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ALAMEDA (AP) — Matt Flynn might finally get another chance to start a game at quarterback in the NFL.
After being beaten out for starting gigs the past two preseasons in Seattle and Oakland, Flynn could start this week for the Raiders with Terrelle Pryor recovering from a concussion
Flynn got his first extensive work with the first team at practice on Wednesday since falling behind Pryor on the depth chart in training camp and could start Sunday against Washington.
"I've been in this spot before," Flynn said Wednesday. "This isn't new for me. I'm going to prepare like I am going to play. I have to do that to be ready just in case. I'm going to do everything I can to prepare like I would be the starter this week and see where it goes from there. Nobody knows."
Pryor has not been cleared to return to practice yet after getting hurt late in Monday night's loss in Denver when he was knocked out on a helmet-to-helmet hit by linebacker Wesley Woodyard on a quarterback draw. Pryor thought Woodyard should have been fined for the play but it was determined to be legal by the NFL because Pryor was a runner between the tackles.
Pryor remained in the game for two plays after the hit as coach Dennis Allen said he showed no signs of a concussion in the immediate aftermath. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said all indications are that the Raiders handled the situation properly.
The union routinely looks into how teams handle all concussions and spokesman Carl Francis said the NFLPA had no comment on the particulars of Pryor's case.
Pryor was cleared to attend meetings and have physical activity but needs to pass two more hurdles to play. He was taking a concussion test later Wednesday to determine whether he can practice Thursday and then would still need to be cleared for contact.
"I think it was very mild, because I'm doing very well," Pryor said. "They said I'm taking very good steps toward being able to play."
Allen said the decision on Pryor's status is out of his hands until the doctors determine Pryor is fully healed.
"When the medical personnel people feel he's fine and he's cleared to practice and play then he'll be out there practicing and playing," Allen said.
If Pryor is unable to play, the Raiders will have to once again retool their offense after making changes late in training camp when the more mobile Pryor won the starting job.
Using designed runs, read-option plays and scrambles, Pryor leads the Raiders in rushing through three games with 198 yards. Pryor is 12th in the league in rushing and his 7.6 yards per carry is tops among all qualifiers. He also has shown improvement in the passing game, throwing for a career-high 281 yards against Denver and committing no turnovers the past two games.
Flynn has started two games in his career when he was in Green Bay, going 24 for 37 for 251 yards, three touchdowns and one interception in 2010 at New England and then throwing for 480 yards and six touchdowns against Detroit in the 2011 season finale for the Packers.
That performance helped make Flynn one of the top free agents in 2012 and he signed a deal with Seattle. But the Seahawks also used a third-round draft pick on Russell Wilson that offseason and Wilson won the starting job. With Wilson emerging as one of the league's top young quarterbacks, the Seahawks traded Flynn in April to Oakland.
The Raiders gave up two draft picks in the deal and gave Flynn $6.5 million in guaranteed money as they planned for him to replace Carson Palmer as starter. But that changed when Flynn struggled in the exhibition season with a sore elbow and Pryor outplayed him to earn the starting job.
"Obviously, I don't think it even needs to be said, I was disappointed," Flynn said. "I prepared the best I could and things didn't work out. It's not my decision to make, it's not my job to make those kinds of decisions. It's something that you try to learn from. I can promise you it hasn't shaken my confidence. I still believe I can be a really good player."
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The class of persons who perform physical labor, skilled labor, domestic duties or similar tasks. Persons in the working class often earn an hourly wage and many (though far from all) have low job security. Examples of those with working class occupations include food servers, miners and construction workers. Some, though not all, are poorly paid. The working class is closely related to, but distinct from, the working poor. See also: Blue collar.

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A stylus wouldn't be Register Hardware's weapon of choice for the upcoming videogame Grand Theft Auto IV. But as the title's rumoured to be coming to Nintendo's DS Lite, this could become a reality.
Will GTA IV hit the DS Lite? Image courtesy of Game-Class
Online gaming publication Game-Class.com has published details from a retailer document claiming GTAIV will be launched as a handheld title later this year.
The game will be released in the UK for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on the 29 April. However, GTA IV isn't the sort of game we would usually expect to transfer over to the DS, given that it demands some fierce button pushing to keep the police and rival gangs at bay.
Register Hardware's remaining sceptical for the time being, given how perilously close it is to 1 April.
However, it's been officially confirmed that Rockstar, GTA IV's developer, and online retailer Amazon have teamed up to enable music downloads from the game. The service, dubbed ZiT, allows gamers to buy real copies of the tracks they hear in the game over the title's mobile phone interface.
Provided you're registered with Rockstar's online social club, you'll be able to tag a tune at any point during the game. The character's virtual mobile phone then sends the song's information to your social club account, from where the track can be downloaded for less than £1 (€1.50/$2).


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"Our Lady of Sitka" Icon of the Mother of God - Troparion & Kontakion
Troparion — Tone 4
Today, like the morning sun rising over us, / your all-honored icon enlightens the world with rays of mercy / and our land reverently receives it / as a divine gift from on high, / glorifying you, O Birthgiver of God, Our Lady of Sitka, / with joy magnifying Christ our God Who was born of you. / Pray to Him O Lady Mary, Queen and Theotokos / that all cities and lands be protected from our enemies, / and that they will be saved who in faith venerate your most pure icon / that has come to dwell with us, O Virgin Mother, / who shows us the way to Christ.
Kontakion — Tone 8
O Mother of God, chosen from all generations to be the protectress of the Christian people; / we offer you songs of thanksgiving for your wonderworking Icon that has come to Alaska. / You are a fountain of mercy and help all who seek refuge in you. / Defend us in all afflictions, necessities and tribulations that we may cry to you: / Rejoice, zealous defender of the Orthodox faithful in America.


