Moines Education Association is collaborating with school administrators to implement Keys to Excellence for Your Schools or KEYS. KEYS is an NEA school climate improvement program that examines data to identify indicators of school quality, especially conditions associated with high levels of student achievement. Questions range from how well the staff uses data to how comfortable they are voicing concerns to administrators. The results can be used in school improvement plans to create better learning experiences for students. KEYS parent and community surveys may be next.
Historic National Conference
The event is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education in partnership with the NEA, AFT, National School Boards Association, American Association of School Administrators, Council of the Great City Schools, and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. Funding to support the conference is being provided by the Ford Foundation.
"We are pleased that the Department of Education is hosting this conference," added Van Roekel. "We know that success is a shared responsibility. We will continue to work with administrators, parents, community leaders and policymakers. By working together, we can help more students, more ways, more effectively."
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NEA President applauds reintroduction of DREAM Act in Senate, House
Bill provides path to legal status for undocumented minors
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The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act will be reintroduced on the floors of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, according to an announcement made in a Senate press conference today. The DREAM Act would provide a path to legal status for young people whose parents brought them to the United States as undocumented children years ago.
"This legislation is a fair, practical solution that upholds the best of our country's shared values of fairness, accountability, and a strong work ethic," said NEA President Dennis Van Roekel.
Under the DREAM Act, undocumented students must have entered the country when they were 15 or younger and graduated high school or obtained a GED. To receive a green card, the bill requires them to complete two years in the military or two years of college—plus a 10-year waiting period. Only then would they be eligible to apply for citizenship.
Last December, the bill was derailed by a Senate filibuster. The bill that will be introduced in both houses this year is similar to legislation that passed the House late last year, by a vote of 216 to 198.
Senate sponsors Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) announced today that the bill will be reintroduced on the Senate floor. Reps. Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and Illeana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) will reintroduce the bill in the House.
"Thank you to Sen. Durbin and all the dedicated co-sponsors in both the Senate and House who heard the voices of students who have worked hard in school in order to succeed in America—the country they call home," said Van Roekel.
"Without the DREAM Act, these children will be condemned to live in the shadows of the country they love, surviving in an underground economy where they will be exploited and abused and where their gifts and talents will be lost to our communities – to our country's future," said NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen.
"We urge Congress to pass the DREAM Act to allow these students to achieve their dreams and to continue contributing to their communities and society," added Van Roekel.
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It's no secret that people are talking on the phone less. We're texting, we're emailing, we're Gchatting, we're Facebooking. There have been many articles bemoaning the death of the phone call in recent months, and Nielsen said in a December report that voice calls have dropped by 12 percent since 2009, while text messaging has absolutely blown up.
With no dearth of mediums on which to communicate, our attentions are divided. But is it possible that we've developed an actual fear of talking on the phone?
Salon's Sarah Hepola argues that this so-called Telephobia is a very real thing.
It's just plain scary to talk to other people. We avoid it not because people don't matter—but because they do. And each of us brings emotional baggage to to these interactions. when my phone rings, and I don't recognize that number—forget it. I'm too scarred by the years I spent dodging credit card companies to take that kind of dare. I also don't jump off cliffs, or do cartwheels on the highway. In fact, it's amazing to me that there was a time when the phone rang, and someone just answered it. Who could it be? Could it be the guy who was currently making your heart pound? Oooh, let's pick it up and find out! Now, when I see an unfamiliar number, I feel nothing but outrage.
A good portion of that is, in fact, crazy talk. But I'll be the first to admit that I'm a chronic call screener. (Sorry, mom). We are constantly inundated with information about other people. Pictures from their vacations, posts about their ailing grandmothers, rants about their horrible bosses. Sometimes you just want to flip off the noise. Are we over-saturated? Yes. But are we actually so scared of human contact that we can't stomach a phone call? No. And if you are, please seek help immediately, because you might have some serious psychological issues going on.
My friends and family are dispersed across the country—Nieces in Atlanta, parents in Dallas, friends in Madison, San Francisco, and Chicago. If I don't talk to these people regularly, I will feel completely cut off from their lives. You can't hear the difference in a friend's voice, raising that red flag that something might be wrong, through a flippant status update. Facebook gives you a false sense of connection. It makes you feel like you know what is going on with someone, when in reality, the social media version is a carefully-crafted, contrived version of their persona. It's fake. But keeping up with someone through regular, real contact? Now that takes actual effort.
