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> -----Original Message----- > From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)hub(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)hub(dot)org]On > Behalf Of Bruce Momjian > > > Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes: > > > We have this in the CURSOR documentation: > > > Once all rows are fetched, every other fetch access > > > returns no rows. > > > > > Is this still true? > > > > Not if you then move or fetch backwards, I should think... > > No, it works. I think Tatsuo fixed it. After a FETCH ALL, I did this, > and it worked: > This is true and false. For index scan I fixed it before 6.5 and for sequential scan I fixed it before 7.0. However there remains some type of scan that returns no rows after hitting end. Especially for GROUP BY,*fetch backward* doesn't work well fundamentally. I have known this but I've never seen bug reports for this. It's not so easy to fix this and it wouldn't be an effective way to scan base relation again for *GROUP BY*. Regards. Hiroshi Inoue Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp
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A look at the away games
MIAMI, Fla. --- Facts, nothing but facts. The Celtics have been up, 2-0, heading away for Games 3 and 4 in a 2-2-1-1-1 (7 games) or 2-2-1 (5 games) 30 times in their history. Here is what's happened in those games:
7-Game Series:
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So don't get too cocky about tomorrow night's Game 3 in Miami, is what I'm saying. And don't get too cocky about the series being easy, period. In many of those series, the Celtics appeared to be dominant in those first two games at home. But things changed quite dramatically when they got to the other guy's place, with their fans, their comfort zone, and the referees. You think Dwyane Wade isn't going to shoot at least a dozen free throws tonight? That's just essential NBA logic. I'll make his over/under FTA total at 16.
The good news is that only once in those 30 series have the Celtics actually lost after going up, 2-0. That was in 1990, when, after scoring 157 points in Game 2 of a 5-game first round series against the Knicks, they lost the next three in a real shockeroo.
One more thing. The Celtics have lost both Games 3 and 4 in this circumstance four of the last five times they've had it. The only Game 3 W since 1988 was against Indiana in 1992, Larry's last year.

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My hometown's grocery store recently closed and reopened under a new franchise brand. The change brought about a reorganized produce section, complete with some organics, better pricing (my opinion) and a great perks program (again, my opinion). But, by far, the greatest addition is the kid-sized grocery carts. (INSERT – Complete sarcasm! HERE)
I thought I was the cool mom. I thought she was the disciplined child. I learned that those two things really do not go hand in hand.
Here is what happens when you give a near two-year old their own personal kid grocery cart.
It all started with her big eyed gasp, that seriously gets me every single time. How could I resist? She spotted the little shopping cart and reached out her hands, little fingers erect, nearly leaving my arms. Then with her little voice, "Mommy, cart, Mommy, cart." There was a smile on my face. "I got this!" No, "We got this!" I thought proudly to myself.
Looking back now, there were other adults starring at me. Eyeing me up. I am sure they were all thinking the same thing… "What a cool Mom. Great Mom."
Ahh, who am I kidding? They were secretly judging me. "Just you wait!" They all probably smirked.
But, she was so cute, cruising through the produce. "Mommy, orange," she yelled. "Nana." (That is banana talk, folks).
I think the first item in her cart was a pack of blueberries, then a yellow pepper, then said Nanas.
"Follow Mommy." I would sweetly proclaim and smile at other shoppers. As if my smile and nod was really communication to cue them to look at my sweetheart.
The frozen foods were next. As she slowly lagged behind me, I scanned the freezers while constantly looking back. My concentration and meal planning game was totally off, but hey, I needed a "few" things.
As we made the turn, I noticed the produce guy hauling the empty cart up the aisle behind us. "Watch where you are going," I softly encouraged her, smiling at the gentleman who did not return my sincere gesture. Nah, instead he sighed, looking around his cart, knowing he could easily take her out. There was no, "She is cute," or mere awe from him. More like disdain and I felt it then, he was thinking, "Who the hell invented these things?"
We avoided a mid-aisle collision and rounded the end cap to the chips. Lo started to grab items. Up until this point, things were too high or behind freezer doors, but now they were just a hand away. "No," starting to be said.
"I don't think so. We don't need that. Come on, Lo. No." All the discipline started to come out, but she was still so darn cute. All disheveled and grimy from the day, pushing her cart. Ya, know, just like, her Mom. I got out my phone. I videoed her. Posted it to Instagram, then SnapChat. She was a bit more confident with the cart and I was still the cool Mom.
We scanned the next aisle and encountered an enthusiastic shopper. "Oh, would you look at her!" The happy lady said to her husband as he picked through the brats (actually I don't know if that is what he was looking at in the meat section, but it sounds good now). He turned, holding his brats and chuckled, "Are you shopping young Lady?"
Of course, Lo replied, "Yesh!" (Not yes. It is Yesh!) I smiled back. THIS is what I was talking about and what I was envisioned in my head when we first spotted the cart in the front of the store. A happy Mommy / Daughter night.
I was growing in confidence too. I added some soup cans to her buggy as we made the turn to the next aisle revealing… more canned goods. Before I knew it she had beets, spam and tuna in her cart. Ya, know, typical items a two-year old desires! I secretly removed them, returning them to the shelf when she would turn her back. Half way up the aisle I realized… she was starting to take control. She started running. Grabbing a canned good here, grabbing one there. Actually she could no longer push the buggy. Well she could but she was exercising the same exertion I do, when I am loaded down and sliding into the check out lane.
"Why don't we take a break form the buggy and you ride in Mommy's cart I asked?" Surprisingly, she obliged. I transferred the items from her cart to mine, loaded her in the front, left the child's cart in the aisle and went on my merry way. So, I thought…
Once the cart was out of sight, the meltdown began. Screaming, crying, tantrum status in the SODA section. Just like a shaken bottle of pop, there Lo was erupting. I tried shhhing her. I tried distraction. I talked about McDonald's. I actually thought about aborting the whole damn mission. "But you have come so far!!" I mentally told myself. "You are right I have!" I mentally replied.
She was screaming! Clinging to my neck, looking into my eyes. Oh damn, we were deep. I started sweating. Like full on drench mode, as I passed Captain Crunch and Tony the Tiger. If they could talk, I was no longer the cool Mom. I was what-the-heck-did-you-do-to-your-child-Mom.
