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At a recent DFID conference on the Millennium Development Goals, I argued that Africa can meet the MDGs, if not by 2015 then soon thereafter. Here is why:
1. Although most African countries are off-track on most of the MDGs, Africa has, since the mid-1990s, arguably been making the greatest progress towards the goals.
2. Africa's progress in the MDGs since the mid-1990s was due to economic growth and improved service delivery.
3. While Africa was probably hardest-hit by the global economic crisis, the response of African policymakers helped to dampen the impact, and set the stage for the continent to benefit from a global recovery.
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1. Although most African countries are off-track on most of the MDGs, Africa has, since the mid-1990s, arguably been making the greatest progress towards the goals. The poverty rate has been declining at about one percentage point a year. There is some evidence that child mortality in Africa, after stagnating for some time, is beginning to fall sharply. Countries such as Rwanda, Ethiopia, Gambia and Malawi have seen declines of 25-40 percent in under-five mortality in the last decade. And in primary completion, if you take 1999 as the starting point, the fastest progress has been in Africa and South Asia. While this has to do with the fact that these two regions had the lowest levels of primary completion, it is still significant that, unlike previous periods, the growth rate in Africa is the highest.
2. Africa's progress in the MDGs since the mid-1990s was due to economic growth and improved service delivery. Economic growth accelerated after 1995. It was sustained for a decade, and accelerated even further until the onset of the global economic crisis of 2008. Not only was Africa's average economic growth during this period about 5 percent a year (rising to 6.2 percent in 2007), but it was relatively widespread.
Some 22 non-oil-exporting African countries enjoyed better-than-four-percent average annual growth from 1998-2008. The growth, in turn, was due to a combination of increased external resources (aid, debt relief, remittances and private capital flows), high commodity prices and a buoyant global economy, and improved economic policies.
Secondly, recognizing that money alone would not deliver the MDGs, some African countries introduced programs to improve the delivery of basic services. Rwanda's "paying-for-performance" scheme that increased incentives for health workers to provide services contributed to the country's significant improvement in health indicators, as shown by comparing facilities that were and were not enrolled in the scheme.
3. While Africa was probably hardest-hit by the global economic crisis, the response of African policymakers helped to dampen the impact, and set the stage for the continent to benefit from a global recovery.
In addition to facing a sharp drop in growth (from 5 percent in 2008 to 1.7 percent in 2009), throwing 7-10 million more Africans into poverty, and leading to the deaths of 30-50,000 additional infants before their first birthday, African policymakers were confronted with the fact that the payoffs to the economic reforms they had been pursuing over the past decade had suddenly declined.
Rather than slowing or reversing these reforms, however, they by and large continued to pursue prudent economic policies during the crisis. Those countries that had fiscal space (thanks to prudent policies before the crisis), such as Tanzania and Zambia, ran modest fiscal deficits; those that did not, such as Ghana, contracted their fiscal deficits. Some countries accelerated their reforms. As a result, economic growth is expected to be about 4 percent this year, which is still below pre-crisis levels but certainly a faster turnaround than Africa registered in previous crises.
Putting these points together, I conclude that, with a major effort by African governments, civil society, the private sector and the international community, Africa can meet the Millennium Development Goals, if not by 2015 then soon thereafter.
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Africa and the millennium development goal; Population
Most African countries still do not have a credible population data base up-till date. Some critics will dispute this fact, but honest authorities will agree with me that the population of most African countries is not very representative of its actual population size. To me, this remains a very important aspect that has to be addressed by governing authorities. The governments of Africa should put in place a population model for tracking citizens and residents which will yield long term benefits. It is obvious from this fact that most citizens and residents are not contributing towards wealth formation or having their own fair share of the nation's wealth considering there is no solid mechanism in place to track all those living within the perimeters of the nation. Occasionally huge budgets are at times invested on population census but the results are not always credible because of inadequate infrastructure and human capital deficiencies. These same countries have been investing hugely to educate their bright and brightest in other countries but unfortunately there is no incentive to return and give back to their countries which can go a long not only to help build but also to spur growth. African countries should review, revisit their population structure and its composites; an in-depth analyses done and the last person counted, if not redistribution of the nations' wealth will be a fallacy and they will continue to build the nation on false premises. If the issue of population is addressed, health, agriculture, educational and various infrastructural needs can easily be developed in a balanced way to reflect the actual needs the entire nation which will on the long run put the continent on a more solid developmental foundation.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Mar. 15, 2012) – After earning its first road win of the season against Wofford on Wednesday, the ETSU baseball team returns home to open Atlantic Sun play in a three-game series against Belmont beginning on Friday at Thomas Stadium.
Friday's game will begin at 2:05 p.m. with a 1:05 p.m. first pitch set for Saturday and Sunday. Live stats will be available through Gametracker at ETSUBucs.com.
The Bucs are coming off a 5-3 win at Wofford on Wednesday and a 7-3 loss to Furman on Tuesday. ETSU won two out of three games against La Salle at home over the weekend. The Bucs defeated the Explorers 9-6 in the series opener on Friday and won the finale on Sunday 15-3. La Salle took game two 6-3 on Saturday.
Sophomore Clinton Freeman (Jonesborough, Tenn.) leads the Bucs at the plate with a .414 average to along with two home runs and 14 RBI. Meanwhile, Matthew Scruggs (Knoxville, Tenn.) is tops in the nation in home runs per game. He has eight homers on the year, while batting .361 with a team-high 17 RBI. Dylan Pratt (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Derek Niesman (Wellington, Fla.) are each batting .327 on the season. Pratt has four home runs and 10 RBI, while safely reaching base in each of the 15 contests this season. Niesman has added two home runs and 11 RBI.
The ETSU pitching rotation is led by John Long (Anderson, S.C.) (4-0, 3.41 ERA) as he leads the A-Sun with four wins. Long has recorded his four wins in four starts. Derek Bushey (Richmond, Va.) (1-1, 4.50 ERA) and Jake Long (Anderson, S.C.) (1-1, 2.49 ERA) will also be in the starting rotation for the weekend.
Belmont enters the weekend with an 11-7 overall record and the Bruins have won three straight. The Bruins picked up a pair of midweek wins against Middle Tennessee State and Valparaiso, while taking one of three against Auburn last weekend.
The Bruins will go with a pitching rotation of Chase Brookshire (1-1, 2.38 ERA) on Friday, Matt Hamann (0-2, 4.56 ERA) on Saturday and James Buckelew (3-0, 0.74 ERA) on Sunday. Belmont is fourth in the Atlantic Sun with a team ERA of 3.18, but the Bruins are hitting just .238 as a team. Zac Mitchell leads the squad at the plate with a .414 average to along with a home run and 10 RBI, while Dylan Craig is the only member of the team hitting above .300. Craig owns a .333 average with 14 RBI.
Belmont has owned the series against the Bucs especially lately. The Bruins have won the last seven meetings between the two schools, which includes a sweep of the Bucs in Nashville last season. Belmont leads the all-time series against ETSU, 20-7.
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Pain d'épices
Browsing through an old baking text (Professional Baking by Mr. Wayne Gisslen), I was so happy to find a gingerbread formula with a pain d'épices variation – which included 50% rye flour (!).
This bake is for MC, who kindly gave me some beautiful Fairhaven whole rye flour, which I used in this bread :^)
I made some slight flavoring adjustments based on recipes by Flo Braker (adding fresh nutmeg and black pepper) and Martha Stewart (adding fresh ginger); grateful too for these posts, showing different ways to make pain d'épices.
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With our cool, wet weather, I thought the sunny orange and warm spice in this bread would be a lovely thing to bake,
and I was happy to have this taste of France here at home.
The bread was really good yesterday, and is better today; can't wait to see how this tastes tomorrow
(the flavors of the spices are developing really nicely).
Honeyed-orange ricotta is a lovely accompaniment (drizzled honey (to taste) over fresh ricotta,
grated some fresh orange rind over, gave it a quick stir – yum!).
(I wanted to try out my new 9x4x4 pullman pan, and estimated the batter weight for the pan. I used the weight of Rose Levy Beranbaum's pound cake in The Cake Bible (684g) as a guide for the smallest pan, then scaled/rounded up from there. Did a long bake in a reducing oven, hoping to bake the bread through in that large pan, without overbrowning it).
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Now help is on the way in the form of the Russian three-master sailing ship, the STS Pallada, which docked at the Aloha Market Place pier in Honolulu on September 11. The Pallada with 102 cadets aboard is on a three and a half month training voyage that has taken its young crew from their homeport in Vladivostok to Kodiak, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and now Honolulu. On its homeward journey, perhaps via Tokyo, the ship is likely to pass through some of the now widely scattered debris.
On the ship's arrival, Maximenko and Hafner met with Captain Vasily Sviridenko and Natalia V. Borodina, information and education mate. Maximenko, a native of Russia, described in fluent Russian where the debris might be found, pointing to the September 11 map of the estimated locations.
The captain is seriously concerned about the debris, according to translation by Borodina. "The reason the huge commercial vessels traveling the North Pacific have not reported anything," the captain said, "is because they cut through such stuff like through butter." For the Pallada, although one of the largest tall ships plying the seas, the debris is very dangerous. With its 300-foot length, it is a small ship by today's standards. "It is especially vulnerable as its hull is thin," the captain explained.
When asked whether he will help, the captain replied, "Sure! I will have our eager young cadets be on the look-out for debris 24 hours a day." The safety of his crew is of primary concern.
"What we need are verbal descriptions of what you see floating in the ocean," said Maximenko. "Take photos, and if possible, even take samples. Objects might be hard to see as they might be camouflaged, covered with algae and other marine life. Negative data, that is regions free of debris, is also useful information and helps to determine the edge of the field."
The ship has Geiger counters to measure radio activity. Although Maximenko thinks the debris will likely not be radioactive as it washed into the ocean nearly two weeks before the leakage of water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, no theorizing can substitute for direct measurements.
The Pallada will be back in its homeport Vladivostok in mid-October. What will she find? Will the tsunami debris be detected and its existence be realized?
The original statistical model animation can be seen at: http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/users/nikolai/2011/Pacific_Islands/Simulation_of_Debris_from_March_11_2011_Japan_tsunami.gif.
The model that is updated every day with current winds and sea level can be viewed at: http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/users/hafner/PUBLIC/TSUNAMI_DEBRIS/tsunami_tracers_no_vector_large.html.


