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What is the Interest Rate on the GIA Annuity?
Interest on the Initial Purchase Premium is calculated based off a participation rate of LIBOR and recalculated every 3 months. The participation rate is guaranteed for the initial guarantee period of 2 years. After the initial guarantee period, the participation rate is subject to change on each contract year and is guaranteed for the that contract year.
Interest on Subsequent Purchase Premium is a fixed rate during the initial guarantee period of 2 years. After the initial guarantee period, Subsequent Purchase Premium will earn interest the same as the Initial Purchase Premium.
What are the GIA minimum and maximum premium amounts?
The minimum premium required to open a GIA policy is $5,000. Anything over $1,000,000 requires a Home Office approval prior to application
Can I add additional money to the GIA Annuity
Yes, additional premium may be added to the annuity during the first contract year.
What is the LIBOR?
LIBOR is the acronynm for London Inter-Bank Offered Rate, which is a benchmark rate used throughout the world and closely follows the US Federal funds Rate. The LIBOR is also used as a measure of trust in the financial system and reflects the confidence banks have in each other's financial health. Find out more here: LIBOR
Can I make withdrawals without penalty?
During the first contract year of the Surrender Period, the RMD may be with withdrawn without any penalty on IRA funds. After the first contract year, 10% of the Purchase Premium may be withdrawn without any penalty each contract year. No penalties apply to any distribution or surrender after the Surrender Period.
What happens if I need to withdraw more than the penalty free amount?
Durring the Surrender Period, any withdrawal in excess of the penalty free amount will have Surrender charges, Market Value Adjustment and any non-vested premium bonuses apply. When you are applying for the GIA annuity, you may elect to have either a 10 year surrender period or a 14 year surrender period.
What happens to my annuity at the end of my surrender period?
Once the surrender period is over there are no surrender charges, Market Value Adjustment, or any non-forfeiture of premium bonus. Your annuity will continue to earn interest defered until a death benefit is paid, withdrawal or surrender is processed, or request is made for guaranteed income to begin depending on the rider that is selected.
Would I be able to take money without penalty during the surrender period if I have significant changes to my health?
The GIA annuity does allow for withdrawals to be made without any penalty if you are confined to a Nursing Home for 90 consecutive days or been diagnosed with a medical condition which a physician certifies has reduced your life span to 12 months or less. *Restrictions may apply.
What riders are available with the GIA Annuity?
There are three riders that are available to be elected with the GIA annuity. One rider must be elected at the time of application. The three riders are:
- Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Rider: Provides a guaranteed stream of income.
- Legacy Benefit Rider: Provides the potential to have a higher death benefit for beneficiaries.
- Accumulation Benefit Rider: Provides the opportunity for growth while providing some of the benefits of the other riders including a guaranteed stream of income and potential to have a higher death benefit.
What are the issue ages for the GIA?
The issue ages are dependent on the rider that is elected. The issue ages for each rider are as follow:
- Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Rider: 40-85
- Legacy Benefit Rider: 45-85
- Accumulation Benefit Rider: 0-85
Do I receive a Premium Bonus with the GIA Annuity?
If the Legacy Benefit Rider or the Accumulation Benefit Rider are elected at the time of application, a premium bonus is deposited to the Accumulation Value and the Benefit Base Value.
Legacy Benefit Rider
Owner's Issue Age 10 Year Surrender Period 14 Year Surrender Period Under 76 8% 8% 76-80 6% 7% 81-85 1% 2%
Accumulation Benefit Rider:
Owner's Issue Age 10 Year Surrender Period 14 Year Surrender Period Under 76 8% 10% 76-80 6% 7% 81-85 6% 6%
*If the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Rider is elected, an 8% bonus is deposited to the Income Account Value. No Premium Bonus is deposited to the Accumulation Value with this rider.
When would a death claim be paid to my beneficiary(ies)?
A death claim is paid when any owner passes away. Each beneficiary would need to complete the Claim Form.
What is paid to my beneficiaries and what options do they have at the time of death?
The entire Accumulation Value is paid to the beneficiary(ies) at time of death. Each beneficiary is able to elect one of the following options:
- Lump Sum
- Deffered payout within 5 years
- Period certain periodic payments with a minimum of 5 years
- Life periodic payments for the life of the beneficiary
- Life periodic payments with a guaranteed period certain
* Please see Legacy Benefit Rider and Accumulation Benefit Rider Inserts for more information regarding the Legacy Benefits.
How old do I have to be to elect to start the guaranteed income payments?
With both the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Rider and the Accumulation Benefit Rider, the owner must be at least 50 years old before they may begin income payments.
Am I able to get more than my guaranteed income payments in a time of need?
Yes, after a waiting period, if you are ever unable to perform two of the six activities of daily living, you may request to double your income payments for up to 5 years. After 5 years, the income payments will go back to your original guaranteed amount.
What happens if my account value goes below the minimum premium of $2500, but I am receiving guaranteed income payouts?
You will continue to receive your guaranteed income payouts for the rest of your life, even if your account value is depleted completely.


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At least six years, two grindhouse flicks, and three hyperactive children's movies (including this year's Spy Kids 4) will have passed by the time Robert Rodriguez actually gets to directing the eagerly-awaited Sin City 2.
Rodriguez talked up the Sin City sequel at the 2011 Comic-Con, saying that Miller has almost completed a final draft of the script and that the project could begin filming before the year is out. Familiar words, we know.
In an interview with We Got This Covered, Rodriguez revealed that Sin City 2 has also secured the necessary funding to begin moving forward. According to the independent filmmaker, he and Miller just need to put the finishing touches on the screenplay before shooting will commence.
To quote Rodriguez directly:
"'Sin City 2' is going good, we're just finishing the script for that, we already got the money. We have everything we need so we can just start shooting as soon as we get the pages... We've already got the budget, just waiting for the script. As soon as we're finished writing we get to start the shoot."
While there have been a handful of rumors about the plot, it seems most likely that Sin City 2 will be based largely on Miller's "A Dame to Kill For" storyline from his original comic. That particular Sin City mini-series is prime material for a feature-length adaptation; however, it would also reunite familiar faces like Dwight McCarthy (Clive Owen), Marv (Mickey Rourke), and Nancy Callahan (Jessica Alba) on a new grisly adventure in Basin City.
Through the magic of editing and post-production, many of the original Sin City stars were able to film their respective parts without actually being on set at the same time - so reuniting certain cast members on the sequel shouldn't be too much of an issue, regardless of their schedules. Likewise, Miller and Rodriguez will once again be using the former's original Sin City comic book panels as storyboards for the sequel, so visually the whole project has already been structured.
Needless to say: If you weren't a fan of the desaturated black-and-white aesthetic of the original Sin City movie and comics, the followup won't be your cup of tea, either.
If there's any concern about the quality of Sin City 2, it's with respect to any original content that Miller is writing for the film. Put bluntly, most fans agree that the comic book legend's recent work has often felt like a self-parody (see: his "All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder" series and script for The Spirit) and lacks the punch of his classic stories. Hopefully, the second Sin City movie will be a return-to-form of sorts for Miller - and, depending on how you've felt about his recent film output, Rodriguez as well.
We'll keep you posted on the status of Sin City 2.
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Last week we gave you an insider look at Lauren's recent runway show at New York Fashion Week (which was a total dream, by the way). But the Fashion Week fun didn't stop there… After Lauren's show, Team LC hung out in NY for a few more days, covering shows and researching trends for LaurenConrad.com. So today, we wanted to share a few behind-the-scenes snaps from the other shows we attended. Check out our photos below, and learn a few interesting facts about Fashion Week while you're at it…
1. Fact: Some designers have runway shows and some have presentations.
A runway show is what you probably think of when you hear "Fashion Week." But more and more designers are opting to do presentations instead. In a presentation, the models are standing still while attendees walk around the venue, surveying the clothes up close.
