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Crazy Idea Of The Month: Allowing Patents On Mathematics
from the aren't-things-bad-enough? dept
It would be something of an understatement to say that people have strong opinions about patents. But as Techdirt has reported, there's a growing consensus that software patents in particular aren't working -- James Bessen and Michael J. Meurer have written an entire book, "Patent Failure", about how bad things are there, and why it's happening in this area rather than elsewhere.
One of the key problems is that software patents are essentially patents on mathematical algorithms -- sets of instructions for carrying out a calculation. Since it has long been a principle that you can't patent mathematical formulae or laws of nature, there is a tension there: if software is just mathematics, why should you be able to patent it at all? New Scientist points to an interesting article in the April 2013 issue of Notices of the American Mathematical Society, in which David A. Edwards
proposes a radical way of solving that conundrum (pdf):
At present, only those things which are made by man are patentable. Thus, the courts have allowed new forms of bacteria which have been engineered to have useful properties using recombinant DNA techniques to be patented but would not allow such a bacterium to be patented if it were naturally occurring even if it were newly discovered. This is the basis for the nonpatentability of computer programs. They are algorithms, which are essentially mathematical formulas, which -- as everyone knows -- are "eternal" and hence discovered by man and not created by him. This argument which, to say the least, is philosophically controversial, leads to our present unfortunate policy. From an economic point of view, there is no rationale for distinguishing between discovery and invention, and we would advocate dropping entirely any subject matter restrictions whatsoever on what can be patented. One should be able to patent anything not previously known to man.
In particular, he believes it should be possible to patent mathematics, and hence software.
One of his arguments is that this would spur people to make more discoveries. But that presupposes mathematicians aren't trying to do that now for glory, peer esteem and tenure, but there's no evidence to suggest that. The same argument is sometimes made in support of software patents -- that they stimulate the production of more software. But that overlooks the fact that the computer industry thrived for decades before the introduction of software patents, and that companies like Microsoft grew into hugely profitable enterprises without them.
Indeed, in 1991 Bill Gates famously warned about the problems that software patents would create for the industry and his company:
In a memo to his senior executives, Bill Gates wrote, "If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today." Mr. Gates worried that "some large company will patent some obvious thing" and use the patent to "take as much of our profits as they want."
That, of course, is exactly what has happened since the introduction of software patents, leading to the following situation today:
In the smartphone industry alone, according to a Stanford University analysis, as much as $20 billion was spent on patent litigation and patent purchases in the last two years -- an amount equal to eight Mars rover missions. Last year, for the first time, spending by Apple and Google on patent lawsuits and unusually big-dollar patent purchases exceeded spending on research and development of new products, according to public filings.
That's bad enough for huge companies with deep pockets; it would be even worse for universities on tight budgets which might suddenly find themselves sued for using mathematical formulae without permission -- a ludicrous situation. Edwards seems to be aware that this is a problem, and tries to address it as follows:
Since patents only give control over the commercial applications of his or her discovery or invention to the patentee, granting patents on mathematical formulas, laws of nature, and natural phenomena would have no negative side effects on pure science.
That's not really the case, in the US at least, thanks to Madey v. Duke University,
as Wikipedia explains:
In 2002, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dramatically limited the scope of the research exemption in Madey v. Duke University, 307 F.3d 1351, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2002). The court did not reject the defense, but left only a "very narrow and strictly limited experimental use defense" for "amusement, to satisfy idle curiosity, or for strictly philosophical inquiry." The court also precludes the defense where, regardless of profit motive, the research was done "in furtherance of the alleged infringer's legitimate business." In the case of a research university like Duke University, the court held that the alleged use was in furtherance of its legitimate business, and thus the defense was inapplicable.
Clearly, there is huge scope for inventive lawyers (mathematical trolls?) to bring lawsuits against academics here, which would inevitably have a chilling effect on "pure science". Far from helping resolve the problems we have today with software patents, extending patentability to the mathematics that underlies programming would simply spread the misery wider, and make the lawyers richer.
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WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is considering a drone attack against an American believed to be associated with al Qaeda, current and former officials said, reflecting recent changes in U.S. policy governing the use of such strikes.
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The foundation of the Library?s Scandinavian collections, this collection was purchased by the Faculty of Advocates in 1819 from David Laing (1793-1878), then a young Edinburgh bookseller and later Librarian to the Society of Writers to the Signet. Laing had visited Copenhagen that year, where he bought a number of books from the collection of the Icelandic scholar and antiquary Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin (1752-1829). From these books the Advocates chose only works of Scandinavian origin or interest, amounting to c. 1500 printed items (another part of the Thorkelin collection is in the British Library). Works on the history, law, religion, mythology, topography and natural history, language and literature of the Scandinavian countries are well represented in the collection. Particular strengths are early printed editions of the Icelandic sagas, and a number of examples of early Danish printing. Two important imprints from Hólar, the first Icelandic printing centre, are Lögbok Islandinga (1578), the first printed edition of Jónsbok, the Icelandic code of laws, and Biblia (1584), the first printed edition of the complete Bible in Icelandic. The Advocates also bought Icelandic manuscripts from Thorkelin over a number of years. Additions have been made to the Scandinavian collection from time to time by donation and purchase.
The manuscripts are briefly described in the Library?s Summary Catalogue of the Advocates? Manuscripts, Edinburgh, 1971, and in detail in a typescript catalogue by Ólafur Halldórsson (in Icelandic). Norway in Books and Manuscripts, an Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1963. Scandinavia, an Exhibition, Edinburgh, 1970. A.A. Calderwood, ?Danish Libraries in Britain?, Denmark: a Monthly Review of Anglo-Danish Relations (June-July 1948), 8-9, 13-14. D. Wyn Evans, ?A Note on the Content of the Thorkelin Collection in the National Library of Scotland?, The Bibliotheck, 4 (1963-1966), 79-80. ----, ?Inscriptions and Bookplates from the Thorkelin Collection in the National Library of Scotland?, The Bibliotheck, 4 (1963-1966), 247-8.
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OSSINING, N.Y. - The Spring-Ford girls basketball team won't begin the postseason until this coming Saturday, when the Rams play host to Upper Perkiomen in a Pioneer Athletic Conference Final Four semifinal.
Saturday afternoon, however, the Rams officially pronounced themselves in playoff mode.
Senior forward Sarah Payonk scored a career-high 21 points to lead a balanced attack as Spring-Ford came away with a huge 81-65 non-league road victory over New York power Ossining.
'It was nice where this game fell in (to the schedule), because from now until the end of the season we'll be playing really good teams,' Rams coach Jeff Rinehimer said. 'This is where it all starts.'
Junior forward Shelby Mueller scored 18 points, senior guard Brittany Moore matched her season-high with 14 points and Sammy Stipa scored 14 points for the Rams (20-2), who have won 19 of 20 since a season-opening loss to Notre Dame Academy.
