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S.D. council candidates balance district, citywide issues
The battle for the last seat contested seat on the San Diego City Council appears to be finely balanced between neighborhood issues and the bigger city picture.
Councilwoman Sherri Lightner and retired businessman and former pension board president Ray Ellis are trying to show that they can juggle the needs of La Jolla, Carmel Valley and University City while navigating issues like the city budget, water rates and pension reform. Both candidates have said that they can get the job done for the constituents in District 1 while representing San Diego as a whole.
The election has perhaps taken on a larger significance because the partisan balance of the City Council is at stake, with the majority going Democratic with Lightner and Republican with Ellis.
The two have defined themselves with contrasting styles throughout the race.
Lightner won the seat in 2008 against former city administrator and flight school founder Phil Thalheimer, who ran a well-funded campaign with grass roots support. Before joining the City Council, Lightner was the president of the La Jolla Town Council and La Jolla Shores Association as well as the secretary of the La Jolla Community Planning Association.
"You know me," Lightner said at a debate in front of the La Jolla Rotary Club recently. "My kids grew up here and I have lived here for 20 years. I am proud to run on my record of service."
Democrats have been actively campaigning for Lightner, though there has been a notable absence of support from the San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, a group that traditionally supports Democrats such as Lightner.
Lightner's record has at times clashed with the group's position — she backed the Proposition B pension overhaul, for one thing — which has kept the council from endorsing her. The councilwoman has sometimes been a swing vote on various city issues.
She received endorsements from leading opponents defeated in the primary: environmental attorney Bryan Pease, a Democrat, and community planner Dennis Ridz, a Republican.
Ellis has the support of the county GOP and notable Republicans such as Mayor Jerry Sanders. He has also touted endorsements from Republican-turned-independent Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher and Qualcomm co-founder Irwin Jacobs, a Democrat.
Ellis got to know some of the city's political heavyweights through his volunteer work with organizations such as Voices for Children and Second Chance. Additionally, his work with the Balboa Park Conservancy and appointment to the San Diego City Employees' Retirement System board bolstered his political resume.
Ellis frequently points to his work on both boards and involvement with the passage of Proposition B, the initiative to switch most city new hires to 401(k)-style plans, as examples of how he has helped the city as a whole.
"I think we did great work while I was there (on the retirement board), but I realized I could do more," Ellis said. "That is why after discussing it with the family, we decided to run for City Council because as your city council member in District 1, I can take those collaborative skills and that willingness to work together and bring that to City Council to produce results for taxpayers and our citizens."
Ellis and Lightner have locked horns in a few candidate forums on a some district issues, such as whether the city has done enough to deal with traffic on Torrey Pines Road. At such appearances, Lightner has focused more on community issues, while Ellis has taken a more citywide perspective.
Political consultant John Dadian, who is not involved in the District 1 race, said it is important for candidates to focus on broad issues as well as neighborhoods, especially in the northwestern region of San Diego.
"Ray is looking at the Prop. B vote and thinking people are concerned about the city as a whole, but in District 1, they look at themselves as different from the rest of San Diego," he said. "In that district, one of the keys is knocking on doors and having people get the chance to get a feel for their personal representative."
Ellis finished ahead of Lightner in the June primary by four percentage points, but didn't receive the majority needed to avoid the Nov. 6 runoff election.
An incumbent hasn't lost a City Council election in 20 years.
The election is on Nov. 6.
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Today, February 12th, marks the 204th birthday of one of my favorite scientists, Charles Darwin. Perhaps one of the most famous scientists in history, Darwin's name needs little introduction. Starting with the data collected during Darwin's exotic 5-year trip aboard the HMS Beagle, in addition to data reported by Richard Owen in which extinct animal fossils showed relation to current species of the same area, and that of John Gould which showed that birds of the Galapagos Islands were distinct species by locale, all lead Darwin to formulate his theory that "one species does change into another," a.k.a. evolution.
In celebration of his birthday, I saw no better way to celebrate than to leave you with a couple of excerpts from The Origin of Species. Enjoy!
"As according to the theory of natural selection an interminable number of intermediate forms must have existed, linking together all the species in each group by gradations as fine as are our existing varieties, it may be asked, Why do we not see these linking forms all around us? Why are not all organic beings blended together in an inextricable chaos? With respect to existing forms, we should remember that we have no right to expect (excepting in rare cases) to discover directly connecting links between them, but only between each and some extinct and supplanted form. Even on a wide area, which has during a long period remained continuous, and of which the climatic and other conditions of life change insensibly in proceeding from a district occupied by one species into another district occupied by a closely allied species, we have no just right to expect often to find intermediate varieties in the intermediate zones. For we have reason to believe that only a few species of a genus ever undergo change; the other species becoming utterly extinct and leaving no modified progeny. Of the species which do change, only a few within the same country change at the same time; and all modifications are slowly effected. I have also shown that the intermediate varieties which probably at first existed in the intermediate zones, would be liable to be supplanted by the allied forms on either hand; for the latter, from existing in greater numbers, would generally be modified and improved at a quicker rate than the intermediate varieties, which existed in lesser numbers; so that the intermediate varieties would, in the long run, be supplanted and exterminated."
"It is interesting to contemplate a tangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent upon each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us. These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction; Inheritance which is almost implied by reproduction; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse: a Ratio of Increase so high as to lead to a Struggle for Life, and as a consequence to Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and the Extinction of less-improved forms. Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved."
For further academic reading, I recommend Science On Trial by Douglas J. Futuyma. On the fiction side, I recommend The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly, a fun novel set in 1899 about a young girl's adventure into the natural sciences taught by her grandfather, much to the dismay of her mother and Texan societal expectations of the era.

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FHA Loan Basics
FHA loans are the most common type of government-backed home loan. The Federal Housing Administration was created in 1934. Somewhat similar to the VA, the FHA insures mortgages against borrower default. While the VA provides a partial guaranty, the FHA fully insures each loan. That guaranty allows FHA lenders to provide financing to borrowers with lower credit scores and minimal down payments. FHA loans tend to have more lenient credit and underwriting requirements.
While an FHA loan offers some cost-saving benefits, it generally can't match the advantages of a VA loan. But these can be a fit for borrowers without great credit and assets who don't qualify for VA or conventional financing.
Here's a closer look at FHA loans:
Down Payment
The minimum down payment for an FHA loan is 3.5 percent. This is lower than the 5 percent minimum for conventional loans, but it still can't beat the VA's no-money down option. Borrowers with sub-580 credit scores would need to put down at least 10 percent to be eligible for financing.
On a typical $200,000 home purchase, FHA borrowers would need a $7,000 down payment.
FHA buyers can use gift funds to cover their down payment and closing costs. This money truly needs to be a gift from an acceptable source, with no expectation of repayment. Acceptable sources include but are not limited to relatives, friends and down payment assistance programs. Gift funds cannot come from anyone involved in the real estate transaction.
Lenders will need a verifiable paper trail for gift funds, usually with a cashier's or certified check. Both the donor and the borrower will need to sign a gift letter spelling out the dollar amount of the gift, the nature of their relationship and that no repayment is required.
