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Experts gather at George Washington University to tackle rising food prices and their effects on the poor. They define three alarming new trends and discuss how to address them now.
By Stephen C. Smith
George Washington University
The scourge of hunger today is worse than it was a decade ago. In the aftermath of the first food price spike and the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, for the first time more than one billion people were significantly malnourished. Conditions improved slightly in 2010, but food prices spiked again in 2011, pushing the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's food price index to a record high. About 925 million are currently hungry, not far from the all-time record. A family living in poverty in a low-income country may spend almost three-quarters of their income on food.
Although prices have fallen somewhat from their peak earlier in 2011, "high food prices are likely to continue and volatility may increase in coming years, making farmers, consumers and countries more vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity," according to the FAQ's State of Food Insecurity in the World 2011 report.
When food prices rise, so does hunger. In summer 2011, the United Nations declared a famine under way in parts of Somalia. Tens of thousands of people have died, a majority of them children, according to the U.N. Severe hunger caused by drought, conflict and inequity is now found throughout the Horn of Africa. One problem is that some local food is exported out of the famine-struck area. The reason is simple: starving people don't have sufficient means to buy food, so traders sell it elsewhere, fetching a higher price.
Looking closely at the links between food prices and malnutrition can help leaders, governments and organizations lay a foundation for building sound policies and programs to end hunger.
Over the previous 40 years the world has learned to grow much more food, and prices fell substantially for a time. The Green Revolution brought improved crop varieties to Asia and productivity rose, increasing output and pushing prices down. Incomes of people living in poverty rose—not nearly enough, but many were able to afford more food than before. And in some parts of the world—China most prominently—incomes grew enough that many millions of people were able to add animal-based foods to their diet.
The United Nations declared Oct. 31, 2011, the "Day of 7 Billion," a world population milestone. Within about 35 years, more than 9 billion people will need access to adequate food. Indeed, in May 2011 the U.N. raised its estimate of the peak population to 10 billion by the end of this century. But the number of people is the smaller part of the problem. The critical issue is what the people do: how much do they consume, in what ways, and what environmental damage do they cause? Without some needed adjustments, a return of the world food problem is threatening.
The Rising Food Price Trend
Clearly, rising food prices harm people living in poverty. But the effects are subtle. If the price of corn rises, as it did in 2007, smallholder corn producers, who sell a little of their corn on local markets and whose incomes are slightly below the absolute poverty line, may find that this price rise increases their incomes to pull them out of absolute poverty.
On the other hand, for those with too little land to be able to sell corn and who are net buyers of corn on markets, this price increase can greatly worsen their poverty. Farm laborers can find that at least a little of the higher corn prices get passed on to them in the form of higher wages, and this can more than make up for higher food prices. But the urban poor— a growing faction of people living in poverty—are nearly always hurt by food price increases. Often the evidence suggests that many of the rural poor are hurt as well, sometimes substantially.
Increasing Food Price Volatility
Greater volatility also makes it hard to plan for sufficient food. Smallholder farmers, many of them living in poverty yet also selling some of their harvest on the market to pay for other essentials, now face greater risks.
The good news is that some years they get a pleasant surprise and find higher prices for their goods at the market. But, in other years, unexpectedly low prices can be disastrous. When they can do little more than pay for costs to farm, the family may face severe malnourishment.
The New Scourge: Food Price Spikes
Upward price spikes pose a third challenge for ending hunger. You can see two spikes in Figure 1. These sudden changes are about prices going up for a time, and far more than can be accounted for by any normal volatility (even while volatility is also rising). These spikes particularly harm people living in poverty who are not in the agricultural sector, such as urban dwellers and people on the margins of rural society. Although the poor often devise ingenious ways of saving even in the harshest of conditions, major food price spikes can overwhelm the ability of struggling families to cope.
Leading experts on food prices and their impact on people living in poverty convened at George Washington University on Sept. 30 for a daylong conference to better understand these three food price problems and consider action plans. More than 100 participants took part in the discussion.Why Is This Happening? Leading Experts Weigh In
The Rising Food Price Trend
Food prices are about 80 percent higher than they were in 2000, reversing a long declining trend of previous decades. Nora Lustig, a professor of Latin American Economics at Tulane University, said some of the price increases reflect longer-term forces that if left unchecked will lead to higher future food prices. These forces include diversion of food to biofuels production, increase in demand for grains through shifts to meat production due to higher incomes in China and elsewhere, a possible slowdown in the growth of output per acre of agricultural commodities, higher energy prices affecting agricultural input costs, and a decrease in available land to convert to farming. Finally there is the negative impact of climate change on developing-country food production, with far worse effects likely ahead of us.
Long-term forces cannot explain the volatility, let alone the spikes. But the spikes were exacerbated by a number of unfavorable policies that interfered with food prices, such as subsidies and mandates for biofuels. As Alain de Janvry, a professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University of California at Berkeley, pointed out, "the demand for energy is simply so big compared to the food market that it could completely overwhelm any price predictions" that do not take energy policy into account.
Furthermore, there is not a large global market for food in relation to total demand. Most countries strive for food self-sufficiency, largely for national security reasons. Embargoes of food exports by such countries as Egypt, Vietnam and Russia reflect this reluctance to allow a freer global market when it comes to food.
The World Bank reported in 2008 that growth in output per acre was leveling off and that prices would continue rising. In fact, prices increased far faster than even the World Bank predicted. Lustig explained that while "food is energy for human survival, food commodities have turned into industrial commodities, energy for machines." The result is less energy for people—at best, more expensive energy—when so many remain deprived of even a minimum of calories. "A majority of studies show that those who get hurt outnumber those who benefit" when food prices increase, she said.
