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A colander is just a bowl with holes, right? Chasing loose pasta around the sink may change your mind about that.
How We Tested
Italian chefs on TV dip their tongs into pots of boiling water to retrieve strands of pasta. The rest of us drain our pasta like mere mortals: in a colander. Our favorite has long been a stainless-steel model covered from rim to base in holes that allow water to escape easily. But with many newcomers on the market, we decided that a rematch was in order: our longtime winner versus 15 new colanders, priced from about $18 to $60. Our lineup included larger (roughly 5-quart) colanders made from both stainless and enameled steel and wire mesh, as well as collapsible silicone baskets set in stiff plastic frames. One such model even had extending arms, allowing it to span a sink.
Watering Holes
Right off the bat we eliminated eight models that were so fundamentally flawed that we didn't consider them worthy contenders—collapsible models in particular. The annoying tendency of these supposedly innovative colanders to come unclipped or tip over and dump pasta all over the sink canceled out their flat storage appeal. A sturdier example from one manufacturer had issues of its own—namely, broad flat handles where water collected and turned the metal slippery and ripping hot—that made its sky-high price seem even more ridiculous.
With the remaining eight colanders, we started by taking a closer look at the most obvious feature: the holes. Big holes might seem advantageous for speedy drainage, but they can backfire when dealing with slender or small foods. Colanders from a couple of makers illustrated this when we used them to drain rice-shaped orzo. Water streamed out of their large (3.36- to 8.02--millimeter) perforations—followed by as much as 1/2 cup of orzo.
Ironically, though, none of these large-holed models drained water all that quickly. That's because their holes were arranged in clusters surrounded by solid, unperforated areas that thwarted drainage. Those inferior designs put them at a considerable disadvantage against a fine-wire-mesh colander and two stainless-steel products. With tiny (1.90- to 2.28-millimeter) all-over perforations, these colanders not only drained more effectively but also contained every last grain of orzo. One stainless-steel model in particular drained water particularly well; when we shook the bowl to drain any excess water, barely a drop came out.
Bowled Over
As for the bottoms of the colanders, most of the models sporting feet or ring bases proved sufficiently stable. They also provided crucial clearance between the base of the colander and the sink floor. In a colander without feet or a base, the food in the bowl can come into contact with a backwash of drained liquid (and whatever grunge may have escaped your last sink scrubbing). Such was the biggest downfall of one collapsible colander, a model with no base at all that allowed the bottom half of the drained pasta to get soaked with water bubbling back up the drain. (Sure, you can mitigate this effect by pouring out the water and pasta slowly—but who thinks of that when they're holding a pot full of scalding water?) Meanwhile, the model's sibling, which is designed to fit over the sink, made this a nonissue.
That might argue for buying an over-the-sink colander, or one with the tallest, most substantial base you can find, except that a too-beefy base can get in the way of another core colander task: resting over a bowl while salted produce sheds excess moisture. When we loaded up each model with 2 cups of diced tomatoes tossed with salt and set the colanders over 9-inch bowls to collect the juices (as you would when making salsa), we encountered a few fit issues. Suddenly, the over-the-sink colander was no longer convenient, as its oblong frame didn't come close to fitting over the mouth of the bowl. Likewise, the placement of the feet on a wire-mesh model caused it to sit unsteadily on the bowl rim (though its medium-size sibling, included in the set of three, fit fine).
When it came to cleaning, we noted which models could go in the dishwasher—a feature that we consider essential, so we automatically downgraded the two models that weren't dishwasher-safe. We ran the other six colanders through 26 cycles in a residential dishwasher (normal wash, with heated drying) and found that the stainless-steel and mesh colanders emerged in much the same condition as they went in. That wasn't so for the silicone models, all of which emerged looking noticeably faded and dingy.
By the end of testing, we had found several colanders that we wouldn't want in our kitchens and none that we'd want more than our old stalwart. It boasts an excellent combination of small, all-over perforations, a wide base for great stability, and a decent amount—1 1/8 inches—of ground clearance. All these features add up to class-leading draining performance.
We tested eight colanders, each roughly 5 quarts. All were purchased online and are listed in order of preference. We eliminated the following models in pretesting for a variety of design flaws, including flimsy or poor construction, difficulty cleaning, and cramped size: Architec Gripper Colander, Dexas Popware Collapsible 10" Pop Colander, Joseph Joseph Folding Colander, Norpro Stainless Steel Expanding Over-the-Sink Colander with Base Frame, OXO Good Grips 3-Piece Large Bowl and Colander Set, Progressive International 5-Quart Collapsible Colander, Rösle Collapsible Colander, and Tovolo Stainless Steel Perforated Colander.
We drained 1 pound of angel hair and 1 pound of orzo, each cooked in 1 gallon of boiling water, in each colander, looking for efficient, thorough draining and noting when any pasta escaped. We also drained 2 cups of diced tomatoes tossed with 1/4 teaspoon of salt in each model, setting each colander over a 9-inch bowl for 30 minutes.
We evaluated each colander's perforation coverage, stability, and elevation from the sink floor (noting whether backwash from draining liquid was able to reach the colander bowl), as well as the material, size, and placement of the handles.
After each pasta and tomato draining test, colanders were left to sit for 15 minutes and then washed by hand under warm running water with a sponge/scrubber and liquid dish soap. Testers then evaluated how easy it was to remove residual pasta starch and tomato seeds. Dishwasher-safe colanders were run through 26 cycles in a residential dishwasher (normal cycle, with heated drying), and their condition was evaluated after each cycle. Colanders not described by manufacturers as dishwasher-safe were noted as such in the chart (and downgraded because of it).