Credit Requirements
Credit score benchmarks will vary by lender. The FHA allows borrowers with scores as low as 500 to be eligible for financing, often with additional down payment requirements. But most FHA lenders will require at least a 580 FICO score to qualify. In the current lending environment, prospective buyers may need more like a 640 or a 660 score. Credit score benchmarks will vary based on the lender and other factors.
Closing Costs
FHA loans allow sellers to contribute up to 6 percent of the purchase price or the appraised value (whichever is less) toward a buyer's closing costs. This can include loan-related expenses, prepaid costs and fees, discount points and other concessions. Sellers aren't allowed to contribute toward the buyer's down payment.
Loan Limits
The FHA limits the size of the loan you can obtain based on where you're purchasing and the type of property. In much of the country, the limit for a one-family residence is $314,827. But there are higher limits in some of the nation's more expensive housing markets. These limits are subject to change annually. You can view the latest FHA loan limits at the Department of Housing and Urban Development website.
Like VA loans, FHA loans are focused on helping people purchase primary residences. You wouldn't be able to use an FHA loan to purchase a vacation home or an investment property.
FHA loans are assumable, meaning another person can effectively take over your mortgage loan and the monthly payments. This can be a big benefit to buyers if interest rates are on an upward trend. Buyers who want to assume an FHA loan typically need to meet credit and underwriting requirements, similar to consumers seeking a new loan. Upon the approval of an assumption, the seller is no longer legally obligated on the loan.


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Teen bride Courtney Stodden is still tooling around London after getting evicted from Celebrity Big Brother last week. The 19-year-old went to some place called Whiskey Mist last night without her old man and acted about as age appropriate as we've ever seen her, as she had to be carried out of the club because she was totally blotto.
Stodden was hanging out with her fellow Celebrity Big Brother house guest transsexual antiques dealer Lauren Harries (who apparently rose to fame as an antiques child prodigy) and it appears the two of them really tied one on.
And a good time was had by all.
Cute bruises and stocking runs.
There's video of their exploits as well.
Did Doug have an early night? A worse for wear Courtney Stodden struggles to stand up (and contain her assets) on VERY boozy night out [Daily Mail]


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Irene R. Loos passed away in the early morning hours of July 26, 2013 in her apartment at Parkview Senior Living at the age of 88. A memorial service celebrating the lives of both Irene and her late husband Harry, who passed in June, will be held at The Parkview Senior Living, 100 Valley Ave., near the Pleasanton Senior Center at 2:00 PM on Sept. 1. Irene was born in Milwaukee WI. and grew up in Scottsbluff, NE, where she graduated from high school and married Harry Loos. They were married for more than 70 years. She was a full-time mother during the childhood of her sons, Larry and James, in Scottsbluff. Irene was active in the PTA as a member and officer and participated in many other school activities. She was a den mother for the Cub Scouts and also taught Sunday school at the Emmanuel Congregational Church. She enjoyed sewing and shopping and always dressed elegantly. She was a competitive bridge player for most of her adult life. After raising her sons, she worked as a residential real estate salesperson. Irene and Harry moved to Oakland, CA from Nebraska in 1971 to be nearer to their sons and grandchildren. After relocating to Pleasanton, they both became active in the Pleasanton Senior Center where Irene managed the travel desk for a number of years. There, she organized and conducted numerous local and worldwide tours and cruises for seniors in the Pleasanton area. Irene enjoyed traveling and did so extensively throughout Europe and North America. She was known for her gregarious, friendly and energetic personality. She was a most compassionate, loving and caring person and maintained a strong spiritual faith throughout her life. Irene is survived by her sister, Sylvia Debus of Scottsbluff, NE; two sons, Larry A. Loos of Hayward and James L. Loos of Pleasanton; grandsons James C. Loos, Anthony F. Loos and Jeremy A. Loos; great grandchildren Ryan J. Loos, Emma M. Loos, Owen J. Loos and Wyatt A. Loos. Irene, the daughter of Fred Schenaman and Anna M. Swartzkopf, was preceded in death by her husband Harry, who passed away in June, her parents, and one sister. The family prefers contributions in their memory to your favorite charity.


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hahaha, this is rich! jesus (may existence be upon him!) in ummm... a
certain stage of excitement, and frolicking with male pals, shall we say?
will we now see incensed mohammedans (after all, jesus is one of their
prophets too) attacking american consulates?
maybe this is where mohammed got his idea of the 72 girl virgins plus 28
winsome boys, should your fancies be in the ac/dc direction.
btw, 'asato ma satgamaya' and 'maya' apply nicely to jesus. from
nonexistence to existence, truth by repeated illusion :-)
incidentally, i have heard that hanged men sometimes ejaculate at the
moment of death.
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Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:34:44 EDT
*'Jesus with erection' ignites outrage
Student newspaper publishes drawings in response to Muhammad 'toons
Posted: April 26, 2006
5:00 p.m. Eastern,© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
Cover of the Insurgent (image altered for propriety).
A Catholic activist organization has written to Oregon's governor and
state lawmakers to protest a University of Oregon student newspaper for
having published cartoons showing Jesus Christ naked and with an erection.
In its March edition, the Insurgent , an "alternative" student paper on
the Eugene, Ore., campus printed 12 hand-drawn cartoons of Jesus as a
response to rival paper the Commentator having published the
controversial cartoons of Muhammad originally published in Europe that
sparked Muslim riots worldwide. The Insurgent claimed it published the
drawings to "provoke dialogue."
William Donohue, president of the Catholic League, said the university's
president, Dave Frohnmayer, had been unresponsive to complaints about
the drawings, so he had written to the governor, every state legislators
and the chancellor of the Oregon University System, among others.
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"The March edition of the Insurgent ... was one of the most obscene
assaults on Christianity I have ever seen," Donohue said in a statement.
"To make sure that the persons I wrote to understand how vile this
attack was, I sent a photocopy of the two most offensive graphics: one
was a depiction of a naked Jesus on the cross with an erection; the
other, titled 'Resurrection,' showed a naked Jesus kissing another naked
man, both sporting erections."
Donohue also says there were other depictions of Jesus on the cross that
were "so gratuitously offensive that only the most depraved would defend
them." He also noted the paper published two commentaries attacking
"That all of this appeared in a student newspaper, during Lent, on the
campus of a state institution, makes one wonder what is going on at the
University of Oregon," added Donohue.
While not describing the more sexual drawings, the main student
newspaper at the university, the Oregon Daily Emerald, also criticized
the Insurgent.
"The Insurgent editorial indicates a desire to show Americans why the
original cartoons were so offensive to the Muslim world," wrote the
editor of the Emerald. "According to the editorial, 'What is "not a big
deal" in the US (sic) is apparently a humongous big deal to others. Why
should we assume it would not be?'
"However, printing home-grown cartoons depicting Jesus on a cross/pogo
stick or Jesus on a cross/hangliding apparatus are not inflammatory in
the same manner as the anti-Islam cartoons, and therefore fail to
produce the intended empathy from Christians to Muslims."