Ossining (12-4), which features University of Connecticut recruit Saniya Chong, took a 25-24 lead after a frenzied first quarter before Spring-Ford eventually put the defensive clamps on.
The Rams led 57-55 after three quarters before breaking it open with a 24-point final period.
'We were able to get some steals and some rebounds and we were able to break their pressure,' Rinehimer said. 'We got some run-outs and we hit our foul shots down the stretch.
'The girls just really hustled, especially at the defensive end and in rebounding.'
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What Kids Notice at the Office
It changes by age—and is rarely what parents think
People often bring their children to the workplace, hoping they will pick up valuable lessons about careers or the rewards of hard work. What kids perceive often isn't what their parents think.
When Melissa Lea's two kids—son Spencer Lea Hart, 10, and daughter Kelsey Lea Hart, 12—come to the office of the media-buying agency she runs in Waltham, Mass., "they see me work my tail off," she says.
To Spencer, his mom's office, housed in a former watch factory, "kind of feels like a jungle gym," he says. On weekend visits, he shimmies up its floor-to-ceiling support poles. He and Kelsey use wheeled stools like bumper cars, riding on their stomachs through the halls. And they feast on crackers and pretzels from the office kitchen and sweets from dishes on employees' desks.
"My kids think the office is a big candy store," says Ms. Lea, the chief executive of Blitz Media.
Most of the time, kids tag along to the workplace because Mom and Dad are strapped for child care. And while many parents (and co-workers) prefer young ones parked quietly in a corner, some see a chance to educate them about the work world. What kids perceive changes, of course, as they grow—from simple sights and smells to potential career paths. One of the biggest benefits, says Ann C. Crouter, the dean of health and human development at Pennsylvania State University: Such visits strengthen parent-child bonds and ease discussions about what each does during the day.
For smaller children, white-collar jobs are a black box. "Younger kids of office workers have no idea what their parents do. They may think, 'You do nothing all day, you just sit in front of a computer,' " says Maureen Perry-Jenkins, director of the Center for Research on Families at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
In one of the few studies on the topic, conducted in the 1990s, 8- to 10-year-olds whose parents were plumbers or firefighters could easily see what they do, says Dr. Perry-Jenkins, who headed the research. But children of office workers have more visceral perceptions: the look and feel of the building, the big sculpture in the lobby or the food in the cafeteria. The study included 138 families.
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Justin Stichter sometimes shows his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, floor plans when she visits the St. Louis office where he works as a project architect at PGAV Destinations, which designs family-travel destinations. He marvels at her instinctive grasp of their graphic representations: She once pointed at a wall opening marked on a plan with an arc and said, "Oh there's the door," he says. "I never told her that."
Asked what she remembers about her dad's office, Anna talks about the fun she had sitting in the vintage race car parked in the lobby.
By middle school, children become keen observers of the demands jobs place on parents' time, the pace of their work and their status, says Anisa Zvonkovic, a professor of human development at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. They learn to take others' perspective, and notice their parents' mood and attitude.
Brian Katat, 12, and his sister Karen, 9, have been coming frequently to their parents' Blimpie restaurant in Franklin Lakes, N.J., since they were toddlers. Their father Bobby says they help out by wiping tables and folding menus.
Both kids see how hard their father works to satisfy customers—including the occasional grumpy or unreasonable ones. "Sometimes people get their order and then they change their mind and say, 'No, I want ham instead of roast beef,' " Karen says. Mr. Katat says he and his wife, Mirna, try to teach the kids not to judge others: "We don't know what they're going through." Both kids say they're proud of their parents, but Brian says he has no desire to work in the restaurant business.
By the teen years, kids are looking for ways to develop their own abilities and relate them to future job aspirations. At the same time they are struggling to establish an identity independent of their parents.
Lynn Bradley has been bringing her daughter Katie to her Charlottesville, Va., law offices occasionally on school holidays since she was about 3 years old. Accompanying her mom to court, Katie says, "I got to see how she transferred from a mom to somebody who really needs to help her client out."
By the time she was 10, Katie was playing "lawyer" in the conference room at her mom's law firm, Tucker Griffin Barnes, writing notes on legal pads and pretending with another employee's daughter to make phone calls. Katie says, "We did a divorce case. We also handled problems over who should get what land, and who would get the stream on the land."
Now 15, Katie knows she doesn't want to practice law. She is put off by the long hours, the stress—and the paperwork. "That's something I don't want to do," she says.
When bringing kids to work, experts say, brief office visits on holidays are best for small children, so they don't get bored or disruptive. By ages 9 or 10, some kids can keep busy at a desk or befriend co-workers without interfering with work. Middle and high schoolers can visit for longer periods, bringing homework, helping with tasks, sitting in on occasional meetings or watching parents interact with bosses.
"To see a parent get a memo that says, 'This needs to be redone,' and to see how the parent handles the challenge, is a huge lesson" in overcoming setbacks, says Madeline Levine of Kentfield, Calif., author of "Teach Your Children Well."
Now and then, kids do pick up what their parents expect—and more. Starting at age 7, Michael Farber often visited his mother's boss when he spent time at her firm, Lloyd Staffing in Melville, N.Y. He was "mesmerized" by chief executive Merrill Banks' large office, private bathroom and golf tee, says his mother, Barbara Cohen Farber, an executive director.
Michael says he decided early that, like Mr. Banks, "I want to be at the top." He made copies of his mother's business card at age 8, wrote in his own name with a crayon, gave himself the title "Boss" and handed them out to her co-workers.
Now 20, Michael is studying accounting at Pennsylvania State University. His goal: becoming a chief financial officer.
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Update: Woot Customer Demands Non-Existent Black iPod Headphones
Last week, Woot asked Consumerist readers what it should do about a customer who was irate that their black iPod came with white headphones, despite the fact that Apple does not make them. The post was notable for several reasons. One, I think it might have been the fist time we posted a complaint from a company. Two, with over 477 comments, I think we broke a new comment record on a single post. After carefully evaluating your responses, Woot has said they'll offer Millard a full refund and send a box with a pre-paid shipping label to send the iPod back in. This is acceptable to me. As I've said in the past, it's all about the money. Once you have your money back as a customer, there's nothing to complain about.
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Jets are heading off to their final resting place at a rate similar to cars as airlines scrap aircraft at earlier stages, according to new research by consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Aircraft are being "parted out" — scrapped and sent to the jet cemetery — after just seven to eight years, compared to traditional lifespans of 20-25 years, as airlines look for newer, more fuel-efficient models.
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The historically high cost of oil, with Brent crude over $100 a barrel for most of last year, has made efficiency ever more important.
The increasing power of emerging markets airlines is also affecting the lifespan of airplanes. Older aircraft would traditionally have gone to these markets.
This means that there are more "middle-aged" aircraft on the market — and it may be more profitable for investors to buy them, run down the lease and sell them for parts than to lease them.