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - 2800 Turkish Lira a month in Ankara... Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in 2800 Turkish Lira a month in Ankara... Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Turkey View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message TomatisJoined: 20 Jun 2012Posts: 8 Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:35 pm Post subject: 2800 Turkish Lira a month in Ankara... ...and I pay for my own accommodation. Good, bad or indifferent offer?Last edited by Tomatis on Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:02 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top QaaolchouraJoined: 10 Oct 2008Posts: 539Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:43 pm Post subject: I'd say it's mediocre to decent, depending on how much experience you have and how much you like the school. A guy who was trying to persuade me it's a good place to live when I visited claimed that he rented a house with his family for 600 lira/month, and that you can rent a decent apartment for 300. Don't know about the truth in that but it seems plausible, though you'd have to take into account furnishing, deposits, emlak, fees etc. (I.e. there's always a substantial startup cost to getting settled here, so make sure you want to stay there.) Regards, ~Q Back to top YogitaJoined: 17 Jun 2012Posts: 53Location: Turkey Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:43 pm Post subject: It's a good offer, not too bad. I've come across some schools offering more though. It would all depend on the workload, type of school & location. Back to top Eagle EyesJoined: 26 Apr 2012Posts: 121Location: Istanbul Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:43 am Post subject: This is an excellent offer...you can save quite a lot of money in Ankara on this...Good luck! Back to top sixthchildJoined: 18 Apr 2012Posts: 298Location: East of Eden Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:30 am Post subject: Lets see, working in the capital city, 2,800 a month, you have to pay for your accomdation, food, transport, leisure, utility bills, have a holiday and maybe even save something for a rainy day. Don't forget it gets cold in Ankara, hope you got a good heating system! Don't really see how some people think that is a good salary, bearing in mind your initial start up costs, hope you brought up some cash, you will need at least 3-5 grand for starters! Personally I couldn't get by without a car! Back to top parnettJoined: 29 Jun 2012Posts: 179Location: China Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 7:45 am Post subject: I lived in Ankara for 8 months and loved it. I was in my early 50's, so nightlife wasn't important. My apartment was in Gaziosmanpasa which is one of the nicest parts in Ankara. My apartment was $700/ month- three bedrooms and completely furnished. I paid the building manager 200 TL/ month for heat, water and electricity. I was fortunate in that I made a lot of money (more than 4000 TL/ month), but I worked 80 hours a week (I was the head teacher in a language school). I used to enjoy the walks around the area I lived in. Some of the embassy buildings were amazing. It's true that Ankara is in the middle of nowhere, and there isn't much to do, but it's certainly better than many places in Turkey. Back to top sedaa91Joined: 07 Jan 2012Posts: 34 Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 4:11 pm Post subject: depends on where it is ankara.. you can find a nice apt in dikmen/ayranci area for like 650ish. But if you are going to be living near the school (depending on the location) the price would increase. Plus, you would have utilities, food and transportation (unless transportation is provided) Back to top sixthchildJoined: 18 Apr 2012Posts: 298Location: East of Eden Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:48 am Post subject: Sorry folks, but at the risk of pushing someones nose out of joint, this is not enough, Turkey is nowhere near as cheap as it used to be. If you take this job at this rate you are gonna need to find away to supplement your income, like taking private lessons. Back to top QaaolchouraJoined: 10 Oct 2008Posts: 539Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 7:37 am Post subject: sixthchild wrote: Sorry folks, but at the risk of pushing someones nose out of joint, this is not enough, Turkey is nowhere near as cheap as it used to be. If you take this job at this rate you are gonna need to find away to supplement your income, like taking private lessons. You're in Izmir, aren't you? I could spend less than 2800 lira/month in Izmir living in a hotel and eating out every night. I imagine Ankara isn't much more expensive. I haven't seen a job in Turkey that pays more than 1800 dollars (about 3,250 lira) and most are in the 1000-1200 dollar range. (1800-2200 lira.) While I wouldn't recommend taking a job that's at the low end of the range, unless the OP has an MA or home country teaching cert and lots of experience, they're probably not going to do better than 2800 lira. ~Q Back to top sixthchildJoined: 18 Apr 2012Posts: 298Location: East of Eden Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:24 am Post subject: Hi Q Yes Izmir is my city, its not a cheap place and no doubt most people could live in a hotel and go out every night for a month on 2800 tl, however there is a hella of a lot more to living in a country than the rosy picture you paint. You can exist on that amount, millions of people live on a pittance that wouldn't pay your utilities bills for a month. But who wants to live like that? Back to top QaaolchouraJoined: 10 Oct 2008Posts: 539Location: 21 miles from the Syrian border Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:06 am Post subject: sixthchild: Izmir is the cheapest city I've been to in Turkey, at least in Konak. (I understand Karsiyaka is a bit more expensive.) 2800 isn't a "pittance." Though as I said, if the OP has home-country ed quals + experience and wants to teach in the schools, or an MA + post-MA experience and wants to teach at uni, they can probably do better. But speaking as someone with the basic minimum (degree, TESOL, year experience) who's been here for awhile, the best offer I've ever gotten is 2700 lira, including allowances, and that's in Gaziantep where wages for FTs are the highest in Turkey. Best non-Gaziantep offer I had was 2250 including allowances in Istanbul. (I'm odd in that all things being equal I'd prefer to work in Antep over Stambul.) Unfortunately it seems like even as Turkey's economy booms, wages are going down while costs and hours are going up, and Turkey today definitely isn't a great place to save money. (Rationally or not, I blame the closing of the EU and consequent outflux of non-EU backpackers into Turkey. There was a Turkish teacher at one school who flat-out told me, off the record, that the school would prefer to hire backpackers because all they need is a native speaker for advertising purposes and backpackers don't care about terms, conditions, or legality.) You've been in Turkey for 14 years, and though you don't say what you get paid or what your quals are, I imagine if you were just starting out in this country you wouldn't get nearly what you're getting now. Personally I'm in Turkey because I want to become fluent in Turkish before going home and doing grad school. If I wanted to make a career out of TESOL, I'd go to East Asia. Regards, ~Q Back to top sixthchildJoined: 18 Apr 2012Posts: 298Location: East of Eden Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:04 am Post subject: Thanks Q, a few fair comments there! I would argue that Izmir is not the cheapest, I have visited a few and Izmir as the third city ain't cheap! I don't believe that I described 2800 tl as a pittance, but the OP was refering to Ankara and my view was that to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle (which every professional wannabe should aspire to) he or she may have to consider other ways to supplement thier income. 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Conservation and Environment in Mexico: Monthly Updates
Conservation in Mexico - Monthly Update October 2007
The turtle season is reaching its peak at the moment, we have had some really rough nights with 50 or 60 nests daily, apparently the storm season is really helping out the turtles to come out and lay their nests, in any case, this means a lot more work for us!