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The widespread adoption of genetically engineered crops by U.S. farmers has brought "substantial net environmental and economic benefits compared to conventional crops," according to new report from the National Academies.
"Studies show that when best management practices are implemented, GE crops have been effective at reducing pest problems, with economic and environmental benefits to farmers," the Committee on the Impact of Biotechnology on Farm-Level Economics and Sustainability" concluded.
The National Academies, advisors to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine, includes the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council.
Further, the study, the first comprehensive assessment of the effects of the GE crops revolution on farmland sustainability in terms of environmental, economic, and social impacts on both farms that adopt the crops and those that do not, says, "Genetic engineering could potentially be used in more crops, in novel ways beyond herbicide and insect resistance, for a greater diversity of purposes. For example, GE crops could help address global food insecurity through the development of plants with improved nutritional qualities or resilience to a changing climate."
It details the challenges and opportunities for future GE crops and offers recommendations on how crop management practices and future research and development efforts can help to realize the full potential of genetic engineering.
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Since their introduction in 1996, GE crops have been rapidly adopted by farmers in the U.S. and in 2009 accounted for more than 80 percent of soybean, corn, and cotton acres.
Despite persistent and noisy opposition to the new technology by various activist groups, evidence — scientific evidence — has continued to show the environmental benefits of GE crops over previous herbicide-dominant farming regimes.
The new report notes, "Given that runoff from agriculture is the largest source of water pollution in the U.S., this could represent the largest single environmental benefit."
Targeting specific pests with Bt toxins in corn and cotton "has been successful and insecticide use has decreased with the adoption of insect resistant crops," the report says. "More effective management of weeds and insects also means farmers may not have to apply insecticides or till for weeds as often, translating into lower expenditures for pesticides and less labor and fuel for equipment operations."
And, farmers and their employees not only face reduced exposure to the harsh chemicals found in earlier herbicides and insecticides, but "also spend less time in the field applying" the materials.
The chief concern raised in the report is that of increasing resistance of several weeds to glyphosate, the herbicide widely used in GE crop production.
These crops could lose much of their effectiveness unless farmers also use other proven weed and insect management practices, the report says.
Public and private research institutions "should allocate sufficient resources" to monitor and assess the environmental, economic, and social effects of biotechnology on U.S. agriculture to facilitate informed decisions, the report says.
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H.R.H. Prince Khalifa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa has served as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain since its independence in 1971. He is the second son of the former ruler of Bahrain Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and the uncle of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa.
H.R.H. was born on Sunday, 24th of November 1935 and grew up in the care of his father, H.H. Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, ruler of Bahrain from 1942 to 1961. Ever since he was a child, his father instilled in him a strong sense of responsibility by assigning him to learn the Qur'an under the guidance of one of Bahrain's most eminent scholars. Upon becoming 7 years of age, his father instructed that he and his brother attend his father's court in which he met with Bahrain's citizens to learn about their problems and concerns, and closely understand the manner by which his father ran the country's affairs.
Before beginning his formal education in a government school, H.R.H. started his formal education and was assigned one of the most capable teachers of the time by his father. As a young man, he traveled intermittently to England to study from 1957 to 1959.
Mere hours after the signing of the document ending the special treaty between Bahrain and the United Kingdom on the 15th of August, 1971, H.M. Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, then Ruler of Bahrain, issued a decree to reorganize the political structure of the country.
As per the decree, the Emirate of Bahrain was renamed the State of Bahrain and the Ruler of Bahrain was changed to Emir of Bahrain. Another decree followed shortly thereafter which changed the State Council to Cabinet of Ministers and the President of the State Council to Prime Minister and Members of the State Council to Ministers.
The Cabinet of Ministers worked relentlessly from day 1 on its goal of achieving its ambitions quickly to bring Bahrain up to speed with other modern nations and reach the hopes and dreams of its people.
Since then, the country has gone from one success to another, becoming a model for larger countries with bigger human and natural capital.
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On my recent flight back from Asia, I read a very interesting article about 10 superfoods that one should integrate into the daily diet: garlic, tofu, mushrooms, blueberries, kale, flaxseed, beans, carrots, tomatoes, and strawberries.
These foods are referred to as "immune boosters" by the author, a MD and medical director of a cancer treatment center.
Earlier this year, I had a major health scare–one that was fortunately harmless–that leads me to be more conscious about the foods I consume on a daily basis.
When I read through the list, I felt rather happy and relieved because I am already a big fan of many of them; for example: garlic, tofu, mushrooms, carrots, and beans. However, I don't eat enough blueberries and strawberries, even though they are so adorable, absolutely edible, and readily available in the US. I resolve to eat them more.
And hence, blueberry has become my new favorite. I eat them raw, or I top my matcha (green tea) ice cream with blueberries (green tea is also another healthy food). I also bake blueberry muffins on the weekend, and save the muffins as breakfast for my busy work week.
Packed full of juicy blueberries, these sweet and light muffins are perfect choice for breakfast.
I have a great blueberry muffins recipe that I received in my mail, you know, the cookbook club mailer that also includes a few recipe leaflets.
The blueberry muffins recipe calls for very basic ingredients–ones that I always have in my fridge and pantry. The recipe also creates a fluffier muffins instead of the "dense" ones sold at stores. Personally, I love my blueberry muffins "lighter" as I can have a couple of them without feeling completely stuffed in the morning.
The blueberry muffins recipe is also very easy to follow, plus the notion that I am eating healthy superfood makes the muffins taste even better! :)
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It was the cool hand of death that inspired local longtime actress Meghan Cary to express her experience of loss through song on the guitar. Since then, during the 16 years since her fiancé's unexpected passing in the spring of 1995, after which she taught herself to play on her fiancé's Martin acoustic guitar, Cary has made four albums. This fall, she is set to release her fifth.
In 1998, Billboard magazine named Cary, now an Erdenheim resident and mother of two, its "critic's choice" for new releases. "Can the world really stand one more sensitive troubadour?" the magazine's writer said. "If the artist in question is Cary, the answer is a resounding yes."
Cary will perform music from her collection with her husband, Peter Farrell, keyboard, and Jocko MacNelly, bass, at the Mt. Airy House Concert Series, on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 24. (Those interested in attending should email email@example.com, for more information).
"It's the best way to listen to acoustic music," said Cary, 45, who was a premed student at Duke University ('88) before changing her major to theater. She went on to earn a master's in fine arts from the Florida State University Asolo Conservatory in 1990. Through the years, Cary has performed in more than 50 productions in the U.S. and Europe.
"If you're not into having a loud, inebriated person next to you," she said, "or hearing a huge piece of ice drop at the bar during a really quiet song, [house concerts are] the place to listen."
Two days after the passing of her fiancé, Matthew Black, Cary was scheduled to leave from the couple's New York City apartment for Ellensville, New York, upstate in the Catskill Mountains, to rehearse for "Terra Nova." The play focuses on an expedition to the South Pole.
After speaking with the show's director, Cary, who was unsure at first, decided to attend rehearsal, albeit a week late. Her role as the wife of Con Scott, an explorer on an early polar expedition, in "Terra Nova," was quite fitting. In the character's last speech, the wife arrives at where she is supposed to meet the explorers, only fiancé to find they have perished.
It was up in the mountains in her room after rehearsal that Cary penned her first song, "The Rain Song." She knew only three chords. One night in the home where the cast members lived, a number of the cast were hanging out. As it came to pass, Cary was asked what the music was they heard her playing. Stuff she made up, she told them. They encouraged her to play the songs. She did. And thus, her singing career was born.
After the show ran at a numerous cities through the region, Cary returned to NYC. Her fiancé was supposed to perform at O'Flaherty's, an Irish bar on 46th Street in Midtown Manhattan, along Restaurant Row. Cary, who often sang with Black at his gigs, went to the bar the evening of the gig to inform the manager of her fiancé's passing. "Oh, well, can you do it anyway?" the manager said to her in a thick Irish accent.
And so, Cary played the eight songs she knew, four originals and four covers filling up space with her theatrical know-how, and "engaging the audience through more than just song," amidst loud-drinking and the sound of billiards in the background. She played three 45-minute sets, performing some of the songs three times, or mixing up the order of the previous set. Eventually, during the night, "people [at the bar] just stopped," she said. "They sat and listened … I didn't understand at the time how bizarre it was to play these [types of] songs in an Irish bar in mid-town."
Cary continued to practice the guitar, write songs and perform in theater productions, as well as appear in commercials and record voice-overs for advertisements. A playwright and friend of her's happened to know a producer Scott McClatchy, which eventually led to Cary's recording of her debut album, "New Shoes," in the spring of 1997.
Before that, Cary had only a tape of her recordings. Her desire to record a more legitimate album was heightened after she performed her song, "Going Home," in front of a crowd of almost 2,500 during the closing celebration of a New York-to-Boston AIDS Ride, a bicycle fundraiser she rode in for AIDS victims and their families.
After the performance, one where Cary "heard what it sounded like when 2,500 people hold their breath at once," a number of people asked her if Cary had an album. It was an audience member who heard her perform, who happened to have a friend at Billboard that ultimately enabled Cary's music to be heard by the staff at the magazine.
Cary hosted her first album release party at Greenwich Village's The Bitter End, in May, 1997, a location known for hosting the early likes of Sheryl Crow and Shawn Colvin. A coincidence, the date was three years to the day of her fiancé's passing.
Since then, Cary has continued to perform in the world of theater and television. She has toured the U.S. by booking her own shows, and self-promoting. That is where she ultimately met her husband, Peter Farrell.
"I realized I wanted to come home," she said. "I wanted human contact in some other form than on the stage… I wanted to fall in love again."
That was in the spring of 2002. In 2004, she was engaged and married to Farrell. The couple eventually moved to Chestnut Hill in 2007, and most recently to Erdenheim.
In the mid-years of the decade, Cary's career slowed a bit after the birth of her first child, Clara. Now that she is writing music again, Cary "is done writing about loss… and much more about creating life."
Her most recent album includes songs like "Building a House," and "Through Walking With Your Ghost." The lyrical content of the songs differs from that of songs like "New Shoes."
"New Shoes," was written shortly after Black died. During a break in the "Terra Nova" rehearsal, she returned to the apartment where she had lived with her fiancé, to find a pair of new shoes he had not worn yet, and other things like his razor still there, "but he was gone."
As her life evolves, Cary's songs evoke her story of loss and now, revival. For more information, visit www.meghancary.com or visit Mt. Airy House Concerts on Facebook.