"More aircraft are being parted out after only 7/8 years service instead of the traditional 25 years, as investors are gaining greater value and returns than if the aircraft remained operational," according to Neil Hampson, PwC's global head of aerospace & defense."The flipside of this, however, could be more aircraft retiring to so called 'jet cemeteries'."
Negative consequences could also be felt by airlines themselves, if they are forced to write down the resale values of the aircraft they own. Leasing is becoming increasingly popular as airlines are reluctant to commit to buying planes, and PwC forecast that it could account for 40 percent of the market by 2020, compared to 12 percent in 1990.
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Order backlogs have reached unprecedented levels, according to the report, a sign that the appetite for newer models is increasing. In the battle of the big two manufacturers, Boeing is likely to have delivered more planes than Airbus for the first time in more than a decade in 2012.
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There could be issues for aircraft financing in coming years if interest rates rise, and European banks are already stepping back from the market, according to PwC.
"With the cloud of economic uncertainty still hovering around Europe, we are seeing banks there retreating from the market and interest from Asian investors is increasing," Shamshad Ali, PwC financial services partner, said. "We are already seeing banks from China and Japan snapping up aviation assets and we think this trend will only accelerate."
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Late last season, we thought Michael Vick's career with the Philadelphia Eagles was over. Fast forward five months, and Vick has been given an incredible opportunity to turn his career around in an offensive system that just might suit his skill set.
Vick seems to know what a great chance this is, too. Zach Berman of the Philadelphia Inquirer notes that Vick's "motivation" this year can't be overstated.
"(Vick's) noticeably bigger and enthused about the offense," Berman writes.
Vick has spoken plenty that he ran less last season by design. Now he's in an offense that should play to his strengths (mobility) with a vastly improved, healthier offensive line. He took the first snaps of organized team activities and remains the heavy favorite to start for the Eagles in Week 1 because of his experience and his contract.
Perhaps this is all just offseason fluff, designed to make us think Vick has "turned a corner." But he's a quarterback whose play and motivation has ebbed and flowed throughout his career. Chip Kelly gives Vick one last chance for a big NFL moment, and Vick seems to know it.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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I am using our friends famous quote because that is all that comes to my mind with the wave clips. You can get so many different looks by using these babies.
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I'm a boy and I'm 14 years old. I'm also exactly 5 feet tall. What is wrong with me?
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Thanks for your question. Many kids are concerned about their size and I hear comments like this often. Since being 5 feet tall at your age is in the normal range, my first instinct is to say that there is nothing wrong with your height at all.
Without knowing more about your past growth, family background, medical conditions, etc., it's not possible to give details but here is some information that I can provide.
A person's height is largely determined by genetics, especially how tall your parents and grandparents are and how tall people of a similar genetic background are.
In the United States, the average adult height for men is about 5 feet 9.5 inches, but this number differs widely in different countries -- for example, 5 feet 5 inches in India and about 6 feet in the Netherlands.
One way to estimate a person's adult height is to determine what's called the mid-parental height. For a quick rough calculation, take an average of both parents' heights and add 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) for boys or subtract 1 inch for girls. A person's final height is expected to be within about 2 inches (5 centimeters) below or above the mid-parental height number.
A height of 5 feet is at the 10th percentile for 14-year-old boys, meaning that out of a group of 100 boys who are your same age, you would be taller than about 10 of them. (If you are closer to 15 years old, this percentile would be slightly lower.)
Short stature is defined as being less than two standard deviations (about the third percentile) below average for age and gender. For 14-year-old boys, being less than about 58 inches is considered short stature.
Growth charts for boys and girls at all ages
Keep in mind that there are many people who have a growth spurt later in life (such as after high school) and it's possible to continue growing until one's late teens or mid-twenties. Again, your family's growth patterns will affect whether you follow the typical growth curve or peak relatively early or relatively late.
If you have more questions about your height, please consult with your pediatrician and possibly a pediatric endocrinologist, as it may be necessary to rule out medical problems such as digestive issues, heart problems or low thyroid or growth hormone levels.
Treating any medical conditions that exist can help and, when appropriate, growth hormone injections can increase a person's ultimate height if started before puberty.
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CHAPEL HILL – Estes Drive has seen increased development lately, concerning those gathered at Monday's Central West Steering Committee.
This issue has been a concern for Chapel Hill parents, with surrounding roads becoming more difficult for students who bike or walk to school.
One audience member spoke out about the inadequate crosswalks surrounding Elliott Road while another pointed to the number of students who live close to the school but are driven instead of walking as a sign of how unsafe it is to walk to the schools.
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Assistant Superintendent, Todd LoFrese, says the traffic around Phillips Middle School will soon be too great for the crossing guard to handle. One crossing guard was previously hit by a car's side mirror on the surrounding roads.
Long range and transportation manager for the town of Chapel Hill, David Bonk, says part of the steering committee's actions is to see what can be done along Estes Drive to possibly hold off its metamorphosis into a purely commercial road.
"Whether that should be a mix of uses, including residential and commercial and office, or whether a single use, such as residential," Bonk says.
LoFrese, on the other hand, says that Estes Drive is already a commercial road.
"Estes Drive and Estes Road feel as though they're part of the neighborhood, and in many ways, obviously it is. It's a connector to all of that," LoFrese says. "But it's also, I think, an east-west corridor."
Bonk says that suggestions made in the steering committee, like more bike lanes and sidewalks, would help mitigate the number of drivers in the surrounding area.
"Obviously, students age out of their walk and new students come into the neighborhood," Bonk says. "To the degree that we can formalize some of those paths and make them wider known, it'll help encourage more kids to use those."
LoFrese says that any plan to make it safer for students to walk to the surrounding schools would have to include multiple ideas. He also points out that some of the problems are structural within the older schools in the area.
"They do not have the same amount of "kiss-and-go," parent drop off space and bus queue space as our newer schools have," LoFrese says.
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Emanual Maverakis invited to special White House ceremony
Emanual Maverakis, assistant professor of dermatology at UC Davis School of Medicine, joins a highly select group later this month in a White House ceremony honoring recipients of this year's Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Maverakis was among 96 researchers from around the country who were named by President Obama today for the annual honor. The award is intended to recognize and nurture some of the nation's finest scientists and engineers who are beginning their research careers and who show exceptional potential for leadership at the frontiers of scientific knowledge.
Maverakis was chosen for what the Presidential citation states are his "studies on the development of new therapeutic avenues for scleroderma," a type of autoimmune disorder. He has been invited to attend the special ceremony for awardees on July 31 in Washington, D.C.
"Dr. Maverakis represents a wonderful combination of caring physician and talented scientist," said Claire Pomeroy, UC Davis vice chancellor for Human Health Science and dean of the School of Medicine. "His gift for leading-edge research complements a drive to translate new discoveries into therapies that will advance patient care and health for all. We are proud of Dr. Maverakis' achievements, which are especially impressive so early in one's career."
