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The proper test is to see if the quality of judging changes along with salary. I agree that it's doubtful raising salaries will make much difference. However, there's a trickier question that's even harder to address--how do you measure the quality of judging?
Interesting topic. And we often hear of judges or even Congressmen "faced with the costs of putting several kids through college" "having" to leave their $150k gig to go out and "make some money"; an option that is rare for other hard working professionals whose options top out in the $150k range or less.
Where do they go to exercise their option? Often "K-street" lobbying firms? Wall Street? for M & A or international law? (tax avoidance operations?) etc. Obviously a complex society needs the services of attorneys but our country "requires" ten fold more than is the case in other advanced nations and its certainly a fair question to ask just why hauling money up to Capitol Hill for Patton-Boggs is worthy of the salaries paid.
Perhaps we need to take a look at why our system creates a such "demand" for million-plus legal technicians, despite the average hometown lawyer finding private practice a competitive game from which a judgeship often seems something of a peaceful harbor of shorter hours and ultimate security. Here in Anchorage offers for judges are accepted far more often than turned down, though I suppose they may be offered to those expected to accept.
"IF" America is going to remain (become?) competitive in an increasingly difficult global economy, we are going to need another round of streamlining or "downsizing" as took place 20 years ago when "middle management" was found, possibly? unnecessary. (It seems all too often the case that upper management failed to take up the burden and we see many of our larger corporations stumbling around as if there were no one at the helm)
The next streamlining will have to be something of a structural change such as designing a health care delivery system in which half the dollars/resources are not wasted on overhead and administration. A part of a decent, health care system would be that of making deep cuts in the rate of litigation. Some might be the much touted "tort reform" but more may be that of lowering the number of squabbles regarding "who pays?" Another area would be that of adopting the "pay at the pump" no fault auto insurance policy as advanced by Andrew Tobias.
Next? find a Constitutional and practical means of paying for the use of our media by political candidates and render the carrying of satchels of money to our "representatives" to advance policy changes most likely counter to the benefit of our citizenry.
If these are a "better ideas whose times have come" they'll not be easy to implement as it's a lot tougher to shrink the size of the stake holders as a matter of public policy than it was for corporations to print out pink slips for their mid-level managers. But! if we don't have the courage to lighten up the superstructure of our economic ship we're likely to be sending out an SOS as the winds of globalization continue to stiffen.
I pasted this from ABC New's website:
Judith Sheindlin, a former judge who now hosts the cable TV series Judge Judy, earned a salary of $25 million last year. By contrast, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, presiding over the nation's highest court, brought in less than $200,000.
This means that JUDGE JUDY EARNS MORE THAN ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT COMBINED. (I'm not exactly sure what this says about us as a country, but it's not good.)
That being said, I still agree with Judge P that it's unlikely that any modest payraise will result in a noticable difference in the quality of applicants for the Federal Judiciary.
To be honest, I'm having a tough time picturing Federal "Judicial Recruiters" having trouble filling spots on the bench (I haven't seen any "APPLY NOW!" job ads in the paper). I watched Justices Kennedy and Thomas at a Congressional meeting about this on C-Span's website, and Justice Kennedy mentioned some favorite judge of his and complained about he can't recruit people of that caliber anymore. (http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp?Cat=Series&Code=AC&ShowVidNum=7&Rot_Cat_CD=AC&Rot_HT=206&Rot_WD=&ShowVidDays=100&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=100#) This sounds like a bunch of nonsense to me. He's probably correct if you make the assumption that the hiring pool should be strictly limited to people who were at the top of the class at top law schools, but that's a foolish way of thinking. The supply of top graduates from the top schools isn't increasing, while the demand for them is. As Judge P points out, the Federal Judiciary won't be able to lure them away from white-shoe firms with money.
Despite all that, I still think that a decent judicial pay raise is worthwhile because Federal Judges have a tremendous amount of power (Judge P can't reverse all of them), and therefore the benefit of giving them a morale boost probably outweighs the added cost to taxpayers. (It's also alot better than throwing taxpayer's money at no-bid contractors in Iraq.)
Judge is an overhead cost of society. The lawyer-to-population ratio in Japan is 1.2 to 100,000; compare to the 32.7 to 100,000 in US. If we reduce the supply of lawyers, we might be able to support Judge with better salary? (may be everybody could got a raise too). The problem is not the Judge salary is too low, but the lawyer's salary is too high (Let's not compare to the salary with Japan;)...
You just cited my favorite misleading stat, besides "wins" for a pitcher. The definition of a "lawyer" is much more narrow in Japan than it is here. There are many more "law providers" for want of a better term in Japan than are captured in that statistic - certainly many more people graduate law school than become "lawyers."
Returning to the topic, ... I have nothing to add.
Agree... But you sure can find less law suit in Japan compare to here... Back to the topic...
Judge Posner is so persuasive that he makes me think of another possibility: should judges' salaries be reduced? As he says, lower salaries could actually increase the quality of the judiciary, since then even a mediocre lawyer who is after money and leisure would not bother to contact his senator for a judgeship.
I'm a professor, and I've wondered whether that might not be true for us too. We might get better scholars if all our salaries were reduced. Of course, no one university can do this, because even a true scholar prefers being a professor at $100,000 to being one at $80,000.
Prof. Becker is right to ask how we can better structure salaries. I wonder if, as in academia, extra pay might be given for unpleasant assignments that need talented people. In academia, if you take on the chore of being chairman or dean you are paid more, at least while you occupy that post. I don't know if being a chief judge is similarly undesirable, but it too might benefit from having a bonus. The same could be done to get judges to take on special tasks such as revising sentencing rules or investigating scandals.
With low salaries, won't the judges be more enticed to take bribes? Or, is this scenario impossible in the US?
Ha-Ha! Eric........ "We might get better scholars if all our salaries were reduced."
........ I've often heard the "right" make counter-intuitive claims of low pay providing higher quality employees but thought it was generally limited to objecting to pay K-12 teachers a salary commensurate with their education and the demands of the job. The "concept" is typically, quickly reversed if the subject of CEO pay having soared from 50 times worker pay to 500 times since 1980.
Aaah, tis quite a curiousity that "The Market" values and prices compensations so differently from a few decades ago and creates the anomalies under discussion though the "equilibrium" should always be near at hand.
Andrew, good comment: "It's also a lot better than throwing taxpayer's money at no-bid contractors in Iraq."
While Depression era folk thought war was good for the economy due to massive government spending "ending" the Depression and the pent-up demand + war time savings creating a boom in the 50's it's not good at all.
Consider that here, even if we get it wrong and "overpay" a judge or "waste" money on some useless study, still the money cycles through our economy with a multiplier of four or so, with taxes going to fill our fed and state coffers. Or when machinery or other goods are produced they remain in use paying dividends for many years.
While some of this effect is also the case for a "war time" economy but the multiplier is very low as we spend our billions over there, often with no taxes being paid here, and the product of our labors are destroyed or rapidly worn out, with the only "dividend" being the (justifiable?) outcome of the "war".
So, you're right! If the Feds spent a fourth or half what they spend on warmongering on salaries and domestic procurement it would give the economy as much boost as the massive cost of a war. Then there is the economy dampening effect of the associated D E B T.
