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By Laurie H. Rogers
"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them."
– Patrick Henry
My questions about adopting unproven CCSS materials
On June 11, I asked 11 Spokane school district leaders (six administrators and five board directors) for their rationale for adopting unproven Common Core curricula on top of the failed curricular materials the district already has. The administrators, from the Department of Teaching and Learning, collectively get more than half a million taxpayer dollars per year in base salary. Five didn't respond, one didn't answer the questions, and four of the board directors said the board president would answer for them.
Therefore, from 11 district leaders, I received one answer (and in my opinion, it isn't a very good one).
My questions aren't difficult. I didn't ask how the universe began, why God allows evil to exist, or how to build a rocket. I didn't ask how to climb mountains, survive a nuclear attack, or create world peace. Here's the gist of what I asked:
Therefore, from 11 district leaders, I received one answer (and in my opinion, it isn't a very good one).
My questions aren't difficult. I didn't ask how the universe began, why God allows evil to exist, or how to build a rocket. I didn't ask how to climb mountains, survive a nuclear attack, or create world peace. Here's the gist of what I asked:
- Why is Spokane Public Schools preparing to spend several million taxpayer dollars on untested, unproven, and largely unseen curricula based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)?
- Why is the district adopting CCSS-based curricula on top of its already failed curricula?
- Why would this district not get rid of its current failed curricula, and adopt already proven curricula that carry a known price tag?
The main problems with the Common Core initiatives: Expensive and unprovenI don't know why any of America's 14,000 school districts would buy unproven products, but many do. Government schools are infamous for buying unproven and failed products (and for kicking out failed products just so they can buy other unproven products.) The CCSS initiatives (including standards, tests, and curricula) are all unproven products. The federal government is forcing the CCSS on citizens, along with a creepy and intrusive data system that's designed to collect data on children (and their families) from pre-K "through work force."
Those of us in the real world avoid buying unproven products. WE don't have pots of other people's money to play with, so we look before leaping. We kick tires and look under the hood. We don't buy things with an unknown price tag, and when we screw up with other people's money, there are real consequences to us.
Not so for the public Edu Mob. It keeps trotting in a sweaty mass after every stray-dog, "Best-Practices" idea that somebody stuck in a dissertation or strung together with taxpayer dollars. But when the ideas fail, the Edu Mob doesn't suffer. Failure brings them sympathy, money, programs and more staff.
I've yet to see a strong argument in support of the CCSS initiatives. Few legislators, school boards, administrators or foundations have made any effort to publicize real numbers on the total cost to taxpayers. The few estimates I've seen were so low-balled, they were insulting. And claims of the Standards' increased rigor also are doubtful; many districts are using the CCSS to adopt weak curricula; they're adopting unproven curricula on top of the weak curricula they already have; or they're modifying the structure or content of the CCSS, with the new version also being unproven.
Very little in government education appears to be solidly supported by legitimate studies or student data. It's how the Edu Mob has unsuccessfully (but lucratively) done business for years. In other fields, studies and pilots are done to determine effectiveness before products are purchased. Not so with the Common Core initiatives—there's just this intense and determined rush to make it all happen now.
For the beleaguered American taxpayer, this is a big deal. When you multiply by millions, dollars add up fast.
- If every school district in Washington State spends just $5 million on every aspect of the CCSS – standards/tests/curricula/professional development/travel/data system/administrators/etc. – Washington taxpayers would spend $1.475 billion on this unproven program.
- If every school district in the country spends just $5 million on every aspect of the CCSS, American taxpayers would spend $70 billion on this unproven program.
- But, for most districts, $5 million is a minute fraction of what it will actually cost for everything. SPS already budgeted more than $5 million for just the data system and the K-8 portion of the math curriculum.
And we can forget any possibility of the CCSS at least ending the iron grip reform math and extreme constructivism have on public education. The Edu Mob loves reform math and excessive constructivism. And why wouldn't it? Let's see: 20 years of wasted taxpayer dollars, failing children, high remedial rates, and low abilities in math – all producing sympathy, money, programs and staff for the Edu Mob. What's not to like? I've come to believe that nothing can kill reform math. People say only cockroaches would survive a nuclear attack; I think reform math would survive, too.
Superintendent's response to my questions about the CCSS
At a June 4 Spokane Public Schools (SPS) budget forum, I asked Superintendent Nancy Stowell why the district would adopt unproven curricula based on the CCSS. Stowell didn't answer the question, instead saying that, with the Common Core Standards, the district would be comparable to other districts. But the district won't achieve comparability with other districts, for at least two reasons.
- Stowell said SPS is shifting the Common Core standards around (as if anyone in the district is qualified to do it, and as if SPS hadn't already completely screwed up its academic program).
- Stowell said SPS won't get rid of its current curricula. (These are some of the worst curricula on the planet. Many other districts either don't have them, or they have different failed curricula.)
I asked Stowell again why SPS would adopt unproven products, and her answer was that SPS isn't ready to buy and is just "banking" the money. Her explanation contradicted district staff, board directors, the budget presentation, and even Stowell herself. Everything else said and done points to decisions having been made – if not on specific curricula, then certainly on the premise of buying unproven curricula that are allegedly based on the district's unproven version of the unproven CCSS.
This district leadership is planning to pile the CCSS curricula on top of its already failed curricula, as if the result won't be a stinking load of you-know-what.
Administrative response to questions on the CCSSWith respect to my June 11 questions, Associate Superintendent Karin Short was the only administrator to reply. She said I should go see her for an answer, she answered a question I didn't ask, and she offered information from other people. But she offered no actual explanation. I followed up with Short on June 23. To date, there has been no reply.
Short has played this game before. In November 2010, I tried to find out if the district planned to replace its failed K-8 math curricula. Short played coy for months, refusing to answer in writing. Twice, I took her obstruction to the school board, where Director Sue Chapin blamed me for wanting the answer in writing. In March 2011, I finally managed to wrest an answer from Executive Director Tammy Campbell, who said the K-8 math curricula wouldn't be replaced for at least two years. (It appears that "two years" in edu-speak translates into "Never," in English.)