In the 20th century, food prices fell close to 1 percent per year. Dr. Keith Fuglie, an economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said that in the early 1900s, falling shipping costs steered prices lower, with producers sending food from where it was grown cheaply and abundantly to where food prices were high. In the later decades of the 20th century, rising output per acre drove prices down.
Today, that yield growth is slower, but Fuglie found we are still making gains despite smaller additions to inputs than before (especially the smaller number of workers in agriculture). This is a new and encouraging discovery. It should be putting downward pressure on food prices. Looking ahead, these forces may continue to slow the rate at which food prices increase. Findings like Fuglie's help reassure us that, while new problems complicate work toward a world free of hunger, with continued commitment the goal can still be attained.
But Fuglie also found that these gains were not present in Africa, where most of the increase in population is expected. And although encouraging, his work is retrospective: It does not take into account the projected worsening of environmental stresses not only from climate change but from localized deforestation, water scarcity, falling water tables, declining soil fertility, erosion, salination and other pollutants.
Increasing Food Price Volatility
As climate change increasingly plays into agricultural productivity, output will be more volatile, said Maximo Torero, an economist and division chief at International Food Policy Research Institute. Even if today's price volatility is a passing phase due to unregulated financial markets and other bad policies, volatility in some form will still be with us. So we have to take it seriously and plan to cushion people living in poverty from its harmful effects.
Most of the factors pushing food prices up are also worsening the volatility of those prices, Torero said. For example, just a few countries account for the majority of exports of most staples. Government mandates to use ethanol, a corn-based biofuel, also increase volatility as well as price. And as volume in futures markets has increased, this also makes the price of food vulnerable to volatility: High volatility attracts more financial market participants, who learn that they can make money on trading, which can amplify instability. Finally, high futures market prices lead to high current market prices, a consequence of speculation.
Food Price Spikes
Food price spikes are certainly not unprecedented. Remember the major shocks of the 1970s? But food price spikes returned with a vengeance in this century and conditions threaten more.
Joachim von Braun, a professor at the University of Bonn and former director general of International Food Policy Research Institute, said the new spikes are driven by three factors:
- Energy markets: High oil prices are not just raising the costs of fertilizer but also giving farmers in rich countries incentive to use their crops for biofuel.
- Financial markets: There is a clear and growing link between food market volatility and financial crises.
- Speculation: The "speculation effect partly depends on the 'nervousness' of the market," von Braun explained. "What is called speculation actually stabilizes prices when the market is less nervous," because it can push markets to find prices consistent with supply and demand more quickly. But speculation is destabilizing "when the market becomes nervous as a result of changes in fundamentals, policies and structures." Shifts in sentiment can result in spikes.
Finding Solutions: What Can Be Done?
The Rising Food Price Trend
Experts agree the food supply must be increased through technological and institutional innovations that benefit subsistence and smallholder farmers. Investing in sustainable agricultural growth can also counteract rising scarcities, de Janvry said. He and other members of an expert panel hosted by the UNFAO agree productivity must be boosted in sub-Saharan Africa.
Governments must invest in smallholder productivity in the face of climate change and resource scarcity, Torero and de Janvry said. Torero also stressed the need to reduce waste by cutting both postharvest loss in developing countries and gross and unnecessary waste in developed countries.
Markets can be a great help in keeping price increases in check. When prices rise, this should create an incentive for people to invest in agriculture, increasing its productivity. When these constructive market forces are impeded, people living in poverty also suffer through higher food prices.
Increasing Food Price Volatility
We need to have safety nets in place when prices rise, Lustig said. "Even if aggregate poverty measures show a decline (most don't), shouldn't we protect the extreme poor from becoming poorer as a result of higher food prices?"
Like other analysts, de Janvry and the UNFAO panel called for improved international trade rules. The rules in place today were conceived in the context of structural overproduction by major producers who subsidized production and exports. World Trade Organization negotiations failed to resolve this problem. Subsidized exports from the United States and other developed countries greatly harm small farmers in low-income countries who cannot compete against an artificially low price bankrolled by subsidies from the U.S. government.
"Negotiations need to be reopened from the perspective of access to food for consumers in poor countries," said de Janvry, particularly "multilateral rules for disciplines on export restrictions, better respect of contractual obligations by commercial actors," and protection of "poor consumers from undue competition by rich consumers."
De Janvry also suggests that mandates for using biofuels "should be coordinated to help stabilize world food prices instead of contributing to price spikes." This means that only when food prices are so low that they harm small farmers should we stimulate demand—for example through corn for use as ethanol—but remove subsidies and mandates as soon as prices start to rise to where they can harm poor consumers.
De Janvry also recommended a focus on smallholder farming as a cheap and effective safety net for the poorest rural and peri-urban people. Of course, this has been part of Heifer International's focus for many decades and remains relevant in a world of food price volatility and insecurity.
Food Price Spikes
When food prices surge, Lustig recommended that countries "use targeted safety nets: food stamps, school feeding programs, food-for-work, food distribution programs" that reach poor families and vulnerable people.
Beefing up the world's stockpile of food could also help stabilize prices and head off spikes, de Janvry said, adding that the global community must "reopen the debate on coordination of storage policies." Torero and von Braun also proposed the need for a global emergency grain reserve. Von Braun suggested creating an international grain reserves bank to curb food price volatility.
De Janvry prescribed improving international trade rules and regulating speculation to help stabilize food prices, while Torero pointed out that regulation cannot be so heavy-handed that it undermines the stabilization effect. A balance has to be found.
Torero proposed an international working group to regularly monitor the world food situation and trigger action to prevent excessive price volatility. The World Bank took on this task in November, and reported that factors "bode well for food prices in the coming months."
Piecemeal efforts won't work when it comes to attacking high and volatile food prices, said de Janvry, who called for a global effort. "Can the world get organized to avoid recurrent food crises?" he asked.
