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Employees of Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons grocery stores will vote next week to decide if they are willing to strike should negotiations between the workers' union and the companies remain unsettled.
A majority vote is needed to authorize a strike, but it does not automatically trigger one.
The authorization vote, requested by the United Food and Commercial Workers 770, which represents grocery workers in Southern California, will be used as a bargaining chip by the union. There are no immediate plans to strike, said Mike Shimpock, spokesman for the grocery workers union.
"The feeling is that no one really wants to strike," said Shimpock, adding that such a vote is increasingly common during negotiations. "There hasn't been a major contract negotiated without a strike vote being taken — it is a measure of our resolve."
Fred Muir, a spokesman for Albertsons, which has five stores in San Luis Obispo County, said that progress continues to be made during negotiations.
"We think that any talk of a strike or even the threat of one is premature and unnecessary while both sides are actively negotiating," he said.
The debated contract covers about 60,000 workers from San Luis Obispo to the Mexican border.
The existing agreement from 2007 expired on March 6 and is being extended day by day, but it can be canceled by either side with 72-hours notice.
Polls where workers can cast their ballots will be set up throughout Southern California on Wednesday, with local polling at the Paso Robles Event Center.
Albertsons spokesman Muir said the two sides have reached tentative agreements on several issues.
"That's a good sign, and we think everyone's interests are best served by staying at the negotiating table and focused on achieving a fair and reasonable contract," he said. Shimpock said that while talks are ongoing, progress is not.
Neither side would disclose exactly what is being offered and what is being requested.
In October 2003, thousands of grocery workers began a strike that lasted more than four months — one of the longest grocery store labor disputes in Southern California history. It included 18 stores and about 2,000 employees in San Luis Obispo County. The companies wanted workers to pay for health care for the first time. A two-tiered wage scale and pension were also at issue.


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This webinar provides an overview of PA Chapter 711 Charter School Services and Programs for Children with Disabilities to assist IU staff in understanding the requirements associated with providing special education services in charter schools. Additionally, it provides an orientation to IU staff regarding the on-line Resource Guide for Charter Schools and Cyber Charter Schools. The Resource Guide includes information related to the special education process, from child find and evaluation through implementation of IEPs. It is expected that IUs will subsequently share this information with the charter schools in their area. An announcement to charter schools regarding the Resource Guide followed this train-the-trainer session.
This webinar is intended for intermediate unit staff, who frequently provide technical support to charter schools and cyber charter schools.
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Jose Mourinho is reportedly planning a big money move for Spurs midfielder Eric Dier as he looks to find a long-term successor to Michael Carrick in the heart of the Man United midfield.
According to The Sun, Mourinho is preparing to make a €45m summer bid for the England international, who has starred for the London club during the last two seasons.
At just 23, the United boss is hoping that the money spent on Dier will be repaid over a long period of time, just as the Red Devils were willing to spend big on Paul Pogba as a future investment.
Despite a number of high profile signings upon his arrival, Mourinho's men are still outside the Premier League top four at present, although they're also favourites to win the Europa League, which would earn them a Champions League place.


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The CTO is committed to providing as much relevant and up-to-date information about the ICT sector in Member Countries as possible. A summary of ICT information for Singapore is provided below (link for a .pdf document containing a much fuller set of information).
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|Mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
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Here you will find ESL/EFL lessons for intermediate to advanced learners of English based on the TEDTalks. All parts of these documents are copyrighted either by TED or Doug Evans and fall under the Creative Commons license.
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Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation
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Thanks so much for creating these worksheets to go along with the TED talks! I love the fact that the TED site has subtitles and transcripts, but worksheets were the one thing missing for a complete lesson, so thank you so much for the time and effort put in - they are great! I plan to use this one in a one-to-one lesson tomorrow. Just one request - could you include an answer key with your worksheets? Thanks!ReplyDelete


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Porto was a quick dash through the Caves where I got to taste all the fresh Port from Cálem! Then it was on the train later that evening to Coimbra!
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I stayed with Carlos and his family as he showed me around the great city of Coimbra! I had a good time seeing the oldest university in Europe, the local markets, and the Portuguese famous Fado singers on my last evening!


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Two of my undergraduate research assistants, Josh Clairmont and Shawn Bryan, won an Award of Excellence at the 2012 Undergraduate Research Conference. The URC is UNH's annual event aimed at engaging undergraduate students in research.
Josh and Shawn created a tangible user interface for the Microsoft Surface multitouch table. Their interface allows users to play a game of air hockey on the Surface. Josh, a computer engineering senior, was in charge of creating the Arduino-based game controller. Shawn, a computer science senior, created the game on the Surface.
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We are so excited that we have secured designated gym space.
Note: This program is available during the academic year from the 2nd week in September through to the first week of April.
You can drop in any time between 12:30 and 2pm Tuesday - Friday in Studio 3.
Students will need to register at Tait (have their YU cards activated so they can access Tait and to get their shoe tag for $15). You are welcome to do this anytime that Tait is open.
The designated gym can be found one level (squash court level) down from the main entrance. You enter the turn styles and turn to your left - follow that hallway until the end, turn to your left and go down the stairs one flight - the designated gym will be on your left hand side as you go through the glass doors.
Lab staff can walk students over to the gym space during the first few weeks to help them find their way into Tait McKenzie.
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F-star's leadership team has decades of combined experience from holding senior-level positions in both pharma and biotech and involving the development of dozens of biologics from target selection to clinical trials. The team has been involved in building several successful biotech companies, including Domantis, Symphogen and ImClone.
John has over 15 years' experience in building and leading biotech companies across discovery, development, financing and business development. He successfully managed several monoclonal, oligoclonal, and bispecific antibody products into clinical development, as well as managed and developed numerous collaborations with biopharmaceutical companies in the US, Europe, and Japan. Prior to joining F-star, John was VP Research, Biologics Products at ImClone Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company. Previously, he was a cofounder and Chief Scientific Officer of Symphogen A/S, a Danish biotechnology company developing therapeutic antibody combinations. John holds an MD from University of Aarhus, Denmark and a D.Phil. in Immunology from the Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, UK.
