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(CNN) -- Thomas Muller's pre-match remarks could have backfired on him and his Bayern Munich teammates.
"The Bundesliga has already been decided," the 24-year-old confidently predicted in an interview with Munich newspaper TZ. "I don't think anyone is reckoning that we will lose six of our last remaining 12 matches ..."
Make that six of their last 11 as Bayern Munich walloped Schalke 5-1 at the Allianz Arena on Saturday.
For the Bundesliga's fourth-placed side it was a forgettable end to a miserable week.
After being taken to the cleaners by Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday, Pep Guardiola's side found Schalke's defense in equally accommodating mood come the weekend.
David Alaba scored from a free kick in the third minute with Arjen Robben doubling the lead after a quarter of an hour.
Mario Mandzukic headed in a third in the 24th minute before Robben's second four minutes later ended any hopes of a Schalke fightback.
Four nil had been the scoreline in the corresponding fixture earlier in the season, but Bayern weren't quite finished.
Brazilian right-back Rafinha scored an own goal in the 64th minute to gift the visitors a goal, but 12 minutes later Schalke's center back Kyriakos Papadopoulos was shown a straight red for bringing down Mandzukic in the penalty area.
Up stepped Robben to claim a hat-trick and round off a depressing week for Schalke manager Jens Keller.
With Bayer Leverkusen losing 1-0 at home to Mainz, Bayern extended their lead to 20 points and could be crowned champions by the end of March.
Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund backed up an impressive 4-2 win at Zenit St Petersburg in the Champions League on Tuesday with an 3-0 win against Nurnberg.
Second-half goals from Mats Hummels, Robert Lewandowski and Henrik Mkhitaryan move Jurgen Klopp's side up to second with 45 points.
In the other matches played Saturday, Werder Bremen beat Hamburg 1-0 while the matches between Augsburg and Hannover and Braunschweig and Monchengladbach both ended in 1-1 draws.
Chelsea extend title lead as Arsenal stumble
After registering the only goal and point for English clubs in the last 16 of the Champions League in midweek, Chelsea returned to English Premier League action on Saturday facing west London rivals Fulham.
Fulham boss Felix Magath's task of avoiding relegation got a little bit harder after Jose Mourinho's side enjoyed a comfortable 3-1 win at Craven Cottage.
A second-half hat-trick by Geman international Andre Schurrle earned Chelsea all three points -- John Heitinga scoring a consolation for the home side -- and a four-point lead at the top of the table.
Arsenal would have expected to maintain the one-point deficit with Chelsea as they traveled to Stoke but instead slumped to defeat.
A 76th minute penalty by Jonathan Walters ensured Mark Hughes' side scored only a second win in ten matches to boost their survival chances -- victory lifts them to 12th place with 30 points.
Whereas Arsene Wenger's side appear to be stalling in the title race, Liverpool continue to score goals for fun and keep their supporters wondering if they can claim their first league title in 24 years.
The foundations for an emphatic 3-0 win against Southampton were laid by a Luis Suarez -- the Uruguayan tucking away his first goal in six games in the 16th minute.
Raheem Sterling adding a second in the 58th minute before Steven Gerrard's injury time penalty made sure of three points. Brendan Rodgers's team now rise to second ahead of Arsenal on goal difference.
Merseyside rivals Everton bounced back from back-to-back defeats with a 1-0 win against West Ham United at Goodison Park while Newcastle United's mini-revival continued with a 4-1 win against Hull City at the KC Stadium.
But the victory was overshadowed when Newcastle boss Alan Pardew was sent to the stands by the referee after clashing with Hull City's David Meyler.
Pardew appeared to head-butt Meyler after the midfielder had brushed past him to retrieve the ball for a throw-in in the 72nd minute. The English Football Association says it will investigate the incident.
Manchester City will take Sunderland in the League Cup final at Wembley on Sunday while three league fixtures will also be played with Aston Villa taking on Norwich, Swansea entertaining Crystal Palace and Cardiff traveling to Tottenham Hotspur.
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Central Connecticut swimming and diving senior Kristina Gulia qualified for her second finals race during the three-day Austin Grand Prix competition in Austin, TX on Sunday. Gulia finished the morning's 100m long course breaststroke preliminary in 30th place overall with her time of 1:17.56.