Added the paper: "Unlike the Danish cartoons, the Insurgent drawings
seem intended to simply incite controversy for controversy's sake rather
than making specific social commentaries."
A spokesman for Frohnmayer contacted WorldNetDaily after press time to
say that the university president had posted a statement regarding the
controversy surrounding the cartoons:
"I share your concern about the offensive nature of the content
contained within the publication.
"I understand why it may seem as if the University should have prevented
publication or should take some action against those responsible for the
publication. The Student Insurgent is not owned, controlled or published
by the University of Oregon and is funded with student fees. Therefore,
the University cannot exercise editorial control over its content.
"The best response to offensive speech often is more speech. ... I am
strongly opposed to speech that makes individuals feel that they or
their beliefs are unwelcome or belittled, and I can assure you I will
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A fun cartoon detailing the life of Pope Francis.
The video "The Day of the Dead," available on YouTube (3:49), offers a good overview of the Mexican celebration for the "Day of the Dead" activity on day 4.
The video "C4: Ignite Your Catholic Faith—What Are the Marks of the Church?" is available on YouTube (3:32), and is used for the "On Your Marks" activity on day 1.
The video "Introduction to the Liturgy of the Eucharist," by dioceseofstpete, available on YouTube (1:50), offers an overview of material presented in the Handbook. It is especially helpful for day 1, but would be effective on any day.
The video "Precepts of the Church," by Saint Mary's Press, available on YouTube (0:51), is an option for day 4.
A personal story about discovering how Catholicism is truly universal.
A personal story about seeing the Church as a wise elder sitting on a porch.
The final performance task options for Unit 3 focusing on the Paschal Mystery, the Holy Spirit and the Church, and the mission of the Church. The options include exploring one important ministry in a diverse Church, creating a poster comparing …
Options of final performance tasks for Unit 2 focusing on faith, the Trinity, the Kingdom of God, and creation in the image of God. The options include writing a personal creed, creating a Holy Trinity play, or exploring three Kingdom …
Options of final performance tasks for Unit One about the basics of Catholicism, Scripture and Tradition, and Reason and Revelation. The options include reflecting on the Catholic faith in an essay, writing a personal story about your salvation history, or …
A research assignment worksheet done in pairs to find important information about different religious orders.
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A brief video on Pope Francis.
A short explanation of John 3:16, discussing justification by faith versus salvation as a gift.
A video on the order of the universe.
A short video about the theological and scientific views on creation.
A brief explanation of God's presence, or lack thereof, in Purgatory and Hell.
A video explaining the assassination attempt on Pope Saint John Paul II's life.
A short video on the virtue of faith.
A brief discussion on Purgatory, and if it is a physical place.
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Through the PetaPixel blog, I viewed the video of Chris Niccolls from the Canadian camera shop The Camera Store who was able to test a pre-release Leica Monochrome M, and which shares his thoughts on the camera. He also reveals a new feature in the Leica MM which delays the shutter sound camera for stealthier street photography.
For further technical specifications, there's also DPReview's webpage.
This gives me the opportunity to share brief thoughts on the monochrome capabilities of the Fuji X Pro-1, and compare these to the Leica M9's color photographs converted to black and white. As the Leica M is rumored to be released at the end of this month, I don't know how the monochrome photographs generated by the Leica MM will compare to those altered by the traditional post processing, nor to those made in-camera by the Fuji X Pro-1...but I thought I'd post two monochrome photographs made during my recent trip to Chiang Mai.
One of these photographs (the top one) was made with my Leica M9, and post processed in monochrome in Photoshop, while the bottom one was made using the Fuji X Pro-1, and using its B&W film simulation setting, then sharpened (with some added contrast) in Photoshop. Click on the photographs to enlarge.
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I pass no judgement at this stage on the merits of the Leica Monochrome, and whether its $8000 price tag is justified or not. For a few photographers, it will be...for the majority of us, it certainly isn't.
However what I can say is that I'm extremely pleased with the Fuji X Pro-1's film simulation settings, as I am pleased with the Leica M9's images when converted to monochrome. I found shooting monochrome with the X Pro-1 to be a cinch, and enjoyed every moment I used that setting. I didn't think I would before doing so in Chiang Mai's streets. But seeing the monochrome images on the X Pro-1's screen helped my visualization process, and reassured me that my camera settings were correct.


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CHIFENG, China — For nearly three decades, Zhang Jianjie worked at a coal-fired power plant in the gritty industrial city of Datong, where the air quality ranks as some of the most foul in all of China.
In 2012, Zhang volunteered for a new job on a distant ridgetop in Inner Mongolia, where electricity is generated from the wind and sun.
"This place suits me," Zhang said. "The air is good, and it is quiet. I am almost like a monk in the woods."
Zhang manages this wind plant for China Guodian, a state-owned power company that during the past decade has been at the forefront of a massive expansion of renewable energy in China.
China is now the world's biggest wind-power generator and largest market for solar panels. With the completion of the controversial Three Gorges Dam, which displaced 1.2 million people along the Yangtze River, China is now the world's top hydro-energy producer.
Some are hopeful that China's ambitious development plans for renewable energy resources will eventually lead to a dramatic reduction in the use of coal — and help pull the world back from the extremes of climate change and ocean acidification forecast for later in this century.
"I think it's a hell of a rocky road to get there. But I think it's possible," said William Chandler, co-author of an Energy Transition Research Institute study that outlines a road map for China generating 80 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2050.
So far, China's appetite for energy is so big — and expanding so fast — that coal consumption keeps climbing even in a period of runaway growth for renewables.
Much of the coal is burned in a new generation of power plants, which are often built by the same state-owned corporations investing in alternative energy.
"Even if coal consumption eventually plateaus, it will be a very long plateau," said Armond Cohen, executive director of the Clean Air Task Force, which works in China to reduce carbon emissions.
Coal now provides some 65 percent of all the energy consumed each year by China, generating most of the electricity and heat for 1.3 billion Chinese and providing most of the power for industry.
Meanwhile, solar and wind power still meet less than 3 percent of the nation's energy needs. And China's grid hasn't expanded fast enough to deliver all the power that these projects can generate.
Wind-power developers often wait months to have their projects connected to the state-owned grid. And once their plants are finally able to feed into power lines, they often are ordered to shut down many of their turbines so the flow of electricity is balanced with demand. In Eastern Mongolia, for example, some wind farms ran at only about 50 percent capacity in 2012, according to the Chinese Wind Energy Association.
On blustery winter days, the kind that are prime for generating wind power, rows of turbines often are idled.
"It's a big waste of money and resources," said a wind-power-industry official. "In China we have a renewable law, which requires that 100 percent of the electricity from wind should be purchased by the grid. But the fact is, not all of it is delivered. So there is a big effort to upgrade the grid."
Inner Mongolia has been a focal point of China's investment in both coal and renewable power.
The region stretches across northern China, with a population of about 24 million scattered through an area larger than Texas and California combined. Development of large, open pit mines have turned Inner Mongolia into China's largest producer of coal, much of it going to produce electricity for Beijing and other faraway cities. In recent years, tens of billions of dollars of investment have poured into Inner Mongolia to produce wind and solar power.