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Part two of the simple sweets trilogy! This one I did especially for the busy mom/dad.
Part two of the simple sweets trilogy! This one I did especially for the busy mom/dad. Now I know that coming home after a long day at work, to then make dinner is hard enough without having to consider dessert. This cake is super easy and the best part is that most of the work is already done for you!
1 Box of Lemon Cake Mix
1 1/4 C Lemon Seltzer Water
2 Egg Whites
1 1/2 Bags of Frozen Mixed Berries
1 C Sugar
1/4 C Honey
1/4 C Lemon Juice
2 tsp Corn Starch
1 tsp Salt
Take out your frozen fruit and let them defrost
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease cake pan
Mix together the boxed cake mix, seltzer, and egg whites (the seltzer cuts down your prep time and ingredients, plus the kids can do this part!)
After the batter is at a smooth consistancy, pour into cake pan and bake for 30 mins
While the cake is baking, place the fruit in a sauce pan and let them heat up
Add in the sugar, lemon juice, honey, corn starch, and salt
Let the topping stew together until the fruit has become soft but not mushy, the consistancy should be somewhat thick
Serve and enjoy!


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Winter is no excuse not to play tennis! Looking to hit with 4.5+ ntrp players (4.5-7.0). Can hit indoors at McFetridge (california and irving park) or Northwestern in Evanston. (split costs: your half is $9-14 at McFetridge depending on time of day or $22-25 at Northwestern including a $15 guest fee).
I like to play at about 10am on weekdays, but I'm flexible, evenings and weekends are ok too. Ideally would like to set up a regular weekly competitive hit.
I'm 33, played varsity highschool, let my game fall apart in college & law school, and am now having lots of fun getting it back. I've played about 15 matches in the past six months and haven't lost a single one! Can you help me with this problem?
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Hey Greg,
would love to hit with you sometime, live in Wrigleyville so NW would be great. Let me know when is good for you.
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text: Dominic Anthony DeLaurentis, M.D., age 88 of Coral Gables, Florida and La Romana, Dominican Republic, formerly of Philadelphia, PA and Williamsburg, VA on May 14, 2013. Born February 2, 1925 in Abruzzo, Italy, Dr. DeLaurentis immigrated to Philadelphia in 1928. He was educated in the Philadelphia public school system, graduating from Olney High School where he was a serious violinist and a talented gymnast; St Joseph's University with honors in Chemistry and Temple University School of Medicine where he was elected to AOA. He served in the United States Army assigned to a maxillo-facial mobile surgical unit. In 1958 Dr. DeLaurentis was appointed Associate Professor of Surgery, Temple University Medical School and Hospital. He was awarded a Hartford Foundation cardiovascular fellowship in 1963 and named first Chief of Surgery at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1966. Dr. DeLaurentis was appointed Professor of Surgery Hahnemann Medical School and Hospital in 1971 and in 1974 was named Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania and Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital. In 1986 he was appointed First Chief of the Vascular Surgery Section and in the year 2000 Dr. DeLaurentis was honored by the University of Pennsylvania as Professor Emeritus. Dr. DeLaurentis was deeply committed to surgical education, teaching many generations of physicians and authoring or co-authoring upwards of 135 surgical publications. He was elected and served as President of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, Delaware Valley Vascular Society, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, and the Eastern Vascular Society. He was involved in the formation of the Association of Program Directors in Surgery, and recognized as an Honorary Life member. Dr. DeLaurentis was predeceased by his wife of 51 years Molly Stephens DeLaurentis, and is survived by his wife Conchita Llach DeLaurentis, four children and ten grandchildren including Denise DeLaurentis Cilio, Peter Cilio, Caroline and Charlotte Cilio, Dominic Jr. and Julie DeLaurentis, Mary Elizabeth and Dominic A. DeLaurentis III, Gina and Rob Steers, Whit and Anna Steers, Lauren and Jeff Brown, M.D., Mary Mason, Graham, Olivia and Bo Brown, and a brother Anthony Laurent of Hilton Head, S.C. Dr. DeLaurentis became a passionate sailor later in life recommending the sport to anyone who is "afflicted with impatience." He had a profound love of family, great appreciation for education, and epitomized life-long learning. He was hugely accomplished but remarkably modest. His openness, generosity, and wisdom made him a natural second father to residents, colleagues, and son-in-laws and his wise council will be greatly missed. There will be a memorial service and internment in Williamsburg, VA at a later date.


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Archive for category Just for fun
Oui Wii
Posted by Todd Miller in Just for fun on December 27th, 2009
I am a latecomer to the world of Wii, my appetite for video games dying with Atari's passing many years ago. For some reason, if the game's champions and villains aren't primitive low-res insects, monsters, or spaceships, they have no appeal to me.
So I was more than a little surprised when a box of Wii showed up at our door several weeks ago. Apparently, a neighbor had hooked my wife on Wii Fit. I set it up and she started Wii-ing like a teenager. It wasn't long before she convinced me to give it a try.
I have to admit, I was impressed. Wii Fit sized me up immediately, gauging my weight and body mass index the moment I set foot on the Wii Balance Board. I set up a user profile and sampled the Yoga, strength training, and slalom skiing for fun. My praise for Wii notwithstanding, I had a nagging concern that Wii knew just a little too much about me. Among other things, it knew my height, weight, BMI, and the fact that I preferred the female virtual trainer over the male.
As much as I enjoyed my first Wii session, I procrastinated my follow-up. A couple weeks after my first and only Wii workout, my wife mentioned that Wii had been asking about me.
"What?" I exclaimed.
"Yes — Wii asked where you were" my wife replied.
I was astonished. Wii inquiring about my whereabouts seemed like some scary Twilight Zone episode — the kind that would keep you up all night with the covers pulled over your head for extra protection.
My wife continued: "yeah, Wii asked me how you looked too."
"Seriously?" Now I was convinced she was joking.
"I'm serious! It wanted to know if you looked fit, heavy, etcetera," she replied.
My wife thought it was funny. I found it disturbing. I considered unplugging Wii, but I instantly flashed on the Zone episode where Telly Savales tries to off the evil "Talky Tina" doll — with fatal consequences for Kojak.
It wasn't sufficient that Wii had invaded my privacy. That night, it invaded my dreams. In my nightmare, my wife approached me, clearly concerned:
Wife: "Wii asked me to give you a message."
Mii: "Yes?"
Wife: "Wii says for me to tell you that it only wants what is best for you…that and it wants to borrow the car and your credit card for the weekend."
Mii: "What?"
Wife: "It says it wants to check out the new Cirque du Soleil show in Vegas."
Mii: "How am I supposed to workout?"
Wife: "It says it will be staying at the Bellagio under the name 'D. Moriarty' — you can workout there."
Mii: "Absolutely not! First it's shows on the Strip. Next thing you know we'll have to mortgage the house to cover Wii's gambling debts. We have to set boundaries."
Wife: (looking scared) "Honey, I think we should give Wii what it wants."
I looked into my wife's eyes and realized we were in serious trouble.
The moment I handed over my keys and Amex to Wii, I awoke from my nightmare. As if visited by some weird 21st century Dickens ghost, I was delighted to find Wii precisely where I'd left it, and not carousing the Strip. Having realized the error of my ways, I promised to honor Wii Fit in my heart (and abs), and try to keep it all the year. Ever since, my wife and I have both exercised faithfully and are in the best shape of our lives. Wii is very pleased with our progress and I am happy to report that the three of us are living happily together. I have nothing but praise for Wii and I encourage everyone to buy at least one (though Wii says that three or four would be better).