The three food price threats—toward higher prices, greater variance, and dangerous price spikes—have harmed many people living in poverty. It is important to address food price issues now, while there is time to prevent matters from becoming even more serious in coming years. Governments, international and nongovernmental organizations, academia, small farmers and the private sector, working together, can all make important contributions.
Learn more about Heifer's long-term, sustainable solutions to ending hunger and poverty around the world.


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Introduction to Zend Framework
Learning Zend Framework
Zend Framework Reference
Getting an MVC application configured and ready to dispatch has required an increasing amount of code as more features become available: setting up the database, configuring your view and view helpers, configuring your layouts, registering plugins, registering action helpers, and more.
Additionally, you will often want to reuse the same code to bootstrap your tests, a cronjob, or a service script. While it's possible to simply include your bootstrap script, oftentimes there are initializations that are environment specific – you may not need the MVC for a cronjob, or just the DB layer for a service script.
Zend_Application aims to make this easier and to
promote reuse by encapsulating bootstrapping into OOP paradigms.
Zend_Application is broken into three realms:
Zend_Application: loads the PHP
environment, including include_paths and autoloading, and instantiates
the requested bootstrap class.
Zend_Application_Bootstrap: provides
interfaces for bootstrap classes.
Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap provides common
functionality for most bootstrapping needs, including
dependency checking algorithms and the ability to load
bootstrap resources on demand.
Zend_Application_Resource provides an
interface for standard bootstrapping resources that can be
loaded on demand by a bootstrap instance, as well as several
default resource implementations.
Developers create a bootstrap class for their application, extending
Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap or implementing (minimally)
Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrapper. The entry point
public/index.php) will load
Zend_Application, and instantiate it by passing:
The current environment
Options for bootstrapping
The bootstrap options include the path to the file containing the bootstrap class and optionally:
Any extra include_paths to set
Any additional autoloader namespaces to register
php.ini settings to initialize
The class name for the bootstrap class (if not "Bootstrap")
Resource prefix to path pairs to use
Any resources to use (by class name or short name)
Additional path to a configuration file to load
Additional configuration options
Options may be an array, a
Zend_Config object, or the path
to a configuration file.
Zend_Application's second area of responsibility is
executing the application bootstrap. Bootstraps minimally need to
which defines the following API:
interface Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrapper
public function __construct($application);
public function setOptions(array $options);
public function getApplication();
public function getEnvironment();
public function getClassResources();
public function getClassResourceNames();
public function bootstrap($resource = null);
public function run();
This API allows the bootstrap to accept the environment and configuration from the application object, report the resources its responsible for bootstrapping, and then bootstrap and run the application.
You can implement this interface on your own, extend
Zend_Application_Bootstrap_BootstrapAbstract, or use
Besides this functionality, there are a number of other areas of concern you should familiarize yourself with.
implementation provides a simple convention for defining class
resource methods. Any protected method beginning with a name
prefixed with _init will be considered a resource
To bootstrap a single resource method, use the
bootstrap() method, and pass it the name of the
resource. The name will be the method name minus the
_init prefix.
To bootstrap several resource methods, pass an array of names. Too bootstrap all resource methods, pass nothing.
Take the following bootstrap class:
class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
protected function _initFoo()
// ...
protected function _initBar()
// ...
protected function _initBaz()
// ...
To bootstrap just the
_initFoo() method, do the
To bootstrap the
_initFoo() and
_initBar() methods, do the following:
$bootstrap->bootstrap(array('foo', 'bar'));
To bootstrap all resource methods, call
with no arguments:
To make your bootstraps more re-usable, we have provided the ability to push your resources into resource plugin classes. This allows you to mix and match resources simply via configuration. We will cover how to create resources later; in this section we will show you how to utilize them only.
If your bootstrap should be capable of using resource plugins,
you will need to implement an additional interface,
This interface defines an API for locating, registering, and
loading resource plugins:
interface Zend_Application_Bootstrap_ResourceBootstrapper
public function registerPluginResource($resource, $options = null);
public function unregisterPluginResource($resource);
public function hasPluginResource($resource);
public function getPluginResource($resource);
public function getPluginResources();
public function getPluginResourceNames();
public function setPluginLoader(Zend_Loader_PluginLoader_Interface $loader);
public function getPluginLoader();
Resource plugins basically provide the ability to create resource intializers that can be re-used between applications. This allows you to keep your actual bootstrap relatively clean, and to introduce new resources without needing to touch your bootstrap itself.
Zend_Application_Bootstrap_BootstrapAbstract (and
Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap by extension)
implement this interface as well, allowing you to utilize
resource plugins.
To utilize resource plugins, you must specify them in the
options passed to the application object and/or bootstrap. These
options may come from a configuration file, or be passed in
manually. Options will be of key to options pairs, with the key
representing the resource name. The resource name will be the
segment following the class prefix. For example, the resources
shipped with Zend Framework have the class prefix
Zend_Application_Resource_"; anything following this would
be the name of the resource. As an example,
$application = new Zend_Application(APPLICATION_ENV, array(
'resources' => array(
'FrontController' => array(
'controllerDirectory' => APPLICATION_PATH . '/controllers',
This indicates that the "FrontController" resource should be used, with the options specified.
If you begin writing your own resource plugins, or utilize
third-party resource plugins, you will need to tell your
bootstrap where to look for them. Internally, the bootstrap
Zend_Loader_PluginLoader, so you will only
need to indicate the common class prefix an path pairs.
As an example, let's assume you have custom resource plugins in
APPLICATION_PATH/resources/ and that they share the
common class prefix of
My_Resource. You would then
pass that information to the application object as follows:
$application = new Zend_Application(APPLICATION_ENV, array(
'pluginPaths' => array(
'My_Resource' => APPLICATION_PATH . '/resources/',
'resources' => array(
'FrontController' => array(
'controllerDirectory' => APPLICATION_PATH . '/controllers',
You would now be able to use resources from that directory.