Maverakis completed his residency in dermatology at UC Davis in 2007 and joined the faculty that same year. As a physician, he specializes in treating patients with severe immune-mediated diseases involving the skin. As a research scientist, he focuses on the immune system.
Each year, 16 federal departments and agencies join together to nominate the most meritorious scientists and engineers whose early accomplishments show the greatest promise for assuring America's preeminence in science and engineering and contributing to the awarding agencies' missions. Maverakis was one of 20 scientists nominated for the Presidential early career award by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which last year recognized him with a $2.3 million NIH Director's New Innovator Award for his work on characterizing the pathogenic immune responses that cause autoimmunity.
"There are so many incredible young scientists in the U.S., I was pleasantly surprised when the president selected me as a recipient of this award," said Maverakis. "It is a great honor and I am very thankful to the National Institutes of Health for nominating me. There is a lot of exciting research being conducted here at UC Davis. I am grateful to my collaborators for allowing me to participate in some of these exceptional endeavors. This award is a testament to all of their support."
The Presidential early career awards were established by President Bill Clinton in 1996. Awardees are selected for their pursuit of innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology and their commitment to community service as demonstrated through scientific leadership, public education or community outreach.
In a White House press release this morning, the president praised the awardees for their dedication and leadership in the fields of science and engineering.
"Discoveries in science and technology not only strengthen our economy, they inspire us as a people." President Obama said. "The impressive accomplishments of today's awardees so early in their careers promise even greater advances in the years ahead."
In addition to his Department of Dermatology appointment, Maverakis is a faculty member in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology and holds a joint appointment with the VA Northern California Healthcare System. He has a wide variety of research interests, including melanoma, immunotherapy, cutaneous wounds and autoimmunity. He hopes that his laboratory work will soon lead to new therapies for deadly diseases such as scleroderma and melanoma.
Maverakis became interested in immunology as an undergraduate at UCLA, where he earned departmental honors for his work on a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. He continued his research at Harvard Medical School in Boston, where he has the distinction of being one of only 15 students ever to have graduated with highest honors (summa cum laude) since the school's founding in 1782.
In addition to receiving prestigious early career awards from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Maverakis is the first Presidential early career award recipient from the UC Davis School of Medicine. Eight other UC Davis faculty members have received the award in their careers and a total of 14 received its predecessor, the National Science Foundation's Presidential Young Investigator Award.
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Social Networking Stars in Disaster DrillBy David F. Carr | Posted 2006-09-11 Print
At Strong Angel III—a sort of humanitarian war games held last month in San Diego—vendors like Microsoft and Google set aside competitive instincts to piece together a $35 million computer network for aid workers responding to a disaster. One sc
At Strong Angel III, a sort of humanitarian war games held last month in San Diego, wireless networks, open-source software, mapping systems and technology mashups were pitted against the chaos caused by a pandemic outbreak and a breakdown of public telecommunications.
"Far before food and water and other things like that, you need communications—or your relief efforts tend to become so inefficient as to develop a degree of civil unrest," says Eric Rasmussen, a U.S. Navy surgeon and the event's organizer.
Rasmussen, who developed an interest in improving communications and information networks to support humanitarian operations through his work in war zones and disaster relief operations, was featured in Baseline's May 2005 cover story about his role in facilitating better communications in Indonesia after the December 2004 tsunami (see Strong Angel Team: Unfilled Promise). He has also worked on improving humanitarian operations in Iraq and in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Like the previous Strong Angel exercises, held in Hawaii in 2000 and 2004, this year's event was aimed at promoting more effective cooperation between the various military, emergency-response and charitable organizations that often converge at the scene of a national or international crisis.
The communications breakdowns that occur in those situations aren't always technological; sometimes, mutual suspicion between the military and humanitarian groups is a bigger factor. For that reason, Rasmussen often emphasizes the value of the "social network" created through the Strong Angel exercises, where individuals from the military and humanitarian groups learn to know and respect each other.
Still, the kind of breakdown in communications systems that occurred after the tsunami and after Katrina can make it much harder to collaborate, even when all parties want to. So, one problem Strong Angel III participants were asked to address was a situation where all cell phone and landline telecommunications, as well as Internet networks, were unavailable—knocked offline by a cyberterrorist attack. According to the scenario, this is supposed to have happened at the same time the crisis team was dealing with a lethal virus outbreak.
Strong Angel III put a greater emphasis on technology, partly because of the greater participation by vendors who deployed some $35 million worth of computer equipment for the duration of the exercise.
But Rasmussen says he was particularly excited by the work that was done on open-source and open-standards solutions, with the potential to be broadly adopted. "We're looking for solutions that are robust enough, accessible enough and, in many cases, cheap enough to be deployed in the field," he says.
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When built in 1941, Willow Run was the biggest factory in the world, and maybe still is: 1.25 miles long, covering some 5 million square feet. It was here that Ford built the B-24 Liberator bomber in such quantities that one every 55 minutes came off the line.
That plane was instrumental in winning World War II, as Willow Run taught the world how to mass-produce complex machines with tremendous speed and accuracy. There's a great video here of the process and the glory days, when some 42,000 people worked there.
The development of Willow Run played several roles in the history of the automobile as well. The foundations of lean production were created there, and after the war Toyota studied American methods, including those at Willow Run, and created a system that changed automaking forever.
Last Thursday, the plant closed for good. After GM bought the facility in 1953, it made the Corvair (right) from 1960 to 1969 (one of the company's great cars, pace Ralph Nader), then Hydra-Matic transmissions, Fisher bodies, guns for the military in the Vietnam era and, in 2002, converted to produce six-speed transmissions.
Most of the running machinery is being sold at auction by Motors Liquidation Co., the "old GM," while the plant and town of Ypsilanti are being pretty much left to die.
For a video on the last days of Willow Run, go here.
What will happen next to the facility is unclear, though there is work on an ambitious "Aerotropolis" plan for coupling the Detroit Metropolitan and Willow Run airports to attract business.
The history of Willow Run is really an epitome of the history of manufacturing in the United States—at least from its peak to its present decline. It is a sad and frightening story, with no satisfying end in sight.
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The 150-foot-wide (46 meters) object was labeled as condition 9 back on March 15, 2012. This means that is orbit prediction was "highly uncertain." The condition level goes from 0—good prediction—to 9. Today, it was labeled as condition 5 soon before passing Earth at 5:32am Eastern Time.
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hi there! this is awesome! i love the colour palette with the backdrop of lauren conrad's old place (impressed you can photo there!). thanks so much for following, i returned the favour. hope to see more of your outfits!ReplyDelete
love from the midwest,
angie of pandaphilia fashion
Love the accessories!ReplyDelete
Such a cute outfit & I love your bangles xoxoReplyDelete
Oh that is such a great look on you...I read the other link .. and the fall, ouch! You have a great sense of humor so that helps!ReplyDelete
Wow! I like your blog ^_^ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for the comment on our blog:)
you are so nice
we are following you now!