Telephobia is hogwash. The truth is, it's an excuse for the fact that communicating has gotten easier, and a by-product of that is we've gotten lazier. [via Slate]
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People with life-threatening problems almost always wait until the night time to come in. Lab and radiology tests are not so routine at that time (and are simply used less in Denmark (I have only ordered one CT scan so far)), so it is my hands, stethoscope and Danish that need to make the diagnosis. There is always of course a more experienced doctor who can be consulted if needed. I was really nervous, but honestly nights like these are extremely fun and challenging. THIS is why I became a doctor, I thought to myself a few times.
But here's the best part: After two nights of call, I have five days off. One 18 and one 19 hour shift add up to 37 hours, so I am done. Not only can I have an exciting, educational job, but I can have a life with my family, too.
If you ask me, medical residencies in the US and many other westernized countries turn young women into depressed, stressed, overweight or unhealthy people with no family or a dysfunctional one. The thought of working 80 hours a week again as a mom leaves me nauseated. What is it exactly that is so good and educational about working so many hours, I wonder.
Anyway, in our time off, we'll be running a 10k race and then going to Söderåsens national park in Sweden for 3 days.
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Lorax update: At 14 months, our guy is over 23 lbs and over 60th percentile in weight. I guess there was no reason to worry when he was born at 6 lbs. I just hope he doesn't continue hopping through weight percentiles at this rate.
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed legislation Monday that would prohibit citywide retailers from showing tobacco products, a proposal that would make New York the first city in the nation to ban cigarette displays. Michael Saul reports. Photo: AP.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. government supports Georgia's efforts to establish a closer relationship with the European community, the Defense Department said.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met in Washington with Georgian counterpart Irakli Alasania.
Georgia is the largest non-NATO contributor of forces for the international military mission in Afghanistan. Hagel thanked the visiting minister for supporting NATO efforts and welcomed Tbilisi's ambition to move closer to the West.
"Secretary Hagel expressed United States' support for Georgia's Euro-Atlantic integration efforts, and highlighted its holding fair elections and continuing to consolidate democratic gains as effective measures to advance those efforts," Defense Department spokesman George Little said in a statement Wednesday.
Association talks between Georgia and the European Union are expected to begin in earnest during a November meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania.
The EU was critical of Georgia for letting politics get in the way of its justice system. Elections last year were described by some regional observes as generally unfair and Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili was criticized for appointing officials from the regime replaced by Mikheil Saakashvili following a 2003 revolution.


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PELHAM, N.H. (AP) � Police say two schools in Windham, N.H., were put on alert after hearing gunfire, the result of five men target shooting in the area.
Police arrested one of the men, 20-year-old David Peet of Windham. He's been charged with carrying a concealed firearm without a permit. The other men were from Windham and Pelham.
Police responded Tuesday morning for the second time in a week for a report of gunfire near Windham Middle School and Golden Brook Elementary School.
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Rest is good! Especially after 40 hours of no sleepy time! I feel disheveled but I'm on a much higher functioning level than yesterday!
I forewarned you yesterday that my post was written in a no sleep haze, so it comes off a bit gruff perhaps. It might not be wise to post in that state, but there it is. At any rate, it's interesting from the standpoint of how it is to be done with such a monumental task at the point of complete mental exhaustion. I'll add that on the drive home I went through several emotions including extreme sadness, rage, quiet reflection, relief, total mental disorientation, fear, anxiety, and happiness. That drive home certainly was one of the weirder experiences of the whole weekend. Then to top it all off, my wife had to visit the emergency room because she felt so weak and had pains in her chest! (She's okay, by the way.)
See the final overall results of Trans Iowa here.
Okay, I see the pictures are starting to trickle in. The Endurance Forum on mtbr.com has a new Trans Iowa thread. Check it out.
I'll be posting some stories and thoughts there later, but for now.................I'm taking a break!
Thanks for the great times and support everyone!
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In the region of Vallès Occidental, Barcelona, we find the town of Terrassa. The backdrop of this ancient Roman municipality is made up of the mountains from Muntanya de Monserrat Nature Reserve, and Sant Llorenç del Munt i L´Obac Nature Reserve.
