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Japanese chipmaker sees its shares fall to record low
Japanese chipmaker Renesas has seen its shares tumble to a record low amid reports it is planning to raise cash and cut jobs.
According to newspaper and analyst reports, Renesas will try to raise 100bn yen (£828m; $1.3bn), cut more than 10,000 jobs and sell some units.
Renesas makes chips used in cars and is facing increased competition from rivals as well as weaker global demand.
Its shares fell as much as 13% to 238 yen in Tokyo.
Speculation about Renesas has been swirling for a number of weeks, and its shares have lost more than a third in value over the past month.
Renesas is widely expected to unveil a restructuring plan to its major shareholders, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric and NEC, later this week.
According to Bloomberg News, the company has already submitted the plan to its lenders and labour unions.
Renesas is not the only global chipmaker to run into difficulties. In February, Japan's Elpida Memory filed for bankruptcy and the firm's shares have since been removed from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
However, some analysts played down the risks of Renesas's problems escalating to a similar level.
"If it can go through with the restructuring and raise funds, it will not be a repeat of Elpida," said Hideyuki Ishiguro of Okasan Securities.
"Elpida repeated similar efforts over and over again until there was no one else who was willing to give funds."


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Southeast FMCA Rally to Roll Out on Wednesday
January 30, 2012 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Southeast FMCA Rally to Roll Out on Wednesday
They roll in from all over North America: Vermont, Indiana, Colorado, New York, Maine, Ontario. Some travel in luxury rigs worth more than $1 million; others arrive in more modest recreational vehicles.
But, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Times, the biggest draw at the annual Southeast Area Family Motor Coach Association (FMCA) rally, which runs Feb. 2-6 at the Hernando County Airport in Brooksville, Fla., is the camaraderie of being a fellow traveler, says Southeast Area president and rally chairman Ralph Marino.
"It's the American dream to be able to just pick up and go," Marino said from his office at the airport. "Just about everyone you see here has been RVing for a long time. For many of them, it's become a way of life."
Through tough economic times and periods of sky-high fuel prices, the FMCA has hosted rallies for more than 30 years, and in Hernando County for the past 15 years.
And though this year's pre-registration of 890 coaches is less than Marino would like to see, he doesn't think the annual pilgrimage is in danger of losing its popularity.
"There are people here who will come no matter what," he said. "They enjoy what we provide and know it's an experience they really can't find anywhere else."
Participation for the rally peaked in 2007 with nearly 2,000 motorhomes. But when the economy began to sour and fuel prices rose above $3 a gallon, the RV public became more choosy about where it wanted to travel.
Southeast Area vice president Frank Colletti thinks those numbers will start going up, however, as the Baby Boomer generation discovers the joys of the RV lifestyle.
"Having a motorhome is like having a traveling back yard," Colletti said. "You set up next to a guy and you start talking, and before you know it, you're good friends. It happens all the time."
In addition to being able to check out the latest in RV coaches — more than 100 models will be on display — and accessories, participants are able to take advantage of educational seminars dealing with all things RV. Experts will give talks about tire safety, fire protection, fuel mileage tips, vehicle maintenance and food preparation in limited spaces.
In addition, more that 200 vendors will be on hand, hawking everything from fried goodies to carpet cleaning supplies. And there will be daily entertainment.
The five-day event will bring the county a much-needed economic boost as visitors shop at local retail stores, eat at restaurants and visit regional attractions.
The Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce estimates the event will pump $10 million or more into the local economy.


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President Obama spoke about the economy today in the small city of Galesburg, Ill., where he painted a picture of an economy on the rebound and laid out his vision to build a stronger middle class.
The president said he will be stopping in small US towns for the next few weeks to continue to expand his "better bargain for the middle class."
"What we need is not a three-month plan, or even a three-year plan. We need a long-term American strategy based on steady, persistent effort to reverse the forces that have conspired against the middle class for decades. That has to be our project," President Obama said in Galesburg.
Among the 'forces' he mentioned were global competition.
The city of Galesburg knows that lesson well. Maytag used to be the city's largest employer. But the company closed its doors and shifted jobs to Mexico in 2004.
It cost the city some 1,600 jobs.
Host Carol Hills spoke with the vice mayor of Galesburg, Wayne Allen, about what kind of place his city is today.
Allen said the future of the town lays with small employers.
"Small business is what's going to make this country grow," said Allen, who advised young people "to get with a company that's here in Galesburg and help them grow."


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Teresa Moreno, ASM Associate ConservatorMay 5, 2016
Teresa Moreno is associate conservator for Arizona State Museum and University of Arizona faculty member.
Gina Watkinson, ASM Senior Laboratory CoordinatorMay 5, 2016
Gina Watkinson is senior laboratory coordinator for the preservation division, as well as a graduate student in American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona.
Marilen Pool, ASM Objects ConservatorMay 5, 2016
Marilen Pool is an objects conservator specializing in ethnographic and archaeological artifacts.
Dale Brenneman, Ph.D., Associate Curator of Documentary HistoryApril 30, 2016
Dale Brenneman, Ph.D. is associate curator of documentary history at Arizona State Museum in the Office of Ethnohistorical Research,
Diana HadleyApril 30, 2016
Diana Hadley is director emerita of Arizona State Museum's Office of Ethnohistorical Research.
E. Charles Adams, Ph.D., Curator of ArchaelogyApril 29, 2016
E. Charles Adams, Ph.D., is curator of archaeology at the Arizona State Museum and professor of anthropology in the University of Arizona School of Anthroplogy.
Distinguishing Human From Animal Bone, by James Watson and John McClellandApril 21, 2016
Identifying isolated or fragmentary bones can be difficult in archaeological and forensic contexts.
An interview with Dextra Nampeyo about her GrandmotherApril 16, 2016
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva, renowned Hopi-Tewa potter, paid the Arizona State Museum a visit on November 20, 1998.
Frequently Asked Questions about Arizona State Museum's Woven WondersApril 14, 2016
Is this the world's largest collection of American Indian basketry?