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Sunday, January 01, 2017
Real time blood glucose levels on Apple Watch
Made a storify of a discussion from Twitter. Loving my new Apple Watch with real time glucose values via my Dexcom CGM.
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What to do with old Knome exome data ...
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Answers To Textbook Questions: Copyright Violation?
from the oh-come-on... deptJust a few weeks ago, in writing about the pointlessness of "derivative rights" in copyright law, I questioned the "example" of an answer key for a textbook, noting that there was no reason to have it covered by copyright:
But, to me, this seems ridiculous on a basic common sense reading. I can't fathom how anyone can (at least honestly) claim that copyright really has an idea/expression dichotomy and then say that Section 106(2) makes any sense at all. What's wrong if someone else wants to produce an answer guide to an original textbook? Why would it ever make policy sense to deny such a right? In most cases, you would assume that the original creator of the textbook would have a better understanding of the topics and the answers, so an "unauthorized" answer key is unlikely to be as valuable. But why should it be prevented? On top of that, if the answer key is just answering questions, then how could it be infringement? Those answers are accurate "facts" responding to questions. If an answer key is infringing, then wouldn't that make student answers infringing as well?Apparently, though, others don't agree -- and they're the folks who make the rules. Michael Scott points us to the news that a court has ruled that answers to a textbook questions are a derivative work, and someone who was selling such answers online was infringing on the copyright of the textbook publisher. This still makes no sense to me. First, there's no "copying." Second, isn't answering a question a "factual" statement? How can answering a question be copyright infringement? From a policy and common sense perspective it makes no sense. But, that's what you get with the way copyright law is these days. It's not about the incentive to create, but about stifling competition and free speech. In the meantime, I can't wait to see the next student sued for copyright infringement for answering his homework questions.
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Here are online links and instructions to help you estimate your premium quote for this risk management plan.
By Marv Carlson, Dairy Gross Margin, LLC
Nearly the first question milk producers ask me is, "How much does it cost?"
Well, I really can't tell you until the last business Friday of the month when USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) posts the prices for milk, corn and soybean meal, but I can give you an estimated quote based on the last three business days.
As agents licensed to sell Livestock Gross Margin (LGM), we do not know how much the premium costs until the last business Friday or sales day for LGM. That's because LGM for Dairy's premium is based off the volatility from the three day averages of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday's closing CME market commodity prices. The premium quote is available after the computations have been completed.
How do you or I obtain an estimated quote? We have set up a link to access the premium estimator at www.dairygrossmargin.com. Click on "premium estimator."
For those who would like more background information before going to the premium calculator; go to http://future.aae.wisc.edu. This is the homepage of the University of Wisconsin Dairy Marketing and Risk Management Program and is maintained by Professor Brian W. Gould of the Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics.
Find and Click on "LGM-Dairy." From there, click on "Supporting Software." LGM – Dairy Analyzer (V 2.0) is the software to run for premium estimator quotes leading into sales day. I suggest that you view the "Tutorial Video." After clicking to go to the "Analyzer," read the Documentation page. Click on the Premium Estimator link and peruse the site to see what all it includes.
To run a premium estimation calculation for your operation, put in the hundredweights of milk you produce each month. Select the year, month and deductible. Enter the hundredweights of milk and amounts of corn and soybean meal in tons you wish to include. If you want to do this faster, just enter tons of milk, then click "lowest allowed" at the top. At this point, you have a defined Monthly Gross Margin.
To see what the preliminary premium will be, click on "Calculate LGM Premium" at the bottom. Then expand this result by clicking "Show per cwt Results." The third-to-last column on the right will show you the "Net Premium per cwt. of Covered Milk" in $/cwt. Your premium cost will be determined by the deductible you choose to insure and the hundredweights of milk you want to include using LGM for Dairy as part of your risk management plan.
Take special note and read closely. The original amount of feed you enter does not change in the yellow boxes as you change the percentage of milk and feed you wish to include in your calculation. The amounts are changing live as you enter monthly changes. Read the fine print to see the new milk and feed amounts for your preliminary estimate sample.
I like to print out the three most likely Premium Estimator calculations and then circle the changes for a quick refresher when making further analysis of the runs.
Final premium quotes will be available from a Crop Insurance Agent who sells LGM, or if you want to check for yourself, see "RMA's Premium Calculator." A link to this is available on Dr. Gould's site.
One final note: USDA/RMA has publicly said the LGM products (LGM-Dairy included) have a $20 million allocation. About $12 million has been used. The largest amount has gone to pay subsidies for LGM-Dairy. Officials said, at the current rate, the $20 million could be gone before June 30, 2011. Starting in July, an additional $20 million would be put in place.
The sales pace in February will give us a better idea of how fast the money will be depleted. USDA/RMA said when the funds are gone, sales will stop until new funds are available on July 1, 2011.
The next sales day opportunity is Feb. 25, 2011. The March sales date is March 25, 2011.
Marv Carlson is with Dairy Gross Margin, LLC, in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. Contact him at [email protected] or (712) 240-8395. Visit the firm's website for more information: www.dairygrossmargin.com.