Then there were other children. A distraction to Lo. And, an end display of Beanie Babies. Who knew they made these anymore? I took her out of the shopping cart (BIG MISTAKE). I let her play with the toys to calm down. I grabbed some items quickly, we made the turn and then we each saw it… three children pushing mini shopping carts. I repeat pushing MINI SHOPPING CARTS. She freaked! She wanted one, had to have one, and then in the open she spotted the one I had abandoned mere moments earlier, sitting there alone and she took off. Full run through the meat section. I had a choice. I chose chase. I left my cart, my purse, wide open I might add and went after her. By the time I grabbed her arm, she grabbed the cart. I was defeated. I succumbed. "Fine. Push the damn cart!" I yelled. People looked at me. I was Mean Mom.
My cart was untouched. No one stole my snacks and my purse remained in the front seat. Wallet still intact.
At this point just wanted to hurry up and get the hell out of the store, while my mini shopper followed in tow.
As we made it through the dairy aisle I became a Bully Mom. "Come on, Lo. Hurry up. No. Pay attention. Stop that. Don't touch that!" I felt like a jerk since I set this whole thing up. When she spotted the Popsicles, I felt like I HAD to buy them for her for the mere subtle sorry for the trouble I caused. I allowed her to put them in her buggy then hurried her along.
As we eyed the check out lanes, the finish line in sight. I snagged this picture.
She had actually opened the box, while she followed behind me and was two-seconds from eating one. I quickly threw the Popsicles in my cart. And drug her, her cart, my cart and all of her tears and screams to the open check out lane. Yes, for an open check out lane.
I ditched her mini shopping cart. I wanted to drop kick it or shove it as hard as I could into the nearby wall. Instead, I mildly pushed it aside.
When I thought I was home free, when I thought I had suppressed her anger and even my own, with gummies (fair trade-off for a Popsicle), the kind couple from aisle #3 appeared. You know, the ones who encouraged me, who made me feel like the Cool Mom, she heard my daughter's squeals and thought now would be a great time to interact a bit more. She reach for the Snow white balloon in the check out lane and presented it to my daughter. I now realized I needed the mini shopping cart to run it into her heel. No, I am kidding, kidding. HaHa. But, I did want to ask her if she wanted to babysit my screaming daughter, while I peeled the balloon from her fingers.
We checked out. I spent more money than I planned. I actually had no idea what I even bought until I unpacked at home. And, I drove us straight to McDonald's for our evening dinner. I was too exhausted to cook.
Then another fight broke out between the two of us in the fast food lane as I asked her if she wanted chicken nuggets and she started screaming and crying for pancakes and sausages. I thought I had lost all hope. But then a heavenly angel came through and spoke to me , using the drive-thru speaker as her medium and asked – "Welcome to McDonald's. Breakfast Menu or Dinner Menu?" The light shined at the end of a long tunnel and I ordered breakfast for dinner.
Thank you, McDonald's for the win!! I will take the all-day breakfast idea over the mini shopping carts any day.
The end!
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She will do this through her new role as the Castle Hill and Hills District Agricultural Society Showgirl for 2014.
"It's about trying to promote the show and get more community involvement in the show," Miss Moriarty said.
"We are facing a few problems in our own Castle Hill and Hills District Agricultural Society including the re-zoning of the showground and the North West Rail Link.
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The 20-year-old will represent Castle Hill at the zone final in Milton on March 16 against 11 other hopefuls. Winners will move on to the state final at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in April.
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I've got both, but I bought white 1st cuz I wanted to battle Iris XD
I've got both, but I bought white 1st cuz I wanted to battle Iris XD
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Black, because I liked Zekrom better and liked the name of black city rather than white city, plus black is a better color than white in general.
Currently Residing in the orange islands.
Fire is the key to life.
also i have black but it was kind of an impulse buy (i didnt look up the differences) but id rather have white because of white forest and solosis
but i like reshirams elegaence better than zekroms bad***ery
Honestly I like White's exclusives : Zekrom and Thundurus.
But I love Gothita big time and really wanted to use it on my game. So I am playing Black.
I think I prefer Black. I love catching Pokemon, but I really love Black city's design. And Unuva sounded pretty modern to me so I think Black city fits more 83
and that dragon town looks pretty epic and futuristic, big time.
And about story-wise, I think I prefer Black since I think the truth/ideal part sounded better in that way. N is more to idealist in my opinion, and we are going to make him back into the truth that Pokemon and humans can be together... Not all Pokemon treated badly...
dreams is more to ideals... idk :/
Y Team :3
pics from spp :3
well first of all i picked black because of black city. its more epic than some lame forest. next i like reshiram
You know anger most of all your emotions. You hold grudges against people, and swear to take revenge on anyone who gets in your way. You have a heart of power, and you constantly use that power in a bad way.
I chose black, because reshiram's STAB combination is better.
However, white has white forest as well as reuniclus.
I have claimed Alduin, the mighty dragon! He shall one day return to bring forth the end of time, and fulfill the prophecy of the world eater.
i need to go for white verison, it was the first verisons i played, and for me there is almost nothing different in the black version ecept zekrom/reshiram and black city/white forest :/
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I prefer the White version because i can catch Zekrom and also I prefer Reuniclus
White version had better pokes Braviary Reuniclus ^^ Zekrom Thunderus. but black city is more useful then white forest =[ at least if you dont worry about pokemon access.
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To be honest, I usually buy both for collection purposes. However I chose to play White for Zekrom and the fact that most of my friends were already playing Black.
I'm more of a Charmander guy myself
White for Zekrom and Braviary
White because of Zekrom.
*believes White is gonna win*
and i voted, and i was right, White is leading right now.
Since of the legendarys you get in each game,
Zekrom is just like a beast looking creature
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That needs changing...
But all four.
I guess I'll go with Black seeing as I haven't played White. Plus I like Reshiram's looks better than Zekrom's.
I chose white but when they announced black and white 2 instead of grey like everyone thought i laughed at the people waiting for a third one
Well I got Black first just for the fact that I wanted Reshiram. My sister had got White for the reason of Zekrom. But about 1 year later, we got the other version, me White and her Black.
Shiny Treecko || MM || Modest nature || Overgrow ability 2x
Currently Hunting: Misdreavus - SOS hunt
Possible Ultra Sun Team: All Shinies Arcanine♂ || Alolan Ninetales♀ || Lycanroc♂ || Slowbro♀ || Sceptile♂ || Mismagius?
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Y Friend Safari: Bug - Beautifly, Combee, Vivillon
I bought Black first, then I got white 6 months later, but I would have to say I like Black more because of Black City.
All credits for BT's Army Against Arrogance Banner goes to Brutaka.