Many of these new renewable energy projects have been built in remote grasslands. This backcountry, for centuries largely the domain of herders and their livestock, has undergone a radical makeover, with turbines now stretching for miles upon miles along the ridgelines.
"I never could imagine that wind power could be such a big thing in China," Zhang said.
Zhang manages the Dayuying Wind Farm, which began operating back in 2011 on top of a remote mountain in the eastern part of Inner Mongolia. It expanded in 2013 with the installation of a solar-power plant.
This project is several hours' drive from the nearest city along narrow mountain roads that may be impassable during snow storms.
For workers, this is a live-in job, and Zhang may go for months without seeing his wife, who still lives in Datong, some 300 miles to the west. He tries to prop up crew morale with karaoke sessions, and has crew members star in homemade videos that feature patriotic songs and stunning sunrises over the grasslands.
He also is big on fitness. During his down time, he changes into shorts for long, often frigid runs along the ridges.
On duty, Zhang directs operations from a command center that has wraparound picture windows and resembles an air traffic control tower.
The electricity is generated by 33 wind turbines, which have more than twice the generating capacity of the solar panels at the site.
The turbines were manufactured by United Power Technology, a Guodian subsidiary that now is a major player in the global wind-power industry.
Many Chinese manufacturers got their start in partnerships with U.S. and European companies that helped pioneer the modern wind industry and shared technology as they sought to gain footholds in China. United Power was originally a joint venture with Westinghouse and eventually, Siemens, based in Germany. In 2007, as China announced ambitious plans to expand wind power, United severed its Western connections. During the next four years, China's wind-power capacity increased more than tenfold. United Power's share of that business helped it earn $2 billion in 2011.
This increasingly homegrown industry has had some setbacks, including a series of turbine failures.
Problems included motors that caught fire, broken shafts and ruptured blades, according to researchers at North China Electricity Power University who published a 2013 report in Power Magazine.
The Chinese government has made a big push to upgrade the wind-power industry. At the Dayuying project, the reliability of turbines is much improved, according to Zhang.
Whenever a turbine has a problem, his crews scramble to make repairs, which can be quite an ordeal in the winter months, when temperatures may drop deep below zero. Zhang said this quick-response strategy has reduced turbine down time.
"Even with all this technology, the key is still people. Making sure they take care of all this stuff," Zhang said.
By 2020, the Chinese government hopes to double wind-power capacity. Solar energy is supposed to grow at an even faster rate. Just last year, China invested $56 billion in renewable energy — more than all of Europe, according to a United Nations report.
China's five-year plan also calls for building hundreds of new coal power plants.
This creates huge challenges in trying to fashion a grid flexible enough to handle all these power sources.
Big coal plants can't easily be cranked up and down to accommodate erratic swings in energy produced from the wind and sun. In Inner Mongolia, many of the new coal plants also provide vital steam heat to towns and cities during the bitter winter months, making it even more difficult to reduce their operations to free up space for renewables.
China is investing hundreds of billions of dollars to expand and upgrade the grid that brings power from remote areas to the major population centers.
The government also has called for easing the strains on the long-distance power grid by building more renewable-energy projects close to big cities.
Solar water heaters are popping up on apartment buildings and homes all over China. Some factories have begun installing rooftop solar panels.
The government wants to accelerate that trend.
In October, Wu Xinxiong, who leads China's National Energy Administration, announced that by 2015, two-thirds of China's solar power should come from these close-to-source projects.
"They mean it. It's not just lip service," said Frank Haugwitz, a solar-energy consultant who been based in China since 2002.
"They would rather focus on decentralized projects across the eastern part of China, close to population centers and close to the point of consumption. That's the beauty of PV (photovoltaic solar cells). You don't have to have long-distance transmission lines."
Haugwitz is particularly hopeful about the shift in attitudes on solar projects among government officials who once gave him the brushoff.
Even within the state-owned power companies, renewable energy keeps gaining new recruits.
At Dayuying, Zhang sounds like a Greenpeace organizer as he denounces the pollution generated by the coal plants where he used to work and cautions against building more. He is impatient to install more solar and wind turbines on the ridgetops he traverses on his daily jogs.
"If you make the best of wind and sun, that's better," Zhang said.
(This series was supported by a Perry and Alicia O'Brien Fellowship at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. The fellowship enabled Seattle Times reporter Hal Bernton to spend the academic year at Marquette reporting this project and working with students from the Diederich College of Communication. Graduate student Zhu Ye assisted in this report.)
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I wrote this back in March. It started in the present tense. I was thinking about how good life is and the things I have accomplished. Then my mind drifted back thru time:
Ten months out of high school and I am in the Navy. After two years of training schools I am assigned to the Madison. I make one patrol then complete scuba diver training during "off crew". I make one more patrol and qualify to wear those precious dolphins. I am a happy man. Then I find I have been selected to take the 627 into the shipyards at New London, Conn. This really changes my life because my girlfriend and I decide to get married... I am a happy man. It is a special time, we are in love and happy.
Then I started thinking about her now, and the things I like about us..... and this happened:
Things I Like
I like the way I feel, watching you cross a crowded room;
Your smile is like a beautiful flower that never loses its bloom.
And when your eyes meet mine, we have no need for words;
Above the sea of conversation, love's silent call is clearly heard.
I like the way you taste - quick kisses during the day.
The faint smell of lipstick pushes my worries away.
I like the feel of your hand, lightly touching my arm at night;
It fills my mind with peace, and the assurance that all is right.
I like to listen as you sleep; rhythmic breathing is music in my ears.
Soft sighs flood my senses and leave no room for fears.
I like the way you hold my hand as we walk down a street,
And the way your arm finds my waist when we talk to people we meet.
But there were times when I laid awake, until darkness fled morning's light,
Awaiting the scream of the rude alarm soon to end our cherished night;
I struggled against thoughts of leaving and crossing the submarine's brow;
Yet, some things I dreaded then have become fond memories now.
The smell of fresh perfume, intoxicated me driving to the base,
It soften the thought of leaving with only the memory of your face.
Those long days at sea brought uncertainty -
Thinking about things that could tear us apart.
But those things I liked formed links in a chain
And held love's anchor securely fixed in my heart.
Roy Mack Bowen
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Bullying can present itself as one of the most intimate forms of assault but for many teens it's carried out in the faceless cyber world of social media.
Until recently if the events happened outside of a school's jurisdiction, for example if it happened off school property or didn't affect the child's education, children and parents were left with few options to end the contact.
But now parents are using existing stalking legislation in place of Florida's lack of specific laws to deal with bullying.
Florida HB 1099 was heralded in 2012 by advocates for domestic violence victims.
Many saw it as a much needed amendment to previously flawed stalking legislation.
The bill simplified the process for filing an injunction and it also addressed the role of electronic communication.
Carol Wick, director of Harbor House, a resource for domestic violence victims, says her office helps parents file injunctions on their child's behalf on a weekly basis.
"I think it's a very viable alternative to just the pain of watching your child get bullied and not be able to do anything about it," she said.