Jane has over 10 years' experience in Business Development. Prior to joining F-star she was VP Business Development at Cellzome and Director, Business Development at MedImmune Ltd (formerly Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT)) Jane spent the first part of her career in the agrochemical industry where she held research and project management roles in Aventis Crop Science, AgrEvo UK Ltd and Schering Agrochemicals Ltd,. Jane has an MBA from The Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge and a PhD and a first degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, UK. She is on the board of the Biotechnology Industry Association (BIA) and Chair of the Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust.
Tolga has over 20 years' experience in financial management, strategy, business development and M&A built up across a range of industries including material sciences, chemicals and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). He joined F-star from Johnson Matthey plc, a speciality chemicals company, where he was Finance Director of one of the major international divisions and Director of Group Business and Corporate Development for 10 years. Previously, he worked at Andersen as a Senior Manager in audit, consulting and private equity advisory groups. Tolga is a Qualified Chartered Accountant (ACA) and holds an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge, UK.
Neil has 20 years' experience in drug discovery and development and has successfully led a growing portfolio of antibody, antibody fragment and recombinant protein therapeutics from concept to clinical development. He joined F-star from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) where he was Vice President, Head of Biopharmaceutical Research. Neil played a key leadership role, as Head of Research, in the success of building Domantis until the company was acquired by GSK in 2007. Neil is an Honorary Doctor of Science from Hertfordshire University and sits on the BBSRC Council. He holds a PhD in Biochemistry from Dundee University, UK.
Mihriban has over 10 years' experience in antibody engineering and discovery and has successfully managed a number of collaborative drug discovery projects with big pharma. Prior to joining F-star, she worked in technology enhancement in Biopharm R&D at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and in the selection and optimisation of lead domain antibodies (dAbs) at Domantis Ltd. Mihriban holds a PhD in Biochemistry from University of Sussex, UK, and a BSc in Biology from Middle East Technical University, Turkey.
Michael has extensive experience in the development and manufacture of recombinant protein therapeutics. Prior to joining the company, he was Head of Analytical Strategy, Biologics at the Centre for Process Innovation, a UK-based technology innovation centre part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult which was set up by the government to stimulate innovation and the introduction of new processes into manufacturing. Previously, he worked at Lonza where he held numerous leadership position including Head of Analytical Services. Michael holds a degree in Biochemistry from the Lancaster University, UK.
Michelle has over 10 years' industry experience as a scientific leader of immuno-oncology projects from target validation through to clinical development. She joined F-star in 2017 to establish the Preclinical Translational Pharmacology department. Prior to joining F-star, Michelle was a project and team leader at Medimmune Ltd (formerly Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT)) where she successfully established many preclinical model systems and led a number of research projects, including a role as discovery project leader for durvalumab (Imfinzi™).
Michelle holds a PhD in Immunology from the University of Cambridge and performed post-doctoral research into childhood Leukaemia at the Institute of Child Health, London.
Alison has over 10 years' experience of intellectual property in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry, including product and platform technology patent portfolio management and managing multi-national litigations and oppositions. Before joining F-star, she worked at MedImmune Ltd (formerly Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT)) and at the technology transfer office at the University of Cambridge.
She is a European Patent Attorney and a Chartered UK Patent Attorney. She holds an MSc (distinction) in Plant Breeding and Biotechnology from the University of East Anglia (in conjunction with the John Innes Centre) and a BSc (Hons) from the University of St Andrews in Biochemistry with Microbiology and Biotechnology.
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Temple City Pit Bull Attack
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Last Saturday, John Wachter was walking his 15-year-old Labrador Retriever, Chloe, through a Temple City neighborhood when the two became the victims of a pit bull attack. One pit bull and three other dogs escaped from their owner's yard and viciously attacked them for almost 15 minutes, after which point the owner of the dogs and Wachter were able stop the violence. Chloe sustained serious injuries and had to undergo emergency trauma surgery. Residents of the neighborhood are concerned that the dogs will strike again as this was not the first time they have injured someone, explains a California dog bite attorney.
According to a recent study, California is among the top five states with the highest incidence of fatal dog attacks. Under state law, if a dog bites a person, its owner may be held liable for the injuries that individual sustains. In many cases, certain factors determine the potential for a negligence claim: if the dog was not properly confined and escaped, if the dog was inadequately restrained, if the dog was trained to be aggressive, or if the dog was allowed to be repeatedly aggressive.
Everyone at Allen, Flatt, Ballidis, and Leslie would like to wish John Wachter and Chloe a full recovery from their injuries.
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Study Up For The CSCS! Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Structure and Function of the Muscular, Neuromuscular, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
The systems of the body that produce movements create a network of interaction with each other that allow us to create purposeful, effective and coordinated movements for the activities of sport and daily life. These movements are the result of muscle fibers acting collectively to pull on our bones which act as levers, and generate force. Muscle fiber firing is controlled by our nervous system, driving electrical signals from the cerebral cortex down through the spine and along the efferent (outgoing) motor nerves, across the sarcolemma and into the muscle cells. And let's not forget the importance of the cardiovascular system to deliver oxygen and remove waste to allow these processes to take place. All of these systems allow us to move and exert force, but there is much more detail than what is presented here, let's look deeper at the muscular system and understand how these structures function.
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There are over 430 skeletal muscles in the body, and these are made of muscle tissue, connective tissues, nerves and blood vessels. Let's go over some terminology.
- Epimysium: Also called the deep fascia covers the outside of the muscle and is continuous with the tendon of that muscle.
- Tendon: Thick fibrous connective tissue made of collagen, this is where the muscle attaches to the bone.
- Bone Periosteum: This is a fibrous membrane that covers all bone except for articular surfaces and contains the attachment sites for tendons.