Also in 2010, I tried to get details on the district's new high school math program so we could make decisions. I couldn't get the details from secondary math coordinator Rick Biggerstaff and was forced to file a public records request. The results, which cost me $29, promoted reform math, bastardized the newly purchased Holt math materials, and were pitifully flimsy and inadequate.
It doesn't surprise me that administrators refuse to explain themselves to a citizen. Who can or will make them do it? In SPS, people in charge of the math program have actually gone to the board and said that no one knows how to fix the math program. And a board director agreed.
Board responses to questions on the CCSS
Douthitt wrote to me: "… [P]lease tell me the answers that I have heard given to you (sic) on this question several times over the past year …" This, Douthitt said later, would be so he would know that I "actually listen and learn…" Besides needing a forklift to set aside Douthitt's condescension, how am I to tell him what he's heard me be told? I could only tell him what I've heard, and the only answer I'd heard on this question was on June 4, from Stowell. Douthitt claims that I've been told and told and told. I don't know what he's talking about. I only just discovered that CCSS curricula would be adopted on top of the current curricula.
Calling my request a "big charade," Douthitt nevertheless promised an answer for the week of June 18. Then, he changed his mind and said the board might prepare a resolution in August (rather than "simply" answer me, the person who asked the question).
This board has already adopted resolutions on math - on June 10, 2009, and May 11, 2011. Neither adequately answers the question: "Why would this district spend taxpayer dollars on unproven products?"
I asked the other four directors: "Is (Douthitt's response) your answer as well?" Brower answered vaguely, then declined to clarify. In the end, all four - Sue Chapin, Jeff Bierman, Brower and Treppiedi – said Douthitt would respond for all.
These directors appear to disagree with me on their responsibilities as elected officials to be individually answerable and accountable to citizens. I had asked each for their argument. If the question is too hard for them – or if they just got up one morning and said, "Hey, let's go spend millions of taxpayer dollars on something we've never seen" – they could at least have the courtesy to say so. There are only so many reasons why they refuse to explain themselves. Pick your poison:
- They don't know why they're doing it.
- They don't want to say why they're doing it.
- They don't want to tell me why because they know I will tell you.
- They resent being asked to support their decision-making.
- Several of the above, or
- All of the above
I'd never actually heard a Spokane board director or administrator (other than Stowell) publicly explain the rationale for adopting the unproven CCSS curricular materials on top of the current curricular materials.
- Either the current materials and supplements are good and should not be modified (and therefore the public was deceived about the supposed need for new materials),
- Or the materials and supplements aren't good and they should be modified (and therefore the public was deceived about how successful they are).
Despite the district's 56-or-so pages of titles of curricular materials and supplementary materials, SPS achieves weak academic results. District-built materials are worse, so I hear. A change is in order, but not to more unproven products with an open price tag. Normal people don't buy houses, cars or even toothbrushes this way. Proven curricula are available and should be adopted. The children should be taught the material that's in them, and those who wasted 20 years of taxpayer dollars, and damaged the future of 560,000 children should face consequences. Golly, what does it take for these people to be embarrassed?
On July 1, I received another email from Douthitt. His attached 8-page letter is too long for a blog post, but it's linked here in entirety. (The two math resolutions also are linked above, so the whole thing is here.) In his letter, Douthitt wrote:
This statement, while technically supportable, ignores the role that SPS had in dumping the CCSS on taxpayers.
A very brief history of the CCSS adoptionThe CCSS were part and parcel of the federal Race to the Top "grant" program (RTTT). School districts had the opportunity in 2010 to reject the CCSS by rejecting RTTT and by publicly advocating against both. Most did neither, instead feverishly latching onto RTTT so they could vie for limited federal taxpayer dollars (which most didn't get).
The Spokane board voted in 2010 to support RTTT. That vote, which I publicly opposed, helped to make the CCSS a reality. Before the Common Core Standards were written, SPS administrators were already preparing for them. Before the Standards were released, OSPI (the state education agency) stumped across the state in support of them. Legislators flatly rejected any attempt to stop the CCSS train wreck, and here we are. Had districts rejected RTTT, it's possible the CCSS would now be a dim memory.
Unfortunately, the chain of command on public education no longer starts with the school district. It now starts at the top, too far away for citizens to have any effect, much less get answers. Who now has oversight over the learning standards in our schools?
- Not the federal government, which still says education is a state responsibility, and which repeatedly claims that the CCSS were a "state-led" initiative.
- Not OSPI, the state education agency, which says Washington is a "local control" state (and so operations are up to school districts), but that the CCSS are "coordinated by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)."
- And not Spokane Public Schools. Douthitt wrote that if I "think CCSS is a bad thing," my argument is "properly" "with the legislature and OSPI, to try to obtain a repeal..."
Douthitt said SPS has a responsibility to teach to the standards "whatever they might be," but that isn't what SPS did or is planning to do.
- Washington State's math standards, revised in 2008, advocated for basic procedural math skills. SPS gave lip service to that new emphasis, while retaining its curriculum and emphasis on extreme constructivism. SPS thus continued to deemphasize basic procedural math skills.
- This district appears to have no intention of teaching to the CCSS. According to Stowell, the district plans to alter the CCSS by changing the order of certain standards.
- SPS also plans to prioritize standards that are preferred by administrators. So-called "Power Standards" are to be "guaranteed," while standards deemed to be "complementary" will be presented to a "lesser degree."
- View pages 78-100 of this PDF on Spokane's Power Standards, which I received as a result of a 2011 public records request. Many of the standards this district deems to be complementary (not guaranteed to be taught to mastery) are basic procedural math skills.
- And, oh please, do take a moment to watch this brief video in which district committee members explain how they "filtered" the Power Standards. This video explains so much.
And where are things now? Well, this is how things are now between Laurie Rogers and the Spokane school board. This is what passes in Spokane Public Schools for transparency, accountability and respect for citizens. Most of my questions remain unanswered, including why the district plans to adopt unproven products on top of its already failed products.
This sort of thing is happening across the country. Taxpayers will continue to pay through the nose for a new version of academic failure. Unproven and failed products will continue to be purchased and then supplemented with more unproven and failed products. Many district "leaders" will act with impunity, blame everyone else, and then clam up when someone asks an uncomfortable question – while perhaps trying to eliminate citizens' ability to know the answers.