"We know of no other museum collection larger, more impressive, better documented, or more comprehensively representative of every major indigenous basket-making group in North America," said Mike Jacobs, ASM's curator of archaeological collections. "Rare and outstanding...
20,000 Pottery Vessels, and CountingApril 11, 2016
The anthropology museum's treasure trove of ceramic pots represents nearly all the Native cultures in the Southwest, including Arizona and New Mexico, as well as northern Mexico.
ASM Archaeological SeriesApril 11, 2016
Scholarly, peer-reviewed, monograph series focused on the archaeology of Northwest Mexico and Southwest U.S
Meet ASM's Southwest Native Nations Advisory BoardApril 7, 2016
The Southwest Native Nations Advisory Board was initially organized to inform the development of the museum's Paths of Life exhibition, one of the first in the country to involve American Indian consultants. Since the 1980s, with representation from every federally recognized tribe in Arizona, ASM's Southwest Native Nations Advisory Board provides the museum with guidance and feedback on repatriation, other issues of cultural sensitivity, and program development.
Martina Dawley Named Assistant Curator for American Indian RelationsApril 7, 2016
From Peach Springs, Arizona, on the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Dawley has experience in many areas of ASM's mission, having done archaeological field and lab work, collections management, and conservation.
Isotopes in Livestock Teeth Shed New Light on Ranching Practices at Spanish MissionsApril 2, 2016
Isotopes in Livestock Teeth, by ASM zooarchaeologist Barnet Pavao-Zuckerman and University of Arizona PhD candidate Deanna Grimstead
Interwoven StoriesApril 1, 2016
"The ambitious new exhibit, tentatively titled "Woven from the Center," requires careful preparation and is set to open in early 2017."
Human Burials, Sacred Objects, and You!April 1, 2016
Arizona State Laws Regulating Human Remains and Objects of Cultural Heritage
Beth Grindell, Ph.D., Former Arizona State Museum DirectorFebruary 4, 2016
First female director of ASM, July 2008–2013
Diane D. Dittemore, Ethnological Collections CuratorJanuary 7, 2016
Diane D. Dittemore is associate curator of ethnology and has been curator of the Arizona State Museum's ethnological collections for more than 30 years.
Preservation of the World's Largest Collection of Southwest Indian PotteryNovember 11, 2015
With the help of many generous donors, Arizona State Museum was able to build a climate-controlled vault and state-of-the-art conservation laboratory.
The Basketry Project: It's B.I.G.September 5, 2015
ASM curators are in the midst of planning an ambitious basket exhibit, adjacent to the basketry vault, in a space we're calling B.I.G. (Basket Interpretive Gallery).


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President Obama participated in this year's National Geographic Bee to to "celebrate the important role that geography plays in all our lives." During that event he made a statement that I think geographers should use more. Go to 0:45-1:10 in the video clip to hear this message or see the transcript below.
"The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together."
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Siyanping Wind Farm, located upon the Siyanping Mountain, 1,663m above sea level, boasts rich wind power resources due to its geographical position.
Though wind power industry has been burgeoning in China in recent years, facilities are largely located in the north, north west, and north east of the country, and along eastern coastal lines, featuring flat plains or plateaus. Mountainous areas are currently lagging behind.
With an average temperature 17? through the year, the wind farm has an average annual wind speed of 6.75m/s at the height of 62 meters, and the wind power density averages 432.1W/m2.
The annual effective wind power generation time reaches 1,813 hours a year.
The wind farm, totaling 49.3MW, has 55 units of 850kW wind turbines made by CSIC (Chongqing) Haizhuang Windpower Equipment Company, which was set up in January 2004 in Chongqing City.
They are spaced along the mountain ridge with a gap of around one kilometer between each turbine. The whole wind farm has a floor space of 6.6km2.
The pitch-regulated variable-speed doubly-fed synchronous turbines are made with the technology from Frisia, Germany.
According to Chongqing Economic Committee, in addition to Wulong County, the area is planning another eight wind farms in six counties, totaling 450MW.
Yu Shaoqing, general manager of Chongqing Haizhuang, said his company is also set to develop 5MW offshore turbines, and expects to produce a prototype in 2011.
The company has set up an office in Canada to develop North American market.
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These flyers will be handed out to all cars with license plates from Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey.
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1. That slope-shouldered farm boy you are snickering at did more work before breakfast than you did all week in the gym.
2. It's called a "gravel road." No matter how slowly you drive, you're going to get dust on your BMW. We have four wheel drive because we need it. Now drive, or get out of the way.
3. We all started hunting and fishing when we were nine years old. Yeah, we saw "Bambi." We got over it.
4. Any references to "corn fed" when talking about our women will get your butt kicked...by our women.
5. Pull your pants up, and turn that hat around. You look like an idiot.
6. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of mallards are making their final approach, we will shoot it. You best pray that it's not up by your ear at that time!
7. No, there's no "Vegetarian Special" on the menu. Order steak. Order it rare. Order a two-pound lobster and steamers. Or, if you still want vegetables, you can order the Chef Salad and pick off the two pounds of ham and turkey covering it.
8. Yeah, we have sweet tea. It comes in a glass with two packets of sugar and a long spoon.
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With so many topics and so little time, the National Restaurant Association's Marketing Executives Group (MEG) announces a new 24-hour format for its upcoming fall conference taking place at the Hyatt Grand in Downtown Denver October 23 and 24. Registration, which includes all meeting materials, meals and breaks, is now open. Those registering by July 31 save $100 on the registration fee.
MEG Fast-Forward: Big ideas for Marketing Executives Short on Time begins at12 noon on Wednesday, October 23 and concludes 24 hours later yet covers two full days of content. The TED Talks-style conference will feature industry influencers, tastemakers, and proven leaders who will share their knowledge and expertise with attendees.