All Credits to Black Terminator's Region Express banner goes to Sworn Metalhead
I'm not surprised White is winning. I like Solosis and Rufflet better than their Black counterparts, I also like locations in White better. However, I like Reshiram and Tornadus more than Zekrom and Thundurus... it would be a tough decision if I could choose, but I was buying a preowned copy, and only Black was available (otherwise I MIGHT have bought White). In the end, both versions are awesome and you won't be dissapointed by buying either of them.
Current shiny hunt: 1401 eggs hatched so far
HG FC: 1593-0713-2225, OT: Kofola
Black FC: 1464-3638-2370, OT: Rajec
Current HG Pokedex status: 360 owned
Spoiler:- Shinies:
-> Random Encounter (Crystal)
-> -> 9000+ SRs (Heart Gold)
x2, x2, , x2, PokéRadar (Platinum)
Found UT on a preowned Black
, got in trade
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My Black Version was given to me (With my New DS Lite) for helping a friend move. And HeartGold. (:
I got Black first because I preferred Reshiram and Gothorita. I'm glad I did too, because I love my Reshiram. I ended up getting White for my birthday though, and it was still fun.
^ This is the reason why I like arguing. If I come off as standoffish or overly angry in an argument, don't worry. I'm probably having the time of my life. Whether I agree with them or not, the pokemon fandom has a lot of different opinions, and I love how nobody is afraid to share them.even if we don't understand each other, that's not a reason to reject each other. There are two sides to any argument. Is there one point of view that has all the answers? Give it some thought.


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Speaking of dreams.
Speaking of dreams, since I had my miscarriage I've had 3 dreams that I'm pregnant. One told me that I was the next mother Mary HAHAHA and the other two told me that I'm pregnant with a girl. What do ya'll make of it? I'm not good with reading dreams. Maybe it's my mind's way of grieving?
I'm a belly dancing and sword fighting mama of 2. I'm married to my high school sweet heart. I plan on enlisting to the army very soon, and having more kids :)
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I think the lesson was very good and informative. I didn't agree with the fact that students needed to improve their vocabulary in order to improve scores on exams. I understand that this is a real concern for many of us teachers, but I do not feel that it should be the problem as to why we teach vocabulary. Perhaps teaching vocabulary to help them improve reading and reading comprehension would be a better problem that needs to be faced. Using the quizlet site for vocab review is great. It really gives the students the power to interact with the terms, and does it in a medium with which they are familiar. Being able to access students' results via the internet is great for the teacher as well because the teacher can then see where different students were having trouble. Using the site and the internet may allow teachers to help individual students with their different problems. Students who are visual can read the info, and using the internet allows kinesthetic learners and auditory learners to have access to motion and/or headphones to help them interact with the material.
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Day 7 of 31 Days Of Pie comes from my friend Joy.
There are a few things I must say before I jump into Day #7's Pie. Consider it a bit of news, if you will.
1. If I peel back the curtain, you'll see that pies are photographed in groups at our studio, usually 5-10 at a time, then taken home or given to photo staff. There's no way we could or should eat this much food. And maybe if you're lucky, we'll make Frankenpies and drive them to your house or pass over the fence to our neighbor (6! Pies! In! One! Dish!).
2. The pie in today's post came home with me, no doubt about it, and enjoyed with Adam's family. More on this in a bit.
3. Joy The Baker. I can just say that all day. Joy. The. Baker. My friend. And her friendship makes me feel happy and like a better person, especially when I am basically living for her Sunday Posts. It's my way of sitting at the table with her drinking coffee and reading the news. I'm not sure she knows this, nor am I'm sure she'd want me in a tattered robe sitting across from her. At least there's no bedhead, sadly. Baldness can suck it.
4. Ok, on to this pie.
Duality aside, nothing makes me happier than old-fashioned pies that conjure up images of country kitchens and loud swinging screen doors (you can almost hear a radio show off in the distance, right?) Also, nothing makes me happier than modern over-the-top fun pies, filled with so much spirit that the ooohs-and-ahhs from people become giddy laughs. THIS IS THAT PIE. And it also gets bonus points for me for being salty, which is a fantastic way to cut through what could be an overly sweet pie. It's not for the faint of heart, this pie makes a bold statement, but so will your family and friends when they see it. In fact, if you're Adam's brother you might throw out some expletives right in front of the sentence, so that "HOLY $*@& @&&#* CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PIE" can be heard no less than 8 houses down the street.
Joy The Baker's Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie from her new book, Homemade Decadence.
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
- ¼ cup packed light brown sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup smooth all-natural peanut butter
- Graham Cracker Crust or Chocolate
- Cookie Crust (recipes below)
- 11/2 cups heavy cream
- 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
OPTIONAL GARNISH (Matt: Joy says optional but really, you're telling me you'd skip these things? Do it. Trust).
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped peanut butter cups
- ½ cup coarsely chopped salted pretzels
- 2 ounces dark chocolate, melted
- For the filling, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the cream until it holds soft peaks, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl.
- In the same bowl of the electric mixer (you don't have to rinse it out) fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese on medium speed until smooth and pliable, about 3 minutes. Add the brown sugar, salt, and vanilla extract and beat well. Beat in the peanut butter until smooth. Remove the bowl from the mixer and gently fold in a quarter of the whipped cream. Gently fold in another quarter of the whipped cream. Repeat twice with the remaining whipped cream until the mixture is well incorporated but still fluffy. Spoon the filling into the prepared crust.
- For the whipped cream topping, in the clean bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the cream and confectioners' sugar until it holds soft peaks, 4 to 5 minutes. Top the pie with the whipped cream mixture. Cover lightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.
- Just before serving, generously sprinkle with the chopped peanut butter cups or salted pretzels, or drizzle with melted chocolate.
- The pie will last, well wrapped in the refrigerator, for up to 4 days. makes one 9-inch pie.
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- Put a rack in the upper third of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a medium bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and salt. Add the butter and stir with a fork until the mixture is thoroughly moistened. The mixture will not form a dough ball, but will stay a crumby texture.
- Dump the crumb mixture into a 9-inch pie dish and, using your fingers, evenly press the mixture along the bottom and sides of the dish.
- Bake until the crust is slightly golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove the pie dish from the oven and let cool completely before filling. makes one 9-inch pie crust


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I was visiting the Grove Arcade in Asheville, NC and noticed the sunlight looking interesting around this stairwell. Later in the week a gnarled tree trunk in my neighborhood caught my attention as well. Originals at Flickr:
I knew I wanted to do something with the tree and the stairwell, but it looked incomplete when editing, so I brought in a candle that happened to be burning when I was working on this. Finally, I added some texture for unification.