When will we have school districts that focus on what's best academically for the children? When will the children's best interests come first? And when will We, the People get some damn help around here from someone in the state with oversight?
These are more questions for which I have no answers.
Rogers, L. (July 2012). "Several school leaders refuse to say why district is adopting unproven products on top of failed products; board president points to state." Retrieved (date) from the Betrayed Web site: http://betrayed-whyeducationisfailing.blogspot.com/.
This article also was published July 19, 2012, on Education News at: http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/laurie-rogers-spokanes-leaders-adopt-the-unproven-after-the-failed/
This article also was published July 19, 2012, on Education Views at http://educationviews.org/several-school-leaders-refuse-to-say-why-district-is-adopting-unproven-products-on-top-of-failed-products-board-president-points-to-state/


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When CSU's football team stayed at "The Grand" in the 1990's, players invariably got lost on the way to the meeting rooms and sat out the game.
CSU players were looking forward to staying on the corner of The Strip and Tropicana. They've been at South Point in the middle of nowhere south of the entertainment district. Last year they stayed at Hard Rock Hotel, which isn't much fun when everyone else is celebrating spring break.
Next week many CSU classmates will descent on Las Vegas for spring break on their own dime. The "fun" measuring scale for the Rams CSU comes with the game against New Mexico.
"Nothing is more fun than winning," said CSU assistant coach Niko Medved. "If you're winning you could be in Timbuktu and still have fun."


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Greenpeace wants to halt the spread of nuclear power across the globe
It is a simple fact that every state that has nuclear power capability, has nuclear weapon capability. So out of the current 44 nuclear powerstates, we could potentially have 44 nuclear weapons states. Several nations have used their civil nuclear-operations to develop weapons capability, including India, Pakistan, and North Korea.
It is not just us saying this, Dr. Mohamed El Baradei, the Director General of the IAEA said: "Should a state with a fully developed fuel-cycle capability decide, for whatever reason, to break away from its non-proliferation commitments, most experts believe it could produce a nuclear weapon within a matter of months."
The world's growing stockpile of civilian-use plutonium is a cause of proliferation concern. By the end of 2003, approximately 238 tons of plutonium had been separated in commercial reprocessing facilities, compared to 250 tons, which were generated for nuclear weapons. Some 103 tons of this military plutonium has been declared 'excess' and willbe added to the 'civil' plutonium stockpile.
Most of the military plutonium belongs to Russia (130 tons) and the US(100 tons). While military plutonium production has almost stopped completely after the end of the cold war, commercial reprocessing continues.
Considering that only five kilograms of reactor plutonium is enough to fabricate a crude nuclear warhead - the bomb that destroyed Nagasaki in 1945 and killed 50,000 people contained 6.1 kilograms of plutonium - the security of the plutonium stockpiles is paramount.
There are civil stockpiles stored in France, Britain, Russia, Japan, India, Belgium, Germany, and the US. Yet Britain, France, Japan, Russia, and India continue to produce more civil plutonium. Itis expected that by the end of 2010, the stockpile of separated plutonium will further increase from 238 to 286 tons.
A program borne in the wake of 9/11 will spend US $20 billion over 10 years in a global effort to prevent terrorists and other would-be proliferators from acquiring nuclear weapons. But the only way to address the issue is to simply stop all reprocessing and plutonium production.
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Goodmorning and welcome to my biweekly interview series. Today I have the honor of sharing with you the writing and blog of Ian Kelly. He's a talented guy who has recently published a book of short stories. You can find Ian's blog here: Ian Kelly Writing.
1. Hi Ian, Please Tell Us About Yourself?
Hi. My name is Iain Kelly and I'm from Glasgow in Scotland. I have lived here all my life and it's where I write my blog from. My blog is called: Iain Kelly Writing.
Telling about yourself is always the most difficult question to answer, so I'll keep it simple! I work as an editor of television programs for BBC Scotland. I'm married with two-year-old twins who take up most of my time. After work and family if I have any time left I like to write.
2. When Did You Begin Writing and Blogging?
I first started my blog six years ago and spent a year doing film and book reviews. I neglected it for a couple of years and then took a fiction writing course online. When I had finished that I had a few short pieces that I liked and decided to share them on my blog. From there I have kept writing new short stories and flash fiction.
"After work and family if I have any time left I like to write." – Ian Kelly
3. What Does Writing Mean To You? Why Do You Write?
When I was much younger I wrote stories. I have always enjoyed coming up with characters, letting my imagination wander with them and see what stories resulted. I used to play football (soccer) and would write stories about fictional football teams and players. As often happens, life gets in the way of dreams.
I went to university and studied English Literature, Film, and Television. My career took me down the path of television. Eventually, I've found the writing bug again. Writing is a chance to escape everyday life and I love being able to imagine the lives of many different people in places around the world. I enjoy thinking of the stories that could happen there.
4. Where Do You Find Your Inspiration and Motivation to Write?
I tend to write fiction based on real life, or perhaps a fictional future world rooted in reality. I don't tend to write fantasy or science-fiction specifically. My inspiration comes from the world around us. It could be something happening in the news, events, politics, but also from looking at everyday people, the struggles and/or laughter they share with each other. My motivation may come from wanting to try and comment on events that are occuring. Writing is a way to turn frustration into something creative or to attempt to cope with a situation in life.
"Writing is a chance to escape everyday life and I love being able to imagine the lives of many different people in places around the world. I enjoy thinking of the stories that could happen there." – Ian Kelly
5. Is There a Time of Day You Prefer to Write?
My time available to write depends on my work schedule and my children. When the kids have gone to bed in the evening I try to fit some time writing in. Or if the twins go for a nap during the day sometimes I have a chance to write. The main thing is that I have to find the opportunities to write when I can!
6. What Are Your Most Current Writing/Blogging Projects? Any Hopeful Projects for the Future?
At the moment I am working on my first novel-length story. I would say I'm about a quarter of the way through the first draft. I have the characters and the main story figured out, so the next couple of months will be dedicated to getting my head down and finishing the story.
After the first draft is finished I will re-write and edit. I'm aiming to have a finished novel by the end of the year and then decide what I want to do with it –- if it's worth sending to a publishing company or self-publishing the novel.