An injunction is a court order to avoid contact between individuals. Also called a restraining order.
Wick says if your child is being bullied on social media it's important to document everything. She says it's also important to show what you have tried to do to stop it.
A judge will ultimately decide whether to grant the injunction.
The ruling takes place in civil court so there will be no criminal record for the perpetrator unless the ruling broken. Criminal charges can then be filed.
"This is something that's an option for parent's who don't want to involve law enforcement," Wick continues, "they just want to make it stop, and I think this sends a very clear message that this needs to stop."
Filing an injunction is free. You can do so through the Clerk of the Courts.


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[Beneath The Radar]
Open Letter To US Postal Employees
A federal statute regarding time fraud is on the books, and it's clear. The time has come to see to it that it is not ignored.
18 U.S.C. § 1001 reads as follows: "Except as otherwise provided in this section, whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government of the United States, knowingly and willfully - (1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or (3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry; shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more
than 5 years or, if the offense involves international or domestic terrorism (as defined in section 2331), imprisoned not more than 8 years, or both."
The reason that no one has been sent to jail, or at the very least, fired, under this statute is because the unions have been twiddling their thumbs in the administrative process instead of using the clout of the membership's numbers to flex its political muscle. Time fraud within the US Postal services --which has been the subject of my past several columns-- is not a "grievance" it's a federal crime.
Filing grievances and EEOs play right into the PO's hands. The administrative process takes forever, and justice delayed is justice denied. The system is stacked against the grievant or complainant. It's designed to make you think you have rights, while its actual function is to maintain the status quo - that's why you're paying thousands of dollars in union dues and you're still suffering.
Have you ever wondered why an employee can pick up a Walmart coupon out of the trash and be summarily fired, while your manager can be caught falsifying thousands of dollars of employee clock rings then be promoted? Wake up.
If you want justice and real job security, you're going to have to make the jobs of your boss, your union officers, and your politicians insecure. You're going to have to shine a bright enough light on laziness, complacence, and corruption to place their jobs in jeopardy.
Time fraud and falsifying government documents is punishable by five years in federal prison. But in spite of the fact that the United States Postal Service is stealing millions of dollars per day from its employees, you're not seeing anyone go to jail, or even fired for the crime.
In fact, one acting CSO in the Los Angeles District was even promoted after charges were brought against him for time fraud. The reason for that is your unions have been less than progressive in pursuing your rights. They've been satisfied to get one or two people paid a year --just enough to look good on their resume-- then letting the PO sweep the matter
under the rug.
That's not an unsubstantiated allegation. The facts are clear. You're living it. That's why time fraud continues to be a problem. The postal service knows that the unions are ineffective, so they can rob, abuse, and intimidate you with impunity.
What's so unconscionable about this situation is that it can be so easily addressed. A thief needs the cover of darkness to commit his crimes, so all the unions have to do is shine a light on what's going on. Why haven't they?
The OIG has been ignoring this issue for years, but after I started bringing it out into the open in March
I have continued to hammer away at it and demanding that the Inspector General (OIG) and PMG be fired, all of a sudden the OIG recognize the need for a national audit. But in February of this year when the theft of JoAnn Snow's time was reported in the Los Angeles district, OIG Special Agent Reid Robbins said that "the OIG's office generally doesn't investigate time issues." Well, I guess they've reconsidered that position:
Having Problems with Your Time and Attendance Records? The OIG Wants to Hear From You.
Recent news stories have identified a few instances where Postal Service employees have had time deleted from electronic time card records. There have also been other time and attendance instances where managers inaccurately calculated employee work hours for out–of-schedule work.
If you are a Postal Service employee and are experiencing similar problems or any other time and attendance issues at your work place, we would like to hear from you.
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(an English tale)
Once upon a time, there lived a poor young shepherd who dreamed of glory. The shepherd owned little else but his vast imagination; he told everyone he met that his imagination was so rich that he felt he was a wealthy man.
His fellow shepherds laughed at him. "Fool," they called him, but one day as he was grazing his flock near the palace road, he happened to notice a knight riding his horse toward the court at Canterbury.
"I wonder where that fellow goes," he mused to himself, and he waited all that day and into the next to speak to the young man. He wished to ask him what the palace looked like. Most of all, he wanted to hear stories of the princess, who, he imagined, was more beautiful than a flower, and lovelier, too.
But the knight never returned, and the next day the shepherd saw another knight heading that way.
"Who are these fellows?" he said to his sheep. He decided the next time he saw a passing stranger, he must ask.
The second knight did not return, and when a third passed by, the shepherd asked, "Sir, I see many gentlemen riding to the court at Canterbury, but none return. Can you tell me why?"
"Shepherd," said the knight, "the king has proclaimed that any man who can watch his daughter through the night and neither sleep nor doze will have her hand in marriage. But those who fail will lose their heads. I am off to try my best, for she is a wise and fair and beautiful woman."
The shepherd began to dream, and he decided he must try his luck, for then he would be a prince or a headless shepherd, and so he bid his sheep wait on the hill, and he set off for the court.
On his way, he had to cross a river. He took off his shoes and socks to wade across, and as he was walking, he noticed some pretty fish at his feet. And that's when his imagination went wild. He reached down and picked up four fish and put them into his pocket.
"These fish will be my keys to the kingdom!" he said.
When he arrived at the palace, the servants took him to the hall where the princess awaited her suitors.
"Good evening," she said. "I hope you shall stay awake all night." She was drawn to this young man — he, too, was handsome and kind and fair.
"Help yourself to the banquet," she said, pointing to a table set with delicacies and wines so marvelous that the shepherd could not resist. He ate and ate, and he drank and drank, and as the clock struck midnight, he could feel his eyelids growing heavy.
He sat in one of the luxurious chairs across from the princess, and suddenly she said, "Sir, you have been dozing! I'm afraid you're going to lose your head!"
But the shepherd sat up tall and said, "Oh, no, I wasn't dozing at all. I was fishing."
The princess cocked her head. "Fishing?" she asked. She wondered if the young man might not be a little mad, but just as that thought crossed her mind, he smiled and drew one of the pretty fish from his pocket.
"It's beautiful," she gasped. Secretly, she was astonished by this young man's magic, and so she waited a little while, and she watched him carefully.
He did seem to be sleeping, but she said, at last, "Shepherd, are you fishing again?"
He sat up and smiled, and he said, "I am, and here's another fish for you," and he reached into his pocket and handed her another fish.
Now the princess was falling in love, and so she said, "I shall let you sleep, and I promise I'll convince my father not to chop off your head."
The next morning, when the king walked into the chamber, the princess was true to her word. "Father, the shepherd must live," she said. "He was not sleeping — though it may seem that he was. He was fishing! And he's given me two pretty fish from his pocket."
"Ridiculous," the king said. "How can a shepherd catch a fish in his pocket?"
But the shepherd had an answer for this. You see, in his dreams he had come up with a grand idea. "Please, sire," he said to the king, "lie down on this bed, and I shall show you."
The king lay down, and as he did, the shepherd pretended to fish in his pocket, and after several moments, he sighed and pulled another fish from that pocket. And then he pulled out yet another!