Just like resource methods, you use the
method to execute resource plugins. Just like with resource
methods, you can specify either a single resource plugin,
multiple plugins (via an array), or all plugins. Additionally,
you can mix and match to execute resource methods as well.
// Execute one:
// Execute several:
$bootstrap->bootstrap(array('FrontController', 'Foo'));
// Execute all resource methods and plugins:
Many, if not all, of your resource methods or plugins will initialize objects, and in many cases, these objects will be needed elsewhere in your application. How can you access them?
provides a local registry for these objects. To store your
objects in them, you simply return them from your resources.
For maximum flexibility, this registry is referred to as a
"container" internally; its only requirements are that it is an
object. Resources are then registered as properties named after
the resource name. By default, an instance of
Zend_Registry is used, but you may also specify any
other object you wish. The methods
getContainer() may be used to manipulate the
container itself.
getResource($resource) can be
used to fetch a given resource from the container, and
hasResource($resource) to check if the resource has
actually been registered.
As an example, consider a basic view resource:
class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
protected function _initView()
$view = new Zend_View();
// more initialization...
return $view;
You can then check for it and/or fetch it as follows:
// Using the has/getResource() pair:
if ($bootstrap->hasResource('view')) {
$view = $bootstrap->getResource('view');
// Via the container:
$container = $bootstrap->getContainer();
if (isset($container->view)) {
$view = $container->view;
Please note that the registry and also the container is not global. This
means that you need access to the bootstrap in order to fetch
provides some convenience for this: during its
run() execution, it registers itself as the front
controller parameter "bootstrap", which allows you to fetch it
from the router, dispatcher, plugins, and action controllers.
As an example, if you wanted access to the view resource from above within your action controller, you could do the following:
class FooController extends Zend_Controller_Action
public function init()
$bootstrap = $this->getInvokeArg('bootstrap');
$view = $bootstrap->getResource('view');
// ...
In addition to executing resource methods and plugins, it's necessary to ensure that these are executed once and once only; these are meant to bootstrap an application, and executing multiple times can lead to resource overhead.
At the same time, some resources may depend on other
resources being executed. To solve these two issues,
provides a simple, effective mechanism for dependency
As noted previously, all resources -- whether methods or plugins
-- are bootstrapped by calling
$resource is the name of a resource, an array
of resources, or, left empty, indicates all resources should be
If a resource depends on another resource, it should call
bootstrap() within its code to ensure that resource
has been executed. Subsequent calls to it will then be ignored.
In a resource method, such a call would look like this:
class Bootstrap extends Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap
protected function _initRequest()
// Ensure the front controller is initialized
// Retrieve the front controller from the bootstrap registry
$front = $this->getResource('FrontController');
$request = new Zend_Controller_Request_Http();
// Ensure the request is stored in the bootstrap registry
return $request;
As noted previously, a good way to create re-usable bootstrap resources and to offload much of your coding to discrete classes is to utilize resource plugins. While Zend Framework ships with a number of standard resource plugins, the intention is that developers should write their own to encapsulate their own initialization needs.
Resource plugins need only implement
Zend_Application_Resource_Resource, or, more simply
still, extend
Zend_Application_Resource_ResourceAbstract. The basic
interface is simply this:
interface Zend_Application_Resource_Resource
public function __construct($options = null);
public function setBootstrap(
Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrapper $bootstrap
public function getBootstrap();
public function setOptions(array $options);
public function getOptions();
public function init();
The interface defines simply that a resource plugin should accept options to the constructor, have mechanisms for setting and retrieving options, have mechanisms for setting and retrieving the bootstrap object, and an initialization method.
As an example, let's assume you have a common view intialization you use in your applications. You have a common doctype, CSS and JavaScript, and you want to be able to pass in a base document title via configuration. Such a resource plugin might look like this:
class My_Resource_View extends Zend_Application_Resource_ResourceAbstract
protected $_view;
public function init()
// Return view so bootstrap will store it in the registry
return $this->getView();
public function getView()
if (null === $this->_view) {
$options = $this->getOptions();
$title = '';
if (array_key_exists('title', $options)) {
$title = $options['title'];
$view = new Zend_View($options);
$viewRenderer =
$this->_view = $view;
return $this->_view;
As long as you register the prefix path for this resource plugin, you can then use it in your application. Even better, because it uses the plugin loader, you are effectively overriding the shipped "View" resource plugin, ensuring that your own is used instead.


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Nucor Steel Memphis Inc. is taking steps toward increasing its Memphis steel operations at 3601 Paul R. Lowry Road. The company filed a $2 million permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for what the permit terms "files and steel erection."
Nucor currently has about 400 direct jobs in the city and has invested about $400 million in its operations here.
The Charlotte-based company in January announced its local plant will be part of a two-year, $290 million effort to expand its production of special bar quality and wire rod, with a goal of completing the projects by 2013.
At press time, representatives of Nucor Steel Memphis were scheduled to go before the Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) board to apply for a 15-year tax freeze because of the company's local expansion plans.
Nucor plans to increase its manufacturing output by up to 25 percent, create 27 new jobs at its Paul Lowry location and acquire about 42 acres on the east side of that street from the Port Commission. That new acreage would help expand Nucor's rail infrastructure.
In return, the company would invest $113 million to produce "high-quality carbon alloy steel for the automotive, heavy equipment and service center markets."
The tax freeze would save Nucor a little more than $9.4 million in taxes over the 15-year term. During that same period, the company would pay a little more than $9.5 million in tax revenue.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
Memphis-based IT outsourcing firm Service Assurance has been bought by a division of Ramsey, N.J.-based Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA Inc.