The town, home to the Egara diocese back in the 5th century, has a rich monumental heritage which includes Visigothic and Romanesque churches of great interest. Sant Pere, San Miquel and Santa María have elements form the 6th and 7th centuries, combined with later modifications from the pre-Romanesque, Romanesque, Gothic, and even Baroque periods. In addition to the novel architectural techniques, we must highlight the Romanesque mural paintings, and numerous Gothic reredos. Medieval Terrassa has left in its city centre many other important monuments, such as the Tower of Palau, and the castle-Carthusian monastery of Vallparadís. At present, both spaces house the Museum of Terrasa. Modernist aesthetics from the late 19th century to early 20th century have left a rich artistic legacy in Terrasa, which includes houses owned by the wealthy bourgeoisie, such as Masía Freixa, factories such as Aymerich i Amat (nowadays the Catalonia Museum of Science and Technology), and public buildings such as the City Hall.


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The Fjord du Saguenay is one of the world's longest fjords, cutting through the Canadian Shield before merging with the St Lawrence River. A stupendous expanse of rocky outcrops, sheer cliffs and thick vegetation, the land flanking the fjord on both sides is protected as the Parc national du Fjord-du-Saguenay (w sepaq.com) and Parc marin du Saguenay–Saint-Laurent (t 418 235 4703, t 1 800 773 8888, w parcmarin.qc.ca), whose main entry is at Baie -Éternité. The marine park contains six different ecosystems and supports hundreds of marine species, but has had its work cut out. Since the park's creation, government initiatives have eliminated ninety percent of the pollutants from industrial plants in the immediate vicinity. Still, pollutants remain in the sediment and the number of St Lawrence River beluga whales is currently at one thousand, down from five thousand a century ago, placing them on Canada's list of endangered species. The area continues to attract whales because the mingling of the cold Labrador Sea waters with the highly oxygenated freshwater of the Saguenay River produces a uniquely rich crop of krill and plankton. The white St Lawrence River beluga lives in the area year-round, and from May to October it is joined by six species of migratory whale, including the minke, finback and blue.
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YouTube user synirr had one goldfish who just couldn't maintain her buoyancy. So she outfitted the fish with a special buoyant sling that let Goldie swim around her tank, paddling about with her front fins.
However, even with the sling, competition for food was still an issue, and so synirr would feed her sling-bound fish by hand:
Some of the commenters over at Mental Floss have speculated that the fish's woes might be caused by a bladder problem, and that she might need some more green veggies in her diet.
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|FRANCES JANE BROWN -- April 15, 1819--April 16, 1914
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There was not much in those early days to interest a little girl like Frances and so minor incidents loomed great in her childish mind.
A strong impression was made upon her by a poor old white woman known as "Crazy Jane" who roamed the streets and lanes repeating snatches of poetry and verses from the Bible, telling the people God was angry with them
Seated in the quiet of Homewood Cottage at twilight in the evening of her long life--memories of her childhood came as the plaintive notes of the woodland dove were heard and the couplet heard so often would be given in the drawl of "Crazy Jane"--
"O, don't you hear the mournful dove
Token of Redeeming Love."
For several years after reaching Ohio, Frances made her home with the family of Major W--in Cincinnati. She became deeply interested in the cause of the slaves and joined the Abolitionists. She had several narrow escapes from being arrested.
Walking down the street one day, she came face to face, with a beautiful, young colored woman who was running and looking back. "What is the matter," said Frances. "I just got of'n the boat," she exclaimed breathlessly, "I'm a slave an' runnin' away. They are after me. Won't you hide me?" Frances took her hand, turned about and the two girls ran as fast as they could and had barely got inside of a friend's house before loud knocks were heard. When the door was opened an irate man demanded his slave whom he said he had seen enter the house. Frances stood trembling. The slave-holder declared she was his property. "O, no," said the friends, "we know this girl but you are at liberty to look further." In the meantime the slave girl Caroline, had been passed over back-gates and fences and was several doors away. With mutterings of wrath, the man hurried back to the boat which had whistled a warning to depart. Caroline was kept in hiding for some time and finally sent to Canada, where after forty years, she and Frances met on English soil to recount that narrow escape from slavery.


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From his early days listening to The Beatles with his dad growing up in the northern Virginia and Washington D.C. area, he was born into a generation of post-grunge and quickly evolving regional rock music.
Attempts at starting a band over the years and those trials and errors has led him to what he thinks has become a newly formed hope here in New York City.
For the last five years he has been the lead singer, guitarist and chief songwriter of the Brooklyn-based modern grunge-inspired rock band Libel.