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Nothing beats luxury cars when it comes to riding in style and with class. These days, luxury cars are available in just about every body style and configuration imaginable. These types of vehicles are typically outfitted with the very best in technology, interior comforts, performance, and body styling.
About Luxury Cars
While Lexus maintained this position through 2010, the automaker's competition in the market has increased dramatically. Other Japanese automakers have introduced luxury badges, such as Honda's Acura and Nissan's Infiniti. These three brands have had to compete for market share with the traditional European powers along with an ever-increasing array of other continental car producers, such as Volvo, Audi, Saab, and even previously down-market Volkswagen.
Luxury Car Variations
The premium compact segment includes small luxury cars, most of which have only been introduced in the last few years. These compact, affordable cars were designed with a young demographic in mind. Sporty, well-appointed, and fuel efficient, the premium compact segment is comprised of models such as the BMW 1 Series, Mercedes B-Class, and the Audi A3, which sometimes in hatchbacks or wagons form.
Entry-level luxury or compact executive cars could arguably be regarded as a step up in status. This category is a combination of the low-end vehicles from the top name brands and top models from automakers not necessarily known as being luxury brands. Examples of this class of vehicle include the BMW 3 Series, Volvo S60, Lexus IS, and Audi A4.
Mid-luxury or executive cars belong to a larger class of vehicle, more in line with a midsize. Cars of this category offer good performance, technological amenities, and a respectable amount of interior space. Examples include the Jaguar XF, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, BMW 5 Series, and Audi A6.
High-end luxury cars are premium full-size vehicles, which are often the automaker's showpiece model. Cars in this class offer ample passenger compartments, have traditionally been powered by V-8 and V-12 engines, and are typically outfitted with the very latest in automotive technology. Some examples include the BMW 7 Series, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Lexus LS, and the Audi A8.
The luxury SUV market has also grown in recent years. The Jeep Grand Cherokee is generally regarded as America's first luxury SUV, though it was predated by the Toyota Land Cruiser and Land Rover Range Rover. Now, European automakers such as Porsche, BMW, and Volvo compete with American brands like Buick and Cadillac and Japanese brands like Lexus and Acura in the luxury SUV market.
Popular Luxury Car Brands
Lexus remains the most popular manufacturer of luxury vehicles worldwide. Its main competitors remain German automakers such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW.
Top English luxury brands have returned to the U.S. market with a new line of Bentleys and Aston Martin's targeted towards the ultra-rich and ultra-hip.
Who Drives Luxury Cars?
While most of us would like to drive a luxury car, not everyone can afford one. However, while higher end luxury vehicles can easily go for $100,000 or more, there are more affordable models available from the top luxury brands. For drivers who have the money and want to enjoy the best comforts available when they drive, luxury vehicles are absolutely ideal. They provide comfort, performance, style, and the best technological and interior amenities.


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In recent years, there has been an explosion in the number of credentials financial advisers use to market their services to clients. Add one more to the mix. The Accredited Domestic Partnership Advisor (ADPA) program.
Created about three years ago, this program seeks to educate financial advisers on "the unique needs of clients" who are LGBT, an acronym that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.
According to a recent survey by Wells Fargo Advisors, which helped design the program, 61% of those who are LGBT say they are confident they will be able to save enough to afford the retirement lifestyle they desire, versus 53% of the general population. Still, there is a "disconnect" between that confidence level and the actual savings LGBT individuals have amassed, says Kyle Young a financial adviser and vice president at Wells Fargo Advisors.
Indeed, the median amount LGBT individuals have saved is only 17% of the $900,000 they believe they will need.
For LGBT individuals, saving for retirement is even more critical than it is for heterosexual, married couples, Mr. Young says. That's because although LGBT individuals are able to legally marry in several states, they are not able to inherit one another's Social Security and may not be able to inherit a defined benefit pension benefit. Nor are they able to pass unlimited assets to one another free of gift and estate taxes. Yet another potential problem: Fewer LGBT couples have children to help them in their old age, making long-term-care insurance even more critical.
The net effect, says Mr. Young, is that "the cost of living for a LGTB couple is far greater than for a heterosexual couple." Perhaps as a result, the LGBT respondents to the Wells Fargo survey project they will need $900,000 to retire, versus $300,000 for heterosexual couples, he adds.
If you are LGBT, should you seek out one of the 200-or-so financial advisers nationwide–many of whom work for Wells Fargo–who have earned an Accredited Domestic Partnership Advisor (ADPA) designation? Not necessarily. Many financial advisers should have the expertise in subjects including insurance and gift and estate taxes to be able to help a LGBT individual or couple plan for the future. But if you don't have an adviser you like–or if you don't think your current adviser is sensitive to the financial risks you and your partner face–you might consider it.
To earn an ADPA designation, an adviser must have one of ten well-established credentials. These include the certified public accountant, chartered financial analyst, and certified financial planner designations that each require a rigorous course of study, as well as continuing education and adherence to codes of ethics. The ADPA, which was created by Wells Fargo in partnership with the well-respected College for Financial Planning, requires four additional courses and a passing grade on a multiple choice exam.
Advisers with the designation learn how to help couples insure themselves against the potential loss of a spouse's Social Security or other benefits. They are also schooled in gifting strategies to enable couples with unequal wealth ensure the survivor has adequate financial resources.
Be aware that not all financial designations are equal. According to an article by my colleagues Jason Zweig and Mary Pilon:
"In recent years the number of financial credentials has soared. According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which oversees how investments are marketed to the public, there are at least 95 different professional designations for financial advisers—nearly double the 48 it listed in 2005. Many newer credentials, however, require comparatively little effort on the part of the students." Moreover, the article adds, "The Wall Street Journal has found at least 115 others that aren't tracked by Finra."