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RIO DE JANEIRO — The real agenda behind the United Nations Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development was clear months before the summit began. It had little to do with solving poverty or legitimate environmental concerns. Instead, the UN was hoping to acquire vast new powers to re-shape the world and its people, as evidenced by multiple reports and documents it released ahead of the conference. Of course, the fact that Rio+20 Secretary General Sha Zukang was a Chinese Communist who openly loathes Americans was revealing, too.
Aside from the fairly transparent UN agenda, however, the conference itself offered a great deal of insight into the forces working together against national sovereignty, private property, individual liberty, and economic freedom. Big business was there — mostly begging for more government control and taxpayer money. A wide assortment of tax-funded "non-governmental organizations" — known as NGOs for short — was there, too. Unsurprisingly, they mostly demanded more government control.
Finally, no UN conference would be complete without member governments — a chance for Western powers to mingle with a gaggle of dictators and mass murderers styling themselves "presidents." They found plenty to agree on. In fact, it seemed like all of the so-called "stakeholders" were essentially on the same page: more for them, less for you. The New American (TNA) was also at the summit to bring you the inside stories that the mainstream press largely ignored.
Police State, Green Hypocrisy, Secrecy, & Disorder
Rio+20 was originally touted as the biggest UN summit in history, but analysts later said that probably was not true. Some 50,000 people were supposed to participate, but nowhere near that number actually showed up — several observers even thought that less than 10,000 had attended. Many of the world's most important heads of state and government — Obama, Angela Merkel of Germany, and the U.K.'s David Cameron, for example — also stayed away.
Immediately upon arrival, the most striking phenomenon in Rio was the overt nature of the police state. All over the city, attendees were greeted by armored personnel carriers and assault vehicles, dozens of military helicopters swarming overhead with turrets aimed downward, checkpoints manned by machine gun-wielding Brazilian troops, federal police dressed in futuristic costumes, and much more.
On the first day of the official conference, it took the TNA team more than two hours to cover just a few miles and get into the conference — largely owing to the unimaginable traffic created by "security." The fact that the troops occupying every street corner in the area demanding ID did not know what they were doing certainly did not help matters.
Once inside, the UN again revealed that its inability to run a proper conference — let alone the world — is surpassed only by its zealous ambition to assume ever-greater powers. There were not nearly enough desks for all of the journalists, leading to more than a few heated arguments. Internet cables were also in short supply, and the wireless Internet, when it was actually working, was pathetically slow.
Despite the summit being touted as an effort to increase "sustainability" — a vague term with hundreds of definitions generally understood to mean reduced consumption — the waste evident all throughout the conference was astounding. Every building was running the air-conditioning at full blast with the doors wide open, for example. In some rooms, the AC was so cold that journalists were moving out from under the vents.
Consuming less was apparently only a requirement for the ruled. The world's rulers and their representatives stayed at five-star hotels and lived a lifestyle unimaginable to most of the world — not to mention the millions of destitute Brazilians living in squalor throughout Rio's infamous favela slums. "Saving the world" from humanity at lavish conferences apparently costs a lot of money, and the "dignitaries" had every luxury at their disposal for the job. The total price tag of the summit remains a mystery.
Massive motorcades of gas-guzzling limos transported dictators and mass-murdering gangsters calling themselves "presidents," as well as their oversized entourages, to and from the venue. Meanwhile, other "VVIPs" — the term used by the UN to identify top officials at the summit — landed in carbon dioxide-spewing helicopters.
Apparently some of the dignitary squads squandered even more taxpayer money buying "carbon credits" from their cronies to offset the emissions. But the unsustainable resource-gobbling spectacle was slammed by more than a few critics on both sides of the debate, not to mention poor Brazilians who spoke with TNA, as blatant "green" hypocrisy. Even true "sustainability" believers were shocked.
When the environmental dignitaries left, security did too. At that point, residents of the slums in the area began pouring into the venue to scavenge for the remaining scraps left behind, looting the food court as the few remaining security guards were overwhelmed. The TNA team witnessed part of the commotion before leaving as dozens of favelados, as they're called, ran out from the food court carrying what they could.
The So-called "Stakeholders"
Virtually every national government on Earth was represented at Rio+20. Delegates representing mass murderers, communist tyrants, genocidal maniacs, war criminals, Islamic theocracies, and more were all intermingling, supposedly defending the interests of their "citizens" while trying to hammer out an agreement to "save the world." Of course, it does not take much knowledge about the world to understand that at least the vast majority of the regimes present at the table had ulterior motives.
Unlike past conferences, government delegates at Rio+20 were kept in isolation, hiding behind security personnel in their own special pavilion. Organizations and the media were kept out — unless, of course, they could find a government willing to let them in. Even then, they were supposed to take care of business with the delegation that invited them through security and then promptly get out.
Across from the main venue was another large area where governments and dictatorships set up booths to tout their own accomplishments. Seeking press coverage for a panel discussion hosted by the Islamic monarchy ruling Qatar, the TNA team was invited to attend and was picked up in a private car paid for by the regime.
The discussion — mostly on redefining the concept of rights to include things like food, rather than liberties — featured more than a few heavyweights, including UN boss Ban Ki-moon, a socialist former Spanish prime minister, heads of UN agencies, and many others. The AC was blasting there, too, in what was essentially an open-air tent. After chatting briefly with the Qatari ambassador to the UN who happens to be serving as the chief of the UN General Assembly, mostly about why and how he thought the global body should save the world, TNA decided to visit some of the other government booths.
The communist dictatorship ruling over China had a massive setup where interested parties could learn about its supposed leadership on "sustainability" issues, though the regime seems to have toned down its celebration of the reduced "carbon emissions" achieved through its barbaric "one-child" policy. Nobody was available for an interview with TNA, but we did get a "flash drive" containing documents.
The European Union had a big booth, too, where participants were debating the role of regional regimes in the new green-world order. At the American government's booth, the first visible flyer was promoting population control, while another touted USAID programs to achieve global "sustainability." U.S. taxpayers' money also went to hand out coffee — presumably sustainably grown coffee — to anyone who stopped by. It was delicious.
Throughout the three-day summit, government representatives, including some prime ministers and presidents, offered long speeches about sustainability, what they were doing, what should be done, and more. Their faces were broadcast throughout the conference center on huge screens so people could see the dignitaries no matter where they went. But most people were not paying attention anyway.
The Cheerleading "Media"
When Rio+20 boss Zukang announced hundreds of "commitments" by governments and businesses on so-called "sustainability" worth more than half a trillion dollars, much of the audience — supposedly unbiased members of the media — applauded in delight. The bizarre scene offered extraordinary insight into why the one-sided international press coverage of such summits has become so routine.
Rather than asking hard questions about the alleged science or the true agenda, the vast majority of reports being churned out of the Rio+20 media room largely parroted UN claims as if they were gospel. The "significant" UN announcement at the final major summit press conference included few details about the actual agreements or their implications. For the most part, Zukang and other conference speakers simply offered vague generalities about building a "sustainable" world for a "better future," saying governments and businesses around the world had agreed to undertake massive "sustainability" efforts.
"From the very beginning, we have said Rio+20 is about implementation. It is about concrete action. And the commitments that we share with you today demonstrate that governments, the UN system and the nine major groups are committed and serious about implementation," said Zukang, the communist who also heads the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. "The total figure is now 692 registered commitments. Ladies and Gentlemen, this brings the estimated total value of commitments to $513 billion."
That's when most of the supposed journalists at the official press conference applauded and smiled upon hearing Zukang's news. According to critics of the media reaction, they were behaving more like cheerleaders than objective reporters. But unlike past major international environmental summits, most of the press was kept in the dark about the negotiations throughout the final days of the summit — making the applause even more bizarre.
As members of the press celebrated the vague announcements, one Japanese reporter called the behavior "ridiculous." Later on, more than a few analysts blasted the cheering, too. Critics of the shadowy negotiating process itself had even harsher words, slamming the global body's secrecy and the journalists' complacency about it.
The media applause continued after each speaker at the press conference — statements by politicians, bureaucrats, business leaders, and more all received a very warm reception from hundreds of journalists in attendance. When a non-profit foundation leader on the panel announced mandatory "sustainability education" for all Brazilian children enforceable by law, as well as the inclusion of "sustainable development" themes on national standardized tests, the reporters exhibited special delight.
Later that night, when the Rio+20 plenary session finally voted to adopt the highly controversial UN document known as "The Future We Want," the media section at the conference center erupted with applause, cheering, and whistling as if a goal had been scored in a soccer game. When asked on camera by TNA why they were celebrating, some refused to talk, others said they were happy because the summit was over, and still more claimed not to know.
Media outlets known to be especially reliable and relatively effective UN lapdogs — the state-funded BBC, for example — were given special, private areas to work in. They also obtained much greater access to the "VVIPs" in attendance, scoring exclusive interviews to ask soft-ball questions about why even more wasn't being done to save the world.
But despite the VIP treatment for select "media" outlets — in the United States, at least — the lack of press coverage about the summit was deafening. The day after the conference ended, neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post included front-page headlines mentioning the conclusion of Rio+20. "It seems the conference did not end as the editors wished," noted Ken Haapala, executive vice president of the Science and Environmental Policy Project.
Of course, most of the journalists celebrating Zukang's announcement at the press conference were almost certainly not aware at the time that no officially "binding" commitments had been foisted on populations by their governments. If they had known, based on discussions TNA had with reporters throughout the summit, they probably would not have been applauding.
Even with the cheerleading media, however, more than a few analysts and critics who spoke with TNA said the world was waking up to the UN's schemes and its failed science — especially in the United States, where opposition to the global agenda is building while the public largely rejects the alarmism being hyped to push it. Scientists, meanwhile, including many who have been affiliated with the UN, are jumping ship in growing numbers as well. And those trends, especially with the rise of the Internet and the alternative media, are likely to continue accelerating.
NGOs Demand Anti-liberty Global "Solutions"
As the summit got started on June 20, a 17-year-old NGO activist gave a speech to the national delegates about how it was their duty to decide the fate of her future and the future of her children. It was a dramatic opening — official dignitaries seemed impressed. Strong agreements and global measures were needed to save the world, she insisted.
Countless so-called NGOs were in attendance, supposedly representing "civil society." Much of the funding for the groups comes from taxpayers, so, unsurprisingly, most of them loudly called for more and more government to stop poverty, environmental problems, gender inequality, class inequality, and innumerable other real and perceived issues affecting the planet.
The Brazilian government helped them along, spending millions of taxpayer dollars to create a "People's Summit." Immediately upon arrival, this reporter was approached by a man wearing a giant condom suit handing out taxpayer-funded condoms from the "Ministry of Health" to the taxpayer-funded activists at the taxpayer-funded "People's Summit." Military helicopters were swarming overhead the whole time.
The TNA team spent several hours perusing the whole area. We spoke to socialists of various persuasions ranging from a representative of the Movement for Socialism, who did not think Latin America's socialist despots were radical enough, to a spokesperson for the "Movement to End Capitalism," who said the group desired reform that was impossible to achieve through politics and that money should be abolished. When asked how it might be accomplished without the existing political system, however, they offered few details.
Many of the "People" at the "People's" summit, despite their overt government backing, saw themselves as rebels. There were dozens — probably hundreds — of natives from the Amazon, too. Most of them were selling trinkets or chanting, but they made for good photo opportunities for the NGOs seeking to advance various causes.
A partially tax-funded Danish artist with "Art in Defense of Humanism" was there as well, presenting a series of exhibits including a decent-sized replica of the Statue of Liberty with the words "Freedom to Pollute" written across it. Another piece he was showing off featured a young pregnant girl on a crucifix, which he said was a protest against the Catholic Church for its opposition to sex education, contraception, pre-marital sex, abortion, and other teachings.
"We must get a lot of tax on oil," he told TNA in an interview, proposing $40 per gallon gasoline without really knowing what to do about the consequences such measures would have on the poor. After boasting of taking money from capitalists to use against them, he also said there was no "right to consume" and the standard of living in the West should decline dramatically — a common sentiment among the "people" at the tax-funded summit.