Dunaway is joined on stage by longtime friends Julie Rozansky on bass and Nick Bzroza (Benji) on drums. Guitarist Justin Gonzalez, a veteran of several local bands, recently came on board to complete the current lineup.
While Libel has recorded numerous EPs over the last five years, they are finally releasing their first full-length album.
I met up with Gavin at the Agne Noir Café on Varet Street in Bushwick to discuss the new album Music for Car Commercials, as well as the road that led him to Brooklyn.
How did this band first begin?
Really we've been doing it for about five years. From when I first moved up here, I really wanted to kind of join other people's projects. I led a band in D.C., and burned out on being a leader. I recorded a bunch of demos and Julie talked me into playing them live. So then that's how the band started out.
Julie and I had been in a band together in D.C, I had been in a band with her boyfriend, and now husband. I actually officiated their marriage a few months ago. We're very close-knit.
Last Friday, Libel opened up for our Smashing Pumpkins cover band at Fort Useless. It was really fun. It was about two hours worth of Pumpkins songs.
Does Libel have that long of a set right now?
Oh no, we usually do 30 to 45 minutes. Our songs sort of split the middle of nice little pop ditties and epics.
How long have you guys been doing The Smashing Pumpkins thing?
We've been doing that for about seven or eight years.
Is it the same group?
We've switched members over the years. A couple of roles have switched. I've been James Iha, but I think I've graduated to Billy Corgan. People jump around. Benji, the drummer, has always been Jimmy Chamberlin, and Julie is D'arcy.
So I take it The Smashing Pumpkins was a big influence of yours?
In particular, Benji and Julie are big Smashing Pumpkins fans, but I've got to say Siamese Dream was huge for me. It was perfect. It was exactly what I needed. It really made me think a lot bolder of the music I was making at the time.
So you've always been involved in playing music?
Oh yeah. By all technicalities, I started playing guitar when I was seven.
How did you get into that so early?
I was obsessed with the Beatles. My dad was just constantly playing the Beatles for us when we were kids and I grew to worship George Harrison. One of the most heartbreaking moments of my life was when I found out the guitar solo on "My Guitar Gently Weeps" was Eric Clapton. I mean I like Cream. Cream was great, but that song just made me want to be a guitarist.
What was your first guitar?
A three-quarter sized nylon string acoustic because I was a bit of a runt.
When you got the guitar, did your parents just say have fun with this or did you get into lessons?
I learned classical guitar. Later in high school I was in a classical guitar program and I was in the jazz band in high school. I don't think I was really that great at the classical or jazz, I think I just wanted to play rock.
So you just put up with that because you had to then?
Yeah, but I learned a lot. I can stand in some music theory conversations, but after you get to a certain point, I'm like, "okay."
Did you take that into college with you?
I had the opportunity to go to the Berkley School of Music, but I wanted to do rock and I didn't really see the point.
When did you start your first band?
We started when I was 13.
What was that band?
It was called Carnegie Stew, like Andrew Carnegie. It was just something that came to me in a dream, and that name would not go away. For years and years, every band I was in was just like, "Oh, can we just call it Carnegie Stew?"
What was your inspiration for starting a band?
I met this kid who played drums when I was in seventh grade, and it was a stereotypical story. We were both outcasts who were always fighting off bullies and what not. We were both obsessed with Nirvana at the time, and we were both like, "we can do this, yeah." We found a couple of guys, and we had a rotating cast of bass players for a while.
So was the name Carnegie Stew some kind of sign that you had to come to New York?
It just came to me in a dream, but you know, maybe it had some sort of hidden message. I honestly didn't think I would ever move to New York. I had a girlfriend who lived here when I was in college. Hanging around the NYU area, in like 2002, I was just kind of like, "meh." Things were changing fast down there and it wasn't that fun. I became very obsessed with the D.C. music scene.
What was happening down there in early 2002?
Well, unfortunately that was when Fugazi sort of went on hiatus, but there were still some good bands. Q and Not U was still going pretty hard. There was a band called Medications, and there were still some good Dischord (Records) bands here and there.
My band after college, The Alphabetical Order, we actually recorded in Inner Ear Studios. That was actually where Fugazi did a lot of their stuff. A bunch of other bands recorded there too, like Jets to Brazil and Jawbox did a few albums there.
We found this weird picture of Elliot Smith there and he looked like he was in bad shape, just around the time he was calling it quits. There were all these pictures of scream albums; Dave Grohl had recorded there.