Alongside that, I will continue writing short pieces for my blog. It helps to take a break from a long novel and focus the mind on something different every so often, before going back to the main project.
"At the moment I am working on my first novel length story. I would say I'm about a quarter of the way through the first draft. I have the characters and the main story figured out, so the next couple of months will be dedicated to getting my head down and finishing the story." – Ian Kelly
7. Can You Tell Us About Your Recently Published Book?
At the start of this year, I self-published a collection of my short stories from my blog in a book called Collected Sketches. I decided to do this at the end of 2016. I realized I had a lot of stories, some with similar themes and dealing with similar issues, that I thought were quite good and worth collecting together as a compendium.
The other benefit of publishing theses stories was that it gave me a chance to try self-publishing out for myself which I hadn't done or considered doing before. I'm pleased with how my book turned out. It's available to a global audience through on Amazon: HERE, which is an amazing thing to happen to my writing. You can find out about Collected Sketches by Ian Kelly on my blog or through Kindle on Amazon.com
8. Can You Briefly Describe Your Writing Process that You Went Through To Publish?
I used Createspace online to self-publish. After looking around at a few online resources I went for this one mainly because it was free to do, and also it allowed me to do everything myself. Other sites offered help in editing and formatting and design, but at a cost.
If you're confident to do these things yourself then Createspace is excellent. With the novel I am currently writing, I plan to try the traditional route of sending it to agents and publishers. But it is good to know that if all else fails I can self-publish and still have my novel out there into the world. Here is the link to Createspace HERE.
9. What Is Your Writing Process Like?
I think I'm still figuring my writing process out as I go through this novel. Most writers advise that the best thing to do is write the first draft as it comes to you. Whatever happens, keep writing! So I'm following that advice.
I already know there is a lot of it I will return to and completely rewrite but this way allows the story, plot, and characters to spill out and take form, freely. I will go back and finesse that raw material. I enjoy the editing part of writing probably more than the initial writing. Doing flash fiction short stories is great practice for that.
"I already know there is a lot of it I will return to and completely rewrite but this way allows the story, plot, and characters to spill out and take form freely. I will go back and finesse that raw material. I enjoy the editing part of writing probably more than the initial writing." – Ian Kelly
10. Do You Have Certain Genres You Prefer to Write or To Read Books In?
I tend to stick to everyday drama or real world stories. But I also love to read and write spy stories, war fiction, and crime fiction. I might occasionally try other things too.
I spend a lot of time reading. Favorite authors would be John Le Carre, Martin Cruz Smith, Agatha Christie, James Ellroy, Ian McEwan, William Boyd, Ian Fleming, and Terry Pratchett –- to name a few. I also like to try and go back and read the classics every so often such as Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and I love Alexandre Dumas and The Three Musketeer novels. I think that comes from my days as a student of English Literature.
11. Do You Have Any Advice For Other Writers? Do You Have Any Favorite Blogs You Like To Follow?
Just keep writing and getting your work out there into the world for people to read. Ninty-Nine Percent of people will be kind to you and give constructive criticism and feedback. If you love doing it, keep doing it. And read lots too.
I follow loads of great fiction writers out there so rather than trying to pick from them I will pick three alternatives:
- One for writing prompts is a relatively new flash fiction challenge called 'What Pegman Saw' which uses Google Maps as a prompt each week to give a location to inspire stories. It's a great idea and means I learn a lot about various places around the world, as well as writing stories.
- I don't really do film reviews anymore, but one of the best blogs that I follow for all things film-related, including reviews is The Snooty Ushers at which one of my friends from University days contributes to. Great reviews and doesn't take itself too seriously.
- Finally, Joanne Kelly Art and Design. I am biased but my wife Joanne has her own blog. She is a graphic designer and artist and has started creating works both by hand and on computer software. Some great stuff, so I hope people will check it out.
14. Can You Please Share With Us A Few Links From Your Blog?
Flash Fiction, I have always liked this one, to sum up being a writer:
"The Writer's Spiral"
By Ian Kelly
Mark met Bob from Accounting at the bottom of the stairs.
'Another Monday morning,' said Bob, as they began the trudge up to the office. Mark grunted in reply. Bob began every Monday with the same conversation.
'Don't you ever feel like we're hamsters in a wheel, going round and round and getting nowhere?' Bob continued. 'There must be something more exciting in life than this.'
As Mark prepared to answer, the lights went out. Out of the window, they saw bright orange beams cut through the air. Aircraft buzzed around them, firing at one another. Buildings exploded as aircraft and missiles crashed into them. The sky darkened as a large spaceship loomed over the city. Mark ducked as a piece of debris crashed through the glass next to them. It caught Bob and sent him plummeting to the ground below.
The writer paused and read back what he had just typed. It all spiraled out of control too quickly. He sighed and pressed Ctrl+A and Delete. The cursor on the blank screen blinked at him. He started again.
Mark arrived at work at the same time as Bob from Accounting…
Here Are Some Of Ian's Longer Pieces he wrote and favorited:
- American Blues by Ian Kelly
- A Summer in Crete by Ian Kelly
- The Confrontation by Ian Kelly
- There Will Be Hope by Ian Kelly
Thank you so much, Ian, for wanting to be interviewed I enjoyed your answers and you seem to have a solid idea of what you're doing as a writer and how to achieve your set goals. Best of luck with the novel and future endeavours.
If you would like to be interviewed please reach out to me on my contact page. I would love to tell your story as a writer or if you blog for a cause, I can also interview on that as well. See you in two weeks!
©Mandibelle16. (2017) All Rights Reserved.


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Phil Neville confirms retirement from football
Former England, Manchester United and Everton midfielder Phil Neville has announced his retirement from football.
Neville, 36, lifted the Champions League and six Premier League titles with United, where he started his career, before ending it at Goodison Park.
The Englishman, who made 59 appearances for his country, announced in April he was to leave Everton after eight years at the club.
Initially he refused to rule out retirement, but has now confirmed that he will not be adding to his 505 Premier League appearances.
"I was speaking to Robbie Fowler about this the other week and he hasn't officially retired,'' Neville, currently coaching with the England Under-21 team at the European Championship in Israel, said.
