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AirVenture 2010: Avgas — Top 'Er Off with 100 Gallons of Muddled Message
In a moment of absolute delusional optimism, when I left for Oshkosh last week, I secretly thought that AirVenture would, at long last, produce the briefest, shining glimpses of clarity about a replacement for 100LL. My wild fantasy was that a path out of the mire would at least become visible, if not negotiable.
Sadly, just the opposite has happened thus far, leaving me to wonder if anyone in our government is even remotely capable of getting anything never mind everything into the same sock. When I got back to our press trailer Tuesday evening after an industry fuels briefing, waiting in my inbox was a press release from AOPA quoting EPA as saying essentially that it hasn't set a timeline for eliminating 100LL and, anyway, it doesn't have the authority to do that.
Huh? In other words, is the EPA saying, hey, just kiddin'�we can't do anything about that nasty old lead in your fuel? Here's the exact quote from Margo Tsirigotis Oge, director of EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality: "EPA has not established or proposed any date by which lead emissions from aircraft operating on leaded avgas would need to be reduced. In fact EPA does not have authority to control aviation fuels." You can judge for yourself what this statement means. Don't get your pants snagged on parsing "control aviation fuels." EPA has full statutory control over the components that go into avgas, not the gas itself. I'll let you apply your own metric about how disingenuous that statement really is.
So along comes FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt on Wednesday with this quote: "�We've had some pretty good discussions with the EPA. They've been cooperative and helpful. The EPA of course has the ability and they have the statutory authority, in fact, to say there will be no more lead in fuel..." Just in case you think we're making this up, here's the link to the video. I think Babbitt's statement is clear, unambiguous and correct. I don't think the question that prompted the quote was a blindside. I do think his support staff failed him in not informing him about what EPA said on Tuesday because I'm sure he would like to have known that what he was saying was in direct conflict with what EPA said the day before. We asked the FAA's PR team with a follow-up with Babbitt and they said they'd take it under advisement. But I'm not sure he could make his view any clearer than he did. Unless he says the flight safety card trumps all and that the EPA can be made to agree that continuing use of lead--like forever--is a worthy tradeoff between environmental threat and air safety. I don't hear anyone saying that. Yet.
To describe this as a muddled message is to give a bad name to the very word muddled. But the larger consideration is even worse. AOPA's headline on the press release said this: "EPA Tells GA Avgas Coalition That the Agency Is Committed to Working with Industry, Sets No Deadline for Unleaded Avgas." This notion was also advanced at the fuel briefing on Tuesday and it is exactly the wrong message to be sending now.
I know why it is being sent. It's a tamp down�an attempt to keep owners from panicking about fuel availability. But the way the message is likely to be interpreted is�don't worry, be happy. We've got another 20-year waiver. We've got plenty of time to solve this problem. AOPA shouldn't be behind this message, although it's right to try to seek just the right tone between complacency and panic. I recognize that this is not easy, but having the EPA essentially imply that well, there really is no deadline is just setting up the industry for a bigger fall two or three years from now. We've got to stop doing this and step up meeting this challenge.
As the Clean 100-Octane Coalition's Jon Sisk told me Wednesday, if we're going to attract innovators and entrepreneurs to risk capital to build the new fuels, we can't do that by (a) having government agencies express diametrically opposed policy statements and (b) having our own industry groups sign on to this in order to minimize the problem for the short term. If you want a bigger mess, just keep putting this off.
Can't we do any better than this? My view is that we as users, owners and operators ought to challenge the FAA and EPA to give clearer, more consistent policy statements. I didn't see that this week.


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Demon possession has swept through Glace's neighboring kingdom, turning humans into hellhounds. These great, fanged wolves are wild, desperate, and hungry. Only the sworn Hunters have kept them back for five long, bloody years. At the young age of fifteen, Belle LeClair became a Hunter. She no longer remembers how many hounds she's killed, or how many friends she's buried. Still, Belle leads the hunt till a tragedy forces her deep into the dark kingdom. Her heart will be turned, her loyalty tested— and fate will intervene. Amid a backdrop of Steampunk inventions and a harsh winter landscape, The Beast is a re-imagining of the infamous love between a beauty and a beast.
Can love thrive in a kingdom of secrets? Rumors of King Aleksander abound, sowing seeds of fear and doubt among the populace. Worse, there's only so much Belle can do to repair the damage caused by the former Bishop's fear-mongering. With challenges and new enemies threatening, the couple will have to prove the strength of their love. Of course, a cure for the king and his cursed people could solve everything. It may be as simple as reaching out to the right scientists, or maybe it's all beyond the ingenuity of man. Tensions mount as old foes refuse to stay dead and unexpected revelations leave the future uncertain. But ultimately, it's the half-truths that could lead to heartbreak. The Beauty is the second book in The Hunter Legends, a re-imagining of the infamous love between a beauty and a beast.
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Twelve years in a small, rural school district have provided me a variety of educational experiences. A native of Naselle (pronounced nay-sell), I have done everything from mowing the grass and fixing computers during my college summers, teaching science and mathematics to elementary, middle and high school students, to my current position of business manager and serving as one of the principals in the Naselle-Grays River Valley School District.
I have always had a passion for technology and its implications for both teaching and learning. For example, two years ago I wrote a grant which funded a 1:1 iPad initiative for Naselle's ninth and tenth grade classes. Today grades 9-12 are 1:1 with iPads. Students utilize the iPad in most all of their classes and technology is very much integrated into the school. I also oversee our online Alternative Learning Experience school which has a larger student population than our regular brick and mortar school. Currently, I am working with Michigan State University to bring online Mandarin Chinese to students across Washington.
Technology plays an important role in student learning, and principals have great ability and responsibility to influence technology utilization in their schools. This is one of the reasons I am pursuing a doctorate degree at SPU. My research interests include the role principals and superintendents play in positively and effectively integrating technology into K-12 education. My future educational goals include a superintendency and/or professorship working in education technology leadership.