Gulia completed Sunday's 100m long course breaststroke finals in 30th place overall with her time of 1:16.58, nearly a second faster than her preliminary time. Her first qualifying time at the Grand Prix came on Friday where she finished the 200m long course breaststroke preliminary in 27th place with her time of 2:46.08. She completed the finals 30th overall, touching the wall in 2:45.58.
"Any time a student-athlete can get a second swim at a national-level meet it speaks volumes about that athlete's ability to race," head coach Bill Ball said on Friday morning. "We're proud of her performance and are excited about the finals."
In addition to Gulia's impressive performances over the weekend in Austin, two other Blue Devils also competed at the Austin Grand Prix.
On Saturday, freshman Christine Rasile, who has enjoyed an impressive inaugural season at CCSU thus far, competed in the 50m long course freestyle preliminary in which she placed 47th overall out of 100 swimmers with her time of 27.76. Rasile also competed Friday in the 100m long course freestyle. She placed 81st overall with her time of 1:01.12.
Kellen Power also raced the 50m long course freestyle Saturday, the senior touched the wall in 29.15. Power also competed on Friday, clocking a 1:06.93 in the 100m long course butterfly for a 70th-place overall finish.

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Women's Recap
Columbus State Uses Late Run to Defeat Georgia Southwestern 60-47
On a night when offensive output was at a premium, Columbus
State used a late scoring run to pull away from Georgia
Southwestern and pull out a 60-47 win in Peach Belt Conference
women's action at the Lumpkin Center. CSU moves to 9-3 overall and
2-0 in league play, while the Hurricanes are now 5-5, 0-3.
CSU trailed 45-43 with 8:28 to play after Arile Hadley's free throw. Chauntel Ferdinand got an offensive rebound on the ensuing possession and hit the follow-up to tie the score. That basket sent the Lady Cougars on a 17-2 run to close the game. Georgia Southwestern got a basket from Terra Branch with 5:30 to play and would not score again as nothing would fall on the offensive end.
Columbus State led 33-27 at the half after holding the visitors to just 28 percent shooting from the floor. CSU also struggled offensively, hitting just 12 of 31 shots for 39 percent. The Lady Cougars were just 3-9 from the free-throw line in the period and struggled again with turnovers, committing 15 in the opening 20 minutes.
CSU led for the first eight minutes of the second half before Brittany Reynolds gave the Lady 'Canes a 42-41 lead with 12:05 to play. The lead changed hands twice over the next three minutes before CSU tied it at 45 and went on the decisive run to close the game.
Phebe Smith was solid again for CSU, scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds for her eighth double-double in 12 games. Ferdinand scored 10 points in the second half to finish with 13 in the game. The Lady Cougars managed to hold their turnovers to just eight in the final frame, finishing with 23 overall. CSU held a 47-39 advantage on the boards and shot 39 percent overall. The team was just 13-28 at the free-throw line.
Brandi Burris led GSW with 10 points, while Nadirah Gardner added nine points. Jamilah Sharp led the Lady Hurricanes in rebounding with nine, followed by eight from Whitley Wiltz. The visitors shot just 29 percent in the contest.
The Lady Hurricanes hit the floor again on Wednesday, traveling to Armstrong Atlantic State.
Men's Recap
Cougars Halt Skid with 74-67 PBC Win over Georgia Southwestern
Columbus State shot a balmy 61 percent from the floor in the
second half and held off a late charge for Georgia Southwestern to
post a 74-67 Peach Belt Conference win on Monday at the Lumpkin
Center. The win halts a five-game losing skid for CSU, now 3-5
overall and 1-1 in PBC play. The Hurricanes fall to 5-5 overall and
1-2 in league play.
GSW led for the majority of the first half, but never by more than seven points as both squads struggled with turnovers while trying to find an offensive rhythm. The Hurricanes committed 12 giveaways in the half, while CSU turned it over 13 times. Neither team could find the basket from long range, with GSW hitting just one of eight from three-point range and CSU just 1-9.
Evan Mobley gave the Hurricanes their biggest lead of the half at the 15:05 mark to make it 13-6. CSU fought back and took the lead at 19-18 with 9:30 left on a Javarus Stewart trey. THe 'Canes then scored six unanwered points to go up 24-19 and went on to take a 30-29 lead into the locker room as neither team could manage a bucked over the last 2:58 of play.
