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As treatment options become more complex, real-time discussions among the physicians involved in care become more important. These discussions can also have an impact on the cost and value of care, making it either less expensive or more valuable, or, ideally, both. In this paper, we attempt to measure how often these discussions change the treatment recommendations for cancer care, an area with a vast number of treatment options where communications among physicians from multiple disciplines is particularly common and particularly important.
In cancer, multidisciplinary team planning conferences involving clinicians from numerous specialties, colloquially known as "tumor boards," have become an integral part of care in leading centers in an effort to optimize patient outcomes. Surprisingly, there is little research on the value of such conferences, in regard to either the cost of care or its quality.
We tracked multidisciplinary team planning conferences in the Head and Neck Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The center holds a 75- to 90-minute multidisciplinary team planning conference every Thursday afternoon to discuss all new patients and consults. The conferences include about 50 clinicians — surgical, radiation, and medical oncologists; head and neck radiologists and pathologists; and clinicians involved in dentistry, speech pathology, and audiology — who discuss an average of 40 to 50 patients per week. The primary oncologist for each patient proposes a treatment plan, which the team discusses until consensus is reached.
In complex cancer care, reaching a consensus is essential both to deliver the best, evidence-based personalized cancer care, and to improve care coordination. Lack of care coordination may result in failure to deliver the right treatment, or the best sequence of multiple treatments, in a timely manner. For example, in a recent study of head and neck cancer patients, more than half of the patients failed to receive postoperative radiation therapy within 6 weeks of surgery, a recommendation strongly supported by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines.
The opportunity cost of the clinician time spent in these conferences, rather than on revenue-generating services, is significant — likely in excess of $10,000 for each weekly multidisciplinary team meeting. Yet the value of this multidisciplinary interaction has yet to be ascertained.
In this study, we monitored the impact of the Head and Neck Cancer Center's multidisciplinary team conference on treatment recommendations for every patient treated at the center, at 10 weekly conferences held between January 12 and March 23, 2017. The primary attending physician's proposed treatment plan, and the final disposition after group discussion, were recorded for each patient. Any changes made to the primary attending physician's proposed treatment were recorded, along with the reasons for treatment plan alteration.
As multidisciplinary team discussions occur prior to treatment delivery, we could not determine actual cost of care. Therefore, we used cost "bundles," employed in previous studies, to understand the potential effect of plan alterations on cost. Based on our previous work looking at drivers of overall treatment cost in head and neck cancer, we found that the number of modalities (surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, plastic surgery reconstruction) was the most important determinant of cost. Thus, a patient recommended to undergo surgery alone would cost less than a patient recommended to undergo surgery and radiotherapy. We therefore categorized patients into cost "bundles" according to the number of modalities to be used in their treatment. Multidisciplinary team discussions could potentially increase the cost of treatment by recommending more modalities of treatment, or decrease cost of treatment by recommending fewer modalities of treatment.
The Patient Cohort
The multidisciplinary team meeting held a total of 415 discussions about 407 patients. (Eight patients were discussed twice over the study period.). The number of patients discussed per conference ranged from 31 to 57. The table below shows an overall summary of patient characteristics. All cases reached consensus. Multidisciplinary recommendations resulted in changes in patient treatment about a third of the time (or 129 of 415 cases). Patients with malignant tumors had a 4.4 times higher chance of having a change in treatment as a result of multidisciplinary discussion, compared with patients whose tumors were benign.
Patients with skin tumors were only a third as likely to have treatment changes, and patients with thyroid tumors were only a quarter as likely, compared with patients who had upper aerodigestive tract tumors (the most common type of tumor, and hence the type that we used as a baseline for comparison). These particular differences may be due to the often single modality of treatment required for early skin cancer and the detailed recommendations guiding thyroid cancer treatment published by the American Thyroid Association.
Thus, this study suggests that multidisciplinary team discussions are most useful in patients for whom treatment may involve multiple modalities, or tumors for which widely accepted, descriptive guidelines are unavailable. Of upper aerodigestive tract tumors, patients with metastatic disease from an unknown primary site were about one-tenth as likely to undergo treatment recommendation changes.
Duration of Discussion
Treatment plan discussions involved treatment choices important to optimal delivery of care, including the extent or sequence of treatment modalities such as surgery, radiotherapy, or systemic therapy (chemo-, immuno-, or targeted therapy). The presenting surgeon describes the proposed treatment plan. Either the plan is agreed upon by the group, or questions and suggestions are raised. Discussion durations ranged from less than 1 minute to 12 minutes, depending on the complexity of the patient. In 272 patients (65.5%), discussion lasted less than a minute and treatment decisions were made almost immediately. Even discussions lasting a minute or less resulted in changed treatment recommendations for 52 patients (19%). During these very brief discussions, physicians often identify a specific question about the treatment plan to present to the multidisciplinary group, or suggestions are straightforward and uncontroversial, such as possible eligibility for clinical trials.
Longer duration discussions unsurprisingly resulted in more treatment recommendation changes (90 patients, or 48% with discussions longer than 1 minute). Patients with discussion durations longer than a minute were about five times more likely to have a treatment recommendation change, compared with patients whose cases were discussed for a minute or less. As expected, we found that patients were more likely to have longer treatment plan discussions if they had malignant disease, or if the treatment was for disease that was previously treated.
Reasons for Treatment Plan Changes
Changes to treatment plans were recommended for a variety of reasons. The most common recommendation in 58 cases (45%) was to encourage clinicians to enroll patients into relevant clinical trials, a surprising but welcome outcome. Prior to multidisciplinary conference, only 19 patients had been proposed for evaluation for inclusion in clinical trials. In a large center such as MD Anderson, a multitude of trials with stringent inclusion criteria are open as options for patients. Clinicians were not always familiar with the newest trials, or were uncertain of their patient's eligibility.
This 2.2-fold increase in clinical trial enrollment demonstrates the importance of having multiple clinicians involved in treatment decisions to maximize clinical trial involvement. Clinical trials are not only essential for supporting novel treatments in cancer, but participation in clinical trials has been demonstrated to be an independent predictor of survival.
The second most common change was to reduce treatment-related toxicity while maintaining efficacy by changing to a less toxic therapy. An example of this was a patient with advanced disease for which the primary treating physician initially recommend neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy. However, medical oncology experts felt that neoadjuvant chemotherapy would expose the patient to potential adverse events without improving disease outcome, and concurrent chemoradiotherapy alone would provide equally good outcome with less toxicity.
Recommendations for more effective therapy were the third most common reason for treatment recommendation change, in 35 patients (27.1%). An example of change in treatment recommendation was to recommend additional treatment for patients initially recommended to undergo surgery only. Review of imaging and pathologic characteristics could highlight adverse features, favoring additional treatment with adjuvant radiotherapy or radiation with concurrent chemotherapy in patients with high risk for cancer recurrence or metastasis. The additional treatment modalities were predicted to improve oncologic outcomes given current best available evidence.