- Proximal: Limb muscles have two attachments to bone, this is one of them it means closer to the trunk.
- Distal: This is another limb muscle attachment and it means farther from the trunk.
- Superior: Closer to the head.
- Inferior: Closer to the feet.
- Origin: The attachment site of the muscle that is more proximal.
- Insertion: The attachment site of the muscle that is more distal.
- Muscle Fibers: Muscle cells can run the entire length of the muscle and are about as thick as a human hair (50 to 100 micrometers), they are multinucleated and have a striated appearance when viewed under magnification.
- Fasiculi: Is a group of muscle fibers under the epimysium, and can contain up to 150 fibers.
- Perimysium: A connective tissue that surrounds the fasiculi, a deeper layer of mysium basically.
- Endomysium: The deepest mysium, as it were.
- Sarcolemma: Surrounds the individual muscle fibers and is a membrane which contains calcium stores which are important for allowing the muscle to contract.
- Motor Neuron: Also called a motor nerve is what carries the electrical signal from the spine to the muscle in order to contract.
- Neuromuscular Junction: Where the motor neuron meets with the muscle fiber.
These structures are parts of the macro and micro structure of the skeletal muscle. One more note about the connective tissues: the epimysium, perimysium and endomyium are all continuous with the tendon, and when the muscle is stretched this tension is transferred to the tendon, which is useful for force production from elastic recoil.
A motor neuron innervates or connects to many muscle fibers, sometimes as many as several hundred. The grouping of a motor neuron to the muscle fibers it innervates is known as a motor unit. One interesting feature of this arrangement is that when a motor neuron sends a signal to contract, all muscle fibers it innervates will contract, no ifs ands or buts about it. But we have many motor units, the more of them we turn on, the more muscle area we activate.
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Above is a picture of one muscle fiber, there are many components to this structure. Notice that the entire muscle fiber is surrounded by the sarcolemma, which is surrounded by the endomysium (not pictured). The sarcoplasm which is the cytoplasm of the muscle cell, (depicted in blue) is a fluid substance that contains contractile components which can be seen in the diagram as round bundles called myofibrils which consist of myosin and actin filaments. In the sarcoplasm we can also find fats, glycogen, enzymes, mitochondria, other proteins and of course water. The myosin and actin filaments also called thick and thin filaments, make up the functional contractile component of the muscle. This happens through the formation of cross bridges, which is the linkage of a myosin head to an actin binding site. This happens in sections known as sarcomeres, see image below.
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The thin filaments are wound together in two strands like a double helix. The thick filaments are joined to adjacent thick filaments by the M bridge in the H zone. Actin filaments are joined together with neighboring actin at the Z line. This pattern is continuous throughout the entire myofibril and gives us continuity in the larger picture of the skeletal muscle as a whole. Six actin filaments surround each myosin filament, and each actin filament is surrounded by 3 myosin filaments. All of these factors that affect the arrangement of the muscle give the striated appearance but especially the presence of the Z line.
The A band is made of the myosin filaments and is the darkest section, the I band is the space on either side of the A band and contains the actin filaments and Z lines as well. The H zone is the middle of the sarcomere which is made up of just the myosin filament. Surrounding each myofibril is what is known as the sarcoplasmic reticulum, which stores calcium ions. Coming off of the sarcoplasmic reticulum are transverse tubules or T-tubules which run perpendicular to the myofibrils and go around and in between them inside the muscle fiber. This is the way that electrical signals are conducted to the muscle and allows a signal to reach the entire depth of the muscle almost simultaneously. A grouping of two sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles and a T-tubule is known as a triad. So how does all of this end in a muscle contraction? It is known as the sliding filament theory.
Sliding Filament Theory
Basically, the myosin filaments pull on the actin filaments and bring the Z lines closer together, and the H zone and I bands shrink. But remember, the A band will remain the same, because the length of the myosin filaments is not changing. In this way the sarcomere shrinks and thus the entire muscle shortens. Now, there are two other proteins on actin that I have not mentioned yet which make this shortening possible, troponin and tropomyosin. Tropomyosin blocks actins binding site for myosin. When calcium is released however (from the sarcoplasmic reticulum) it floods the cytoplasm of the muscle cell and binds to the TNC subunit of another protein called troponin. Troponin then pulls on tropomyosin and uncovers the binding sites allowing cross bridge formation to happen and the muscle to contract. So, without calcium present in the muscle cell, we cannot contract our muscle. What releases the calcium is the electrical signal that travels down the sarcolemma and into the T-tubule, the myosin head is ready to create a cross bridge as soon as it is given the opportunity. This reaction is powered by the breakdown of ATP into ADP and AMP which cocks the myosin head and pulls on the actin creating a muscle contraction. It actually takes more energy to break the cross bridge and disengage, and this will keep happening as long as tropomyosin is out of the way.
Neuromuscular System
Motor neurons have connections to muscle fibers and this creates a motor unit, there are different types of motor units with some having many innervations (many muscle fibers for the same motor neuron) for powerful movements and some that have much fewer such as the eyes and hands which allows us to have fine motor control. The all or none principle states that all muscle fibers that are part of a motor unit will contract when the motor unit tells them to, there are no partial contractions. This brief contraction is called a twitch, and many twitches must summate in order to produce noticeable force. This is because the signal to contract will release calcium and allow cross bridge formation, but if more signals to contract are not sent, the calcium is pumped out of the cell, and the cross bridges are broken before maximal force can be produced. Decreasing time between twitches will result in greater summation of forces and power output. This is until tetanus, which is the maximal amount of force a muscle fiber can produce.
Muscle Fiber Types
There are three types of skeletal muscle fibers, type I, type IIa and type IIb or IIx as it is now called. These fibers differ in the rates at which they can develop a twitch, as the name might suggest. They also have differences in the amount of ATPase enzyme, aerobic and anaerobic capacity and so on. Generally type I fibers are slow twitch, they are very efficient and resistant to fatigue but do not produce as much force as type II or fast twitch fibers. These fibers are less efficient, tire quickly, but produce much greater force and more quickly. Type IIa is more aerobically efficient than type IIb (x) but both are less so than type I.