CSU came out of the break and out-scored the visitors 20-2 over the first six minutes of the second half to take a commanding 49-32 advantage. Chris Telesford's jumper closed the run which saw the Cougars allow only a Chris Rawls dunk in the first minute of play during the surge.
The Cougars missed four free-throws over the next seven minutes and hit just four field goals as GSW cut the big lead down to just six points. A Marcus Scott three-point play made it 57-51 with 7:11 left. CSU got the margin back to 10 at 63-53 at the 5:02 mark on a Chris Telesford layup off a Stewart steal, but the Hurricanes cut the lead to just four on an Anthony Sargent triple with 2:30 to play. Stewart then hit two free-throws to stretch the lead back to six, but Sargent nailed another jumper to make it 69-65 with 1:09 left. CSU scored the next four points on a Rye Zinder jumper and two Telesford free-throws, and had a chance to add two more, but Stewart missed a pair at the line. The Hurricanes could get no closer than six points the rest of the way and Zinder iced the win with a free-thow with seven seconds left to provide the final margin.
CSU was 19-31 from the floor in the second half and finished the game at 49 percent overall. The Cougars hit just 1-11 from three-point range and went just 11-22 at the free-throw line. Keonte Keith's eight boards led a rebounding effort that saw CSU hold a 38-37 advantage on the glass. Stewart led four players in double digits with 15 points. Telesford and Nick Gagnon each scored 12 points and Carlos Wright added 10. CSU committed 24 turnovers and forced 27 in the win.
Rawls and Sargent led the Hurricanes with 16 points apiece. Rawls completed a double-double with 15 rebounds. Mobley added 14 points and Marcus Scott 11. GSW shot just under 40 percent for the game, but improved to 4-9 from long range in the second half. The 'Canes hit 16 of 19 free-throw attempts.
Both squads return to the floor on Wednesday as Georgia Southwestern travels to Armstrong Atlantic State and Columbus State hosts undefeated Clayton State. Both games are slated for 7:30 PM starts in Savannah and Columbus, respectively.


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Samuel F.B. Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges, Yale University
In 1956, Yale University President A. Whitney Griswold formally announced his intention to construct two new residential colleges, since the ten colleges constructed in the 1930s were filled to capacity. By April 1958, architect Eero Saarinen began making site and design studies even though he did not receive the commission until April 1959. Saarinen graduated from the Yale School of Architecture in 1934 and designed the David S. Ingalls Hockey Rink at Yale University (1958). The colleges are named for Samuel F.B. Morse (Class of 1810), a renowned painter, inventor of the telegraph and co-inventor of Morse Code, and Ezra Stiles (Class of 1746), Yale University's seventh president (1777-1795) and a theologian, lawyer, scientist and philosopher.
Samuel F.B. Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges at Yale University are, physically, two independent residential colleges. Conceptually, however, they are derived from the same formula and share the same aesthetic components, thus architecturally merging the two colleges into one. A stepped, winding alleyway is the only clear architectural separation of the two. Morse and Stiles are composed of clusters of rooms organized around asymmetrical courtyards, resulting in a back-to-back abstracted-pentagon site plan. The polygonal, interlocking two-and-four-story forms are pierced by two towers- one eleven stories (for Stiles, at the western end of the complex), the other fourteen stories (belonging to Morse, at the eastern end). A reinforced rubble aggregate concrete wall system was used for the entire complex, with large pieces of granite set in tan mortar- what Saarinen referred to as "masonry without masons." Due to the continuity of the clusters, the colleges take on a monumental quality and appear fortress-like yet engaging at the same time. While the walls serve a structural purpose, they primarily serve an aesthetic role, with an additional function of visually connecting the colleges to the surrounding neo-Gothic campus architecture and referencing the complexity and organic growth of Medieval Italian hill towns. At the same time, however, the structures come across as a completely Modern interpretation of these archetypes and stand independently from all other Yale and New Haven structures. Largely devoid of ornamentation, Saarinen instead adorned the entryways, walls and courtyards with forty-six Cubist molded concrete sculptures by sculptor Costantino Nivola and had sculptor Oliver Andrews design iron lighting fixtures for both interior and exterior use. The interior plan of single-rooms is echoed on the exterior by vertical strip windows. The colleges are well-known for the fact that each room contained no ninety-degree angles (until a 2010 renovation).