Greenpeace was at the "People's Summit" as well, offering presentations about mining and logging. The next day, however, we caught up with Icelandic investigative journalist Magnus Gudmundsson, who has studied environmental campaigns and their effects for more than two decades. His take on Greenpeace and other environmental groups was a real eye-opener.
According to Gudmundsson, many of the mega-"Green" groups use blatant deception. One example in particular that he spoke about was an allegedly bogus propaganda video created by Greenpeace purporting to show seal hunters in the far North. The video, he said, citing multiple experts, was staged for the camera. But the tragic effects on the some of the world's most vulnerable people were all too real.
"Communities have been destroyed economically and socially," Gudmundsson explained, pointing to Native American villages in the Arctic that had been completely devastated by "green" deception campaigns. "It brings in a lot of money" for the organizations, he said about the propaganda schemes. But the results are generally horror and destruction for the affected communities. More than 100 people out of less than 1,000 in just one village he visited committed suicide following a deceptive propaganda campaign to stop their traditional seal hunting.
"Communities have suffered incredibly, all in the name of saving the Earth," Gudmundsson told TNA, wondering if Rio+20 was part of the same pattern. "Of course, it has no impact on saving the Earth, but a big impact on their wallets."
Ironically, the vicious anti-seal hunting campaign actually ended up hurting the environment, he noted: The increase in seals caused a drop in the supply of fish, which threw the traditional ecosystem off balance. The local human community was virtually destroyed. And the seals were never even endangered in the first place.
Despite the stories of lies and destruction, however, many of the activists at Rio+20 were no doubt sincere. TNA interviewed some young Brazilians wearing funny-looking pig costumes, for example, who were passionately representing "Rio+Veg." The swine-suit-clad trio was very friendly as they explained the environmental benefits of vegetarianism. However, their mission at the conference — lobbying governments and the UN to curtail meat consumption — was typical of the NGOs' mindset: coercive power must be used to reform and guide humanity.
As the whole conference came to a close, another almost certainly well-intentioned activist spoke to TNA as well. Organizing Partner Kiara Worth representing the UN sustainability commission's Major Group for Children and Youth, was supposed to read a short statement on behalf of so-called "civil society" to the delegates.
But according to the young South African activist, she was told that there was no time — "essentially meaning that civil society has no voice here at the conference," she said, clearly upset, as representatives of governments and assorted dictatorships shuffled by with smiles on their faces. So, instead of reading the speech to the planet's "sustainability" dignitaries, she read it to TNA and answered a few questions.
"If these sheets of paper are our common future, then you have sold our fate and subsidized our common destruction," she said of the final UN agreement, expressing the disappointment many "stakeholders" felt with a document which did not technically mandate anything new. "We have one planet. Our being, our thinking, and our action should not be constrained by national boundaries, but by planetary ones. You failed to liberate yourselves from national and corporate self-interest."
Critics of the UN say the NGO activists present at the international conferences — no matter how sincere or well-intentioned — serve a crucial function under the guise of representing "society." The role of those groups and their criticisms about the UN's alleged failure to do enough help to advance the global institution's agenda, partly by making the sweeping planetary agreements seem moderate by comparison.
This allows the cheerleading media to create a false paradigm for their audiences where the only critics seem to be people who wanted more government, more UN, and more of the global agenda. Then, opponents of the whole agenda itself can be glossed over as the debate is framed in terms of advancing the UN's goals, or, on the other side advancing them even faster to please "civil society."
Opponents of the environmental agenda have called for an end to all taxpayer subsidies for NGOs, calling the government-funded groups "AstroTurf" designed to apply pressure from below and create the impression of popular support for the UN schemes. Of course, not all of the organizations receive public funds, but many do, even amid an economic crisis that has left untold millions completely destitute.
A few NGOs were at Rio+20 actually promoting what seemed to be real solutions to real problems. The Brazilian Association for Sustainable Development (ABIDES), for example, gave a presentation explaining that true sustainability should mean protecting nature while lifting people out of poverty — and it should start at the local level.
"The UN is speaking at a level that is not close to reality," said ABIDES President Everton Carvalho in an interview with TNA, noting that the real issues — increasing food production, developing infrastructure, creating jobs, and promoting economic growth — should be dealt with by locals who understand what is needed. "You have to solve the problems that are real, right now, for us."
Other organizations with representatives at Rio+20 promoting market solutions, economic growth, private property, real science, and individual liberty included the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) and the Competitive Enterprise Institute. However, such groups were a tiny, tiny minority — and they received virtually no establishment-press coverage. The vast majority of NGOs were busy calling on the UN and world governments to expand their powers under the guise of environmentalism, poverty, and more — exactly the opposite of what all available evidence shows can truly alleviate real problems. For those groups, though, the media cameras were always rolling.
Big Business Joins Forces With UN & World Governments
Despite the widely held misconception of Big Business and Big Government as being at odds with each other, many of the world's top corporate chieftains played a central role throughout the UN conference. Many literally begged the global institution and its member governments for new regulations and more economic meddling.
"Businesses like regulation," said General Electric Brazil CEO Adriana Machado during a World Business Council for Sustainable Business panel discussion, without mentioning, of course, how much the U.S.-based side of GE has benefited at taxpayer expense. "Regulation is necessary to show companies who want to get better on how to get there." Apparently the market is just not good enough.
In an interview with TNA, Infosys co-chairman Senapathy "Kris" Gopalakrishnan, who also served as chief of an international coalition of companies known as "Business Action for Sustainable Development," offered similar remarks on joining hands with government. "As we move forward we have to start thinking about some policy framework, including regulations," he said, adding that businesses — which participated at Rio+20 in "record numbers" — should partner with "civil society" and governments to create rules. "It should be a public-private partnership in creating those regulations."
Unilever Global Advocacy Director Thomas Lingard spoke approvingly of so-called "public-private partnerships," too. In fact, he told TNA in an interview, his company is already working through the "Consumer Goods Forum" with some of its top competitors and assorted government agencies to move the "sustainable development" agenda along faster.
"We're very excited that what started out as an industry initiative is now attracting interest from governments to develop into more of a public-private partnership," he explained. The EU's burgeoning anti-carbon regime, meanwhile, is a good start, and Unilever is now "pushing for the tightening of that scheme," he noted.
While Lingard said the final UN agreement should have been stronger with more concrete deadlines, he was still optimistic about increasing the public-sector role in the economy. "We are very interested in governments creating the right frameworks," he said, adding that coercive power could play a greater role in reducing carbon dioxide, among other perceived ills. "We are encouraging governments to go further and to be more ambitious in the policy frameworks they set."
Countless CEOs and corporate leaders spoke of creating an "alliance" between government and enterprise — for "sustainability" purposes, of course. Indeed, there are now close to 10,000 corporations participating in the UN Global Compact, which aims to have businesses submit to the global body's schemes and "catalyze actions in support of broader UN goals."
Big tax-exempt foundations financed by some of the wealthiest people on Earth wholeheartedly agreed with the idea as well. "I think this is a moment of real transformational opportunity, that's why we are here and why we are partnering with the UN Global Compact," said Rockefeller Foundation President Judith Rodin at the Rio+20 Corporate Sustainability Forum. "Turning all this potential into kinetic and life-saving flows of capital will require a concerted effort by governments, by foundations, by large companies and investors committed to developing this space and harnessing it. That is our primary goal."
Mega-companies at the summit — some of which have received massive taxpayer bailouts even in recent years — were actually so enthusiastic about the UN agenda that many of them offered billions for the cause. Bank of America, after receiving some $45 billion directly from American taxpayers, more than $100 billion in government loan guarantees, and even more in bailouts from the Federal Reserve, for example, pledged $50 billion to the agenda over the next decade. Many other top firms made similarly grandiose promises.
Governments and global bureaucrats were very pleased. UN chief Ban Ki-moon, for example, said he was upbeat about "these huge numbers" pouring into "sustainable development," adding that they were "part of a growing global movement for change." Now the global body must keep up the pressure. "Our job now is to create a critical mass, an irresistible momentum," he concluded.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who appeared briefly at Rio+20 to give a speech and pledge billions of taxpayer funds, seemed particularly enthusiastic about prodding the "private" sector to get on board, too. "Sustainability won't happen without business investment," she said. "Governments alone cannot solve all the problems we face ... That's why we are so strongly in favor of partnerships." It seemed like just about everybody at Rio+20 was strongly in favor of partnerships.
So-called "multilateral development banks" — taxpayer-backed transnational institutions working to finance the erosion of national sovereignty while putting populations in perpetual debt for their leaders' extravagant borrowing — pledged around $175 billion for "sustainability" schemes as well. The World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank were both among the participants.
"We commit our institutions' support for implementing the sustainable development for all agenda," the banks said in a joint statement, noting that they would help harmonize and build policies around the world to advance the controversial "green" schemes. "We will work together to support global transformation in line with Rio+20 agreements."
Apparently the public-private financing plan, as UN documents revealed before the summit even started, will use coercive power to "encourage" investors and companies into showering more resources on "sustainability" schemes. Everyone will benefit, it seemed — except, of course, the people paying the bills: taxpayers and consumers. Big Business and Big Government, though, will be lining their pockets.
The anti-tax competition "cartel" known as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development was excited about all of the progress. "Without the private sector it's not going to work," noted OECD Secretary General José-Ángel Gurria. "While governments put up the seed money, the big numbers come from the private sector." Indeed.
One analyst, Ronald Bailey, who covered the summit for the libertarian Reason magazine, described the agenda of many Corporate Sustainability Forum participants as "green crony capitalism" — especially because virtually every panel touted so-called "public-private partnerships" as the way to achieve "sustainability." In recent years especially, Americans have become all too familiar with what Bailey described. Think Solyndra.
Obviously, not every corporate action taken under the guise of "sustainability" is necessarily wrong. Some firms, for example, are simply seeking to reduce costs by lowering water or electricity consumption, which would, in theory, benefit consumers by making production cheaper. However, for most of the businesses at Rio+20, benefiting consumers was — at the very least — not the main objective.
"The reason lots and lots of businesses are in Rio is they're rent-seeking," Copenhagen Business School Professor Bjørn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, was quoted as saying. "They're looking for huge potential subsidies for everything they produce."
Other analysts described the open discussions on "collaboration" between business and governments as something even more alarming, pointing to Benito Mussolini's widely quoted definition of fascism: "a merger of state and corporate power." Some observers also used the term "corporatism" to describe the ever-deepening bonds between the private sector and coercive power.
Rio+20: Billions for the Cause, Paid for by You
In all, the Rio+20 summit collected more than half a trillion dollars' worth of so-called "commitments" from governments, big businesses, and other key players. That is more than at any previous UN environmental summit — ever. Unfortunately for taxpayers and consumers, they will be paying the tab, either through higher taxes, higher prices, or a combination of the two.
The conference ended with a final agreement between virtually every national government in the world to continue working toward "sustainability" through "education," population control, less economic freedom, implementation of past treaties, and more centralized power at the global level. Because there were no new binding measures, however, the agenda certainly did not leap forward as fast as the UN and its supporters had hoped.
Still, despite the apparent setbacks, the effort to control the human population — at the global level, with its own wealth, allegedly for its own benefit — is not dead yet. Instead, it slowly marches onward, more quietly now, but with an extra $500 billion in the war chest after Rio+20. All, of course, paid for by the people themselves — much like the extravagant conference.
This article is the second installment in a three-part series adapted from the cover story article on Rio+20 in the July 23, 2012, print edition of The New American magazine. To read the other installments, go to: "The Real Agenda Behind UN 'Sustainability' Unmasked," and "Despite Setbacks, UN 'Sustainability' Agenda Marches on After Rio+20."
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Photo: Mayors from left to right, Franklyn Tau of Johannesburg, Won Soon Park of Seoul, Eduardo Paes of Rio de Janeiro, Michael Bloomberg of New York, Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, Gilberto Kassab of Sao Paulo and Eduardo Macri of Buenos Aires pose for a photo during the Rio+C40: Megacity Mayors Taking Action on Climate Change, a parallel meeting during the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 19, 2012: AP Images