You are reallly pretty and we love the look!
have a nice day, Irene and Gaia
Loving this romantic look!! Gorgeous!! ^-^ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 1:31 AM
**your shoes are so fabulous and you rocked the nude colours!!**ReplyDelete
love everything you have on! LC is such an inspiration!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 1:43 AM
I've never liked her style but you look amazing in her designs. great pieces.ReplyDelete
you look awesome!!! this look is so chic, so Lauren :)ReplyDelete
hi beauty! I love the light colors you used!! and all jewel too (I'm obsessed by this kind of jewel as you know!)ReplyDelete
have an amazing week dolly!
xoxo from france
Her house looks amazing and so do you. The bangles are incredible.ReplyDelete
Beautiful outfit and i love that you went to her old place to use it as a backdrop! Btw what camera do you use?ReplyDelete
Love the jewelry and whole outfit is very romantic!ReplyDelete
You look very cute. I love the light colors and the beautiful skirt :)ReplyDelete
The jewelry is A~mazing!!!!ReplyDelete
i love your accessories!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 3:31 AM
oh my goodness, i need your wardrobe!!!! and also your life... i'd love to live in LA eeek it looks amazing!!!ReplyDelete
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thanks for the lovely comment! :) I love your blog it's so cute! I wish I lived in LA! looks beautiful :DReplyDelete
This is fantastic!ReplyDelete
oh such a beautiful outfit! so romantic and just so pretty :)ReplyDelete
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Adorable outfit!!ReplyDelete
I really love the color palette and the accessories are just perfect!!!
love the bracelets!!!
thanks for stopping by and for following!!
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- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 4:10 AM
You look so feminine, just like a modern fairy tail! The braid was the perfect hair look!ReplyDelete
Cess O. <3 The Outfit Diaries
Such pretty pieces xxxReplyDelete
Your style is just like her, I adore!ReplyDelete
xx Kaye
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great outfit!!!!! u look amazing!!!ReplyDelete
u have such a nice blog! i'd loved it if we followed each other!!!!
absolutely gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Really lovely1ReplyDelete
Alexandra Grecco
Nice pics! Love your skirt!ReplyDelete
Thx for the cute comment!
thanks for your comment!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
love this outfit!
I LOVE this outfit! and your hair and accesories are totally LC worthy- she'd be proud (: I adore her collection at Kohl's- if I could, I'd buy every stinking piece!ReplyDelete
so perfect! I love LC as well. How did you know where their house was??ReplyDelete
the skirt is sooo cute! I have found a couple things from her line at Kohl's that I really like as well!!ReplyDelete
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Love the outfit, so cute!ReplyDelete
awesome look!ReplyDelete
you are really pretty!
thank you very much for your comment :)
this is the perfect little outfit, you look lovelyReplyDelete
you look gorgeous! great post.ReplyDelete
I love Lauren Conrad too! I now want this outfit, thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Love it! I need to head to Kohl's asap and check out her lineReplyDelete
Your outfit is so cute!ReplyDelete
GorG, Keep the fashion post coming.ReplyDelete
Lisa x
super cute! great post.ReplyDelete
You look lovely, love the colours of your outfit, the background is really nice. xxReplyDelete
Love the outfit. Those bangles are pretty too.ReplyDelete
Beautifull house!ReplyDelete
you look great!
By the wau i have giving you a award!
Love this outfit! And LC - this makes me miss the Hills :(ReplyDelete
Oh, wow! This is lovely, such a great idea! You look wonderful! Thanks a lot for commenting on my blog :)ReplyDelete
I love love love your jewelry! So pretty.ReplyDelete
You look amazinggggggg. Lovely outfit!ReplyDelete
This outfit is so feminine and girly, I love it! You look beautiful! Dusky pink should definitely be one of your go to colors. I adore LC, and I can always rely on one of her dresses for Kohl's for a night out with the girls or meeting clients.ReplyDelete
Super cute outfit doll!! Love the braid too! Lauren was my favorite from the hills seems sweet and great style! I know you will be sucessful you have a great blog & always stylish! I read your post about falling Ahh i know what you mean that has happen to me grrr lol glad you ok. Have a fabulous day xoReplyDelete
I love the detailing at the top of this dress. Very chic.ReplyDelete
these pictures are so beautiful. You look stunning. I love the backdrop.ReplyDelete
These are beautiful pictures, I always loved the house the Lauren, Lo and Audrina shared- California totally has New York beat when it comes to real estate.ReplyDelete
Your oufit is so feminine and pretty- very LC and it looks great on you.
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- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 8:35 AM
Hey, thanx for following/commenting, I'm following you now too! Love your outfit, especially that ring, super pretty! :pReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 8:43 AM
I love Lauren Conrad too and I love her clothes. Love your whole outfit!ReplyDelete
Sweet N Sassy Girls
That top is gorgeousss! I love her clothing line. I own a couple things and I loveee love them all. She is def my favorite fashionista.ReplyDelete
omg i knew itReplyDelete
i saw the pictures and thought! heeey that was laurens house!
so cool that you were there!
you look amazing
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love it!!! LC is my favorite and def one of my fashion icons! :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful style! Love it!ReplyDelete
1st thng dang! Ur beautiful .ReplyDelete
2nd thing nice photos and great blog i must admit.. Bdw check awt my blog and lets follow each other would love to interview u in my blog n more thnx in advance
great outfit!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 9:38 AM
So glad I found your blog. Fan already.ReplyDelete
As a huge Lauren fan, I love this look on you!ReplyDelete
How cute are you. I love this look. The light pinks are so simple and perfect.ReplyDelete
Hearts, Shannon
great photos love this outfit you look beautiful!ReplyDelete
This is a cute outfit!ReplyDelete
love the look! so soft and feminine.ReplyDelete
ohh so romantic outfitReplyDelete
That top is adorable!ReplyDelete
Wow! You really are an LC fan! Can't believe you tracked down two former residences! Love the way you are wearing your hair btw!ReplyDelete
Love the accessories, great jewels!ReplyDelete
this post is so amazing. you are gorgeous!!!!! xoxoReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 11:23 AM
So pretty. I obsessed with this post.ReplyDelete
adore lauren conrad and everything about her. love this outfit too girl! and your hair! perfect to a tee!ReplyDelete
xo TJ
Lauren Hello .. I loved your pictures and your blog ... just did not understand, when you referred to my house?ReplyDelete
I live in Brazil! =)
Thanks for the comment dear! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Lauren Conrad. Her effortless style is fantastic. That skirt is to die for...I think I need to hit up Kohl's soon! I of course had to look back at your Laguna post to check out the Conrad mansion.ReplyDelete
I hope we can share our crazy Black Friday finds with one another in a few short months!