It is very hard to feel sorry, in the abstract, for professionals making $160,000+ per year. I dare say that the average American would view that figure as substantial. And, it's certainly better than most public-sector law salaries.
On the other hand, judicial salaries should be high enough to encourage the best lawyers to apply and stay in the positions. And, probably, a salary increase would be helpful in convincing lawyers that it is "worth it" to be (and stay) a judge, especially when the kids start needing money for college. Of course, no gov't salary, including judgeships, can pay nearly what a private firm partner in a big firm in a big city takes home. And, true, some people become lawyers primarily because they want the million-dollar partnership profits. But those people don't necessarily have the values we want in a judge. The truly civic-minded ones will make the "sacrifice" of taking $200K per year (or thereabouts).
I'd say that bumping judicial pay about the $200K mark would be a good idea, from a morale perspective. As would bumping up salaries generally for gov't attorneys. It would also make it easier for gov't lawyers to repay their massive law school loans.
Taking a (relatively) lower paying gov't job is a trade-off. But it's one that many talented lawyers want to, and will, make. We should raise salaries a bit to make that decision a bit easier.
Given that federal judges are, in the end, recipients of political patronage, aren't the real issues: 1) who gets the job; 2) why did they get the job; and 3) how well do they do after they get the job (assuming that such a thing as judicial output can be adequately measured)?
Feeling underpaid most certainly gives an incentive to do the least amount of work possible to maximize one's hourly (or perceived hourly) income. If you're going to make $400 per day no matter how much work you do, the more bitter one is about that $400 per day (due to being able to get more money elsewhere), why spend 15 hours doing an A+ job when you can spend 6 hours doing a C+ job? Or at the very least, one will be prone to doing the BARE minimum required work, not a minute more than is necessary. This is particularly true when you know you have your job for life and cannot be terminated for messing up. A federal district judge with a 100% reversal rate cannot be fired for that reason alone.
Worse yet, there are certain decisions a federal judge can make which are congruent with laziness in so far as they clear off the docket and greatly reduce the workload. Grant all summary judgments, grant all Rule 12 motions to dismiss, deny all 2254 and 2255 motions (but at least have the courtesy to grant a certificate of appealability), etc. I'm not accusing any judge of actually doing this, but I would imagine, at least in the back of a judge's mind, buried in the deep subconscious, all else being equal, that a judge would prefer to grant a motion or sign an order that would reduce his or her workload (judges already have overcrowded dockets as it is).
Both district and circuit judges must know that if they grant anything in a criminal defendant's favor, they'll be reversed and have to "do it over" ... so just deny all relief to the criminal defendant and that will likely be the end of it. Frankly, I have no doubt this is a real consideration at both trial and appellate levels (it's pervasive at the Texas state level).
I do keep in mind that the only difference between laziness and efficiency is the quality of the end result.
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I'd say that bumping judicial pay about the $200K mark would be a good idea, from a morale perspective.
............... Hmmmm, I didn't hear this argument much when we were dealing with the min wage folk! Wonder how their morale is coming along? No discussion of productivity or the "worth" of "value" of their product at these levels? BTW $175K shakes out to be over $700/day w/o even cheating or working the sick leave.
Feeling underpaid most certainly gives an incentive to do the least amount of work possible to maximize one's hourly (or perceived hourly) income. If you're going to make $400 per day no matter how much work you do, the more bitter one is about that $400 per day (due to being able to get more money elsewhere), why spend 15 hours doing an A+ job when you can spend 6 hours doing a C+ job?
......... Hmmm, I wonder what one must be paid not to "feel" they are underpaid? "Well geez, Judge Judy makes millions just pretending to be a judge!" But more seriously don't we expect more from our professionals than that of maxxing out hourly compensation? I can't think of a means of production incentives for judges, congressmen, teachers etc. On the other hand commissions and contingency fees seems about the only way to keep salesmen selling and private attorneys working.
I don't know what the right number is for federal judges (I suppose a bit higher this week, what with the job-loss risk and having our top PR spinmeisters defame one's hard-earned reputation on the way out?) but what I'd tell a judge --- baker or candlestick maker-- if they want the compensation of a "white shoe" firm and make a lot more money than they earn, is "Go for it! It's still something of a free country!"
(Ha! despite our Alaskan kid being up before the SC for unfurling the now famous "Bong Hits for Jesus" banner across the street from his school on an off day; is there any doubt that had his banner said "Don't do drugs" his "freedom of speech" would not have been in jeopardy?)
Bruce my condolences if you have to spend your time dealing with what Texas claims to as a "legal system"; just keep kicking it in the weak spots and perhaps it will collapse with a real one being built in its place. Someday? (I spend some time in equally backward OK)
Are there no incentive payments to judges? Does Roberts have the ability to pay a big bonus to judges who handle cases expeditiously without getting over-turned? The points made above about loss of productivity seem to make sense if all judges get paid lock-step. There's only so much motivation provided by duty, by curiosity, etc when faced with yet one more employment discrimination case.
If we can trust justices to administer justice, we can trust them to make decisions about compensation based on merits and not ideology. Why not set up an incentive scheme?
I come from China,and I want to arrive in your country to study law.My English is very poor,so what should I do?
It's interesting that no one has brought up the entire compensation package much beyond salary. There is more to compensation beyond just a fair days wage for a fair days work (perhaps we ought to be looking at a "per diem scale" or "per case scale" as opposed to salary). Yet, there are other compensation benefits such as health insurance, dental, optical, prescription drug, long term disability, life insurance too name few. All of them need to be figured into the salary compensation equation, part and parcel of a "Fair days wage".
I know for a fact that evryone can do with more money, but increased wages is inflationay in nature and increases bugetary requirements. Can't have that and what is the Deficiet running at? As a method of cost containment, pegging salaries to regional cost of living may have some merit, at least in reducing costs, but may have some problems in fulfilling the "fair days wage" requirement. The work and skill required is the same, regardless of region.
vision hover, This is a common law jurisdiction, much different than China. Before you come bone up on it. As for your language skills, don't worry about it. Most law students are semi-literate to begin with. My advice, stay where your at, all the jobs are going in that direction anyway. Except, perhaps, the "McJobs" (I certainly hope Mickey Dee's doesn't come after me). ;)
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If we can trust justices to administer justice, we can trust them to make decisions about compensation based on merits and not ideology. Why not set up an incentive scheme?
............. Hmmm, Would you trust other groups to set their wages?? Teachers? Legislators?
On what merits? "the guy in NY makes..?" But what I'm most curious about is how you'd set up an incentive plan? Perhaps for fast gaveling the morning hearing through so as to squeeze in a "quicky" in the afternoon? With the participants standing by "just in case?" Or perhaps a bonus for those with fewer decisions overturned by appellate court? Other?
Vision Hover... Welcome. And if you're set on coming to the US you can probably manage it but it's not easy.
You've perhaps checked that before going to law school you'd need a four year degree. I know little about them accepting degrees from other countries) If an LSAT test is required that might be tough too as it does lean heavily on language skills.