Mara Hoffman runway show
Kate Spade presentation
2. Fact: The models' hair and makeup is done in record time.
When you see beautiful Fashion Week beauty looks, you might think that the models spent hours getting runway ready. But it's quite the opposite in fact. Since everyone's Fashion Week schedule is so jam-packed, there's not a ton of time to prep before the show begins. That means that hair stylists, makeup artists, and manicurists not only have to be good—they have to be quick! Beauty editors are invited backstage to capture the process up close, which is how we got these photos.
A "Lucite sunset"-inspired manicure by Essie, backstage at Rebecca Minkoff
A sultry Brigitte Bardot inspired beauty look by TRESemme and MAC Cosmetics backstage at Rachel Zoe
A beautiful brushstrokes manicure by Butter London backstage at Tadashi Shoji
3. Fact: Shows literally never start on time. 30 minutes late is considered on time.
On average, shows start around 30 to 45 minutes late. Seasoned attendees are used to this though, so they plan their arrival accordingly!
Beautiful sequined pinafore at Tibi
The finale at the Erin Fetherston show
4. Fact: Collections show at Fashion Week almost 6 months before they are available to the public.
The purpose of Fashion Week is for editors, buyers, and other fashion industry folk to get an advanced look at designers' collections for next season. This is how buyers decide what orders they will put in for their stores, and editors are able to plan what content they will share with their readers. But for the rest of us who are just lusting over items we saw at Fashion Week shows online, we have to wait almost 6 months until they are available to purchase.
A breakdown of all of the looks backstage at Creatures of Comfort
Beautiful beaded details at the Rachel Zoe presentation
5. Fact: Fashion Week venues are spread out across the city.
This means that editors are often running across town to get from one show to the next (hence the reason the shows all start so late!). But that doesn't mean we can't make time to stop for ice cream along the way…
The Freedom Tower and NYC skyline
Cereal milk ice cream from Momofuku Milk Bar
There you have it!
Did you learn anything new?
XO Team LC


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"There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven -
A time to give birth, and a time to die:
A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to tear down, and a time to build up.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to throw stones, and a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace, and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search, and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away.
A time to tear apart, and a time to sew together;
A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time for war, and a time for peace.
I know that there is nothing better for man than to rejoice and do good in one's lifetime."
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, 12
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TTB Ruling Clarifies Retailers May Bottle and Sell Refillable Wine Growlers
March 13, 2014
The U.S. Department of Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau issued a ruling yesterday clarifying how retailers can legally fill growlers with tax-paid wine for consumption off premise: by registering as tax-paid wine bottling houses.
Whole Foods, a leader in keg wine and in reusable containers, has been selling wine in growlers in Texas for the past two years, and helped pave the way for the TTB ruling. Whole Foods already serves a lot of wine on its premises that is packaged in kegs so growlers are a logical next step.
"As a market leader in terms of alternative alcohol marketing, they're cutting edge and the concept of the reusable containers really fits their image." Compliance Service of America principal Alex Heckathorn said.
Beer is more commonly served in growlers for off premise consumption but federal regulations previously didn't specifically permit retailers to repackage or rebottle wine.
Two states – Oregon and Texas – specifically allow retailers to fill growlers with wine for sale off-premise already. In a third state – Washington – legislation awaiting the governor's signature would allow retailers to bottle wine for off-premise consumption. Legislation recently introduced in Tennessee would also specifically allow retailers to sell wine in refillable containers.
There's some concern coming from industry trade groups that growlers may not be a good idea because of the risks of oxidation. There's also some skepticism in the beer word, where retailers are increasingly offering growlers.
According to Wilridge Winery winemaker Paul Beverage, who is also with Family Winemakers of Washington, legislation to allow retailers to sell growers was initially derailed in Washington, in part because of the ambiguity about the federal rules.
"We hope to be filling growlers at Pike Place market in Seattle this summer," Beverage said. "We've been doing it at our winery in the Madrona area of Seattle for two or three years now and it's been hugely successful. People love it."
John Morgan Comments:
Actually, the Washington Bill awaiting Governor Inslee's signature would not allow retailers to fill growlers. The bill put forward by Family Wineries of Washington State, as originally proposed, would have done so (allowed growlers filling in taverns, wine and beer specialty shops, restaurants and breweries - everywhere beer can be sold in growlers - as well as in winery secondary tasting rooms). Unfortunately the Washington Wine Institute and California Wine Institute threatened to oppose the bill unless the scope was limited to winery secondary tasting rooms only.
Interestingly, neither the CWI or the WWI objected to a bill, also awaiting the Governor's signature, that would allow filling of cider growlers (wine under 7% alcohol made from apples or pears) all the places that beer growlers can be filled.


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Suzanne & Jenifer
The two winners of a pattern of their choice (Castiel, Limpetiole, or Anca's Beret) are:
Melissa & Susan
Congratulations! Please contact me at email@example.com to collect your prize.
Onto the good stuff... I'm absolutely in love with this week's giveaway! Not only do we have a super talented, smart, funny, lovely, darling guest, Liz Abinante, who is famous on Ravelry for her Traveling Woman shawl, but we also have a fantastic and equally talented indie dyer as our yarn sponsor this week, The Plucky Knitter. Sarah who is the lady behind The Plucky Knitter hand dyes stunning skeins of yarn and her yarn literally sells out in minutes when she posts her dyed treasures up in her Etsy shop. If you have not heard about these gals, what yarn skein have you been living under?!
I had the opportunity to chat with Liz about her new Traveling Woman Collection and do a l'il interview with her on Skype recently. Check it out!
Links and such from the videos:
- Liz's blog
- Liz's patterns
- Traveling Woman shawl pattern
- Liz's Traveling Woman knit in Plucky Knitter yarn!
- Traveling Woman Collection on Ravelry or for pre-order on Liz's site.
- Little Red Bicycle
- A Verb for Keeping Warm
- Vivian Hoodie by Ysolda
- Liz's Gothic Rose Yoke disaster!
Thank you so much for visiting us, Liz! It was a treat to have you here on YOTH!
This past October I had a chance to knit the original Traveling Woman shawl pattern (which is still remaining a free pattern, by the way). It is the shawl that I decided to knit for my mom's 50th birthday present, and I made it special by adding Swarovski crystal beads to the pattern while knitting it. My mom truly loves her shawl and Jasmine modeled it in the snow for me to show off this week!
If you would like to know more about my bead placement and see my pattern notes, see my Ravelry project here.
Liz and The Plucky Knitter have put together a ridiculously good giveaway this week for you:
TWO followers have the opportunity to win a PDF copy of the new Traveling Woman Collection e-book and one of the below Plucky Knitter Primo fingering weight yarn skeins (light blue-gray = An Early Light & pink-purple = Wee Bit Sassy).
I would like you to do the following if you would like to be entered into this week's giveaway:
1. Read over the rules if you have not done so already.
2. Leave a comment on this blog post by the end of Sunday, 1/9/11. Liz wants to know: If you could live in a knitted house made of any yarn (time and cost are not a factor), what yarn would it be and why?
Liz's answer, "I would live in a house made of Berroco Lumina in Space Odyssey for no reason other than I want to live in a shiny silver house. I've never actually knit with this yarn, and I'm sure it's impractical and feels odd, but it's so shiny! I would love to live in a space house. I would have bobbles for door knobs and ornate lace windows. It would be the most gaudy house on the block and the envy of knitters everywhere. Obviously."
I'll randomly pick the winners on Sunday and post the results on Monday along with the new giveaway, so be sure to check back. Good luck everyone.