The title of this image is from a lyric in a song by one of my favorite bands, The Deftones, titled, "Pink Cellphone." It's an airy, dark, and experimental-sounding track – qualities also applicable to this image, so I thought it was an appropriate fit. It's not my intent to promote any belief an any kind of power whatsoever. I just like the sound of the song and the pairing with the image.
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text: This comfortable hotel is close to the Palacio de Congresos (Convention Centre) and to the Recinto Ferial de Montjuïc-Barcelona (Fair Grounds). It has a direct access to the airport and Barcelona-Sants railway station. It is ten minutes walk from the city centre by underground or coach. With its modern design, including a touch of art deco, you will enjoy the differences this functional hotel offers. The recently constructed building, with the excellent qualities, includes all of the services and equipment necessary to make your stay in Barcelona a pleasant one. Perfect for business or pleasure.


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Ron: I have been developing the Swanson Pyramid of Greatness for years. It's a perfectly calibrated recipe for maximum personal achievement. Categories include: Capitalism, God's way of determining who is smart, and who is poor. Crying, acceptable at funerals and the Grand Canyon. Rage. Poise. Property rights. Fish, for sport only, not for meat. Fish meat is practically a vegetable.
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Hi all, here's my new quick painting. somehow i felt not satisfied with this piece but dunno what i can do to make this better. please help. any c&c are welcome here.
Hi Andrew,
First thing to do here is to really decide upon a design for the city. At the moment, it just looks like a bunch of pencils all stood upright , there is no sense of architecture, no signs of habitation, and nothing to gague scale from. If you look at all the best fictional cities in film, they all have a visual rhythm to them so the viewer can quickly see what type of buildings they are, their size, and how you would move through the buildings.
Once you have decided upon a design and what you want to show in the city, you need to find an interesting way to show it. That means experimenting with different perspectives to find something that converys the right feeling. Maybe you want to show how oppressive the city is and will go for a street level shot looking up at the surrounding buildings, or perhaps a view from above looking down at an angle to show how expansive it is and how it integrates with the surrounding environment...
Finally, once you have those things nailed down, find a colour palette that really works with that environment. Look at photos for light and shadow colour at different times of day and come up with something that has a very realistic sense of light, shadow, saturation and depth. Take a look at these 2 images which both do this well:
I don't have the names of the artists to hand, but neither of these images are mine. Hope it helps!
Hi Nick,
Thank you so much for the explanation!! :) i will certainly take that for my next drawings. Thank you!!
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Come to where you're treated like an old family friend. Our food may be fast but we take no short cuts. With 30 years of restaurant experience we are proud to offer selections that are deep in our Italian heritage and will bring a smile to even the toughest food critic in your life.... Grammy. Whether it's our Eggplant Parmesan Panini or our "famous" Meatball Sub, all food items are prepared the old fashioned way, by using the best ingredients available and of course love. We Italians love to eat and it's no secret that we love to share the experience with friends, so come on over to Piccolo Panini and visit! Italian tradition states that to eat good is to live good and we bring the authentic taste of Italy to Boston to share with you.
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text: It would be nice if mk/fonts.mk and mk/install/fonts had support for things like the following: ${X11BASE}/bin/mkfontscale ${X11BASE}/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo ${X11BASE}/bin/mkfontdir ${X11BASE}/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo (Well it does have that, but fonts.dir is needed before the next step; so can't rely on fonts.mk because it is too late.) ${X11ROOT}/bin/mkfontdir -e ${X11BASE}/lib/X11/fonts/encodings \ -e ${X11BASE}/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large \ ${X11BASE}/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo ${LOCALBASE}/bin/fc-cache ${X11BASE}/lib/X11/fonts/TTF I think fc-cache should be ran automatically each time a new font package is added. The above are examples of what is used for new XFree86-fontsScalable. Jeremy C. Reed http://www.reedmedia.net/


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This is an introduction to Japanese verbs and conjugation, and provides the background for Part 2 of the Beginning Lessons. This lesson doesn't require you to have read anything else in Part 1, but the rest of Part 2 assumes that you are familiar with most of Part 1.
Recommended background:
The Structure of a Japanese Sentence
Where We're At
If you've been reading from the beginning, you should have a pretty good understanding of the basic structure of a Japanese sentence:
|[Sentence-ending particles/
clausal conjunction]
As you've seen, only the verb or adjective is strictly necessary. Other elements are often omitted for brevity, or simply not needed in every sentence. Though we've shied away from the details of verbs and adjuncts so far, most of this was pretty straightforward – put the right things in the right spots and you're all set.
Now we get into the tricky stuff, because there's not much we can do with verbs until we talk about verbal arguments and conjugation.
What is a Verb?
The traditional definition for a verb is something that expresses an "event" or "state of being". While this may be true, it's not a terribly helpful definition since most adjectives are arguably "states" and there are plenty of nouns that represent "events". So once again, let's step away from the meaning of verbs and instead focus on how they are used.
But first, we need to set one thing straight: the "verbs" that you would find in a Japanese dictionary are actually made up of two parts: the verb itself, and tense.
Take the verb taberu, for example. Normally translated as "to eat", taberu is not a root word, but a verb with a present tense suffix, which you can easily see by comparing it with the past tense form.
|(I/you/someone) eat(s)
|(I/you/someone) ate
So it's really just tabe that means "eat". While English verbs appear in their bare, untensed form in dictionaries, verbs in Japanese dictionaries appear in dictionary form, which is simple present tense. We'll use dictionary form most of the time when talking about individual verbs, but we need to make the distinction between verb roots and tensed verbs if we're going to make sense of Japanese verb conjugation.
By this point you may be asking, "Is this really any different from English?" After all, if we ignore irregular past forms like "ate", plenty of English verbs show present and past tense suffixes, "learn-s" and "learn-ed" for example. Although the difference isn't clear when you look at simple verbs, Japanese and English start to diverge when we add in auxiliary verbs.
But before we get into any of that stuff, let's finish what we started in the previous lessons by filling in some details about verb arguments and case particles.
Arguments and Case Particles
In The Structure of a Japanese Sentence you learned about the case particles ga and o, which mark subjects and objects respectively. Every Japanese verb takes a subject, and some also take objects. Verbs that take an object are called transitive verbs, and those that don't are intransitive.