Cost of Recommendation Changes
Using the cost estimates of various treatment bundles previously described, in the total of 129 treatment recommendation changes, 71 (55.0%), did not result in a difference in expected cost. Costs of recommended treatment decreased in 30 patients (23.3%), and increased in the remaining 28 (21.7%). In the 28 patients receiving more expensive care, the changes were most often made to improve effectiveness of therapy by adding a modality of treatment for 12 patients (42.8%).
It is important to note that the cost estimates are for acute treatment and do not include longer-term costs stemming from complications or recurrent disease. Thus even increased upfront treatment costs may result in lower downstream costs by improving the initial outcomes of patients treated and reducing disease recurrence. Most patients with changes in treatment recommendation that decreased cost of care were due to less intense treatment to avoid unnecessary toxicity (N=21, 70%).
Even in a specialized high-volume cancer center with highly experienced clinicians, multidisciplinary treatment planning conferences resulted in changes in treatment in one-third of patients. The effects of such changes in treatment can only be estimated based on best evidence, and there is no control group for comparison. However, implementation of multidisciplinary care in other care systems and different disease sites have demonstrated improvement in survival.
The long-term cost of care needs to be further investigated, but the treatment changes based on multidisciplinary team recommendations likely led to improved outcomes or reduced cost, including lower downstream costs from complications or poor disease outcomes, based on studies in other institutions. True cost of treatment is difficult to quantify in a retrospective fashion in our study and would require further prospective study. Though the precise value of multidisciplinary team discussions may be difficult to quantify, multidisciplinary team discussions result in improved disease outcomes and better coordination of care, and may decrease cost of cancer treatment.


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Kids these days have no respect for Steve martin the Stand-Up Comedy Genius! They just say "Hey is that the Pink Panther guy? Well, whatevs… i am gonna go watch Twilight again."
no decent person likes twilight. the characters have no personalities outside of their relationships. i would rather eat all 5 limbs and my own liver before watching that. same thing goes with jersey shore. their lips are only like that because it stays like that after the 100000th fellatio performed.
and steve martin is friggin awesome!
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i dont know man. he was pretty horrible in pink panther. the originals with peter sellers are rad.
NOT that im saying twilight is a better alternative. haha.
I saw "Pink Panther guy" before the rest of your comment and immediately thought of Peter Sellers. I'm 25.
Don't critize the youth 'cause you raised them buddy!
i can complain all i want because im 22 and i havnt had a kid and nobody understands a damn word i say! it really pisses me the hell off its plain english….and yes….twilight should be condemned to the worst place on earth….taylors hous *que the epic dramatic music*
Meh. A couple of days ago I greeted my 12 yr old stepson with "hey, kimo sabe." He replied, " Huh?"
Hey, I'm only 26 and own every Steve Martin album on vinyl.
Rofl! R…O…F…L…
2nd panel… The best.
Best. Zelda reference. Ever.
If I am not mistaken, he is referring to the second panel. In the old LoZ cartoon, the recurring gag was Link doing something to upset Zelda while trying to rescue her. Link would always respond with, "Well ex-cuuuuuuuuse me princess."
I'm confused; I don't know anyone under 65 who says "break wind".
He was acknowledging his elder by using an archaic and more polite phrase for flatulence.
I'm 25 and I try to reference Steve Martin around my peers and they never get it. If I ask them about the foxes and they do not know that we're just wild and crazy kind of guys…well, something is SERIOUSLY wrong.
Steve Martin… he-he wasn't that funny guys, sorry to break it to you :U
Holy crap… not funny? Perhaps not your cup of tea, but Steve was funny… very funny. To each his own…
I hate people who don't respect free spirits. We all have a right to our own opinions, and if you can't accept that, then DIE BITCH!
I've run into teens and even 20-somethings that don't know who Fleetwood Mac is.
Adam, I'm pretty sure the last one should say "woken up" instead of "woke up." But love the comic anyway!
I've worried about dislocating my knee ever since I tore it up back when I was about 14.
Hasn't happened yet, but you never know.
What depresses me is I'm nearly 15 and I suffer from the third panel I have a muscle disease I have bad vision and my hearing is going. It doesn't help that many of my manners are from the 17 century. God I always feel so much older then I am. Sigh… Loved the comic though it was awesome 🙂
So i'm getting old at age 10? People never get my sophisticated geek talk. Wait, that just means i'm a verbal geek as well as a mental and physical geek.
What did the archaeologist say when he was kicked out of the hospital?
I thought I heard a sarcophagus, but it was just coffin.
Bug: Are you getting old? Take our quiz!
Narrator: Do young people not know what you're talking about?
Bug: Well excuuuuuse meeee!
Bugling: What? Did you break wind?
Narrator: Are you filled with doubt when confronted by minor physical
Bug: Probably dislocate my knee if I jump over this puddle.
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Good writing shares a common element regardless of genre: powerful storytelling. This three-hour class will explore the critical elements of storytelling, and look at examples of story arc in poetry, fairy tales, micro fiction and even jokes! Participants will learn how to deploy language to take readers on a journey, whether writing poetry, essays or short stories. The class will be generative and experimental, no need to bring in previous work. Perfect for those who are stuck in their writing and looking for new inspiration, or for new writers who don't know how to get started.
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When Art Makes You Lose Your Mind
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In these tumultuous times, artists are not only responding to internal demons, but external, socio-political ones as well. All of these muses are fraught with inherent mental stress. When you are motivated to dig deeper than ever before to deliver urgent art—even at the expense of your own mental health—who will witness the witness?
This workshop is for those who are undertaking art that is forcing them to encounter deep-seated personal/social/political pain, grief, fear and/or anger. While art often touches these emotions, there are times when an artist feels compelled to express them before the emotions have been harnessed, processed or even survived. There are times when the artist is creating art about a shipwreck while the ship is sinking. At other times, a seemingly dispassionate work may strike an unexpected vein of emotion that is difficult to manage while continuing to create.
Artists in all genres who are having difficulty balancing their art with their mental health will benefit from this exploration. Panelists will address the pitfalls of creativity and mental health, and how they coped while delivering emotionally wrenching projects. THIS WILL NOT BE A THERAPY SESSION to discuss personal traumas and/or specific mental health diagnses. This session is about how to survive the deep cut of artmaking, and how to preserve sanity when doing your hardest work.