As Hat suggests you might do better (even for a goal of getting here) by becoming expert on the Chinese side of international trade law. Consider; you're already well on your way to knowing English, but for us learning Chinese is about a 5 year deal for a dedicated student. So it might be a better path for you to climb up the legal ladder there, then work for an American corp for a while. There's a fair shot that you could then apply for an H1B Visa to work here. The main criteria of that program is to allow our corps to hire "scarce skills" from abroad with the potential applicant demonstrating that he's not competing for a job for which there are plenty of Americans. (I suspect the area of "Chinese speaking specialist in Chinese law) has few American applicants!)
I once helped an Indian, "special ed" (teacher for the handicapped) get a "green card" here. Being a regular teacher would not have worked, but we were short of "special ed" teachers so it went OK...... after quite a while.
Also, it strikes me that perhaps (I don't know!) that positioning yourself as "knowledgeable business consultant who can get things done in China" might be a good start, and if it's tough to go to law school perhaps just as well? As above..... I don't know!
Good luck, Jack
"I come from China,and I want to arrive in your country to study law.My English is very poor,so what should I do?"
A couple of comments on this topic. I've often heard complaints that state judges are frequently former unproductive partners at well connected law firms. In other words, their partners conviced the governor to appoint this person a judge to get rid of them cheaply. I've never seen any studies on this but it seems plausible. I'd also say while it may happen at the Federal level it seems much less likely (since Federal Judges have so much more prestige than state judges).
I think Judge Posner makes a persuasive argument that judges are not dramatically underpaid. However, I would suggest lawyers and other specialists in the Federal Civil Service are dramatically underpaid. For example a newly minted lawyer working say for DOJ (which is interesting and prestigious work) will make $65K. By contrast this same lawyer going to a moderately prestigious Washington/New York firm will make $130K not counting signing bonus etc. The results are obvious: you will end up with a large pool of less qualified people in the Federal Civil Service. This is particularly troubling at agencies like the DOJ, FTC, FCC that have a significant impact on the economy. WHile the workload is probably easier and mroe itneresting than corporate life I have a hard time seeing that this could compensate for this huge differential.
Michael: I doubt civil service is likely to compete with "moderately prestigious NY firms" for either legal newbies or for those well seasoned. Perhaps you've noticed that the IRS pays accountants well under $100k to go off chasing $300k guys who specialize in setting up abusive transfer tax avoidance schemes and that many other examples abound.
Do you suppose that the caliber of judges that would sign on for $175,000 plus early retirement and all the fed bennies are a detriment to the judicial process? How often do you suppose significant harm is caused by a less-than-genius level call on sustaining or rejecting an objection? Or reading a jury instruction? In short, do you expect the umpires to earn what top trial lawyers earn? Further? going thru those white shoe firms aren't you likely to find MANY who are highly connected rainmakers, deal makers, or the sons-of such, and whose salary is not based upon legal expertise but on coming home with the pork or selling a profitable loophole for their corporate client?
So NO! taxpayers are not going to (willing) pay judges or any other technocrats salaries based upon what the old boy's are able to glean. What we should be looking at is neutering a fair batch of them instead before they ruin what's left of our bankrupt nation.
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2 years has passed and indeed.. federal judges are still underpaid and it has now reached the level of a constitutional crisis.
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Ever since the late rapper Tupac Shakur made an amazing and unnerving appearance at the Coachella festival in April, people have been wondering what other deceased celebrities will be digitized. There was the rumor of Michael Jackson being revived, news that Freddie Mercury would appear at a Queen concert, and confirmation that Marilyn Monroe would soon be a hologram. (The folks behind the Tupac-gram say he'll be going on tour, too.)
So anyone surprised that Elvis Presley will soon be holographically reanimated hasn't been paying attention.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Digital Domain (the people behind the Tupac likeness, which we should point out isn't really a hologram) and Core Media Group (which owns the rights to some of the King's intellectual property) have struck a deal:
According to Digital Domain, a visual effects company that also has worked on such films as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,Tron: Legacy and X-Men: First Class, the virtual Elvis will soon be seen in film, on television and in other venues. Concerts appear to be a clear possibility. Digital Domain says it will announce soon where audiences can expect to see the first virtual Elvis performances.
It sounds like, at best, it could be another jaw-dropping Tupac experience. Or it could just be more Elvis-branded kitsch, perfect for a Las Vegas revue near you. As always with these sorts of revivals, the danger is that if the animators get one thing wrong, it tends to throw off the entire effect (cf. the uncanny valley). And even if they get everything right, the recreation can unintentionally infringe on the legacy of the original artist.
Take, for instance, the planned Marilyn Monroe hologram. The founder of Digicon Media, the company that's bringing the bombshell back to life, described her new incarnation to The Hollywood Reporter as "a performer, spokesperson, cultural pundit and computer avatar." Which begs the follow-up question: "Spokesperson" for who? "Cultural pundit" for what?
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Pakistani doctors treating Sarabjit Singh on Sunday said his chances of survival were "slim" as his family arrived in Lahore and visited him at the hospital. HT reports.Pak grants consular access to Sarabjit | Take tough stand against Pak: BJPworld Updated: Apr 29, 2013 07:09 IST
Pakistani doctors treating Sarabjit Singh on Sunday said his chances of survival were "slim" as his family arrived in Lahore and visited him at the hospital.
A diplomatic row also seemed to be brewing as Pakistan stopped Indian high commission officials from visiting the Indian convict and New Delhi, in turn, demanded constant consular access.
Late at night, the Indian officials were granted access to the patient.
Earlier in the day, Singh's wife Sukhpreet Kaur, daughters Poonam and Swapandeep and sister Dalbir Kaur crossed over through the Attari border and arrived in Lahore in the afternoon.
A doctor told PTI the family was allowed to see Singh through a window as it was "not good for the patient and attendants to get close to each other".
Doctors briefed the family, telling them Singh was in a deep coma, on life support and in critical condition.
Singh was attacked by at least five inmates in the city's Kot Lakhpat jail on Friday.
He has a fractured skull and cuts on his face and torso from weapons fashioned out of spoons and pieces of tin. His family has demanded that he be sent back to India for treatment.
According to a preliminary report by a senior jail authority, two of the attackers - death row convicts Amer Aftab and Mudassar - have admitted to assaulting Singh with the intention to kill him.
They reportedly said they hated the Indian because he was convicted of killing Pakistanis in a string of bombings in 1990. Singh and his family maintain he is innocent and had crossed over in a drunken state.
In Delhi, external affairs ministry sources said its mission in Islamabad has already sent an official request to Pakistan's foreign ministry for constant consular access.
They also said foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai has issued instructions to provide all possible help to Singh's family during their 15-day stay in Pakistan.
"All of us are extremely concerned about Singh," said union I&B minister Manish Tewari, rejecting the Opposition's charge that the attack was proof of the UPA's foreign policy failure.
BJP president Rajnath Singh demanded that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh take up matters with the government in Islamabad.
Pakistan authorities, on their part, insisted they were doing all they could to help Singh and his family.
An official clarified that Indian officials had been given access to Singh on Friday within hours of his being hospitalised.
"The delay, if any, had been from the Indian high commission side as the vehicle in which the staffers were traveling broke down enroute to Lahore."
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New study confirms cometary activity (possibly fragment of Comet Halley) preceded Justinian Plague, wiping out Roman civilization and Western Europe 1,500 years ago
neither Western Europe nor Roman Civilization were "wiped out?" Or does that just kind of hyperbole just go with the lunatic fringers?
cog, min, you are both right.