Morse and Stiles Colleges are located several blocks from the center of the Yale University campus, on an irregular site bounded by Broadway to the south and west and Tower Parkway to the north and east. A commercial building designed by Saarinen and constructed of the same rubble aggregate concrete as Morse and Stiles, is located directly south of the colleges on Broadway. The Hall of Graduate Studies, located east of the colleges, and Payne Whitney Gymnasium, located north across Tower Parkway, are two of the best-documented sources of Saarinen's neo-Gothic design inspiration.
Relation to Yale's College Architecture: The aesthetic compatibility of Morse and Stiles Colleges to other Yale University buildings was of utmost importance to Saarinen. In particular, he noted the presence of traditional features such as stone construction and courtyards, which were employed in James Gamble Rogers' designs for eight of the ten colleges built in the 1930s. As a result, Saarinen avoided the use of glass and metal in his design since they, unlike stone, were materials that would not allow for a play of light and shadow. However, Saarinen still wanted his buildings to stand apart from the other colleges, and thus created a modern version of a stone wall that would contrast with the smooth stone walls of the earlier built colleges.
Rubble aggregate concrete was invented in Scandinavia and brought to the United States by Saarinen, in 1959, for his design of Morse and Stiles Colleges. The construction of these walls involved coating the interior of the wooden formwork with a chemical retardant, placing large stones (with diameters sometimes exceeding six inches) into the formwork in several layers, pumping mortar through steel reinforcement tubes (from the bottom up) into the voids created between the stones, and finally, allowing the concrete to set sufficiently so that the formwork could be removed. Due to the retardant, the mortar at the surface remained workable, and was later scraped off to reveal the surfaces of the large stones. Saarinen's choice to use this system, a variant of traditional concrete construction, meant that significant laboratory testing and mock-ups prior to construction was necessary to produce a wall that was both aesthetically pleasing and structurally sound.
In 1933, Yale University established a residential college system based on those of English universities such as Oxford and Cambridge. The colleges provided dormitory rooms, dining halls and common spaces; each student was assigned to a particular college for their entire undergraduate career. Ten colleges had been constructed by 1956, yet President A. Whitney Griswold wrote in his 1955-56 annual report, "We have the colleges so full that community life, discipline, education, even sanitation are suffering." As a result, he planned to add two additional residential colleges to the Yale University campus. Due to the severe overcrowding of the residential facilities, Saarinen was asked to design the colleges with only single rooms (instead of the traditional suites composed of two bedrooms and a study). Saarinen was certain to include the same amenities that the existing colleges contained: a dining hall and common spaces. However, instead of a large, open common room (as were present in the other colleges), he designed dark, low-ceilinged rooms meant to resemble ratskellers, below-street-level bars. With single rooms as the building block of Morse and Stiles, Saarinen became very focused on the concept of the "individual." He based his organic design on the belief that every room should be distinctive, "as random as those in an old inn rather than as standardized as those in a modern motel," in order to create "an architecture which would recognize the individual as individual instead of an anonymous integer in a group." On another social level, it is necessary to understand that Saarinen designed Morse and Stiles for the solely male undergraduate population that attended Yale until 1969- the year women were admitted to the undergraduate college. Prior to this year, the residential colleges were used for living and studying, not necessarily for socializing. Once Morse and Stiles became a residence to both male and female students, the colleges became places for social gathering in addition to living and studying. Thus, Saarinen's concentration on the individual did not transition well through the following decades. As the years progressed, the ratskeller-like common spaces were avoided by students and the large concentration of single rooms prevented socialization. The recent renovation work done on Morse, and the future work on Stiles, hopes to remedy these issues.