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Hi guys, I'm back and pretty soon I will be going live once again. I know that I haven't submitted anything new in a while, and I am really sorry for that. Because there hasn't been any new exciting or fun lessons uploaded by me, I will start the drawing day by showing you guys "how to draw Cosmo", step by step. If you are familiar with the Nickelodeon series, "Fairly Odd Parents", you know exactly who Cosmo is. He is the better half of Wanda, and he is also Timmy's fairy guardian father. I absolutely love this series, and I crack up every time I watch an episode. Wanda and Cosmo are some of the awesomeness characters in an animated series, and they have definitely made a new page in the cartoon comics hall of fame. Cosmo is what you call a kind hearted, dimwitted fairy that is also unsure on what to do when it's time to do it. He is also recognized by his lime green colored hair, and his energetic, cooky personality. When it comes to drawing cartoons, and other animated characters, the best way to learn how to draw is to find a really good drawing tutorial that is clean, informative, and contains excellent instructions. Anyway, I think you will enjoy this lesson that will show you a simple way to "draw Cosmo", step by step. I will be back in just a bit because I do have more drawing fin in store for you all. Peace out people, and I'm glad to be back.
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|Clovis, Calif.
|High School:
|Clovis West HS
2012-13 Season: Was named first team all-America Sky and was the conference's Scholar-Athlete of the Year…also named the Sacramento State Senior Student-Athlete of the Year…set the school record with a single-season stroke average of 72.69 in 36 rounds…qualified for the NCAA Pullman Regional as an individual…was one of two Hornets to compete in each tournament during the year…had six top 10 finishes, including a tie for first at the Folino Invitational…tied the school 54-hole record after shooting 70-68-66-204 at the Pacific Invitational…had 19 rounds of 72 or lower…had at least one round of par or better in 10 of his 12 tournaments.
2011-12 Season: After not competing during the fall, he was in the lineup for the final six events of the year…averaged 75.00 in 21 rounds…finished eighth at the America Sky Championship for his top finish…also tied for 11th at two events…low round during the season was a career best 69 in the first round of the Braveheart Classic in Beaumont, Calif…shot 69-72-74-215 at that tournament for his 54-hole low…seven of his 18 rounds were even par of lower.
2010-11 Season: Competed in the final two tournaments of the season…tied for eighth at the America Sky Championships…averaged 74.50 in six rounds…lowest round was 73 in the final round of the Braveheart Classic…best 54-hole score was 223 at the America Sky Championships.
2009-10 Season: Did not compete.
2008-09 Season: Redshirted during the season.
High School: A 2008 graduate of Clovis West HS…helped lead the Golden Eagles to the 2007 Tri-River Athletic League and Southern California championships…during his run as a junior, he was named the MVP of the Southern California tournament and all-city…at the 2007 state championships, he shot a 3-over 75 and tied for fifth, individually…averaged 74.1 strokes per round as a junior and 75.4 as a senior.
Personal: Majoring in film studies…mother is Kathleen Goble and father is Robert Williams.
Top Five Finishes
t1 - Folino Invitational (Feb. 17-19, 2013)
t3 - Anteater Invitational (March 25-26, 2013)
t4 - Saint Mary's Invitational (Sept, 24-25, 2012)
t5 - America Sky Championships (April 29-May 1, 2013)
Lowest Rounds
66 - Pacific Invitational, 3rd Round (Oct. 31, 2012)
68 - Saint Mary's Invitational, 2nd Round (Sept. 24, 2012)
68 - Pacific Invitational, 2nd Round (Oct. 30, 2012)
68 - America Sky Championships, 3rd Round (May 1, 2013)
Lowest 54-Hole Scores
204 - Pacific Invitational (Oct. 29-31, 2012)
214 - Saint Mary's Invitational (Sept. 24-25, 2012)
214 - Folino Invitational (Feb. 17-19, 2013)


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WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- News organizations say Mitt Romney's U.S. presidential campaign overbilled them for the expenses of reporters traveling with the Republican nominee.
A letter to the campaign signed by executives from The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times and other organizations was published Monday by BuzzFeed, Politico reported. BuzzFeed's editor, McKay Coppins, also signed the letter.
Some of the signers said they were also contesting the charges with American Express.
"We've dealt with numerous campaigns over the past decades and understand that we pay a premium to travel with a candidate. But recent invoices from your campaign have raised serious questions about the charges you have forwarded to us for travel with Mitt Romney," the letter said.
Romney reportedly spent more than $1 billion during the most expensive presidential campaign in U.S. history, and the campaign still owes more than $1 million.
In the letter, the editors cite charges such as $745 for a vice presidential debate viewing party Oct. 11 and $812 for a "meal and a hold" Oct. 18.


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My sweet mam-ma made the BEST chocolate pie. We used to request it at every holiday dinner or family gathering and it was a fight to see who could eat the most. I have never tried to make it until this weekend. It tasted good but I have a long way to go on being able to make a good meringue. I don't know what the secret it is but I hope one day I can get mine to fluff up like hers always did.
Pie filling:
Frozen or refrigerated pie crust
1 3/4 cup sugar
3 tbsp cornstarch
3-4 tbsp cocoa
1 1/2 cups milk
4 egg yolks
1 tbsp vanilla
2 tbsp butter
4 egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
6-8 large marshmallows
Bake pie crust according to directions. Mix first 3 ingredients. Beat 4 egg yolks and save the whites. Sprinkle salt on eggs. Add milk in eggs. Add to dry and cook on stove top - stir until thick. Add vanilla and butter.
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This is where you can upload your High Elf (Altmer) voice auditions. Please keep this thread only for auditions - feedback and other comments relating to voice work can be posted in the hub thread.
Sample lines:
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Tyermaillin Basic skill training is cheap. We give you discounts for higher rank in the Blades, and we keep our prices low. But advanced training is never cheap, even from us. Look. To get you started, here's my old alembic. Maybe you can get a few gold for it, or use it yourself.
Thank you for taking me to the Elf-Skerring. I was keeping these scrolls just in case something unfortunate happened. Since I have arrived safely, I feel you deserve them.
Voice Description:
High elf males should sound like Benedict Cumberbatch. A deep, rich voice with British inflection. Not commanding in tone, but with an aire of superiority and condescension to others.
High elf females should sound like Cate Blanchett. Most of them need a mature and regal tone with a posh British accent.


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WHERE AND WHEN: Every Tuesday, 2-4pm
FIRST MEETING: Tuesday 6th October, 2-4pm
MOODLE DETAILS: https://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3375
All MSc AED students as well as PhD students supervised by CG, KH, JL, SR in the area of Human Ecology, are enrolled on the HERG site on Moodle, at the start of each term. HERG's Moodle site includes a current news notice-board, funding opportunities, job offers, reading lists, links to outside organisations and seminars of interest.
UCL Anthropology's Human Ecology Research Group (HERG) focuses, on the one hand, on the impact of resource policy and management of people's livelihoods, health and welfare, and on the other, on the impacts of changing resource use on environment and biodiversity. Furthermore, it focuses on developing new methodologies for participatory research. The Human Ecology group includes some 25 staff, postdoctoral and postgraduate researchers working on interactions of resource use, conservation, business and development in regions ranging from Amazonia, East, Central and West Africa to Siberia and South East Asia; in ecosystems from tropical rain forest through drylands to coastal and riverine wetlands, and with a research focus ranging from single species interactions with people (e.g. great apes/large carnivores) through to broader themes such as bushmeat; fire management regimes; fishers and aquatic resources; pastoralists; corporate social responsibility; international initiatives such as REDD, carbon accounting and payments for wildlife conservation. HERG research explores the interactions of eco-system management regimes, wildlife conservation and rural livelihoods in less developed countries, and focuses particularly on ecosystem and threatened species ecology, policy interventions, household economy and livelihoods diversification.