You just have to imagine, collecting nest after nest with thunder and pounding rain all around you! The efforts from the local and the Projects Abroad crew are harvesting really good results, as we are right now in the beginning of October and we have already collected more than 2,000 nests! Surpassing the whole of last year's results already! This is such a great achievement for all of us, as this is the first time since we started working in the State of Colima that we have obtained such a great result.
The work is hard and we know that no achievement comes free, some nights we barely sleep and the conditions for patrol are subject to the weather and to the beach conditions. But seeing the baby turtles released every afternoon makes you feel that all the effort was worth it, no matter how hard the work is, you always know that you are doing the right thing in the end.
The activities at the Crocodile farm have increased as well, our last year baby reptiles are soon to become dangerous and unable to handle. The applications to the Government for releasing the species are in and hopefully they will be soon out in the wild.
The younger offspring that hatched out this year are growing up fast, the temporary Government support program that currently is supporting the Crocodile farm is coming to its end but it is very likely that the new aqua terrariums that are being built to hold the many baby crocodiles will be ready before the middle of November. As soon as the construction work is over we will move on to the next stage of the program that involves the measurement and marking of the crocodiles that live wild in the lagoon.
Our Biodiversity study in the Lagoon is still bringing out good results and we are about to witness the arrival of several bird species that are on their transit route down south.
This lagoon in particular has a huge potential as a stationary point for migratory birds, as the levels of salinity in the lagoon are just ideal for the support of their feeding behaviors.
Another month just flew by and the end of the year is just around the corner, we can only expect great things to happen with our conservation projects, great things.and hopefully good weather.
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October, 2007
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I've opened a page entitled "Word Therapy" [ https://whenisapartynotaparty.wordpress.com/reflecting-words/ ]. It offers exercises toward reflecting on moods or feelings by using definitions and photographs.
For example, the other day, I was disturbed by a feeling that I sought to identify. I settled on the word apprehensive to describe the feeling. Referencing my dictionary, the definition led me to like-words such as anxious, dreadful and fearful. I defined those feelings, as well. The meaning of fearful concluded with "disquieted or 'apprehensive,'" which had led me in a circle from the initial definition of apprehensive.
Within that exercise, I located easy, certain, pleasant and quiet (within which I found the additional, soothed)–the completion of another circle, beginning with apprehensive and ending with its opposite, soothed. The meanings form ripples of feelings or moods that move outward from negative (apprehension) to positive (soothed). The reader should reflect on the positive as a rational replacement for the negative.
The photographs evoke a sense of the words. Above, some of the deer seem apprehensive about edging closer while one doe appears soothed, perhaps still a bit apprehensive, by stepping nearer for a treat from the photographer. The closeup of the female's face creates a soothing reaction within the viewer, as well. The top photograph could portray an illuminated, "angelic" cloud reflecting on the earthly ocean—perhaps the reflection of a spiritual ideal upon the earthly realm of hurt and suffering, with waves moving inward.
Generally, according to the still-standard, popular book on cognitive behavioral therapy, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, (1980) by David Burns M.D., automatic-thoughts lead, healthily, to rational-responses. An experience leads to a feeling or mood which ultimately leads to a response—rational or otherwise. If one, because of an experience, becomes apprehensive, then that person easily could react by filling with anxiety or dread. The rational response, instead, manifests as reflecting on it and inwardly becoming soothed.
As a word-lover, these "Word Therapy" blogs act as exercises for me toward that end, but they are devised in a way that can also lead one from negative thought to positive thought. I will add more blogs to the page as they occur to me.


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I have been working a ton, Jack was sick, one of my very best friends moved back here from Portland and I have been under the weather (I think I got what Jack had).
And we are headed to the lake for four days this weekend...
Here are some of the latest projects I've made.
I did a stamping challenge over at Bad Girls for NSD--I loved getting my stamps out since I rarely use them. I need to get them out more often! The photo of the layout is a bit wonky for some reason...hmm not sure why. I stamped a border, the title, and added extra images here and there. And I used glimmer mist of course-I am so addicted to the stuff!
And I recently made this LO using Prima stitched paper and a photo of myself when I was two.
Woah--lots of flowers here--couldn't stop myself! hehe
And I made this little house for Project 52...it's a night light! I placed an LED tea light inside to light it up-very safe since they don't get warm at all!
The little kit is from Crafty Secrets--adorable! And I used 7 Gypsies papers to decorate it.
Very simple and it matches my decor perfectly!
OK-thats all for today! I gotta go get the the kiddos up for school!
Have a great day!
xoxo Cari


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Kenneth and Lisa Barry weren't going to miss the chance to protest against President Obama's landmark healthcare law. Not a chance.
The Barrys, all the way from Beaumont, were among several thousand Tea Party members from across the United States who took part in Americans for Prosperity's "Hands off My Health Care" rally about a block from the Supreme Court. Eight Tea Party friends from Southeast Texas also made the trip to the nation's capital to protest the Affordable Care Act.
As active Tea Party members, the Texas couple said they hope to see the law repealed. If it is upheld, Kenneth Barry argued, it opens the door for a large, top-down government and an end to the principle that the U.S. is a country based upon freedom.
"This bill not only takes away freedom, but it tears apart the economy… rates go up, there's rationing, shortages – it's a disaster," Lisa Barry added.
Lisa Barry explained that her greatest fear is that with rationed care, the government will start to pick and choose who deserves the care. Having a daughter with autism, they fear she might be left behind or deemed unworthy when supplies come up short.
She compared the situation to that of former Vice President Dick Cheney, where critics have said, with a limited number of hearts for transplantation, it could have gone to someone younger.
"The more the government encroaches, the more they will want to tell us who is worthy," she said.
The theme of the afternoon was for government to stay out of the health care industry. The rally featured a long list of Republican speakers, including Rep. Michele Bachmann, Rep. Paul Ryan, Sen. Rand Paul, Sen. Pat Toomey, and Sen. Jim DeMint.