Motor Unit Recruitment Patterns During Exercise
The simplest way to look at this is that we recruit muscles from slow to fast twitch, or from low threshold motor units to high. In this way we ensure we can use our body to produce coordinated movements and save energy and prevent muscle burnout for simple activities like writing and brushing our teeth. Then as demand increases, higher threshold motor units are recruited when we need speed and power.
This is an effect that happens when we are using weighted resistance but not isokinetic, hydraulic or friction modulated resistance. When overcoming the inertia of a resistance from weight, the muscle has time to fully activate and get the maximum number of cross bridges formed and thus we can generate more force in the early ranges of motion.
Proprioceptors are specialized sensory receptors inside your joints, muscles and tendons. They give us proprioception which is our ability to judge where our body is in space relative to each of our body segments. Muscle spindles are one such receptor inside our muscles which are innervated by gamma motor nerves and are intrafusal. When our muscle is put into a loaded stretch the muscle spindle will send a signal back to the spinal cord and send an excitatory signal back to the same muscle fiber. This is important for injury prevention when we receive impact or slip and fall, the muscle quickly contracts under a fast or powerful stretch in order to stop the muscle fibers from being ripped apart. Golgi tendon organs do basically the opposite job, and they are located in the tendons as the name would suggest. When the muscle is contracting this pulls on the tendon which stretches the GTO which sends a signal back to the spinal cord and an inhibitory inter-neuron and back to the same muscle fiber. This prevents us from using maximal force which could protect us from ripping our tendons off our bones. Weight training has been shown in research to decrease the GTO excitability and raise this threshold.
Cardiovascular System
The heart is essentially two pumps made of atria and ventricles, atria feed the ventricles and ventricles feed the lungs or body. The right side of the heart goes to the lungs (pulmonary circulation) the left side goes to the body (peripheral circulation). We also have valves, of which there are two types, AV valves and semilunar valves. The valves are passive and stop blood from moving backwards through the circulatory system. The right AV valve is called the tricuspid valve, the left AV valve is called the mitral valve. The semilunar valves are known as the aortic and pulmonary valves and both have three triangular flaps that create one solid seal when closed (during diastole). The heart has its own conduction system made of pacemakers and conductive material to propagate these signals. The key features are the sinoatrial node, atrioventrical node, atrioventricular bundle, left and right bundle branches, and purkinje fibers. The heart is self-pacing due to the nature of the myocardium which is self-excitatory. The SA is normally the driving force behind each heart beat since it has the fastest intrinsic rate of depolarization. Next in line would be the AV node and then the walls of the ventricles themselves. The discharge pattern and propagation of the electrical signal through the conductive pathways of the heart allows the heart to beat as a syncytium and effectively pump blood through the entire body.
Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)
An ECG gives us a visual representation of the heart and tells us what is going on both physically and electrically with the heart. There are associative norms for the distances and amplitudes of every single segment on an ECG, this is an extremely useful tool for diagnostic testing and disease detection. The P wave represents atrial depolarization, the QRS complex ventricular depolarization, and the T wave ventricular repolarization.
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Blood Vessels
In a nutshell we have an arterial system and a venous system, arteries carry blood away from the heart and veins towards it. Arteries and veins both are surrounded by smooth muscles which allows our autonomic nervous system the ability to dilate and constrict them to redirect blood flow as needed. Arteries can be constricted so much as to cut blood flow off to an area entirely, and veins can dilate to act as a blood storage reservoir. Capillaries are intermediaries where gasses and other substances are exchanged from tissues to blood, they are very small and thin, about as wide as a single red blood cell.
Respiratory System (last section!)
As far as this system goes what we are really concerned with is the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen. It starts in the nasal passages, which aren't just for our sense of smell, they also warm, moisten and purify the air for our lungs. The trachea is considered the first generation respiratory passage, and the bronchi the second. By the time you get through all the bronchioles and to the alveoli, we have 23 generations of respiratory passages, that's a lot of little branches. We control this air moving in and out both by using our diaphragm and expanding our rib cage using the intercostal muscles. During rapid breathing such as in exercise the abdominal muscles also aid in breathing. Thanks to pressure gradients, we only use 3% to 5% of our energy on breathing at rest and 8% to 15% during exercise. Concentration gradients allow materials to diffuse from blood to tissues or vice versa in the capillary beds, molecules simply move from high concentration to low concentration, making this process completely automated and no energy is needed for chemical reactions.
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Dimitris Paivanas writes from Athens in September on National Crises.
National crises are the result of sudden failures in established problem-solving mechanisms at institutional level. In this regard, the Colonels' putsch in 1967 and the regime's demise after the invasion of Cyprus in 1974 were a kind of response to crises. If crises are the sum total of brief or prolonged systemic dysfunctions, they also generate confusion, conflict and unhappiness both in society and the individual. They can be seen as debilitating impasses or a series of insurmountable obstacles causing, and caused by, disrupted equilibrium and curbed decision making. The online Business Dictionary defines crisis as a "Critical event which, if not handled in an appropriate and timely manner …, may turn into a disaster or catastrophe." Viewed in this way, crises are a component of human experience that one constantly strives to transgress, resolve or eschew; a turning point, an impending decisive individual or social change. Financial institutions in societies attuned to the cycles of capitalist economies often preempt or take measures periodically to control or avoid sharp transitions to recession (i.e. economic crises). So, crises are also associated with an inability to predict or foresee the 'historical ironies' that might be latent in a particular set of circumstances or course of events. Thus, social crises cause and contain a sense of disorientation and panic in human ensembles that result from institutional stultification which is itself caused by lack of direction or an inability to predict and plan accordingly for the future. In this respect, crises are related to narrative or our culturally universal compulsion to construct stories of personal or broader import by giving them structure and purpose.