Our research group uses the human ecological perspective, which emphasises interdisciplinarity to develop new understandings and narratives of people's interactions with the natural environment and the impact of human activities on nature. The group consists of a diverse range of contributors - from social anthropologists to ecologists and demographers with research projects across the world.
Who can join
All PhD students supervised by HERG staff are automatically enrolled and others working on related issues are welcome to do so. Masters students taking the Anthropology, Environment and Development programme are also automatically members of HERG.
For more information on current research themes and projects, go to our research page.
A brochure providing information on the MSc in Anthropology, Environment and Development is available.
What we do
Human Ecology is distinctive for its interdisciplinary nature, meshing both natural and social sciences approaches to the study of environment and development issues in both rural and urban settings. It aims to develop a better understanding of the way people impact on the natural world, and conversely of the way environmental policies and practices affect people's welfare, livelihoods, land use and natural resource management.
The Human Ecology Research Group at UCL was set up by Anthropology staff in 1992. From our original focus on African rangelands and forests, the group has expanded its remit to encompass research into rural and urban populations in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Members of the group are directly involved in multi-disciplinary research using anthropological, ecological, historical, demographic and GIS data in the analysis of social factors influencing land use and environmental change. The group provides a forum for masters, post doctoral and post graduate researchers from Anthropology and other Departments to share ideas and experiences relevant to the study of the way people use natural resources, and the ways environmental policies affect welfare and livelihoods.
HERG promotes information sharing and communication between researchers by providing a regular forum for research students as well as academics to present work in progress, to receive feed-back and to develop ideas with other researchers and conservation professionals. As postgraduates have completed their research and gone on to professional roles outside UCL, the group has evolved into a broader association that includes individuals based in other institutes and agencies. HERG members share a keen interest and experience in the management and maintenance of the natural environment, and concern for understanding the role of key stakeholders, from households and local communities to local, national and international development, commercial and government agencies. Collaboration with national and international policy makers and practitioners is considered a priority by the group, given the very applied nature of the research area.
Past and current members of HERG are working with a range of national and international government agencies as well as with research institutes and other universities, NGOs, charitable organisations, and consulting companies involved in environment and development, These include: Farm Africa, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the International Livestock Research Institute, the European Union; the Department for International Development (UK); the International Institute for Environment and Development (UK); the Ford Foundation (Mozambique); the World Wide Fund for Nature; CARE (Canada); Flora and Fauna International; the Environment and Development Group (Oxford, UK); the Harvard Tropical Forestry Field Project; SOS Sahel International (UK); the Food and Agricultural Organisation, Rome); and the Institute of Zoology, (London, UK). Research carried out by the group can be broadly grouped into research programmes and research projects.
- Research programmes include studies carried out in collaboration with other universities and research institutions, primarily in Europe and Africa, involving a number of researchers from different disciplines. Research programmes carried out by the HERG include the European Union (EU) and the Department for International Development (DFID) funded studies in Benin and Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroon, Tanzania and Kenya.
- Research projects include studies designed and carried out by individual researchers, usually in close collaboration with national development, conservation or research programmes in the study country. Such research projects have been carried out in Algeria, Brazil, Belize, British Guyana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kenya, Lao PDR, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Siberia, Sierra Leone, Sri lanka, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, UK, Vietnam, Zimbabwe and others. Current post-graduates within HERG are funded by ESRC, EU, DFID, WWF, and IUCN among others.
Research themes
Major research activities and achievements focus on resource use, conservation and development, as well as population, migration and refugee studies.
Resource use, conservation and development
Degradation discourses have dominated policies of developing country governments and international conservation agencies, sometimes in ways that undermine conservation and development goals. Our research, focusing on local land use, livelihoods, tenure, access and resource use impacts, challenges conventional wisdom and practice in important test cases, including our current project on Biodiversity, Ecosystem services, Social sustainability and Tipping Points in East African Drylands (Katherine Homewood, Aidan Keane, with IoZ, ILRI and ATPS: NERC/ESRC/DFID funded, 2011-2013). Multi-site rangelands research in East Africa demonstrated the conservation-compatible nature of pastoral land use in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem, analysed the microeconomics of ecotourism's failure to underpin sustainable conservation and development, and explored impacts of veterinary interventions (Katherine Homewood, Sara Randall, with postdocs Michael Thompson, Pippa Trench, Fumi Mizutani Wells; DfID- and DGIC-funded). This led to practical involvement with UN-OCHA training for Ethiopian government officials, advice and advocacy; a Linacre Lecture (Katherine Homewood, 2003) co-chairing a Wellcome Symposium Panel (Animal Health in Developing Countries: Homewood, Cambridge, 2007) and membership of EU-FP7 Advisory Group for International Scientific Cooperation (2006-).
Caroline Garaway addresses comparable concerns in small-scale fisheries where development, conservation and enhancement programmes frequently have unexpected and undesirable impacts, either in terms of fisheries production and/or biodiversity and/or local livelihoods. Research focuses on how a greater understanding of local livelihoods, patterns of resource use and systems of control, tenure and access can both explain and potentially improve conservation/development outcomes. Systems under study have included inland Fisheries Enhancement (Lao PDR); Marine Protected Areas (Carribean); Riverine Reserves (Indonesia) and ricefield ecosystems (India, Lao PDR). She collaborates with overseas governments (West Bengal, Lao PDR, Thailand), universities (UWI, AIT), and national/international research agencies (CANARI, WorldFish, CIFRI, FAO). Caroline Garaway held visiting fellowships at Sydney (2003) and Worldfish Cambodia (2007), gave invited presentations at the 7th and 8th Asian Fisheries Forum 2004, 2007, and contributed to organising international meetings including Institutional Arrangements for Marine Protected Areas, Mexico 2002, and International Symposia on Enhancement and Sea Ranching Seattle, (2007) and Shanghai, China, (2011).
Related issues surround tropical forest people's non-timber forest product (NTFP) extraction, conservation and development (Katherine Homewood, Jerome Lewis, postdocs since 2001 include Terry Sunderland, Noelle Kumpel, Naya Sharma Paudel) linking to other research groups (co-supervisions with Primate ecology), departments (Biology, Geography), and the Institute of Zoology (co-supervisions on people/predator interactions, bushmeat, NTFPs). Jerome Lewis began working with Pygmy hunter-gatherers and former hunter-gatherers in Rwanda in 1993. This led to work on the impact of the genocide on Rwanda's Twa Pygmies. Since 1994 he has worked with Mbendjele Pygmies in Congo-Brazzaville researching child socialisation, play and religion; egalitarian politics and gender relations; and communication. Studying the impact of global forces on many Pygmy groups across the Congo Basin has led to research into human rights abuses, discrimination, economic and legal marginalisation, and to applied research supporting conservation efforts by forest people and supporting them to better represent themselves to outsiders.
Population and migration
The implications of mobility for demogrpahic dynamics, livelihoods and human well-being is of major theoretical, methodological and applied importance. Sara Randall's work challenges purely quantitative demography, demonstrating the importance of anthropological approaches. Her ESRC-funded research on demographic implications of repatriating former refugee pastoralists contributed to the emerging field of demography of conflict. This work supported an RA and led to visiting fellowships (American University of Beirut, 2003 and Université Laval Québec 2011). Consultancies with FAO (migrant fishers) and OXFAM (pastoralist survey methodologies) led to further ESRC-funded research 2007-9, with important applied implications for poverty mapping (see below on households). Sara Randall is involved in the Ouagadougou Population Observatory in collaboration with ISSP, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. This demographic surveillance system is following six poor urban communities. She is focusing health issues amongst migrants to Ouagadougou and the welfare of the elderly in these communities. Further West African work collaborating (funded by Nuffield small social science grant) with Nathalie Mondain (University of Ottowa) and Alioune Diagne (IN-DEPTH NETWORK, Accra) is investigating the impact of international migration on those left behind in Senegal, Alioune was awarded a British Academy visting research fellowship to spend two months working with HERG in 2008.