Every aspect of Eero Saarinen's designs for the Morse and Stiles Colleges was created with a clear purpose or inspiration in mind. Saarinen explicitly stated his reasons in the project statement as well as in correspondences with former colleagues, which continue to serve as primary evidence of why the structures were designed in their present forms. In the project statement Saarinen explained, "Flatness, lightness, glistening aluminum and glass, smoothness instead of rough texture and the play of light and shade- all these could neither express the spirit we wanted nor be compatible with our neighboring buildings." In another reference to the residential college buildings of the past, Saarinen spoke of presenting the colleges "as citadels of earthy, monolithic masonry buildings where masonry walls would be dominant and whose interiors of stone, oak, and plaster would carry out the spirit of strength and simplicity." Saarinen's interest in incorporating the ideas of traditional Yale University college design is therefore clear, although it can also be implied how challenging it must have been to create a new, Modern college vocabulary without losing sight of the original. Although the rubble aggregate concrete walls were very much a means of incorporating the materials of existing neo-Gothic Yale University architecture into the new structures, they were also inspired by the stone construction of Medieval Italian hill towns such as San Gimignano and were even meant to represent "the walls of old Pennsylvania houses, where worn plaster reveals the stonework, or the stone walls of the Cotswold in England." The stepped, winding pathway between Morse and Stiles was also inspired by Medieval towns, and the two towers mimicked those found in San Gimignano while also mirroring the towers of both the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and the Hall of Graduate Studies located nearby. Without this diverse group of inspirations, Saarinen's completely Modern take on centuries-old building methods may not have resulted in quite as significant a structure. After all, in the words of Robert A.M. Stern, the current Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, Saarinen "believed that each project had its own artistic expression that grew out of the program and the client."
Eero Saarinen's architectural designs for Morse and Stiles Colleges were both celebrated and misunderstood at the time of their completion. Saarinen, who died unexpectedly in 1961 before the colleges' completion, did not live to see this varied reaction and support the design scheme that he had so clearly outlined. His organic, ever-changing design process served in stark contrast to other prominent Modernist architects, particularly Paul Rudolph and Louis Kahn (both of whom designed buildings for Yale University and the City of New Haven), who had a clear formula with which they worked for every project. "Saarinen's dramatic shapes and technical innovations, and his sense that each project was its own unique thing, were highly criticized in his lifetime," said Robert A.M. Stern. Paul Rudolph, for example, compared Morse and Stiles Colleges to "sets for Ivanhoe." Progressive Architecture praised Saarinen's complex plan for the colleges while regarding them as "histrionic," but Architectural Forum wrote, "Inserting two brand-new building groups into the determinedly ancient environs of Yale University was…as dangerous as introducing a pair of young 'method' actors into a group of retired Shakespeareans," and thus seemed to understand the complex nature of the project's scope. In 1963, the American Institute of Architects awarded design honors to Eero Saarinen & Associates for the design of Morse and Stiles Colleges. One of the most significant characteristics of the complex, ever-changing nature of Saarinen's architectural designs is that it allows for constant reinterpretation of his work. Architectural historian Vincent Scully, a former Yale University professor, recently reflected on his 1960s critiques of Saarinen's architectural work and retracted much of what he believed almost fifty years ago. Scully stated that while he originally thought Saarinen's buildings to be a "stylish packaging of forms," he now realizes that contemporary architects "regard Eero's more spectacular shapes as heroically conceived and inadequately appreciated precursors of their own: so more sympathetic and even useful to them than [Louis] Kahn's massive geometries or [Robert] Venturi's contextual and semiological concerns," and states that Saarinen "was clearly much more, at once more complex and more deeply serious, and more directly concerned with human use and meaning, than I thought he was so many years ago." Scully does question, however, "If Eero felt that the traditional masonry was a good thing and he wanted to evoke it in his own building, then why change it?...People who were close to it have assured me again and again that it was not economics, but 'the spirit of the times' that was involved." And in a statement that seemingly defines Saarinen's design for Morse and Stiles Colleges, Scully concludes, "Eero had to invent something; he had to be modern."
Samuel F.B. Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges very much represent the spirit of 1950s and 1960s architecture- socially, technologically, and culturally. The residences were designed to celebrate the individual while still striving to create a space in which numerous students could live and study. New concrete structural systems were utilized that spoke to both a structural and aesthetic purpose, and the design upheld a move away from International Style buildings of glass and steel toward a more solid, concrete architecture of evolving character and individuality. Morse and Stiles Colleges speak to Saarinen's varied aesthetic taste, and he, unlike most other Modernist architects, was not afraid of using stylistic non-modern precedents in his designs. He created a new type of Modernism that did not rely on breaking with the past, but instead reinterpreted it. Samuel F.B. Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges stand as a unique, modern interpretation of Yale University's 1930s architecture while clearly showing signs of inspiration from European sources and a defined sense of the structure's purpose as a place to foster and celebrate individuality. Ultimately, Morse and Stiles Colleges speak to Saarinen's ever-changing aesthetic and belief that each structure is itself an individual. In the words of architect Cesar Pelli, Morse and Stiles "intimately fit in and grow from a piece of Yale. They could not be anywhere else…"


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Unanswered Bridgegate questions
Political scandals thrive on open questions, and Chris Christie's Bridgegate has plenty.