After a three- to six-month transition period, Service Assurance will be known as All Covered, an IT services company serving small- to medium-sized businesses.
Konica Minolta acquired Foster City, Calif.-based All Covered in December 2010, and All Covered acquired six companies in 2011 – with Service Assurance being its latest and bringing All Covered offices to 23 cities nationwide.
Service Assurance CEO Mark Giannini said the company would continue to operate in Memphis.
"From an All Covered standpoint, this now allows us to deal with clients who have offices in other cities and actually be able to do national rollouts, national support," Giannini said. "We're going to continue the Memphis area and the Memphis help desk so that we can continue to provide 24/7 service. (All Covered is) very impressed by the people in Memphis and also the attractive cost of living."
Konica Minolta has an office at 6991 Appling Farms Parkway and serves more than 1,000 local clients.
Founded in 1989, Service Assurance classifies itself as the largest regional technology support and managed IT services provider in the Mid-South.
– Sarah Baker
Raymond James Financial Inc., the soon-to-be-new parent of Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., has announced the pricing of its public offering of 10.5 million shares of common stock at $34 per share.
Net proceeds of the public offering will be used to pay part of the purchase price of Raymond James' acquisition of Morgan Keegan announced last month. In a regulatory filing Tuesday, the Florida-based company said it expects the deal to close on or around April 2.
The remaining portion of the deal's purchase price will be paid for using cash on hand and the proceeds of a contemplated public debt offering and/or borrowings under a bridge financing facility.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup and Raymond James & Associates Inc. will act as joint-book running managers for the offering. BB&T Capital Markets and BNY Mellon Capital Markets LLC will act as co-managers.
Raymond James announced last month it's buying Morgan Keegan for $930 million.
– Andy Meek
Gov. Bill Haslam said Wednesday, Feb. 15, that he's abandoning his proposal to do away with average class size restrictions in Tennessee.
The Republican governor's decision came as a growing chorus of educators and parents – and the lawmakers who represent them – criticized the idea, fearing the change would hurt teaching standards because more classrooms would be filled to capacity.
Haslam said in a press conference in his Capitol office that his plan was thwarted by the difficulty in explaining that the measure's goal is to give school districts more flexibility to hire high-priority teachers.
"We've heard enough discussion and feedback of, 'We understand where you're trying to go, we still have concerns about the path that you're going there on,'" Haslam said. "So we said that's fine, we will wait and work on that and pursue it with some adjustments next year."
The governor noted that Tennessee is the only state that places caps on both the total classroom size as well as on average school-wide enrollment. The difference between the average and maximum limits is five students.
– The Associated Press
A Memphis architectural firm is helping develop a new seven-story hotel on Nashville's West End Avenue, and Memphis-based First Tennessee Bank is providing construction financing.
It's a 192-room Homewood Suites designed to reflect the architectural style of the historic Vanderbilt University campus. The hotel will be at 2400 West End Ave. on the site now occupied by F.Y.E. Records retail store and Carmichael Place Shopping Center. The site will have 280 feet of frontage on West End Avenue.
Memphis Jewish Home & Rehab, a nonprofit organization providing rehabilitation and long-term care for people of all faiths, received a five-star ranking for its long-term care facilities from U.S. News & World Report for the second consecutive year.
Additionally, MJHR was the only long-term care facility in Memphis awarded a five-star ranking for its nurse staffing. The annual report recognizes top facilities in all 50 states and offers guidance to families and health care providers tending to people in need of long-term care.
U.S. News' evaluation is based on data from a consumer website run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
– Taylor Shoptaw
Dr. Jonathan H. Jaggar, physiology professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been named the Maury W. Bronstein Chair of Excellence in Cardiovascular Physiology in the school's College of Medicine.
A UTHSC faculty member for 12 years, Jaggar has published more than 60 original, peer-reviewed research papers and is funded as principal investigator by three significant research grants from the National Institutes of Health. He's also a standing member of the Hypertension and Microcirculation study section at the NIH and is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Physiology.
– Aisling Maki
The Federal Reserve appears open to the idea of a third round of bond purchases to boost a still-modest U.S. recovery. But members remain divided over when or whether to take that step.
Minutes of the Fed's Jan. 24-25 meeting show that some Fed officials thought such bond purchases should begin soon because unemployment remains high and inflation low.
Others said such a step should be taken only if the economy weakened further or if inflation stayed below the Fed's target rate of 2 percent.
The debate took place at a meeting in which the Fed decided to hold its benchmark interest rate at record lows until at least late 2014. One Fed official argued that the central bank might need to consider abandoning that plan to keep inflation low.
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The Raptors after 2 very inconsistent games in terms of defensive intensity brought it for the full 48 minutes against the Suns. The wins over the Bulls and the Clippers were nice to have in terms of getting the W in the standings. However the horrible starts followed by the amazing efforts to recover is no a recipe for success over the long term. The Raptors have shown that when they do put in the effort they can be an average to good defensive team. They need to bring that effort for the full 48 minutes and not flip it on and off like a light switch. The Nuggets and Jazz both should offer solid tests to how well they can defend. Carmelo Anthony like Chris Bosh has been off to a great start to the NBA season. There has even been some early M.V.P talk for the former Syracuse star. Since Chancey Billups arrived last season this has been a different team. He gives them solid leadership at the point guard position and really has done a great job pushing the Nuggets to the next level. A team that has some rather loud and odd characters has all rallied behind him and he has been able to lead them and help Carmelo Anthony reach is true potential. Something that did not happen with Allen Iverson . The Nuggets after a trip to the Conference Finals have started the season at a respectable 7-3.