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Jennifer Holliday Covers the Classics on New CD
It has been 23 years since we have heard a new non-gospel recordings from the original Effie White from "Dreamgirls," Jennifer Holliday. (The last was in 1991, entitled "I'm On Your Side.") That wait comes to an end with the release of her new CD "The Song Is You" (Shanachie Entertainment/Euphoric Records), a collection of pop, jazz and R&B standards that have been blessed with Holliday's powerful and emotional vocals.
All of the songs on "The Song Is You" are dedicated to an artist associated with the song (Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Nancy Wilson, Michael Buble, Etta James, Patti LaBelle, Phyllis Hyman); but Holliday is quick to point out that it is not just about the recording artist: "......this is a dedication not just to the artist, but also to a good song. The songwriters have to be acknowledged as well."
With a 35-year career which was kicked off by her debut performance in the 1979 Broadway hit "Your Arms Too Short To Box With God," you would think that Jennifer Holliday would have amassed quite a collection of music well beyond the 5 albums to her credit. Shortly after gaining much fame after her 1982 Tony and Grammy Awards, Holliday recorded 4 albums cumulatively with Geffen Records and Arista, but the advent of MTV quickly set a different course for Holliday's career. "Because I was overweight with a different sounding voice the label was like 'there's not much we can do for you with the videos and dance music...'," she explained. With persistent weight problems, failed marriages, chronic depression and a battle with multiple sclerosis, the downs came to overshadow the ups in her career.
Her faith in God led her to start recording in the arena she started her singing, and Holliday released Gospel music as the carriage for her strong, distinctive voice with one album, 1994's "On & On" reaching the Top 10 on Billboard's Gospel Chart.
So what has inspired Jennifer Holliday to release her first pop-oriented album in 23 years? She credits the plethora of young talents on reality competition shows who continually choose a Holliday song to tackle in their quest to become the world's next big singing star. "If they (the contestants) think a Jennifer Holliday tune will make them win, that's quite a compliment," Holliday says with pride.
But, whatever the reason, this CD is long overdue. "The Song Is You" shows the growth of Holliday as a singer and artist who seems to be comfortable interpreting any song.
I caught up with Ms. Holliday shortly after her appearance on The Steve Harvey Show where she introduced the new CD, prior to its release. Our warm and honest conversation revealed the reasons why she has decided to release new material now, what the obstacles were for her in the early stages of her career, why she chose the music she has on the CD, and what lays ahead after this album.
Why now?
BeBe: You recently released a collection of Pop and Jazz standards in your new CD "The Song Is You." Everyone, no doubt, has been waiting for a long time to hear new music from you, and I believe the burning question is why has it taken so long to get newly recorded music from you?
Jennifer Holliday: Well the music business itself has just changed so much. I've been in show business for 35 years, but I only have really 5 albums. Not CDs, but albums (we both laugh) that have been transferred to CDs. The reason why is because when I started in the early 80s, I got caught up in the traffic of the disco music. Also, with videos being made, Geffen Records decided to drop me because the few records I had made weren't selling and, even back then, videos cost a fortune to make. Because I was overweight with a different sounding voice the label was like, 'there's not much we can do for you with the videos and dance music...'
That was the 80s. Then in the 90s was the introduction of Rap, and from Rap to Hip-Hop. So, R&B became a less defined music. It's not even a televised portion of the Grammys anymore. That's how unimportant R&B has become. So, I had to go through all of that. In this life, you know, you struggle. You have your ups and downs. It just took me awhile to get back to (recording).
What inspired me most were these young people performing my songs on these talent reality shows. Some people were asking me 'Aren't you upset that these people are doing your songs and messing them up and butchering them up?' No, because it is associated with winning! If they (contestants) think a Jennifer Holliday tune will make them win, that's quite a compliment.
Singing standards
BeBe: We know the range of your voice and the range displayed when you sing, so isn't tackling a Jennifer Holliday song a huge risk for a performer just starting out?
Jennifer Holliday: Yeah, if they think they can do that then they must really have something. They have a lot of courage. So it did inspire me to try before I leave this Earth if I could have some newer work that people could search for. They can hear that I still have my chops and that my instrument (voice) is still intact.
Hopefully, people will think I sing better now than I did 32 years ago (during her Broadway debut). I wanted to show that I've grown as an artist as well. On this album I do some jazz standards combined with some R&B classics. I wanted to have a body of work so that people didn't have to say, 'boy, there's nothing (out there) on her.'
BeBe: As you say 'The Song Is You' is a collection of R&B and jazz standards. These are your interpretations of songs that are, for most of us, very familiar and were made popular by other artists. I want to know how you came about selecting the songs you recorded for the CD? Did they resonate with you personally in some way?
Jennifer Holliday: There are so many wonderful songs from that Jazz era, so you're searching and searching. But, just because there are a lot of wonderful songs does not mean they will all fit for my voice. I mostly had to go toward a theme, the theme of love. I took love and the cycle of relationships. I also dedicated each song to someone I admired as an artist or performer and found a way to mesh these two concepts. 'Love Dance' is dedicated to Nancy Wilson (recorded by Wilson in 1994). I've always loved her voice and how she is able to deliver a song in her sultry, sexy way. I wanted to try and emulate that. 'The Look of Love,' written by Burt Bacharach, (is a song) I dedicated to Dusty Springfield. (It was recorded by Springfield in 1967). I dedicate a song to Aretha Franklin, 'Are You Leaving Me,' (a song recorded by Franklin a demo); and one to Barbra Streisand 'Love Me By Name,'(a Lesley Gore song).
Doing Etta James proud
BeBe: As I heard the names of those you dedicated songs to (Aretha, Streisand, Dusty Springfield and Nancy Wilson), I couldn't help but notice the parallel they have with you in that they each have very distinctive, identifiable voices that others try to emulate. You are taking songs that our minds have already attached to a particular sound and artist. But on this CD you're putting your "Jennifer Holliday Stank" on it, which is very challenging. Very few people would take that kind of risk. Others are not willing to stretch themselves out of fear that people will say 'I like the way so-and-so did it.' Does that response bother you?
Jennifer Holliday: People may still say that with my renditions because my voice is so powerful, emotional and passionate. They may say they like Nancy's (version) better because she has more finesse or caresses a lyric differently than I do. I understand that, but this is a dedication not just to the artist, but also to a good song. The songwriters have to be acknowledged as well. That's how I look at it.
BeBe: What I get from it, Jennifer, is that it's like bringing an old standard anew. I can listen to it like it's a new jam. That's what is refreshing with you putting your spin on these songs. That's what I appreciate. In particular, 'At Last' by Etta James is a song many have tried and recorded, but many have also been unsuccessful in doing it well. You have done 'At Last,' honey... (both laughing) I don't even have to say anymore. When I heard the song I said to myself that you recaptured 'that feeling,' not the sound, we felt when it was originally done. That's the difference. Most people try and recapture a sound when what they really should be doing is recapturing a feeling.
Jennifer Holliday: I just listened to these songs I loved by people that I loved. I knew Etta James, so I felt that she would have given me her blessing. And I think she has because every time that I sing it, I think the audience feels it as well. It's quickly becoming another (signature) song for me. That, I had no idea would happen.
Making songs her own
BeBe: Well, your version is destined to become a classic of its own. I have no doubt.
Jennifer Holliday: I also do a tribute to Marvin Hamlisch by doing his song he wrote and Carly Simon sings for the Bond movie 'The Spy Who Loved Me.' I do 'Nobody Does It Better.' Marvin knew how I take a song and try and make it my own. I worked with him for years up to the time of his death. And, I met Carly Simon back when she used to come to see 'Dreamgirls.'
BeBe: Were there any songs that you recorded for the album that did not make the album, and you wished you would have put it on the CD?
Jennifer Holliday: Yes, I do a song called 'More Than You Know' (a 1929 standard that Holliday knows from Billie Holiday's 1939 recording) and that was one of my favorites. Quite a few others I had to leave out. But, if 'The Love Is You' does well, then I have a second set of songs that didn't make this CD that I can prepare for the next one.
BeBe: As we have spoken about before in our other interviews, you are what we definitely refer to as a working artist. You are performing somewhere all through the year, year in and year out. But your performances have not been in promotion or support of new material for a very long time. Are you planning tour dates in support of this album?
Jennifer Holliday: Well, I wanted to get it released first and see the response to it. The material definitely would not lend itself to paying everywhere, but would lend itself to playing some of the smaller places like New York's 54 Below. So, we will see where we go from here.
For more on Jennifer Holliday and how to get her new CD, visit her Facebook page.
As an actress, BeBe was introduced to film with a lead role in the independent film "Under One Sun" with her character dealing with religious, racial and gender issues. Additionally, she appeared in the campy musical "Devious, Inc" (Australian Film Festival, San Francisco Short Film Fest) also adding additional vocals to the musical soundtrack. Both of these performances led to her selection for a lead role in Aisha Media's next short film series, "Con-tin.u.um" to be released in 2012.


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charlesn needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 93 designs submitted by 24 freelance designers.
I'm a dad, a tournament bass fisherman and I work in the IT field in Managed Services and hosting. I would like a logo that is fun and appealing but subdued and not overwhelming or over the top
Basically anyone that is interested in my website. Family, friends, clients and potential clients.
I would like a logo that represents me. Young at heart. Simple. Conservative. I'm not a "look at me" type of person. Something fun/funny. Visually attractive.
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Former Prosecutor: Incarceration Does Not Always Make Us Safer
There's a new mandate from Attorney General Jeff Sessions telling federal prosecutors to "get tough" on crime. The new order instructs prosecutors to throw out an Obama-era regulation that minimized mandatory sentencing, and instead to look for ways to charge the "most serious, readily provable offenses." Already, there are approximately seven million adults who are incarcerated in the U.S. criminal justice system or are on probation or parole. Adam Foss, a former assistant district attorney from Boston, says we have already seen the devastating effects of harsh punitive policies. Now an advocate for justice reform, he supports using probation as a transformative experience rather than a punishment. He joins Soledad O'Brien for an informative discussion on mass incarceration and how prosecutors can help save a life.