Some verbs take two objects; these are called ditransitive verbs. In English, some verbs that allow both of these objects to be nouns, but usually one or both appear as part of a prepositional phrase. In Japanese, all nominal objects are marked by case particles; when there are two, one is marked by o, and the other by a different particle, ni.
|Verb Type
|[Yamada-san ga] hashiru.
|Yamada runs.
|Subject and object
|[Matsutani-san ga] [raamen o] taberu.
|Matsutani eats ramen.
|Subject and two objects
|[Shindo-san ga] [Suzuki-san ni] [meishi o] ageta.
|Shindo gave (his) business card to Suzuki.
In the case when there are two objects, the ni object goes first by default, but object ordering is one of the places where Japanese is particularly flexible. The key thing to remember is that the particle determines the thematic role (the meaning) of the object, not the position.
As it turns out, objects that are nouns in English tend to be o objects in Japanese, and to-phrases in English are usually ni objects in Japanese. These categories also line up with accusative and dative case-marked nouns in other languages.
However, some object that are nouns in English take ni in Japanese, some prepositional objects in English use o in Japanese. Furthermore, just as it's possible for English verbs to take just a single prepositional object, some Japanese verbs take only a ni-object.
|Noun Phrase <-> Ni-object
|Bill boarded/rode [the train].
|Biru-san ga [densha ni] notta.
|Prep. Phrase <-> O-object
|Mary looked [at an old picture].
|Mearii-san ga [furui shashin o] mita.
In addition to o and ni, there are several other particles that frequently mark objects in Japanese, including kara (from), made (to), and to (with), which have more of an inherent meaning associated with them. These are not considered to be case particles, but normal postpositions, just like prepositions in English.
Finally, entire clauses can also be objects, such as in "John said [that Ana went shopping]" and "Fred asked [if the movie was any good]". Japanese has such embedded clauses too, but we have to put them off until we get to the necessary conjugations.
Now we turn our attention to the more difficult aspects of verbs: auxilary verbs and verb conjugation.
Inflections, Auxiliaries, and Tense
Inflection, roughly, is a change in a root form of a word that has a purely grammatical basis. Inflection commonly takes the form of affixes, that is, prefixes and suffixes.
One form of inflection is agreement, where verbs and adjectives change form to match the characteristics of the nouns they are associated with, such as person (I/you/he), number (singular vs plural), and gender (he vs she). Japanese verbs do not agree with thieir subjects for person, so there is no differerence between "I/you eat" and "he/she eats" in Japanese. There is no agreement for number or gender either, unlike most European languages.
But Japanese verbs do have a variety of grammatical suffixes. In addition to tense suffixes, which you've already seen, there are also the auxiliary verbs, often shortened to just auxiliaries, which are words that appear in addition to a main verb and modify its basic meaning.
Does it sound a bit odd to you that suffixes can be words? The truth is that what counts as a "word" is not always clear, but one trait of words is that they have unique positions in a sentence, and in this respect, Japanese auxiliaries are exactly like English auxiliaries. Let's look at one Japanese auxiliary with a close English equivalent: the passive auxiliary.
|(something) is eaten
|(something) was eaten
There's a difference here that's easy to overlook at first glance, but we can tease it out if we make a gloss for the English version as well.
|is eat-en
|be-PRES eat-PAST PARTICIPLE
Note: "past participle" is a term borrowed from Latin grammar and has nothing to do with past tense in English.
There, now we can see it: the English passive construction is made up of two components, the auxiliary "be" and the verb suffix "-en", but in Japanese there is just a single passive auxiliary.
Furthermore, in the English version, the tense suffix was attached to the main verb in the simple case, but now it's attached to the auxiliary. Effectively, the tense suffix has moved. In the Japanese version, there's something much simpler going on: the relative ordering of the verb and tense is unchanged, and the passive auxiliary –rare is just inserted between them.
Although the difference is subtle, verbal suffixes actually fall into two categories:
- The first, like -ed and -en in English don't have a unique sentence position, but instead latch onto other verbal elements depending what combination those elements appear in. -ed appears on whatever verb or auxiliary is first, and -en appears on one that is preceded by be.
- The other, like -ru and -ta in Japanese, do have a unique sentence position, much like what we normally think of as a "word", and not really any different from auxiliary verbs in Japanese, or English for that matter. In Japanese, the verb is always first, tense is last, and auxiliaries come in between.
So the "verb" slot in our sentence structure from above is actually made up of at least three slots. Actually, let's add in negation (also a "suffix" in Japanese) too, to make the pattern even more clear.
|Piza wa
|[main verb]
English has the "tense" position as well, but only future tense (will) makes use of this position in simple sentences. The entire sequence is exactly the same as in Japanese, just mirrored.
|The pizza
|[main verb]
Really, this should come as no surprise when you consider that the noun-preposition and verb-object orderings in these two languages also mirror eachother.
What's interesting about English is that we can put a variety of other words with more complex meanings, like "can", "might", and "should", in the tense position as well. Such words are called modal auxiliaries, and share the characteristic of implying that the event in question may not have actually happened yet.
Japanese, on the other hand, doesn't have any auxiliaries of this exact sort, or even a distinct future tense. What I've been calling "present tense" is really non-past tense, and is distinguished between present and future by context or with adjuncts such as "now", "at 3:00", "next week", and so on.
Verb Classes
As I alluded to in the beginning, verb conjugation in Japanese isn't quite as simple as tacking on all the desired suffixes, though this does account for a great deal of it. As you saw, Japanese lacks the complex gender/person/number agreement on verbs found in European languages as well as the general weirdness of English irregular verbs.
But Japanese verbs and auxiliaries do vary in form slightly depending on what combination you use them in. Let's look at a few forms of another verb, "to write", with dictionary form kaku.
|(something) is written
|(someone) writes
|(someone) writes
|(someone) can write
Note: normally you wouldn't use this weird hyphenation for the Romaji, but at the moment we're interested in what exactly each part is.
From this we can clearly see that the root of kaku is kak. You should also notice that the present tense suffix is -u rather than -ru – more on this in a bit.
Verbs like kaku which have a stem that ends in a consonsant are called consonant-stem verbs, and the other type, like taberu, are called vowel-stem verbs. ("Root" and "stem" mean the same thing in the current context.)
The significance to this distinction is that it lines up exactly with the two regular conjugation classes in Japanese – every consonant-stem verb is in conjugation Group I, and every vowel-stem verb is in Group II. There are almost no verbs that don't fall into one of the two conjugation schemes, and within each group, all verbs conjugate alike, with almost no exceptions.
With that, I'll go ahead and give you your first conjugation rule: the present tense suffix takes the form –u for Group I verbs, and –ru for Group II verbs.