Tim Phillips, President of Americans for Prosperity, kicked off the rally by saying, "Mr. President, with all due respect to your office, you can keep your hands off our health care."
At one point Phillips prompted rally-goers to take out their cell phones and call the Senate and House. He announced the numbers and asked if everyone got a busy signal, telling the crowd that's what they can expect when they call a doctor after ObamaCare is fully implemented.
Rand Paul, a Kentucky senator and son of Texas Rep. Ron Paul, received loud applause when he said that the constitution isn't to restrain the people, but to restrain the government. He argued the importance of limiting the federal government's role. The crowd joined him in quoting Benjamin Franklin, who famously said about the American government, "It's a Republic, if you can keep it."
Bachmann also talked about the Constitutional Republic created by the founding fathers, imagining that they would say to Americans now, "You'll never know what it cost us to give you this." She argued the importance of holding on to these freedoms and affirmed her own commitment to ending ObamaCare and said she would not stop until there is a full-scale repeal.
"We will not wave the white flag of surrender when it comes to liberty," she said.
Lisa Barry said the size of the rally proved, despite what people might have said, the Tea Party is very much alive.
"We're still fighting," Lisa Barry said. "The one thing we can thank Obama for is for waking up the American People."


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Puerto 80 Explains How Rojadirecta Domain Seizures Violated The First Amendment
from the prior-restraint deptThe appeal of a district court's refusal to return the Rojadirecta domain names has moved forward. Our original post discussed a filing to ask the Second Circuit appeals court for an expedited hearing of the case, which the court has agreed to do. That means that this case should move relatively quickly. To kick that off, Puerto 80s opening brief in the appeal is below. It goes through, in great detail, how seizing a domain name without any notification, and then stalling any attempt to get it back, clearly qualifies as prior restraint. The full thing is worth reading, as it lays out the argument clearly and in great detail. But here's the summary of the argument:
The government seized and shut down two Internet domain names�the 21st century equivalent of printing presses. See Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U.S. 844, 870 (1997) (noting that through use of the Internet, �any person with a phone line can become a town crier with a voice that resonates farther than it could from any soapbox. Through the use of Web pages, mail exploders, and newsgroups, the same individual can become a pamphleteer.�). Seizure of that sort is a prior restraint on speech. Prior restraints are ��the most serious and least tolerable infringement� on our freedoms of speech and press.� United States v. Quattrone, 402 F.3d 304, 309 (2d Cir. 2005) (quoting Nebraska Press Ass�n v. Stuart, 427 U.S. 539, 559 (1976) ). They can be justified only by scrupulous attention to procedure and an extraordinary showing on the merits. Neither is present here.From there, it goes into a much more detailed explanation of why the seizures represent a violation of the First Amendment. There were some questions as to whether or not this argument would get heard at all after the district court's original ruling, so it's good to see it come up here. Hopefully the court recognizes the seriousness of the issue. I'm guessing the Justice Department will try to sidestep the First Amendment issues by focusing on the question of "substantial hardship," but one hopes that the court can recognize the simple ridiculousness of the government being able to seize an entire domain with no notice, no adversarial hearing, no path to getting the site back and (most importantly) no proof or evidence that a crime was actually committed.
The government seized and shut down Puerto 80 and its users� means of communication in an ex parte procedure with no notice to Puerto 80 and no adversary hearing of any kind. It held those domain names for more than six months before any court ever considered whether the seizure violated the First Amendment or caused Puerto 80 substantial hardship such that the domain names should be released pending a determination of the merits of the forfeiture case. To date, no court has reached the merits of the government�s case. When the district court did rule, it dismissed the First Amendment concerns in a paragraph, improperly placing the burden on Puerto 80 to show that it suffered substantial hardship from the government�s prior restraint. And the government did all this without ever having had to prove to any court that Puerto 80 (or anyone else) was guilty of copyright infringement. Indeed, to this day the government takes the position that it will never have to justify its seizure by showing that Puerto 80 violated any law. (MJN, Exhibit D at 1.)
The procedure used by the government flies in the face of First Amendment law. Decades of First Amendment jurisprudence establishes that the government is entitled to seize property used for speech only after notice to the property owner and an adversarial hearing that fully vets the merits of the government�s case and concludes that the defendant acted unlawfully. This seizure was conducted with no notice, no hearing of any kind, and was based only on the government�s assertion that it had probable cause to believe that criminal infringement occurred because some of the content linked to by Puerto 80 may be unauthorized. That procedural failure is itself enough to condemn the government�s action as an unlawful prior restraint. And it is compounded by the government�s substantive failure to show anything more than probable cause to believe that criminal copyright infringement had occurred. The First Amendment requires more than probable cause. It requires a final determination on the merits that Puerto 80�s use of the domain names was unlawful. For both reasons, the government�s prior restraint was unlawful and should be lifted.
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A wise friend recently observed that aging has gotten a lot more complicated in recent years. Not only are older adults required to make all sorts of choices about medical care, living arrangements and financial matters, but they -- I should say "we" -- are expected to do so by negotiating a range of technological tools including computers, smart phones and complicated voice mail systems with which they may not be familiar or comfortable.
Sometimes, the result can be delayed decisions that erode quality of life or even threaten health or financial stability.
For those who grew up in the age of technology or who worked in an environment where keeping up with constantly changing computer systems was required, the new modes of communication are not nearly so jarring. But for a large group of people now in their later years the pressure to manage in a wirelessly linked world can be overwhelming.
I'm old enough to remember when the touch-tone phone system was introduced to our small town. Now instead of dialing just five numbers to reach local homes and businesses, users would be required to dial the prefix -- another outdated term -- which meant seven numbers in all. As I was busy complaining about the change, my mother-in-law reminded me that only a few years before, local phone numbers included just four digits.
About the time that touch-tone phones came into wide usage, another advancement was gaining traction. Direct Distance Dialing meant that you could make calls to another town or state using area codes instead of having to engage an operator -- more convenient for sure, but once again requiring more numbers to keep track of.