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Among the noted speakers at this year's conference is Lane Cardwell, president of Cardwell Hospitality Advisory. Cardwell, who has worked with more than 40 brands during his 35 year career in the restaurant industry, most recently served as the president and CEO of Boston Market. Lane will give a case study look at the popular restaurant detailing its successes and failures while recounting how Boston Market bet the farm and won. After a quick rise to the top and even quicker fall from financial grace with a Chapter 11 filing and 700 units shuttered, Boston Market is once again expanding after three years of consecutive monthly sales increases.
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Other topics to be discussed include social media and "The Dos and Don'ts for Restaurants on Tumblr," as well as increasing sales through beverage marketing. Additional speakers and topics will be announced later this month.
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Logo needed for iRetired.com. I'm looking for a clean, modern, and fresh look to the logo. The website focuses on saving for retirement.
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- I very much like this design http://99designs.com/contests/5088/…ies/335090 with a pig similar to this design http://www.istockphoto.com/file_clo…id=5633840 if that helps.- "Retirement Planning" tagline used- print and web friendly
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As of June 25, there is still some snow below Photographer's Point.
But we made it from the far end of Seneca Lake to Elkhart Park without snowshoes... albeit with lots of post holing. Above the far end of Seneca, almost completely snowshoes to Bonney Pass, and put them on again to return across the glacier.
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- As part of my performance management I am currently developing a numeracy policy and set of resources for the History department at my school.
- As part of our school's drive towards the Basic Skills Quality Mark, our school is making cross-curricular numeracy a key focus this year, including in twilight sessions and departmental meetings.
I intend this seminar to be an opportunity for teachers to share good practice in numeracy - activities, ideas and such like - and for teachers who fear anything numerical to ask for advice/ideas, or simply just lurk and pick up some good ideas along the way.
To kick off this seminar I want to consider why numeracy should have a prominent position in the history curriculum. In order to do this I will consider the moans/criticisms/whinges that I have come across in the (distant and recent) past:
1. "We are history teachers, it is the job of the maths department to teach maths."
Well, firstly we are all teachers of all the key skills of life, we teach literacy, thinking skills and other such skills, if we can make a contribution to this vital life skill then we should, and we are not supposed to be teaching them mathematical skills, but giving pupils the opportunity to practise and apply skills they have already gained.
Secondly, it is impossible to teach history without involving numeracy. even the most numero-phobic (I think I just made that word up!!) teacher has to involve numeracy in some way - the number of deaths in battles or from diseases, chronology, the changes in population in the black death, Industrial revolution and so on...
Thirdly, it greatly enriches the teaching of history. So many topics in history are more engaging the more numeracy is allowed to become involved. Try teaching WW1, the Industrial Revolution or the rise of the Nazis using statistics and figures only when it is completely necessary; much of what brings these events to life is the huge changes and events that can often only be expressed fully in numerical form.
2) "I'm no good at maths, the kids will catch me out and I'll feel an idiot"
Remember that it is not history for maths' sake, it is maths for history's sake, the learning outcome of the activity will be a historical one, and in that you will always be the one in control. Also, if you are doing a numeracy based activity, have all of the answers worked out in advance - why not get a member of your form to do it if you are worried!!!! If you need to use a skill you lack confidence in talk to a member of the maths department - they will be very very happy to help. (And lastly remember the mathematical ability of most KS3 pupils shouldn't frighten anyone )
[N.B. A plea from my head of maths: if you really do hate maths and hated it at school, don't say that to the kids, instant negative atmosphere, and hell for maths teachers next maths lesson]
3) "Kids hate maths, they won't want to do it"
Kids love trying out skills they have acquired. If the numeracy activity is one that asks them to use a skill they have mastered in maths then they will in my experience be happy to do it "oh we know how to do this sir....". Also the opportunity to apply this to a 'real life' situation rather than the abstract and often dry scenarios in maths textbooks will engage them.
I believe that numeracy has a lot to offer history, as long as we remember the golden rule:
"It is maths to improve the understanding of history, not history to improve the understanding of maths."
But also remember that history has got a lot to offer numeracy. Maths teachers are always decrying the fact that they have to rely on abstract and dry questions and textbooks to teach mathematical skills and allow pupils to practice these skills. My head of maths recently put out a plea for other departments to provide them with figures/activities relevant to their subjects that could be used to liven up the maths classroom - imagine pupils being taught pie charts in maths by plotting the numbers of dead from each country in WW1 rather than a series of absract and meaningless numbers.


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TITLE: Rangeland C04-200 S03% G17% DESCRIPT
PLANT_TYPE: Mixed rangeland shrubs, grasses, and forbs
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Catnip Mountain, in the Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex, is located in northwestern Nevada, approximately 55 miles southeast of Lakeview, Oregon
COLLECTION_LATITUDE: 41 deg. 50.142 min. N
COLLECTION_LONGITUDE: 119 deg. 18.637 min. W
ORIGINAL_DONOR: Raymond F. Kokaly, USGS
This spectrum is the average reflectance for an area of rangeland covered by mixed shrubs, grasses and forbs as detailed in this description of site number C04-200.
Collection Date
The reflectance data were collected on 18-Jun-2004.
Site Vegetation Description
The total vegetation cover on this site was 22%. The following table shows the percent cover by cover class:
Cover Category, Sub-Category Cover (%) _____________________________ ____________________________ Vegetation, Total Cover 22 Vegetation, Tree 0 Vegetation, Shrub 3 Vegetation, Grass 17 Vegetation, Forb 1 Non-vegetation, Total Cover 78 Non-vegetation, Litter not differentiated Non-vegetation, Bare not differentiated Non-vegetation, Other not differentiated _____________________________ ____________________________
The following table shows the cover by shrub species in the site (for shrubs with greater than 2% cover):
Shrub Species Cover (%) Avg. Height (cm) _____________________________________ ____________ __________________ Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus 2 34 _____________________________________ ____________ __________________
The following table shows the cover by grass species in the site (for grasses with greater than 2% cover):
Grass Species Cover (%) _____________________________________ _____________ Bromus tectorum 9 Poa secunda 4 Elymus elymoides 2 _____________________________________ _____________
The following table shows the cover by forb species in the site (for forbs with greater than 2% cover):
Forb Species Cover (%) _____________________________________ _____________ none _____________________________________ _____________
Field Observations
No comments.