Most auxiliaries also fall into these categories. In other words, the form of a second auxiliary (including tense markers) depends on the first as if it too is in either Group I or II. For example, –rare is in Group II, so the present tense marker is –ru if it directly follows.
What are the exceptions then? The main verbs suru (to do) and kuru (to come), and the auxiliary verb mas(u) (the politeness marker). But even suru and kuru look like Group II verbs in most of their forms (with some quirks), and mas(u) behaves mostly like a Group I verb (hence the 'u' that usually follows). There are also a handful of verbs that are irregular in a single form (iku, aru, kureru, iu).
Finally, there are a number of verbs that are made by combining a noun with suru – we call these suru verbs. For example, kaimono is "shopping", and kaimono suru is "to shop". The suru in these verbs conjugates the same way as the lone suru.
How to Tell Which Conjugation Class a Verb is In
From what you know so far, you should be able to give me a verb in dictionary form if I give you the root. But what if you need to go in the other direction? Since any verb you find in a dictionary is going to be in, well, dictionary form, this is information you need in order to conjugate it.
Identifying Group I verbs is easy: if there's no 'r' directly preceding the final 'u', then it must be in Group I. We know this because the present tense suffix for Group II verbs is always -ru. Group II verbs are trickier, since a verb ending in 'ru' could have a root that ends in 'r', or the 'r' might be part of the present tense suffix.
Fortunately, there are no Group II verbs ending in "-aru", "-uru", or "-oru", so such verbs are guaranteed to be in Group I. But for verbs ending in "-iru" or "-eru", you will need to memorize which group each is in. There are even a few pairs of Group I and II verbs that look the same in dictionary form, such as kaer-u (to go home) and kae-ru (to change).
There are also some verbs that appear not to have any consonant before the final 'u', such as kau (to buy), yet conjugate as Group I verbs. All such verbs actually have a silent 'w' in their root, which shows up in the passive form, such as in kaw-are-ru. Remember that 'wa' is the only remaining 'w' mora in modern Japanese, and that words that used to have 'w' before any other vowel are now pronounced with just the vowel.
In summary, for verbs in dictionary form:
- If there is a consonant other than 'r' before the final 'u', the verb is in Group I.
- If there is no consonant before the final 'u', the verb is in Group I.
- If the verb ends in -aru, -uru, or -oru, it's in Group I.
- If the verb ends in -iru or -eru, it may be in Group I or II.
As we noticed above, the present tense marker has the form -u after Group I verbs, like in kak-u and kak-imas-u, and -ru after Group II verbs, like in tabe-ru and tabe-rare-ru. For this reason, Group I verbs are also called u-verbs and Group II verbs are also known as ru-verbs.
Curiously, the disappearance of the 'r' in present tense u-verbs happens to prevent two consonants from occurring in sequence (there's nothing like "kak-ru"). Similarly, the extra 'i' in kak-imas-u is absent in tabe-mas-u, the polite form of taberu, avoiding two adjacent vowels (no "tabe-imas-u").
As it turns out, this rule is remarkably consistent: if adding an auxiliary would cause there to be two consonants or vowels in a row, the second consonant or vowel is deleted. In other words, what we're seeing here is contraction. This pattern actually accounts for the majority of the differences between Groups I and II.
The Conjugation Process
At this point, I can finally give you a decent definition of "conjugation". One traditional definition is something like "the inflection of verbs", but as you've seen, verb conjugation in Japanese involves affixation (suffixation, to be specific) and contraction, but not inflection of the sort found in European languages. Let's make this our definition instead:
Japanese verb conjugation = affixation + contraction
Additionally, there are a couple situations where other sound changes are required. One is in irregular verbs such as suru and kuru, and the other is in auxiliaries beginning with 't', which cause sound changes in the preceding verb or auxiliary if it is in Group I (yes, it really is that specific).
To review, here's the full process:
- Start with a root verb.
- Choose the first auxiliary to add as a suffix.
- Choose the correct form of the auxiliary depending on the conjugation class of the root.
- If applicable, change the form of the root to fit with the chosen auxiliary (usually not necessary).
- Repeat steps (2-4) for any additional auxiliaries.
The good news is that you already understand the basic principle behind step 3, leaving less to memorize than would otherwise be necessary. And in the case of step 4, all the relavent auxiliaries (those starting with 't') cause exactly the same sound changes, so there is only one pattern to memorize.
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From here we'll move into the practical side of using verbs, inclusing your first two conjugated verb forms, masu-form and te-form and their derivatives, as well as a some basic particles and a few special groups of verbs.
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Incentive Compensation appears to have become a "hot" topic since we introduced ICP (Incentive Compensation Programs) to the agency industry several years ago. During the soft market an ICP was a self-defense mechanism for many agents who found their revenue base eroding while their employees continued to expect salary increases. From the employees' standpoint, they were working hard and deserved more money. From the agent's standpoint, he was generating less revenue, but was expected to pay more each year in salaries. This proved to be a vicious circle, the result of which was that most agents continued to grant salary increases and permitted their profits and personal incomes to erode each year.
During the soft market, an ICP educated the employees of a business to the fact that they can expect to profit only when the business for which they work also grows and profits. In a receding marketplace, if most businesses shrink (i.e. the reaction to continuous rate decreases for 15 years) and employees find themselves without raises for a number of years as a result of this poor market, they will also find it hard to find suitable alternative employment in an industry that is suffering along with his/her employer. But most employees simply didn't understand the economics of an agency.
In many cases, the employees were simply not told of the agency's results. The agent was fearful that if he told the employees that times were tough they would a) leave for greener pastures or b) tell his companies and clients that the agency was suffering bad times. The agent was embarrassed even though the entire industry was suffering the same results as his agency. Hopefully, most of those agents are now gone. It is as important for the employees to know the agency's performance as it is for the owner to know its performance. After all, the employees are making a career out of the agency. Their greatest fear is that the agent will decide to sell without telling them. The fear of the unknown is always worse than any reality. In reality, when agents told their employees about their situation, the employees pulled together and tried to help the agency solve its problems.
One of those problems was the compensation issue in tough times. Those agents entering ICP's during the soft market found that their employees understood the need to "tighten their belts" (as long as the owner tightened his as well). Once they understood the relationship between their compensation and productivity and profitability of the agency. Many agents simply didn't believe that their employees would either understand or care about the need for the agency to grow and profit. However, in most cases, the employees surprised the owners, and both understood the issues and pulled together to enhance the agency's growth and bottom line. In almost every case of an ICP in an agency during the soft market, the agency outperformed the market by both growing more than expected and controlling costs better than expected.