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Global Lessons, The GPS Road Map for Making Immigration Work
Aired June 16, 2012 - 20:00 ET
FAREED ZAKARIA, CNN HOST: Welcome to a GPS special, "Global Lessons: The GPS Road Map for Making Immigration Work." I'm Fareed Zakaria. Immigrants founded America hundreds of years ago coming to the promised land in search of freedom and opportunity and pursuit of the American dream. Today, many Americans see immigrants as a danger to that dream. They worry that immigrants are taking their jobs, using government services, changing the country's national identity. The average American believes that 39 percent of the U.S. population was born abroad. The real figure is 13 percent. Still, the highest level since 1920. Immigration is divisive. A wedge issue in this election year. But most Americans, 73 percent of Americans, agree that the government is doing a poor job of managing immigration. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg calls our approach to immigration suicidal. So how should we handle immigration? Does anyone do it better? In this hour, and in a "TIME" magazine essay, we'll journey to Japan, Europe and Canada. We'll find out what they're doing right, what they're doing wrong, and what we can learn. First, let's visit a country with one of the strictest immigration policies in the world. A place that has tight control of its borders, few illegal immigrants, and a strong, coherent national identity. What are the effects of keeping foreigners out? Let's get started. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA (voice-over): Japan's economy was once the envy of the world. Now it's limping along, projected to grow less than 2 percent a year over the next five years. Here's one possible reason. The nation's population is shrinking, dramatically. Japan's current population is around 127 million. It's on pace to be just 90 million by 2050, a drop-off of almost a third. The nation is also ageing. Almost one in four people are 65 or older, making Japan the oldest country on earth. ROBERT GUEST, THE ECONOMIST: By 2040, the median age in Japan will be higher than the median age in Palm Springs, which is a retirement resort. ZAKARIA: Robert Guest, the business editor of the "The Economist" is the author of "Borderless Economics," a fascinating read on migration and the world economy. Japan's aging, shrinking society, he says, faces an alarming labor shortage. GUEST: It's just incredible. I mean, they don't -- they literally do not have the people to man the schools. Can you imagine why the dynamism of a society that's that old, that has so few young, active brains coming up with new ideas? ZAKARIA: There's a simple solution, he says. Open the borders and invite more immigrants. But Japan has historically been closed off to outsiders. It has a foreign-born population of less than 2 percent. Six times smaller than America's percentage. GUEST: They don't have the idea that you can become Japanese. And they don't have the idea that you can solve some of the country's chronic labor problems by importing foreign hands. ZAKARIA: For example, in the health care sector, Japan is estimated to be short almost 900,000 workers by 2025. It started to invite foreign nurses, including Robia Manaf (ph) from Indonesia. Manaf arrived four years ago in Japan, but before she could start practicing she had to endure months of training. With no guarantee that she could stay. Japan's nursing proficiency exam is notoriously difficult. GUEST: They expect them to have a totally unrealistic level of expertise in written Japanese, which frankly is very difficult to learn. ZAKARIA: Since 2008, close to 600 foreign nurses have come to Japan. And only 66 have passed the test. Manaf was one of the lucky few. ROBIA MANAF, NURSE (Through Translator: I was really happy, but, on the other hand, I thought, that's really terrible. My friends over here, they didn't pass. Even though we had studied together. ZAKARIA: Japan's health ministry has made the test easier, adding some English translations. But critics still say it is unreasonable. GUEST: It should be good enough that they're able to communicate verbally with people. And that they're able to read the words that they need to know for the tools of their trade. It works perfectly well in other countries. ZAKARIA: What's more, it isn't just foreign workers who run into trouble. In some cases, it's immigrants who have been living in Japan for decades. In 1990, facing a labor shortage, Japan gave ethnic Japanese from South America long-term resident status, filling gaps in its work force. GUEST: They said, well, we don't really want to let foreigners in. But there's some people who are kind of Japanese. Maybe we should let some of them come in and do the jobs. And so they let in some people from Brazil. ZAKARIA: Japanese Brazilians filled manufacturing jobs and became the third largest minority in Japan. But in 2009, with unemployment running high, Japan actually offered them money to leave the country. $3,000 for each worker and $2,000 for each dependent to cover travel expenses. Masami and Lusinade Miabi (ph) have lived in Japan for over two decades. Their three daughters were all born here. UNIDENTIFIED MALE (Through Translator): I thought for my part, they didn't need people like me here anymore. ZAKARIA: To add insult to injury, anyone who took the offer couldn't come back to Japan with the resident status they once had. The flight was essentially a one-way ticket. The government says it was only trying to help unemployed Japanese Brazilians. They stopped offering the deal and are reconsidering the resident status of those who took the money. But so far nothing has changed. GUEST: They've got this crazy idea that if you pay these people to go away that will make everyone else richer. That's simply not true. ZAKARIA: So if Japan won't let in immigrants, what is it doing about its labor shortage? It's encouraging families to have more children. Giving them $165 a month for each child. But that hasn't been enough to inspire a growth spurt. Another solution? GUEST: They're even going to the stage of saying, well, if we can't get any actual human beings to look after our old people, we're going to have to try and design robots who can do it. Is that an adequate alternative to the human touch? So far, I think not. (END VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: If Japan suffers a cost for not taking in immigrants, the next place we'll visit carried out one of the most dramatic migration experiments in history. How is it doing? Find out next. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: Japan's closed-off approach to immigrants is a losing strategy. And their economy is suffering for it. Europe faces a similar demographic crisis, but it is trying a more open approach to immigration. How's that going? (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA (voice-over): It's easy to forget that the European Union itself is one of the most ambitious migration experiments in history. Half a billion people are allowed to roam freely within the EU's borders. Many predicted that swarms of people from poorer nations like Poland and Romania would move to rich countries like Germany and France. That never happened. Only 3 percent of working age EU citizens live in a different EU country. But the EU has not dealt well with immigrants from outside its borders. There's been a nasty political backlash. With anti- immigrant parties thriving in Greece, the Netherlands and France. Rather than rejecting these extremists, Europe's mainstream politicians have pandered to them. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British prime minister David Cameron, and Chancellor Angela Merkel have all declared that multiculturalism in their countries is a failure. CEM OZDEMIR, GERMANY'S GREEN PARTY: They all agree multiculturalism is dead. It's amazing that they agree on that, but they do not agree when it comes to euro and other issues. ZAKARIA: Cem Ozdemir, born in Germany to Turkish migrant workers is now the head of the country's left-leaning Green Party. OZDEMIR: If you say we're not a multicultural society, it automatically forces me to ask, so what are we then? Are we a one- color society? Certainly not. I don't think anybody really wants to go back to the '50s. ZAKARIA: One person who does, Thilo Sarrazin. A former board member of Germany's central bank. In 2010 he released an anti-immigration rant called "Germany Does Away with Itself." "I don't want the country of my grandchildren and great grandchildren to be largely Muslim," he wrote. "If I want to experience that, I can just take a vacation to the Orient." The book was a runaway best-seller. OZDEMIR: And that, I think, was a clear warning to the political class, to the elite of this country, that out there something is growing which is not very nice. ZAKARIA: It's not just words. Violence against immigrants is a big concern in Germany. One particularly horrific act in the '90s inspired Ozdemir to run for office. A Turkish woman's home was fire bombed, killing five of her family members. OZDEMIR: I met her. And I promised to myself in the next German parliament, which was elected 1994, somebody from that community has to be represented. ZAKARIA: Ozdemir became the first ethnic Turkish member of parliament at age 28. Now he helps his nation to answer a very basic question. What does it mean to be German? OZDEMIR: Can you be a German and have a head scarf at the same time? Can you be a German and practice Islam at the same time? And after 9/11, that became more different. ZAKARIA: Germany's government has made an effort to better integrate Muslims with the rest of the population. Meeting with Muslim leaders at an annual German Islam Conference since 2006. And there's an intriguing effort in one of the nation's universities to reach out to Germany's imam's. DR. RAUL JALON, PROFESSOR: The imam role has changed in Germany. ZAKARIA: Dr. Raul Jalon (ph), a professor of British studies, interviewed hundreds of imams and found that the vast majority of them are immigrants and don't speak German. But the radical imams often do speak the language, like the ultraconservative Salafis. JALON: Fundamentalists, Salafi's groups, for example, are very, very attractive for youth people because they can speak German. They know the reality of the Muslim teenagers. ZAKARIA: So Jalon started a program for moderate imams to help them better understand Germany. Salih al-Janabi (ph), an imam from Lubbock, is learning about Germany's education and health care systems along with other aspects of German life. He hopes to apply that knowledge to help the people in his mosque. SALIH AL-JANABI, IMAM (Through Translator): You have to also explain that life here in Germany is different from the life in their home country. ZAKARIA: Other imams in the program have taken field trips to the legislature for a civics lesson and visited a synagogue to learn about Judaism. They've gained a much deeper understanding of Germany's culture. JALON: It's a learning process for both sides. For Muslim community and for the government and for the German society, of course. (END VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: Germany is certainly making strides. But throughout Europe, immigrants feel alienated and the native-born population feels overwhelmed by foreign influences. Is there any nation out there that's getting immigration right? We'll show you one, when we come back. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: If Japan's strict immigration policy serves as a cautionary tale and Europe's experiment is still a work in progress, then perhaps the next country on this GPS road trip is a place that's getting it right. I'm talking about Canada, a nation with more foreign-born per capita than America. A nation that now has the most successful set of immigration policies in the world. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA (voice-over): If you have never been to Calgary, you might know it for its annual stampede. Ten days of cowboys, rodeos. Last year, the royals. And, of course, its Muslim, cowboy hat wearing mayor. What? Who? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The great thing about Calgary is nobody thinks it's funny that a guy who looks like me in a cowboy hat is sometimes the image of this city. People just accept that. ZAKARIA: When Naheed Nenshi became the first Muslim mayor of a major Canadian city in 2010 -- NAHEED NENSHI, CALGARY MAYOR: Yes. Yes. ZAKARIA: -- he shattered Calgary's redneck stereotype. NENSHI: When I was running for office it was only people who were not from here who said, whoa, is Calgary ready for a mayor like that? The people from Calgary just said, yes, it's a kid from the east end. We know him. ZAKARIA: And Calgary is getting used to seeing new faces. Erica Rodriguez is a chemical engineer who had seven years of work experience in her native Bogota, Colombia. ERICA RODRIGUEZ, CHEMICAL ENGINEER: I was looking for better opportunities for my career. ZAKARIA: She lives in Calgary now and is a project engineer for a consulting firm in the oil and gas business. An industry that's booming throughout western Canada. RODRIGUEZ: I was looking better quality of life, different quality of life. And being both in a multicultural society with equal opportunity for everybody. ZAKARIA: Canada may not have the cache the U.S. does. But "The Economist" business editor Robert Guest says it holds great appeal for would-be immigrant immigrants. GUEST: Canada offers many of the same thing that America does. Very high standard of living. The rule of law, peace, safety. ZAKARIA: Canada is even more appealing to immigrants with something to offer. A hard-to-find skill or an advanced degree. GUEST: Then they've decided to cherry pick. They say, you know, we're a rich country. We can attract the best and the brightest from the rest of the world. ZAKARIA: To determine whom it should let in to live and work, Canada uses a point system. You don't even need a job or an employer, just skills. Applicants are awarded points for proficiency in education, languages and job experience. Just why is Canada so ready to accept immigrants with open arms? Because it has to be. The nation is sparsely populated, has a low birthrate and needs immigrants for population growth and economic growth. NENSHI: We had to build something here out of the bald Canadian prairie. ZAKARIA: In Canada, almost two-thirds of permanent visas last year were given for economic needs. Canada's economic needs, that is. The country brings in the majority of foreigners to fill labor holes. Only 22 percent of its immigration was for family reasons. Reuniting mothers with children, brothers with sisters, grandparents with grandchildren. In the United States, the opposite is true. Only 13 percent of green cards last year were doled out for economic reasons, while two-thirds were for family reunions. NENSHI: Grandparents are important. You need them. But also having skilled trades people and people who are skilled in more professions where we have labor demand. ZAKARIA: But, of course, booming industries can go bust. Who gets hired and who gets fired can be unpredictable. So to help immigrants find jobs, the Canadian government funds programs like this one at Bow Valley College. NENSHI: We know you guys have the technical skills. It's those other skills that we know are different from one country to another. ZAKARIA: Erica Rodriguez is a recent graduate. RODRIGUEZ: I came here with the same hopes you have. ZAKARIA: She now works at a consulting firm in the oil and gas industry and looks forward to officially becoming Canadian. Canada's real challenge, says Mayor Nenshi, is ensuring the economic and social integration of immigrants once they're living in the country. NENSHI: It's not about burqas and kirpans. It's about saying to an engineer who's trained in Iran or China, how can we get you working as an engineer instead of a janitor as quickly as possible? These are very serious challenges and we haven't got it right. But I would much prefer we focus our energies there rather than on these meaningless culture war discussions that occasionally crop up. Because those don't make a difference in people's lives. ZAKARIA: The public and parliament in Canada generally support continued immigration. NENSHI: Immigration is unambiguously good for the economy. We know that those folks come, they invest here, they create jobs, they work here. There's not much of a policy debate on that in Canada. ZAKARIA: While the prime minister of Great Britain, the former president of France, and the chancellor of Germany have all declared that in their context, multiculturalism has failed, that is not so many Canada, says Mayor Nenshi. NENSHI: I'm not here to question their reality. It's their reality. But I think it's important for us Canadians, and particularly for Calgarians, to really tell a story loudly and proudly about a place where it works. Where diversity works, where multiculturalism works, where pluralism works. It ain't rocket science. ZAKARIA: Even when Canadians misunderstand immigrants they can laugh about it as captured in the hit sitcom "Little Mosque on the Prairie." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, you know, I assumed it would be all Muslimy and shady, you know, like those guys from Hamas. (END VIDEO CLIP) NENSHI: It's not utopia. Everyone doesn't automatically understand everyone and live together. But the best thing about that show is that in the best Canadian tradition it shows when you screw it up and misinterpret somebody, you get to laugh about it. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That's it. NENSHI: I think that that is a great, great metaphor for how this country works. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Lovely. (END VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: Canada's economy is thriving because it actively seeks immigrants to fill labor gaps and then grants those immigrants the full benefits and opportunities of being Canadian. Up next, why New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks our immigration policy is national suicide. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: What would America look like today if we had told immigrants like Sergay Bren or Albert Einstein to get lost? You don't have to be a nuclear physicist to know we would be much worse off. Yet every year the U.S. turns down educated, entrepreneurial immigrants. One man says, that's national suicide. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, NEW YORK CITY: Let's just suck it up and deal with the issue rather than sit there and point fingers. ZAKARIA (voice-over): Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York and a billionaire businessman, has made immigration one of his signature issues. (On camera): You look at the danger of the current approach we have to immigration as quite substantial economically in terms of our competitiveness. BLOOMBERG: It is the biggest economic issue facing this country. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I pledge allegiance to the flag -- ZAKARIA (voice-over): Bloomberg points out that immigrants have always been prolific job creators in America. Just look at the nation's "Fortune 500" companies. More than 200 of them were founded by immigrants or the children of immigrants. Including Google, Yahoo! and Intel. BLOOMBERG: There was always an influx of new immigrants to carry on and to lead and to push, and now we're trying to stop it. ZAKARIA: For example, the cap on applications every year for an h1b temporary work visa geared towards high-skilled foreign workers was 195,000 in 2003. Since 2005, it's been only 85,000 per year. In 2008, the cap was filled in just one day. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My fellow graduates -- ZAKARIA: What's more, we're not only rejecting entrepreneurs, we're turning away tomorrow's scientists. (On camera): We let in lots of people from all over the world to study at American universities. BLOOMBERG: Yes. ZAKARIA: Particularly in science and engineering. BLOOMBERG: Right. ZAKARIA: Then we throw them out. BLOOMBERG: We don't give them a green card, and they have to leave, and so they take all of the benefits of the greatest university and graduate school education any place in the world. ZAKARIA (voice-over): Foreign students at American universities received over half of all doctorates in engineering, math, computer science and economics. And we desperately need their skills. American companies are struggling to fill over 3.5 million job openings. Many of which are in science and technology. BLOOMBERG: We are deliberately driving away people that are starting new businesses, and these new businesses are starting elsewheres. And you will never get those back. ZAKARIA: Case in point? Meet Kunal Bahl. A 28-year-old entrepreneur from India. His dream was to start a tech company in Silicon Valley. He got an engineering degree and a business degree from the University of Pennsylvania. And a job at Microsoft in Seattle. KUNAL BUHL, SNAPDEAL.COM: My plan was, work with Microsoft for about two to three years, gain a bunch of experience there and then move to Silicon Valley. Work with a start-up there for maybe two, three years. And then start my own company. ZAKARIA: He says Microsoft applied for a work visa on his behalf so he could stay on there after his student visa ran out. But Bahl was rejected, despite his Ivy League degrees. BAHL: If they want me here, I would love to be here. Because I can learn a lot. But if it's going to be that hard for me, then I'm better off just going back to India and starting a company now than waiting five years in the U.S. ZAKARIA: So Bahl went back to New Delhi and started a Web site out of his bedroom. Snapdeal.com. Two years after its launch, the site is expected to generate $100 million in revenue in 2012 alone. BAHL: We essentially built one of the largest e-commerce companies in the country. People often refer to us as the Amazon of India. ZAKARIA: Bahl's outfit has created around 1500 jobs and counting. And the future looks bright. Bahl expects to go public in a couple of years in the United States. But the jobs he will create will all be in India. Of course, you don't have to go halfway around the world to see America's brain drain. BLOOMBERG: You'll find big branches of all the West Coast companies in Canada. Why? Because the engineers can't get in to America to work at their West Coast facilities. ZAKARIA (on camera): So these guys go to, say, the University of California at Berkeley in engineering. They can't stay in America, so they go to Canada? BLOOMBERG: That's correct. And work for American companies in Canada. ZAKARIA: But, of course, pay Canadian taxes and file Canadian taxes. BLOOMBERG: Absolutely. ZAKARIA: Under a President Bloomberg administration, what would immigration law look like in the U.S.? BLOOMBERG: Well, there's not going to be a President Bloomberg administration. But the ways you create jobs for Americans is to bring in entrepreneurial immigrants who have skills and those who come here for education and have skills and make sure they stay. ZAKARIA (voice-over): Mayor Bloomberg has created a rare bipartisan coalition to fix immigration called the partnership for a new American economy. An impressive list of public officials and business leaders, including Jeff Buchus, the CEO of CNN's parent company, Time Warner, and even News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch, a naturalized American citizen himself. (On camera): How would you fix the visa system? BLOOMBERG: Well, the first thing is you attach a green card to the diploma for any graduate student that gets a masters or a Ph.D. in any of the STEM areas, science and technology. If somebody is willing to start a business and can get financing, you certainly want to give them a visa because they will go and start businesses for Americans. And, lastly, when you have jobs that we need to get done but Americans won't take, like working in the fields, letting the crops rot or letting the farms move south of the border is just insanity. We need to get people in here. (END VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: But when it comes to inviting low-skilled workers to America, consensus is a lot harder to find. When we come back, we'll tackle the biggest stumbling block to immigration reform. Illegal immigration. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: We've heard the economic argument for fixing our nation's skilled immigration problem, but the U.S. has a thorny challenge. Illegal immigration, mostly from Mexico. The average American makes three times as much as the average Mexican. It is the greatest such gap between neighbors that share such a long border. And we won't fix America's immigration system until we come up with a practical solution for dealing with the immigrants who are already here. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA (on camera): When you look at New York City's undocumented immigrants, illegal aliens, call them what you will, what lessons have you drawn? BLOOMBERG: Well, undocumented have very low crime rate. Why? Because they're scared to death they're going to get arrested. ZAKARIA: And deported. BLOOMBERG: And deported. ZAKARIA (voice-over): New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a unique perspective on the situation. As the chief executive of the city with an estimated half a million undocumented residents. BLOOMBERG: Undocumented are not unemployed. They take jobs. They may be in the cash economy, off the books. But they work. America is not a place to come put your feet up and just take welfare. It's a very competitive place. If that's what you want to do, you should stay home. Wherever home is. ZAKARIA: Bloomberg says the undocumented don't use public schools because they usually leave their kids in their home country, and they don't use health care much because they tend to be young and healthy. And to top it all, he notes about 75 percent of New York City's undocumented immigrants pay taxes. BLOOMBERG: Employers withhold. And then the government says, well, this guy didn't earn enough. We have to send the refund. To where? The documentation doesn't exist or is fraudulent. ZAKARIA: That certainly defies conventional wisdom. Well, listen to this idea from the heartland. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Eighty percent Hispanic in their high school now. ZAKARIA: An alliance of 25 agricultural and trade groups has an interesting proposal for jobs that are hard to fill. Use illegal immigrants. Ally Divine, a powerful Republican and a former Kansas agriculture secretary, runs the Kansas Business Coalition. ALLY DIVINE, KANSAS BUSINESS COALITION: Whether you're Republican or Democrat, at some point we have an obligation to address this issue as a nation. ZAKARIA: The coalition came up with Kansas House Bill 2712. The legislation would allow illegal immigrants to work in industries with labor shortages if they have lived in Kansas for five years, have no felonies, and commit to learning English. Divine, a lifelong Republican who worked in the first Bush administration, says the proposal has divided her party. DIVINE: One of the statements they'll say is, what don't you get about illegal? ZAKARIA: And then there are those Republicans that acknowledge that immigration policy is broken and that it should be re-evaluated in the context of communities and people in them. BILL GORDON, SIGNATURE LANDSCAPE: We need bigger mowers, right? So how are we doing on -- ZAKARIA: People like Bill Gordon. The owner of Signature Landscape. He says he finds it hard to get his fellow Kansans to come to work for him. GORDON: They don't want to come work at a place like this that's so seasonal is one of the big factors. Aside from the hard work. It's just, you know, outdoors. It's just not the kind of work that it seems like our younger generations want to be doing. ZAKARIA: Gordon says he paid $1,500 for help wanted ads in a newspaper to fill 70 positions for the 2011 season. The starting wage was $8.68 per hour. He says seven people applied. Three showed up for an interview. And just one actual showed up for work. GORDON: It's just crazy. Everybody thinks that we're trying to get cheap labor and that we should be hiring Americans. I wish I could hire Americans. ZAKARIA: So Gordon needs a way to legally hire illegals. On the other side of the, well, fence, people like this woman, let's call her Mia. She crossed the border in Nogales, Arizona. She's been in the country illegally for over a decade. Just like 90 percent of the estimated 65,000 undocumented immigrants in Kansas. MIA: Every day, we don't know what could happen. But we just try to do the best. ZAKARIA: Mia says 65 members of her family are in the United States illegally. The bill deals with people like her who have roots here, who have spent years living and working in Kansas, but at this point the bill itself is unlikely to take root in Kansas. Especially if another powerful Kansas Republican has his way. KRIS KOBACH, KANSAS SECRETARY OF STATE: The bill that they've introduced has no hope of passing in the Kansas legislature. I think it was more there for symbolic reasons to plant a flag than to actually become law. ZAKARIA: Kris Kobach is the Kansas secretary of state, and he also happens to be a co-architect of Arizona's staunch immigration law. Kobach, an immigration law professor, thinks this bill is just a nice wrapping on amnesty for people who've come here illegally. KOBACH: The employer gets the benefit by exploiting the illegal aliens. But we, the taxpayers, are left holding the bill because we're paying all those costs. ZAKARIA (on camera): But what about whole industries like in California, agriculture and parts of the southwest, construction that do rely on these workers and that don't find it easy to replace them. It hasn't been easy to find American citizens who are willing to pick fruit in 110-degree weather. KOBACH: Well, replace them at what cost? The employers will never say, well, we tried raising wages by $5 an hour and then we found Americans. They don't do that. If you raise the wages -- (CROSSTALK) ZAKARIA: Wouldn't that -- wouldn't that make those businesses uncompetitive? KOBACH: No, not if -- (CROSSTALK) KOBACH: Not if all businesses are -- in that industry are facing an equal increase in the cost of labor. ZAKARIA: The real competition is from abroad. KOBACH: Not so much, I think, in agriculture. ZAKARIA: Sure it is. KOBACH: It's less of a -- less of a factor. BLOOMBERG: It's fair to say that Americans would do virtually any job. You'll always find somebody. Unfortunately, the customers who are going to pay for those workers aren't going to pay those prices. So it's a ridiculous argument to make. You cannot pay somebody to pick peaches so much that the peaches cost $10 apiece. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Legal Americans, legal immigrants -- ZAKARIA: According to Mayor Bloomberg, laws like the harsh Arizona immigration law are a reaction to the lack of intelligent legislation from Washington. BLOOMBERG: I'm not sympathetic to somebody that's broken the law. On the other hand, the practical reality is, whatever the number is, 11 million, we're not going to deport them. So we have to find some ways to turn them into more productive members of society. Now, you can say, but they broke the law. They did. But we were all complicit in that. ZAKARIA: It's time to stop doling out the blame, Bloomberg adds, and to start focusing on fixing our broken immigration system. BLOOMBERG: You know, Winston Churchill, I think, once said, you can always rely on America to do the right thing after all of the possibilities are exhausted. In the end, Congress will do the right thing, but only after they've tried every other crazy idea that obfuscate or kicks the can down the road. (END VIDEOTAPE) ZAKARIA: When we come back, my thoughts on the immigration debate. Stay with us. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) ZAKARIA: Take a look at this picture. It's meant to be a floating Silicon Valley, sort of. In the words of its CEO, it is a boat for entrepreneurs from around the world who want to start companies in Silicon Valley but are currently unable to do so because of our antiquated visa system. Even though it will be just half an hour from Half Moon Bay, California, which is half an hour from Silicon Valley, Blue Seed, the name of the project and the boat, will be in international waters, and so you wouldn't need an American visa to work on it. Who knows if this will ever come to fruition. But what it does demonstrate is how frustrated American entrepreneurs are with our immigration system. The U.S. is projected to have 2.8 million job openings in science, engineering and math-related fields by 2018. Nearly 800,000 of them will require a masters degree or higher. But only 550,000 American- born graduates will have the training to fill those jobs. Now, we can't even talk about our legal immigration system because any reform has been held up by those who first insist we must solve the illegal immigration problem. But a funny thing has happened on the way to the immigration crisis. Immigrants have stopped coming here. Well, that's an exaggeration. But the Pew Hispanic Center recently issued a report stating the net migration flow from Mexico to the United States has stopped and may have reversed. In other words, more people may be going back to Mexico than are coming to the U.S. So for all the money we spend on fences and drones at the border, we may be fighting the last war. The one we need to tackle is the skills war with the rest of the world. And it's one we're losing. A large part of the problem is that we have an immigration system that is broken. It does too many of the wrong things and not enough of the right ones. And the rest of the world is catching up. Canada and Australia now have smart immigration policies that take in talented foreigners who have the skills the countries need and the determination and drive to succeed. As a result, they've transformed themselves into immigrant societies with a foreign-born population that is higher than the United States. Australia, which only 15 years ago had strong strains of nativism and xenophobia dominating its political culture now has over a quarter of its population foreign born. Double America's share. And it is thriving because of the economic growth and cultural diversity this brings. Canada's foreign-born population is almost 20 percent. Ours is 13 percent, just a little higher than Great Britain's. We are not the world's only nor even the largest immigrant society anymore. So what to do? Well, most experts would agree with the following approach. We should craft legislation that deals once and for all with the problem of existing illegal immigrants, deporting those with any criminal record and giving legal papers to the others. Their path to citizenship, however, should be long. Behind all regular applicants, probably a process that would take 15 years during which they would have to pay taxes and stay crime free. Then we would reduce the number, currently 75 percent of all immigrants, who come in because they have been sponsored by a legal immigrant. We would increase the number of immigrants with skills we need. We would also make some orderly provision for temporary workers who pick crops or food in California during the harvesting season, but then should go back to Mexico or Central America when the season is over. Ideally such a bill would be bipartisan, sponsored by a prominent Republican and Democrat, and, of course, it would need presidential support to get it off the ground. Now here's the tragedy. We had such a bill. It was sponsored by John McCain and Ted Kennedy. It was strongly supported by President George W. Bush. And it couldn't even come to a vote. The far right hated the provisions that provided a legal path for the undocumented workers. The left opposed the shift to skills-based immigration. And the unions opposed the temporary worker provisions. That fact that the extremes hated it would have been evidence that it was broad and bipartisan, and in an earlier time, that would have helped it pass. Today, power has shifted to the wings of the party and the lead sponsor of the bill -- John McCain -- now denounces his own handy work. The failure of immigration reform is a metaphor for the breakdown of the political process. We have to compromise. But that isn't going to happen any time soon. It's sad because America remains the place that the world looks to as the global melting pot. The place where a universal nation is being created. We may not do immigration that well anymore, but we do assimilation better than anyone. People from all over the world come to this country and almost magically become Americans. They -- I should say we -- come to this country with drive and determination, and we develop over time a fierce love for America. And this infusion of talent, diversity, hard work and patriotism is what has kept America vital for these last two centuries. If we can renew it, it will keep America vital for the next century as well. Thanks for tuning in to this GPS special. You can read more of my thoughts in "TIME" magazine. You can always catch my regular show on Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Eastern. International viewers can go to our Web site for airtimes. CNN.com/fareed. Thank you.


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Designers conjure up wacky 'car of the future'
Forward thinking or yeast logic?
Leccy Tech The Mike & Maaike design studio is well known for its work on HTC's G1 Android-based phone and the Xbox 360. Now it has turned its attention to thinking how the car of tomorrow will look and operate.
M&M's ATNMBL: the car of tomorrow?
The ATNMBL - short for Autonomobile, apparently, though it seems more like a TXTer's mistake to us – does away with anything as mundane as a steering wheel. In fact, the car doesn't feature physical controls of any sort. You just get in, sit down and wait for it to ask you where you want to go.
Controlled entirely by voice commands, the ATNMBL would find its way around town using a combination of GPS and Lidar - a combination of light detection and ranging, radar and accelerometers.
Interior courtesy of Ikea?
Able to seat seven adults, ATNMBL would be propelled by four in-wheel electric motors and a battery back sandwiched into the floor. Solar panels on the vehicle's roof will help increase its range, the design duo said.
The car's interior looks to be more Swedish living room than German sports saloon, with circular couch seating and a large flat-panel display for information and entertainment.
Steered by GPS, radar and accelerometers
But the designers have at least considered the inherent lack of privacy that driving around in a hi-tech goldfish bowl presents. The pair said that the ATNMBL's windows could be tinted electronically – a feature that would probably make the ATNMBL perfect for amorous teenagers.
The ATNMBL's wacky looks made it unpopular with other cars
Mike & Maaike expect us all to start trading in our cars for ATNMBLs sometime around 2040, but haven't announced any plans to actually build the car. ®


text: Watch for New Virus in Soybeans August 29, 2012 07:37 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By University News Release Email By Suzanne Bissonnette, University of Illinois Extension Change is always the name of the game when it comes to diseases that affect our field crops. Efforts to observe, detect, diagnose and manage pests need to be as flexible as the pathogens are—which is a long way of saying, "There is a new disease you may have noticed in your soybean fields." If you've been monitoring soybean fields for late-season pests, you may have noticed very odd symptoms on some leaves. Have you seen large, brown, blotchy lesions that run in the direction of the leaf veins and look a bit like the leaf was scratched with something abrasive and then tried to scab over the scratch? That symptom is characteristic of a new disease of soybean called soybean vein necrosis virus, or SVNV. We have seen this symptomology in soybean leaf samples at the plant clinic for the past several years, and now we know its cause. A 2010 survey of soybean fields conducted by USDA-ARS virologist Les Domier of the University of Illinois Department of Crop Sciences showed that the disease is found throughout Illinois and is the second-most prevalent virus found in Illinois soybean fields, right after bean pod mottle virus. That is an amazing feat for a pathogen that not only causes a new disease but is itself a newly described virus. The virus is transmitted to soybean by the insect thrips. Domier notes that SVNV is in the tospo family of viruses, unusual in that they replicate not only in an infected plant but also in their thrips vectors. So thrips that are carrying SVNV can transmit it for a long time. Symptoms of SVNV in Illinois typically start showing up in August, which is certainly the case this year. Infected leaves may just have a single necrotic scabby lesion or may have many large lesions. Symptoms may be restricted to a scabby necrosis along the veins or may spread widely from the veins. Initial studies and observations in Arkansas note that symptoms do vary with the cultivar, as we seem to be seeing here. Let's hope that this variation in symptomology points to a source of genetic resistance, as has been the case for other pathogens. Changing disease and pest populations keep us all on our toes and remind us to remain flexible and vigilant in our scouting expeditions. Back to news


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21. The Crimson Pearl
Released August 2011
A special audio drama featuring over thirty characters, written to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Dark Shadows.