But there is nothing like global climate collapse to lead to global problems, such as the collapse of the "Hopewell" tribal federations.
Then we come to the problem of exactly what caused it.
junk "science" of the Global Warming variety.
On October 7, 2013, the Nordic Orion bulk carrier ship completed its journey from Vancouver, Canada, to Pori, Finland, having traveled northward around Alaska and through the Northwest Passage. It was the first large commercial freighter ever to make the voyage through these typically ice-covered Arctic waters.
junk "science" of the Global Warming variety.
A Chinese icebreaker ship is making its way through dense pack-ice just off the coast of Cape de la Motte in Antarctica, where a ship of scientists and members of the public have been trapped since Christmas Day.
The vessel, the Xue Long, and a French icebreaker, the Astrolabe, reached the edge of the ice pack, around 13 nautical miles from the Russian-operated MV Akademik Shokalskiy, just before 7pm New Zealand time (6am GMT) on Friday.
The Xue Long started cutting through the ice soon after, and has made steady, but slow, progress since and is now within sight of the stricken vessel. The ice it has encountered at the edge has been much thicker than expected – 3-4 metres thick in some places. It is travelling at between 0.1 to 3 knots depending on the density of the ice and should reach the Shokalskiy some time in the next 12 hours. The Astrolabe has not yet entered the ice field.
Mortimer said the ice conditions around the Shokalskiy were extremely difficult. When the ship became trapped in ice earlier this week, it was only 2 miles from the open water. Since then the ice sheet has grown and the ship is now more than 13 miles from the sea.
That's a bit disingenuous, Cogs.
So there was a spike c 1997-8 but to claim that negates global warming since then ignores the fact that there has been a fairly steady climb since 1979...which is as early as this chart goes.
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- BMO report shows pricey Vancouver and Toronto housing markets weakening - Regina and Calgary still seeing solid price gains
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- Regina and Calgary still seeing solid price gains
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"Recent data show a divergence in home sales between most regions and the priciest markets," said Sal Guatieri, Senior Economist, BMO Capital Markets. "Both Vancouver and Toronto - which account for a combined one-quarter of the national population and home sales - are seeing sharply weaker sales and some softening in prices, and are vulnerable to a more material correction in the event of an unexpected jump in interest rates or drop in employment."
Mr. Guatieri noted that both the Vancouver and Toronto housing markets are having a bumpier ride than elsewhere in Canada. According to the report, Vancouver's sales have plunged 27 per cent year-over-year in the three months to October. With almost three new property listings for every one sold, buyers are sitting in the driver's seat, lowering prices 3 per cent since the spring.
Meanwhile, Toronto's housing boom is also cooling. Resale transactions declined 16 per cent year-over-year in the three months to October - and slightly faster in the first half of November - while prices are down 1 per cent since the spring. While prices in the detached market are still up 6.5 per cent year-over-year to October, the pace has slowed and appears to have eased further in November.
Mr. Guatieri noted that after a decade-long boom, the long-awaited soft landing appears to be underway in most markets. "In many provinces, while resales are down from last year, they remain healthy at near the past-decade mean. In fact, sales are still high in Saskatchewan and have strengthened in Alberta, the two fastest growing provinces. Similarly, while price growth has slowed, it is still positive, with a few cities - such as Regina and Calgary - showing solid gains."
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At Brooke's cabin, Bill rants about Caroline betraying family. He says no one does anything against his family without repercussions - especially a Spencer. Bill tells Brooke that Steffy is better for Liam. Brooke says they have to leave it up to them to figure out. She intones, "Seriously, Stallion, haven't you learned your lesson?" Brooke breaks the news that Hope kissed Liam and plans to fight for him. Bill rants about their lives going back into chaos. He doesn't think Caroline should have pushed this - all hell is going to break loose.
The Truth Changes Everything.
Hope and Steffy bicker over Liam, Bill reacts to Caroline's betrayal, and Caroline prepares to face Bill.
At Katie's house, Caroline tells Katie that she did exactly what Bill told her not to do. Katie wonders how the truth might affect Hope and Liam. Katie assures Caroline that it was a good thing that she encouraged Rick to come clean. Rick appears, saying he came so Caroline wouldn't have to face Bill alone. Rick tells Katie they've kept Bill's name out of it to preserve his relationship with Liam. Caroline hopes this will convince Bill of her loyalty. Katie goes upstairs, and Caroline walks Rick out, saying she'll wait for Bill. Inside, Katie flashes to Bill pledging to be a better man. Bill enters and pours a drink. Katie tells him she knows about Caroline and Rick. Bill says Brooke tipped him off. They bicker after Katie says it's a good thing. Bill doesn't want Hope messing with Liam's head again. Katie goes to feed Will. Bill steps outside and spots Caroline. He confronts her. "You betrayed me." Inside, Brooke arrives and confers with Katie, who is glad Caroline appears to have left - the mood Bill was in, she didn't want them coming face-to-face.
At home, Hope tells Steffy that the truth changes everything. Steffy says Bill won't be pleased about Caroline's betrayal. She tells Hope coming on to Liam won't make him forget what he has with her, and reminds Hope she didn't believe Liam or trust him. Hope says she's not giving up. She concedes that Steffy didn't manipulate her way into Liam's life or bed this time. Steffy says that's where they were when he told her she kissed him. They argue about their mothers. Hope says the choice is Liam's. Steffy says he's made it.
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In this investigation, we look at Pascal's Triangle in a slightly different way - rotated and with the top line of ones taken off.
Compare the numbers of particular tiles in one or all of these three designs, inspired by the floor tiles of a church in Cambridge.
We can arrange dots in a similar way to the 5 on a dice and they usually sit quite well into a rectangular shape. How many altogether in this 3 by 5? What happens for other sizes?
Charlie and Alison have been drawing patterns on coordinate grids. Can you picture where the patterns lead?
In this investigation, you are challenged to make mobile phone numbers which are easy to remember. What happens if you make a sequence adding 2 each time?
When number pyramids have a sequence on the bottom layer, some interesting patterns emerge...
Susie took cherries out of a bowl by following a certain pattern. How many cherries had there been in the bowl to start with if she was left with 14 single ones?
Investigate and explain the patterns that you see from recording just the units digits of numbers in the times tables.
These alphabet bricks are painted in a special way. A is on one brick, B on two bricks, and so on. How many bricks will be painted by the time they have got to other letters of the alphabet?
A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle contains 20 squares. What size rectangle(s) contain(s) exactly 100 squares? Can you find them all?
Can you dissect a square into: 4, 7, 10, 13... other squares? 6, 9, 12, 15... other squares? 8, 11, 14... other squares?
Investigate how you can work out what day of the week your birthday will be on next year, and the year after...
Cellular is an animation that helps you make geometric sequences composed of square cells.
Katie and Will have some balloons. Will's balloon burst at exactly the same size as Katie's at the beginning of a puff. How many puffs had Will done before his balloon burst?
Alison, Bernard and Charlie have been exploring sequences of odd and even numbers, which raise some intriguing questions...
A story for students about adding powers of integers - with a festive twist.
Can you find a way to identify times tables after they have been shifted up or down?
Reasoning about the number of matches needed to build squares that share their sides.
Which of these pocket money systems would you rather have?