As we all know, the soft market is over. Now agencies are calling for Incentive Compensation Programs to reward employees and to keep the strongest performers in their agencies, and, while the circumstances are different than in the soft market, the ICP in a hard market is a tool to both reward and motivate your strong employees.
Every agency feels the need to grow. However, growth alone does not define productivity or profitability. Productivity is measured most simply as Revenue per Employee. There are statistics that we gather every year to define the "averages", but, frankly, the "average" shouldn't matter to you unless you strive to be Average. What matters are your own historical productivity and the improvements that you score each year. Productivity alone does not equate to growth. If you permanently lose an employee and maintain the same number of clients and revenue with the remaining employees, you have increased productivity, but NO ONE HAS EVER SHRUNK TO GREATNESS. So productivity must be accompanied by growth to accomplish the main task of making money and increasing the value of the business.
We have analyzed many an agency whose growth rate is good, but can't meet payroll or its carrier statements. The agencies that are in deep financial trouble almost have to grow since they count on growth dollars to pay last month's bills. They have over-extended themselves and constant growth is their only roadblock to bankruptcy. These agents constantly feel like hamsters in a cage. They go fast and put a lot of mileage on their wheels, but they never make any progress. If your operations are too expensive for your agency's revenue the best solution is to call us and allow us to overhaul your financial and administrative operations. Please DO NOT implement any type of Incentive Compensation Program in the hope that you will not have to pay as much in an objective compensation program as you feel obligated to pay in a subjective salary review because the profitability is not there. Not only will the ICP fail, but also you will likely lose your best performing employees (mediocrity always seems to hang around). Solve your profit problem first – then install an ICP.
An ICP fits best in an agency that is profitable, but has a need to grow and would like to see its employees participate in both creating the growth and enjoying its rewards. Of course that sounds like most agencies at first blush, but there are a lot of "IF's".
· An ICP will work IF the owner either is or wants to build a participative management agency. A participative management agency is not a democracy. It is a business in which all employees share in the creative process of business development.
· An ICP will work IF employees feel that their input is valued and that their ideas will be acted upon.
· An ICP will work IF the employees can actually track their progress toward salary increases on a month-by-month basis.
· An ICP will work IF the owner desires to replace a subjective salary administration program with one that is highly objective.
The ICP begins with the owner identifying the "Strike Points" of the program. The first Strike Points are the target profit level at which the ICP will pay the full salary advance earned and the minimum profit level below which no raises will be earned. In some agencies the minimum profit level under which raises are not given is zero. In other agencies, debt requires a minimum profit level before a return can be earned by the owners. That level becomes the Minimum Profit Level for the ICP. The target profit defines the profit margin at which the owners achieve a fair return on their investment. The second Strike Points are the growth goal at which the entire salary advance is given. This is the minimum growth under which only a pro-rata portion of the advance is given. If neither Strike Point is achieved, no raises are given. If either Strike Point is achieved then the percentage of the full salary increase given will be a pro-rata percentage of the under-achieved Strike Point. For instance if the growth rate were achieved and the profit margin was 80% of the target, the employee only earns 80% of the raise.
If an agency does not have defined jobs easily measurable in terms of revenue per employee changes, the Strike Points, themselves, determine the qualifications of the employees for raises. For instance, small agencies have a number of employees, all of whom interact and perform the same varied functions for all customers. The strike points are the only qualifiers needed for the ICP. The agency owner selects a percentage of the growth that is available for raises (hint: take your compensation and divide it by your total revenue to come up with a good guesstimate of the required percentage). If the owner selects 20%, then 20% of the growth is devoted to raises next year (as long as the profit is above the target profit level). The percentage of raises earned by each employee is equivalent to his/her compensation as it relates to the total agency compensation last year. For instance, if an employee earned $40,000 and the employee paid $500,000 in compensation last year, (s)he will earn a raise equivalent to 8% of the available raise fund as defined by 20% of growth (assuming growth in excess of target range and profit in excess of target range).
If employees have defined jobs from which productivity can be calculated (i.e. CSRs who may be responsible for a book of business), then the gauge of the Incentive Compensation Program for them is the increase in their specific productivity factor (i.e. revenue size of the book of business for which they are responsible) along with department growth and profitability factors. In other words, their compensation grows by a factor of their productivity growth (i.e. if productivity grows by 12%, so does compensation) as long as the department growth and profit meet their Strike Points.
The ICP, whether simply calculated on agency growth and profit or refined to individual productivity, only pays a portion of growth to compensation. There is more than enough left to pay all other extended expenses AND profit the agency, as well. Agents are using this to partner their employees into the continued growth, productivity, and profit of the agency, raising the enthusiasm of employees since they themselves calculate their own raises each year. However, an ICP does not replace employee evaluations. The ICP assumes that the employee is performing strongly enough to remain in the agency. If so, the employee, not the manager or owner, determines his/her own compensation by virtue of individual or group productivity and performance.


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Another outfit post like usual and I did it with my mom's stuff again. How interesting it was! I was actually just thinking about nothing when it comes across my mind immediatly, like wooossh! I suddenly remember that my mom has a very lovely long skirt and it was inspired me a lot. So, I decide to take an outfit post with that skirt, but too bad I forgot to bring one thing I need just to make the outfit complete, a cool necklace I got from @whatso_store. You should check their instagram account, because they sell all of the necklaces only for 35K!
Yes, I do regret for not bringing that necklace but well this is how the style works, hope you guys love it!
Hat - Kota Tua, Vintage denim vest - Pasar Senen, Vest (wear inside) - Mom's, Long skirt - Mom's, Leather bag - Pasar Senen, Clogs - Misyelle
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Stem Cell Policy as Bar-Room Brawl: A Round in the Courts
The latest punch in the ongoing stem cell policy brawl has landed in federal court over the interpretation of a law restricting federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. This round's winners: advocates of such research. But the fight's far from over.
James W. Fossett and Michelle N. Meyer, August 2011
Against One-Size-Fits-All Research Ethics
When the federal government funds research on human beings, researchers must follow regulations known as the "Common Rule" intended to protect their human subjects. Many observers believe the range of activities covered by the Common Rule under the label "human subjects research" has become unwieldy. Recent increases in methods of conducting research such as biobanking (research on stored biological samples) and Internet-based research (in which investigators recruit and interact with subjects online) have renewed objections to the Common Rule's one-size-fits-all approach to research ethics. In this short column written for a technical audience, Rockefeller Institute Fellow Michelle N. Meyer argues that a more nuanced approach to research ethics is overdue.