Panelists: Desiree Cooper (fiction/memoir), Sherina Rodriquez (playwright), Kelly Fordon (poet), Debra Ann Brodie (licensed psychologist)
Desiree Cooper is a 2015 Kresge Artist Fellow, former attorney and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist. Her debut collection of flash fiction, Know the Mother (Wayne State University Press, 2016), has won numerous awards, including a 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award. The book explores the gender norms which press down upon women's lives, especially the mantle of "mother." Her current project is The Relative Past, a creative nonfiction book exploring intergenerational trauma. The book will interrogate the persistence of generational memory as her mother succumbs to Alzheimer's, and how trauma is passed from mother to daughter. www.descooper.com
Kelly Fordon's work has appeared in The Florida Review, The Kenyon Review (KRO), Rattle and various other journals. She is the author of three poetry chapbooks. The first, On the Street Where We Live, won the 2012 Standing Rock Chapbook Award. Her latest chapbook, The Witness, is a collection of poems based upon the testimonies of SNAP members (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests). The Witness won the 2016 Eric Hoffer Award for the Chapbook and was shortlisted for the Grand Prize. Her novel-in-stories, Garden for the Blind, deals with the issues of classism and racism in a majority-white community. It was chosen as a Michigan Notable Book, a 2016 Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Finalist, a Midwest Book Award Finalist, an Eric Hoffer Finalist, and an IPPY Awards Bronze Medalist. She works for The College for Creative Studies, Springfed Arts and The InsideOut Literary Arts Project in Detroit. www.kellyfordon.com
Sherina Rodriguez Sharpe is a Cave Canem Fellow and a 2014 Kresge Artist Fellow in Theatre/Film. With her 2015 play, "On Becoming Unfukwitable," she forged new dramatic territory with a searing insight into how a daughter transcends molestation by her father. The production blends healing practices and multiple genres to create a group story-telling experience. Her ability to create a safe space for survivors makes "Unfukwitable" an insightful, evocative, liberating and transformative experience.
Debra Ann Brodie, PhD is a fully-licensed, Detroit psychologist who integrates psychodynamic theory (for increasing awareness) with cognitive-behavioral techniques (for breaking the hold of old, previously helpful, cognitions). All of this is couched within the framework of positive psychology, the new science of thriving. She has been practicing for more than 30 years.
Registration Fee: $45 (no tutorial) / $115 (with 25-minute tutorial)
*K-12 Educators: Earn 4 State of Michigan SCECH clock hours by attending this workshop.
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This one-day Writers Practicum is ideal for those who are curious about publishing and want to advance their professional writing careers. Whether you're considering an independent press, university press, major publishing house, or digital books, the experts presenting at this practicum will provide true publishing stories, real-life tips, hard facts and numbers, and take questions at every session throughout the day. Come with questions, leave with answers and strong leads.
This year's theme is INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING. Join us as our faculty discusses the "nitty-gritty" of the independent publishing world, with a nod to trade publishing as well. Consider contracts, marketing plans, beta readers, book reviews, agents, and more. All presentations are described in the schedule (see Schedule tab). Two different pricing options are available: the full day option PLUS one 25-minute one-on-one tutorial offered with the faculty member of your choice; or attendance at the Practicum events that excludes the one-on-one tutorial time.
Please note: For those interested in the full day option with the 25-minute tutorial, space is limited and early registration is highly recommended. Tutorials will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants selecting the tutorial option will have 14 days from the time of registration to submit a writing sample they wish to discuss with the faculty member at their appointment. (Those registering after May 15 must submit their writing sample within 24 hours of registration.) Formatting requirements for up to 10 pages of prose or 5 pages of poetry, as well as confirmation of your tutorial appointment, will be emailed upon registration. Failure to submit a writing sample by the required deadline will forfeit your tutorial appointment and will convert your registration to the "Writers Practicum (no tutorial)" option, where you may enjoy the remainder of the day's activities. Any applicable refund will be issued according to ICCA's standard refund policy.
Are you stuck with a short story that feels finished, but something still isn't quite right? Over the week we will look at a handful of editing strategies that will help you identify what may be bugging you about your story. It's not easy to switch from writer to editor, which may require you to "kill your darlings." But with concrete, hands-on exercises, we will identify the hidden cracks in the foundation of your stories, and inventive ways to correct them. We will apply these techniques to in-class writing prompts, while also analyzing selected readings and sharing insights as a group. For the last session, you will be asked to use the tools introduced over the course of the week to edit one of your stories, and we will discuss what you learned as a group. Please bring at least three pages of that story to share. For the daily classes you will need loose paper and/or notebooks with tear-away pages, or your laptop. Oh—and don't forget your scalpel!
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Detroit authors Desiree Cooper, Kelly Fordon, Terry Blackhawk, Linda Sienkewicz, Kim Fairley, and Karen Simpson will each read a piece dedicated to our favorite Valentine theme: Devotion. There's free street parking or a free lot on Jefferson and Chalmers.
Pages Bookshop will be present to sell books, and an author signing will be held afterward.
"Detroit Writers in the Stacks" will feature Wayne State Press authors Desiree Cooper, Terry Blackhawk and Kelly Fordon.
They will talk about their work and style, but they'll also be mingling with the audience at the reception, so there will be opportunities for informal discussion.
$30 per person, includes food an drinks. All proceeds go to library programming.
Buy tickets here: http://gplf.org/a-night-in-the-stacks
Contributors from the new collection Bob Seger's House and Other Stories will be reading at Pages Book Shop on June 25th, 2016, at 2pm. Readers include M.L. Liebler, Gloria Whelan, Desiree Cooper, and Michael Zadoorian.


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After the most painful and possibly worst 15 hours ever, we have made it to San Francisco and wouldn't be happier! I almost cried when we touched down I was so overwhelmed. Arriving at the hostel 5 hours before check-in, we quickly had showers and went out for the day to explore, leaving our bags with reception. If people know how much sleep we had in the last 48 hours, they'd be amazed with the energy we had.
Our hostel is in the perfect location, right next to union square and the cable car corner. We decided to climb right to the top of the city so we saw the other side where Fisherman's Wharf is. However, we stopped there as we have planned to do all of that, and the Golden Gate Bridge, tomorrow!
We explored near enough the whole city and found some beautiful gardens and the high end stores (SAKS FIFTH AVENUE!) Honestly, the people here are so kind, why aren't us British like this?!
I went out alone while Lia caught up on some sleep and went to find a camera charger as I had stupidly left mine at Penny's house in Colorado. I ended up doing a massive circle and ended up in the same place. I'd say I was meant to do that but I got very lost. Eventually, 30 minutes later, I ended up in the beautiful Chinatown. Chinese men would be playing music on the streets, there were cute little souvenir shops, and beautiful buildings…all so amazing!
Also, the FOOD…IS AMAZING! People aren't joking when they say the portions are ridiculous! If you want normal sized portions then just don't come to America, they don't exist! There are so many cute diners which we will definitely be going in, I mean how can you go to America and not go to a diner?!
We have an action-planned day tomorrow; Fisherman's Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge, Pier 39…the WHOLE SHEBANG!!
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China's Economic News Service, which is based in Taiwan, reported that Apple is planning to launch an updated version of its iPhone SE in the first half next year which dovetail with reports from Tekz24 in India back in August. Since the original SE was first introduced on March 21, 2016, and became available ten days later an updated SE would make sense since it would have been two years since a significant upgrade. And the timing would also fall between the recent iPhone 8 and X but not too close to whatever iPhone Apple announces next fall. For 2017 Apple's stock price is up 50% vs. the NASDAQ's 28% and the S&P 500's 16%.
The article says it should have the same 4 inch screen and current memory sizes (32GB and 128GB) of the SE but incorporate Touch ID. I believe it may not have the current A11 Bionic chip to keep its cost lower even though the article speculates the starting price could be $450, which is $101 more than the current entry level SE.