"It's as if Lucifer plucked out one of his own eyes..."
The year is 1690. Isaac Collins is sailing to America to establish a new life for his family. Suddenly, during a strange and unnatural blizzard, he discovers a single blood-red pearl. A pearl that seems to sing to him…
The pearl will be going on a journey. Passed down through generations bringing luck both good and bad. But what does it want? Why is its journey so linked to the Collins family? And who will ultimately take ownership of the crimson pearl?
Written By: James Goss and Joseph Lidster
Directed By: Joseph Baker, James Goss, Darren Gross, Joseph Lidster
David Ames, Nancy Barrett, Nicola Bryant, Ursula Burton, Roger Davis, Nigel Fairs, James Goss, Lizzie Hopley, Jerry Lacy, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Alex Mallinson, Lara Parker, Christopher Pennock, David Selby, Alisdair Sladen, Rebecca Staab, Roy Thinnes, James Unsworth and Matthew Waterhouse


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Identifying CpG islands on a promoter... - (May/27/2014 )
Trying to determine if CpG islands exist in a promoter I'm working with. CpG islands have been reported/published in the human genome for this gene (mitochondrial transcription factor A, to be specific), but I'm working with the proximal rat (rattus norvegicus) promoter for my work. How would I go about determining if CpG islands exist in my promoter?
Bisulfite sequencing or methylation specific PCR?


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This is my story
Over the summer, I had the opportunity to work behind the scenes on a movie called "April Grace." I helped with several aspects of the movie, including the makeup and wardrobe. My friend David Kramer, who graduated from U of H last year, is co-producing the film and he invited me to get involved. Once post-production is done, the producers will try to get into different film festivals.
I've known for a very long time that I wanted to work in film. When I was in third grade, I started making people sit through the movie credits. I'd tell my mom, "One day my name is going to be up there and you will have to stay in the theater and wait for it." By sixth grade, I was analyzing the different shots and angles that filmmakers used. When I got to high school, I took a film studies course and a video course and I knew that was what I wanted to pursue.
When it was time to look at colleges, I came to visit the University of Hartford and I just fell in love. This is the only school that I applied to and I have no regrets about coming here. My favorite part about the cinema program is how one-on-one it is. The professors are very friendly and open to helping students.
Filmmaking and makeup are just two of my interests. I love to write and to draw. I play the xylophone. I also compete on a roller derby team in the Garden State Rollergirls league in my home state of New Jersey. Flat track roller derby is a full-contact sport and I love it. It is a big part of my life and I plan to continue doing that after graduation.


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It all started when our dad, Nick Fields, bought a
houseboat. We had been looking for just the right one for quite some time, and
with the help of Travis Keller from yournewboat.com, we found it on June of
last year, which was just in the "nick" of time. Working with Keller was great.
He really knows boats and he is very professional without being stuffy. We
brought it down and settled it into our permanent home at Stardust Marina on Norris Lake
in Tennessee.
After cleaning and redecorating, stocking and making it our own, the party was
on and life was great.
After a couple of weekends, most of the family got together
and we were all enjoying the sunny afternoon, some were swimming and some were
fishing. Our brother Jeff started out fishing for the small stuff like baby bass,
when out in the middle of the water there was a large splash which left a
16-inch ringed ripple in the water. Jeff decided to fish for the granddaddy of
them all, the well-known Joe the Carp. After changing from a small hook to a
large one and covering it in raw bacon, he fished for awhile, but to no
avail. Shortly after this time, the
captain, our dad, decided to fuel up and cruise down the open waters for a
grand maiden voyage. It turned out to be grand all right, and just in the
"nick" of time.
While at the pumps, I mentioned to my sister that she needed
to move the fishing rod that Jeff had been using so no one would hook himself
in the ear. So she placed the rod on the deck just in the "nick" of time. Dad
had just told us a story about the boat he owned when he was younger and about
how it caught on fire and sunk. We all got a laugh out of the fact that he had
a boat on the bottom of the lake and a boat on the top of the lake. The laughs
died immediately when my son Cole yelled at our dog, a Maltese named
Pebbles. When I looked at her, she had
already swallowed the hook covered in bacon all the way up to the sinker.
Everyone on the boat was freaked out. I had to just cut the line and pray. We
were all just about crazy with worry and sadness. My husband James was already
thinking of what he could do to ease my heartbreak when she passed on. She had
been my baby for nine years, and she was my little shadow. I prayed the rest of
the day that we had gotten to her just in the "nick" of time.
We finished the maiden voyage and all seemed to be going
just fine. Pebbles seemed to be holding her own, so when the boat was docked,
we cooked supper. Food was served and there was a hush over the crowd while the
munching began. My husband went for a second plate and when he scooted his
chair up to the table the legs collapsed under him and he fell out backwards. This
was the funniest thing of the day. After what we all had been through, this
laugh happened just in the "nick" of time.
When supper was finished and cleaned up, we broke out the
cards. Card playing is a favorite of the family's and Rook is the game of
choice on this boat. We played and laughed for hours. Jeff and I were partners
against our brother Steve and our mom Judy.
Mom and Steve are good, but Jeff and I sealed the win just in the "nick"
of time.
We spent the night on the boat and returned home on Sunday
evening. Pebbles seemed to still be
doing quite well, and we planned to call the vet on Monday morning, when she
suddenly had to go out. I thought we had waited too long at this
point, but apparently it was just in the "nick" of time. She cleaned out and
was running around very excited that she had done so. When checked, the hook
was gleaming in the sun. She had passed the hook with no problems. Dad calls
Pebbles "Our Little Stove Pipe" now. The end
result was a miracle.
The next weekend was so amazing. My sister Nikki's son,
Chase, found two of the smallest baby ducks we had ever seen. They had been
abandoned by their mother and were tired and on the verge of drowning. Chase
picked them up out of the water just in the "nick" of time. He became their surrogate dad. They followed
him around everywhere. When he went swimming, they went swimming; when he took
a nap, they took a nap. It was very touching to see them together. They lived
only a couple of days and when they died it was a terrible thing. Chase was so
heartbroken. To get his mind off his bad
day, Uncle James took him tubing just in the "nick" of time.
Well, summer is coming to a close very quickly and we have a
boat full of memories. We have shared
many laughs and every family needs that. We have also lost a lot under the
boat, such as a blackberry phone, camera, sun glasses, coasters, fishing rods,
scissors, and paint brushes. We have found out, not in the "nick" of time, that
the water is unforgiving. If you drop it, it will sink, never to return, gone
When I got married many years ago I moved to Toledo, Ohio,
and lived there for 25 years. My family moved back to Tennessee a year ago, and we have been with dad
every step of the way for purchasing the houseboat. We have enjoyed being home
with all our family and we know without a shadow of a doubt that it is
definitely just in the "nick" of time.
Well, you have made it to the end of our adventures on the
houseboat and you should have noticed a common thread throughout this tale. Yes,
you guessed it. The name of our boat, In The "Nick" Of Time, is after our dad.
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12. Limited registration. Some breeders require that you spay or neuter your dog by a certain age. If that is the case, that may not be a problem but it is best to know before you get your puppy.
13. What is the family history? Ask if the breeder has information about the breed line. For example, ask how long the dogs have lived and what they have died from. Write it down. This may be important for monitoring your pet as he gets older.
14. What is the breeder currently feeding the puppy? Regardless of what they are feeding, it is ideal to continue feeding the same food for the first few days at home to minimize the risk of gastrointestinal disturbances. If you choose to change the diet, do it gradually.
15. Health certificate and certificate of sale. Ask the breeder if he will supply a health certificate for the puppy issued by his veterinarian. Some states require also a certificate of sale.
16. Does the breeder belong to a breed club? Ask for references.
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Don't laugh, My body was plenty warm but my ears and hands were frozen after spending the morning filming in Yamanashi!!!