Michelle N. Meyer, Hastings Center Report, September-October 2010
Bioethics at the Institute
The Institute's work in bioethics focuses on stem cell research, assisted reproductive technologies and more. In this series of interviews, our experts discuss this emerging field, and the role federal-state relations play in its development.
Democracy, Federalism and Moral Issues, May 2010
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Many assumed that the Obama administration would usher in a sea change from the previous administration by expanding support from the National Insitutes of Health for human embryonic stem cell research and reducing the patchwork of state and federal regulations that currently governs it. In this article, Michelle N. Meyer and James W. Fossett of the Rockefeller Institute's Health Policy Research Center conclude that changes in stem cell research from the Bush era are actually likely to be limited in scope.
Michelle N. Meyer and James W. Fossett, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal, Fall 2009
States' Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies[PDF]
This paper addresses the extent to which the rights of privacy and reproductive liberty protected by the United States Constitution prevent states from regulating assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs). It concludes that under the best interpretation of the Supreme Court's existing case law, states have ample room to regulate individuals' decision to procreate, including decisions to use ARTs. States, pursuant to their police powers, may regulate ARTs in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of their citizens. However, courts will strictly scrutinize any regulation of procreation that distinguishes socially disfavored groups for different treatment. Similarly, even where a regulation would apply equally to all citizens, it must serve a legitimate governmental interest, rather than merely reflect "outmoded taboos."
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Stem Cell Research Policy in an Obama Administration
This paper examines the current and likely future funding picture for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. It outlines the Bush administration's regulatory and funding policies, inventories current state and private funding for stem cell research, and evaluates the factors likely to shape future stem cell funding. The author, who directs health and Medicaid studies at the Rockefeller Institute, concludes that while it seems likely the federal government may well harvest low-hanging legislative fruit that has already passed Congress by substantial margins, the odds of a major shift in federal stem cell policy, at least in the short run, are low.
James W. Fossett, Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics, May 2009
Federalism & Bioethics: States and Moral Pluralism[PDF]
Bioethicists are often interested mostly in national standards and institutions, but state governments have historically overseen a wide range of bioethical issues and share responsibility with the federal government for still others. States ought to have an important role. By allowing for multiple outcomes, the American federal system allows a better fit between public opinion and public policies.
James Fossett, Alicia R. Ouellette, Sean Philpott, David Magnus, and Glenn McGee, Hastings Center Report, November-December 2007
Federalism by Necessity: [PDF]
State and Private Support for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
States and private foundations are spending substantial amounts on human embryonic stem cell research and are likely to continue to do so, according to James W. Fossett of the Rockefeller Institute's Federalism and Bioethics Initiative. In response to a political gridlock in Washington over federal funding for this research, states and private foundations have devoted unusually large amounts of money to support this research in a number of ways. It seems likely that this situation will continue even past the elections of 2008, no matter who wins.
James W. Fossett, August 9, 2007
Bioethics and Politics: Past, Present, and Future[PDF]
Presentation at a conference on Politics and Bioethics sponsored by the Center for American Progress.
James Fossett and Dr. Glenn McGee, John A. Balint Professor of Medical Ethics and director, Alden March Bioethics Institute, Albany Medical College, April 21, 2006
Lessons from Across the Pond: Assisted Reproductive Technology in the United Kingdom and the United States[PDF]
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill legalizing medical marijuana on Monday, after it easily passed the state legislature last month. The bill is colloquially referred to as "Charlotte's Web."
"The approval of Charlotte's Web will ensure that children in Florida who suffer from seizures and other debilitating illnesses will have the medication needed to improve their quality of life," Scott, a Republican, said in a prepared statement after signing the legislation. The bill authorizes a low-THC, non-euphoric strain of marijuana to treat certain medical conditions like childhood epilepsy.
Florida now joins 22 other states and the District of Columbia in legalizing medical marijuana. The bill overwhelmingly passed both houses of the Florida Legislature, passing 111-7 in the House and 30-9 in the Senate. Republicans hold significant majorities in each chamber.
Later this year, Florida voters will weigh a more expansive medical marijuana measure, Amendment 2, which expands the forms of medical marijuana doctors may prescribe and increases the number of individuals who qualify for such a prescription. Scott opposes passage of Amendment 2 and drew support from casino magnate and GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, who donated $2.5 million to the Drug Free Florida Committee to defeat the referendum.
However, prominent Democrats have also voiced opposition to Amendment 2, including Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.
Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, told the Tampa Bay Times: "I have concerns that it is written too broadly and stops short of ensuring strong regulatory oversight from state officials." She also voted against the Farr-Rohrabacher amendment last month, a measure prohibiting the federal government from interfering with state medical marijuana laws.
That ultraconservative Adelson and Democrat stalwart Wasserman Schultz both oppose the same amendment underscores the complicated politics of medical marijuana. Though medical marijuana remains illegal in Republican bastions throughout the South and Midwest, some deeply conservative states like Alaska and Montana have permitted its use for more than 10 years.
Similarly, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has only recently voiced support for medical or decriminalized marijuana in deep blue New York, where both remain illegal.
Marijuana Majority's Tom Angell told the Huffington Post the issue transcends traditional political coalitions. "Polls show overwhelming voter support for medical marijuana across the board, from all parts of the political spectrum."


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Grandma's Poetry Book charts the nostalgic journey from birth to teens as seen through the eyes of a grandmother. It captures the many facets of those fleeting, easily forgotten moments as the grandchildren grow. Touching and funny in turn, the poems resonate with a grandmother's love for her grandchildren.
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The trading session on Thursday, May 08, 2014 ended on a mixed note as the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 16,550.97, up 0.20% and the NASDAQ Composite closed at 4,051.50, down 0.40%. The S&P 500 finished the day 0.14% lower at 1,875.63. During the trading session five out of ten sectors finished on a higher note. The S&P 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector Index ended the day 0.24% higher at 503.05, while the index has declined 1.00% in the previous three months. Investor-Edge has initiated coverage on the following equities: Group 1 Automotive Inc. (NYSE: GPI), Sonic Automotive Inc. (NYSE: SAH), The Priceline Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN) and HomeAway Inc. (NASDAQ: AWAY). Free technical research on GPI, SAH, PCLN and AWAY can be downloaded upon signing up at: http://www.investor-edge.com/2333-register Shares in Group 1 Automotive Inc. finished Thursday's session 0.82% higher at $73.93. 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