Current projects
1. Changing Maasai Land Use and Livelihoods (Katherine Homewood, ongoing):
Multi site comparative study and synthesis of the outcomes of changing land use and the implications for wildlife conservation, poverty reduction and economic development: Kenyan, Ethiopian and Tanzanian rangelands. Funded by ESPA (ESRC/NERC/DfID); ASARECA (USAID), EU.
2. Forest people resource use and rights (Jerome Lewis, ongoing):
Studying the impact of global forces on many Pygmy groups across the Congo Basin has led to applied research supporting conservation efforts by forest people and supporting them to better represent themselves to outsiders, as well as research into human rights abuses, discrimination, economic and legal marginalisation. Recent work has examined the impact of international standards for industrial companies working in areas of high biodiversity, and used this information to promote best practice, with publications on free, prior and informed consent (2008), and corporate greivance mechanisms (2011) and by contributing to the development of the Forest Stewardship Council's regional guidelines for the Congo Basin.
As part of efforts to increase local capacity to implement higher standards in eco-system management, Jerome Lewis was central to the establishment of The Centre for Social Excellence in Cameroon that trains young Congo Basin post-graduates in social forestry, and the community radio station Biso na Biso in northern Republic of Congo that promotes local understading of environmental and social issues in local languages. Work developing Extreme Citizen Science has lead to a major new project funded by EPSRC (2011-2016) to develop the technologies and practices to support any community, regardless of literacy or educational levels, to elaborate and implement Citizen Science projects as a means to address environmental problems and human rights issues.
3. Anthropological demography, especially of African nomadic pastoralists (Sara Randall, ongoing):
The consequences of conflict and displaced or refugee populations; migration and mobility: Integrating qualitative and quantitative data to improve our understanding of population and environment data and the biases within them.
4. The human ecology of living aquatic resources use (particularly in SE Asia) and the development of integrated approaches to living aquatic resources management and research. (Caroline Garaway, ongoing research interests):
Impact of fisheries and agricultural development on living aquatic resources, local livelihoods and human/environment interactions; Marine Protected Areas: Conservation; tourism; and development; CBNRM and institutional approaches to common pool resource management; Action research, in particular Adaptive Learning Approaches in Fisheries Management; Development of integrated approaches to living aquatic resources management and research.
5. Households and other data categorisations (Sara Randall, ongoing):
Much research on poverty, well-being, livelihoods and many international indicators of wellbeing (eg Millenium Development Goals) depend on data produced from small scale or international household surveys. This research (financed by ESRC and ANR) and in collaboration with Ernestina Coast (LSE, ex HERG) French, Senegalese, Burkinabe and Ugandan researchers is investigating the implications of definitions of key social units such as the household for the ability of to represent people's daily lives. This may be particularly important when studying poverty, minority groups and interventions which are informed by such data. (see www.householdsurvey.info)
6. Understanding the influence of community-based forest management on wellbeing and ecosystem services in Tanzania (ESPA early career's fellowship - Dr Nicole Gross-Camp, PI, 2014-January 2017)
Working in a two districts - Rural Iringa and Kilwa - and eight villages, four with and four without community-based forest management. Using mixed methods including participatory video, participant observation, documentary analysis, semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions.
The MSc in Anthropology, Environment and Development programme combines biological and social anthropological approaches to examine the ecology of resource use in developing societies and to evaluate the environmental implications and outcomes of these activities in terms of human subsistence and welfare. The taught programme consists of seminars, lectures and tutorials.
The following elements are compulsory for all taking the programme: Core Course in Research Use and Impacts, Graduate Seminar in Research Methods and Human Ecology Research Group Seminar.
In addition, students must choose two optional topics for examination. Optional topics include: Ecology of Human Groups, Population and Nutrition, Economic and Political Anthropology, Medical Anthropology, various options on Regional Ethnography, and Current Themes in Conservation.
In addition to the above, the department offers an array of optional research seminars in Biological Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Material Culture, Medical Anthropology and African Ethnography, which are available to interested MSc students. The programme is examined by unseen and take-home examinations, assessed essays, and a thesis of not more than 15,000 words.
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Marc Brightman
Phil Burnham
Caroline Garaway
Katherine Homewood
Jerome Lewis
Sara Randall
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Jo Abbot
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PhD Thesis: Rural subsistence and protected areas: community use of the miombo woodlands of Lake Malawi National Park
Date of Award: 1996
Key Areas of Interest: Social development, development in fragile states.
Current research/work: Deputy Head of DFID's Civil Society Department - DFID's central department for policy, funding and relationships with civil society organisations.
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• Jan 2010 - present, Deputy Head Civil Society Department, DFID (based in Scotland)June 2008 - December 2009, Senior Social Development Adviser/Results Team Leader, DFID DRC (Kinshasa)
• May 2006 - May 2008 Social Development Adviser, DFID DRC (Kinshasa)
• February 2002 - April 2006 Programme Director CARE South Africa-Lesotho (Johannesburg)
• December 1999 - February 2002 Social Development Adviser/Team Leader
• CARE Uganda (Kasese)
• March 2006 - August 2009 Research Associate International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, London)
• October 2002 - March 2006 PhD UCL (field work in Malawi)
Ernestina Coast
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PhD thesis: Maasai Demography
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Rebecca Drury
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PhD title: Identifying and understanding consumers of wild animal products in Hanoi, Vietnam: implications for conservation management.
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Chloe Hodgkinson
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PhD title: Tourists, gorillas and guns: integrating conservation and development in the Central African Republic.
Date of Award: 2009
Current research/work: Works with Fauna & Flora International as the Programme Manager for Liberia, since 1997 and is currently helping them to implement five projects. This includes working at the national level, strengthening forest management, and at the local. Working with local communities around Sapo National Park to develop the first community-run forests in the region.
Tatyana Intigrinova
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PhD title: Land, people and post-socialist policies in southern Siberia.
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Maurus Msuha
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PhD title: Human impacts on carnivore biodiversity inside and outside protected areas in Tanzania
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Chris Sandbrook
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Gretchen Walters
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PhD title: The Land Chief's embers: ethnobotany of Batéké fire regimes, savanna vegetation and resource use in Gabon
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Andrew Williams
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Ambika Aiyadurai
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MSc Thesis Title: Wildlife hunting in Miju Mishmi, an Indigenous group in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India: a socio-economic and cultural study.
Date of Award: 2009
Key Areas of Interest: Biodiversity conservation, Protected Areas, Conservation Politics, Indigenous communities, Wildlife hunting practices, Community-based conservation
Current research/work: Wildlife Hunting and Conservation in a Himalayan Borderland of the Mishmi hills, Northeast India
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• 2010, Independent Consultant, IUCN-NL and Wildlife Trust of India.
• 2006, Research Affiliate, Nature Conservation Foundation, India
• 2003, Project Officer, Wildlife Trust of India
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Ellen Brown
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Msc Thesis Title: Participatory Forest Management and REDD: A Local Level Perspective from Village Lands in Angai Forest, Tanzania
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Melania Calestani
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Msc Thesis Title: Women's Involvement in agriculture in two Samoan villages
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T. Paul Cox
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Msc Thesis Title: The land as a casualty: Soil, cattle, and the future in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Date of Award: 2008
Key Areas of Interest: Agricultural development, conflict, smallholder farming, soil and pest management, food systems, international migration.
Current Research/Work: Consulting on research projects and publications with organizations including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, and CGIAR Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management. Reporting on current research and development for New Agriculturist magazine and the Department for International Development.