Site Orientation
The mean elevation of the site is 1925 m (6315 ft). The mean slope of the site is 4%, with a South aspect of 202 degrees.
Site Burn History
The area of this plot has recently burned (since 1996).
Site Location, Dimensions, and Vegetation Sampling
The center coordinates of this rangeland plot are 41 deg. 50.142 min. N, 119 deg. 18.637 min. W (datum is NAD83). The diameter of this circular vegetation plot was 15.2 meters. Within this plot, four subplots of 0.5 meter diameter were established 5 meters from the center at the four cardinal directions (north, east, south and west). Within these subplots, grass and forb species were identified and associated percent cover of each were visually estimated. Litter cover and the percent area of bare ground were also visually estimated. For each shrub in the larger plot, the species was identified, the lateral dimensions were measured, and the height was measured. The cover of trees, shrubs, grasses, forbs, litter and bare ground were calculated from the full plot and subplot measurements. Field identifications of Tetradymia canescens (winterfat) were inconsistent between the 2003 and 2004 field seasons. In 2003, some shrubs were identified as Chrysothamnus nauseosus (gray rabbitbrush) and Krascheninnikovia lanata (winterfat). Later, it was determined that some of these shrubs were incorrectly identified and it was decided to label them all as Tetradymia canescens.
Spectral Measurement Procedures
This spectrum is the average of 39 measurements made throughout site C04-200. These spectra were collected using an ASD Full Range Field Pro spectrometer in reflectance mode, relative to a Spectralon reference panel. While walking through the site, the fiber optic cable was pointed at nadir (straight down) at approximately shoulder height. The instrument was programmed to record 6 second averages of reflectance while moving through the site (thus, each recorded spectrum was an average of 60 individual measurements). These recorded spectra were examined for artifacts due to low signal:noise, detector offsets and atmospheric contamination. Those spectra with large artifacts were not included in further processing. An average of the remaining 39 spectra was computed. This average spectrum was converted to absolute reflectance by multiplying by the reflectance spectrum of the Spectralon reference panel. The following channels were deleted (set to a value of -1.23e+34) from the spectrum because of remaining artifacts: 1-6, 410-413, 576-592, 761-801, 1006-1051, 1441-1591, 2111-2151 (corresponding to the wavelength ranges of 0.350-0.355, 0.759-0.762, 0.925-0.941, 1.110-1.150, 1.355-1.400, 1.790-1.940, and 2.460-2.510 microns).
Catnip Mountain General Description
The Catnip Mountain study area is located in northwestern Nevada, 55 miles southeast of Lakeview, Oregon, in the "Sheldon-Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex," which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The approximate center of the study area is 41.8584 degrees North latitude and 119.3533 degrees West longitude. The vegetation cover of the study site consists of areas of decadent or dead bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata) stands with islands of old mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) scattered near the ridges. Mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) dominates the low elevation areas with grasses and forbs mixed with mountain big sagebrush. Little sagebrush (Artemisia arbuscula) dominates the cover of the ridges. Elevations of the site are about 6,000 to 7,000 feet (1,830 to 2,135 m).
Project Background
This site was measured as part of a cooperative U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Land Management project funded by the Joint Fire Science Program.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: None # XRF, EM(WDS), ICP(Trace), WChem
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SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1a2_3_4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns
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None of the IRS' subdivisions made detecting fraud a priority because doing so would eliminate some applications and maintaining a large inventory of applications provides job security, according to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
The report prompted Rep. Charles Boustany Jr., R-La., chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, to write a letter to IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman demanding he identify which IRS manager made the decision to deemphasize the significance of errors in applications for taxpayer identification numbers. Boustany complained that "beyond training and employee incentives, IRS management has chosen to shut down processes and practices with proven success in identifying fraudulent [identification number] applications."
Since 1996, the IRS has allowed taxpayers who are not eligible for Social Security to apply for a taxpayer identification number. In tax processing year 2011, the IRS handled more than 2.9 million such applications and made tax refunds of $6.8 billion.
In response to complaints from an unnamed U.S. senator and House member who heard from two internal whistleblowers, TIGTA reviewed the agency's procedures for detecting fraud in ITIN applications. It concluded that IRS management has not established "adequate internal controls to detect and prevent the assignment of an ITIN to individuals submitting questionable applications" involving identity and foreign status, noted the report, dated June 16 but released Wednesday.
Interviews with IRS staff revealed that managers had "eliminated successful processes used to identify questionable ITIN application fraud patterns and schemes." IRS management indicated that no function, including criminal investigation and the Accounts Management Taxpayer Assurance Program, "is interested in dealing with ITIN application fraud," the auditors said.
Boustany's letter underlined the IG's examples of suspicious details in identification number applications: 154 mailing addresses were used 1,000 or more times; 10 individual addresses were used for filing 53,994 tax returns, resulting in the processing of $86.4 million in fraudulent refunds; 10 bank accounts received 23,560 tax refunds totaling more than $16 million; and a Michigan address where the IRS had previously rejected an ITIN application went on to receive 640 separate refunds totaling $1.5 million.
"This report is shocking," Boustany said in a statement. "It's one thing if the IRS tries to catch fraud and fails, but it's quite another when management apparently takes steps to weaken program integrity."
IRS managers said they had investigated the schemes described in the report and taken some action. Of nine recommendations TIGTA made for creating new controls, the IRS, after reviewing a draft, agreed with seven and made plans for changes. The other two are still under consideration.


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Justine de Sade (US - DVD R1)
Gabe takes a trashy dive into this tale of perversion, depravity, and violation...
Imagine your most unlucky day. Now multiply that day's hardships by ten, and stretch that day into a year. An innocent orphan girl named Therese goes into the world with only her 'virtue', and finds nothing but trouble. Every day brings about a new form of perverse depravity, a new attacker, a new master, a new enemy. On her journey Therese is raped and ravaged, held captive and abused, beaten and branded, and the worst is yet to come.