What brought you up to New York?
Well, I moved here at about 27, my band Alphabetical Order had broken up, I had a career in publishing and there wasn't so much to do in D.C.
Did you go to school for that?
Yeah, I went to George Mason University in Virginia.
Did you think you were about to call it quits?
No. My friend Benji was already up here and Julie was up here, too. They kind of talked me into coming up here. Alphabetical order was kind of like this post-hardcore, very Fugazi-influenced band. We were always told we would do better here in New York because in D.C. they were kind of over that. So I wasn't ready to give up on my music pursuits. I came up here and played in a bunch of bands over the last five years.
Are you still in other bands now besides Libel?
No. Libel was sort of a side project. We kept releasing albums and playing shows. Julie and I were in another band called The Art of Shooting, I toured in a band called the Jaguar Club and the last couple of years I have sat down and made Libel my focus.
What made you decide to turn a side project into the one you wanted to stick with?
I was shy about being the lead singer. I kind of wanted to be off to the side on guitar, but I guess I had grown some nerves and gotten over some insecurities. I also met my girlfriend, who later became my wife, and she's been a big believer in my band and my abilities. Also, my bandmates, too. They kept convincing me that this is good and you don't need to be playing around in all these other bands.
Where did you move when you first came here?
I moved to Bed-Stuy, then to Williamsburg for about three years and then a couple of years ago when my wife moved here we finally moved down to Bushwick.
There are so many bands here in Bushwick right now. Is that a driving force behind staying in the "art" scene?
That was one of the main reasons I wanted to move initially to Brooklyn, and now I am glad to be in Bushwick, because I feel like this is where the community is. I feel great when I'm in this area, and I have trouble leaving on the weekends because there's just so much great stuff to do around here and it keeps getting nicer. And as far as the music, you've got DIY venues, stuff like Silent Barn. Every week there are just more places cropping up.
Who are some of your favorite bands right now in the neighborhood?
I've got to give a shout out to The Planes – I was actually in that band for a while – but it's a very good friend of mine's band. Really tight garage rock.
What's the trend around here right now?
I feel like there's a bit of a 90s throwback going on right now. There are a lot of straight up grunge. I hear a lot of bands who love their Dinosaur Jr.
What about the electronic influence on rock right now?
Around here, I don't notice that as much. It's just two guitars, bass and drums. I am glad that the musical duo has seemed to have gone away. Bass is so necessary.
Libel is hosting an official album release party for Music for Car Commercials on Nov. 20, at Pianos, 158 Ludlow St. in Manhattan.


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Five Protective Cases for the iPhone 5
Uh-oh. Is there a ScuffGate controversy brewing?
The iPhone 5 went on sale just last Friday but already a number of owners have taken to the Web to complain about imperfections on their shiny new Apple devices. (Not to mention the kerfuffle over the Maps application in iOS 6.)
Some reported that their iPhone had cosmetic damage right out of the box, while others said that the back of the phone is highly susceptible to nicks and scratches.
It's still too early to tell how big of a problem this is — an informal survey on MacRumors shows that about 49 percent of the respondents say their iPhone is just fine — and Apple has yet to make an official statement. But ScuffGate or not, I always think it's a good idea to get some kind of case for your smartphone.
I know some might scoff at the notion because you think cases are clunky and cover up the iPhone's sleek design. I felt the same way until I dropped my phone one too many times, and since I have yet to win the lottery, I much prefer to spend $20 on a case than a few hundred dollars on a new phone.
So, what kind of cases are available for the iPhone 5? Well, since accessory companies didn't get a heads-up on the iPhone's new design, they're working fast and furious to churn out iPhone 5 cases; you can expect to see a bunch more in the coming weeks. But here are five that you can get right now:
Belkin Flex Case
Starting with the most basic, the Belkin Flex Case is a flexible silicone sleeve that you can slip onto your iPhone. It has a striped texture on back for an easier grip, and comes in a pack of two if you want to split it with a family member or friend who also got an iPhone 5. Each pack costs $19.99 and comes in two color combinations: Black and white or purple and violet.
OtterBox Defender Series
OtterBox is known for its rugged cases, so if you're particularly hard on your devices or are prone to accidents, the company's Defender Series cases might be for you. The OtterBox offers three layers of protection, including a polycarbonate inner shell that cushions the iPhone, a screen protector and an outer rubber slipcover.