The complications of modern life extend beyond technology. When medical coverage was relatively routine in the workplace, most plans were pretty standard and employees had few choices to make. Then the financial people realized that if they offered a cafeteria plan where employees could make choices, paying more for higher levels of coverage, the company could save money. Now workers had to weigh their risk of getting sick against the immediate hit to their household budget.
When computer systems became more sophisticated, business leaders realized there could be even greater savings if employees registered their choices online, thus eliminating the clerks and the paperwork needed for manual enrollment. Better still, how about asking workers to do their own research instead of having human resources personnel conduct informational sessions?
It was a similar story when the switch was made from defined benefit pension plans to the 401K system that allowed workers to make investment decisions that would affect their retirement income.
These new strategies gave employees more control over their lives, or at least that was what I was instructed to tell employees who reported to me, and, yes, it was true. It also meant that they would have to become much more knowledgeable about health care issues and financial markets so that they could make wise choices. For some people that was not a problem, in fact, they found it liberating. But for others it was overwhelming, better just to pick an option and go with it, or worse still, opt out and risk financial hardship in the years ahead.
Indeed, the world is getting more complex. Could that be why lots of people simply disengage from the weighty issues of the day and instead turn their attention to the private lives of famous people or the Home and Garden network, that is, if they can figure out how to use the television remote?
It is counterintuitive that as the number of devices available for communication increases the dedication to substantive interaction with other people decreases, but that seems to be the reality. As more and more time is spent moving seamlessly among various electronic devices and software applications, less effort is devoted to personal relationships and finding solutions to real-world problems.
This is not to say that technology is all bad or that empowering people to make choices in accordance with their own personal goals is not the right strategy. Rather, there is a need to balance dependence on technology with reliance on connecting with people and ideas the old-fashioned way, face to face.
Greater understanding could come by expanding the circle of conversation, by reaching out to those who have something of value to contribute but haven't been asked, realizing that not everyone communicates in the same way and that efforts to bring people together should include more than just the Internet.
More than simply a replacement for the old, the new ways should be seen as tools to enhance the human condition.
Kathy Silverberg is former publisher of the Herald-Tribune's southern editions. Email: email@example.com
More ways to interact, but more difficulty doing so
A wise friend recently observed that aging has gotten a lot more complicated in recent years. Not only are older adults required to make all sorts of choices about medical care, living arrangements and financial matters, but they -- I should say "we" -- are expected to do so by negotiating a range of technological tools including computers, smart phones and complicated voice mail systems with which they may not be familiar or comfortable.


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MIAMI – It wasn't quite a breakout performance for the US national team under Jurgen Klinsmann, but Saturday's 1-0 defeat of Honduras was at least a step forward after going winless in the new coach's first three games.
The US dominated large stretches of the match and would have increased the scoring margin if not for two wasted chances by Brek Shea and Oguchi Onyewu. While a bigger result was warranted, the Americans are happy to leave Miami with a win that was a relief for Klinsmann and a confidence builder for his players.
"I think the transition for the team might be easier when you win and get the right results," Klinsmann said in the postgame press conference.
There were a number of positives to be taken, most notably Clint Dempsey's preternatural poise in front of goal on his game-winner and Tim Howard's ongoing development as a world-class keeper. Those are almost givens.
What's new is perhaps finding a permanent left back in Timmy Chandler and his growing partnership with Shea, the FC Dallas playmaker and MLS MVP candidate.
"We saw a continuing of a partnership with Timmy Chandler and Brek Shea," Klinsmann said. "We saw this in Belgium and they are feeling more comfortable each time we play. This partnership is something they enjoy. Brek continues to grow into a better and better player and he's really maturing."
Real Salt Lake defensive midfielder Kyle Beckerman, playing in the No. 6 slot alongside Maurice Edu, provided cover for Chandler's regular forays into the Honduras final third.
"We want to continue to encourage him to keep doing that and not worry about what's behind him," Beckerman said. "We'll take care of it."
Shea missed two difficult chances in the first half on passes from Chandler. He flubbed a gimme in the second half from striker Jozy Altidore that would have provided some breathing room. He did, however, provide the skipping cross that found Dempsey for the game winner.
"I just tried to put it into the danger zone," Shea said. "The field was wet; let's see what happens."
With their first win under Klinsmann now behind them, the US fly Sunday to New Jersey for Tuesday's friendly against Ecuador at Red Bull Arena.
"We're happy to get our first win for the manager," Dempsey said. "You get more confidence from games that you win. We want to keep moving forward as a team."


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After a long time without talking about this, one of my favourite subjects, it's time to revisit this topic. The problem is GTK+ does not provide a widget for grids like the ones in GNUCash or (ehem) Microsoft Access. This kind of widgets are pretty useful when all the rows has the same format (e.g., every column has a type and other attributes) and the user needs to edit the data *fast*. Note that a Sheet, like the widget used in Gnumeric or other spreadsheet programs, does not have that property: one column can have different data types in different rows.
Are you sure GTK+ does not have that widget? What about the powerfull GtkTreeView? Yeah, you are right. The GtkTreeView is a damn cool widget with the features we are looking for:
- Every row has the same format
- You can edit the cells
Not to talk about the tons of other nice features the GtkTreeView also have (MVC architecture, sortable, filterable, column orderable, flexible renderers, ...). My only problem about the GtkTreeView was that the editing of the cell was not fast enough. With a standard configuration of a GtkTreeView the user needs to go to a cell, press enter to put it on editable mode, edit the cell and press enter again. Too much keystrokes == no fast editable.
Well, that was in the old pre 2.6 days. Now there is a way to make the TreeView fast when talking about editing. It is called 'start-editing' signal on the renderers. In 2.4 the problem was that once you start editing a cell you didn't have access to the widget used as the cell editor (usually a GtkEntry) so you couldn't connect a key-press-event handler to see what key the user pressed to go to the next cell. This is exactly the problem 'start-editing' solves in 2.6. Actually it is useful for many other cases.