Welcome to part two of my Blue Underground Sexploitation double feature. As a newcomer to this side of the grindhouse (I'm not known to seek out non-horror or action related flicks when I go old school), I'm positively amazed at how strictly director Claude Pierson adheres to the original text, as written by the infamous Marquis de Sade. Characters speak in the appropriate era tongue, their thoughts are audible, and Therese acts as a narrator throughout. Cineastes more accustomed to the narrative flow of modern motion pictures may be put off by the extremely episodic nature of de Sade's tale of perversion, but this is in keeping with Pierson's apparent intent (though I am making a lot of assumptions here, I really know nothing of the history of the film or director).
Justine de Sade is the kind of film that they haven't made in decades, and most likely will never make again. Today we do have art house features with hard core sex, but they aren't the same; they're made with purpose beyond pornography, and the pornography we do have is artless. Because this brand of soft core filmmaking with both exploitative and artistic ambitions is all but dead, it is important to maintain a record of them. Fortunately for me as a witness to this anachronistic pseudo-art, this particular production is well made, easy to navigate, and most importantly not without a sense of humour.
The Marquis de Sade is most notorious for his increasing debauchery, but his constant taboo shattering was often full of dark comedy, and by its very nature was funny when read with the correct ear. Most viewers will find Justine de Sade assaultive, and perhaps even in this day and age blasphemous, and the near two hour run time will try even open minded patience, but those in the correct state of mind will find something to laugh at in the film. Most of the time, unlike so many other films from this time and of this style, this humour is actually intentional. Occasionally the film comes off as an incredibly raunchy episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
That said, anyone watching the film with the intention of titillation will most likely be disappointed. The nude bodies are curvaceous and attractive, yes, but the deeds of the flesh aren't exactly what I'd call erotic. The nature of the violence and sex is pretty extreme, but what actually ends up on screen is rather reserved (well, as reserved as the work of the de Sade can be). The bottom line is that Justine de Sade lies somewhere between the art house and pornography, and probably won't satisfy either camp, which is why I recommend it with a gigantic but (no, not Therese's).
The most obvious issue with this as immaculate as can be expected restoration is the fluttering of the image. The frame is always swaying, and bright colours flare out and wiggle a bit. Between scenes there is sometimes a jump and missed frame or two. The transfer's blacks are deep, and mostly clean, and though the contrast levels occasionally seem extreme, colours appear accurate. There is of course some grain and some artefacts throughout, but details are clean and edge enhancement is minor.
This is apparently the most complete version of the film available, and some scenes haven't been dubbed into English. The acting in the film is stilted and old fashion, but not too bad, and both the original French and dubbed English are pretty much equal in quality of voice. Both tracks are Mono, and both are thin but clear. Distortion is present in particularly high volume levels, like screams or dramatic musical cues, but this is always brief. The French track features louder music and sound effects, and slightly softer dialogue. This is very clear while watching the English track, which because of the lacking dub occasionally jets into French.
I find myself curious about director Claude Pierson and his other work, but I'm kind of out of luck with this DVD. The only extras here are of the completist's variety, and include a deleted intro, an alternate sequence, and two trailers. The deleted intro has no sound, and is a collage of de Sade era drawings in black and white. I'm guessing it was meant to be set to some kind of narration. The alternate scene is a 'clothed' version of one of the film's many nude scenes, which seems entirely worthless considering how much more nudity and sex is to be found in the rest of the film. The French trailer is set to electronic music not found in the film, and implies much more of a horror show than what is made available. The English trailer also sells it as a horror film, and features still frames and narration set to stereotypical horror movie music.
This brand of old school torture porn isn't really the kind of thing I normally enjoy, and though I don't see myself rewatching this one anytime soon, I was impressed with its overall execution. I don't think I need to stress how very acquired a taste this one is, and even though it's better than most similar films I've seen it's still not recommended for novices and the uninitiated.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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And all this time, I thought the Japanese had the market cornered on 70's foreign sexploitation flicks. This sounds like the French version of Sex and Fury.....
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Actually, it's the French version of Justine, which came a hundred years before Sex and Fury.
Cinque Member Join Date: June 2007 Location: United States Posts: 710
Wow, You're knowledge of French film and literature must make you a hit with all women with hairy armpits.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Actually, I know more or less jack about both.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 28th August 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.66:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: No
Audio: Dolby Digital Mono French, English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Deleted Scene, Alternate Scene, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Claude Pierson
Cast: Alice Arno, Marco Perrin, Chantal Broquet
Genre: Comedy and Drama
Length: 102 minutes
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I should probably start off by saying that this pregnancy has been full of surprises—from when I actually got pregnant (a few months before we planned to start trying), to my persistent problems with high blood pressure and being at high-risk for preeclampsia, to how I woke up feeling on Saturday morning. In short, it wasn't good.
I woke up around 4 am (not an unfamiliar hour to me these days) to pee, and I felt like I had had about 20 margaritas (and just in case anyone responds like my dad did when I told him—"So, were you drunk?"—I'd only had water to drink). I was incredibly light-headed and dizzy and had to literally hold onto the walls to make it to the bathroom. When I got back to bed and was unable to get back to sleep, I got up again a while later to get a cup of warm milk with honey, one of my childhood remedies for getting back to sleep. Except that I couldn't even make it the 20 feet to the kitchen—I had to stop and lie down on the couch to keep from falling over. I eventually made it to the kitchen and back to bed, hoping that I'd feel better when I got up for the day, but that never happened.
When I woke up around 7:30 (a sincere thanks to my husband for getting up with our kids at 6:00), I was still feeling rotten. I thought that maybe I was just dehydrated—something my midwife and I had just discussed at my appointment last week—so I did everything she suggested, as well as everything Google suggested to my husband when he searched for "pregnancy and dizziness." Feet up, eating protein, drinking water… By 10:30 that morning, when I was still out of it, my husband gave me an ultimatum: either call my midwives' emergency line or he was going to take me to the emergency room. Wisely, I chose the former, despite feeling like maybe this wasn't quite an emergency.