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In 1997, with the creation of the BA / BS in Multidisciplinary Studies, ECU students were first able to obtain a baccalaureate degree with a concentration in Classics. This development brought to fruition the intention of the College of Arts and Sciences to make it possible for ECU students to pursue a degree in this oldest of the Humanities disciplines. The College's effort began in 1991, but the true origins of the Classics program date to the foundation of the University.
In his address inaugurating East Carolina Teachers Training School (ECTTS) in 1909, President Robert Wright (below front row right) said, half in earnest, that this new school was reminiscent of the vision of Pitt academy, established in 1786. That school featured a classical curriculum, as was the norm of the day, and was intended to prepare students for university and seminary. Indeed when North Carolina's State University opened at Chapel Hill in 1795, it had four faculty, the head of whom was a classicist, and the curriculum of the freshman and sophomore years was nearly exclusively devoted to reading the Latin and Greek classics in the original languages. A direct educational influence on the new Pitt Academy was the school at the former colonial capital in New Bern (its leading citizens and Governor Caswell were appointed to serve on the board of Pitt academy), which had a tradition of offering instruction in Greek, Latin and French. When Dr. Wright invoked the vision of Pitt academy, it was in remembrance of the state's first commitment to provide a liberal education to Eastern Carolina. That first curriculum had at its core the Greek and Latin classics, and the classics were to be part, at least, of the new University.
Since this was to be a teacher training school, it was the mission of ECTTS to provide not only the necessary education for teachers in the region, but also educational leadership, so that local school districts, principals, and teachers would have a model and a resource in Greenville. When the school first opened, there were 11 faculty, one of whom was a Latinist, Birdie McKinney (in the back row in black). A graduate of State Normal (Greensboro) and a teacher in the Greenville public schools, she was selected by Governor Jarvis for her mastery of subject and for her reputation as one of the best teachers in the state. She remained through 1921, during which period Latin was the only language offered. She was joined by Latin scholar Daisy Bailey Waitt from 1911-1917, a fellow alumna of State Normal, who attended Cornell and Columbia. She brought high standards, enthusiasm (she directed a 1916 production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream) and leadership: she helped establish a predecessor of the PTA, the "Greenville School Betterment Movement". And she seems to have regretted leaving Greenville so soon.
When, in 1921, ECTTS became East Carolina Teachers College (ECTC), a four-year, degree-granting institution, the Latin curriculum was admirable: two introductory seminars and then separate courses on Catullus, Terence, Tacitus' Annales XI-XVI, Virgil's Aeneid VII-XII, Pliny's Letters, and Latin teaching methods. In 1923 Ralph C. Deal was hired to teach French and Latin. He was a graduate of Davidson (BA, MA) and Union Theological Seminary (BD). Latin continued to be taught until its certification was revoked in 1932, after which it was phased out. This was part of a nationwide movement after WWI. The war, as wars in the past had done, created serious doubts about the relevance of "dead" languages. When Harvard dropped its Latin requirement, the rest of the country soon followed.
Latin was offered as an elective once again in 1964 when Luis Acévez joined the Spanish faculty. Able to speak several languages, including classical Greek and Latin, Professor Acévez kept interest in Latin alive for nearly 30 years. In the 1980s, he was assisted by Michael Bassman and Richard Hattendorf, Professors of French, who each taught a section of Latin in satisfaction of the two year general college requirement in Foreign Languages.
In other departments, interest in the other aspects of classical civilization flourished. In 1970, Anthony J. Papalas, a classically trained historian (PhD University of Chicago) was hired as Professor of Greek and Roman history. Through his efforts, a core of interested faculty formed for the purpose of promoting the Classics at ECU. In the Department of Philosophy, Eugene E. Ryan (PhB, PhL, PhD, Pontifical Gregorian University) joined the faculty in 1968, and served as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1982-90. With interests in ancient Greek philosophy and Renaissance Aristotelianism, he and Professor Papalas drew up a proposal for a program in Classics in the 1970s which was received favorably by the presiding Dean but not enacted. In the meantime, Professors Ryan and Papalas were instrumental in developing over many years a fine classical collection in Joyner Library.
When W. Keats Sparrow became Dean of the College in 1990, he began pursuing efforts to strengthen the Liberal Arts, to add intellectual depth to College curricula, and to acquire for the University a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. When Peter Standish became Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures in 1991, he proposed hiring a Latinist to free up Professors Acévez, Bassman and Hattendorf for other assignments. Professor Papalas and the Dean (who was himself a Housman scholar) envisioned a larger role for the Classics and its potential contribution to the goals of the College. The Dean immediately formed a Classical Studies Committee of Professors Papalas and Ryan together with McKay Sundwall of the Department of English, Michael Enright of the Department of History, Frances Daugherty of the School of Art and Associate Dean Byron Coulter, and named Prof. Papalas Chair. The charge of the committee was to form a Classical Studies Program based on the inter-disciplinary model of The College of William and Mary, whose program had two specialists, one in Latin, one in Greek, and employed existing courses and expertise to round out the program. A formal Minor in Classical Studies was formulated in 1991-92 and began in fall 1992.
(above: Anthony Papalas, Eugene Ryan, Steve Cerutti, John Stevens). In 1992, the Foreign Languages Department hired Steven M. Cerutti (PhD Duke University) whose enthusiasm in the promotion of Classics led to a number of developments. In 1993, at the urging of Professor Cerutti, the Classical Studies Committee, and the Dean, the Foreign Languages Department hired a Hellenist, John A. Stevens (PhD Duke University).
In 1993-94, Professors Cerutti and Stevens reformed the Latin and Greek curricula, instituting modern texts and standards, and created new courses including four years of Latin, three years of classical Greek, and courses in translation. In 1995 these were added to a revised Classical Studies Minor. Together with the Classical Studies Committee, they also sought authorization to plan a BA degree in Classics. The University endorsed the proposal for a BA, but the UNC General Administration, under pressure from the legislature, was trying to stem the proliferation of new small programs. In its place, in 1996, the UNC-GA proposed that such programs be administered from within a single BA / BS in Multidisciplinary Studies. Professor Cerutti was elected as its first Director from 1997-2001, and under his leadership, the number of students pursuing curricula in Classics grew steadily to the present level of a dozen minors, half a dozen majors, and two graduates per year in Classics. The relationship between the Classical Studies Program, administered by the Classical Studies Committee, and the Multidisciplinary Studies Program, administered by its committee, and the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (under which fall Latin and Greek instruction) has not always been easy to sort out. When the BA in Classics was proposed, there was some question as to whether it ought to be established within the Foreign Languages Dept. or, as was later decided, as a free-standing degree, around which the College might build a Department of Classics. Moreover, as part of the Classical Studies curriculum, courses in translation were created, and these belonged not to the Dept. of Foreign Languages, but to the interdisciplinary Classical Studies Committee. In large measure due to the attitude of the new Foreign Languages Chair, Sylvie Debevec-Henning, these roles have been sorted out, and there has arisen an appreciation of the mutual benefits of the relationship between Classics and Foreign Languages.