There is also the reality of playing in that mile high air of Denver. It is always a tough place to play when you are not use to that. The Nuggets as a result enjoy one of the more unique home court advantages in the NBA. If the Raptors can fight through and put in a full 48 in Denver's thin air they can do it anywhere. Even Jose Calderon of late has shown signs of more effort and the Raps did a good job of making switches and keeping a body on a man. Granted sometimes in major mis-matches. But those are a two way street. A mis-match is only one if the player in it realizes that it is and takes advantage of it. There is also advantages for the other side of a mis-match as well. Every player in the NBA knows when they are open. Heck we all see it as well. That happened a few times with Frye and even a couple with Steve Nash. That being said those were few and far between in comparisons to earlier efforts on the season.
It was not all a bowl of cherries in that effort in Arizona. Jarrett Jack is still trying to find his way. I have just get the impression that Jack in some cases is just trying to hard. Point guard is the hardest position to play on a new team. You not only have to know what your job is but you pretty much need to know what everyone else has do as well. That is why you tend to hear things like the point guard is an extension of the coach on the floor. It is also why relationships with coaches and point guards tend to be one of the most important on any basketball team. So it will take time for Jack to build that relationship over time with both his coach and everyone on his team not named Chris Bosh. Jose Calderon has the same issues in terms of getting to know a lot of the roster but not all and he has know Jay Triano from the day he arrived in Toronto. When Jose struggled early on some fans were already willing to give Jack the starting job. That is something he is not ready for at this point. He has not played to a level to even consider it right now. It is not to say that day may never come, it is just to say I highly doubt it comes in November or even December.
When you talk point guard and coaching relationships one of the best teams at this is Utah. Jerry Sloan has his system and his point guard is going to play his system or he is not going to play. It is a rather one sided relationship in those terms but it works. But first thing is first as the Raps take on a Denver team feeling very good about itself coming off a win over the defending champion Lakers. They really put the boots to L.A while the Raptors were digging out of that whole they dug in L.A. No question beating the Lakers is far more impressive than beating the Clippers. The one thing you hope to start seeing for this Raptors team is a more consistent and balanced effort. It would be great to go into a game and have some idea of what you can expect for the Raptors. They need to build an identity for this team. Part of that will be a team that can score the basketball but it needs to include some elements of hustle and defense as well.
One final note before we call it a day. Happy for Sonny Weems getting some playing time last night. He really has done well for himself so far. Let's face it not to many people knew who Sonny Weems was when he came as part of the trade that brought Amir Johnson to town. Well now you know who he is and what he is all about. He can get up and make some pretty athletic plays not unlike what Demar DeRozan can do. The finish he had on that Alley Opp play last night was very hi-light worthy and he is proving himself worthy of chances at getting more chances to play. That is an added bonus that few people could have expected or hoped for. So keep pushing hard to get the PT Mr. Weems!!!


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Does it "do harm" to your patient?? I guess I would say that we follow an alternative diet- that does have a significant body of scientific evidence in its use for patients with IBD/colitis and other conditions. Our docs thought it was not warranted when begun in our household BUT for my children, there have been remarkable improvements with no other known cause... had I listened to nay-sayers, we would NOT be where we are now with regard to my children's health status. I am not the typical patient tho. Had the data not supported continuing the diet, we would have gone back to our prior regimen.
I guess it might not matter what you tell the patient if they BELIEVE it is helping them and your role might well be only to guide them away from things which will cause harm. Magnets without a pace-maker seem pretty harmless. Pomegranate juice might be ok for hydration and is probably cheaper than other beverages they might consider.
I absolutely want my doc/ my kids' docs to provide an opinion on things known to be harmful- to give medically sound advice. I also don't expect them to make a decision FOR me short of clear medical decisions. I have worked in the field of autism for years and find the BEST way to help families is to provide them a framework for evaluating information/intervention strategies. TEACHING them to look for scientific evidence, to assess risk/benefit for them/their child - it's much more about teaching someone to fish, than providing all the fish for them.
We have about ten minutes to educate, evaluate and answer questions. If there is a subsequent visit, then we do it all over again. Balance that ten minute visit with their having listened to Aunt Sally or Uncle Googie for the last 40 years about whichever brand of snake oil they are using.
I educate the patient on the specific benefit the med provides (decreases ankle swelling, improves your breathing) and have them focus there.
If they want to take something that 'detoxifies the liver' , that's OK, as long as there is no interaction, it causes no additional problems and they're not skimping on the prescribed med to buy the snake oil.
And I insist on having a list of EVERY medication, prescribed and woo, they're taking.


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After a highly successful run as the St. Louis Cardinals bench coach, Joe Pettini joins the Astros in that same capacity in 2012.
In his 10 seasons as bench coach (2002-11) under Tony La Russa, Pettini was a part of seven Cardinals playoff teams, three National League championship clubs and two World Series championships (2006, 2011).
Pettini brings a world of experience to the Astros staff as a player, Minor League manager and coordinator and Major League coach.
His baseball career began in 1977 when he was signed by the Montreal Expos organization as a non-drafted free agent infielder. In 1980, he was traded to the San Francisco Giants, where he made his Major League debut during that season, appearing in 63 games overall for the big club, mostly at shortstop.
Pettini ended up playing in 188 Major League games in his career in parts of four seasons from 1980-83, all for the Giants. His lone Major League home run came in his rookie 1980 season on July 23 at Wrigley Field versus southpaw Willie Hernandez.
Pettini ended his playing career with the Cardinals Triple-A Louisville club in 1986. He went on to manage eight seasons (1989-96) in the Cardinals' Minor League system, with stints at Short-Season A Hamilton (1989), Class A St. Petersburg (1990), Double-A Arkansas (1991-93) and Triple-A Louisville (1994-96), guiding the Redbirds to the American Association championship in 1995.
Pettini then served as the Cardinals' Minor League field coordinator from 1997-2001 before joining the Major League coaching staff in 2002.