The article talks about the current and new iPhone SE being manufactured by Wistron in India. This is important since the country initiated its "Make In India" policy having the SE made there makes it easier for Apple to do business in the country.
How much did the original iPhone SE impact the iPhone's ASP
One of the concerns (though it is minor) is what impact could a lower priced iPhone have on Apple's revenue. Since the iPhone SE became available at the very beginning of Apple's June 2016 quarter we can look to see if there was much of an impact. Here is data from the company's 2013 to 2017 March to June quarter iPhone's ASP or average selling price.
While the iPhone's 7.3% March to June quarter's ASP decline was larger than the historical norm (2015's ASP may have been helped by still strong iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sales) it wasn't a lot worse than the declines in 2013 and 2014.
So if there is a new iPhone SE next year I wouldn't expect it to have much impact on the iPhone's total ASP especially if it carries a $450 price tag, but it would help total sales and therefore revenue.


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Illicit trade practices and currency speculation could provide an early challenge to China's "rule of law" campaign.
In October, President Xi Jinping launched his drive for legal reforms and obedience to the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at the Central Committee's fourth plenary session, vowing to "comprehensively advance the rule of law."
Yet, within days, reports of rampant trade fraud surfaced, citing the familiar ruse of filing fake invoices to hide flows of "hot money" and evade China's currency rules.
The flagrant use of phony export documents may raise doubts about how much has changed and whether the rule of law will extend to lucrative but surreptitious arbitrage deals.
On Oct. 27, Bloomberg News reported obvious signs from September trade figures that speculators had moved large sums of cash into China to profit from exchange rates and the strengthening yuan, reviving a practice that regulators tried to stamp out early last year.
According to Bloomberg, China's official trade figures for the month showed a 34-percent surge in exports to Hong Kong valued at U.S. $37.6 billion (229.9 billion yuan), but Hong Kong's corresponding record of imports rose just 5.5 percent to U.S. $24.1 billion (147.3 billion yuan).
The difference of over U.S. $13 billion (79 billion yuan) is believed to reflect the amount of disguised currency inflows, represented as payments for phantom exports with forged invoices, reported as legitimate trade.
"This is definitely another important piece of evidence of over-invoicing exports to Hong Kong to facilitate money inflow into the mainland," said Shen Jianguang, chief Asia economist at Mizuho Securities Asia Ltd. in Hong Kong, as quoted by Bloomberg.
Investigators from the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and the General Administration of Customs (GAC) were reportedly sent to southern Guangdong province to probe the huge discrepancy.
But previous crackdowns on bouts of phony invoicing from late 2012 have done little to deter the use of fake documents, which have been openly advertised and sold for years.
"We'll take corresponding regulatory measures, if necessary," a GAC spokesman vowed in April 2013.
"Companies and banks who break the regulations face being fined or closed, and their practices exposed to the public," said the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) a month later.
Despite the threats, the profitable practice has persisted, allowing speculators to dodge China's currency controls, while others may claim export tax rebates for goods never sold.
The scam not only fills the pockets of forgers and speculators. It also distorts China's trade figures, giving false readings of the country's economic growth.
China's total exports for September jumped 15.3 percent from a year earlier, their best performance in 19 months, according to official figures.
On Nov. 8, the GAC reported that October exports rose at a slower 11.6-percent rate, but how much invoicing played a part was hard to say.
Campaign goal
The question is whether the rule of law drive will bring an end to such common crimes or whether it will be used primarily to enforce CCP authority and prosecute selected officials for corruption.
Derek Scissors, an Asia economist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, said that past government anti-crime campaigns have had little impact on activities like export fraud.
"There have been lots of 'strike hard' campaigns, corruption crackdowns and the like, and none have ever affected false invoicing," said Scissors.
"False invoicing comes and goes for commercial reasons, not because of the current political theme," he said.
Aside from export reporting, China's leaders have been facing apparent resistance to government authority and party discipline on several fronts.
In the run up to Beijing's showcase Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit earlier this month, for example, the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) publicly summoned the mayor of Anyang city in central Henan province for defying cleanup plans.
The official Xinhua news agency said the city, some 500 kilometers (310 miles) from the capital, had failed to implement anti-smog rules for high-polluting cement plants, steel mills and other manufacturers despite MEP monitoring since June.
"Some factories have even secretly discharged pollutants at night," the report said.
In preparation for the APEC summit, Beijing authorities and the central government imposed an expanded list of measures for the city and surrounding region in an effort to improve air quality for the event, including traffic restrictions, enforced "holidays" for workers, factory shutdowns and suspension of construction projects.
The extraordinary steps may have put some of the central government's muscle behind MEP enforcement, which has often been criticized as toothless.
Some 28,000 police officers and 800,000 civilians were mobilized for the event to ensure security and enforce emergency rules, Xinhua said.
But even in Beijing, some of the rules were blatantly disobeyed.
On Nov. 4, the city's environmental protection bureau found 16 cement mixing plants and construction sites were continuing to work as usual despite a ban on activity that was supposed to last through the summit ending on Nov. 11, the official English-language China Daily said.
Construction workers were unhappy with the stoppages because they only receive half-pay when their projects are suspended, the paper reported.
Inspectors also found dozens of enterprises and construction projects in Shijiazhuang, capital of neighboring Hebei province, ignoring the business bans, The New York Times said.
Effect on business
There may be nothing extraordinary about violations of environmental rules, but they may raise questions about whether the rule of law campaign has had any effect on everyday business, even under the spotlight of an international event.
Recent reports on China's steel industry suggest manufacturers are continuing to defy orders to cut production under the government's five-year anti-smog plan announced in 2013, despite the additional threat from the rule of law push.
In October, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said industry output rose to record levels in the first nine months of the year, plunging prices to an 11-year low, Xinhua reported.
Total crude steel production rose 2.3 percent to 618 million metric tons (681 million tons) in the period, accounting for over half the world's output, CISA said.
The overproduction prompted the CPP flagship paper People's Daily to complain that steel is now "almost as cheap by weight as Chinese cabbage," Reuters reported.
On Oct. 20, Xinhua blamed the lack of a rule of law for a host of economic problems, including "overcapacity, real estate bubbles, risks of local government debts and shadow banks."
But whether the government will crack down on industry resistance to its policies under the rule of law remains to be seen.
Although Xinhua cited shadow banking as one of "the pains currently suffered by the Chinese economy," it was also unclear whether the rule of law would be used to close down the avenue of alternative financing offered by China's big banks.
Last month, a report by the Financial Stability Board of the Group of 20 leading industrialized nations said China's shadow banking sector had grown rapidly to become the third-largest in the world.