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Open Ag Data Alliance and AgGateway offer solutions
Like a lot of farmers, Aaron Ault has two common frustrations when handling his operation's field and yield data—compatibility and security.
"I know firsthand the frustration of working with closed systems on my farm," says Ault, who also serves as a senior research engineer for the Open Ag Technology Group at Purdue University. "As a farmer, I need the freedom to select the right hardware, software and services for my operation. In addition, farmers are naturally concerned with what will happen to their data when they sign up with service providers."
As a farmer and engineer, Aaron Ault is working to overcome compatibility and security obstacles with field and yield data.
Ault has been tapped to be the project lead for the newly formed Open Ag Data Alliance (OADA), an open standards software project created to ensure farmers have full data access, security and privacy. Initial members include AgReliant Genetics, CNH Industrial, The Climate Corporation, Growmark, Purdue's Open Ag Technology Group, Valley Irrigation, Wilbur-Ellis Company and WinField.
OADA plans to develop open reference implementations of data storage, as well as transfer mechanisms that have standardized security and privacy protocols. The ultimate goal of the alliance is 100% compatibility and interoperability among all data-collecting equipment. OADA also hopes to foster an online community through its website (openag.io) that will encourage participation through anything from contributing software coding expertise to simply providing suggestions for improvements.
OADA organizers say that to maintain the group's integrity, it's equally important to define what the group is not—it's not a lobby group, it will not provide cloud storage, it will not produce or sell any products and it will not endorse or oppose any products.
Greg Smirin, chief operating officer of Climate Corporation, says OADA will be able to draw inspiration from other industries, such as healthcare, banking and even the construction of the Internet itself, in its march toward totally open software.
"This challenge is not unique to agriculture," he says.
As just one example, Smirin says the Internet has a standard, authenticated method of showing users they have arrived at a secure website, such as the padlock image, authenticity seals and a URL beginning with "https."
"We need to enable these kinds of mechanisms [in agricultural data sharing] in order for safe interactions to occur," he says.
Climate Corporation CEO David Friedberg adds that once open software standards were developed in other industries, progress accelerated. His hope is OADA can usher in high-speed progress to the ag industry.
Ault says OADA will also help champion an end of causing farmers to be "terms-of-service takers."
"We've had to put up with whatever terms that providers offer us," he says. "That has made farmers reluctant to share their data."
AgGateway Responds
The Open Ag Data Alliance announcement did leave many wondering how the move will affect AgGateway, a business consortium of more than 180 member companies with "the mission to promote, enable and expand eBusiness in agriculture." Several current AgGateway projects, including the Standardized Precision Ag Data Exchange, are already working on data standards. In a letter to AgGateway members, Rod Conner, president and CEO, addressed those concerns of potential duplicated efforts and the possibility that OADA would develop competitive standards.
"I have been assured that OADA wishes to neither duplicate nor compete with AgGateway," Conner says. "So collaboration, which is at the heart of all AgGateway's efforts, certainly seems to be a possibility."
Conner says AgGateway has a good track record of working with other standards organizations to develop open standards that all of the agricultural industry can use. Collaboration—not competition—with these other standards development groups has been critical to the group's success.
For more information on Open Ag Data Alliance's goals and guiding principles, visit www.FarmJournal.com/ag_data