The case also includes a belt holster and rubber plugs for the headphone jack, Lightning port and volume controls. But don't get any ideas about going swimming with your iPhone with this case, as it's not water-resistant.
The OtterBox Defender Series costs $49.95, and comes in a variety of color combinations.
Case-Mate Pop Case with Stand
The iPhone is a great media consumption device, but holding it for a long period of time to watch videos isn't ideal. The Case-Mate Pop Case features a built-in stand on the back so you can place your iPhone on a flat surface to enjoy your media hands-free, in either portrait or landscape mode.
The case has a hard exterior with textured side grips and a soft, impact-resistant interior. It costs $35, and comes in 11 different colors.
Speck SmartFlex Card
In August, my AllThingsD colleague Lauren Goode checked out several smartphone cases that double as wallets, and now we have the next-gen version. The SmartFlex Card case from Speck has a compartment on back than can hold up to three credit cards or folded bills; a small slot on the left side allows you to push out the cards with your thumb when needed.
The SmartFlex is available for $34.95, in black, pink, purple, gray and green.
Sena Magia Wallet
Finally, if you're not feeling the rubber or plastic cases, Sena offers a line of leather accessories for the iPhone 5, including the Magia Wallet. Available in black, red or brown, the case includes a camera-lens opening so you can take pictures without removing it from the wallet, and three credit card holders.
There's also a multipurpose pocket and a magnetic strap closure. Because of the material, the Sena costs a bit more, at $54.95.
Bonus: Boxwave Keyboard Buddy
The Boxwave Keyboard Buddy isn't available yet, but I had to include it, because I still miss physical keyboards. The case snaps onto the back of the iPhone 5, and features a slide-out five-row keyboard with backlit buttons. The keyboard connects to the smartphone via Bluetooth, and can last up to two weeks before needing to be recharged.
The Keyboard Buddy is available for preorder now for a special price of $89.95; it's expected to ship on Oct. 26.


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I'm just curious about this question, because I see that there are a lot of papers which study the value distribution of an entire curve $f\colon \mathbb{C}\to X,$ with X a complex manifold by using Nevanlinna theory. But I don't know the motivation of this research.
My question : Why do we need to study entire curves? Could anyone tell me some references or notes which mention these motivations? And beside the value distribution, what other aspects of entire curves do we want to know/study?
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In a time of economic pressure and revolutionary change, businesses need to maximize human capital in ways that are good for business. To support the sustainability of the business over the long-term, businesses need to plan for the future by forecasting their workforce needs. Businesses also need to create systems that effectively leverage internal talent by creating a leadership pipeline. Including employees with disabilities as part of workforce planning strategies and within the leadership pipeline, however, requires additional insight into the tools and resources that are available to businesses, to business leaders, and to employees.
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(KANSAS CITY, MO.), May 2, 2012 " Building on a long-term trend, the nation business startup rate fell below 8 percent for the first time in 2010, marking the lowest point on record for new firm births. New firms as a percentage of all firms continued a steady downward trend in 2010, going from a high of 13 percent (as a percentage of all firms) in the 1980s to just under 11 percent in 2006 before making a steep decline to the 8 percent in 2010, the most current year of data available.
This and other findings based on newly released data on U.S. firms and establishments with paid employees is included in the Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) briefing released today. Partially funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the BDS provides annual business data from 1976 to 2010.
Reduced numbers of new firms negatively affect the U.S. economy, which relies on startups as critical contributors to job creation. From March 2009 to March 2010, U.S. private-sector firms were responsible for a net loss of 1.8 million jobs. The 394,000 companies that began operations in 2010, however, created 2.3 million jobs in spite of the anemic economy.
Without the new jobs created by business startups, the Great Recession would have been even deeper, with many more jobs lost, said Robert E. Litan, vice president of research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation. Unfortunately, new firm formation has waned since the 1980s, and the recession accelerated the decline. If we are to achieve and sustain a hearty recovery, policymakers, educators and organizations that help entrepreneurs commercialize their technologies must be willing to address every obstacle that stands in the way of new business formation.
Fewer employer firms
Young firms " those five years old or younger " now comprise fewer than 35 percent of all firms, down from nearly 50 percent in the early 1980s. This decrease is accompanied by a decline in the share of employment accounted for by entrepreneurial firms from 20 percent in the 1980s to 12 percent in 2010. The share of job creation also has fallen, from more than 40 percent in the 1980s to about 30 percent in recent years.