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FEMGEN 109: Looking Back, Moving Forward: Raising Critical Awareness in Gender and Sports (FEMGEN 209)
In 1972, Title IX legislation opened up a vast range of opportunities for women in sports. Since then, women's sports have continued to grow yet the fight for recognition and equality persists. Simply put, men's sports are more popular than women's--so much so, in fact, that people often make the hierarchical distinction between "sports" and "women's sports." But what would it take to get more women's sports featured on ESPN or more female athletes on the cover of Sports Illustrated? And, given the well-documented corruption at the highest levels of men's sports, should such an ascent in popularity be the goal for women's sports? This course will map out and respond to the multifaceted issues that emerge when women enter the sports world. Throughout the quarter, we will explore the fight for gender equality in sports through historical, cultural, and rhetorical lenses. NOTE: Class will meet in Old Union, Room 302
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED
Instructors: Hanlon, P. (PI)
2019-2020 Winter
3 units |
UG Reqs: GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at 50-51A with Hanlon, P. (PI)
Instructors: Hanlon, P. (PI)
FEMGEN 109E: Global Women Leaders: Past and Present
This course will introduce students to global women's history, and focus on the emergence of women political leaders in the 20th century. We will begin by looking at the history of patriarchy around the world, and then consider the growth of feminist politics. We will look at movements for women's self-determination in the 19th and 20th centuries, and women's emergence as national political leaders in the 20th century. We then focus on a series of global women leaders, primarily heads of state, and explore their biographies and historical contributions. What conditions have permitted women to emerge as heads of state in the 20th century? Have women made a distinctive contribution as heads of state and political activists? In addition to lectures and discussions, class meetings include viewing several films.
Terms: Sum | Units: 3-4 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Horn, M. (PI)
2019-2020 Summer
3-4 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
06/22/2020 - 08/13/2020 Wed 6:00 PM - 8:50 PM with Horn, M. (PI)
Instructors: Horn, M. (PI)
FEMGEN 110J: Romance, Desire, and Sexuality in Modern Japanese Literature (FEMGEN 210J, JAPAN 110, JAPAN 210)
This class is structured around three motifs: love suicide (as a romantic ideal), female desire, and same-sex sexuality. Over the course of the quarter we will look at how these motifs are treated in the art and entertainment from three different moments of Japanese history: the Edo period (1615-1868), the modern period (1920-65), and the contemporary period (1965-present). We will start by focusing on the most traditional representations of these topics. Subsequently, we will consider how later artists and entertainers revisited the conventional treatments of these motifs, informing them with new meanings and social significance. We will devote particular attention to how this material comments upon issues of gender, sexuality, and human relationships in the context of Japan. Informing our perspective will be feminist and queer theories of reading and interpretation.
Last offered: Autumn 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
FEMGEN 111: Reproductive Politics in the United States and Abroad (AMSTUD 111)
Course description: This course examines the issues and debates surrounding women's reproduction in the United States and beyond. It pays special attention to how knowledge and technology travel across national/cultural borders and how women's reproductive functions are deeply connected to international politics and events abroad. Topics include: birth control, population control, abortion, sex education, sex trafficking, genetic counseling, assisted reproductive technologies, midwifery, breastfeeding, menstruation, and reproductive hazards.
Last offered: Autumn 2016 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
FEMGEN 115: Queer Reading and Queer Writing in Early Modern England
Considers the possibility of identifying queer reading and writing practices in early modern England as well the theoretical and historical obstacles such a project necessarily encounters. Focus on the role which Renaissance discourses of desire continue to play in our negotiations of homo/erotic subjectivity, identity politics, and sexual and gender difference. Study of Renaissance queerness in relation to the classical tradition on the one hand and the contemporary discourses of religion, law, and politics on the other. Readings include plays, poems, and prose narratives as well as letters, pamphlets, and ephemeral literature. Both major and minor authors will be represented.
Last offered: Autumn 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
FEMGEN 116: Narrating Queer Trauma (FEMGEN 216X)
Psychiatrist Dori Laub has argued that the process of narrating trauma is essential to the healing process. Not only is telling the story important, but it is also crucial to have someone else bear witness to the narrative. But how do people even begin to narrate stories of violence and pain, and how do we become good listeners? How are these stories told and heard in the specific context of queer world making? This course will explore narratives of trauma in queer lives through literature, film, media, and performance in conjunction with trauma theory and psychoanalysis. We will pay specific attention to questions of community, healing, violence, and affect at the intersections of queerness and race, sex, disability, class, gender, and nationality.
Last offered: Autumn 2016 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED
FEMGEN 117F: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Contemporary American Film (AFRICAAM 117J, AMSTUD 117, ASNAMST 117D, CSRE 117D)
This course introduces students to the theoretical and analytical frameworks necessary to critically understand constructions of race, gender, and sexuality in contemporary American film. Through a sustained engagement with a range of independent and Hollywood films produced since 2000, students analyze the ways that cinematic representations have both reflected and constructed dominant notions of race, gender, and sexuality in the United States. Utilizing an intersectional framework that sees race, gender, and sexuality as always defined by one another, the course examines the ways that dominant notions of difference have been maintained and contested through film in the United States. Films to be discussed include Coco, Get Out, Moonlight, Mosquita y Mari, and The Grace Lee Project.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Gow, W. (PI)
2019-2020 Autumn
3-5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 1
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue 6:00 PM - 8:50 PM at 160-314 with Gow, W. (PI)
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at 260-012 with Gow, W. (PI)
Instructors: Gow, W. (PI)
FEMGEN 117Q: Queer Arts: Remembering and Imagining Social Change (CSRE 117Q)
This interdisciplinary fine arts course is designed to examine the nature of artistic imagination, sources of creativity and the way this work helps shape social change. We will consider the relationship among muses, mentors and models for queer artists engaged in such fields as visual art, music, theatre, film, creative writing and dance. Exploring various cultures, lands and times, we will study the relationship between memory and vision in serious art. We will ask questions about the role of the artist in the academy and the broader social responsibility of the artist. We will locate some of the similarities and differences among artists, engage with different disciplines, and discover what we can learn from one another. This seminar requires the strong voices of all participants. To encourage students to take their ideas and questions beyond the classroom, we will be attending art events (performances, exhibits, readings) individually and in groups.nnThe learning goals include a se more »
This interdisciplinary fine arts course is designed to examine the nature of artistic imagination, sources of creativity and the way this work helps shape social change. We will consider the relationship among muses, mentors and models for queer artists engaged in such fields as visual art, music, theatre, film, creative writing and dance. Exploring various cultures, lands and times, we will study the relationship between memory and vision in serious art. We will ask questions about the role of the artist in the academy and the broader social responsibility of the artist. We will locate some of the similarities and differences among artists, engage with different disciplines, and discover what we can learn from one another. This seminar requires the strong voices of all participants. To encourage students to take their ideas and questions beyond the classroom, we will be attending art events (performances, exhibits, readings) individually and in groups.nnThe learning goals include a serious exploration of individual students¿ creativity, a more nuanced appreciation of diverse arts and a stronger understanding of the multifaceted nature of gender, race and class. Students will develop their abilities to write well-argued papers. They will stretch their imaginations in the written and oral assignments. And they will grow more confident as public speakers and seminar participants.