I prefaced the call with, "I'm not bleeding, and the baby is fine! But…" My midwife confirmed that this was just the kind of situation in which I should contact them and after asking some specific questions about my diet and just what had been happening in the last several hours, and sending me to look in a mirror at my complexion and the inside of my lower eyelid (both of which were much paler than usual), she said she thought I was likely becoming anemic. I had tested negative for anemia several weeks ago, but she said it wasn't uncommon for women to develop anemia around midway through a pregnancy, given how much blood volume increases, and that bodies often struggle to keep iron levels up around now. She gave me instructions on what I could do immediately and in the near future to feel better, including eating lots of iron-rich foods ("Tell Sam to grill you a steak tonight for dinner!"), drinking nettle tea, and consuming an iron-rich concoction called Floradix.
It was kind of amazing to feel okay as of Saturday afternoon and eventually feel like myself as of Sunday morning. It ended up being an easy fix, thankfully, but it really surprised me how quickly it all came on and just how awful I felt.
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Civil rights leader Rosa Parks passed away in her Detroit home on Monday evening at age 92, following a long battle with dementia. Parks is best remembered for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man. She was arrested and fined, and her actions touched off a massive protest and inspired a generation of civil rights activists, including Martin Luther King, Jr.
While legend has held that Parks was too tired to give up her seat, she was in reality an active member of the NAACP, fully aware of the consequences of her actions. Elaine Steele, friend and executive director of the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, told the New York Times, "She was fed up. She was in her 40's. She was not a child. There comes a point where you say, 'No, I'm a full citizen, too. This is not the way I should be treated."
Remembered as the mother of the civil rights movement, Parks worked as a seamstress until 1965, when she was hired in the office of Representative John Conyers (D-MI), where she worked until her 1988 retirement. Rosa was a true giant of the civil rights movement, said Rep. Conyers. Her bravery, fortitude and perseverance in the face of discrimination served as the very touchstone of the civil rights movement, which in a very real sense began when she refused to give up her seat on the bus. Everyone is this country owes a debt of gratitude to her.
Parks received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal for her civil rights work, and in 1988 spoke to the ongoing importance of civil rights work, saying, ''We must double and redouble our efforts to try to say to our youth, to try to give them an inspiration, an incentive and the will to study our heritage and to know what it means to be black in America today.'' The Reverend Jesse Jackson told the Times yesterday, "She sat down in order that we might stand up. Paradoxically, her imprisonment opened the doors for our long journey to freedom."
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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
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Ben Stahl, Master of Moods
Stahl certainly had a flair for creating a moody, atmospheric sense of foreboding in his work, didn't he?
Ben Stahl's expertise at creating mood made him the obvious choice to provide that particular lesson in the Famous Artists Course.
This week we'll take a closer look at the life and work - and many moods - of Ben Stahl.
* my Ben Stahl Flickr set
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Ben Stahl's solid drawing and strong design remind me of Daumier - this should be a fun week.ReplyDelete
Thanks Leif
Great stuff! Compares favorably with the Robert Wise movie. (The less said about the Jan de Bont remake the better.)ReplyDelete
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These are great illustrations. I found this RD a few years ago and tore out the very scenes you posted. The colors are lurid and as spooky as they can get. The old movie version scene with the women huddling on the bed was terrifying -- as they listened to pounding footsteps down the hall and scratching at the door. It absolutely horrified this 10 year old. I have never seen the movie since. When I found these illustrations in the RD a tingle went up my spine, as they closely match the horror of the movie. Wes (no longer 10 but still scared).ReplyDelete


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So I've recently come up with an idea for a line I think Lego should pick up, and I couldn't really find a good place to talk about it. The next logical step was to create a new topic to get everyone's attention, and also to get feedback on the idea. But since I'm creating this thread, I'd might as well make it about everyone else, too.
This is kind of like a forum version of CUUSOO, where you talk about some set or line you'd like Lego to make. I know this is going to fill up with "THEY SHOULD DO THIS MOVIE BECAUSE IT'S SO GOOD" and "WE WANT FUCKING MILITARY STUFF," but I hope it doesn't. Try to post things you think are actually valid things that are plausible.
My idea:
1) One thing that I've recently found strange was that Lego has incorporated a lot of everyday stuff into the City theme. Police and fire fighters are their poster boys for the theme, due to all the action you can get from those sets, but we've seen some more neutral sets recently (like garbage trucks and some houses). That being said, one thing that seems non-existent in Lego City is school - which is weird, because it's how their target market spends most of their day.
I really think we could see some good sets come from a City School line. Of course, I'm not saying they could come out with wave after wave of school stuff, but it could be one of those extra waves that just adds on to Lego City, rather than making another police or fire ATV. Here are some set ideas I had:
School Bus: comes with a school bus and a section of sidewalk or something with a little bus stop.
Minifigs - driver, 2 students (maybe a new backpack piece?) and a parent.
Note: They could even make a large and small bus if they wanted to stretch out the line a bit.
Wheel Trans Bus (it's called Wheel Trans where I live, I just didn't know whether it was more proper to say "disabled" or "handicapped"): This set would just be the bus, because I just don't think it need a bus stop.
Minifigs - driver, student in wheelchair (maybe new piece?) parent
Playground: comes with a slide, monkey bars, and one of those spinning things that I've never seen IRL before, but seem to be in every playground in movies, toys, etc. (there was even one in the playground in Resistance: Fall of Man).
Minifigs - 3 students, teacher on yard duty (could have a printed whistle)
School Play: I think this would be done best as a fairy tale play, it would come with appropriate set pieces (maybe a tower and a tree). It would also some with a small row of seats and the actual stage.
Minifigs - going by what seems to be the norm for school plays in kids' media, you could have a boy dressed as a knight/prince, girl dressed as a princess, play director/teacher, and maybe some random-ass parent to sit there.
For the actual school, they could probably just make an open-backed building like all of their City buildings are. Rooms could include a principal's office, some generic classrooms (but with themed props like a globe, beakers, etc.), a library (with some computers to keep it up-to-date and relatable), a lunch room and a storage closet for the caretaker.