The national decline is seen in all states, although some states have fared better than others. While the report does not analyze causes for individual state activity, it shows that state-level drops ranged from 2 percent to 14 percent when changes from the 1987-1989 and 2004-2006 business cycle peaks were compared. Further, states that experienced the largest declines also were, for the most part, those in which young businesses had the highest initial shares of business activity in the 1980s. These states typically were in the West, Southwest and South " the regions hit hardest by the recession.
In a study released last month that measures annual employer and non-employer business creation in the United States, the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity also showed a decline in the number of startups nationally and in all regions except the Northeast. In this study, founders were more likely to be sole proprietors than they were to create jobs.
This report is the sixth BDS Brief. The BDS includes measures of business startups, establishment openings and closings, and establishment expansions and contractions in both the number of establishments and the number of jobs. The BDS data provide these new statistics annually for 1976-2010, with classifications for the total U.S. private sector by broad industrial sector, firm size, firm age and state. The BDS is the result of a collaboration between the U.S. Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, with additional support from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Further information about the BDS can be found at http://www.census.gov/ces/dataproducts/bds/index.html.


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Julian Bond's Name Placed in Nomination for Vice Presidency
The 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago was the most tumultuous and violent in U.S. history. Thousands of protesters led by the Yippies and other antiwar groups took to Chicago's streets to protest the Vietnam War and its support by the top Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey. In open fighting with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's police force, hundreds were injured. The convention scene inside the International Amphitheater was not much more cordial, with delegates bitterly split between Humphrey and his antiwar rival, Senator Eugene McCarthy. The Georgia delegation led by segregationist Governor Lester Maddox lost half its seats to a group of liberal Georgia Democrats calling themselves the Georgia Loyal Democrats. Among the Georgia Loyalists was Georgia Representative Julian Bond, a young African American politician who was seated in the Georgia state legislature in 1967 after a long fight. The legislature had twice barred him because of his antiwar and civil rights views, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the exclusion unconstitutional. In Chicago in 1968, Bond was nominated for the U.S. vice presidency as a protest candidate by Wisconsin delegate Ted Warshafsky on the third day of the convention. The microphone was turned off before another Wisconsin delegate could second the nomination. Being only 28 years old, Bond was seven years too young for the office of vice president and politely withdrew his name. Hubert Humphrey went on to win the presidential nomination, with Edmund Muskie as his running mate. In November 1968, the Humphrey-Muskie ticket was narrowly defeated by Republicans Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew. Julian Bond later served in the Georgia State Senate and in 1998 became chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).


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This High-Tech Plane Flies Non-Stop From Boston to Asia [VIDEO]
The first ever non-stop flight from Tokyo to Boston, via Japan Airlines, took place on April 22 using the 787-8 Dreamliner. As a result, the East and West got a little more "connected."
The flight not only marks the first commercial use of the 787 Dreamliner in the U.S., but it's also a step up for environmentalism.
Boeing calls the 787-8 Dreamliner — the model used for both the initial nonstop flight from Tokyo to Boston as well as its return trip — a "superefficient airplane." It uses 20% less fuel than any other airplane of its size.
The 787-8 Dreamliner is primarily made of carbon fiber — making it much lighter than other existing airplanes — and uses power-efficient LED lighting to create a relaxing ambience for flying. The Dreamliner also features larger windows and nacelles, or outer coverings, that help mitigate noise.
Compared with the recognizable Boeing 747, the Dreamliner travels twice as far, pushes 20,000 pounds more thrust on takeoff and is 20 meters longer.
According to David Mackey, Interim CEO of the Massachusetts Port Authority, which owns and operates the Boston Logan International Airport, more than 400,000 people flew from Boston Logan to Asia last year — and that's with the decreased tourism Japan faced after its 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
"This nonstop service connecting New England to Japan is historic and will help businesses prosper, open up new leisure destinations, and bring nations closer together," Mackey said.
Boeing Japan President Mike Denton, who was on the inaugural flight, also said that these long-haul flights are exactly what the 787 was designed to fly. And with fewer layovers, they bring increased flexibility to travelers — the Japan Airlines Tokyo to Boston flight can get you to your destination in just under 12 hours.