Last offered: Winter 2017 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Writing 2
FEMGEN 118: Transgender Cultural Studies
In the United States, we seem to be in a ¿transgender moment,¿ or we¿ve reached what Time magazine has called the ¿transgender tipping point.¿ In this course, we will explore what this cultural moment means for the representation of transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming people. We will look historically and globally at differences in representation in order to better understand our current cultural moment. We will explore multiple genres, formats, and authorial points of view to critically think through how and by whom trans stories are told. How do interlocking systems of oppression continue to dictate and drive trans representation and narrative; how do trans authors and artists push back against these systems to (re)construct their own narrative and image? Through a critical engagement with film, memoir, graphic narrative, poetry, and fiction created by and/or about trans* people, this course will engage students with an instersectional approach to trans identity and representation in concert with racial identity, sexuality, disability, socio-economic status, age, gender, and citizenship.
Last offered: Winter 2017 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
FEMGEN 119: Archaeology of Gender and Sexuality (ANTHRO 111, ARCHLGY 129)
How archaeologists study sex, sexuality, and gender through the material remains left behind by past cultures and communities. Theoretical and methodological issues; case studies from prehistoric and historic archaeology.
Terms: Aut | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Voss, B. (PI)
2019-2020 Autumn
5 units |
UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
| Students enrolled: 2
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Fri 9:30 AM - 12:20 PM at 500-106 with Voss, B. (PI)
Instructors: Voss, B. (PI)
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Leaders and nations: Graded student examples
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- Topic 12: The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries
- 2. Theme 2 - Leaders and Nations (ATL)
- Leaders and nations: Graded student examples
On this page, you will find sample essays for this section - comparing leaders or nations from different regions.
Essay one
This essay takes Stalin and Truman as the two leaders to compare and contrast. It got into the lower end of the top mark band.
Compare and contrast the roles of two Cold war leaders from different regions in the development of the Cold War.
Possible tasks to set for students while reading this essay could be:
- highlight evidence of comparisons
- highlight evidence of contrasts
- look at opening sentences; do they indicate a comparative approach to the essay?
- identify areas in which the essays could be improved
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Marked essay: Compare and contrast the roles of two Cold War leaders from different regions in the development of the Cold War
Joseph Stalin and Henry Truman both played a role in the development of the origins of the cold war; from the moment they met in Potsdam, the different ideologies and the lack of trust between the two resulted in the first step towards decades-long divergence. Their actions and beliefs would lead to the division of Europe and the spreading of cold war tension to Asia. Although Stalin's actions were key in Europe for causing initial tension, it can be argued that Truman's actions with regard to Korea were key for globalizing and militarizing the Cold War.
From Potsdam in 1945, when they the two leaders met for the first time, the 'old continent' become the stage of the first Cold War confrontations. Stalin carried out a strong sovietization program thanks to the so called "Salami Tactics" which brought Eastern Europe under Soviet control.
Truman, fearing a possible expansion in Europe, introduced the Truman Doctrine, which was followed by the Marshall Plan. Both the actions of Stalin and Truman thus played a key role in developing tensions. While Soviet action were seen in the West as "the systematic destruction of democracy, by terror, murder, corruption, lies and propaganda". (Kruassman), and based on military actions the actions of Truman were seen by the Soviets as 'dollar imperialism' and an attempt to spread capitalist ideas throughout Europe via economic means. Stalin reacted with the introduction of the COMECON and Cominform, starting a ping-pong dispute which led to ideological disputes from both sides, becoming the base of the Cold War.
The actions of both leaders also created a divided Germany by 1949. Both sides focused on Germany as a key strategic territory and each had different aims for the country. At Yalta and Potsdam it had been agreed that Germany should have been divided temporarily into four zones of occupation, administered by the Allied Control Council (ACC). However, while the West wanted to build up Germany, Stalin was worried that a united, economically powerful Germany would pose a threat to its security. Also, he wanted to get as much out of Germany as possible in terms of reparations. The clash in different aims between Truman and the West and Stalin led to an early breakdown over reparations' agreements and set the stage for the ultimate division of Germany.
In 1948, Truman and the West introduced a new currency into the Western sector of Berlin. This caused resentment with Soviets who saw the new currency as the first step toward establishing a West Germany state. Stalin eventually cut off all rail and road links to west Berlin, introducing a Blockade. As described by Byrnes, this was "the first major crisis of the Cold War, setting up the stage for the decades of tension that were to follow." Truman and Stalin therefore saw in Germany the possibility of expanding their sphere of influence, having as a consequence a further rise in tensions and escalation of the Cold War. The blockade resulted in the setting up of the FDR and then the DDR as well as the establishment of NATO in 1949 as Truman realized the importance of having military bases in Europe.
Furthermore, both Stalin and Truman engaged in an arms race which had a dramatic impact n the conduct of the cold war. As stated by Gar Alperovitz, the dropping of the A-bomb was the first diplomatic move by the USA in the Cold War. However, if the intention was to keep Stalin in check, this did not work and by 1949 the USSR had its own nuclear weapon. This triggered a nuclear arms race which was have a dramatic impact on the increase in tension and to determined how the cold war was conducted in later years.
Stalin and Truman also played a role in expanding cold war tensions to Asia though it could be argued that Truman's actions were more significant. USA's involvement in China had no impact on the final result; despite the large amounts of US aid to the GMD, the CCP defeated GMD due to the incompetence of Jiang Jieshi and the popular policies of the CCP. However, with the Red Scare in the USA, the 'loss' of China was seen as major defeat for the USA and led to pressure on Truman to prove that he was not 'soft on Communism'. This, when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, Truman saw this as an advance of Communism instigated by Stalin and, under a UN flag, sent a US army to defeat the North Koreans. This prolonged the Korean conflict, which would have been a short civil war, into a three year war ultimately involving not only the UN forces but the Chinese forces, with devastating results for the Korean peninsula. The USA successfully contained the North Koreans and re-established the 38th parallel as the dividing line between North and South Korea, but it led to the implementation of NSC 68 which effectively globalized and militarized the cold war by giving the go ahead to substantially increased spending by the US on the military. The USA also set up SEATO as a result of what it saw as the new communist threat in Asia, and became committed to defending Taiwan. Stalin also bears responsibility for the escalation in tension caused by the Korean War as it was his decision to give Kim Il Sung the 'green light' for the invasion that led to this conflict. However, the reaction of the US to the invasion and the subsequent actions of the US in increased spending and in implementing its containment policy on a global scale that took the cold war to a new level.
Important to also consider are the diverse personal qualities of Stalin and Truman. As argued by John L. Gaddis "Narcism, paranoia and absolute power come together in Stalin." Given Stalin's suspicious nature, it is therefore not surprising that he saw the actions of the West as a threat for himself and for the USSR leading to his desire to have Satellite States around the USSR. As reported by Gaddis "as long as Stalin was running the Soviet Union, a Cold War was unavoidable". On the other hand, Truman was completely blinded by the fear of Communism. This brought the American president to have a monolithic view of such ideology, according to which all Communist actions around the world were organized by the USSR.