I even started my own GtkGrid project to work around this problem in 2.4 which I don't regret at all even when now it is not necessary anymore. I learned a lot of things doing this:
- How to write a widget from scracth in C
- How to write Python bindings for such a widget
- How to read more than 30.000 lines of code (GtkTreeView and friend classes) and not to die
Now for the lessons learned:
- When you need a feature in GTK+ first ask *very politely* to the maintainers if it can be done. Note the difference between 'it can be done' and 'will you do it?'. I don't think I was unpolited in the above story, the problem was I just assumed that they will do it if it was a good idea. Now I know, there are too many good ideas in bugzilla.gnome.org that don't get done just as a matter of (lack of) resources.
- If they say yes go to the code and try to write a patch for that. No matter how hard it seems to be. Writing something from scratch is almost always harder. Having a patch will give your request much more chances to be implemented. Be prepared to modify your patch as many times as the maintainers told you until they seem happy with it.
- If they say no, don't give up, go to the code and see if there are some ideas the maintainers didn't considered and talk with them about those in a GTK+ meeting
- Even then, maybe the feature you are requesting does not have its way in GTK+. Maybe this is the time to write something from scratch, but please, try the other steps first.
As Johan said, it seemed I had a problem with communication with this grid issue. I could have written a patch to add this 'start-editing' signal to GtkCellRenderer and showing its utility it may have been accepted. The problem was I didn't know enough about GTK+ internals to do this. Then when writing my widget I got this knowledge and that was when I should have written the patch. But it's too hard to throw away your code and do the right thing in this situation. Btw, I hate the fact that Johan is almost always right :-)
I have a demo of this concept that work pretty good but also has a couple of hacks. Let me know if you want to take a look at it.


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Tony Manero opens with a queue. The queue to get into a talent show contest where Chilean TV in the 1970s will select the best Tony Manero impersonator- for those who don't know Tony Manero is the name of John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever. Our 'hero' Raul is one of the characters queueing to take the floor, but he has arrived a week too early having got the date wrong. He therefore has to return back to his squalid room and his own dance troup (consisting of himself, his girlfriend, his girlfriend's daughter and her boyfriend). The film focuses in on Raul- an unpleasant man who beats to death old women in order to acquire their TVs and who casually murders as a means to achieving his own desires. His desire is to be the best Tony Manero impersonator in Chile: therefore he murders his way to a set of glass bricks to insert on a stage above flashing lights, he murders a projectionist who switches from showing Saturday Night Fever to Grease, and he defecates on the white suit of a rival impersonator. This is man as a moral abyss: his focus is purely upon becoming the best Tony Manero impersonator there is.
The film is set in the Chile of General Pinochet. I make no comment on the accuracy of the film to this period of Chilean history, I do not know enough about it. Allende is but a memory and not mentioned in the film. Opposition whilst possible invites police attention and in the end brutal torture. There is an immediacy to life: none of the characters in the troup have a long term plan. They think about escaping their situation or Chile, but none of them move and all of them anchor such dreams on the unrealistic prospect that Raul cares more for them than he does for Tony. What we have here is a casualness about life and the world. Raul exemplifies it with his murderous tendencies, incidental to a Beejees song. The other characters share this though- they might strive against the regime but fundementally they live their lives for the moment. This derives in part from the fact that none of them have much to live for: the house is dirty, the dance troup shabby, Raul is a dictator and their lives are inching towards the grave. There is something Hogarthian about shabby sex in dirty rooms and feeble impersonations. The Chile of Pinochet is represented here as murky and mundane. Perhaps this is most evident in the streets strewn with stones where the police seem able to create fear but not safety: Manero murders with impunity, only opposition activists distributing newspapers are in danger.
This is fused with the world of celebrity and capitalism. This is a world in which character is driven by commodity. Raul wants to be Tony Manero. His world is impoverished, the culture of the dance troup is vitiated by the world of Hollywood. Raul neglects the Chilean and the interesting for the American and the banal. This tale has been told before in cinema from the 40s in Europe to the 2000s in Latin America, the tale of the American empire of culture that means that we are all truly Americans, is one that's been retold and retold again and again. But the truth is that we are all Americans of a certain type and Raul is not a countryman of Nathaniel Hawthorne or Edgar Allan Poe: where America's culture runs from top to bottom, from thought to entertainment, Raul creates out of entertainment a philosophy where none exists. He models his life on what was supposed to be a diversion: mumbling in the dark the words of John Travolta he treats the amusement of an idle hour as though it were holy scripture. Empty and filled only with this aspiration, Raul is in truth the most boring of men and the most boring of characters. The fascination of the film lies in the fact that everyone else seems obsessed by this idiot.
Is this what dictatorship and celebrity do? Turn a world of interesting people into a city a boring ones: confine horizons, alter moral consciousness and change the world to make it smaller, drabber and dirtier. There is more here than a purely political comment: Raul thrives in Pinochet's Chile and maybe is an avatar of the dictator himself, but he would be a psychopath in any society. The difference maybe that it is only in dictatorships that he would survive. Like a bug, Raul thrives in the wet and the dark, and dictatorships are wet with blood and dark with censorship. The poverty and poverty of aspiration aids him. At the bottom though this is not a political study, but a study of a psychopath- a man for whom ends outweigh means. A man with a cult- a cult of celebrity- in this case Travolta but it might be a footballer or a Big Brother heroine- its just the same. Raul is a monster- and you feel dirty after watching this film, contaminated by its dankness- equally it is only in the nightstreets of Babylon that monsters can thrive!
September 12, 2010
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Here is a picture of one of life's little joys: food. Not only food, but a dessert. The happy tummy joy of trifle. Actually, I think this trifle provides a bit of eye candy too.
With 6 of our family in town for the past week and the Christmas gift of a trifle dish, I could not resist making this happy treat. Of course, the family all encouraged and helped me too.
While I lived in England for a couple of years I picked up a few recipes of British food that still remain with me. The trifle is one of those that I have had to perfect with US measurements and ingredients. I do cheat and use Bird's Custard Powder because I have yet to perfect a custard worthy of a trifle.
It is not a perfect trifle, you can see the blemishes in the hastily made piece of art. We whipped this thing out in about 2 days and unfortunately it shows. We consumed it in less than an hour!