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Chinese data out Sunday showed that consumer prices picked up in November, but economists moved to dispel concerns about a possible price shock from rising food costs.
The consumer price index is a key data point for investors, with a desire to keep control of prices one of the main reasons behind China's post-2009 policy-tightening moves.
China's November data out over the weekend saw CPI growth at 2%, accelerating from 1.7% in October, with Jun Ma at Deutsche Bank noting the increase was due mainly to a sharp rise in vegetable prices, which climbed 11% month-on-month.
November's food-related rebound in consumer inflation "is sparking fears about another inflationary shock next year," said Xianfang Ren at Capital Economics.
However, Ren also said that while inflation is expected to pick up in 2013, it won't likely be a dramatic rise.
"China now is actually standing at the late stage of contraction and early stage of expansion — likely a weak expansion cycle. Bottom line is that inflation won't be the No. 1 concern next year." Ren said.
HSBC Greater China chief economist Qu Hongbin also focused on the growth backdrop as a reason for expecting the data series to remain benign in 2013.
Demand is not running at full speed, he said, while modest growth means imported inflation risks should be manageable, as Chinese demand is so large that it plays a significant role in setting global commodities prices.
Qu said that "given that over 30% of China's CPI basket is food, which is sensitive to weather conditions," the CPI rate tends to be vulnerable to supply shocks. But he went some way to try to dispel fears about food prices.
"The good news is that the ninth consecutive good harvest – something not seen for half a century – will help maintain the balance of food supply and demand. The supply of live pigs is sufficient to avoid large price rises," the economist said.
Beijing will likely be happy with CPI in a range of between 3% and 4% in 2013, Qu said, adding that "price stability remains a priority, not only for economic development, but also for social stability."
— Sarah Turner
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wrightph needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Logo for Lynn M Carlson & Company
Use your imagniation be as creative as you like. No holds barred.
The company markets and sells high quality prints of Lynn's artwork. We also have two pending iPhone applications featuring his art.
Lynn M Carlson & Company
Lynn M. Carlson is a successful American artist and business consultant. He has a diverse client base ranging from business professionals, athletes, actors, and directors.
His vast well of experience has brought him to ground breaking cultural forefronts. Combine that with his unique vision, his self-taught love of photography, his elaborate sets, talented models, countless hours staging and filtering, and an art form is born.
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The R&B Renaissance
A clutch of new artists are bringing the rhythm, the blues, and, perhaps most importantly, the soul back to R&B. And they're doing it without rehashing sounds of bygones eras.
"Rhythm and blues music" has always been a rather slippery expression. Essentially replacing "race records" as the terminology used by the industry as a catchall idiom for music made by, and for, black America, some would say it has been more of an ideal than a fully functioning genre. At different times soul, funk, blues, and rock'n'roll have all been a part of the R&B sound. Over the years it has swayed from live instrumentation to synthetic drum beats and from afro-sporting guitar maestros to slick, all singing, all dancing entertainers --what other genre could claim both George Clinton and Bobby Brown? But regardless of the sound fashionable at the time, rhythm and blues music always had precisely that: rhythm and blues.
In the late '90s and early '00s, however, a cross-pollination took place between R&B and hip-hop that all but swallowed up both genres. Rap had spent the previous two decades gathering such a commercial head of steam that by the turn of the millennium its artists were the new pop stars. Hip-hop became hook-heavy, with the biggest sellers often employing the services of R&B singers to provide the radio-friendly choruses on their tracks. Once mighty rap stables like Death Row became more or less defunct, the void they left behind was filled by softer versions of the formula. Labels like Murder Inc. and So So Def pinched the same template by signing up a whole host of talent and matching them up on various records, while employing more pop-oriented producers and their own R&B singers, ensuring their work was consumer friendly. This epiphany came just before the bottom dropped out on record sales, and the albums sold by the millions
While rappers took a couple of giant steps towards the softer R&B sound, the singers themselves reciprocated. Looking at the hip-hop star persona as the key to commercial glory, artists like R. Kelly and Usher toned down their sensitive sides, and cranked their thug way up. With street cred a necessity for success, R&B as we knew it was run off the tracks. But having toiled in the doldrums for all this time, the genre has been experience its first boom in 15 years. A clutch of new artists are bringing the rhythm, the blues, and, perhaps most importantly, the soul back to R&B. And they're doing it without rehashing sounds of bygones eras.
While the term "R&B" had been knocking around since the 1940s, it wasn't until the '80s that something resembling a cohesive genre began to form. R&B became less of an ideal and more a fully functioning musical style. Over the previous decade the classic Motown sound had been largely phased out. By the end of the '70s, disco had all but chewed up most of the remaining soul men. When that fad crumbled there was a blank canvas on which talented emerging stars could form a brand new sound. Producers began switching from recording entirely with live bands to more artificial production methods and contemporary R&B became distinguished by a drum machine-backed rhythms. Artists like Michael Jackson, Prince and Luther Vandross harnessed the new style and took it to the highest peaks of pop music, breaking through the racial barriers that caused the need for an expression to define what was essentially black America's pop music. In Jackson's case, he famously infiltrated the almost entirely white-only MTV rotation with his cinematic videos. Subsequently, Thriller would become the best selling record of all time.
While Michael would set an archetype that R&B stars have attempted to emulate ever since, his sister Janet was almost equally influential, setting a new standard for gritty, empowered female vocalists. Before the '80s, many of the most successful female R&B singers had been larger-than-life divas with huge voices. Janet's voice was never particularly strong, especially when stacked against old fashioned, pure vocalists like Etta James and Aretha Franklin. But those who examine her technical failings are missing the point. Her '80s records, thanks in large part to the production of Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam -- who themselves had come up in the Prince-backed group the Time -- formed the DNA for R&B music until its fall. Fifteen years later, tracks like TLC's "No Scrubs" and Destiny's Child's "Independent Woman" still revelled in these trends, while Whitney Houston, who had achieved success almost simultaneously with Janet by singing old fashioned romantic ballads, even came to the party with "It's Not Right (But It's OK)" in 1997.
When R&B was given a huge shove into the pop spotlight in the '80s, the idea of merging the new genre with hip-hop did not go unexplored. "My first real memory [of hip-hop and R&B combining] was when Oran 'Juice' Jones came out with 'The Rain'," says Cey Adams, who served as Def Jam Records' Art Director between 1987 and 1999. Released in 1986, "The Rain" reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart for two weeks, making it the first #1 R&B hit put out by Def Jam, which was then still in its infancy. "That was, to me, the first time R&B merged with hip-hop. Even though it was deeply rooted in traditional R&B, it definitely had that gangsta edge. What made it popular with hip-hop cats it had that rough edge to it."
Rap's '80s evolution towards a mainstream audience was something pop artists couldn't ignore. Michael Jackson put rap verses on a number of tracks from his sprawling 1991 album Dangerous. The bulk of the record was produced by Teddy Riley, who would help create new jack swing, a dance floor friendly amalgam of hip-hop and R&B at the time. He would later state that before new jack swing, "Rappers and singers didn't want anything to do with one another," because "singers were soft, rappers were street." Riley's new style blended "sweet melody and big beats".
But while new jack swing borrowed from hip-hop and R&B equally, it existed only briefly and in its own bubble. Both genres were allowed to continue their natural evolution and disconnected from the new jack swing sound. The R&B that had emerged the previous decade still thrived and developed. The '90s was a golden time for the genre with great new acts and producer emerging on a seemingly weekly basis. You had Boyz II Men's traditional sound and extremely well written ballads, while groups like Jodeci provided a more grown up, sexually charged alternative. En Vogue formed over a mutual love of fifties girl groups, but their intelligent lyrics and funky jams made them icons of modern R&B. "I loved the stuff that En Vogue did because they reminded me of those early girl groups," says Adams. "The sound might have been a little more contemporary but they had that same style."
As the nineties progressed, the lines between hip-hop and R&B began to blur. Mary J. Blige spotted early the potential of tiptoeing between both styles and proclaimed to be the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul". The best example of this hybrid sound was Method Man's heartfelt rap ballad "I'll Be There for You / You're All I Need to Get By", which features Blige's soulful vocals throughout.
Throughout the early '00s the merging of R&B and hip-hop only intensified. While Ja Rule sported a white cardigan in a video that paid homage to the movie Grease for the soft ballad with Ashanti, "Mesmerised", R. Kelly -- the self-proclaimed "pied piper of R&B" -- traded in his soul man image, rebranding himself a "R&B thug", cutting records with hip-hop heavyweight Jay-Z. Usher, who first arrived on the scene as a teenager chasing girls on "Can You Get Wit It", hooked up with crunk overlord Lil Jon on his what would prove his signature hit, "Yeah".
"For the most part, hip-hop completely killed R&B," Adams exclaims. "I think once hip-hop really got hot, that was the death of traditional R&B. All that stuff with the stylistics and the dramatics, a lot of R&B got pushed to the side. It all went towards a cooler sort of image where the guy was the tough guy, having two or three girlfriends. Honestly, it never really went away."
Adams also believes that current R&B singers seemed less passionate about their craft. "I think a lot of today's R&B singers don't have the passion that Marvin Gaye had or Al Green has. I'm not saying all of them. I love R. Kelly, because R. Kelly always has that passion. A guy who has that passion today who reminds me of the old guys is Anthony Hamilton, and certainly John Legend. When those guys sing you feel like you've been transformed back to the old days when songs had emotion."
Julie Dexter is an Atlanta, Georgia-based singer/songwriter and founder of Ketch A Vibe Records. She embraces the old fashioned ideals of R&B, soul, and jazz music, but admits there is often pressure on singers to harden their image for more commercial viability. "The pressure comes from different places, not necessarily from yourself but from people in your camp advising you," explains Dexter. "The pressure comes in the form of 'dress this way, look this way, sing about this'. It's almost like ticking off each formula. If the formula is correct you'll make it. If not, they won't back you."
While R&B and hip-hop spent a decade joint at the hip, guys like Hamilton and Legend -- along with Erykah Badu, Alicia Keys and Bilal, among others -- were dubbed "neo-soul" artists to differentiate them from the seemingly never-ending production line of young, slickly-produced R&B pop singers. These artists kept the torch burning for the more traditional genres. But more recent, new artists have managed to channel the spirit of bygone eras while flipping the script completely.