As an added bonus, the atmosphere and lighting design of the Japan Airlines cabin are meant to recreate Japan's four distinctive seasons, such as having pink hues to represent Japan's spring cherry blossoms, or sky blue tones for its summer months. With such a relaxing ambience, you might not even want to get off the plane.
And for those of you who can't make it to Tokyo just yet, don't fret — you can still dream up your own Dreamliner on Boeing's website.
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OUR GOAL is to make a film that deeply explores the influences and experiences that have helped shape one of the most distinctive voices in modern cinema: David Lynch. It has been six years since we completed the first two parts of the documentary series and we are now ready to complete the third and final part. To do this we have chosen to partially finance the film via Kickstarter so that we retain 100% creative control of the film. We're in the process of finishing the film, but need your help in order to do it. That's why we're reaching out to all David Lynch fans.
Having been given unparalleled access to David, we are thrilled to have the opportunity to tell his story. We would like to take you along as we dig deeper into a world that is uniquely his. We will ask how the last 60 years, with all that's come and gone, has helped to shape the artist, David Lynch.


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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
In advance of her cameo in the upcoming film "Bling Ring" – based upon a robbery scheme of which she was a victim – this evening Paris Hilton joined "Piers Morgan Live" for a primetime, face to face interview.
Joining the host live in his Los Angeles studio, the 32-year-old heiress shared her thoughts on those who broke into her home, rifled through her belongings, and helped themselves to whatever they wanted:
"I think it's absolutely disgusting what they did, when I was watching the movie I was just so horrified and disgusted by what they did to me," said Hilton, referring to surveillance video of the thieves in action. "It was just so wrong, so it just was very upsetting."
Speaking to the role social media played in enabling the thieves to access her information, and as such, access her home, Hilton noted the need for an increased level of awareness:
"This could not have happened five, ten years ago. There wasn't Twitter or Facebook or any of these things, so nowadays people know exactly where you are, so I've been more careful with that, and also putting the most extensive security system in my house, so this can not happen again."
With 17 new product lines, including a recently launched 15th fragrance, the former red carpet staple and paparazzi prize is now positioning herself as a hard-driving, self-made businesswoman:
"Very exciting. I worked very hard so I'm very proud of what I've created," said the guest, speaking of wealth that includes more than 1.5 billion dollars for her perfumes alone. "I feel very proud. I've worked very hard for this, so it's just feels so exciting to hear those numbers."
Watch the clip for more of Morgan's interview with Paris Hilton, and for more information about her multitude of projects and ventures, vist her official website.
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Praises for Paris Hilton!
Too bad about Paris Hilton and "Bling Ring" – but rumor has it that she would take peoples belongings at every party she
And it is easy to look fabulous and have all these businesses when mommy and daddy's billions are financing all of itl.
I don't understand why people are so vile. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. She didn't hurt anyone. She's born privileged and she's smart to take advantage of it & use it to market her own business. She has businesses worldwide.How do you know that her parents financed her business? You only based your judgments on what you read and hear on TV.
Actually my understanding from reputable sources is that Paris Hilton made her own money.
yeah right-no one is buying a purse for $3,000 without HILTON on it-if she was from idaho-went to design school on a scholarship and then started her own product lines-she would be in debt up to her eyeballs and losing her shirt
Being spoiled and stupid and whorish is supposed to be a bad thing, remember? Parents, if you don't teach your children that people like Paris Hilton are supposed to be despised, where are they gonna learn it? You have to be the- [feels something in his stomach] You have to be the ones to make sure your daughters aren't looking up to the wrong people
I don't understand why people are so vile & judgmental. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. She didn't hurt anyone. She's born privileged and she's smart to take advantage of it & use it to market her own business. She has businesses worldwide.How do you know that her parents financed her business? You only based your judgments on what you read and hear on TV.
Don't know why she's complaining when she did the same thing. She had borrowed jewellery from a German jeweler and they were stolen in the break in. The jewellery was returned to her but she told the company it hadn't been, they had to sue her to get it back..
"I am also a journey Man, and I ask all kinds of questions! I don't expect to be paid for what I learn and just because you all pay each other for information, does not mean you own it, otherwise why should give any of what I learned.
I know one hell of a lot more than you for that simple reason.|
|I can go anywhere that you can go on this planet Pierse, and read the news. But I can also get personall info from so many who make no money out of what it told, so info is freely given. on top of what is given, I also have a large memory bank thats on old floppies and other hard drives. Where I go for my news, you cannot go! My own history is my data base!|
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