The bottom red layer is the classic sponge cake contained within cherry sugar-free gelatin. I cheated and purchased the Angel food cake already cooked, so this is just cubed and smashed into the bottom layer. I have found we are all happier after dessert if I use the sugar-free gelatin. The whipped cream on top and the custard has about 6 tablespoons of sugar in this entire bowl. Most of the sweetness actually comes from the fruit.
The next layer is the custard with mandarin oranges encapsulated. You can see one on top of the custard above the yellow blemish in the custard lower custard layer on the right.
The next layer is orange sugar-free gelatin containing peaches topped with bananas. All the fruit in this dish has come from a can, except the strawberries which were frozen and the fresh bananas.
The next layer is another custard with the strawberries on top. Unfortunately family pressed the strawberries down into the custard so it is not as clean as I would have liked, but in the end, it is all about the taste anyhow. The strawberries were halved while frozen but defrosted on top of the setting custard overnight. That way I could avoid the little water pockets around them in the jello.
The next layer is of strawberry sugar-free gelatin poured over the strawberries.
The last layer is heavy whipped cream. Like I mentioned earlier, each custard layer has two tablespoons of sugar. I honestly think we could get away without sugar in those layers but I have not been so bold as to try. The same speaks for the cream on top, it could probably go without sugar. I may have to venture there on the next one.
The cream is formed with shaved mint chocolate on top. The chocolate did not shave properly and more or less clumped together through the shaving so you see it in its pathetic form.
The trifle still tasted beautiful in all its wonder. All 8 of us ate it mostly after a healthy dinner of potato soup, curry and rice, and na'an bread and rolls. Talk about a mix of poor foods and then throw in the snobbish trifle. Some day we will have to do a post about the curry and rice with na'an bread, another throwback from my years on British soil.


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One sailor had committed adultery. Another was involved in a domestic dispute. The third committed "alcohol-related harassment."
The Navy ordered the three recruiters to pack their duffel bags and find different jobs.
They are three of 60 troops found unfit for duty after the Pentagon re-screened its sailors, per Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's orders. The move came after the military announced this spring that 26,000 troops had been sexually assaulted in 2012, a 35% increase over 2010.
In all, 60 troops working as recruiters, instructors or sexual assault counselors have been disqualified after their records were re-examined. USA TODAY first reported that earlier this month. Two Navy counselors were also removed from their jobs. No Marines or airmen were disqualified. The Army barred 55 soldiers from sensitive posts, and more suspensions may be coming; it has not yet completed its screening of about 20,000 soldiers.
News about what got troops the boot has been slow in coming. A document obtained by USA TODAY showed the Army's criteria for suspension included evidence of sexual harassment or assault, prostitution, incest, adultery, stalking, even bestiality.
The Army has not responded to requests to detail the violations it found among the disqualified soldiers.
Each service has had struggled to contain sexual assault within its ranks.
There have been several examples in the last year:
• More than a dozen trainers at the Air Force's main training base have been convicted of sexually abusing trainees.
• An Army sergeant in charge of sexual assault prevention at Ft. Hood is under investigation for running a prostitution operation.
• The Marines had the highest rate of sexual abuse, according to the Pentagon, with nearly 30% of women said they suffered unwanted sexual contact by another military member.
• Three midshipmen at the Naval Academy were charged this summer with sexual assault of a female classmate.


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On a recent trip to Israel, several art students explored the intersection of their studies and science and learned more about their global community. The visit to Shenkar College of Engineering and Design was the first international trip for many of the students, including painter Jessica Tawzcynski.
"I wanted to visit Israel but didn't think it would happen while I was still in college," says Tawzcynski, who attended printmaking and color theory classes with instructors and students from Shenkar during their visit to campus in the fall. "I've never traveled outside of New England or been on a plane and the trip helped me open my eyes more to my surroundings, like seeing the clouds from above and seeing life in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv."
When the Israeli artists visited, they offered classes for students, toured art and technology facilities and gave artists feedback from the Shenkar's specialized design perspective. An Israeli graduate student, Oded Jacob, created an art installation with help from University artists that featured burning symbols on spikes across south campus, drawing several hundred spectators.
On their visit abroad, University students saw how closely Shenkar's engineering and art departments work together, held an art show and toured the region.
"The departments have very nice facilities and use interesting technology, like a printer that works on fabric and plastic molds to make small pieces into flowing clothing," says Eileen Ryan, a painter and sculptor. "They work well together and we really wanted to bring that relationship back with us."
Prof. Stephen Mishol, who accompanied the students along with others from the department, says the timing is right to bring technology and art together on campus. He's been working with plastics and engineering professors on interdisciplinary opportunities for all of their students and sees the partnership growing quickly. Students from both areas have worked together in classes like Artbotics and are excited to expand their work in other ways.
The projects they saw in Tel Aviv have the returning art students excited to incorporate technology, design and international concepts into their work. Tawzcynski was particularly struck by their visit to Jerusalem and has noticed the ancient city's architecture influencing her paintings. After seeing nanotechnology used to create molds for pieces in textile design, Ryan began thinking of her art in new ways.
"I want to go to the engineering departments and learn more about their programs and equipment," says Ryan. "If you can think it, you can do it."
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Ryan's attitude fits Mishol's approach to broadening the art education offered by the University to incorporate more interdisciplinary and international opportunities.
"We're looking to take advantage of University resources and stay in step with the school's mission, and our students are interested in making things.They don't want to be limited to a traditional fine arts education." says Mishol. "These are opportunities we can offer as a large university, distinguishing us from other art departments in the region. We have the resources to allow big ideas."
Mishol built the relationship with Shenkar's design program after an international partnership was established between the school's engineering departments. International experience isn't new for the art department, evidenced by Prof. Arno Minkkinen's Spirit Level class taking students to France and Mexico among other places, and other partnerships are in progress with more trips on the horizon.
"Our students are excellent ambassadors for the University and I couldn't be more pleased with our trip," says Mishol. "We're keeping up the partnership with Shenkar and have a joint show planned for the next academic year. This relationship will keep growing as we build more partnerships with artists across the globe to offer our students international opportunities."


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The postcard was addressed to Wm C Piggott, Cokeville, Wyo, Box 51. It is postmarked Bloomington, Idaho 1908. In case you were wondering that is my great-grandpa and grandma Hazel's hubby.