In the case of Greece's recent crisis, a number of diverse issues related to systemic dysfunctions have arisen: Tax evasion, profound mistrust of state-revenue and foreign-debt management, the tortuous trimming of an unnecessarily obese public sector, incapacitated industries, malfunctioning education and national health systems, youth unemployment, brain-drain issues, a middle-class terrorized by the prospect of forfeiting the little that remains of its gains, even political maturity issues coupled with individual and state responsibility vis-à-vis the electorate's now habitual credulity to populist rhetoric. At the same time, the involvement of the ECB and the IMF in the state's fiscal affairs have spawned issues of national sovereignty and bred visions of a power shift to a European Federation or the European Parliament in Brussels. Issues of political representation within the country have germinated an array of new political parties, forced coalitions or defections to concertina-like political formations and generated a revival of right-wing nationalism and a concomitant rise of extremism and violence against all sorts of unsuspecting recipients.
Perhaps instinctively, some of us are aware that these manifestations or offshoots of the current crisis relate to Greece's historical past; not only to what we believe or know actually happened in that past but also the kind of story we tell about it. To date, and with notable, albeit barely audible, exceptions, the manner in which a significant section of the intelligentsia has been turning past events into culturally acceptable facts has been largely partisan or one-sided. Over the years (from the National Schism and the Asia Minor Debacle to Metaxas' Dictatorship, from the Civil War to the Colonels' Regime, and from the beginnings of the Metapolitefsi to PASOK's populism and beyond 1989), this historical narrative has been directly or implicitly manipulated by a hegemonic ideology that persecuted, blamed, demonized, marginalized or excluded some sector of the population, however large or small.
To remain within the scope of recent history, however, in the aftermath of the Colonels' Regime, Greece experienced a series of positive social changes and the Greeks were granted new and thitherto unseen freedoms. In the longer term these gains remained unsupported by the necessary cultural adaptations, or were unaccompanied by a sound restructuring of the economy and a cleansing of state-patronized institutions and the public sector of their deeply ingrained nepotism and clientilism. In terms that are doubtless and inevitably oversimplified here, the arising divisive attitudes seem to have infiltrated the very sinews of Greek society and culture. Evidence of this can perhaps be seen not only in the continuingly Manichean approaches in, and responses to, historical writings, say, inter alia, on the vexed issue of the Civil War, which remains a subject of exploitation for reasons of political expediency, but also in the way certain literary works have been received, appropriated and interpreted to disseminate a knowledge infested with long-bred biases and self-imposed censorships. Perpetuating the discursive practices of a dominant ideology has sought universal consensus on cultural issues for political expediency or in the name of cultural acceptance in a society that remains largely divided, latently, if partially, aggressive and intolerant to difference and informed dialogue on a number of issues.
If there is any truth in these claims, it would seem that since the end of the internecine conflict, since the demise of the Colonels' Junta and, more recently, since 1989, Greek culture has consistently witnessed a marked, more recently clandestine, institutional support for sentimental obfuscation rather than rational discussion and argument on aspects of its past. Exclusions and forgetfulness have been collectively favoured over unbiased understanding on a number of issues, generating a motley lot of social malcontents or marginalized identities in the process. Notwithstanding intermittent state and individual efforts to counter this wave, a widespread inclination to sweep past antinomies under the carpet of historical oblivion seem to have predominated along with economic issues as the principal obstacles in the transition from totalitarian, crudely binary or Manichean modes of thought at the expense of those fitting a more egalitarian and accepting society. This is, perhaps, the core of a prolonged cultural crisis that has been brewing and whose many opportunities were forfeited at institutional level since at least the annus mirabilis of 1974.
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Athens, 18 September 2014 (as admiring fans flock to the front of the "Grande Bretagne" to witness a fleeing Lady Gaga in the flesh)
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To Him is your return all together. [It is] the promise of God [which is] truth. Indeed, He begins the [process of] creation and then repeats it that He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds, in justice. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment for what they used to deny.
It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. God has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who know
Indeed, in the alternation of the night and the day and [in] what God has created in the heavens and the earth are signs for a people who fear God
Indeed, those who do not expect the meeting with Us and are satisfied with the life of this world and feel secure therein and those who are heedless of Our signs
For those their refuge will be the Fire because of what they used to earn.
Indeed, those who have believed and done righteous deeds - their Lord will guide them because of their faith. Beneath them rivers will flow in the Gardens of Pleasure
Their call therein will be, "Exalted are You, O God," and their greeting therein will be, "Peace." And the last of their call will be, "Praise to God, Lord of the worlds!"
And if God were to hasten for the people the evil [they invoke] as He hastens for them the good, their term would have been ended for them. But We leave the ones who do not expect the meeting with Us, in their transgression, wandering blindly
And when affliction touches man, he calls upon Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove from him his affliction, he continues [in disobedience] as if he had never called upon Us to [remove] an affliction that touched him. Thus is made pleasing to the transgressors that which they have been doing
And We had already destroyed generations before you when they wronged, and their messengers had come to them with clear proofs, but they were not to believe. Thus do We recompense the criminal people
Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may observe how you will do.
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Bring us a Qur'an other than this or change it." Say, "It is not for me to change it on my own accord. I only follow what is revealed to me. Indeed I fear, if I should disobey my Lord, the punishment of a tremendous Day."
Say, "If God had willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you, for I had remained among you a lifetime before it. Then will you not reason?"
It is He who enables you to travel on land and sea until, when you are in ships and they sail with them by a good wind and they rejoice therein, there comes a storm wind and the waves come upon them from everywhere and they assume that they are surrounded, supplicating God, sincere to Him in religion, "If You should save us from this, we will surely be among the thankful."