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The first "Men in Black" was pretty good. The second one was unnecessary. The third is assembling a cast that might make it a worthwhile endeavor.
Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Jemaine Clement, Josh Brolin and Emma Thompson are already on board for "MIB III." Now Gemma Arterton, Alec Baldwin and Sharlto Copley are in talks to join the film as well, according to Pajiba.
"MIB III" will see Smith and Jones travel back in time to 1969, where they'll (hopefully) encounter Baldwin as the head of MIB and Arterton as a secretary there. Copley would play a "fast-talking Yoda type."
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The casting of Baldwin as the young/predecessor to Rip Torn's Agent Zed is genius. The corporate boob shtick those two had going on "30 Rock" as Jack Donaghy and Don Geiss was magic. If they could just drop that sycophantic climber dynamic into "MIB III," it would go a long way toward making it watchable.
As for Arterton, we loved her in "The Disappearance of Alice Creed," and are all in favor of nay projects that move her away from the swords-and-sandals nonsense she got caught up in this summer.
And Copley, who probably deserved an Oscar nomination for his work last year in "District 9," showed legitimate comic chops in "The A-Team." None of you saw it, so you'll have to take our word for it.


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|This bronze ring fragment is nearly identical to the referenced the ring fragment currently in The J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu, California, listed in Spier Rings, as shown to the right. It is clearly the same woman depicted and they are very likely from the same engraver and workshop. The Getty Museum piece is similarly missing almost the entire hoop.


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Turn of the century cottage in the heart of Cowes. Four bedrooms, two convertible twin/doubles, a single and a triple. Recenly redecorated (2015) with stripped floors but retaining original features. Very characterful and deceptively large sheltered sunny with garden. Patio area with BBQ. Available for all regattas, LBCC, Cowes Week, Round the Island, Swans, Commodores Cup etc. but also holidays and corporate lets. TV with cable package, fast cable wifi and fitted kitchen. Best quality Egyptian cotton bedlinen and towels.+ More details
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Very well presented and cosy cottage in Victoria Road.Two wtin rooms and a bunk room. Available for Cowes Week, Little Britain, Round the Island and other regattas.+ More details
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A welcoming cottage in Cowes close to the Medina river and with views of the river from the back bedroom. Three bedrooms, one with a king sized double, one with a standard double and a bunk room with grown up bunks. Seating in the lounge for six as well as dining for six. On street parking and garden with BBQ and seating for six. This house is available for Cowes Week, Round the Island race, Cowes Classics, LBCC and holidays.+ More details
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The continued drive by many on the left and in the media to bring about an American retreat in Iraq has given rise to a whole gamut of emotions in me over the past few months, ranging from bewilderment and frustration to anger. The shortsightedness and lack of vision in people like Barack Obama and many in the media lead one to question their intelligence, their motives and their patriotism. Let us not forget, that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were not started on the whims of a war-president. America was forced into taking up the fight against Islamic extremism and those who sponsored world-wide terror by the acts of her enemies – a fight that the United States should have begun many years earlier.
It is refreshing to read journalists such as Christopher Hitchens continuing to provide an untainted, 'un-anti-American" (clearly far removed from the daily offerings of many in the American media) view on the necessity of the war against Islamic extremism and the success of the troops.
Hitchens' latest article, The War Between the Wars, at Slate.com argues that we should be fighting Islamic extremism wherever it is in the world and that America and its allies are capable of taking on its enemies at more that one place at a time. It is Hitchens at his best and I only hope McCain and his team can stick to their guns on this issue and remind the American public of the serious consequences of Obama's plan to run with our tails between our legs.
I like Hitchens' argument against Obama's and the left in general that two wars (in Afghanistan and Iraq) cannot be fought at once… (I have put some choice words in bold)
"…any attempt to play off the two wars against each other is little more than a small-minded and zero-sum exercise. And consider the implications. Most people appear now to believe that it is quite wrong to mention Saddam Hussein even in the same breath as either a) weapons of mass destruction or b) state-sponsored terrorism. I happen to disagree, but just for an experiment, let us imagine that some regime did exist or did arise that posed such a combination of threats. (Actually, so feverish is my imagination that I can even think of one whose name also begins with I.) Would we be bound to say, in public and in advance, that the Western alliance couldn't get around to confronting such a threat until it had Afghanistan well under control? This would be rather like the equivalent fallacy that nothing can be done in the region until there is a settlement of the Israel-Palestine dispute. Not only does this mean that every rogue in the region can reset his timeline until one of the world's oldest and most intractable quarrels is settled, it also means that every rogue has an incentive to make certain that no such settlement can ever occur. (Which is, of course, why Saddam threw, and now the Iranians throw, their support to the suicide-murderers.) "
Maybe Obama should take note of the following before he provides more comfort to our foes with his plans…
"If it is true, as yesterday's three-decker front-page headline in the New York Times had it, that "U.S. Considering Stepping Up Pace of Iraq Pullout/ Fall in Violence Cited/ More Troops Could Be Freed for Operations in Afghanistan," then this can only be because al-Qaida in Iraq has been subjected to a battlefield defeat at our hands—a military defeat accompanied by a political humiliation in which its fanatics have been angrily repudiated by the very people they falsely claimed to be fighting for. "
"If we had left Iraq according to the timetable of the anti-war movement, the situation would be the precise reverse: The Iraqi people would now be excruciatingly tyrannized by the gloating sadists of al-Qaida, who could further boast of having inflicted a battlefield defeat on the United States. I dare say the word of that would have spread to Afghanistan fast enough and, indeed, to other places where the enemy operates."
Hitchens finishes his above-quoted conclusion with these words of warning for the left and Obama…
"Bear this in mind next time you hear any easy talk about "the hunt for the real enemy" or any loose babble that suggests that we can only confront our foes in one place at a time."
Unfortunately, Obama and his fans fail to see the significance of this fight against Islamic extremism. The significance for the future of our civilisation. Obama sees the wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan as part of his political game. They are much more important than that.
McCain has always said he puts America first, before his own individual success. This has been clear from his outstanding career where integrity, honesty and loyalty were the foundation of his life. America has to remember this come election day.
Glib remarks from Obama that give his followers a superficial 'warm fuzzy' will come back haunt Americans should they choose to elect him – at no time will this be more haunting than when our troops are retreating and the enemy is celebrating on the streets of the cities in Iraq (assuming Obama sticks to his promise of surrendering in 16 months – he is already showing signs of the liberal flip-flop, so who knows?).
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Relic Statue
Ancient Statue is an object in Pokémon Black and White, and also called Relic Statue. It can be found on Floor 1 in the Abyssal Ruins, (using dive from Undella Bay). It can be sold to the billionaire in Undella Town. Battling The Riches Draco (Billionaires son) can get you into the mansion. He will say "Come Back tomorrow, you look bored."
When you do, more and more people will battle you, but be careful, because you will not get a chance to heal, except in battle. Draco has a Buizel, Level 62. The levels go up from 60-70, so be prepared to fight!
The Relic/Ancient Statue is worth 200,000 poke-dollars when sold to the Billionaire.