Minifigs - principal, some students (amount would depend on size), some teachers, caretaker
The only problem I see with this kind of thing is that kids don't tend to be a fan of school, so I can see why they might not sell well. But then again, they keep making garbage trucks, and that's not exactly a glamorous job. I guess there's always the factor of connectedness that comes with that, though. I get that kids don't want to relive their school days when they're playing, but I think that for some kids it could add that extra something that connects them with their Lego. Maybe it would make Lego less of a toy, and more of a method of childish self-expression. Or it might just bomb. The only way to know would be to do some field testing.
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Hidden Costs of Cruising: 2008 Update -part 4by Paul Motter, CruiseMates Editor | September 8, 2008
A cruise includes your stateroom, meals, itinerary and entertainment, but today there are many new onboard options -- for a price.
Onboard the Cruise Ship (Continued) Other Little Pleasures: Most new contemporary ships now offer a specialty coffee cafe where you can get a latte or mocha for a few dollars. While they also give away tasty pastries for no additional charge, they might charge a few dollars for a generous serving of gelato or a delicious candy apple. Princess Cruises charges $2.50 for six scoops of gelato, enough for two people. They charge $5 for an enormous and gooey caramel apple with nuts, chocolate chips, coconut and drizzled frosting.
Room Service: Room service is free, which is wonderful. You can pre-order your breakfast with piping hot coffee to be delivered at a set time the next morning. It has become more expected to give the attendant a small tip, usually a dollar bill, or Princess has you sign a slip where there is a space for a gratuity. Princess also charges a small fee for some room service items, such as $1.00 for a hot pizza.
Alternative Dining Venues: While all meals are offered at no additional cost on every cruise, almost every modern cruise ship offers special alternative dining restaurants with gourmet food and highly attentive service. On average, a specialty restaurant will charge about $20 per person, but the cost of these restaurants ranges from free on Oceania Cruises to up to $500 per person on Silversea. The $500 charge on Silversea has every course paired with a rare vintage wine, sherry, cognac or port.
Most people try these restaurants at least once on each cruise and they are more than worth it. On Princess a $30 surcharge will get you a fresh 1.5 pound live Maine lobster steamed to perfection. You can't beat it. The restaurants also charge a 15% service charge.
Spa Services: Most contemporary cruise ships also now offer onboard extras that are purely optional, but available for splurges if you care to pay for them. Professional spa services such as massage are available at prices that are generally higher than mall-spas, but less than name-brand land spas like Canyon Ranch or La Costa.
Spas usually cohabitate the fitness center. In the fitness center several aerobics classes are usually offered for no extra charge during the cruise. There may be certain yoga or pilates classes that carry a small fee of about $10.
Many ships now have what are called "thermal suites" for a small fee of $10 to $25/day, or you can save by paying a per-cruise price. These fees provide you with unlimited access to several steam rooms, each infused with a different aromatherapy, heated ceramic beds and wet or dry saunas. Some ships include a Thelassotherapy pool, which contains heated water and several high-speed water or air jets to help relax your aching muscles.
Adults Only Serenity Areas: A relatively new surcharge option on larger cruise ships is a deck area set aside just for adults featuring hot tubs and plush deck chairs. Waiters will bring you cool fruit and spritz your baking body with Evian water. These deck chairs may be queen-sized Balinese beds, which have thick cushions and plenty of cushy pillows. For an additional charge you can rent a private cabana within the area.
The cabanas will have a Balinese bed and offer complete privacy by closing the canvass tent flaps. These same cabanas, rented by the day, can also be found outside the serenity area by the regular pool. What's the advantage? Mainly, it secures you a prime location in the sun without having to fight the crowds or worry about strangers perusing your semi-nude body.
Shore Excursions: The tours you choose to take in port will usually be the most expensive parts of your final bill. Most of them cost between $50 to $250 per person. Are they worth it? When you think about how much you may have paid to get to your destination then it doesn't make sense to skimp at the last minute.
There are ways to economize, which we have covered in numerous articles. You can rent a car -- sharing the cost with another couple. You can catch a local bus or arrange with local tour providers before you leave on your cruise. The advantage of ship-offered excursions is that you know you will make it back to the ship on time.
Summing Up Hidden Costs No charge on any cruise is mandatory. You can drink iced tea with every meal and walk around in every port. How much you choose to spend is entirely up to you. Still, this is your once-in-a-lifetime vacation and you may never see Russia or Alaska again, so it doesn't make sense to skimp too much at the last minute. In the end the amount you choose to spend during your cruise is up to you. Everyone's style is different. Enjoy!
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Rock Band: Expert Pro Drums 100% flawless scores
Here are some of the more notable 100%s I've gotten playing expert pro drums so far. Most of them are FC's (full combos, no overhits), especially if I'm high up on the leaderboard, but I don't remember for sure. I have tons more FCs, but I'm only posting the harder songs, or ones where I'm #1.
I play using my Yamaha DTXplorer (two cymbals and a hi-hat) with the MadCatz MIDI pro adapter. The only reason I'm not #1 on all the songs I FC'd is because some people "drum squeeze" to get more points, or because I didn't use the optimal OD (overdrive) path. I don't play songs multiple times in a row, so I never remember the path.
Some song notes:
This Ain't a Scene: this was the second time I've played this song. It was really lucky, because the overdrive covered up a really long drumroll that I probably missed a few notes on, but it doesn't count that. So I still ended up with 100%. A really poor overdrive path accounts for being so low on the leaderboard (I also may have overhit).
Young: Pretty surprised I was able to get this. It's not that hard, I'm just really inconsistent with disco-beats.
Ring of Fire: the actual #1 on the leaderboard, no tie!
Half Crazy: I love this song!


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Pfizer proved that it could survive the patent death of Lipitor—for this year— with the $68 billion purchase of Wyeth. Yet while the drug giant showed massive profit growth in the fourth quarter year-over-year, it came in below investor expectations.