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• 2009-2010, Freelance writer, researcher and editor, USA
• 2009-2010, Contributing writer, New Agriculturist, UK
• 2008 MSc Anthropology and Ecology of Development, UCL, UK
Jessica Frisswell
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MSc Thesis Title: Indigenous mapping in Cameroon: negotiating resources access with forest peoples.
Current research/work activities: Intern with the Indigenous Education Foundation of Tanzania in Boston, MA, USA, doing a consultancy for the Locally-Managed Marine Area Network that operates in the Pacific Islands.
Esme Gaussen
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MSc Thesis Title: Water Access, Management and Policy: Case Study of Imalilo Songwe Village Tanzania
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Brigid Hains
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MSc Thesis Title: Indigenous environmental politics in Sweden: Sami reindeer herding families negotiating social and ecological change.
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Renate Heileman
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MSc Thesis Title: "A turtle live is worth more than a turtle dead": a case study of the socio-economic impacts of community based conservation and ecotourism in Matura, Trinidad and Tobago
Date of Award: September 2012
Key areas of interest: Natural resources management, sustainable development
Current research/work activities: Ameliorating refugee/IDP protection through environmental and natural resources management, assessing environmental impacts of refugee/IDP camps
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• May 2012 - present, Intern, UNHCR, Switzerland
• July - September 2010, Intern, UNESCO, France
• September 2011, MSc Anthropology, Environment and Development, UCL, United Kingdom
Olivier Hymas
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Msc Thesis Title: Forest product extraction and impacts in the Uluguru Mountains Tanzania
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Melissa Kapitan
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MSc Thesis Title: Beach-hawking for women: Impacts of gender, employment and tourism dynamics on women beach hawkers in Sanur, Bali
Key areas of interest: Community development and empowerment, gender, behaviour change communication
Current research/work activities: Working for World Bank - PNPM Support Facility (PSF) on Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat/PNPM (National Program for Community Empowerment) in Indonesia. PNPM Mandiri is the government's flagship community-driven development program. PNPM focuses on reducing poverty in all Indonesian provinces through a community planning process that generates employment and invests in small-scale infrastructure projects that improve the development of individual villages and urban wards. Since 1998, the World Bank has supported PNPM and its predecessor programs through a combination of loans and technical assistance.
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• Aug 2009 - May 2010, Consultant, Church World Service (CWS) Asia Pacific, Thailand
• Jan 2003 - July 2009, Graduate Certificate in Environment & Planning, RMIT University, Australia; Consultant for CWS New York and CWS Indonesia
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Mauricio Salazar
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MSc Thesis Title: REDD+ as a Strategy to Consolidate Community Forest Management. A Case Study Choco Darien Colombia.
Date of Award: Sept. 2011
Key areas of interest: Community based Conservation, Forest Communities, Forest Conservancy, Sustainable Development, REDD+
Current research/work activities: Project Coordinator Conservation Corridor Choco - Darien under REDD+ scheme.
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• Sep 2011, Project Coordinator, Anthrotect, Colombia
• Sep 2011, MSc Anthropology, Environment and Development, UCL, London
• Jun 2006 to 2010, Project Coordinator, Botanical Garden of Medellin, Colombia
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Ivan Scales
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MSc thesis title: "The moabi tree (Baillonella toxisperma) - Use and use conflicts in the Mokoko River Forest Reserve, Cameroon."
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Carolina Schneider Comandulli
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MSc Thesis Title: Protectionists and the Guaraní: the village that did not exist socio-environmental conflict in southern Brazil
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Chloe Sutcliffe
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The ABC Guide to Secure Printing
We did the secure printing demo at the HIMSS New Orleans this March. For the upcoming HIMSS AsiaPac 2013 in HongKong, we will again demo extensively on the secure printing solution with VMware Horizon View. This blog will share the design concept and why you should care about secure printing for HIPAA compliance.
Secure Printing allows a user to print a document, which is not immediately sent to a printer, but sent to a secure print queue. At a subsequent time, the user may release the document to be physically printed through a variety of signal mechanism, i.e. MFP printer menu control or proximity card two-factor authentication (2FA) dongle attached to network based printers.
Within healthcare, secure printing is a necessary feature, especially within the constraints of HIPAA. Because patient data is not to be available to any person except designated care givers, leaving patient documents sitting on a printer exposes healthcare businesses to liability.
To support HIPAA, Print Jobs must be logged to include:
- Print job submission need to show date, time, user and, if possible, application and document name;
- Print job release event;
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- Print job moved to storage;
- Print job moved to different owner queue.
We will talk about the technical architecture and design flow on "Print Job Creation" and "Print to a Print Job" in the next "The ABC" blog series.
There are many secure printing solutions including JetMobile, ThinPrint, and PrinterLogic etc which are compatible with Horizon View Client-Agent communication model. Here is a little story from JetMobile to walk you through "the day in a life" of a print job.
VMware View and Jetmobile SecureJet: A Short Story
Dr. Anderson had a very busy day at the hospital. That night he worked from home to catch up on paperwork. Although he was able to remotely access his desktop to work on patient charts, he was not able to print. He could have easily printed to a printer at the hospital, but the documents would have printed and been left on the output tray unattended. He couldn't risk violating HIPAA policies and exposing patient charts by printing without physically being present to retrieve the documents. He would have to wait to print until he returned to the hospital the next day.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Dr. Anderson realized his preferred printer was being serviced. He couldn't use the nearest printer down the hall, because he didn't know the IP address or printer name. Unfortunately, the printer on the cardiovascular floor was the only one he was sure of, but it was also very far away.
Reluctantly, Dr. Anderson sent his document to the printer on the cardiovascular floor. After 139 paces, two left-turns, one right-turn and a short elevator ride to the 4th floor, he finally arrived at the printer…and somebody else was printing. This was a big problem because that 'somebody' was printing a 200-page document. Dr. Anderson was going to be waiting awhile.
After a very unsatisfying lunch, Dr. Anderson returned to the cardiovascular floor to retrieve his document. To his surprise, his document was not at the printer. His mind raced. Did it print? Did it get thrown away? Did someone take it? The document he printed was very confidential. Dr. Anderson now found himself in an ethical dilemma. Not to mention, he was potentially in a lot of trouble because the document he printed contained personally identifiable information for some of his patients.
On his way to report the incident, Dr. Anderson pulled out his tablet to write some notes for later. His notes were automatically sent to his smartphone and synchronized with his office computer. He couldn't help but ask himself, "Why can't my print jobs follow me wherever I go, just like my notes?"
Dr. Anderson's story represents a common problem. Desktop virtualization software from VMware has significantly increased mobility, convenience and efficiency in the workplace. With virtualization in place, users are no longer concerned with where, when or how to access their desktop. However, desktop virtualization can further complicate the task of printing documents. A user may move between floors throughout the day easily accessing their desktop as needed. Eventually, a time will come where printing is necessary. When selecting 'Print', the user will be faced with all sorts of printer options that could look something like this:
It may be that the user has been at the organization long enough to have memorized one or two of the most 'reliable' printer names, but the challenge is that the list will change every time it is accessed from a different workstation. Printers can also be moved, so an IP address or printer name can be misleading or unreliable. It is also possible users may learn to navigate the challenges associated with printer-location awareness, but may run into problems keeping documents confidential, or print to a device that is in use or out of order.
Fortunately for Dr. Anderson and the entire mobile workforce, virtualization now extends to the printing environment. Jetmobile's SecureJet Enterprise allows a user to print anywhere, from any device in the building. SecureJet eliminates location awareness by utilizing a single print queue. Remember that long list of available printers? With SecureJet, no matter what desktop you are printing from, it will look like this:
The user doesn't have to remember the printer IP address, printer name, or where the printer is located. Users can already access their desktop from any PC workstation. Why not be able to print from anywhere too?