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The Medal Rally is started early in the game when the Medal Master gives the player the Medal Box in which to keep medals. Medals aren't given immediately upon an accomplishment deserving of a medal; the player must travel to a Pokémon Center to meet with the Medal Master, who will give the player all the medals gained since the last visit. Additionally, new ranks will also not be granted immediately; one must travel to Castelia City, where they will find the Medal Headquarters.
Each Medal can be earned via accomplishing certain tasks, such as finding all of the Hidden Grottoes or beating the Elite Four with only one type of Pokémon. Hint Medals aren't actual medals; they give you hints for what to do to get a certain medal. Example: "Beat the Elite Four with only one Pokémon in your party!"
One is also able to pin a medal to their trainer card if they are especially proud of the achievement. The medal will always be shown on it, even on the Pokémon Global Link.
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Title defender Karlsruhe won the top division of 2009-2010 season of the Bundesliga — or German Team Leagues — last Thursday, May 6, ahead of Hebsacker of Hamburg and the Leipzig Lions. Kieloben of Kiel and Berlin Blunder dropped back to the second League, which was won by Hannover, while Tenuki Bonn was second in the final table. The Bundesliga numbers six divisions – 4th league is double, while the 5th counts 26 teams – for a total of 76 teams over-all. The top leagues have ten teams each. A team plays on four boards, but line-ups can be longer. Dominated by several strong Chinese players, Karlsruhe seems unbeatable for the German title, yielding the Championship only once to Hebsacker. Click here for the final tables.
In Bochum, Ralph Eckloff 4d lost just one of his eight games at the Spring Blitz last Saturday, May 8, in a field of 17. Jens Behrendt 1k, winner of the Winter Blitz, came in second. Both are from Cologne. Alexandr Dinerchtein was co-sponsor of the event with a free Go4Go membership for the winners. The next Blitz in Bochum is this summer on August 7. Click here for full results.
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How U.S. Families Outsourced Chores
In his latest column, Adam Davidson argues that Chris Woerhle, an artisanal beef jerky-maker, represents a new era of American manufacturing, one in which artisanal craftsmen will thrive. It will also have far-reaching impacts on our personal lives, as Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson of the University of Pennsylvania explain in the following guest post.
Chris Woehrle's story is familiar to economists. Commercial success for him came with narrow specialization in hand-crafted, all-natural beef jerky. This type of specialization, first articulated by Adam Smith, has reshaped every facet of modern life — not only our work lives, but our family lives as well.
Consider a married couple in the 1950s. The roles of husband and wife were as separate and specialized as those of the various food specialists in Brooklyn. Moms were homemakers. Dads were breadwinners. Even in shared tasks, like raising children, the roles were specialized. Moms nurtured; dads disciplined. The domains of husband and wife were completely separate. Indeed, it's a wonder that couples had anything to talk about at the end of the day.
But married life today is completely different. Men and women take similar roles in the workforce. They both cook and clean and unload the dishwasher. They both nurture and discipline their children. The role of the household specialist has virtually disappeared.
Yet the decline of specialization within the household owes its existence to a broader wave of specialization outside of the household.
Sure, very few wives sew these days, but all households still employ a specialist to sew — it's just that the sewing specialist is a garment-worker in China. And yes, both husbands and wives cook, but really, let's not overstate it — most of us are just re-heating. The real culinary skills have been outsourced to specialists: the food laboratories that make pastas, sauces, soups and stews.
We all know how to set off a dishwasher or washing machine cycle, but we're relying on the expertise of German engineers to get the job done. And the MIT-educated engineer who designed the Roomba robot is responsible for our clean floors.
The point is, our roles at home, like our roles at work, are being fundamentally changed by the very forces Adam Smith identified over two hundred years ago.
And this is where the Brooklyn jerky specialist comes in. He's actually making a product that homemakers once made themselves. We've become so much more productive in our specialized roles in the workforce that we can't afford the time to make our own jerky. That is, we've become specialists at making things that aren't beef jerky. And that provides the opportunity for a whole new industry to thrive — the all-natural jerky specialist.


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MEMS is hot – it's hotter than ever. Market research firms expect the total market for MEMS devices to exceed US $8 billion by 2012. Demand for MEMS devices is rapidly creating new business opportunities for both entrepreneurs and established companies alike. As a diverse industry across numerous markets, MEMS poses unique problems for developing and executing profitable business models.
So, how are you going to get the knowledge needed to compete in this increasingly expanding and growing field?
Here's an idea: clear your calendar for October 14, 2009. Due to the great success of our July 13, 2009 MEMS Education Series short course — Insider's Guide to Business Strategy for the MEMS Industry – MIG is holding another session on Wednesday, October 14 at the Carnegie Mellon University campus in Silicon Valley.
MIG has compiled years of research, market analysis, publications, survey data, interviews, case studies and lessons learned from the school of hard-knocks to create the MEMS Education Series. The course will be taught by two fantastic instructors, Dr. Jim Knutti and Dr. Alissa Fitzgerald (check out the website for their impressive bios). This is the second time they've teamed up to teach a course in MIG's MEMS Education Series and the reviews have been stellar!
Strategy is the name of the game at this year's short course. Jim and Alissa will go over MEMS-specific product development, research and development decisions, business models, business and operations implementation, and financial & funding considerations. Plus, they will draw heavily on primary research MIG has compiled in the form of interviews with seasoned MEMS companies. From these interviews they will hash out what has brought companies success in MEMS, how the big players are reinventing themselves during the downturn, as well as key lessons that can be learned from the failures.
Should you attend? You definitely should if you're a business development professional, marketing manager, or product manager or if you are looking to enter the MEMS industry. This course also makes solid sense for entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, venture capitalists, or engineering students just starting out in MEMS or considering entering the industry.
I look forward to seeing you on October 14 at the Insider's Guide to Business Strategy for the MEMS Industry!


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Male pattern hair loss (MPHL) scientifically known as androgenetic alopecia, is the most common form of hair loss in men. MPHL represents close to 95% of all hair loss experienced by men. This progressive loss of hair eventually results in the thinning and/or loss of hair at the front or top of the scalp. Hairs tend to miniaturize or downsize in these areas.As many as 50% of men are affected by MPHL by age 50. Hair loss can begin anytime after puberty, but most commonly begins among men in their mid-twenties.
Hair loss in MPHL is progressive and follows a predictable pattern. During the first stage of hair loss, hair usually recedes from the forehead, eventually forming an "M" shape. Other areas such as the crown may subsequently thin out. There is a classification system which illustrates the standard assessment scale used to determine the stages of hair loss. (Norwood-Hamilton scale)
Male pattern hair loss is caused by genetic and hormonal factors. The genetics can be inherited from either the maternal or paternal sides of the family. Male hormones, known as androgens, also play an important role. Specifically, the male hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT), can cause progressive miniaturization of the hairs on site – specific areas of the scalp.
Treatments available for MPHL are topical minoxidil solution (Rogaine®), oral finasteride (Propecia®) and hair transplantation
Rogaine® is a topical agent available without prescription in a 2% or a 5% solution. The 5% solution is known as Rogaine® Extra Strength. Rogaine® works by stimulating specific growth factors within the hair follicle that prevent hair from shedding, maintain the growing phase of the hair cycle and thicken the hair shaft. With Rogaine®2% solution, 26% of men showed moderate to dense regrowth and 33% showed minimal regrowth after 4 months of use. Studies also show that hair counts increase with the 2% solution and even more with the 5% solution. Studies also show a 45% increase in hair weight when using the 5% solution compared to the 2%. In those who respond to minoxidil, regrowth can occur as early as two months following the first application. Men who respond to treatment can expect their hair loss condition to stabilize within one year. Continued use of the medication is necessary to sustain any benefit.
Propecia®is the only prescription medication available for MPHL. It is given in tablet form at a dose of 1 mg daily. It acts by inhibiting DHT, the hormone related to the development of MPHL. It cannot be prescribed for women. Clinical studies show that it is well tolerated, stops hair loss in 90% of men for at least 5 years and can regrow hair in 65% of men. In those who respond to Propecia®, continued use of the product is necessary to sustain benefits. As is the case with minoxidil, halting the medication will continue the hair loss.
Surgical hair replacement, specifically hair transplantation and scalp reduction, is another alternative for MPHL. Hair transplants involve taking hair from an area not susceptible to hair loss and transplanting this hair where hair loss has occurred. The transplanted hair will continue to grow as if it were in its original location. Scalp reduction is a surgical procedure where an area of the bald scalp is removed and the hair bearing scalp rejoined together.
Frequently, medical and surgical therapies are combined to maximize results.
For a proper diagnosis and to best deal with male pattern hair loss, contact your physician.