"Look at this: Two for one try!" the shepherd said, and the king had to admit this fellow had a special gift.
"I wish to marry him," the princess said, and the king agreed.
And so they lived happily ever after, for the shepherd's fine imagination delighted the princess for the rest of her life.


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Jeffrey Wright has joined the sci-fi terror flick "Source Code," starring Jake Gyllenhaal and directed by "Moon" man Duncan Jones.
"Just met with the lovely Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright. Feeling quite thrilled to have two such scorchingly good actors in Source Code!" tweeted Jones yesterday.
Wright is a great and underappreciated talent who usually makes any scene he's in at least watchable. Michelle Monaghan is also on board for Jones's second feature.
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Gyllenhaal plays Colter, a soldier who awakens in the body of a commuter who is on a train that is blown up, reliving the tragedy until he can prevent it. Monaghan plays his love interest and Farmiga is in the Sigourney Weaver role of controlling Gyllenhaal as he spans space and time.
Farmiga is a hot property coming off her turn in "Up in the Air" and Monaghan is in the hotly anticipated "Due Date." Gyllenhaal sure could use a hit, because "Prince of Persia," due out in May, does not look promising.
The plot sounds like "Avatar" crossed with "Groundhog Day," so this could go either way. Despite the anemic performance of "Moon" at the box office, Jones behind the camera is a reason to believe this is a project to keep an eye on.


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"The buoyant, gifted Maya Angelou continues her autobiography. . . . Both her joy and her despair have twice as much impact as most people's."
–New York
"Angelou may be one of the best hunters of the heart, one of the best to explore the insides of folks, black or white, and find what moves them, what makes them real and tangible to themselves and others."
–The Christian Science Monitor
"Angelou is a sharp observer and commentator on culture. . . . [Her book is] filled with penetrating observations about the people she encounters."
–Chicago Tribune Book World
"Honest, funny and heartwarming . . . The strength of the book is Angelou's lyrical writing . . . a God-given gift."
–The Washington Star
"Angelou is one of the geniuses of the Afro-American serial autobiography."
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The following was written by someone who wishes to remain anonymous:
I used to work in civil service for a small government research department in Phoenix, AZ
Most of the research we did was mundane and really dull. One thing we did were studies of other departments including the sheriff's department headed by the famous Joe Arpaio, the 'toughest sheriff in America'.
On more than one occasion when interviewing Sheriff's Department employees allegations of misconduct would come up usually regarding drug and under age prostitution rings. In 2006, while conducting an exit (after employment) interview with a former Sheriff's Department, similar allegation came up but with an added twist. The interview was basically normal, covering aspects of the job, benefits, compensations etc. At the end I asked interviewees if they had anything they would like to add. In this instance the respondent seemed like he had something he wanted to add but was reluctant. I assured him I would respect his confidentiality and was actually under an oath to do so and if I did violate his confidentiality he could file charges on me. He began to tell me there were 'bad things, criminal things' going on at the Sheriff's Department but was reluctant to go further. I let him know I had heard things like that in the past and even prompted him by say ' you're talking about the drug rings and the prostitution rings'. He then said 'yes but that's not all of it. They make movies in these old warehouses out in Scottsdale.' After my somewhat blasé but friendly response he went on to say these movies were using 'little kids' by which he did not mean teenagers. He also mentioned a specific, highly placed person in the Sheriff's Department.
A few months later I was visiting with an old friend and one of his buddies. During the course of the conversation I mentioned an incident where the Sheriff's Department had given me a copy of the blueprints to the new jail to use as a map because they were tired of providing me with an armed escort when I had to go down there. I thought this was really stupid of them and joked about selling it on EBay. My friend's buddy then began asking me what I knew about the Sheriffs Department and 'things I heard'. When I asked for specifics he replied 'criminal activities' I told him about the drug and teenage prostitute rings, which were basic common knowledge on the street. He asked me if I heard anything about anything in Scottsdale and I said that I did, something about movies being shot in warehouses out there. He then said 'did I know what kind of movies' and I said 'what I heard was kiddie porn but you hear all kinds of things' and he said, really loudly ' it's not just kiddie porn, it's kiddie snuff porn. This was a bit much for me and I looked over at my friend as to say is he for real and all my friend said was 'it's true'. Then as he was going on about it he said ' do you know who's behind it ?' And before I could say anything, he blurted out the same name the ex-employee had.
The last reference to the kiddie porn movies came while visiting a friend of one of my neighbors. We had gone over there to 'party'. When the neighbor's friend found out where I worked he was at first suspicious since contraband herbal party supplies were in evidence then after awhile became more comfortable. He asked me what I knew about the Sheriff's Department and also, the witness protection program and could I get a hold of someone for him.
Upon me asking 'why?' he wanted to know stuff, he then went into a long tale about how his cousin was a LEO, was involved in a case that involved law enforcement and Federal judges, and then provided some very gruesome details about special movies being made, that involved very small children and infants, grownups, strange costumes, and snuff (killing). His cousin supposedly had entered witness protection, no one ever went to trial, and he hadn't heard from her since. He wanted to know if I could a message to his cousin. The movies, he mentioned at one point, were filmed in some old warehouses and also mentioned the name of the Sheriff's Department employee. The details he gave me, supposedly coming from his cousin to whom he was very close, were horrific.
He had also mentioned that his cousin had been very badly affected by this and had been persuaded to stay on the case because of her 'in'. Supposedly also this was something she stumbled on while doing undercover work investigating cocaine smuggling.
Unfortunately I was not in a position to help him. Same story from three different sources that I seriously doubt knew each other.
One of the deputies whose name came up in connection with the things described above was David Hendershott who, when he retired at full pension, was rehired the next day in a new position, at over 150 thousand dollars a year in addition to his pension. His son, by the same name is also a Sheriff's Department employee. Hendershott was found to have been hiring friends to 'work' for the Sheriff's department, without having them do much actual work.
Hendershott was fired in 2011 "based on the findings of a six-month probe, conducted by Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, into allegations including mismanagement, nepotism and obstruction of a criminal investigation. Babeu's investigation was triggered by a 63-page internal memo detailing a long list of questionable behavior among top Sheriff's Office employees.'
Despite his public fall from grace during this scandal, Hendershott now works as a private investigator, offering "products and services" which include, among other things, "child abduction recovery".
Hendershott lost his job and was vilified in the press for engaging in various forms of corruption, but he was never questioned regarding his knowledge of the abuse of adults and children, and their use in snuff films. These are the crimes that go univestigated and unpunished because exposing them would expose the rotten core of the justice system itself.