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Clients ripped off by bad lawyers were reimbursed more than $1.1?million in the past fiscal year by a state fund overseen by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Clients ripped off by bad lawyers were reimbursed more than $1.1?million in the past fiscal year by a state fund overseen by the Ohio Supreme Court.
The largest number of settlements, totaling $443,156, was against a single former Franklin County lawyer, Eric Jason Strawser.
Strawser resigned as a lawyer on Oct. 21, 2011, but the claims of misuse of clients� funds and bilking them for unnecessary fees kept rolling in throughout 2012 and the first six months of this year, according to an annual report issued yesterday by Clients� Security Fund of Ohio.
Strawser�s clients were awarded from $300 up to $75,000.
Seven other Franklin County lawyers also were cited in the 2013 report.
Overall, the fund reimbursed 19 percent more to victims of attorney theft in the fiscal year ending June 30 than the $930,000 paid out in the previous fiscal year.
Of the 215 claims reviewed, 168 were found eligible for reimbursement, resulting from the � dishonest conduct of 55 attorneys.�
Fund supervisors pointed out that is far less than 1 percent of the 62,000 people who are licensed to practice law in Ohio.
The fund was established in 1985. The money comes solely from a $350 registration fee all Ohio lawyers pay every other year.
The fund has awarded $18.4 million to 2,419 people ripped off by 541 dishonest attorneys.
The biggest settlement in the history of the fund was the $1,219,411 awarded to 33 clients of Richard Dennis Goldberg of Mahoning County. Goldberg pleaded guilty to fraud in 1999.


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This is Part 5 of The Agenda: What Obama Has Done for You, a series of articles looking at President Barack Obama's record on issues that affect blacks.
The history of the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is a long one, and it's inextricably linked to the suffering of African Americans. Founded in 1957 as part of the Civil Rights Act, the division has now worked for more than five decades to ferret out and prosecute discrimination at all levels of American society. And while the body busies itself with everything from human-trafficking crimes to bias against the disabled, its organizational trademark is its endless pursuit of crimes against people of color.
Just over 50 years after its founding, the Civil Rights Division came under the purview of the country's first black president and attorney general. And in the ensuing months, it has worked tirelessly to prosecute the ongoing crimes that necessitated its creation so long ago.
The head of the division, Thomas E. Perez, was nominated by President Obama and sworn in as assistant attorney general in October 2009. He spoke with The Root about what the Obama administration is fighting for.
The Root: What has been Obama's impact on the Civil Rights Division?
Thomas Perez: If we want to transform the lives of communities of color, restoring and transforming the Civil Rights Division can go a remarkably long way in improving opportunity for African Americans. Under the president's leadership, the Civil Rights Division obtained the largest increase in funding in our division's history.
He has repeatedly called the restoration and transformation of the Civil Rights Division a top priority, and he put his money where his mouth is. When someone says an issue is a priority, what you should say in response is, "Show me the money." Budgets are indeed moral documents, and the commitment to the division is a very tangible piece of evidence of the president's commitment to renewing civil rights enforcement.
TR: In the past 20 months, what have been the Civil Rights Division's most important victories regarding the African-American community?
TP: Just in the year I've been on the job, we've established a dedicated Fair Lending Unit to address unscrupulous practices by lenders and to hold accountable those lenders that have targeted minority communities for these toxic products. African-American borrowers were being gouged; they were being charged higher fees because of their race. And in March, we announced the largest lending-discrimination settlement in the division's history — over $6 million. It was a case involving discrimination against African-American borrowers by two subsidiaries of AIG.
Also, in my first year, we've already obtained the largest monetary settlement of a rental-discrimination case under the Fair Housing Act in our division's history. This was a case in Los Angeles involving discrimination in the rental context against African Americans and Latinos.
We have a robust testing program where we send matched-pairs testers in to monitor whether discrimination is occurring, and we continue to see pervasive discrimination against African Americans. We had a case in Alabama where the white tester was told, "You'll love this building; we don't rent to black people."
TR: What about hate crimes?
TP: Our criminal docket, with cases involving hate crimes and police misconduct, has gone through the roof. We have prosecuted more criminal cases in the past fiscal year than in any year in the division's history. These cases involve really horrific hate crimes.
A person in Springfield, Mass., for example, pleaded guilty to burning down an African-American church on election night in retaliation for the election of an African-American president. And just a few months ago, we had a father-and-son pair of racists in South Carolina who attacked an African American who was trying to use the restroom at a gas station. They assaulted him with their hands, went and grabbed their chainsaw, and then assaulted him with that, too.
This is America in the years 2009 and 2010. There are those who argue that we've reached post-racial America and there's no more need for a Civil Rights Division, and I wish they were right — I wish our phone never rang. … Regrettably, [it] is ringing off the hook. It's ringing off the hook in a hate-crimes context. And it's not only African Americans who are being targeted. It's people who are LGBT; it's people who are Latino; it's people who are Muslim. Both the data and our own enforcement have shown a dramatic spike in that activity.
TR: I've read that the Justice Department is working heavily in New Orleans. What are you doing there?
TP: We're working very closely with the New Orleans Police Department to diagnose the wide array of problems that have created a crisis of confidence in the New Orleans community. We have a number of criminal indictments that have been issued, and we have a wide-ranging systematic investigation of a pattern or practice of unconstitutional policing and other violations. I'm absolutely confident, however, that we can identify the problems and, working together with the department and the community, implement a blueprint for sustainable reform.
We have had an army of lawyers and experts in New Orleans for the past seven or eight months on literally a weekly basis. They're in New Orleans trying to work together with community leaders and other stakeholders to reform the police department. I really believe — and I know the president has said this — that part of the rebuilding in the post-Katrina world is not simply rebuilding the bricks and mortar but rebuilding the infrastructure of democracy. And a key part of the infrastructure of democracy is effective policing. So that has been a very significant focus of our activity in New Orleans.
TR: Does the DOJ work in education at all?
TP: We still see, much to my disappointment, a host of cases where African-American kids are stuck in educational settings that are separate and unequal. One example [is] a case that we settled just recently in Monroe, La., in a school district that is 87 percent African American.
There are two high schools in that district — one is 100 percent African American, and one is 57 percent African American and 43 percent white. In the integrated school, there were about 70 AP or gifted-and-talented courses in the curriculum. In the all-African American school, there were five such offerings. That is separate, and that is unequal.
We brought up a desegregation order from 1970 and used that order as a basis to change the system and provide opportunity for equal access to education in the Monroe school system. We've certainly made a lot of progress as a nation in the quest toward equal opportunity and equal justice under law, but we still see there's a lot of unfinished business in the civil rights context. That's why I'm so appreciative of this job, but I'm also appreciative of the president and the attorney general's unwavering commitment to the restoration and transformation of the Civil Rights Division.
TR: Has some of the reinvigoration in the Civil Rights Division been U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's doing?
TP: He's absolutely indispensable. Leadership matters, and leaders have priorities. From the first day the attorney general came here, he called the Civil Rights Division the crown jewel of the Department of Justice. And he called the transformation of the division a legacy issue for him. He's been personally involved in many of the cases I just described.
The New Orleans case, for instance: I wasn't [at the DOJ yet,] but for a few days before, I had a conversation with [Attorney General Holder] about the New Orleans Police Department. And he has made it a personal mission to ensure that we are there for as long as it takes in New Orleans to transform that department.
This is far more than just an academic issue for the attorney general and the president. It's a personal passion for both, and it's reflected in their budgeting decisions. It's reflected in the amount of personal time they take on these matters, and it's really helped build morale. Because when you know the boss has such passion, that passion becomes really infectious, in a good way.