The example of [this] worldly life is but like rain which We have sent down from the heaven that the plants of the earth absorb - [those] from which men and livestock eat - until, when the earth has taken on its adornment and is beautified and its people suppose that they have capability over it, there comes to it Our command by night or by day, and We make it as a harvest, as if it had not flourished yesterday. Thus do We explain in detail the signs for a people who give thought.
And God invites to the Home of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight path.
And the Day We will gather them all together - then We will say to those who associated others with God, "[Remain in] your place, you and your 'partners.'" Then We will separate them, and their "partners" will say, "You did not used to worship us,
Say, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, "God," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?"
For that is God, your Lord, the Truth. And what can be beyond truth except error? So how are you averted?
Thus the word of your Lord has come into effect upon those who defiantly disobeyed - that they will not believe.
Say, "Are there of your 'partners' any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, "God begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?"
Say, "Are there of your 'partners' any who guides to the truth?" Say, "God guides to the truth. So is He who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed or he who guides not unless he is guided? Then what is [wrong] with you - how do you judge?"
And most of them follow not except assumption. Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. Indeed, God is Knowing of what they do.
And it was not [possible] for this Qur'an to be produced by other than God, but [it is] a confirmation of what was before it and a detailed explanation of the [former] Scripture, about which there is no doubt, from the Lord of the worlds.
Or do they say [about the prophet], "He invented it?" Say, "Then bring forth a surah like it and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides God, if you should be truthful."
Rather, they have denied that which they encompass not in knowledge and whose interpretation has not yet come to them. Thus did those before them deny. Then observe how was the end of the wrongdoers.
And of them are those who believe in it, and of them are those who do not believe in it. And your Lord is most knowing of the corrupters.
And if they deny you, then say, "For me are my deeds, and for you are your deeds. You are disassociated from what I do, and I am disassociated from what you do."
And among them are those who listen to you. But can you cause the deaf to hear, although they will not use reason?
And among them are those who look at you. But can you guide the blind although they will not [attempt to] see?
Indeed, God does not wrong the people at all, but it is the people who are wronging themselves.
And on the Day when He will gather them, [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] but an hour of the day, [and] they will know each other. Those will have lost who denied the meeting with God and were not guided.
And whether We show you some of what We promise them, or We take you in death, to Us is their return; then, [either way], God is a witness concerning what they are doing.
And for every nation is a messenger. So when their messenger comes, it will be judged between them in justice, and they will not be wronged.
And they say, "When is [the fulfillment of] this promise, if you should be truthful?"
Say, "I possess not for myself any harm or benefit except what God should will. For every nation is a [specified] term. When their time has come, then they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."
Say, "Have you considered if His punishment should come to you by night or by day - for which [aspect] of it would the criminals be impatient?"
Then is it that when it has [actually] occurred you will believe in it? Now? And you were [once] for it impatient.
Then it will be said to those who had wronged, "Taste the punishment of eternity; are you being recompensed except for what you used to earn?"
O mankind, there has to come to you instruction from your Lord and healing for what is in the breasts and guidance and mercy for the believers.
Say, "In the bounty of God and in His mercy - in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate."
Say, "Have you seen what God has sent down to you of provision of which you have made [some] lawful and [some] unlawful?" Say, "Has God permitted you [to do so], or do you invent [something] about God?"
And what will be the supposition of those who invent falsehood about God on the Day of Resurrection? Indeed, God is full of bounty to the people, but most of them are not grateful."
And, you are not [engaged] in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an and you [people] do not do any deed except that We are witness over you when you are involved in it. And not absent from your Lord is any [part] of an atom's weight within the earth or within the heaven or [anything] smaller than that or greater but that it is in a clear register.
Unquestionably, [for] the allies of God there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve
Those who believed and were fearing God
For them are good tidings in the worldly life and in the Hereafter. No change is there in the words of God. That is what is the great attainment.
And let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, honor belongs to God entirely. He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
Unquestionably, to God belongs whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth. And those who invoke other than God do not [actually] follow [His] "partners." They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying
[For them is brief] enjoyment in this world; then to Us is their return; then We will make them taste the severe punishment because they used to disbelieve
And recite to them the news of Noah, when he said to his people, "O my people, if my residence and my reminding of the signs of God has become burdensome upon you - then in God do I trust. So resolve upon your plan and [call upon] your associates. Then let not your plan be obscure to you. Then carry it out upon me and do not give me respite.
And if you turn away [from my advice] then no payment have I asked of you. My reward is only from God, and I have been commanded to be in submission [to God]."
And they denied him, so We saved him and those with him in the ark and made them successors, and We drowned those who denied Our signs. Then see how was the end of those who were warned.
Then We sent after him messengers to their peoples, and they came to them with clear proofs. But they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus We seal over the hearts of the transgressors
Then We sent after them Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh and his establishment with Our signs, but they behaved arrogantly and were a criminal people
So when there came to them the truth from Us, they said, "Indeed, this is obvious magic."
Moses said, "Do you say [thus] about the truth when it has come to you? Is this magic? But magicians will not succeed."
They said, "Have you come to us to turn us away from that upon which we found our fathers and so that you two may have grandeur in the land? And we are not believers in you."
And Pharaoh said, "Bring to me every learned magician."
So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, "Throw down whatever you will throw."
And when they had thrown, Moses said, "What you have brought is [only] magic. Indeed, God will expose its worthlessness. Indeed, God does not amend the work of corrupters.
And God will establish the truth by His words, even if the criminals dislike it."
But no one believed Moses, except [some] youths among his people, for fear of Pharaoh and his establishment that they would persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was haughty within the land, and indeed, he was of the transgressors
And Moses said, "O my people, if you have believed in God, then trust in Him, if you should be in submission [to God]."
So they said, "In God do we trust. Our Lord, make us not [objects of] trial for the wrongdoing people
And save us by Your mercy from the disbelieving people."
[God] said, "Your supplication has been answered." So remain on a right course and follow not the way of those who do not know."