You look beautiful! Love the spot you took your photos at and I love your top. It's very pretty! =) Following you through bloglovin' and thanks so much for commenting and following me as well!ReplyDelete
I, also, am a huge Lauren Conrad fan. Your outfit is great, as are your photos! I love this - great post!ReplyDelete
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Amazing photos and lovely outfit !ReplyDelete
Very cute outfit. Love the top.ReplyDelete
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The hair, the accesories, the top little details...it's all so so beautiful.ReplyDelete
very pretty skirt and blouse, and the pictures are awesome with the sunlight shining thru.ReplyDelete
Love LC (since her days on Laguna) and love the outfit! I have a lot of her clothes from Kohls and they are adorable!ReplyDelete
Love this! SO CUTE. love love sister.ReplyDelete
I love, love, love her line at Kohl's! I'm pretty sure she makes the most comfy leggings known to man. Thanks for your comment!ReplyDelete
Lovely outfit, I also like LC :)ReplyDelete
that skirt is so pretty!ReplyDelete
xo Camilla
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I love everything about this look right down tot he last detail of the braid in the hair ...very LC of you :PReplyDelete
and thank you for your lovely comments hun!
You look very pretty ,the pictures ae great in front of that beautiful house. Love your hair and your outfit. XO www.stylepicture.blogspot.comReplyDelete
Soooo cute!ReplyDelete
xx Marie
I love everything about this outfit! So presh!ReplyDelete
look at you having the best style ever. love thisReplyDelete
DYING. this is the best post ever. How do you come up with such good ideas.all.the.time. lol. you look amazing and I love your bangle.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 29, 2011 at 1:03 PM
I really like the way the sun is shining in these pictures. What kind of camera do you use?ReplyDelete
Beautiful style ! Love the nude tones and delicate pieces ! Nice to discover your blog ! Thanks for visiting mine :)ReplyDelete
LOVE the LC look. I think it's great she has an affordable line at Kohl's! :)ReplyDelete
Your top is so darling! <3 I love love love the ruffle detail!ReplyDelete
Lost in the Haze
I love these photos and really love the setting for them. Greaqt post.ReplyDelete
You know, i think this may be my favourite outfit of your! The top is a beaut!ReplyDelete
Your outfit is so pretty :) I love the photos. And I am following you now too!ReplyDelete
Lovely snapshots, you look so effortlessly chic. The colors look great on you and the location is perfect.ReplyDelete
J.Choudhury x
I am just loving this little post of yours! I think I am going to love this very much! I am excited to stay updated with your new blogs you add! It will be nice to see.. Ps I so want those heels of yours :) I am loving them.....ReplyDelete
Great post of you and the outfit. You look fantastic. And I love the bangles, too.ReplyDelete
thanks for stopping by my blog and for the sweet comment :)ReplyDelete
i love this outfit! so pretty! and how cool that you did it all in front of her old house!!
xox dana
adorbs! love your bangles! I love that you are following your dreams and have moved out to LA! It's one of my fav cities to visit! My bff'er just moved out to Brentwood I'm there all the time. Love the blog ;)ReplyDelete
You look so great! Love that top, the details are amazing!ReplyDelete
thanks for visiting my blog! i absolutely adore yours. and lauren conrad is one of my favorite style people to watch so this post was fantastic =) loved your post on the rose bowl flea market as well ... i now know where i'll be on the second sunday of october!ReplyDelete
You are so gorgeous! I absolutely love LC and her style is so fab. Her line for Kohl's is actually so lovely!ReplyDelete
Your look is as soft and lovely as the lighting in the photographs!ReplyDelete
I really love Lauren's line! You should check out Paper Crown too! Her pieces from that line are beautiful!ReplyDelete
Love the LC outfit! Looks amazing! Also adore that ring where did you get it??ReplyDelete
Gorgeous as always babe, that's so cool that you were able to do that shoot in front of L.C's old place aaand that you were able to move to L.A and follow your dreams. I definitely think you have an amazing eye for style and will go far in it :)ReplyDelete
That outfit is adorable!ReplyDelete
thank you for the sweet comment on my blog. and girl at a glance you definitely resemble L.C to the fullest.ReplyDelete
great post, i'm going to follow
I am going to Kohl's ASAP!ReplyDelete
Thanks for stopping by my blog today! So glad I found you! Though my blog is mostly fitness focused, I am obsessed with fashion just as much! I absolutely adore this outfit. So feminine and pretty on you. The colours are amazing! Can't wait to keep reading more :)ReplyDelete
Such an adorable outfit so girly and feminine@ReplyDelete
i am a new follower, love your blog!Check mine out!
Great outfit and I am loving your hair here, so adorable.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the follow and the sweet comment also, following back :)
Loving all of the details in this outfit. That shirt is amazing. I really do admire Lauren Conrad for all of her accomplishments as well and her collections are always beautiful. Great photos!!ReplyDelete
you look lovely in her designs :) I love going into kohls just to look at Lauren's line :)ReplyDelete
I love this <3 Cant wait for PAPER CROWN :)ReplyDelete
OMG YOUR BLOG IS AMAZING!ReplyDelete
keep up the awesome work!
So gorgeous! Love the detail on the front and it looks so comfy! Great accessories too! How cool to shot there, everywhere looked so glam I didn't want to leave when I was in LA! xoxoReplyDelete
Lovely pics! xoxoReplyDelete
you look so nice as alwaysReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 30, 2011 at 5:43 AM
Lovely textures and cool choice of setting of course :) loved this post.ReplyDelete
I love that you used the back drop as Lauren's house! I have checked out the LC line at Kohls and grabbed a few pieces. I love how simple and feminine they are! xoReplyDelete
Love the braid and soft pastels. Also that's awesome that LC's house is your backdrop! Lovely.ReplyDelete
Super cute!! You look adorable!! I love this look. :) Super summer, with a touch of grecian goddess. :D xxReplyDelete
THAT IS SOOO CUTE! LC's style rocks! :D XxReplyDelete
oh my !ReplyDelete
you look gorgeous love
i love the bracelts and necklace
definitely in love with the outfit colors <3
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You look Gorgeous!)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 11:35 PM
Just found your blog... It's amazing! Love this collection by LC wish it was available in Aus though! xReplyDelete
So pretty!ReplyDelete
Xo Ashleigh
Love lauren conrad!! perfect outfit and lovely photos!!ReplyDelete
check out my blog, i've done a huge LC post myself a while back
xo, S
thanks for the comment and forward. very nice blog, do not say because I love the entire look.ReplyDelete
You look so pretty! Love that top and necklace!!ReplyDelete
I actually picked up that exact same tank last week!!!!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 8:01 PM
You look amazing in this outfit and you are gorgeous! Congratulations on being a member spotlight too :)ReplyDelete
Finally got to catch up on my blogs and I love love love this outfit! I agree that LC is the best and this outfit looks divine!ReplyDelete
I was just checking out her new collection online and i love it!ReplyDelete
Seriously, I want your entire closet.ReplyDelete
I have always loved LC's style. She has a look that is timeless.