Cord Jefferson is a staff writer at The Root. Follow him on Twitter.


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Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Downton Abbey's fourth season debuted on PBS last Sunday to record-breaking numbers, but many fans were still disappointed by the absence of the show's original leading man, Matthew Crawley, who died suddenly at the end of last season.
"A lot of people were quite upset by that," Stevens told Today hosts Willie Geist and Savannah Guthrie, who said his unexpected death left her reeling.
"I spend a lot of my time apologizing," he said. "Yeah, I get a lot of, 'My wife was very upset by this. You have to apologize to my wife!' Then they call them over. 'Katherine! Come over here. This is the young man that upset you.' 'Say sorry!' You have to apologize, in public."
Stevens, who said similar exchanges happen "almost every day," said it was "difficult" but "exciting" to make the decision to leave the show.
"It's a testament to how much people love the show, how much people love the character. In a way it was nice, but it has upset a lot of people, so I'm sorry," he added.
Meanwhile, Downton's executive producer Gareth Neame has shut down reports that the popular period drama will end after its fifth season.
"That was totally invented by the British press, totally made up. Completely untrue," Neame told Zap2It Thursday.
Stevens has moved onto other projects. His film Summer in February debuts in select theaters January 17.


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Captain's ReportComplete PackageBaja's 35 Outlaw combines amenities, more room, and added power to deliver a complete high-performance boat.By Capt. Bob SmithThe all-new Baja 35 Outlaw replaces the 36 Outlaw, which has been in the line for many years. Baja engineers took some of the best features of the 40 Outlaw and combined it with the styling of the 30 to create something really different. It's a great step up for those 29, 30, and 33 owners looking for more power, room, and functionality. When stepping up to the boat from the docks it is obvious Baja has spent many days in the wind tunnel perfecting the design that delivers the least resistance to the wind and waves so you can slice through the chop with ease. The bow has pull-up cleats for a clean deck when underway. The anchor locker has plenty of room for the anchor and lines. And if you want relax up on the bow and enjoy the sun. An aluminum bow rail runs all the way back to the low profile acrylic windshield. There are molded-in steps leading from the bow, which help you get back and forth to the cockpit. Helm FeaturesOur test boat featured the 35th anniversary edition package which upgrades the dash, among other great touches. Performance controls are split with the shifters to the left of the custom black satin finished sport wheel. Throttles are to the right with optional trim indicators above. Livorsi gauges with red night lights are arranged in an easy-to-read panel. Baja added more space to the cockpit giving plenty of room to move about at anchor, or you can opt for additional seats just aft the helm and companion seats. The manual drop-away seat bottoms wrap you in safety when racing across the open waters. The aft bench seat now has usable space inside and Baja moved the batteries and the water tank to the engine box, leaving the entire bench for storage. In the front of the bench is a drop-down panel with the main breakers and the battery switch conveniently located inside. The side panels sport two stainless drinkholders, more speakers to add to the sound provided from the large speakers in the bench, and some net storage for small items.Power PlantThe engine hatch doubles as the sun pad. The bench seat headrests serve multiple functions: first as a headrest, of course, then as the sun pad headrest, and finally they add another space for the engine to draw air for better performance. Baja stores the anchor light in clips under the sun pad. Our boat had an optional engine flush system installed which is really handy and makes storage simple. Engine hour meters are in the panel aft the engine. The batteries have diamond-plated steps covering them and courtesy lights on the side panels, which allow you to see what you're doing at night with the lid up. Although the 496 Mag HO engines filled the space pretty well, there is still enough access to check points.Swim PlatformAt the stern, our boat came equipped with the optional extended aluminum swim platform painted to match the color of the boat. This one also included a stern stereo remote, which is handy while cooling off in the water, and we also had the optional swim shower. Below Deck The cabin on this high-performance boat is outstanding. First of all, there is a clever finger pocket placed in the sliding door to help keep your digits safe when sliding the door completely open. Upon looking inside, the first thing that jumps out is the lack of bulkheads. Baja engineers developed a stringer system that integrates the structural support into the hull and gives up the once necessary bulkheads that chop up the interiors.In the peak, this model features a padded raised section with a net across the aft section to store loose items, and keep them in place. Below this pad is a deep storage compartment. You have even more storage space behind the seat backs of the benches. Just drop the two bars into the pockets in the bench supports and the seat backs lay across to make a full-sized berth for two adults.For the ChefThe galley is compact, yet functional. This one featured a Tappan microwave oven, stainless steel sink, refrigerator and plenty of room to store kitchen utensils and dishes. The optional DVD player is also located here. Across from the galley is the head. Baja expanded the head to make it more useful. The dining table stores in a slot across the aft wall and the standard Porta-Potti can be upgraded to a VacuFlush system.Specifications and PowerThis new model measures 35 feet even without the swim platform, and 37'1" with it. She has a beam of 8'6" across and weighs 8,100 pounds dry. Draft requirements are 40 inches, and she carries 185 gallons of fuel. Engine packages begin with twin 496 Mag 375-hp MerCruisers, and optional packages include the 496 Mag HO 425-hp MerCruiser we tested. You also have the option of twin 500-hp EFIs, or 600-hp from MerCruiser.Performance and Ride With the 425-hp twin engines, we found she cruised most economically at 3000 rpm running 37.2 miles-per-hour with three guys on board. The 35 Outlaw topped out turning 5000 rpm at 72.5 miles-per-hour in some healthy chop. If we ran the boat with a little less fuel and only one guy on board, we probably could have pushed 75 miles-per-hour or more. Planing times were around 3.4 seconds and she passed 30 mile-per-hour in only 7.1 seconds.If you have enjoyed your Baja but needed a little more room or just want to get into the latest, greatest and fastest 35 Outlaw on the water, then this new 35 Outlaw is waiting for your turn at the wheel. I know you will walk away smiling as did everyone at the dealer meeting.
Test Result Highlights
- Top speed for the Baja 35 Outlaw (2006-) is 72.5 mph (116.7 kph), burning 67.0 gallons per hour (gph) or 253.6 liters per hour (lph).
- Best cruise for the Baja 35 Outlaw (2006-) is 37.2 mph (59.9 kph), and the boat gets 1.56 miles per gallon (mpg) or 0.66 kilometers per liter (kpl), giving the boat a cruising range of 259 miles (416.82 kilometers).
- Tested power is 2 x 425-hp MerCruiser Mag.
Standard and Optional Features
Marine Electronics
|Air Cond./Heat
|CD Stereo
|Standard Clarion
|Head: Portable
|Head: Fixed
|Trim Tabs
Exterior Features
|Carpet: Cockpit
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Transom Shower
|Cockpit Cover
|Optional Sunbrella
Hull Warranty
5-year Limited Warranty
Yes - Limited
Deck Warranty
|5-year Limited Warranty http://www.bajamarine.com/index.asp?display=ownerswarranty&tab=4&
Engine Warranty
Powertrain Warranty
Gelcoat Warranty
3-Year Limited Warranty
Blistering Warranty
|3-Year Limited Warranty http://www.bajamarine.com/index.asp?display=ownerswarranty&tab=4&
|NMMA Certification Other Certification
|Yes IQ Certified
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I guess I have gotten carried away, because I am obsessive about Electric Jets. Yes, I have some prop driven planes, but the majority of the 20+ aircraft I have hanging in the living room, stuffed in to garage, stuck in a spare room downstairs and taking up space in the RV are Jets! Some foamy jets, some balsa jets, some composite jets, and most have retracts, they range in size from 64mm fan jobs like my Sapak Hawk, to a 110 mm Stumax fan, all the way to a 120mm XPS Dynamax powered AMD Hawk putting out 15 lbs of thrust,
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