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Have you ever wondered why your child does something, even when you've told them not to and explained why they shouldn't do it? Perhaps your three year old insisted on touching the oven door, even though you told him not to because it was very hot. Being told something and doing it yourself are two very different things. It is only when the child touches the oven door and experiences the heat that he truly understands and learns. Continue reading →
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The new 5:4 mixtape takes as its theme the days of the week, charting a slow progression from Monday to Sunday. That might not sound like a particularly promising theme, but i've been noticing in recent months just how many tracks in my music library contain either specific or more general references to days, which led to the idea for this mixtape. Perhaps unsurprisingly, due to it being (from an aural perspective) such an abstract concept, the music in this mixtape is more than usually eclectic, but once i again i've been able to navigate what i think is a convincing, interconnected sonic pathway through exceptionally diverse material. This exercise was revealing in the extent to which some days of the week have received a greater amount of musical attention, while others are much more neglected. This clearly has more than a little to do with our cultural experiences and exploits: plenty of music to choose from for the weekend – when we're more likely to be away from work, enjoying ourselves – while Tuesday and Wednesday in particular provided relatively few options (though good ones).
Once again, the mixtape includes some of my favourite music, old and new, and i've divided it up into sections for each day, demarcated with interludes. A couple of composers appear several times: there are various excerpts from Nordvargr's 8-hour epic Sleep Therapy and some pieces from Gesualdo's Tenebrae music. i've drawn on my love of easy listening on a number of occasions too, featuring some delicious slices of fragrant cheese from Charlie Byrd, Orchestra and Chorus, the Polish Radio Orchestra and The Cavendish Ten. Songs of a multitude of stylistic persuasions litter the mix, encompassing electronica (Yazoo, Client, SPC ECO, Bat For Lashes, Kate Havnevik), ballad (Emiliana Torrini, Get Well Soon), dream pop (Emmy Rossum, Tori Amos, Mitski, Desire), manic pixie dream pop (CocoRosie), light rock (Chrysta Bell, Asobi Seksu), experimental chamber rock (Chrome Hoof) and lo-fi (Leah Kardos, Rose Elinor Dougall). Devoid of words but packing diverse beats are tracks from Christ., The Flashbulb, Free*Land, Cemeteries and tomandandy. At the more abstract end of the continuum, i've included a range of more free-form electronics from the likes of Ulrich Schnauss, Colin Andrew Sheffield, Noveller, Tetra, Saddleback (Richard Skelton), Brian Eno, aTelecine, The Noisettes and Stray Ghost. There's also a burst of Thomas Newman's luscious score for Less Than Zero and a gorgeously potent movement from perhaps Per Nørgård's greatest symphony (No. 6) towards the end of the mix. i've featured a small selection from my now vast collection of renditions of Gloomy Sunday – one of my favourite songs, about which i really ought to write a book sometime. In case it isn't obvious, Venetian Snares and Tsukimono are reworking Billie Holliday's classic recording, in both cases coming up with something wonderful, whereas DJ Phoenix reinterprets the song within a torrent of squelch, grime and bass. And the whole thing kicks off with a tantalising six-minute introduction from Marco Blauuw & Yannis Kyriakides.
So, a highly eclectic week condensed into three hours of music; here's the tracklisting in full, together with links to buy the music. As ever, the mix can be downloaded or streamed via MixCloud. Read more


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George was liberated by the American forces in May 1945. He had spent three years during the war in ten different concentration camps. In 1945 he was in the Woebbelin camp in Germany. After liberation, he spent over two years in various displaced persons camps. George immigrated to the United States in October 1947.
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Andelen af overforfaldne B2B-fakturaer i Tjekkiet fortsatte sin faldende tendens. Landets gennemsnitlige andel af betalingsforsinkelser var i 2017 på 37%.
After a slowdown in 2016 (2.3%, down from 4.6% in 2015), the Czech economy is forecast to grow 2.5% this year as investment picks back up and net exports and domestic demand remain strong. Despite the positive outlook, there were fewer sales on credit terms compared to one year ago.
Sales on credit terms
Together with respondents in Turkey and Poland, and in contrast to the increase registered at regional level, Czech suppliers seem to have decreased their use of credit terms in B2B sales this year.
- On average, 42.7% of the sales to domestic B2B customers in the Czech Republic was transacted on credit. This percentage is slightly lower than that of 2016 (45.8%).
- In 2017 Czech respondents seemed to be marginally more open to offering credit terms in transactions with their foreign B2B customers (43.2% up from 42.7% in 2016).
- Differently to their peers in Eastern Europe, Czech respondents were more likely to offer credit terms to foreign B2B customers than to domestic customers. However, the proportion of domestic B2B sales on credit (42.7%) is not significantly lower than that of foreign B2B sales on credit (43.2%). This likely reflects an almost uniform perception of payment risk arising from domestic and foreign B2B trade.
- In the Czech Republic, the total value of B2B sales on credit decreased to 43.0% in 2017 from 44.3% in 2016. This follows another marginal decrease (from 45.0% in 2015) and seems to underline a downward trend.
Overdue B2B invoices (%)
The percentage of overdue B2B invoices in the Czech Republic continued its downward trend since 2015. At 37%, the payment default rate recorded in the country is under the average for Eastern Europe overall (41.5%).
- More respondents in the Czech Republic reported late payments of B2B invoices than respondents in the rest of the Eastern European countries surveyed. 95.1% of Czech respondents reported this in respect to their domestic B2B customers and 84.8% in respect to their foreign B2B customers (Eastern Europe: domestic 88.5%; foreign: 78.9%).
- Similarly with what was observed at regional level, overdue B2B invoices occurred more often with the domestic customers of our Czech respondents (38.9%) than with their foreign customers (34.9%). Both these averages are lower than those registered in Eastern Europe overall (domestic: 45.2%; foreign: 37.7%).
- The Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) figure in the Czech Republic decreased to 46 days from 55 days last year. This is 15 days less than the regional average .
- Looking ahead, 75.1% of Czech respondents stated that they do not expect changes in their annual DSO figure in the coming 12 months. Of those expecting a change, 13.5% expect a slight increase while 9.7% foresee a slight decrease.
Payment duration (average days)
Based on changes in the average payment terms and average payment delays in the country, Czech respondents seem to take slightly longer in 2017 to convert B2B receivables into cash.
- In 2017, domestic B2B customers of respondents in the Czech Republic were given, on average, 26 days from the invoice date to settle their invoices. This is two days longer than the average domestic payment term in 2016 and the shortest payment term given to domestic B2B customers of the Eastern European countries surveyed.
- Czech suppliers granted even more relaxed payment terms to foreign B2B customers (on average, 33 days, up from 27 days in 2016).
- Respondents in the Czech Republic reported a decrease in the average payment delays of their domestic and foreign B2B customers. Domestic B2B customers delayed their payments, on average, by 15 days (down from 17 days in 2016). Foreign B2B customers delayed payments, on average 17 days (2016: 20 days).
- After Hungary, the Czech Republic had the shortest invoice to cash turnaround in 2017. Suppliers in the Czech Republic needed to wait 45 days (one day longer than in 2016) to convert B2B receivables into cash.
Key payment delay factors
The main reasons for payment delays by domestic and foreign B2B customers of respondents in the Czech Republic differ from those stated at regional level.
- 47.7% of Czech respondents cited the buyers' use of outstanding invoices as a form of financing as the primary reason for payment delays by their domestic B2B customers. 34.0% of respondents cited the above-mentioned reason in respect to their foreign B2B customers. These were the highest percentages of respondents stating this delay factor in Eastern Europe, both significantly higher than the percentages registered at regional level (domestic: 32.4%; foreign: 27.7%).