The political world was rocked last week when the New Jersey governor dismissed two of his advisers after emails showed they were involved in shutting down lanes at a heavily trafficked bridge in an apparent act of political retribution.
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Christie dismissed the aides and apologized profusely at a marathon news conference, but a new trove of documents released Friday related to the closures showed the scandal is far from over. Here are POLITICO's 10 unanswered questions that could shape how the story unfolds:
( Also on POLITICO: A guide to Christie's 'Bridgegate')
1) What's the end point?
For Christie, the open-ended nature of the situation is dangerous. He can't calibrate a strategy because it's not clear when it will be over. And he acknowledged he's uncertain about what more might come out.
The old saying about ripping the band-aid off fast has applied at no point during the scandal. The documents released last week showed that Port Authority officials and Christie's own staff blew off media inquiries asking what was going on at the time of the closures, and for weeks afterward.
Federal prosecutors are reviewing the issue to see if it warrants an investigation, and state legislators are pressing ahead. This could go on for weeks, if not months.
( Also on POLITICO: Christie's damage control)
2) How many more heads will roll?
Christie set a precedent with his wield-the-ax news conference last week, vowing that no one whose involvement in the lane disclosures was discovered would remain on his team.
In doing so, he set a standard he may have trouble keeping, depending on how involved other aides were. For instance, the new batch of emails Friday indicate a top press staffer in his office was at least somewhat aware of the controversy after the fact.
The count now stands at four people connected to the scandal who've left the Christie orbit: two Port Authority appointees, Bill Baroni and David Wildstein, as well as Christie aide Bridget Kelly and longtime political adviser Bill Stepien. Christie has guaranteed more questions about future firings because of the way he handled Kelly.
( Turn the Table: Was Christie protecting aides?)
3) Did Christie talk to Andrew Cuomo?
The Wall Street Journal, ahead on the Bridgegate story throughout the scandal, reported in December that Christie reached out to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who co-controls the Port Authority, to ask him to turn down the heat on the internal review of what happened.
It was Cuomo's appointee, Port Authority Executive Director Patrick Foye, who called out the Christie appointees about the lane closures in Fort Lee in real time, the subpoenaed documents reveal. And according to the Journal piece at the time, Christie asked Cuomo to have Foye back off, at a point when interest in the scandal was intensifying.
( VIDEO: Timeline of Christie scandal)
A Cuomo spokesman denied the call took place when the story came out, although the Journal stood by its story. There's also been no indication that Foye eased his foot off the gas internally. Still, given that the two governors have had a decent working relationship and given their shared control over the agency, it's within the realm of possibility that they spoke about an issue that was gaining press attention. What Cuomo was aware of has become a point of intrigue in Empire State circles.
( PHOTOS: Chris Christie's career)
4) What will Bridget Kelly say?
It seems only a matter of when, not if, Kelly is called to testify before the New Jersey legislative committee probing the bridge mess. It was her email to Wildstein — "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee" — that took a he-said, she-said controversy about Christie's staffers into the terrain of full-blown scandal.
An open question is whether someone told her to email Wildstein. If she considered herself free to do it on her own, that raises other questions about the climate in Christie's office.
( WATCH: Gov. Christie brunt of late-night jokes)
It's a question that legislative investigators want answers to, and they seem certain to try to push for them through Kelly.


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Come, Follow Me is an exciting new way of teaching and learning. It's also a major change, and you may have questions.
You can find answers to some common questions below. You can also ask your own questions by clicking on Share your experience at the bottom of the article. Check back to see if we've added an answer to your question on this page.
Why the Change?
With the challenges you face in the world today, it is more important than ever to learn, live, and share the truth. With Come, Follow Me, that will happen as you actively search the scriptures, share your thoughts, and accept invitations to apply what you're learning.
How Does It Work?
Youth in over 40 stakes worldwide have already tried out the new curriculum. They share their positive experiences in several brief videos online.