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A revolution grows violent outside the opulent presidential palace of an unnamed country. Inside, four women await the arrival of the embattled dictator: his wife, her best friend, a British journalist, and a translator. As the political tension escalates, time refracts and earlier scenes replay from different perspectives. Morgan, the award-winning British playwright and screenwriter ('The Iron Lady', 'Suffragette'), takes the audience on a breath-taking journey with a fascinating theatricality that is at once compassionate, dispassionate, and probing. "Abi Morgan has elaborated a play of remarkable intensity and richness. 'Splendour' gleams with ice-cool wit, glistens with the sweat of animal fear." --Time Out For Tickets & More Information: 510.843.4822 or auroratheatre.orgTickets


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In an effort to save an estimated $2 billion each year, the United States Postal Service (USPS) postmaster general and C.E.O. Patrick R. Donahoe announced the agency's unilateral plan to cut Saturday delivery as of August 5, 2013, a decision which came to the disapproval of some union and congress members.
While the post office will cut delivery of items like letters and magazines, it will continue to deliver packages on Saturdays.
Like the entertainment and news industries before it, the agency's clash with the digital age of emails and direct deposits, has significantly diminished the need for daily parcels over the last several years, dropping from 215 billion pieces of mail distributed in 2006 to just 160 billion in 2012, a critical 25 percent decrease that has cost the service $15.6 billion last year alone.
"The Postal Service is advancing an important new approach to delivery that reflects the strong growth of our package business, and responds to the financial realities resulting from America's mailing habits," Donahoe said. "We developed this approach by working with our customers to understand their delivery needs and by identifying creative ways to generate significant cost savings."
In addition to battling the reduced need for mail delivery and means to generate new revenue, the plan by USPS to reduce service also came in response to 2006 legislation that forced the organization to finance $5.5 billion each year in retiree health benefits, which the agency defaulted on twice last year.
"The Postal Service has a responsibility to take the steps necessary to return to long-term financial stability and ensure the continued affordability of the U.S. Mail," Donahue said.
David Van Aken, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) for Long Island City, says Donahoe's removal of Saturday deliveries is simply illegal without congressional approval.
"For more than 30 years, Congress has signed legislated policy to mandate six-day delivery, and NALC and many congress members agree that this is an illegal action to end Saturday delivery," Van Aken said. "Donohoe is hiding behind a self-proclaimed loophole, and should be held accountable for his actions."
Van Aken and post office managers, who could not be named for legal purposes, worry that without the opportunity to fairly compete with their competitors, such as FedEx and UPS, the decision to reduce service will not solve the problem and lead to the ultimate demise of the service.
"Trying to expand our services and opportunities should be explored before they begin a slash-and-burn mentality that will lead to the death spiral of the USPS," he said. "The USPS has an extremely high rate of employees who are veterans, and some of these veterans would be laid off due to the nonsensical shrink-to-survive mentality of the proposed elimination of Saturday delivery."
While the organization has cut full-time employees from 752,949 in 2002 by 27 percent to 551,570 over the last decade, reduced routes from 246,500 in 2007 to 228,160 in 2011 and consolidated over 200 processing locations, Van Aken is worried the service change is a slippery slope in the wrong direction.
"The lessening of products and services to the American public would devastate home businesses and the elderly and handicapped people who depend on the receipt of their mail every day," he said. "The plan to eliminate Saturday delivery should be a last resort, not a first choice."
The agency has cited a continuing resolution under the current federal budget for the sudden move, claiming the need for congressional approval - which has been required since 1981 - is no longer needed under the current executive budget.
A number of congress members have shown their disapproval for such changes of service.
In a letter to Donahoe signed by Congress Members; Grace Meng, Michael Grimm, Joseph Crowley, Peter King, Brian Higgins and others, it was written in their recommendation for the reconsideration of five-day delivery: "Your attempt to violate Congress's intent for the last 30 years is an unwise decision. Instead of working with us on the issue, it appears you are attempting to ignore the democratic process."
Additionally, letter carrier unions have referenced multiple statements from previous Postmaster General John E. Potter and postal service executives, historically testifying for the need of congressional approval.
On March 18, 2010, before a Senate subcommittee on financial services and general government, Potter said, "The Postal Service is fully aware that before a change in the number of delivery days could be adopted, legislative action would be required by Congress to amend the appropriations language that mandates six-day a week delivery."
In a June 2011 statement before a House subcommittee on the federal workforce, USPS vice president of network operations David Williams stated, "one of the most urgently needed actions is the ability to adjust delivery frequency. If Congress gave the Postal Service authority, we could move to a five-day-a-week model, as one example, and realize annual savings of $3.1 billion."
While it has become a misconception that postal workers receive tax dollars for operations, the U.S.P.S. has stated they are seeking out congressional support to allow, "flexibility to control costs and generate new revenue."


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I've been out of the reservation for some time, but I'm back! Miss you guys.... Is there a thread for returning GWC'ers?
Heya CylonMATRIX !!
Been a long time.
Glad you're back. It's been very quiet these days on the forum.
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The distraub track "Cepstrum" will be featured in an upcoming audio Iphone application titled "Audioforge". Audioforge is the envelope based Swiss army knife for audio files on iPhone. Edit the wave form directly just by touching it. Set selections to copy and paste within files or even paste from another file. Dynamically change volume for fade in effects or the remove unwanted clicks. Adjust stereo balance and set it to the far left channel for the beginning of the track continuously transferring over to the right channel for the end. Add stereo widening effects or bring it all to together to make is sound mono. Add high pass and low pass effects to start an intro, simulate a telephone conversation or just distort your sound. Use tracker knobs to adjust the effect levels. Add as many trackers as you need by double tapping on the waveform. Move them around to generate the changes to the effect you need. Delete them by double tapping them again.Currently supported effects: ✦ Volume✦ Stereo balance✦ Stereo widening✦ Low pass filter✦ High pass filter Use the built in wifi server to upload music in mp3, im4, wav, aif format.Use Audiocopy and Audiopaste to exchange music with other apps that support it. This enables you to interact with apps like Fourtrack. If you own AudioView, you will also be able to exchange audio with Beatmaker.Upcoming features include:
✦ Pitch effect (dynamic)✦ Time stretch (render only)✦Exchange audio files directly between iPhone/iPod/iPad without the need for a computer. Just use wifi to transfer from one iDevice to another.
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New-look Barca held by Nice
New arrivals Jeremy Mathieu and Ivan Rakitic made their first appearances for Barca, while there was also a start for Rafinha, who has returned from a loan spell with Celta Vigo.
In his side's first friendly since a youthful Barca XI beat Recreativo Huelva 1-0 last month, Luis Enrique fielded a strong line-up.
Yet Dario Cvitanich put the Ligue 1 outfit ahead after 21 minutes with a well-taken penalty after being brought down by Gerard Pique in the area.
Having been put under pressure for much of the game, things began to unravel for Nice after the break as they lost goalkeeper Mouez Hassen prior to Xavi equalising from the penalty spot following a foul on Munir El Haddadi.
The scoring stopped there, and Luis Enrique will likely be looking for an improved showing when Barca meet Napoli on Wednesday.
One of Mathieu's first involvements was conceding a free-kick outside the area, with Eric Bautheac's subsequent curled effort forcing Marc-Andre ter Stegen into a smart stop down to his left.
With the game played at typical close-season pace, the crowd in southern France had to wait until the 19th minute for the next incident of note when Cvitanich was bundled over in the area by Pique.
The Argentine striker stepped up to slot the resulting spot-kick past Ter Stegen and open the scoring.
Pedro then came close to forging an opening but failed to control a deft lob from Jordi Alba when through on goal.
Andres Iniesta almost saw his free-kick deceive Hassen in the Nice goal via a deflection off Jeremy Pied as Barca began to crank up the pressure, Alba clipping the crossbar with an attempted cross soon after.
Just as the visitors were getting on top, they saw defender Martin Montoya limp off - young defender Patric replacing him shortly before the break.
Rakitic came into the fray for the second half and fellow substitute El Haddadi almost made Pied pay for a sloppy backpass shortly after, only to be denied by Hassen.
Pied almost made amends when he angled an effort marginally wide before Nice, already without one goalkeeper in Joris Delle, suffered another injury blow as Hassen went off injured after a collision with Gerard Deulofeu.
The first task for Hassen's replacement, Yoan Cardinale, was to pick the ball out of the net as Xavi equalised from the spot.
Substitute Sandro Ramirez struck the post and Marc Bartra also spurned a late opportunity as Barca failed to find a winner.