The successful promotion of the Classics was due to a combination of factors: Professor Cerutti offered beginning Greek every semester to establish its presence, and instituted highly popular courses in Etymology and Roman Topography which attract hundreds of students per semester; Professor Stevens worked on developing sound upper division curricula in the languages; and Professor Papalas chaired the program admirably, bringing to campus internationally recognized speakers, mentoring students, and assuring the competency of students in classical history. And even before the Multidisciplinary degree in 1997, the Program offered as much Latin and Greek to dedicated students as they wished to take. The first few students sent to graduate school were all the more to be admired because they had to satisfy requirements for other degrees while taking upper division Latin and Greek courses (agreed by students to be among the most challenging in the University) as electives. In effect, they were all double majors, and Professors Cerutti and Stevens taught double duty.
Although the Classical Studies Program lacks a department and its own baccalaureate degree, it has made the most of considerable opportunities made available to it. In 1996 it was formally incorporated by the College of Arts and Sciences by a charter. From 1995-98 Professor Ryan invited Classics faculty to participate in annual joint conferences on Renaissance Humanism with the University of Ferrara. The support of the College brought increased visibility to the Classics with the appointment of two Whichard Distinguished Visiting Professorships in the Humanities.
In 1997-98, Professor Roger A. Hornsby (PhD Princeton, Emeritus University of Iowa above left) offered seminars on Plato and Vergil to enthusiastic student response (2000 art graduate, Rachel Willoughby, above right, was so moved by his lecture on Aeneid Book VIII that she forged, as a gift to him, a bronze sculpture of Vulcan, the lame god of smithy, repairing his own leg). In 1998-99, the program was fortunate enough to bring in another eminent scholar, Professor Charles E. Fantazzi, (PhD Harvard, Emeritus University of Windsor, Ontario).
Professor Fantazzi is an internationally recognized author in the field of Humanistic Latin, and a Vergilian scholar trained by Wendell Claussen. During the year he served as Whichard Chair he offered seminars in classical lyric poetry and Dante. He has been invited to remain on the faculty as Thomas Hariot Distinguished Visiting Professor of Classics and Great Books. Through his good offices, the program in Great Books has a classical foundation with seminars each fall, Italian has been reintroduced into the curriculum, and the Classics program has enjoyed ties to faculty in Medieval and Renaissance Studies and indeed to distinguished Humanists worldwide.
In the late 1990's, demand for instruction in classics grew strong enough that Professors Cerutti, Stevens and Fantazzi alone were not able to meet the demands of teaching all the levels of Latin, Greek, Italian and courses in translation. From 1994-2002 Professor William Seavey (PhD UNC Chapel Hill), with a background in Classical rhetoric and historiography, taught elementary languages as well as providing specialized courses and one-on-one instruction.
In 2002, the program was joined by Prof. John Given (PhD Michigan), whose background in the Greek Enlightenment is complemented by his expertise in Michigan's unique method of elementary language instruction, and a serious interest in Musical Comedy. The program also welcomed Tricia Wilson-Okamura, a dissertating graduate student at the University of Chicago as part-time lecturer in Greek, and David Wilson-Okamura, editor of virgil.org, to the English faculty. In 1999, the program began maintaining a web page (www.ecu.edu/classics), and in 2000, an ECU Digital Resource Collection pilot project was begun to make Professor Cerutti's excellent slide collection (much of it inherited from the noted Roman topographer, Lawrence Richardson jr.) available on the world wide web in support of his Roman Topography course.
On March 31, 2001, the Classics program hosted the spring meeting of the North Carolina Classical Association. Latin teachers and university faculty from all over the state came to attend a panel on Vergil and the Vergilian tradition, and were impressed both by what the program has been able to achieve in an inter- / multi-disciplinary environment, and by the continuing support the program enjoys from the College. Latin teachers from all over Eastern Carolina once again expressed interest in working more closely with ECU, and asked the program to provide leadership in continuing education in this part of the state. Graduates of the program are beginning to express interest in teaching Latin in the area schools, and President Wright's intentions for ECTTS seem, like the "dead" languages themselves, to be enjoying renewed relevance.
The location of the original Latin programs of ECTTS and ECTC are unknown. Professor Papalas administered the modern Classical Studies Program from his office, A 321 Brewster. And the Latin and Greek faculty hold appointments in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures located in the Bate Building, where the current director resides (at left).
Cerutti, Steven M.
Enright, Michael.
Fantazzi, Charles E.
Papalas, Anthony J.
Ryan, Eugene.
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In September 2012, the Government Printing Office engaged CRL to undertake an audit of FDsys, the GPO's digital repository for U.S. federal government publications. Permanent access to U.S. federal government publications is vital to researchers in the humanities and social sciences, and many CRL libraries have a special interest in the durability of the FDsys repository as participants in the Federal Depository Library Program.
In December, the GPO terminated its contract with CRL for the audit because of the federal budgetary constraints connected with the "fiscal cliff" and subsequent sequestration.
CRL continues to consider the long-term integrity and accessibility of information and documentation produced by the U.S. federal government in print and electronic formats a high priority, and in the coming months will work with its community to ensure that viable strategies are in place to achieve those objectives. More information on this effort will be forthcoming from CRL shortly.


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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Country Cottages Block Three!
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Oh ya..this one has to be my favorite! Both my Grams were Irish so have always celebrated St. Patrick's Day. In my family..you must wear green!! I plan to make all these blocks using greens through out as Irish Cottages!ReplyDelete
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Nod to the classic stylings of H.R. Giger with your feet, in these slick-as-hell Alexander McQueen beauties! These were created in 2010, and it's a shame we're just discovering the face-hugging resemblance now. We love them so hard we want to cover them in KY Jelly and wave them in Sigourney Weaver's face.
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VILNIUS (Reuters) - Work will pick up after Germany's elections to set up a European agency that can order the restructuring or closure of any euro zone bank, the head of group's finance ministers Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Saturday.
The agency, called the Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM), is to complement the European Central Bank as part of a banking union that will break the vicious circle between weak banks and indebted governments.
The ECB is to take up its new responsibilities in autumn of 2014 and EU policymakers are now planning to have the resolution body - which would also have a fund - ready on January 1, 2015.
Until then, bank resolution would be governed by a set of common rules for all national authorities called the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive.
But the timetable appears optimistic because Germany is adamant that to create a true resolution agency, the European Union needs to change its fundamental law, the EU treaty. This would be a lengthy and politically risky process.
Germany holds elections on September 22 and officials say Berlin is unlikely to be ready to seek a compromise before. Dijsselbloem appeared to share that view.
"There hasn't actually been a debate on how it can be solved. As of next month, I think we should have that debate and have it in depth and work on solutions," Dijsselbloem told reporters on entering talks of EU finance ministers.
"We're still on schedule. There was always the plan that the SRM proposal would come this summer. It did. And it was always the plan that we would finalize the discussions at the end of this year and we will," he said.
"In a week and a half the world might look different already," he said in a clear reference to the vote in Germany.
To avoid a change of the EU treaty, the European Commission proposed in July that it could become the resolution agency itself. But Germany and several other countries oppose that because it would mean the transfer of great new powers to the EU executive arm, which is already overseeing competition issues.
Elke Koenig, president of the German financial watchdog Bafin, criticized the Commission proposal in an article due to be published in German magazine WirtschaftsWoche on Monday.
"Brussels' plan, under which the ECB will in future make proposals for restructuring banks, the EU Commission will decide on whether to wind them down and the individual state must bear the consequences, is half-baked," she said.