"Three weeks ago, everyone in the world seemed to be retiring. I thought 'I'm not jumping on this bandwagon'. I just wanted it to be a smooth, quiet turnover. I didn't want that.
"When I made a statement that I was leaving Everton, everywhere I went I seemed to be getting 'oh you've been brilliant'. I didn't like it. I didn't want to be seen as an attention-seeker. In my heart, I knew that I wouldn't be playing again - at any level. I just wanted to drift away.
"The biggest thing I will miss is July 4 when Everton are due back for pre-season training. I loved that day. I lived for it, getting back with the lads. My wife, she knows what I'm like. She's saying 'for God's sake, don't have any more time off!'''
Reports have suggested Neville will join David Moyes' backroom staff at Old Trafford, and he has confirmed a move into coaching is an option.
"I have got two paths," Neville added. "One to go into the media, the other to go into coaching and management. I have got offers from both. I will sit down at the end of the tournament.''


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Members of the team designing the questionnaire have been trained in gender-specific measurement issues related to each of the topics covered by the census
There is a short note on the questionnaire on how to identify the head of household
Categories of answers for marital status are detailed enough to capture various types of informal unions
Questions on children ever born and children surviving allow separate answers for each sex
Questions on fertility and child survival have a short note reminding the interviewer that he or she needs to seek information from the mother or, when the mother is missing, from another female member of the household
Questions on pregnancy-related deaths have a short note reminding the interviewer that he or she needs to read them for all deaths of women aged 15 to 44
The reference period for questions on economic activity, recent births, household deaths is clearly shown in the question
Probing questions are included after the question on economic activity
There is a short note on the use of activity lists for answering the questions on economic activity
Questionnaire tests should cover both female and male respondents with different social backgrounds.
Both women and men are selected as training instructors and appear as trainers presented in the audio-visual materials
Gender-related measurement issues are reflected in the manual through descriptive examples and illustrated sketches
The language and all the examples given in the manual or during training exercises are free of gender-based biases or other stereotypes related to the characteristics measured
Training examples need to be reviewed so as not to foster gender-based or other stereotypes related to the characteristics measured
Training provides guidelines regarding sex-selective underreporting or misreporting. Special attention should be dedicated to issues such as:- the criteria to identify the household head - the recording of the members of the household- selecting women as respondents when information on children ever born and children surviving is needed- the use of economic activity lists, including lists of own-account productive activities- the use of probing questions
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Anchored in San Francisco, Poseidon Marine Vessel (PMV) Valdez is an old, decaying oil tanker, that plays a pivotal role in Fallout 2, where it enabled the Chosen One to travel to the Enclave Oil Rig and save the world from destruction.
Despite the energy crisis, the oil tanker ran on diesel fuel which is derived from oil, rather than fusion. It is probable that converting such a vessel was deemed too expensive (since as long as there was some oil, the payload would be valuable enough to justify the fuel cost) or simply that it was impossible due to the limitations of the fledgling fusion technology. However, while utilizing outdated technology as propulsion, the tanker was fully automated and equipped with a navigational computer secured by a door operated with a magnetic tanker FOB. Additionally, the ship was equipped with an IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) transponder, preventing Poseidon Oil defenses from sinking it.
Post-War historyEdit
After 2077, the tanker was disabled by the Enclave (security act 9837-334-27A), possibly as a means of preventing access to the Oil Rig, and the tanker FOB was moved to Navarro military base, while the NavCom parts were sealed in Vault 13.
After its abandonment, various creatures have taken residence in the tanker. These included centaurs, floaters and wanamingos. A band of vagrants eventually occupied the deck of the tanker, forcing the creatures to remain in the holds. The vagrants formed a community, using the vessel as their home, turning it into a simple settlement, selling various scavenged items to visitors.
The community was led by captain A. Ron Meyers, a Navarro technician gone AWOL, "a tough old military guy" (as described by Marc). The second community leader was Badger, the local hacker and electronics specialist. The vagrants themselves are a diverse collective of solitary wanderers, social outcasts and survivalists from across the wasteland. The vagrants emigrated to San Francisco for the tolerance and respect for secrecy there.
Notable lootEdit
The following skill books are sold by Jenna:
The tanker appears only in Fallout 2.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Exxon Valdez was the original name of an oil tanker owned by the former Exxon Corporation. It gained widespread infamy after the March 24, 1989 oil spill in which the tanker hit Prince William Sound's Bligh Reef and spilled an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil.
- The tanker is named after Ronald Valdez, a developer who worked for Interplay.
- The tanker's design is based off a general cargo ship called the Nedlloyd Bahrain.


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Rounding out the Philippines
It's hard to believe that I've been back in Korea for two weeks! Time really flies when you're working 12-hour days during the summer intensive season. That being said, I've been spending a lot of my downtime working on the Philippine Travel videos. Today, I present the last in the series: Corregidor: Day Two.
As I noted in another post, this was by far the best day. Hiring the driver and getting a more personalized tour really made the experience for us. In this video, you can also see Jo ziplining down to the beach, which was so much fun.
I'd also like to thank everyone who has been so supportive of my travel videos. It really means a lot. I simply enjoy making them and look forward to making more and more travel-vlogs and travel-shows in the future.


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Military OneSource Offers Free Online Tax Filing
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2007 - The Defense Department's Military OneSource family support program is once again offering free, online tax preparation and filing for servicemembers and their families, officials said.
The service began Jan. 15. It's available to active duty servicemembers, National Guardsmen and reservists and their families.
This is the second year of the program. Last year, more than 327,000 tax claims were filed using a similar program, said Jane Burke, principal director in the Office of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy.
Burke added that servicemembers can put their tax refunds to good use as a deposit in a savings or retirement account or to pay off debts.
"How to use the refund may be the first financial decision of the year" for servicemembers in improving their financial readiness, Burke noted. DoD is launching a campaign called "Military Saves" to encourage servicemembers to save money and eliminate or reduce their personal debt.
Filers who use Military OneSource's online system can expect to receive their refund within 10 days, Burke said. And Military OneSource tax consultants, she said, are trained to answer questions on preparing and filing taxes and provide other financial management information.