love this!!is very romantic lookReplyDelete
wow, that is so cool! and i definitely love the outfit! yay for lauren conrad. :DReplyDelete
<3, Mimi
sexy legs..;)ReplyDelete
that is sooo amazing- you really have this touch of LC in these photos ! really cool- and sooo pretty!ReplyDelete
xx the cookies
This is an adorable outfit<3ReplyDelete
how cute is this?! I'm a bit obsessed with that gal myself, and how can you not be?! loveee your outfit!ReplyDelete
Your accessories are literally to die for.ReplyDelete
Lauren creates beautiful things! And it looks amazing on you, you styled it up so nice with the jewelry you got and your hair done this way! GREAT!ReplyDelete
Lovely look and love your blogue! New follower :)ReplyDelete
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IDB announces winner of the 2019 Superheroes of Development Award
Monday, September 16, 2019 - 17:37
The winning IDB-financed project developed a new solution to monitor public infrastructure works and to empower citizens to evaluate the use of public resources in Honduras. WASHINGTON D.C., September 12, 2019. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the winner of the Superheroes of Development contest, an award given to executing agencies that have successfully implemented innovative solutions in projects financed by the IDB.
IDB launches inaugural $600 million 3-year SOFR linked bonds
Tuesday, September 10, 2019 - 17:32
The Inter-American Development Bank ("IADB" or "IDB"), Aaa/AAA (Moody's/S&P), today priced their inaugural $600 million 3-year SOFR-linked floating rate global bond due 16th September 2022. The issue priced at par, with a coupon equivalent to SOFR + 26bps. This will be calculated using a five-day observation lag on compounded daily SOFR, with no lockout.
Optimal sanitation: Focus on the Americas at World Water Week 2019
Monday, August 26, 2019 - 18:08
The Inter-American Development Bank is coordinating the Focus on the Americas sessions during World Water Week in Sweden's capital, with a focus on adopting a new paradigm to close the gap in secure sanitation services in the region. STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Providing safe sanitation for all in Latin America requires not only significant investments, but a change of paradigm to be able to do more with less resources. Right now, only 22% to the population of Latin America and the Caribbean have access to those services.
IDB launches dual tranche $1 billion 2-Yr and $1.5 billion 7-Year fixed rate global bonds
Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - 17:38
The Inter-American Development Bank ("IADB" or "IDB"), rated Aaa/AAA (Moody's/S&P), today priced a new dual tranche $1 billion 1.875% 2-year and $1.5 billion 2.000% 7-year fixed rate global bond. The 2-year note pays a semi-annual coupon of 1.875%, matures on 23 July 2021 and priced with a spread of 3bps over mid-swaps and 5.75bps over the UST 1.625% due June 2021, which represents a yield of 1.924% s.a.
IDB announces the finalists for the Superheroes of Development Award
Thursday, July 11, 2019 - 18:59
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced the eight finalists for the second edition of its Superheroes of Development Award, which recognizes the innovative solutions devised and valuable lessons learned by executing agencies while implementing development projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
IDB Issues New Education, Youth, and Employment (EYE) Uridashi Bonds for Naito Securities
Monday, July 8, 2019 - 16:33
The Inter-American Development Bank ("IDB" or "IADB"), rated Aaa/AAA, has priced two Uridashi zero coupon notes for Naito Securities under its Education, Youth and Employment (EYE) Bond Program.
MDB climate finance hit record high of $43.1 billion in 2018
Thursday, June 13, 2019 - 11:26
An increase of over 22 percent on the previous year, boosting projects that help developing countries and emerging economies cut emissions and address climate risks – joint report.
IDB launches US$2.1 billion 2.250% 10-year Fixed Rate Global
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 - 16:54
The Inter-American Development Bank ("IDB" or "IADB"), rated Aaa/AAA (Moody's/S&P),priced a new US$2.1 billion 10-year global bond. The transaction pays a semi-annual coupon of 2.250% and matures on 18 June 2029. Priced with a spread of 12.25 basis points over the UST 2.375% May-29, this represents a yield of 2.270%.
The IDB honors Peruvian chef Gastón Acurio
Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - 17:47
The ambassador of Peruvian cuisine will deliver the Cátedra Enrique Iglesias of Culture and Development on May 21, 2019. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced today that the chef Gastón Acurio was recognized with the Cátedra Enrique V. Iglesias of Culture and Development. This award was created by the organization to distinguish those who have excelled in their work of promoting the progress of Latin America and the Caribbean through the arts and culture.
IDB approves grant funds for countries receiving migrants in Latin America and Caribbean
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 13:22
Grant resources will support inclusive national development investments, regional projects, research, training on critical issues, and innovative solutions impacting development in region The Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank has approved the use of its special grant facility to support operations that help countries integrate migrants into local communities and contribute to their development.


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Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750, by Odd Arne Westad, Bodley Head £25/Basic Books, RRP$23, 528 pages
China and Africa: A Century of Engagement, by David Shinn and Joshua Eisenman, University of Pennsylvania Press, RRP£45/$69.95, 544 pages
The China Wave: Rise of a Civilisational State, by Zhang Weiwei, World Century, RRP£18/$28, 208 pages
What does China want? That question has been asked ever since the country's modern revival began. It feels more than usually urgent at the moment. A sharp rise in tensions between China and Japan has raised the alarming, if still distant, prospect of armed conflict between Asia's two largest powers. A change of leadership is also under way in Beijing – and China-watchers are wondering whether the new generation of party leaders might adopt a more assertive approach to the outside world.
In Restless Empire, Odd Arne Westad, professor of international history at the London School of Economics, makes the case for rooting any understanding of Chinese foreign policy in a history of the nation's relationship with the rest of the world. During the past two centuries, the country has been decisively shaped by ideas and movements from outside: imperialism, communism, modern capitalism.
Of course, all nations' foreign policies are rooted in their own particular historical experiences. But China's modern history has been unusually turbulent and traumatic. Westad argues that this, together with the country's Confucian heritage, its geography and its traditional veneration of the state, have bequeathed three big ideas that continue to shape China's worldview.
The first is the concept of justice as central to the international order. As Westad writes: "In the Chinese view today, the outside world over the past two hundred years has treated China unjustly, and this grievance remains a leitmotif." The second idea is a search for "rules and rituals" – general principles – that can bring order to an otherwise chaotic international society. The third is "a sense of centrality" and a belief in China as "the indispensable nation for its region."
Restless Empire is a fascinating book and a pleasure to read. As well as providing a historical framework for understanding the behaviour of modern China, it is full of interesting details and insights. I was intrigued to discover that Sun Yat-sen, the first president of the Chinese republic, was educated at the same Hawaii high school as Barack Obama. There is a striking account of Mao Zedong's visit to Moscow in the late 1950s, in which he stunned even his hard-bitten hosts by suggesting that war with "the imperialists" was nothing to fear: "If the worst came to the worst and half of mankind died, the other half would remain," said Mao. "Imperialism would be destroyed and the whole world would become socialist."