"It encroaches on ownership rights, which could burden taxpayers. That lacks a solid legal basis," she said.
Legal work on the first pillar of the banking union, the ECB supervision of around 130 euro zone banking groups or about 80 percent of the banking sector in Europe, was completed last week, allowing the ECB to start technical preparations.
Additional reporting by Michelle Martin in Berlin; writing by Jan Strupczewski; editing by James Jukwey


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Prince Harry is ready to spoil his niece or nephew-to-be rotten! Speaking to reporters in a pre-taped series of interviews from Afghanistan, where he has been deployed with the Royal Air Force for four months, the royal, 28, finally got to share his thoughts on sister-in-law Kate Middleton's pregnancy.
"I'm thrilled for both of them," Prince William's little brother said. "It's about time. I can't wait to be an uncle." The red-haired royal wasn't quite so thrilled that Middleton, 31, and his brother, 30, had to announce their news earlier than expected — thanks to Middleton's much-covered hospitalization due to acute morning sickness early on.
"I think it was very unfair that they were forced to publicize it when they weren't ready, but that's just the media for you," Harry griped. "I literally am very very happy for them, but I hope she and him, mainly Catherine, hopefully gets the necessary protection to allow her as a mother, to be able to enjoy the privacy."
Harry also revealed he "had a chat" with his brother and sister-in-law about the happy news. "I spoke to my brother and her — both very well and very happy."
Before Harry's deployment, of course, all eyes were on the so-called "spare heir," and his shocking nude photo scandal that emerged after a wild late August weekend in Las Vegas.
"I probably let myself down," he said. "I let my family down, I let other people down." Still, Harry says of the incident: "At the end of the day, I was in a private area and there should be a certain amount of privacy . . . The way I was treated by [the media] I don't think is acceptable."
Harry's tour of duty concluded on Monday, and he departed Afghanistan on Monday — with a royal source telling Us Weekly exclusively that he's stopping for breather in Cyprus before returning to London later this week.
Did the royal shoot at members of the Taliban during his time there? "Yeah, so lots of people have," he said. "Everyone's fired a certain amount . . . We fire when we have to, take a life to save a life, but essentially we're more of a deterrent than anything else."
"Our job out here is to make sure the guys are safe on the ground," he explained. "Now if that means shooting at someone who's shooting at them, then we'll do it. Take a life to save a life. That's what we revolve around, I suppose. If there's people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, then we'll take them out of the game. I suppose."
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"I spent a day riding with some of the Forum younglings this past year at Mammoth-it stoked me out how consistent Blauvelt was off of the jumps. I saw him over at June Mountain the next day and watched him clear a massive hip jump. I got really stoked the kid rode for us! Ha ha."-Peter Line


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We all love a wagon. And we're fortunate because the Europeans do sports wagons better than anybody. However, the US market doesn't overwhelming share our affinity, making wagon sales hard to come by.
Undeterred by Audi's decision to eradicate the A4 Avant and only offer the allroad to wagon aficionados, the F31 BMW 328i Sports Wagon will go on sale next Spring. It's the third generation for US buyers but the fifth in total since sadly the E30 and E36 Touring never officially made it here.
You may already know the story of BMW's wagon history: it began after an employee built one at home based on the E30. The concept later won favor with management and was accepted for production.
However, the carmaker is realistic about US sales: numbers haven't moved much since 2001; with 70% sold in just five states, California being the biggest single market. But that simply means the majority of American drivers have never experienced the wonders of this versatile platform with engaging performance and good economy, preferring clumsy SUVs and crossovers.
With a small audience, it doesn't make economic sense to homologate lots of different versions, so the F31 Wagon comes in one delicious flavor. It gets the glorious 240hp N20 two-liter four-cylinder turbo engine that pulls hard and revs cleanly. However, you can forget about a manual. Instead, you'll make do with the wonderful eight-speed automatic that shifts like butter, with close ratios to get you to 62mph in 6sec, and enough cogs to exceed 30mpg highway (EPA figures imminent).
While we might dream of a stripped-down manual wagon, in reality, not enough people would buy one to warrant the crash-testing. That said, this 328i wagon is a delight to drive. We found no handling compromises or comfort issues, despite its different spring and damper rates required to compensate for heavy loads. In fact, we managed to induce a little oversteer, which the electronic power steering was perfectly weighted to deal with. This car was every bit as entertaining as the 328i sedan we drove at its Laguna Seca launch, making it a great choice if you need to carry cargo.
If you insist on a six-speed manual, you'll want to wait for the xDrive version, which is aimed specifically at New England customers who appreciate the superior traction in winter.
From a packaging perspective, all 3 Series wagons are on the small side, swapping style for ultimate utility. It boasts only 35cuft with the 40/20/40 rear-seat split.
The cargo area has a clever stowage system with a floor net and straps, tie-down eyes, underfloor storage and a cubby to store the luggage compartment cover when you need the extra capacity. The net can be configured in different ways and there's a ski door in the rear seats for greater flexibility. Add an electric tailgate, rear power socket, roof rails and panoramic sunroof, and you're prepared for any situation.
The rest of the standard equipment will leave you breathless when you list it to your neighbor: 6.3" flastscreen with iDrive controller, USB port, Bluetooth, auto stop/start, Dynamic Driving Control with Eco Pro mode to aid fuel economy and Sport+ mode, brake regeneration and air curtains. You could also add optional heads up display, navigation, park assist, lane departure and BMW Apps to stream internet radio and Facebook updates.
Every 3 Series has a spec list that reads like a 7 Series from three years ago. These cars are astonishingly advanced.
As with every 3, you can order it in Modern, Luxury, Sport or M Sport lines, each bringing different emphasis to interior and exterior trim, as well as suspension and wheel options.
Inevitably, we'd be tempted by a black 328i Sport Wagon with M Sport line adaptive suspension that sits 10mm lower on 19" wheels. It would be a sweet alternative to an otherwise dull Japanese crossover.
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(WIRED) -- Last month, when Zack Ajmal was planning a vacation to Italy, he set out to find the first thing that a traveler would need in a foreign land: a map. But digital maps of Rome and Venice for his Garmin GPS device cost almost $100. So instead, Ajmal turned to OpenStreet Map, a community-driven maps database.
A user-edited map of cycling routes in Perth, Australia, available on OpenStreetMap's site.
"It worked out pretty well," the Atlanta-based engineer says. "I found Open MTB, which had outdoor hiking and cycling maps with not just roads information, but also trails, short cuts and little known routes."
Ajmal is among roughly half a million users who are eschewing proprietary maps information from GPS companies and instead going with crowdsourced versions, which they then load onto their GPS devices and smartphones.
The key to these map hacks is OpenStreetMap. Founded in 2004, OSM is to maps what Wikipedia is to encyclopedias. The site offers maps that can be edited, customized and loaded on to devices for free. Want to go whitewater rafting but need to know where the rapids are? There's a map for that. Or to know all the interesting points along the river Nile? There's a map for that. And it's all based on the OpenStreetMap data.
"The value is that it is a richer map with more up-to-date information because anyone can fix things," says Steve Coast, one of the founders of OpenStreetMap. "Users get access to the underlying data and not just a picture of the maps."