Additionally, through the Military OneSource Web site at www.militaryonesource.com, servicemembers and their families can get guidance and answers to questions, Burke said.
The Military OneSource service augments the long-standing voluntary income tax assistance program offered through legal centers at most military installations, Burke said. Volunteers at the centers provide free tax preparation and filing services, she said.
The service available through Military OneSource's Web site "is a new option where people can do their taxes online for free," said Army Maj. John Johnson, executive director, Armed Forces Tax Council. Tax-filing assistance also is available through the Internal Revenue Service's electronic filing program.
Military OneSource's online tax preparation and filing was very popular with servicemembers and their families last year, Burke said.
"It is just one more way we can help improve the quality of life for our troops and their families," she said.
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This month's image – The Colors of Crush -- comes from Connor Lee vineyard, a source of distinctive grapes found in dozens of Washington wines. While not generally open to the public (or even all that accessible for that matter), wine photographer Richard Duval was shadowing winemaker Kristina Van Loben Sels of Arbor Crest Wine Cellars as she inspected her block of grapes to set the harvest date. A bit of morning mist followed by a touch of sun breaking through the cloud cover was all he needed to capture this image, which he describes as, "one of my favorite from this harvest season." Download a screen saver sized version of this image at www.vinelines.com
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The list looks at the direct government spending growth of all 50 states between 2001 and 2011. California comes in at number 10, with a more than 35 percent spending increase.
Joe Henchman is with the non-partisan, non-profit Tax Foundation, which conducted the survey. He says, on average, California's spending increased about 3.5 percent each year during that period. And he says the steady climb is notable given the economic highs and lows California experienced during that time.
"You got remember the year's we're comparing here," he said. "2001 may be the peak year of the bubble also, compared to 2011, which was a year of recovery."
And what does Henchman make of politicians who say the state has gone through years of budget cuts?
"When politicians talk about spending cuts, they're usually not actually talking about cutting the way most people think you mean when you say cutting," he said. "What they're talking about is, we're going to grow spending less in future years."
Louisiana ranked first on the list with nearly 64 percent spending growth. But Henchman says much of that can be attributed to costs related to Hurricane Katrina.
The survey figures were adjusted for inflation.
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WILLIMANTIC, Conn. –Eastern Connecticut State University women's basketball team outscored UMass Boston 42-20 in the second half to earn a 67-47 Little East Conference victory Saturday afternoon at Francis E. Geissler Gymnasium.
The win is the sixth straight for conference-leading Eastern (10-3, 3-0 Little East), which has already equaled last year's win total despite playing recently without two starters. UMass (8-4, 1-2 Little East) had defeated the Warriors three times in the previous four meetings between the squads.
The lead changed hands seven times in the first half and each team led by as many as six. After trailing by two at the break, Eastern outscored the visitors 22-5 in the first eight minutes of the second half to take command by 15, 47-32. Five different players contributed to a 16-2 run – Taylor McBride sinking two free throws and soon after, completing a conventional three-point play with a driving layup on a pass from sophomore forward Jill Ritrosky as part of a 9-0 run. The Warriors shot 72.7 percent from the floor in the second half, penetrating for inside baskets throughout the half.
McBride, who turned the ball over only twice in 35 minutes, was 5-of-7 from the floor and 6-of-6 from the stripe for a team-high 16 points . She spent the game penetrating either for driving layups or delivering the ball to open teammates underneath in both the transition and in a set offense.
For Eastern, sophomore post Erin Brooks added 12 points (4-of-5 from the floor), freshman guard Jordyn Nappi 11, six-foot freshman post Lexis Foster her first game of double figures with ten points and a season-tying eight rebounds. Sophomore guard Brianna Leoanrd had nine points and a game-high 12 rebounds.
Senior guard Andrea Suffredini (Milford, MA) led UMass with a game-high 20 points. Coming off the bench for the first time this year, team scoring and rebounding leader Olivia Murphy (Canton, MA) – a six-foot sophomore – was the team's other double-figure scorer, with ten points. She managed three rebounds in 23 minutes.
Trailing by three points with six minutes left in the first half, the Beacons put together their most consistent run, ripping off nine straight points over four minutes to assume their largest lead of the game, 27-21. Murphy scored the final four points of that stretch with an inside basket on a pass from junior guard Lauren Perra (Taunton) and two free throws, with Perra contributing her only points of the game with a three-pointer on an assist from Murphy.
UMass Boston shot just 25.0 percent from the floor in the second half and 30.5 percent in the game, missing 13 of 17 three-point field goals and ending up on the short end of a 39-25 rebounding margin.
The Beacons return to action Tuesday night when they host Plymouth State University at 5:30 p.m.


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A rough demo by Garret John, "All that Love Can Do" - Thanks to all the Wayseers who answered, "What do you feel the world most needs?" This is for you!
Turn on. Tune in. Drop out.
All that Love can do...
Power of Nonviolence: UPRISER // Crucify
ATTENTION: All you rule-breakers, you misfits and troublemakers - all you free spirits and pioneers - all you visionaries and non-conformists ...
Everything that the establishment has told you is wrong with you - is actually what's right with you.
You see things others don't. You are hardwired to change the world. Unlike 9 out of 10 people - your mind is irrepressible - and this threatens authority. You were born to be a revolutionary.
You can't stand rules because in your heart you know there's a better way.
You have strengths dangerous to the establishment - and it wants them eliminated, So your whole life you've been told your strengths were weaknesses - Now I'm telling you otherwise.
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."Albert Einstein
Here's my off-the-cuff answer:
The purpose is threefold. First to turn on Wayseers throughout the planet to what they are. That may be what the video did for you.
Second, to help Wayseers tune in to the source of their inspiration, their genius - the Way. The Way is an intelligent force which can guide our thoughts and our actions towards creating a better world, with more love, truth, beauty and grace.
Third, to encourage each other to let go - to let go of all the things that hold us inside, that keep us from honestly expressing our spontaneous brilliance and our inspiration. Without this final step our miraculous impulses can be bottled up causing all sorts of distortion and afflictions.
In the end this three step process not only heals the individual Wayseer, but releases the greater Wayseer collective to cooperatively achieve amazing things together.