We're doing a 15% off KickStarter campaign for one of out new heated shirts. (7.4V battery pack and charger included)
This is a V-Neck Long Sleeve WITHOUT glove connectors so ideal for while off the bike and for those who don't need/want heated gloves.
The optional Multi-voltage remote setup lets you use it on the 12V bike battery (so you're not limited by the 7.4V battery) and gives you total dial control via the remote. (you can always buy the remote setup later if you decide you need it)
BTW, we separated this 7.4V oriented gear from 12V Warm & Safe gear with this new ALL MIGHTY brand because there was confusion between the 7.4V/12V compatibility and whatnot. Same great gear and quality builds that we stand behind, just some new branding. (will have a showroom in Kawaguchi setup shortly)
I'm working on totally new websites and such right now but as always, I'm available anytime for questions, comments, or suggestions.


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Student or Learner
Attending University is one of the most important decisions that young people have to take. This article will analyze the positive and the negative aspects about studying a degree.
The main reason to study at University is because when graduates finish their studies they will have a better chance to find a job. Despite the advantages for their careers, students have an incredible opportunity to meet new people, especially if they study abroad. In this sense, in Europe you can obtain a scholarship, called Erasmus, which gives you the opportunity to study for a year in any country of the European Union. Finally, during these years you could enjoy more free time than the rest of your life, so it is also the moment to go out at night, do sports, travel
On the other hand, when you are studying you might you are wasting money as you are not working, hence no getting an income, because it is very difficult to work 8-10 hours a day and go to class at the same time. Moreover, before starting College, high school students have to face a big dilemma: choose the right degree. This decision will affect the rest of their lives, and probably most of them are not mature enough for this task. Finally, nowadays there are more lawyers, doctors, engineers or architects than job opportunities for them, consequently a large number of graduates have to work in less qualified jobs.
In my opinion, attending University is not always the best choice, and we have to consider our skills, because not having a degree is not the end if the world, which seems to be what many think, and probably some would do better following a different path.


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Police report on SCADD arrest incident clears officers
New London - An internal police investigation into an alleged police beating of a man Dec. 14 outside a detoxification center cleared officers of any wrongdoing but highlighted breaches in numerous departmental procedures.
A Dec. 30 report filed by Sgt. LJ Keating found that officers did not violate the police department's standards "as it pertains to Use of Force."
"The fluid, yet often unsettling movement of an altercation or struggle, may appear more drastic as officers jockey for position in an effort to bring a subject into compliance," the report said.
The report recommends addressing other department procedures such as report writing, improper use of pepper spray, driving police vehicles not assigned to the correct officers and not using in-car cruiser cameras. A dispatcher also was criticized for the manner in which officers were sent to the scene.
Officer Joshua Bergeson, one of five officers who responded, incorrectly deployed pepper-spray and initially filed an incomplete report of the arrest of Reuben Miller, according to the document labeled an "informal review."
Bergeson was fired Friday for disciplinary matters that Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio said at the time followed an administrative hearing on the SCADD incident. Finizio said Wednesday that Bergeson's firing was for absenteeism and was not related to Miller's arrest. The police union has filed a grievance on Bergeson's behalf for excessive discipline.
The Day obtained a copy of the report Wednesday. It outlines the arrest of Miller, 31, on charges of interfering with an officer and second-degree breach of peace. He was arrested outside the Southeastern Council on Alcohol and Drug Dependence facility on Coit Street.
SCADD employees and Miller alleged that police officers, who were called to help take Miller to the hospital, repeatedly punched and pepper-sprayed him when they arrived. Police were called around 7:30 that night to accompany an ambulance that was supposed to take Miller to the emergency room because he had a high blood alcohol content. The report said Miller told police he habitually drank at least a 30-pack of beer a day. SCADD said that night that Miller's blood alcohol level was .380.
The 25-page report of the 4.5-minute incident culls information from SCADD employees and responding officers.
Civilian and police accounts differ significantly, according to the report. SCADD workers said Miller was attacked by police when they arrived. But police officers said Miller was resisting arrest.
"Many civilians are accustomed to seeing law enforcement officers in customary roles and not the 'hands on' role during an active hands arrest, fight, or struggle," the report states. Sgt. Keating, citing his "training and experience," wrote "I know the incident may appear worse on the surface to the average onlooker than it really is."
The mayor said Wednesday it would be inappropriate for him to comment on the report because of pending litigation.
Miller filed an intent to sue the city Dec. 30, alleging a "violation of common law rights, including his right to be free from false arrest and unlawful detention, malicious prosecution and infliction of unreasonable force and emotional harm."
Miller, who was taken to the hospital seven hours after the incident, underwent CT scans and X-rays. His attorney, David Jaffe, said last month that Miller suffered bruises over a large portion of his body. At least one rib was broken and Miller had a concussion, his lawyer said. Most of the injuries involved Miller's ribs, neck and back, Jaffe said.
According to the police report, hospital records showed that Miller "did not have any fractured bones to the ribs, face, or skull. The records further indicate that Miller did have superficial bruising and contusions as a result of the scuffle with police."
On the night of the incident, Bergeson was among five officers who responded to the scene. Social worker Tabatha Maiorano, a member of the city's Crisis Intervention Team, which helps police with mental health evaluations during crisis calls, was riding with Bergeson.
The report describes a chaotic scene in which Bergeson, coming to the aid of fellow officer Joseph Pelchat, pepper-sprayed Miller and hit him twice on the head and face when the pepper spray had no effect.
The report admonishes Bergeson for being too close to Miller when he used the pepper spray and for not initially reporting that "he struck Miller on the face twice with closed fists."
The report criticized officers for not using their assigned vehicles. The report said officers did not turn on the in-car camera and should not have been listening to the "happy" AM/FM radio while transporting Miller. Miller was inaudible at times in the cruiser, the report said, but "does apologize at one point for the incident and states that he did not know why he did what he did."
The dispatcher did not give an accurate description of the scene to police and fire personnel, according to the report.
"Had this call been dispatched correctly ... the situation may have been brought under control in a much quicker and efficient manner," the report says. "The lack of manpower and accurate description of the call was a serious oversight on the part of" the dispatcher.
The past week has been one of upheaval for the New London Police Department.
Officer Bergeson was fired Friday and K-9 Officer Roger Newton was put on paid administrative leave the same day as state police investigate allegations that Newton planted drugs on a suspect.
The mayor on Friday proposed a $25,000 settlement with Police Chief Margaret Ackley in response to her complaint that former City Councilor Michael Buscetto III harassed her and undermined her authority. The City Council has yet to review the settlement.
On Saturday, the mayor announced that he has requested the assistance of the Connecticut State Police Central Division in an ongoing investigation into possible corruption in the city's police department.
Former Deputy Chief Marshall Segar did not have his contract renewed beyond Jan. 4, and Capts. Michael Lacey and William Dittman retired effective Friday and Sunday, respectively. Those three administrative positions have yet to be filled.
SCADD client suing New London police, city for violation of rights, use of excessive force
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Information is indeed power and one of the most powerful instruments is the press. Manipulators try their best to influence the press and use it for their own advancement and also against their rivals and enemies. Smear campaigns and propaganda are as apparent today as ever. Fox News has a strong conservative bent while MSNBC is strongly liberal with CNN being a little soft towards the left. They deliver the news with no shame and let it be known their political preference. All other stations do the same and the newspapers can even be worst. When race becomes an issue, it gets even uglier.
Such is the case with Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). The press is continually attacking him from all sides. The top Democratic operative is Barack Obama, a Black man, and the other side now has a Black man. It is way too much and something has to give. The "bull's eye" is focused on Mr. Steele and he is criticized for anything they can get their hands on. Actually, he is doing a fantastic job. He has taken the Republican Party to the greatest election victory in history—winning 690 seats--but, still, that isn't good enough. They want him out because his voice is too strong and happens to be Black. The White press fears a Black who is accumulating power and fame. Mr. Steele has certainly done that in the last two years and they are scared to the max instead of being happy.