Pettin earned his bachelor's degree in education from Mercer University in Macon, Ga. The West Virginia native currently resides in Bethany, W.Va., with wife Barbara. They have two children, Amy and Joseph, and a granddaughter, Marlee Joe.


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SAN FRANCISCO — A dozen fans who celebrated the San Francisco 49ers' victory over the Atlanta Falcons in the streets of the Mission District ended their night on a sour note.
San Francisco police arrested 12 people on Sunday as fans celebrated the 49ers 28-24 victory over the Falcons, a win that sends the red and gold to the Super Bowl for the first time in 18 years.
Officer Gordon Shyy said nine people were arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public. The other arrests were for driving under the influence, assault with a deadly weapon and one for a warrant.
Crowds of celebrating fans were seen in the Mission District, and at one point a crowd took over parts of Mission Street near Silver Avenue, Shyy said.
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text: > Is someone using a signed int to represent the 1 KB blocks? > 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 = 2199023255552 yes - you can see from the message that the kernel is trying to use a 16-byte read-capacity command, but it's failing. these days, scsi and especially fc and super-especially some obscure driver like this are less heavily scrutinized, so this is not hugely surprising. I don't know whether the error status indicates a flaw in the driver or perhaps in the target (which might not support large luns). >> We ran into a problem with large disks which I suspect is fairly common, in my world, large == sata raid, and scsi/fc is a vanishing breed, which also coincides with the stunted size of scsi/fc disks. that said, the only scsi my organization has (embedded in HP SFS clusters) is (annoyingly) chopped up into piddly little 2TB luns. >> however the usual solutions are not working. IBM, RedHat have not been >> able to provide any useful answers so I am turning to this list for help. >> (Emulex is still helping, but I am not sure how far they can go without >> access to the hardware) I think you should ask them whether the driver supports the 16-byte read-capacity. and you should ask the target provider (hitachi) whether they support >2TB luns and whether they implement 16-byte commands. you paid through the nose for FC hardware; you should expect a high level of service. >> >> Details: >> >> * Linux Cluster for Weather modelling >> >> * IBM Bladecenter blades and an IBM x3655 Opteron head node FC attached to >> a Hitachi Tagmastore SAN storage, Emulex LightPulse FC HBA, PCI-Express, >> Dual port >> >> * RHEL 4update5, x86_64 kernel 2.6.9-55 SMP and RHEL provided Emulex driver >> (lpfc) and lpfcdfc also installed >> >> * GPT partition created with parted >> >> There is one 2TB LUN, works fine. >> >> There is a 3TB LUN on the Hitachi SAN which is reported as "only" 2199GB ( >> 2.1TB) , >> >> We noticed that, when the emulex driver loads, the following error message >> is reported: >> >> Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver 18.104.22.168 >> Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Emulex. All rights reserved. >> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:2d:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> >> IRQ 185 >> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:2d:00.0 to 64 >> lpfc 0000:2d:00.0: 0:1305 Link Down Event x2 received Data: x2 >> x4 x1000 >> lpfc 0000:2d:00.0: 0:1305 Link Down Event x2 received Data: x2 >> x4 x1000 >> lpfc 0000:2d:00.0: 0:1303 Link Up Event x3 received Data: x3 x1 >> x10 x0 >> scsi5 : IBM 42C2071 4Gb 2-Port PCIe FC HBA for System x on PCI >> bus 2d device 00 irq 185 port 0 >> Vendor: HITACHI Model: OPEN-V*3 Rev: 5007 >> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: >> 03 >> sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16). >> sdb : READ CAPACITY(16) failed. >> sdb : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08 >> sdb : use 0xffffffff as device size >> SCSI device sdb: 4294967296 512-byte hdwr sectors (2199023 MB) >> SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back >> sdb : very big device. try to use READ CAPACITY(16). >> sdb : READ CAPACITY(16) failed. >> sdb : status=1, message=00, host=0, driver=08 >> sdb : use 0xffffffff as device size >> SCSI device sdb: 4294967296 512-byte hdwr sectors (2199023 MB) >> SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back >> >> The problem is with the READ CAPACITY(16) failed, but we are unable to find >> the source of this error. >> >> We conducted several experiments without success: >> >> - Tried compiling the latest driver from Emulex (22.214.171.124) - same error >> - Tried Knoppix (2.6.19) and Gentoo LiveCD (2.6.19 ) , and CentOS 4.4 - >> same error >> - Tried to boot Belenix (Solaris 32 bit live), failed to boot completely >> (may be unrelated issue) >> >> We have a temporary workaround in place: We created 3x1TB disks and used >> LVM to create a striped 3TB volume with ext3 FS. This works fine. >> >> RedHat claims ext3 and RHEL4 supports disks upto 8TB and 16TB respectively >> (since RHEL4u2) >> >> I would like to know if anyone on the list has any pointers that can help >> us solve the issue. >> >> Regards >> Anand Vaidya >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf -- operator may differ from spokesperson. hahn at mcmaster.ca


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In one of the more impressive demonstrations during the iPhone 3G S introduction, Apple showed off a new feature -- Voice Control.
To activate it, you hold down the "home" button (previously reserved for "force quit"). When you hear the sound, you're good to speak!
It can be used to make a call by saying either the name or number. Voice Control will repeat what you say for confirmation.
It can also be used to tell the iPod app to play a song, play a playlist, shuffle, activate Genius, or even tell you what song is currently playing.
Most impressive? It will be available in a ton of languages! (See full list after the break!)