We need leaders for this movement, so if you feel a calling, let me know. Sign in here or catch me on facebook.
Soon we will be launching a weekly event where we will all be able to tune in together and experience the power of the group through a shared experience.
Help me refine this mission statement. Email me at garret[at]wayseers.com
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Legendary game designer Warren Spector was talking at the DICE convention in Las Vegas today, but didn't want to talk about his departure from Disney and the shuttering of his studio. He wanted to talk about the "graying of gaming" or at least about his journey though gaming. But the elephant is in the room, he said.
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An eye-opener! Spotlight throws spotlight on the ugly side of faith. An issue lodged so profusely in the streams of religion that it goes either unnoticed or remains unlit. Plot: A team of reporters work conscientiously to bring child abuse by priests into the forefront by illuminating the dark hollows of the ugly tactics of the church.
The movie addresses the issue slyly and then dives into it fully fledged owing to the inclusion of a new concerned editor Marty Baron, played superbly by Liev Schreiber whose words make a difference and reignite the died out flame of Walter Robby Robinson (Michael Keaton) who along with his meticulous and diligent team rush in to address the elephant in the room. Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) and Matt Carroll (Brian d'Arcy James) are both outstanding. They look forever engaged in their pursuit, whilst Mark Ruffalo as Mike Rezendes can't be ignored. Mark gets into the skin of Mike and creates a new persona altogether, an earnest committed fella who would stop at nothing to nail the molesters. It is almost as he disappears into that stream of acting. Watch him lose it like a maniac!
There are other brilliant characters in the movie that can't be left uncredited owing to their enthralling acting. Like that of John Slattery as Ben Bradlee, Jr. who fits into the bossy shoes pretty great. Also, Billy Crudup, Stanley Tucci and Jamey Sheridan who were all mesmerizing in their little fleeting acts.
Screenplay of the movie is well written. Becomes very thoughtful at times. The work the people do in the flick will make you feel worthless. So, crucial bringing issues in the dark to the front page! They deserve an ovation.
"That's why I never got married. I am too busy. What I do is too important."
The aforementioned is said by Mitchell Garabedian played brilliantly by Stanley Tucci. You could almost read how concerned and thoughtful the guy is from his looks.
Spotlight comes up with a beautiful plot of mind-boggling revelations that will make you hate the religious conventions that hide the truth. It is a dead on collision between the media and the system, which remarkably addresses the church functioning snags. To say that the issue just circles around church would be an understatement. It is a global phenomena, something so ugly that it hardly makes news. This flick beats the odds to come up a victor. Kudos to the thoughtful media on this one!
Spotlight begins with a hushed conversation and a free priest getting away with a horrendous crime. The prologue is reflective of how untouched and unscathed they feel under the aegis of their religious fallacy. How unfazed they feel around the law! Believing they are closer to God they could get away with anything! The perpetrator walks on to his car, escorted by a bigger authority from the Church as the helpless law (a policeman) watches their car drive through a mist of smoke into the oblivion.
It delves deep into some outstanding reporting too which is well captured by Tom McCarthy that shows us how extraordinary the efforts of Boston Globe reporters really were in bringing out the issue at hand into the limelight. The final result will gratify you and if you are the empathizing kind, you will feel the cold yet comforting gaze of justice from the end credits.
The world's full of sexual predators. They could be masked as priests too. To look the other way is not the solution. If it is happening in your corridors, speak up. Crime's after all a crime. Something needs to be done or the world will go blind.
- Addresses the issue that's hidden in the dark
- Bold and brave of the media
- The reporting done is simply outstanding
- Excellent direction
- Outstanding screenplay
- Balls more on the research side than the victim's court
- Victim's melodrama fails to overwhelm you


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Photo of Jennifer VanderMeulen courtesy of Gil Talbot.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Jennifer VanderMeulen scored a hat trick as the Harvard women's lacrosse team scored eight unanswered goals in a come-from-behind win over New Hampshire, 8-6, Friday night at Harvard Stadium.
VanderMeulen scored three goals on five shots including a 2-for-3 effort on free positions to lead the Crimson (4-3). Jess Halpern added two goals while Melanie Baskind, Tyler Petropulos and Danielle Tetreault each found the back of the net.
New Hampshire controlled the opening draw and dominated on offense for the first 20 minutes of the game, outshooting the Crimson 12-1 and taking a quick 6-0 lead. After the Wildcats scored its sixth tally of the game, Baskind won the draw and ran straight for the net, where she put in Harvard's first scored of the night with 10:16 left to play. Halpern scored the next two goals for the Crimson, almost seven minutes apart. Her second goal on the night was part of three Crimson goals in the final 90 seconds of the first half. Tetreault scored an unassisted tally with 16 seconds on the clock before Chelsey Newman found VanderMeulen with four ticks on the clock to pull the Crimson within, 6-5, at the half.
VanderMeulen scored the first two goals of the second session. The first tally game five minutes in to the frame to even the score and the game-winner came with 10:31 left on the clock. Petropulos scored as time expired to give the Crimson at least eight goals for the seventh time this season.
Kerry Clark made five saves in the net and played 40 minutes of shutout lacrosse for the second straight game. She had two great saves in the final five minute of the game to preserve the win.
Tetreault won four draw controls for the Crimson, collected a ground ball and caused a turnover for the Crimson. Baskind won three draw controls and VanderMeulen led the Crimson with three ground balls.
Harvard turns around and plays No. 7 Virginia at home Sunday afternoon for the final contest of a four game home stand. The Crimson and Cavaliers face-off at noon.


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All Commerce is Social
Way back in 1999—a thousand years ago in Internet years—a writer and designer, named Darcy DiNucci, coined the phrase Web 2.0. This marked the beginning of the web as a social experience, eventually altering commerce so that today customers can be brand advocates who play a crucial role in building your business.
You already know that your customers are talking about your brand on social media platforms, posting images from your product pages to Pinterest, and checking reviews. The brick-and-mortar and virtual commerce experiences have become so intertwined that customers sometimes make an online purchase while standing in your store.
So, there's no question that all commerce today is social, and this ebook will dive deeper into that concept.