- Another main reason for payment delays, cited by 41.8% of respondents in regards to domestic B2B customers, was liquidity constraints (Eastern Europe: 58.4%).
- 34.0% of Czech respondents stated that the complexity of the payment procedure was also a main payment delay factor by foreign B2B customers.
- 58.0% of respondents in the Czech Republic said that overdue payments did not impact their business significantly. 13.2% of Czech respondents, however, said that due to late payments, they lost revenue and 19.8% said that they needed to postpone their own payments to suppliers.
Protection of business profitability
More respondents in the Czech Republic (16.9%) than in Eastern Europe (13.1%) stated they intend to do more to protect their businesses from the impact of Brexit, the slowdown in Asia and US protectionism. This was the second highest percentage in the region after that of Turkey (26.9%).
- 52.2% of respondents in the Czech Republic said that in the face of the above-mentioned developments, they are most likely to maintain their current mix of credit management tools. Although only slightly below the 53.3% regional average, this was one of the lowest percentages stating this preference.
- When asked about which credit management actions they would take to protect themselves against the impact of Brexit, US protectionism and slowdown in Asia, Czech respondents stated that they are most likely to increase checks on their buyers' creditworthiness (24.8%) and monitoring of their buyers' credit risk (19.5%).
- The potential negative impact of Brexit seems to be the most likely to prompt Czech respondents to increase protection and use more credit management tools. 26.2% of respondents said that they are likely to increase creditworthiness checks on their buyers, while 18.9% said that they will increase monitoring of their buyers' credit risk.
- A similar approach is planned in respect to US protectionism (checks on buyers' creditworthiness: 25.9%; monitoring buyers' credit risk: 17.7%) and the slowdown in Asia (checks on buyers' creditworthiness: 22.3%; monitoring buyers' credit risk: 22.0%).
Uncollectable receivables
The total value of B2B receivables written off as uncollectable in the Czech Republic decreased from 1.4% in 2016 to 0.9% this year. This percentage is slightly lower than the regional average of 1.0%.
- 0.7% of the total value of domestic B2B receivables and 0.2% of the total value of foreign B2B receivables in the Czech Republic was written off as uncollectable. Previous surveys also showed that uncollectable receivables in the country consisted almost entirely of domestic write-offs.
- In 2017, the largest proportion of uncollectable receivables came from the construction, consumer durables, and business services sectors.
- B2B receivables were uncollectable mainly because of the customer's bankruptcy (52.8%), the failure of collection attempts (26.9%) and because the cost of pursuing debtors was too high (21.4%).
Payment practices by industry
16.0% of respondents the Czech respondents surveyed expect the payment behaviour of their B2B customers to improve over the coming 12 months. A slightly lower percentage, 13.0% said that they expect to see an overall deterioration.
- Compared to the average payment terms given in the country (30 days), B2B customers of Czech respondents in the construction and machines industries had an extra four days to settle their invoices.
- At the same time, B2B customers in the paper industry had the shortest time to fulfil their payment obligations (14 days).
- Despite enjoying slightly longer payment terms, B2B customers in the construction and machines industries generated some of the longest delays (they paid, on average, after 41 days and 45 days past due date respectively).
- Respondents from both the construction and the machines sector stated that the main reason for payment delays was buyers using outstanding invoices as a form of financing (construction: 58.0%; machines: 47.0%).
- Other key payment delay factors cited by suppliers in the construction industry were insufficient availability of funds (stated by 35.0% of respondents) and the formal insolvency of the buyer (cited by 32.0%).
- Around 20% of Czech respondents in the machines industry said that delays also occurred because of insufficient availability of funds, disputes over the quality of goods given or services provided and the formal insolvency of the buyer.


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Professor Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi will be honored with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon for her outstanding lifelong contributions to the promotion of the civil rights, sociological study, and well-being of Japanese Americans and others. She is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the Graduate Center and Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (CUNY), the founding president of the Asian American Federation, Inc., and a past chair of the New York Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
The conferment ceremony for Dr. Nishi will take place at the official residence of the Japanese Ambassador and Consul-General in New York on June 5th.
Dr. Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi was a "true pioneer of Japanese American Studies" in the turbulent times during and after WWII and a "beacon of the community," serving as both a leading scholar and a tireless social activist throughout her career and to the present.
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While a university student during World War II, she gave more than three hundred and fifty speeches to help prepare public receptivity to the resettlement of Japanese Americans from the incarceration camps. In Chicago, she, with her father, Tahei Matsunaga, was instrumental in establishing the Chicago Resettlers Committee, now known as the Japanese American Service Committee. Before joining academia, she worked as a research writer for the Chicago Defender, headed the Chicago Council against Racial and Religious Discrimination, and directed research for the social programs of the National Council of Churches. Besides her academic career as sociologist, she served on numerous boards, such as United Way of New York City, and was a consultant to many organizations and public agencies, including the Congressionally mandated Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. She has also been a long-time member the Japanese Americans Citizenship League, the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States. In 1989, Dr. Nishi co-founded the Asian American Federation to enable the many Asian ethnic groups in New York to work together in advocating and pooling resources for this rapidly growing population. Under her leadership as founding president, for six years, the Federation brought needed services to many Japanese Americans, as well as public attention to their concerns. Since the late 1980s, she has also contributed to developing the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, as a member of the National Scholarly Advisory Council and of the New York Advisory Council.
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Her research at Santa Anita Assembly Center, where she was incarcerated during the war, observing the development of informal educational activities in the hastily constructed camp, was the first of her studies of Japanese Americans and their wartime treatment. Other studies included those on early resettlement in St. Louis and the post-war re-establishment of an ethnic community in Chicago. Meanwhile, she was enrolled in the sociology program at the University of Chicago, where she received her doctorate in 1963. From 1965 until her retirement in 1999, she was a professor of sociology at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. She taught some of the first courses on Asian American Studies there and served as a mentor to a generation of scholars. With her expertise on institutionalized discrimination against Japanese Americans and other ethnic minorities, she was invited by local and federal government agencies, private companies, and nonprofits to serve as a consultant, applying her research insights to various social issues in the U.S. and internationally. In 1982, Dr. Nishi initiated the development of the Exchange of Scholars Program between Tokyo Metropolitan University and the Graduate Center. She hosted many scholars from Japan and was the first research scholar from the Graduate Center to go to Tokyo Metropolitan University, where she gave lectures in graduate seminars and conducted research on Japanese Americans who went to Japan at the end of WWII. As a professor emerita, she is currently principal investigator of a national study, "Recovery and Hidden Injuries: Wartime Incarceration and the Life Course of Japanese Americans," which compares the long-term effects on those who left the camps to go to the Army, college, or work, and those who remained segregated at Tule Lake during wartime. She is preparing this research for publication.
Dr. Nishi was born in Los Angeles to Hatsu Nishi Matsunaga and Tahei Matsunaga, who came from Kumamoto, Japan. She was married to the late Ken Nishi, the painter-sculptor, and is the mother of five children and the grandparent of six.
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