At first glance, the numbers are impressive. Reported revenue is up 34 percent to $16.5 billion, and net income is up 188 percent from $266 million in 2008 to $767 million in the fourth quarter 2009. But the huge boost can be attributed (in part) to the addition of Wyeth's product portfolio. Pfizer is counting on the Wyeth deal to circumvent billions of dollars in losses it expects to see in 2012 due to loss of patent exclusivity of the cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor.
CEO Jeffrey Kindler noted that revenues were bolstered this year because the company had to pay out $2.3 billion in 2008 to cover the costs associated with the investigation into the Bextra off-label marketing debacle.
While the numbers look good on paper, they actually fell short of analyst predictions, causing a ripple in pharmaceutical stocks on Wednesday afternoon. Pfizer forecast earnings per share to hover around the $2.10 to $2.20 mark, falling below analyst expectations of $2.27 per share.
During an investor call, Kindler weighed heavily on recent changes in the company; pointing out new deals and enhancements it has made to its leadership teams. He explained how he's made teams smaller and more agile and gave the hard sell to investors. Of note, Pfizer saw double-digit growth in emerging markets—up 25 percent to $1.9 billion—and boosted its sales force in China.
"The Wyeth acquisition will enhance long term visibility by diluting Lipitor, adding earnings synergies at the beginning of the next decade when Lipitor's patents expire, and broadening the company's revenue mix," Deutsche Bank analyst Barbara Ryan stated in a letter to investors. "The risks to Pfizer's shares include greater-than-expected share losses for Lipitor, due to the availability of generics, and more disappointments from its new drug portfolio."
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Uruguayan pot marketplace may go up in smoke
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's plan to create the world's first national, government-regulated marketplace for legal pot may be going up in smoke.
Delays in implementing the plan are putting it at risk as polls point to opposition gains in October's election and say most Uruguayans oppose a legal pot marketplace. Opposition politicians have said they will seek to repeal or modify the legislation, which gives the national government power to oversee the production, sales and consumption of marijuana.
"I am convinced that the current project is never going to be applied," the principal opposition presidential candidate, Luis Lacalle Pou, told The Associated Press. "The entire project is not workable. The pharmacies don't want to sell the drug and nobody is going to register as a user, as the law obliges."
FILE - This May 6, 2014 file photo shows a sign that reads in Spanish; "We don't sell pot, yet," on display at a head shop in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay. Delays in implementing the plan to create the world¿s first national, government-regulated marketplace for legal pot , are putting it at risk as polls point to opposition gains in October general elections and disapproval of the project by most Uruguayans. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)
The legislation, which went into effect in May, allows for the growing of pot by licensed individuals, the formation of growers and users clubs, the sale by pharmacies of 40 grams of pot a month to registered users and the tracking of legally grown marijuana through a system of genetic markers of authorized plants.
President Jose Mujica and his Broad Front movement have promoted the plan as a way to deal with rising homicide and crime rates associated with drug trafficking and the increasing use of crack cocaine. In the last 13 years, the homicide rate in Uruguay has increased by 21 percent and the rate of violent robbery by 250 percent. Officials say a legal pot market could provide an alternative to crack and reduce the power of drug gangs.
"The appearance of drug trafficking signified a brutal cultural change in the world of crime and a nearly absolute disregard for the value of life," Mujica told the AP in May. "So we decided to try to snatch away a part of that market."
It wasn't until Friday, almost three months after the pot law went into effect, that the government made its first call for applications from those interested in growing pot for the legal market. It said after registration closes Aug. 18, bidders will be winnowed to a short list of candidates, from which up to five will be chosen to get a license for legal cultivation.
Officials have given conflicting dates for when the drug might reach pharmacies, ranging from late this year to sometime in 2015.
Experts say the delays are due to the fact that no other country has attempted such a plan and that authorities still lack detailed plans and rules for creating the market. Disagreements within the government over basic aspects of the proposal are also holding things back.
Opposition Colorado Party presidential candidate Pedro Bordaberry said, "The entire project is one big improvisation."
The man in charge of the program, Julio Calzada, has dismissed concerns, insisting the bids to select growers will be a success "and the project will go forward."
While Mujica's marijuana plan was widely applauded globally and seen as going beyond marijuana legislation in the U.S. states of Colorado and Washington, most Uruguayans oppose it. The most recent poll said only 27 percent of Uruguayans surveyed approve of the law and 64 percent oppose it. Sixty-two percent said they want the law repealed. The survey by the polling firm Cifra questioned 1,001 people between July 4 and 15 and had an error margin of three percentage points.
"People are against drugs and don't distinguish between them," said Adriana Raga, director of Cifra. "For a small, educated sector — very small — marijuana is something special. But for the great majority of Uruguayans, all drugs are bad and marijuana is another bad drug, the same as base (cocaine) paste."
With elections nearing, politicians are paying heed to public opinion. The top opposition candidates are supporting repeal or modification of the law.
Polls indicate a tight race in October congressional and presidential elections between the Broad Front and the opposition. None of the seven presidential candidates appears capable of getting enough votes to win outright in the first round. That would set up a runoff on the last Sunday in November between the two top vote-getters.
For the law to be out of peril, the Broad Front has to win both the presidency and a majority in congress, which it currently barely controls.
"The data that we now have does not show this is happening," said Raga of Cifra. "There are still three months of campaigning to go, but as of today it is not our hypothesis."
Uruguay's main polling companies say around 40 percent of Uruguayans intend to vote for the leftist governing coalition, which would need almost 50 percent to keep its grip on the legislature.
Lacalle Pou, who is second in the presidential race, has said he would try to repeal the articles of the law that allow for the sale of marijuana in pharmacies. Other factions in his conservative National Party want to overturn the law altogether.
Even the far-left Popular Unity coalition has said its legislators might oppose the legislation if they are elected.
"Commercialization (of marijuana) by the state is the wrong road to take," said Pablo Mieres, presidential candidate for the fourth-place Independent Party. "Decriminalization is a road that has to be taken on the international level. A country can't do it alone."
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