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Let $R$ be an integral domain. If $M$ is an $R$-module such that every tensor power of $M$ over $R$ is $R$-torsion-free, then is $M$ necessarily flat as an $R$-module? If not, then does this implication hold for $R$-algebras $M$, or at least for $R$-algebras $M$ between $R[X]$ and $K[X]$, where $K$ is the quotient field of $R$?
A while ago David Speyer showed in his nice answer below that the answer is yes if $M$ is finitely generated, but the particular modules I'm interested in ($R$-algebras between $R[X]$ and $K[X]$) are not finitely generated.


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Divine Disc Sleepers in Silver and Gold
These little sleepers are made from Sterling Silver and for those of you who love a gold, optionally finished with a gold flash plate.
Our sweet 12mm sleepers, come with various charm options, perfect for daily (or nightly! ) wear.
One of the latest trends in earrings - stack more than one pair.
We know you will love them as much as we do!


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When he was an 11-year-old apprentice sweeping floors and stropping razors in Steve Fragapane's three-chair barber shop in the small mining town of Canonsburg, PA, he dreamed of cutting hair. Several years later, as owner of his own shop, he began to think he would like to sing like a young newcomer to the musical scene called Bing Crosby. He contented himself with serenading his customers with this new style of delivery as he cut their hair and shaved their whiskers until, at the urging of a friend, he traveled to Lorain, Ohio, to audition as a vocalist with Freddy Carlone's dance band. That trip launched him on his way to a star.
Born Pierino Ronald Como, Perry was the seventh son of a seventh son in a family of 13 children, and he started helping out in the local barber shop to earn extra money for the family at the age of 10. At 14, with no professional barber school training, he had his own shop with two barbers working for him. He worked there after school well into the nights. Young Como was also playing the Sousaphone in the town marching band.
It was in 1933 that he got the job with Freddy Carlone. It was also the year he married his childhood sweetheart Roselle Belline. When he found out that singing with the Carlone band would pay $28 a week, he almost declined the offer since he was making more than four times that amount cutting hair. He took the plunge with what he later termed as "more than a few misgivings."
Como toured with the band for three years through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio until one night in a gambling casino in Warren, Ohio, he struck luck--on stage, not at the tables. Band leader Ted Weems happened to be there.
"Ted played the 'double o' in roulette and it came in," Como recalled later. "Then he came downstairs where were working and he heard me sing. Art Jarrett has just left him, so he offered me the job."
With the change came a jump in salary to $50 a week, and for the next six years, Como's life was a series of one-night stands across the country, with a few radio shows and record dates thrown in.
Como almost went back to cutting hair in December 1943 when Ted Weems entered the armed forces to serve in World War II and the orchestra disbanded. He was negotiating a lease for the barber shop in Canonsburg when he got an offer from CBS to star in his own radio show.
That same year, established with his wife and three-year-old son and 15-minute nightly radio show in New York, he landed engagements at the Copacabana and Versaille nightclubs and the Paramount and Strand Theaters. He also signed a recording contract with RCA Victor.
His first single was "Goodbye Sue," but it was not until two years later that he had his first million-seller, "Till the End of Time." His subsequent hits included "Hubba-Hubba-Hubba," "Because," "Temptation," "Prisoner of Love," "Wanted," "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes," "Papa Loves Mambo," "Hot Diggity," "Round and Round," "Catch a Falling Star" (for which he won the first Grammy in 1958 as Best Male Singer), "It's Impossible," and his theme,"Dream Along with Me (I'm on My Way to a Star)." By 1946, he ranked number three in the nation (right after Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra) in a Downbeat poll.
Although he appeared in several motion pictures during the 1940s, Something for the Boys, Doll Face, and If I'm Lucky (all co-starring Vivian Blaine and Carmen Miranda) and Words and Music, it was with his recordings, radio, and television that he made his impact.
He made the transfer to television in 1948 as host of "The Chesterfield Supper Club" a 15-minute, three-nights-a week show he had been doing on radio for four years. From 1950 to 1955, his 15-minute "The Perry Como Show" was broadcast on CBS. From 1955 to 1959, an expanded version with the same title appeared on NBC. From then until 1963, his weekly television show was "The Kraft Music Hall." At that point, he quit "the weekly grind" and opted for occasional specials taped from various parts of the world. He won Emmy Awards in 1954, 1955, 1956, and 1958-59. In 1956, he also won a Christopher Award and was named Variety Club's Personality of the year.
In addition to the occasional special, Como has, in recent years, headlined in person concerts in Las Vegas and in arenas ranging from Westbury, Long Island to Australia. His crooning style of ballad singing has enabled generations to "dream along" with him and believe for a while that they, too, were on their way "to a star."


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Italy HIV/AIDS Diagnostics Market Shares, Segmentation Forecasts, Competitive Landscape, Innovative Technologies, Latest Instrumentation, Opportunities for Suppliers, 2019-2023
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This report presents detailed analyses of the AIDS diagnostics market in Italy. The report provides test volume and sales forecasts for HIV-1/2/Combo, HIV Ag/HIV NAT, Western Blot, HTLV-I/II and other confirmatory tests performed in the following market segments:
- Hospitals
- Commercial/Private Laboratories
- Blood Banks
In addition to test volume and sales projections, the report presents sales and market share estimates for major suppliers of AIDS tests.
- Provides scientific views on the definition, epidemiology and etiology of AIDS and other retroviruses.
- Examines market applications of Molecular Diagnostics, Immunodiagnostics, IT and other emerging technologies.
- Reviews infectious disease testing analyzers marketed by Abbott, Beckman Coulter/Danaher, bioMerieux, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics/J&J, Roche, Siemens, Tosoh and other suppliers.
- Profiles leading manufacturers and potential market entrants developing innovative technologies and products.
- Analyzes alternative market penetration strategies for suppliers.
The report is based on a combination of primary and secondary information sources, including VPGMarketResearch's proprietary database developed during the course of over 100 syndicated studies and numerous proprietary single-client assignments. The database contains information on companies, technologies, products and executives worldwide. Moreover, a comprehensive review of the product and financial literature, business and technical periodicals, and pertinent industry analyst reports was conducted.
Contains 250 pages and 7 tables