- Chinese (Cantonese)
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LCMS congregations are responding to the crisis and showing the love and mercy of Christ to their neighbors, both Christian and non-Christian. blogs.lcms.org/2019/in-midst-…
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Hear how one LCMS church is helping in the wake of the flooding, and how you can help as well. #mercyforever
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This weekend in Nebraska will be hard for many. Pastor Meyer of LCMS Disaster Response shares updates from LCMS congregations in the flood-affected areas of Nebraska, what immediate and future needs will be, and how you can support the recovery efforts. kfuo.org/2019/03/19/ch-…
"It's not easy, but we don't go it alone. By the Holy Spirit, Christ gathers us into His Church, where we find ample love, companionship and encouragement along the way. This is life together, set apart."
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There's so much going on this month's campus update that there's no way to summarize it. You'll just have to read for yourself! #LuthEd blogs.lcms.org/2019/campus-cl…
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Legislation is important but, at its root, abortion is a sin problem that will not be solved by legislation alone: "We have to work on conversion. We have to work on change of hearts." #Unplanned #whywemarch #eyesoflife blogs.lcms.org/2019/unplanned…
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"If anyone is going to dwell on my good works, it shouldn't be me. Maybe, it shouldn't be anyone." blogs.lcms.org/2019/love-keep…
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The Florence County Library System welcomes public use of meeting rooms by community groups and organizations whose aims are educational, civic, charitable or cultural. Library-related programs have priority over other meetings held in the Library facilities. The use of meeting rooms of the Florence County Library System does not imply endorsement of the purpose or activities of a group or organization. Exceptions to these policies may be permitted with the approval of the Library Director. The Library Director may delegate authority to approve meeting room applications to the Chief of Headquarters or Branch Managers.
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Sterling shone from the start - Marsh
Liverpool forward Raheem Sterling was destined for a bright future at the club from the moment he walked through the door, according to first-team coach Mike Marsh.
Sterling, who turned 18 earlier this month, is set to sign a five-year contract in the coming days, warding off interest from the likes of Manchester City and Chelsea. Sterling's progress has been swift since arriving from QPR aged 15 but Marsh, who was coaching at the academy at the time, instantly knew they had a star in the making.
"I was his coach on the night he came for his first day of training in the under-16s," said Marsh, who was promoted from under-18s manager to Brendan Rodgers' coaching staff. "He was only 15 and the local lads - they're quite feisty - decided to test him in one or two challenges and he didn't shirk a challenge."
Marsh added: "He was just straight back into the next one and I thought 'We've got a player on our hands'.
"Talent isn't everything but when we're talking about bottle we're expecting him to be brave and get on the ball in areas when he can hurt defenders. You can see he's got a bright future."
Press Association Sport understands Sterling, who made his senior England debut last month, could sign the contract by this weekend. It is just reward for the rapid progress he has made since arriving from QPR in February 2010 on a deal which still has 18 months to run.
After making his first-team debut in March under former manager Kenny Dalglish, Sterling has become a regular starter under Rodgers and the club were keen to tie him down to a longer contract as soon as he turned 18.
There were some sticking points over wages, which alerted a host of top clubs, but an agreement has been reached which satisfies all parties.
Liverpool were keen not to be held to ransom on the salary issue, wary of paying the youngster too much too soon, but it is believed Sterling's new contract will be incentivised and include a number of performance-related increments.
Rodgers was asked about the new deal for Sterling at his press conference on Thursday and said: "Hopefully it will be done in the next 24 hours. There was never any real issue, it was just a matter of time. We were always calm."


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Just before the final play of the Super Bowl, with the Ravens about to kick to the 49ers, Joe Flacco walked up and down the Baltimore sideline offering a strange suggestion to his teammates: If 49ers return man Ted Ginn breaks free, they should run off the sideline to tackle him.
That didn't happen (and if it had, the referee would have awarded the 49ers a game-winning touchdown), but Flacco was asked about it at his press conference on Monday, and he said talking to teammates like that was just his way of burning off nervous energy.
"I saw that people were kind of geting a little mad at me for that," Flacco said, via the Baltimore Sun. "There was four seconds left in the game, and that was probably the only time all year that I was really, really nervous. I thought it was a pretty funny thing to kind of get my mind off of the fact that there is a possibility that he could run this thing back. I'm sure if I did do that, I'm sure that they could probably give the guy a touchdown."
Although teammate Anquan Boldin says Flacco was serious, Flacco says he wasn't.
"Yeah, not really serious," Flacco said. "They all looked at me like I was crazy. I told the linemen and they kind of backed up for a second like, 'What are you talking about?' But, hey, it was just all in good fun, kind of to distract my mind a little bit."
It wouldn't have been so fun if one of Flacco's teammates had taken him seriously and committed a penalty that would have given the 49ers the Super Bowl.


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Work can be dignifying, but only when workers are treated with dignity. Unfortunately, more and more workers find themselves in jobs that neither pay well nor offer them hope for advancement or a career. In addition to poor benefits, including the almost complete disappearance of pension accounts, workers must now contend with a for-profit sector that prefers to hire temporary workers in lieu of permanent employees, who might demand higher wages and better benefits packages.
Underemployment is one of the saddest stories of this Great Recession. In addition to the unemployed workers in the United States (almost 8 percent), there are many more people who are underpaid and dissatisfied with the jobs they hold. Stores like Jamba Juice would prefer to hire a worker at 25 hours a week, even when she is available and willing to do more, because a full-time worker is more expensive. In this poor job market, employers can choose to be picky. In the United States, where the social safety net is fraying, the loss of permanent jobs threatens devastating effects.
The disappearance of full-time jobs is especially damaging to families and young people. When a job is temporary, termination always seems just around the corner, a state of affairs that only serves to weaken the family. And the enthusiasm of college graduates wanes quickly when they cannot find a permanent job, let alone a path to a satisfying career. Even the most menial of jobs can be satisfying if a worker knows she is working for the good of her family. For too many Americans, a paying job no longer offers hope for a better tomorrow.


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