For some reason the author felt the need to write on the postcard sideways. Oh, probably because he had "an awful good time" the night before.
hello old man how areNot sure about the lingo back then, but I think maybe this fellow wanted to have more "awful good times" with gramps.
you I am back to B. L
When are you coming home
would like to see you
and have a time and more
Well write soon your
old time kid
J P H Bloomington
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MOVIE REVIEW- Teen queen: A hairy look at <i>la reine</i>
Not as bad as its hostile reception at Cannes would suggest, Marie Antoinette, Sofia Coppola's follow-up to Lost in Translation, has its screamingly horrible aspects but others that are excellent. It's as if it were made by two people, or one who's severely bipolar.
Coppola follows a teen queen from the big hair of the '60s to the hair bands of the '80s. Of course we're talking about the 1700s– so while the hair may be accurate, the music isn't. This may not bother viewers raised on "William Shakespeare's" Romeo + Juliet, A Knight's Tale, Great Expectations, and Moulin Rouge; but it creates some jarring moments without adding anything but soundtrack album and music video potential.
What's more harmful– if only because it's more pervasive– is the casting. As long as she keeps her mouth shut, Kirsten Dunst is perfect in the title role of the Austrian noblegirl who, in 1768 at the age of 14, is sent to France to marry Dauphin Louis-Auguste (Jason Schwartzman) to cement Franco-Austrian relations.
Although it's a traumatic journey for a young girl, it's made easier by the fact that everyone in both countries speaks perfect English. (Note to self: check historical accuracy of this.)
As she crosses the border, she's made to leave everything of Austria behind– her friends, family, clothing, and her little dog too. "You can have as many French dogs as you like," she's told by the cold Countess de Noailles (Judy Davis), mistress of the royal household.
The teenage wedding goes well, but the wedding night doesn't. Louis' hobby is making keys, but he can't fit his key in Marie Antoinette's lock, if you catch my drift. A metaphor has to be pretty obvious for me to get it, and I got this one long before it's hammered home by Marie Antoinette's brother, Emperor Joseph II of Austria (Danny Huston, whose wardrobe fitting must have lasted longer than the filming of his two brief scenes).
Louis-Auguste becomes King Louis XVI after the death of King Louis XV (Rip Torn, having a great time playing the randy ruler). Although he'd rather hunt all day and sleep all night, the young king overcomes his problem long enough to give his wife.. .a daughter. Wrong answer. It will take a male child to preserve their union and that of France and Austria.
When the male heir finally arrives, it's suggested that he's the result of the queen's affair with Sweden's Count Ferson (Jamie Dornan), shown as the only truly passionate interlude of her life.
"Let them eat cake" is dismissed as an invention of the tabloid-equivalents of the day, one of several rumors that feed the public's growing dissatisfaction with their rulers. The French Revolution is largely represented by off-screen crowd noises, but Coppola really shows off her filmmaking prowess in this brief final section. After being as indulgent as the French court, she shows how economical she can be.
The hanging of paintings indicates the birth and death of the royal couple's third child, and a haunting final shot speaks volumes. (Those who don't get it can go read volumes to find out what happened, or wait in vain for a sequel.)
Marie Antoinette is visually resplendent with the beauty of Versailles and the excessive luxuries to which the royal court treated itself. Dunst, almost endearing at times, is an excellent mannequin on which to hang the clothes and wigs of the queen, though how she fits into them after lying around eating pastries all day could be the subject of a very popular diet book.
Coppola wisely keeps dialogue to a minimum for her American stars, and Dunst and Schwartzman affirm the wisdom of this strategy with their every utterance. No one in the international cast is from the same country as their character (an unrecognizable Marianne Faithfull plays the Austrian Empress, and who the hell is Molly Shannon supposed to be?)– and there are maybe a dozen words of French in the entire movie.
After a shaky start in which it wavers between apparently unintentional parody and deadly seriousness, the film settles into a groove best described as gently satirical. If you can settle in with it, it works fairly well. The rock music isn't always disturbing, and much of the score sounds more or less of the period. But when Marie Antoinette faints after giving birth and the doctor says, "The Queen needs air," I thought he was referring to Coppola's favorite band, Air, who contribute one track.
Marie Antoinette could spawn a new genre of History for Dummies movies, which is scary when we have a dummy in the White House making history.


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Media Release:
The University of Hawai'i Board of Regents and President M.R.C. Greenwood today announced that the salary reductions proposed for UH faculty in the final formal offer to the University of Hawai'i Professional Assembly (UHPA) will be implemented Jan. 1, 2010.
The administration's formal written offer of Sept. 15, 2009 called for a temporary 5 percent salary reduction during a new two-year contract. This offer was rejected by UHPA. UHPA instead proposed a new four-year contract with a temporary 5 percent pay reduction in the first two years, followed by restoration to current salary levels plus a 7.5 percent salary increase in the third year and then an additional 7.5 percent increase in the fourth year. Negotiations are at impasse.
In separate letters to UHPA and members of the faculty, UH President Greenwood said the administration is implementing its Sept. 15 offer. Because it is being implemented over the shorter 18-month period, the temporary 5 percent salary reduction proposed for 24 months will be taken as a 6.667 percent temporary reduction over 18 months.
Greenwood said the administration decided to implement its final formal offer in order to sustain operations through the rest of this fiscal year and next. The university's clerical and administrative, professional and technical staff, represented by HGEA, previously ratified new contracts that include equivalent temporary 5 percent salary reductions over the current two-year biennium.
While Greenwood supports salary increases for faculty, she noted that "until the economy improves and UH funding is stabilized, we simply do not have the money to meet the expectations of UHPA."
The temporary salary reduction will not affect faculty members paid through non-appropriated funds, such as extramural contracts and grants. It will also not affect faculty members who retire before June 30, 2010.
"I remain committed to working with the leadership of UHPA and the faculty to reach a mutually acceptable settlement that responsibly addresses the university's critical economic challenges and the longer term need for competitive faculty salaries," Greenwood said.
To view the letter in full go to http://www.hawaii.edu/offices/op/2009/1228-salary.html.
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