Consumer map data is currently a duopoly split between two mapping providers: Nokia's Navteq and TomTom's Tele Atlas. The two provide the mapping data that powers almost all commercial map applications and devices. But maps from these providers are extremely restrictive in how they can be used.
Want a map of the best hiking trails in the country or a walking tour of Rome? Traditional GPS services can't offer that. For adventurous geeks that calls for a DIY fix.
"OSM maps are a little new on the scene," says Rich Owings, who runs the GPStracklog.com website and is the author of the book GPS Mapping. "Most people in the U.S. were not using them until recently, but now there are iPhone apps based on it."
Getting OpenStreetMap is easier on some devices than others. In Garmin systems, it's as simple as taking one of the available maps and dropping it into a folder on the device.
"It's really hard to mess up your GPS doing this," says Owings. "And if you have questions you can always ask the community to help you out." Owings says he loaded maps of Ecuador on his Garmin unit in about 30 minutes. "It's not as clean of a map as one you can get from the Garmin store but they are pretty wonderful and have very good coverage."
For TomTom systems, getting OpenStreetMap can be a more difficult process. TomTom uses a proprietary mapping format, says Coast. That means a tricky process of converting OpenStreetMap into a TomTom-compatible format.
OpenStreetMap has also been used to create iPhone apps such as MotionX, which is targeted at hikers, skiers and bikers; B.iCycle, a cyclometer that shows burned calories, trip distance and trails; and ATM@UK, which shows all ATM locations in Great Britain.
The OpenStreetMap project is a cartographer's dream come true, says Randal Hale, who has a GIS consulting business. Hale has created custom maps for a few clients using OpenStreetMap and has put OSM-generated maps on his Garmin unit.
"With the professional mapping software, I have to purchase a license to use their version, which is expensive and I can't use the data for analysis," says Hale. "With OpenStreetMap, I download it, make cartographic edits and hopefully I have made it better for the next user."
Meanwhile, traditional navigation companies are also reaching out to users for help on data. For instance, Nokia kicked off a pilot project at the University of California at Berkeley to collect traffic information through GPS-enabled cellphones. Users could download the software for free and use it to check on road conditions on their phones.
At the same time, the software would report data about its users' positions to a central database, enabling the researchers to assemble traffic data in real time. Google has also said it will add nationwide real-time traffic data to its maps by collecting anonymous location data from Google Maps users.
Still, community-created maps and navigation information remains a small niche, appealing only to "GPS techies" who are willing to take risks, says Owings. "There's not a lot of public awareness because many people don't even know they can do this with their Garmin or cellphone," he says.
But if you are planning to go to Berlin later this year, take a look at the OpenStreetMap site. Germany is expected to become the first country in the site's database to be fully mapped by contributors.
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Mito Uzumaki (うずまきミト, Uzumaki Mito) was a kunoichi who originated from Uzushiogakure's Uzumaki clan and later married into Konohagakure's Senju clan. She was also the first jinchūriki of Kurama, the Nine-Tails.
The Uzumaki and Senju clans — being distant relatives — has always had close ties. Mito ended up marrying Hashirama Senju, who would help found Konohagakure and became the village's First Hokage.[1]
During her husband's battle against Madara Uchiha at the Valley of the End, Hashirama at some point gained control of Kurama. To gain power for her husband, Mito used a fūinjutsu to seal Kurama within herself, becoming the tailed beast's first jinchūriki.[2] Despite the seal's strength, it almost broke at some later point when she was going through childbirth.[3] Eventually, her husband died in war, and Mito was left a widow.
Towards the final years of her life, it was decided that a new host for Kurama would have to be found. Kushina Uzumaki, one of Mito's clansmen, was then selected for the role due to her special chakra. Terrified by the idea of having been taken from her home to become a jinchūriki, Mito comforted her, and before told Kushina that in order to counter the Nine-Tails' hatred, she needed to fill herself with love.[4] Some time after this, the beast was presumably extracted from within Mito and sealed into Kushina.
Personality Edit
Mito seemed to be a very calm and composed individual with a dignified air about her. She also had a strong sense of duty to her husband and the village as seen when she turned herself into a jinchūriki by sealing the Nine-Tails into herself in order to gain power for her husband.[2] During the time when Kushina discovered that she was to be made a jinchūriki, Mito comforted her, and told her about how to cope with being a jinchūriki.[4]
Appearance Edit
Mito had long, bright-red hair and large, pupiless eyes. She wore an elaborate, high-collared kimono with the Uzushiogakure symbol on the back of the obi which was tied around her waist. Her hair was arranged in buns with hair pins in them and three clips in the front. She also wore a dark shade of red lipstick and had a violet-coloured diamond mark on her forehead — similar to that of her granddaughter Tsunade. She also wore tags with kanji written on them in her hair decals. In her old age, her hair had grown much longer some of which she allowed to hang into her back (in the anime her hair was depicted as maroon in her old age).[5] She, however, maintained the two buns in her hair and wore a simple loose fitting kimono held closed by a simple dark-coloured obi.
Abilities Edit
Not much is known about her fighting skills, but Kushina hailed her as a powerful kunoichi. She was shown to be exceptional at fūinjutsu, being able to seal the entirety of Kurama within herself. Also, in becoming a jinchūriki, she had access to extraordinary reserves of strong chakra. Due to being a member of the Uzumaki clan, Mito had the potential to live an exceptionally long life. This was seen in part from her having lived her adult life through the reign of the first three Hokage. Like Naruto, Mito also had the ability to sense negative emotions due to her control over the fox's power.[6]
Legacy Edit
Mito made great contributions in the way of protecting Konohagakure after becoming the beast's jinchūriki. She was also the one who realised that in order to counter Kurama's ability to overwhelm his jinchūriki with negative emotions, thus taking control of them, love was needed. This was information she passed on to Kushina Uzumaki which in part helped the young woman to be able to subdue the beast within her and later helped Naruto Uzumaki to subjugate the beast.
Trivia Edit
- Mito's name may be taken from the name of the capital of one of the prefectures in Japan.


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Chicago's first triple homicide of the year was logged last week in South Shore, which has recorded more homicides this year than any Chicago community area, a RedEye analysis of preliminary police data found.
Three men, ages 16, 23 and 27, were shot to death Oct. 9 in the 6700 block of South Chappel Avenue, police said.
South Shore has logged 28 homicides so far this year. Austin, Chicago's largest community area, this year has recorded the second-most homicides--23--, RedEye determined.
South Shore logged 20 homicides in 2012 and 17 homicides in 2011, according to RedEye data.
Meanwhile, a double homicide was recorded Wednesday in Roseland. Two men were shot to death in the 10500 block of South Lafayette Avenue, the Tribune reported.
Gunshot homicides were logged in the last week in Austin, Chatham, Washington Heights and West Garfield Park, RedEye found.
Eighteen homicides have been recorded so far this month. Forty-one homicides were logged in October 2012, according to RedEye data.


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Revision as of 21:46, October 19, 2012Almost half of the Boy Scout Merit Badges require prior counselor approval for certain requirements. The rest do not: " Any Boy Scout may earn any merit badge at any time...You are expected to meet the requirements as they are stated—no more and no less." - Boy Scout Requirements p. 22 - 23.
|— Merit Badge Policies pp.22-23