In conclusion, both Stalin and Truman played a fundamental role in causing the Cold War and in determining the nature of the conflict. The actions of both leaders In Europe were key in the escalation of tension and both played a role in the expansion of tension into Asia, though Truman's intervention in Korea and the implementation of NSC 68 meant that he was responsible for globalizing and militarizing the cold war in the early 1950s. The arms race also originated under the leadership of these two men. By the time the two leaders left the international scene in 1953, the world was facing high political and militarily tensions as never before in history
Note that this is a graded sample of an essay on Gorbachev's role in ending the Cold War under Theme One of this topic: 2. Rivalry, mistrust and accord: Graded student examples
Essay Two
Examine the impact of Cold War tensions on two countries [excluding the USSR and the US] each chosen from a different region.
This essay uses Cuba and West Germany as the two case studies for this essay and got into the top mark band.
It was written as a homework essay so is fairly long.
In addition to the questions above in the previous essay, students could decide what information could be cut in order for it to be written in 45 minutes.
In addition you could ask them to rewrite the introduction and conclusion, both of which are quite brief and could be improved on.
Graded essay: Examine the impact of Cold War tensions on two countries each chosen from a different region
The two countries which will be discussed in the essay are Cuba and the federal republic of Germany (west Germany). Both Cuba and west Germany were affected by the tensions of the cold war conflict between the USA and the USSR in their internal politics, foreign policy, economy and they were both also the focus of cold war crises which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
Domestically, both countries experienced a shift in the political nature of its government due to the influence of superpower rivalry and tension. After suffering total defeat at the hands of the allies in May 1945, Germany was divided into two main zones of occupation, one in the west controlled principally by the US and UK, and one in the east controlled by the USSR. Although having agreed to a joint administration of Germany during the Yalta conference of February 1945, the two zones of Germany were never merged as the disagreements between the capitalist western allies and the communist USSR escalated. The Soviets attempted to secure a popular pro-communist government by unifying all left-wing groups into the SED. However, after the London Conference between the Grand Alliance partners broke down in recriminations in 1947, the US moved to establish a government in line with its own ideology. At the London conference of 1948 the US and Britain drafted a new constitution for a separate west German state. The western allies also agreed to introduce a new currency into west Germany without the assent of the USSR. The US was determined to create an independent west Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany, with a constitution designed to establish a liberal democratic capitalist state. By the end of 1949 the building cold war tensions had ensured that two separate Germanys emerged, with the imposition of a western style government in the FRG and a communist government in the DDR.
The nature of Cuba's government was similarly affected by cold war tensions. In 1959, Castro overthrew the unpopular regime of Batista. This was height of cold war tension and Castro's manifesto for 'social justice' alarmed the US as it involved implementing an agenda of land redistribution and the nationalization of key industries which they saw as 'communism'. In fact, Castro did not associate his regime with Soviet communism and had attempted to discuss his aims with the US government. However, after the US backed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 Castro turned to the Soviet Union to protect his revolution. Castro then declared the Cuban revolution to be "Marxist Leninist". Castro subsequently purged Cuba of political opponents and began to implement soviet style economic policies. In both Cuba and Germany, cold war tensions had influenced the establishment of new governments orientated towards either the USSR or US.
The internal politics of the governments established in both countries continued to be influenced by cold war tensions and rivalry. In the newly created west Germany, re-unification with the Soviet backed east Germany became a central issue of politics, with the government of the west rejecting an offer of re-unification on the basis it would turn the entirety of Germany into a soviet satellite in 1953. Opposition to left-wing parties which were perceived to be backed by the USSR and the support of the established Churches led to the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) dominating west German politics for the first ten years of its existence with Konrad Adenauer as the chancellor of Germany for this time. Adenauer's government focused on building Germany into a liberal democratic state and did not recognise the existence of east Germany. Nevertheless, a challenge to this perspective can be seen under the Chancellorship of Willy Brandt. Despite the concerns of the USA, under Brandt west Germany attempted to pursue a more independent political path. Brandt pursued ostpolitik and recognised east Germany in 1971. In 1989, the collapse of the soviet bloc led to the re-unification of Germany and the fall of the Berlin wall. With the end of the cold war the whole post-war territory of Germany was represented by the FRG and its western style government.
In Cuba, the US's hostility towards Castro's government, which it perceived as not merely communist but a puppet of the USSR, shaped its internal politics. Following the US sponsored campaign of terrorism against Cuba known as "operation mongoose" as well as provocative reconnaissance flight over its territory and military manoeuvres around the island, Castro determined to consolidate his power by promoting a 'siege mentality' and whipping up nationalist support. Castro ruled Cuba by executive decree until 1975, and after which he was able to occupy all three of the most senior positions in government. The opposition of the US, as has been discussed, led to Castro declaring his government to be 'Marxist-Leninist' in a pivot to the USSR. Castro's government would promote Marxism and anti-capitalism, arresting dissidents and critics for 'counter-revolutionary activities.' In both Cuba and west Germany, internal politics were largely dictated by the tensions of the cold war. Indeed, as with the re-unification of Germany, the collapse of the USSR at the end of the Cold War led Cuba into diplomatic isolation and precipitated a period of famine and crisis in the country.
The economic policies of both the FRG and Cuba were essentially dictated by the respective superpower each state was aligned with. Both countries received economic aid from their respective superpower. Devastated by the second world war and having lost much of its productive capacity, working population, and territory west Germany faced economic ruin in 1945. In order to counter the possible effects of economic devastation and create support for the US and liberal capitalist democracy, the US began the programme of Marshall aid in 1948, sending over 12 billion $(130 billion $ adjusted for inflation) to countries of Europe. 12% of this aid went to west Germany, helping it to re-build and undergo an 'economic miracle' in the 1950s, creating support for the US and the US aligned CDU government. Furthermore, west Germany benefited economically from the cold war tensions in Korea as it exported large amounts of steal to support the US backed war effort. Germany played a key role in establishing the European Economic Community which facilitated free trade across Europe.
In Cuba, after failing to secure loans from the US, Castro's government turned to the Soviet Union, which offered to buy Cuban sugar at a generous rate and supply Cuba with oil. In accordance with Marxist doctrine and in the hopes of further aligning itself with USSR in order to protect Cuba against US aggression, Castro implemented a centrally planned economy, but became increasingly dependent on the USSR. It subsequently pursued 5 year plans on the recommendation of its Soviet advisors and in order to continue to receive loans and investment. In 1975, Cuba joined COMECON was able to secure some 130 million $ in subsidies from the USSR which was keen to support the sole Marxist state in the Americas. Following the USSR's collapse in 1991, the Cuban economy suffered a 30% loss in GDP and the government was forced to declare the US dollar legal tender. In both Cuba and West Germany cold war tensions produced economic policies which sought to align each state with its superpower backers.