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2012 Outreach to Teach: NEA Volunteers Revitalize Maryland Middle School
What could be a better birthday present for a middle school principal than seeing more than 400 college students, teachers, retired educators, education support professionals, parents and community members pitching in to help make over a school in need?
That's exactly what Thomas Johnson Middle School principal Dr. Michael Robinson got today when volunteers with "Outreach to Teach," sponsored by the National Education Association's Student Program, descended on his school in Lanham, Maryland.
"The building needed a facelift and fresh beginning," said Robinson. "Our scholars are going to be so excited when they come back and see all the changes."
Decked out in bright purple shirts, members of NEA's Student Program and NEA-Retired grabbed hammers, shovels, brushes and mops to do everything from paint the curbs in front of the school and landscape the courtyard to completely remodel the teachers' lounge and build a new studio for the televised morning announcements.
"I walked in and saw so much purple I almost cried," said Ericka Grant, a parent of a 7th grade student at Thomas Johnson. "This school is old and all this help is just absolutely awesome."
Thomas Johnson, home of the Jaguars, serves a diverse student body with more than 60 percent qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The school was identified as one of six middle schools in Prince George's County Public Schools in need of improvement and received a federal School Improvement Grant.
While the day is mostly about community service, it's also about networking between retired and future and educators.
"I'm a believer that retired teachers should be working with future teachers," said Ronald Moss, a retired NEA member from Tennessee. "We work together to give back to the parents and community."
Participants sign up ahead of time for the projects they'd like to work on, be it painting murals or mulching. Teams are formed with both student members and retired members from all across the country. As they paint, clean, repair and refresh, they talk about issues in education, classroom management tips and share stories.
"'Outreach to Teach' gives student members an opportunity to both give back and to learn about the profession they are about to enter from retired educators," explained Tommie Leaders, NEA Student Program Chair.
"Outreach to Teach" began in 1996 as a beautification project to give back to schools. As state budgets suffer and education funding is slashed, schools are in more need than ever. Each year, a high-needs public school located in the host city of the NEA Annual Meeting is selected for the program. The makeover at Thomas Johnson represents a $100,000 in-kind donation by NEA members.
The school also received a $1,200 check from the National Education Association Rhode Island Retired delegation who raise money each year for the "Outreach to Teach" school.
"It gets the message out to the community that the teacher's union is about a little more than wages and benefits. It is living proof that we really want the best learning climate for every child," added Kenneth Haines, President of the Prince George's County Education Association (PGCEA).
Most importantly, the projects completed at "Outreach to Teach" will help build the sense of pride and school spirit with students at Thomas Johnson. "The children need to see the community cares about them and wants them to succeed," said Tracey McMillion, PTSA President at the school.
"Today has inspired me to find other ways to get involved in the community," said Kierra Gwinn, an early education major at Frostburg State University and new member of the Student Program. "It's been a good learning experience."
Prince Georges County Executive Rushern Baker also attended the event to help add a few coats of paint in the school's media center, along with Maryland State Education Association President (MSEA) Clara Floyd. MSEA and PGCEA represent the educators at Thomas Johnson.


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BALTIMORE, MD—The South Carolina State men (5-10, 1-1 MEAC), will look to bounce back in the win column when they take on Coppin State (4-11, 1-1 MEAC) in a pivotal Mid-Eastern Athletic conference doubleheader, Monday at the Coppin Center. Tipoff is 7:30 p.m., immediately following the women's game.
The Bulldogs dropped a tough, 73-56, decision to the Bears of Morgan State on Saturday to fall to 1-1 in the MEAC, senior All-MEAC forward Matthew Hezekiah led the way with 16 points and six rebounds. Meanwhile, freshman guard Jalen White added 12 in the loss.
"We don't add any extra pressure on ourselves we just have to play Bulldogs basketball and take it one game at a time," said SC State head coach Murray Garvin. "It's not going to be easy playing a team that's well coached by a legend (Coach Fang Mitchell) but we also have a good team and we will play our hearts out and leave it on the floor.
Hezekiah leads the team in scoring this season with 13.3 ppg and 5.7 rebounds. Senior guard Adama "Louis" Adams is second on the team behind Hezekiah with 9.5 points per contest. Sophomore forward Daryll Palmer leads the team in rebounds with 6.6 boards, while tossing in 7.7 points.
Coppin State dropped their second conference contest, 75-53, to Savannah State on Saturday. The Eagles is led by Michael Murray with 15.6 ppg, while teammates Sterling Smith and Andre Armstrong added a little over 10.0 points per outing.


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A real downer: Case of the missing pillows
When Katie Phillips-Jones talks about her "honeymoon of a lifetime," she isn't referring to the last night of her wedding trip. The events of that night– or, more precisely, the six weeks it took to extricate herself from them– were anything but idyllic.
Phillips-Jones and her husband, after eight days touring Napa Valley and its environs, arrived at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel at San Francisco International Airport on May 30. When they checked in, she says, she mentioned that it was the last night of their honeymoon, and the desk clerk upgraded them to a more expensive "Executive Club" level room at no extra charge.
According to Phillips-Jones, the bed in their room had no pillows and "looked as if someone had used [it] already." When she called housekeeping to report the missing pillows and ask whether the room had been serviced, she claims she was assured that it had been. Replacement pillows were delivered, and she considered the matter closed.
Wrong: When she got the credit card bill for their stay, there was an unexplained charge for $110 in addition to the $89 room charge. Phillips-Jones says that it took three days of calls and being transferred from accounting to housekeeping, but she ultimately learned that the $110 was for pillows the hotel believed they had stolen.
"What's really infuriating," she says– even more than being called a pillow thief– "is how we've been treated." Phillips-Jones claims the head of accounting tried to "guilt trip" her into "some kind of confession," and that when she twice called the chain's corporate offices, she was informed that "it was the hotel's ultimate decision." Although she says she was told both times that the hotel's general manager would call, he never did. Instead, on July 8, she got a letter from Melinda Murillo, his executive assistant.
"We were able to confirm and verify," Murillo wrote, "that on our Executive Club level the inventory shows that two feather and one signature pillow were in the room" when the couple arrived– and gone when they left.
"All I know," Phillips-Jones declares, "is that when I walked into that hotel room, there were no pillows on that bed. Period."
Things happened fast when I called Mark Ricci in public relations at Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide (which owns Sheraton and other hotel groups). Ricci turned the matter over to Richard Palumbo, manager of Starwood's consumer affairs executive division, and almost before I began waiting for a return call, it seemed, the matter had been resolved.
Palumbo emailed Phillips-Jones to say that he would not only remove the $110 charge from her credit card, but reimburse her $89 for the room as well. He also deposited 7,000 points into a "Starwood Preferred Guest" account for her, which translates into a complimentary night at a Level 3 hotel (the Sheraton Gateway is a Level 1). Finally, he promised to "provide coaching on customer service to the hotel."
Phillips-Jones pronounced herself completely satisfied, and added that this is the only unpleasant experience she's had at a Sheraton hotel.
I heard from several customers of JC Trash Service after writing about Lionel Johns' saga with an unwanted Dumpster ["Left Behind," July 7]; the good news is that relief may be in sight. Earlysville resident Adele Creutz called to say that All American Trash Service (Box 1049, Troy 22974; no phone number listed) has taken over JC's contracts– or, at least, that's what it said in the notice she and her husband received. Then I heard from Chip Deale of Crozet, who received notice that Ace Disposal Service (296-6007) would be servicing his route from now on.
As for Johns, he had a happy ending as well: The owner of the now-defunct JC's showed up last week and removed the Dumpster that had been decorating Johns' front lawn since mid-April.
Do you have a consumer problem or question? Email the Fearless Consumer or write her at Box 4553, Charlottesville, 22905.


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