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ZaReason's New Terra A20 Ubuntu Netbook: Everything Works
Real Computer or Toy?
Netbooks of late have lost some of the charm and excitement marking their initial reception. Many vendors offer a variety of operating system options, but very few preload an OS targeted specifically at the netbook. ZaReason is one of the few and preloads Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix on their Terra A20 netbook. What follows is our hands-on review of the device and how it fairs for the mobile traveler.
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If you were to take a look under the hood of the ZaReason netbook, you'd find an Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz processor, up to 2 GB of memory and a variety of options for the hard disk. They also offer, as an option, a built-in 3G wireless modem ($99), but our test machine didn't have one. Network options include Draft-N Wifi and 10/100 wired Ethernet. Screen size is 10.2" and supports resolutions up to 1024X600. Three USB ports, an SD card reader VGA monitor and audio connectors round out the list of hardware items.
First Impressions
Boot time is definitely a plus for this little machine. If you've ever used a Windows-based laptop, you've probably suffered through boot time creep. With every new application and driver you load you'll see the time from hitting the power button to a useful computer slowly creep up. The ZaReason Terra A20 goes from power on to login screen in a snappy 45 seconds. Type in your user name and password and you can be doing useful work in another 10 seconds. That's not too shabby for a hard disk-based computer.
Ubuntu Netbook Remix uses a screen-heavy approach to launching applications or accessing specific file locations. This works really well on a screen with a relatively small amount of real estate. Similar applications are grouped together under wide buttons. Clicking on one of these buttons presents icons for each individual application in the middle area of the screen. It seems to work better than the traditional Ubuntu desktop on the smaller screen.
When you start typing on the keyboard, you will quickly notice the size of some of the keys. The three keys on the bottom row to the left of the shift key on most US keyboards are comma, period and the forward slash ("/"). On the ZaReason Terra A20 all three of these keys are smaller than the rest and take a little getting used to. We found it pretty easy to hit the slash key instead of the period, and that can be a problem when you're typing in web addresses or sentences in a document.
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Real Computer or Toy?
Answering that question really depends on your perspective. Netbooks aren't meant for heavy-duty computing tasks like graphics or number crunching. That doesn't mean they aren't up to the task of word processing, creating presentations or surfing the web. Ubuntu's Netbook Remix edition comes with pretty much everything you'd expect to see on the full desktop version. If you can't find what you need, it's typically available for download from the normal repositories.
To check out multitasking and memory usage we launched Open Office Writer, Calc and Presentation. We ran all three and Firefox without a hitch. The 2GB of system memory is probably the biggest reason here and is definitely worth the extra $29. Netbooks find their best application as a second computer for those times when you just need something to check e-mail or do some writing. The ZaReason Terra A20 definitely fits that bill.
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THIS POST WAS CREATED BY USING THE GOOGLE TRADUCTOR, TRANSLATIONS ARE NOT 100% RELIABLE (i'm spanish and my english is not very well xD )
I have created two hacked adventures that your captain is an epic or a baby
Those adventures are templates
possible FAQ
- Has virus? / / Only requires spore and nothing more, This proven with a user from another forum volunteer and works 100%
- I will break the Spore? / / Do not think it is very improble to break, to create it removed all mods
- They have their powers? / / The epic has the stomp and the baby has pitched voice and bulging eyes :3
only drag the templates to your adventure creator and enjoy!


text: Camphor Lamp, or Aarti Aarti (or the Ceremony of Lit Camphor)Aarti is the Hindu ceremony of lighting a sacred lamp to illuminate the image of a Diety or person to be honored and to bring a realization of light and spiritual essence. While the flame burns, its dancing light reveals the beauty of the beloved deity upon the altar and the deity then blesses the lamp. Aarti is often performed with camphor. This holds great spiritual symbolism.Camphor when lit, burns itself out completely without leaving a trace of itself. Camphor represents our material nature. When lit by the fire of wisdom which illuminates the truth, our lower natures are "burned" away, leaving no trace of the ego. (The ego creates in us a sense of separation from Spirit.) Also, we receive the gift of a clean pleasant smell even while the camphor sacrifices itself. In our spiritual progress, we should willingly sacrifice, to spread the perfume of love to all.Using the Special Camphor tablets are available from Mermade During Arati (Hindu ritual) , burning camphor is waved as an offering before the deity to symbolize the dissolution of the ego. Camphor is considered highly purifying and very sacred, and it is used to represent the dissolution of the ego since it burns without leaving any trace. When burned it emits a sweet, strong fragrance, which symbolizes how we too should sacrifice ourselves to serve society and in the process spread the perfume of love and happiness to all.Puja is a form of worship which is performed to purify the mind, to express devotion, and to connect with the sacred energies of the gods and goddesses themselves. It can be used by all to purify and bless with light and scent.Camphor pellets are sometimes lit and set to float still burning upon the surface of a vessel of water, thus creating "holy water" or water that has been purified for sacred use in ceremony. Also see an excellent video of Ammachi blessing Holy Water with lit camphor and performing Arati"We often wait with patience to see the illuminated Diety brought to life by the light but when the aarti is actually performed, the eye may close automatically as if to look within. This signifies that each of us is the temple, we hold the divinity within."At the end of the Aarti, the hands are placed above the flame and then touched to the eyes and top of the head. It means: "May the light that illuminated the Divine, light up my vision. May my vision be divine and my thoughts noble and beautiful." This article was published on Thursday 29 March, 2012.


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Charles1st needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Hi. I'm setting up a new company that helps small to medium sized businesses get more visibility on the web through adwords management.
Small to medium sized businesses that don't have a strong web prescence...so the site needs to be simple and uncluttered as many small businesses find advertising on the web a daunting prospect as they don't understand it fully. I want the site to have a modern, 'web 2.0' style as it needs to communicate to small businesses, as well as lawyers, accounants, etc...so not too serious, but not too funky. Needs to look professional, trustworthy but yet relaxed...we're a flexible business. We don't want to look like we're too expensive either...we offer value for money.
I need the site to be simple, clear and convey trust as 'we'll take care of your online marketing so you can focus on running your business'.
The site needs to have a 'window' in the top half of the page where I can show a slide show of approx 5 slides to help convey in pictorial form what we do and how we can help our clients.
I need a design for the homepage, and this design will be carried through the remainder of the site. The site itself will consist of:
1) Homepage
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2) What We Do
3) Why Us
4) About Us
5) Health Check
6) Contact Us
A call to action to get in touch by email or phone needs to be visible.
A testimonial needs to be visible
I'd prefer a light background (but open to ideas...that's why I'm here!).
This is a new site.
I really like this site as they've managed to look professional and appeal to both corporates as well as smaller businesses: http://www.topclickmedia.co.uk/ppc


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Verna's mother died when she was just 13 years old and she moved to Roanoke from Amherst, Virginia to live with her aunt, Anna Laura Magann Hogan. She worked in a clothing retail store where she would meet her husband.
I love the puffed sleeves, the Victorian heart necklace, the chatelaine on her left shoulder and her divine hairstyle of the period. She looks sort of wistful but is very attractively posed on a bench of the period.
She would live the rest of her life (excepting her elder, more infirm years) in Roanoke, Virginia. A truly gentle woman who was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.


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Sen. Blanche Lincoln can't seem to catch a break. The Democrat from Arkansas has been a leader in the fight against hunger almost from the time she went to Congress in 1992.
But Lincoln is being pilloried by environmental groups because of her steering of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 to a unanimous vote by the Senate Agriculture Committee on March 24. The bill re-authorizes child nutrition programs.
The groups — the Environmental Working Group among others — issued a press release criticizing Lincoln's bill. They claim it would pull funding from the Environmental Quality Incentives Program and other conservation efforts.
"Sen. Lincoln's nutrition plan pits kids against Clean water — needlessly," the headline read on the Environmental Working Group's press release, which also contained a subhead: "Proposal goes only halfway toward Obama administration goal while shielding bloated farm subsidies."
As an article by Farm Press Editor David Bennett on these pages explained, the press releases contain a grain of truth. The article noted previous farm bills authorized certain levels of funding for EQIP, but those levels have never been spent in either the current or previous administrations. (See http://deltafarmpress.com/legislative/eqip-funds-threatened-0322/index.html)
The Environmental Working Group, whose members think U.S. agriculture should operate in a vacuum, oblivious to the huge subsidies provided to farmers in almost every other country, chided Lincoln for not taking the funding from farm payments and crop insurance subsidies. (EWG's Web site has carried lists of farm program payment recipients for years.)
In a press release that followed the unanimous vote in the Senate Agriculture Committee, Lincoln noted the bill, which is "fully paid for," provides about $4.5 billion in new funding for federal child-nutrition programs over the next 10 years.
She and Sen. Saxby Chambliss, ranking member of the Agriculture Committee, said increased funding for the National School Lunch Program, the Women, Infants and Children Program and others will make a difference.
It's difficult to tell whether the Environmental Working Group's criticism is an isolated response or part of a coordinated effort to damage the Arkansas senator's re-election bid. Attack ads that appear to support primary opponent, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, have appeared on liberal-leaning Web sites. The ads claim to be part of an effort to "reform the Democratic Party from the Grassroots up," but feature Halter's photo.
The latter seem to be aimed at Lincoln's lack of support for the health care reform legislation, an issue which is clearly causing her problems in Arkansas. Many attending Lincoln's meeting at the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show in Memphis, Tenn., were upset with her vote for the Senate health care bill.
If both sides are mad, she must be doing something right.
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