I learned this fact early in my career of activism. If you want to become notorious, start a movement that forces change. They, the press, will follow you and do their best to find dirt, scandal and any other kind of wrong against you. When we started making changes in the way Indiana did business with Black entrepreneurs, the White Indiana democratic leaders brought out their big weapons – writers at the Indianapolis Star newspaper and a few local newscasters. They jumped on me like white on rice. In the beginning it was kind of shocking to have your picture on the front page of the newspaper and an article about how bad or pitiful you might have been. It would be all lies, but they didn't care because the intent was to smear.
The above assault would have intimidated the average person but to their dismay it was encouraging to me. I wasn't from Indiana and my wife's family was free and independent and beyond being hurt by them. In fact, they encouraged me to push on as they had my back. Local Black politicians and church leaders told me they knew the deal and do not let it deter me as they were there to support my efforts. I am forever grateful to them. The abuse from the White press was actually rallying the Black community around my cause and eventually gave birth to the National Black Chamber of Commerce. We could create our own power and depend just on ourselves to get the mission accomplished.
Eventually, it dawned on me to begin to fight back. The weapon I used was there all the time – the Black press. I started interviewing with the six Black newspapers in Indiana on a regular basis and started writing articles attacking the lying, conniving White press. My audience was totally Black and they knew exactly what I was talking about. It got to the point that no matter what the Indianapolis Star or evening news station would report the Black community would not pay it any attention as my word was being delivered properly in the Black newspapers. After a while my White enemies started reading Black newspapers on a continual basis to see what we were saying about them. They went on the defensive and that meant we were going to win. We did!
A few years ago I was in Indianapolis and ran into the reporter who wrote the worst articles about me. Pat Traub was in a bar and was having a few drinks. I sat down by him and struck up a conversation. He was no longer a reporter for the Indianapolis Star so I asked him "Why did you write those ruthless, lying articles about me?" He replied, "That was what I was paid to do. It was just my job – nothing personal." Yes, my people, it is just a very cruel game and a ploy to gain or maintain power which turns into money.
So, the next time you notice the White press going after a brother or sister who is leading something, please understand it is a ruthless game. Take it with a grain of "salt." Wait and hear the other side of the story.
Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO, of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®. Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: [email protected].


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March 19, 2011
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - In its first home game since late January, the No. 14 UCSB women's water polo team defeated visiting Bucknell, 10-7, on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Campus Pool.
With the win, UCSB improves to 14-8 on the season while the Bison fall to 8-8.
The Gauchos wasted no time getting on the scoreboard as Kathryn Nelson converted a five-meter penalty shot, which was drawn by her sister, Rachel Nelson, less than a minute and a half into the game. Just over a minute later, Claire Buchanan was able to get inside water and lob the ball past Bison goalkeeper Brittany Connell to push the Gaucho lead to 2-0.
UCSB proceeded to draw four ejections across the final five minutes of the first quarter, but the Gauchos were unable to convert on their six-on-five opportunities. For the game, UCSB went just 3-for-9 in its six-on-fives.
On the fifth Bison ejection, the Gauchos were finally able to capitalize on the advantage as Bryce Winton stretched the Gaucho lead to 3-0 to open the second quarter. Bucknell was finally able to get on the scoreboard with a goal from Amanda Skonezney with 5:05 to go in the half, but consecutive goals from Winton and Michelle Beaudreau gave UCSB a 5-1 lead at halftime.
To open the second half, Molly Hafferkamp scored on a fast break and Winton scored her third of the game to push the UCSB lead to six goals at 7-1. After giving up four unanswered goals, Bucknell was able to convert on a Gaucho ejection with a goal from Julianne Valdes.
Goals from Selina Rivera and Kristin Kulakowski at the end of the third gave UCSB its biggest lead of the game at 9-2.
In the fourth quarter, Bucknell was able to go on a 5-1 run against the UCSB reserves. Hallie Kennan scored two of the Bison goals in the final stanza.
Winton led UCSB with a hat trick in the win. In the goal, Ruth Milne recorded 12 saves in the first three quarters and Chelsea Carrillo has three in the fourth. For the Bison, Brittany Connell recorded four saves and Rena Heim had five.
UCSB will play again on Sunday when it hosts Iona at 11 a.m. and Cal State San Bernardino at 1 p.m. Both games will be played at Campus Pool.
UCSB 10, Bucknell 7
Bucknell Goals: Julianne Valdes 2, Hallie
Kennan 2, Amanda Skonezney, Tara Murao, Kandis Canonica.
Bucknell Saves: Brittany Connell 4, Rena Heim 5.
UCSB Goals: Bryce Winton 3, Kristin
Kulakowski 2, Michelle
Beaudreau, Selina Rivera, Claire
Buchanan, Kathryn Nelson, Molly
UCSB Saves: Ruth Milne 12, Chelsea Carrillo 3.


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Hearts ... to the beginning of a New Year filled with opportunity, optimism and good fortune.
For a lot of folks, 2013 will signal a new beginning or a chance for a new beginning. People make resolutions to loss weight, exercise more, eat healthier, stop smoking, save money and plenty of others. Resolutions run the gamut and they should.
One of our resolutions at Bluffton Today is to continue to be the local source for news in Bluffton. Another is for our year to be just as successful and even more successful than 2012 was for all of us.
We know how the economy is still in recovery, but we also hope for good financial news in 2013.
The New Year is full of possibilities. Take advantage of them if you can.
Darts ... to all the violence that seemed to especially occur in the last month of the year.
Besides the horrific shooting deaths in Newtown, Conn., a little more than two weeks ago, Chicago reported more homicides than ever with 500 this year and every time we looked, a gunman was loose somewhere. Not to mention the sick person who on Christmas Eve shot and killed firefighters in New York who were battling a blaze.
While we certainly don't know what the answer is, we pray for safety across the country and continue to send our thoughts to those in Newtown who celebrated Christmas, Hanukkah and will mark the New Year without a loved one.
We are grateful that such violence is not common in the Lowcountry, but we also don't take our quality of life for granted and know that it could change in an instant.
Hearts ... to the progress after one year on the widening of the stretch on U.S. 278 that many, many motorists use every day to get from the Beaufort-Jasper line to Hilton Head Island.
Traffic this year seemed to flow better than last right before Christmas and especially the day after as weary travelers braved the rain to hit the outlet mall and other retailers for bargains.
One year down and one to go on the about 4.5-mile stretch of U.S. 278 where work is under way.
We can tolerate a little bit of inconvenience if we know the end is in sight. Even the orange barrels looked nicer this year.
Darts ... to the fact that some are using social media like Facebook and Twitter instead of talking to friends and relatives.
While we have nothing against those forms of communication, we think some things need to be communicated a bit more personal.
Finding out about a life event or that someone died on Facebook is at times unsettling.
We still enjoy using the phone and actually talking with people and not just emailing, texting or posting what we know when we know it.
Call us old-fashioned, but there is a time and a place for all forms of communication.
Hearts ... to a push for an increase in South Carolina's gas tax.
Yes, we know this sounds a little strange coming for us as we always cheer that we have the best/lowest gasoline prices around. But we also know how important it is to improve and maintain our roadways. That's why we support the S.C. Alliance to Fix Our Roads' push to increase the tax that the group says is needed to fund nearly $50 billion in road construction and repairs in the next 20 years.
In the meantime, Gov. Nikki Haley has said she is opposed to increasing the gas tax. Haley's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes using $14.3 million of general fund money to pay for things the gas tax normally funds, freeing up that gas tax money to pay for road improvements.
South Carolina's 16-cents-a-gallon gas tax is the third-lowest in the country.
We are not sure where the state will end up on this issue, but do applaud the conversation.