Cold war tensions also dictated the foreign policies of both Cuba and the FRG. After declaring independence in 1949, the FRG remained host [or some would say occupied] by large numbers of US troops as the US feared Soviet military expansion in central Europe. Eventually, in 1953, west Germany was permitted to establish a military force, the Bundeswehr and join the US backed military alliance of NATO to deter soviet aggression. The FRG formally joined NATO in 1954. Furthermore, the CDU government pursued a policy of not recognising East Germany (the DDR) or any country which recognised east Germany as a legitimate political entity. In Cuba, with the support of the USSR, Castro sought to back Marxist revolutionaries in Latin America and Africa, sending over 1500 advisors to the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua in 1978 and sending over 12,000 troops to Mozambique to support the Marxist FNLA in the civil war there, and significantly sent forces and military advisers to Angola. These interventions were with the direct approval and military support of the USSR which provided funding and arms to spread communism, particularly in Africa. Thus, the foreign policy of both nations was shaped by the dictates of the cold war tensions as each country acted in line with its superpower ally.
Finally, Cold war crises impacted both countries as they became the focus of direct confrontations between the superpowers. In both cases these confrontations had brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation. During the Berlin Blockade in 1948-49, that had led to the establishment of two Germanys, there had been the real jeopardy of an escalation to all-out war. In east Germany in 1958, the Soviet premier Khrushchev sought to have the west German, and the associated American forces, withdraw from their enclave in west Berlin and cede the former capital deep in the heart of the eastern sectors to East Germany. The Soviets issued an ultimatum to that effect. US president Kennedy refused to withdraw US troops or hand over control of the train stations into the city resulting in Khrushchev backing down not willing to risk an escalation to war. But there has been the real risk of the FRG being in the forefront of a superpower war. In Cuba, following the failed US backed invasion of 1961, Castro sought to have soviet missiles stationed on the island as a deterrent to US aggression, Khrushchev had approved the plan. When Khrushchev's nuclear missiles sites were identified by US spy planes the US blockaded Cuba demanding their removal. For 13 days the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war. Eventually an agreement was reached and the missiles were removed in exchange for a public declaration the US would not invade Cuba and a secret deal removing US missiles from Turkey. In both cases Cuba and Germany became focal points of the international confrontation between the superpowers, and their respective government were not consulted by the superpowers in resolving the crises. Nevertheless, recent historiography has suggested that both in precipitating the crisis and in heightening the danger during the course of the Cuban missile crisis Castro had played a more significant and independent role than previously acknowledged.
During the cold war, the political, economic, and foreign policies of both Cuba and west Germany were dictated by the global confrontation between the US and the USSR, and Cold War tensions. Both countries became the sites of international crises between the two powers


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The Parade of Garage Sales will be sponsored by Dorothea Sautter at Royal LePage Benchmark and take place on Saturday May 26th (both Deer Run and Queensland). Directional signs and maps for the vendors which will show where every garage sale is will be provided. Deer Run residents who wish to be included will need to provide their name, address, phone & email by May 19th so they can be included on the maps. If you are interested in taking part, fill out the form below or contact the community center at 403-278-3117.
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About Me
Hi there. My name is Peter Michael Bauer and I'm in love with weaving baskets. The first merit badge I attained in the Boy Scouts was Basketry. I was eleven years old. That was in 1993. I didn't weave many baskets after that until years later when I began to focus more on earth skills. For whatever reason, basketry has been a focal point for me. I love the meditative mindset that it demands, but also inspires. Your mind must shut down and let your hands do the work. Invasive plants have been my main source of materials as they are free, people want to get rid of them, and getting rid of them helps restore native habitats. I work mostly with English Ivy and Himalayan blackberry, but have been branching out to experiment with Yellow Flag Iris, Clematis, Scotch Broom, Morning Glory, English Holly, and more. Aside from basket weaving, I am also a catalyst of "rewilding" and keep a blog on the subject.
I draw on the inspiration from the story of the material, the invasive plants. I also draw inspiration from my teachers. My notable teachers and weavers that I get inspiration from are Margaret Mathewson, Donna Sakamoto Crispin, TJ Harrison, Katherine Lewis, Sharon Kallis, Rebecca Graham, and Matt Tommey. There are so many more.
I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Columbia Basin Basketry Guild and a member of the National Basketry Organization.


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Following Constance Wu into the Resistance (I'd follow her anywhere tbh)/
On January 20, Constance Wu spoke to the gathered crowd of hundreds of thousands of the Los Angeles second annual Women's March and addressed stereotypes and fetishizations she's faced and now fights against.
"And recently I've heard a lot of men say that our movement makes them uncomfortable and paranoid," Wu told the crowd. "And to that I say, this movement is not about catering our voices to accommodate your comfort."
Ever since she came onto the scene as Jessica Huang in ABC's Fresh Off the Boat, Constance Wu has used her powers for good. Like she told the New York Times in 2016, the role changed her shifted her focus "from self-interest to Asian-American interests." That new focus included promoting the vote for Hillary Clinton in 2016, speaking up through social media, and becoming an active voice in the community and beyond.
Constance Wu is a star who's using her platform and status to take action, a role model who's doing the work others should emulate. It's easy to sit back and only admire her, but if you really want to take her lead, look at three of the ways she takes part in the resistance and follow in your own way.
Her speech at the LA Women's March: In this video from the LA Women's March Facebook page, her speech begins around the 14 minute mark, and begins with "the first time I refused a man's sexual advances." She ends it like a boss with, "And I would just like to say, to the abusers who've called me a bitch, who have said 'who do you think you are?'... I am Constance Wu."
Promoting and being a voice for the Time's Up organizations: Between her Twitter and Instagram, Wu makes sure the message of TIme's Up and the #MeToo movement won't be ignored or forgotten. Speaking of her social media...
Her Twitter and Instagram where you can actually follow her: She uses her platform with over 100 thousand followers on each account to advocate for women's equality, the importance of voting, gun control, health care, and promote work from her community and friends. Plus her Instagram is full of bunnies.
I'll follow Constance Wu anywhere as she takes her place becoming more involved and politically active. Even without a TV show or tons of Twitter followers, every fan can find a way to take after her example and make an impact. It can start with something as simple as beginning to read up on the current events and the history of movements to gain more confidence in your convictions. Listening to the larger conversations going on around big events— on social media, at school discussions, and articles written by reputable writers— provides nuance and perspectives to build stronger ground for you to stand on when taking a stand about causes you feel passionate about.
Then like Constance Wu, some next steps to take are figuring out how to advocate your beliefs in safe and open spaces. For some that means becoming more vocal in their communities at school or home, participating in online movements like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, calling your Congressional representatives, or doing the work at home and having difficult conversations with friends and family. Not everyone can give speeches to thousands of supporters in Los Angeles, but everyone can look around and start evaluating what impact they can make in their own circles. And, as Constance Wu would tell everyone, the most important way to contribute is to vote.
2018 is shaping up to be one of the most pivotal years both politically and socially, and it's important that Asian American voices be a part of that change. That means using what powers we have—social media, our communities, our networks—to make sure we can advocate effectively for the causes that matter to us. Like Constance Wu.


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