And We took the Children of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his soldiers pursued them in tyranny and enmity until, when drowning overtook him, he said, "I believe that there is no god except that in whom the Children of Israel believe, and I am of those in submission [to God]."
Now? And you had disobeyed [Him] before and were of the corrupters?
So today We will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you a sign. And indeed, many among the people, of Our signs, are heedless
And We had certainly settled the Children of Israel in an agreeable settlement and provided them with good things. And they did not differ until [after] knowledge had come to them. Indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ
So if you are in doubt about that which We have revealed to you, then ask those who have been reading the Scripture before you. The truth has certainly come to you from your Lord, so never be among the doubters.
And never be of those who deny the signs of God and [thus] be among the losers.
Indeed, those upon whom the word of your Lord has come into effect will not believe,
And had your Lord willed, those on earth would have believed - all of them entirely. Then, would you compel the people in order that they become believers?
And it is not for a soul to believe except by permission of God, and He will place defilement upon those who will not use reason.
Say, "Observe what is in the heavens and earth." But of no avail will be signs or warners to a people who do not believe
Say, "O people, if you are in doubt as to my religion - then I do not worship those which you worship besides God; but I worship God, who causes your death. And I have been commanded to be of the believers
And [commanded], 'Direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth, and never be of those who associate others with God;
Say, "O mankind, the truth has come to you from your Lord, so whoever is guided is only guided for his soul, and whoever goes astray only goes astray [in violation] against it. And I am not over you a manager."
And follow what is revealed to you, and be patient until God will judge. And He is the best of judges.


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Portuguese Diplomat Honored by Bay Area Organization
(This article below was printed in The Portuguese Tribune, San Jose, CA – March 15, 1998. "Portuguese Diplomat Honored by Bay Area Organization", by Catherine Gong.)
In the Summer of 1940, Aristides de Sousa Mendes was strolling down the street in Bordeaux, France. Nothing would have prepared him for the chance meeting he was going to have that would change his life and the lives of thousands forever. As de Sousa Mendes turns the corner, a desperate man approached him. The man was Rabbi Chaim Kruger. He told de Sousa Mendes that his wife and five children were seeking refuge in Southern France from the Nazis, who were now in control of Northern France. Immediately recognizing de Sousa Mendes as the Portuguese consul, Kruger pleaded for entry visas into neutral Portugal. Rabbi Kruger then told de Sousa Mendes that it was not only his family's fate that was threatened, but the lives of all Jews. When Kruger told him about the mobile shooting squads and death camps, de Sousa Mendes was appalled. Knowing full well that his government was fearful of Hitler's possible invasion of neutral Portugal, de Sousa Mendes knew of his country's appeasement policies with Germany. One of those policies strictly forbade any Portuguese consulate to issue entry visas to refugees – especially Jewish refugees.
Torn between obeying his government and his conscience, de Sousa Mendes was faced with the decision of enormous consequences. To issue entry visas to Kruger's family was against government policy, but possible; but if he issued entry visas to the thousands of Jewish refugees, he would jeopardize Portugal's neutrality. Despite the consequences, de Sousa Mendes came to a decision, "I cannot allow these people to die." "Many are Jews, and our constitution says that the religion, or politics of a foreigner shall not be used to deny him refuge in Portugal."
From June 16-18 de Sousa Mendes, along with two family members and Rabbi Kruger, hand wrote and stamped more than thirty thousand visas. News of these "backdoor" visas spread, and the Portuguese foreign minister sent two emissaries to officially remove de Sousa Mendes from his post. While de Sousa Mendes was being forcibly driven back to Portugal by emissaries, they passed through Bayone and Hendaye. They saw thousands more pleading for help at the Portuguese consulates, and de Sousa Mendes ordered the driver to stop. Despite staunch resistance from the Portuguese emissaries and the two other consulates, he said "I have not yet been removed from my position. I am still your superior." With that said, de Sousa Mendes assembled all the necessary papers, stamps, and seals and continued to save more lives. Even when he was forcibly taken from the consulates' desks and to the Portuguese border, he guided Jewish refugees across the border to make sure that the guards would not turn them away.
Upon his return to the foreign ministry's headquarters in Lisbon, de Sousa Mendes was immediately dismissed. Stripped of his diplomatic status, prohibited from practicing law, and shunned from society, de Sousa Mendes and his family of fourteen were penniless and forced to eat in soup kitchens. In 1954, he died unrecognized and in abject poverty. However, according to one report, to his dying day, he was convinced that the sacrifice he had made was insignificant in comparison to the rescue of those in distress.
Since his death, de Sousa Mendes has been recognized in a traveling photo exhibit, "Visas for Life", honoring diplomats who risked everything to save Jews and other refugees from Hitler's death camps. This exhibit will be shown at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., and at Yad Vashem in Israel. It has been shown at the Simon Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance, and in the district office of Congressman Tom Lantos. Moreover, de Sousa Mendes' children have been dedicated to memorializing their father's memory, and established the International Committee to Commemorate Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
For more information about this organization, which is located in the Bay Area, please write to:
International Committee to Commemorate
Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes
c/o John Paul Abranches
3263 Vineyard Ave. #47
Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
tel: (925) 461-4930
fax: (925) 484-9216


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The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo is one of the most iconic of all Australia's birds, instantly evoking images of the Australian bushland. It is known for its strident call, brilliant white feathers, yellow crest and particular intelligence. This species often mates for life and can live between 50 and 90 years, dependent upon its environment.
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Bringing an empty property back into use
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This three bedroom property in Gloucester, which was empty for more than 10 years has now been refurbished. The works included a complete re-wire, new plumbing, windows, doors and a landscaped garden. Solar panels have been installed to provide hot water.
Following completion of the works, at the end of September 2012, an opening event was held. Colin Organ, the Cabinet Member for Housing, Health and Leisure, attended the open event and said he is delighted the property has been brought back into use to provide a home for a family in need.
"We are pleased to be working with Elim Housing once again on the delivery of new homes, and refurbishment of existing homes to support the Council's housing plans and priorities."