Amid the anecdotes and the broad historical narrative, Westad also offers pointed reassessments of particular episodes in Chinese history. While many historians associate the Qing – China's last dynasty, which ruled from 1644 to 1912 – largely with weakness and decline, Westad points out that it was in this period that the country saw the peak of its power: "By the 1750s it had crushed the political and military independence of all the smaller nations on its northern frontier." His insistence on the expansionist nature of the Qing underpins the claim in the book's title that China is a "restless empire" – an argument that is strikingly at odds with the official narrative in today's Beijing, which insists that China has always been a "peace-loving nation".
Another interesting angle to Restless Empire is its emphasis on the ambiguous impact of China's collision with imperialism. Westad does not attempt to prettify the behaviour of the western powers. His account of the British and French destruction of the Qing's Summer Palace and imperial gardens in 1860 is horrifying. He acknowledges the humiliations and violence inflicted on China. And yet he also points out that the infamous "unequal treaties" imposed on the Qing "brought expanding concepts of western law into China" – while the western "concessions" carved out in Chinese cities, such as Shanghai, allowed young Chinese to create "new identities for themselves, as workers, traders, shopkeepers, or part of the intelligentsia, in ways that would not have been open to them had Qing power …stayed intact".
The restless reader may want to know what all this history tells us about the modern day. Westad places current developments in an interesting historical perspective. In 2010, he writes, "China held its biggest naval exercises ever in the South China Sea …For the first time since the fifteenth century, China has a predominant naval presence in the southern seas." The rise of Chinese naval power is unlikely to be greeted passively by other Pacific powers – particularly if combined with a more assertive Chinese attitude to territorial disputes in the region. Only this week, Japan and the US are holding joint military exercises in the East China Sea, involving more than 40,000 troops.
For China, notes Westad, Japan will always be a "peripheral island kingdom, which ought never to aspire to take China's place". And yet he does not necessarily draw dire conclusions from current tensions, arguing that it is neither impossible nor unprecedented for deep economic co-operation to continue – even as the two countries abuse each other in public.
As for the broader question of whether a rising China can continue its "peaceful rise" – or whether it is doomed to clash with neighbours and rivals – Westad is sensibly tentative. He thinks, however, that the answer may lie largely within China itself. A China that successfully rebalances its economy, improves the rule of law and builds a new relationship with its national minorities will be a much more reliable international citizen. By contrast, a China that experiences significant internal instability is likely to become more nationalistic and erratic in its international behaviour.
Restless Empire concentrates above all on China's relations with Europe, the US and the rest of Asia. One area that it neglects is the burgeoning Chinese relationship with Africa– which is, arguably, highly significant, since it represents China's first effort to develop a sphere of influence outside Asia. Fortunately, this gap is more than filled by China and Africa, by David Shinn and Joshua Eisenman.
Shinn is a former US ambassador to Ethiopia and Burkina Faso who now teaches international relations at George Washington University; Eisenman is a senior fellow in China studies at the American Foreign Policy Council. As the authors make clear in their exhaustive and immensely thorough study, the surge in Chinese economic and trade ties with Africa is relatively recent. It only began in a big way in the mid-1990s. It also follows the patterns of "informal empire" that might be familiar to the British imperialists of the 19th century, who had such an impact on both China and Africa.
The extent of Chinese involvement with Africa and the ways in which it can lead to military entanglements were revealed during last year's unrest in Libya, when 35,000 Chinese nationals were evacuated in operations that involved the Chinese navy and air force.
China's initial interest in modern Africa was driven by the need to find the natural resources and commodities required by the booming Chinese economy. Yet, inevitably, that leads to political and even military involvement. As Shinn and Eisenman note: "The PLA [People's Liberation Army] navy has already begun efforts to protect the sea lanes through which China ships transport fuel, minerals and raw materials from Africa and the Middle East." As the British and the Americans might tell the Chinese, that's how it all starts.
The notion that modern China is simply following western patterns of development – particularly political development – is energetically rebutted in The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State. The author, Zhang Weiwei, is an interesting figure. Once Deng Xiaoping's translator, he has now become an influential intellectual and author – and a standard bearer for those who argue that China has discovered its own development model, which is different and in some ways superior to that of the west. His book has sold more than half a million copies in China.
Like Westad, Zhang is convinced that answers to the big questions about China's future lie in the study of its past. But where Westad sees China as a "restless empire", Zhang's preferred term is "civilizational state" – which he defines as something more than a nation. Rather, China is both a state and a civilisation, which "questions many of the western assumptions about democracy, good governance and human rights."
Zhang argues that China's Confucian heritage will continue to shape the evolution of the country and that, in many ways, it offers a more efficient and legitimate form of governance than a misfiring western model, which he identifies with the financial crisis and the wars of George W Bush.
The China Wave argues that two of the primary virtues of the Chinese model – both rooted in Confucianism – are meritocracy and "performance legitimacy". A meritocratic system, based on exams (as in the imperial age) and job performance, ensures that only the most able people are propelled to the top positions in government. To western critics who argue that no unelected government can ever be legitimate, Zhang responds by arguing that the Communist party, like the Chinese dynasties of the past, secures its legitimacy through "performance" – in particular, its ability to improve the living standards of hundreds of millions of people.
Some of Zhang's jabs at the west are well-aimed. He points out, for example, that many western pundits have predicted imminent Chinese economic collapse, more or less since 1980 – and yet they have consistently been proved wrong. His argument that some of these predictions reflect the authors' own ideological biases, rather than the situation in China itself, is also quite convincing.
Yet The China Wave has its own blind spots. In particular, there is almost no discussion of Maoism and its legacy. The Chinese Communist party is not just the party of Deng's economic miracle. It is also the party of the Great Leap Forward, of mass starvation in the late 1950s and of the Cultural Revolution. Perhaps it is my western bias speaking, but I cannot see a truly stable political future for China until it is able to have an open discussion of the crimes that Mao inflicted on the country.
What will the rise of Zhang's "civilizational state" mean for the rest of the world? The author of The China Wave adopts the smoothly reassuring line of the Chinese government. "Given its cultural traditions," he writes, "China is not likely to be a country bent on confrontation." China's preference will be for "peaceful co-existence and mutual learning". However, there is a qualification, which reads like a health warning on a bottle of medicine: "This positive picture may change if some countries are determined to pick a fight with China." You have been warned.
Gideon Rachman is the FT's chief foreign affairs columnist
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Leonard W. Rothschild, Jr. Manager, San Francisco Office
Presented at special meetings for Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Oakland and Stauffer Chemical Company, San Francisco-November 1974
The following discussion outlines the advantages and disadvantages of the LIFO inventory method and some of the major tax considerations involved in changing to LIFO.
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