The property is now let providing good quality family accommodation, including lounge, dining room, kitchen, bathroom and three bedrooms.
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The head of an inquiry into historic sex abuse by politicians and other powerful figures has said she will not quit, despite her brother being linked to an Establishment cover-up of the same paedophile ring she will be investigating. Baroness Butler-Sloss, a retired judge, refused to bow to demands for her resignation less than 24 hours after her appointment.
The Daily Mail reports that politicians and legal experts said it would be inappropriate for her to accept the post since her late brother, Sir Michael Havers, was Attorney General in Margaret Thatcher's government, when many of the allegations were made.
Geoffrey Dickens, the MP who reported many of the claims in the 1980s, accused Sir Michael of a 'whitewash' and 'the cover-up of the century' when he took no action on the claims.
Actor Nigel Havers, son of Sir Michael, yesterday defended his aunt. He said she "had no political ties to my father and knew nothing about what was going on in the House of Commons at that time."
"She has every right to lead the inquiry," he added.
Labour MP Simon Danczuk, who has campaigned against child abuse, was not convinced, however. He said: "It's astonishing the Government didn't realise they were appointing the sister of someone who had tried to deter the prosecution of a significant paedophile. It's far too Establishment – and the Government need to think again."
It was also reported last night that Baroness Butler-Sloss made significant errors in an inquiry into child abuse within the Church of England three years ago. She had to issue a six-page appendum in which she apologised for "inaccuracies" in her report eight months after it had been published.
Lady Butler-Sloss remained defiant yesterday, however, saying: "If people think I am not suitable then that's up to them."
A spokesman for Downing Street also said: "She commands the very highest of respect for her professional expertise and integrity."


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Last weekend, I dove into the shark tank that is a tourist town on a holiday weekend, Door County, Wisconsin. Such towns include Egg Harbor, Sister Bay, and Bailey's Harbor. Quiet and quaint in the spring and fall, these towns swarm with tourists and locals in the summer season. Parking spaces are hard to find, and the air smells of cookouts, sweet corn, and salt water. Here's a little bit from my little trip.
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We drove from Green Bay, only about a half hour from Sturgeon Bay.
We took a detour from Green Bay to Door County in Algoma, to peek at the pink lighthouse, and get some sand in our toes.
Welcome to the beach!
Egg Harbor has a gorgeous little harbor with those little telescopes you put a quarter in so you can see the sailboats on the horizon. I recommend stopping in the local organic grocery store, Greens and Grains, and have lunch at Shipwrecked.
I loved the look of this building in Egg Harbor.
Hello! If this doesn't make you want to eat BBQ, I don't know what will.
Stop in Fish Creek to visit the boutique "Brilliant Stranger" for one of a kind hand made clothes and accessories, and grab a coffee at Luna, right next door.
One of my favorite T-Shirts we saw at Brilliant Stranger.
Right across the street from Luna is the adorable Door County Confectionary.
I love this "Love" blanket I saw at Luna. After leaving Fish Creek, we decided to drive up the coast for a bit, soaking up the sights, and driving with the windows down. We turned around to try to find some dinner on the way back.
With the night winding down, it was time to grab some dinner! Yelp is a great app to find out where to eat based on budget, reviews, and menu, depending on what you're in the mood for. There's a place in Sister Bay called Al Johnson's that has goats on the roof that got rave reviews for breakfast, by the way. Oddly enough, I just wanted to go home and order a pizza, so that's exactly what we did. Happy travels!


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Former Australian Treasurer Peter Costello believes setting up a superannuation guarantee (SG) agency pooling the funds of inactive default fund members will have enormous economies of scale as well as promoting industry competition and market discipline.
"I believe that people should be able to choose who manages their superannuation but the reality is in Australia, there's a large cohort of people who simply don't choose," Costello told the SuperRatings and Lonsec Day of Confrontation event in Melbourne yesterday.
"Their money goes into default funds. They get allocated to an industry fund or an employer fund. They make no choice over the investment profile.
"My personal view is instead of the government arbitrating to industry funds, there's a fair argument this compulsory component – the so-called default fund – should be allocating to a national savings administrator, let's call it the 'SG Agency'."
Costello explained such an organisation could act as a not-for-profit agency, which could then set up its own investment board akin to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
"It could be called the SGIA: the Super Guarantee Investment Arm," he said.
"Or, it could contract that out.
"But there would be huge economies of scale, and it would end the fight between the industry and profit sectors as neither sector has been able to attract that money voluntarily."
He added that default contributions are currently spread between many funds but often end up allocated to the same managers with each fund paying separate fees.
"Those fees would be reduced if that money were pooled and if there was only one default fund making large allocations, it would have the market power to reduce costs," he said.
"The economies of scale would give the ability to accumulate and diversify, and it could introduce a little more competition and market discipline within the Australian financial sector."
Costello highlighted that ultimately the Australian SG system existed for its beneficiaries.
"And that is the test [to determine whether the system is working]," he said.
"What is going to give our beneficiaries a better outcome? If we can agree on that goal, I think most of these questions can be solved.
"It's not a system in its infancy anymore – the awards system is 25 years old and the SG system is 25 years old so if it's not yet fully matured, it's certainly a very maturing system."
Costello served as federal treasurer from 1996 to 2007 under the Howard government and is also the founder and chair of the Future Fund.
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I made a total of $14,579.08 in commission for Amazon Associates for December 2014! I'm very excited because first of all, that's a good amount of money to kick off the New Year and second it's $640 MORE than I made last year in December.
After the great Squidoo robbery of 2014 I'm feeling very grateful to Jesus for this great month of sales. It really could have gone either way considering all that has happened this last year but God is good all the time, what others mean for harm, God uses to our good.
Between November and December 2014, I made a total of $19,038.44. Q4 is by far my best time of year for sales. Hopefully this will give me a much needed boost into 2015.
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