- We Learn
Young men and young women who have participated in Come, Follow Me talk about how learning has changed for the better.
- We Teach
You're not there just to listen. Learn how helping to teach will also help you to learn.
- We Share
When you come prepared to share your insights, everyone's experience can become more meaningful.
- We Act
Accepting the challenge to act on what you've learned—and helping each other keep commitments—has become a highlight for the youth involved.
- We Become
Strengthening your testimony, deepening friendships, and preparing for future roles are just some of the results of becoming truly converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
What Will I Be Learning?
Your Sunday School classes, in addition to Aaronic Priesthood and Young Women classes, will focus on a specific doctrine each month. The lessons will be based on gospel questions you have. For example, in January 2013, you'll be learning about the Godhead, focusing on questions such as:
- What do we know about the nature of the Godhead?
- How can I know my Heavenly Father?
- Why is Jesus Christ important in my life?
- What are the roles of the Holy Ghost?
- Who am I, and who can I become?
In Sunday School, you'll no longer be studying the scriptures in consecutive order (for example, the Doctrine and Covenants one year and the Old Testament the next).
Will This Affect Mutual?
The monthly themes can help you focus your Mutual activities around your learning. Class and quorum presidencies are encouraged to think about the themes while planning Mutual activities. Activity ideas from the lesson outlines can be a starting point in that planning.
How Does This Affect Seminary?
Seminary will continue to focus on a book of scripture (such as the New Testament or Book of Mormon) each year, just as it has in the past.
How Will This Help Me Prepare for a Mission?
Getting to know and care about those you teach, as well as learning to teach the gospel by the Spirit, are at the heart of missionary service. President Monson has asked the Aaronic Priesthood holders of the Church, "Are you prepared to serve?" (Watch the video here.) The skills you'll gain from following and participating in Come, Follow Me can help you answer President Monson's question with a resounding "Yes!"
Still Have Questions?
Please feel free to share your own questions about Come, Follow Me by clicking on Share your experience below.


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Adios, Dave's Long Box!
Here's my reaction to Dave Campbell's decision to discontinue Dave's Long Box:
Don't worry, Dave. I'll get over it (sob!). Good luck with the ABC blog.
(P.S. I forgive you for topping my April Fools' Day gag. I mean, how can I hold a grudge when Remar is involved?)


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Make a New Year's resolution to snag a job you actually want to wake up for? On Thursday morning, Fortune released its 17th annual list of the 100 best companies to work for.
This year's list includes some of the usual suspects — ahem, Google — alongside a few first-timers like The Cheesecake Factory and Hyatt Hotels. And while some of the companies are techy newcomers, with trendy perks like fitness incentives and stock options, others are more traditional companies that offer top-notch health care benefits and competitive starting salaries.
The best part? All of these companies are hiring, according to the magazine. Here are Fortune's top five companies and a few more interesting businesses that made the list.
1. Google — Mountain View, Calif.
With impressive perks like stocked microkitchens, communal bikes and massage chairs floating around Google's Mountain View campus, it's no wonder the 15-year-old tech company has made the number one slot on Fortune's list five times. This past year saw Google's stock climb to over $1,000, which directly benefits employees, all of whom are stockholders.
And now the company has a philanthropic focus: "Google donates $50 for every five hours an employee volunteers," according to Fortune.
2. SAS — Cary, N.C.
SAS Institute is a lead developer of analytics software, known for offering unique benefits like unlimited sick time and subsidized Montessori child care. Feeling ill? The company also boasts an onsite health center with 53 medical and support staff that's made available to family members.
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3. The Boston Consulting Group — Boston, Mass.
This management consulting firm has been around for over 50 years and is well-known for its highly-compensated employees and rigorous recruitment process.
Fortune reports that at a global broadcast on the company's anniversary, employees were given an interactive desk sculpture with a quote from founder Bruce Henderson: "Archimedes said that if he were given a long enough lever and a place to stand, he could move the world. We have a place to stand. It is BCG."
4. Edward Jones — St. Louis, Mo.
For Edward Jones, the past year was defined by growth: the financial services company hired 3,000 employees in 2013 and now has nearly as many locations as Starbucks. It may be a big company, made up of over 38,000 people, but these financial planners and tax accountants are a loyal bunch. "Turnover is at an industry low of 8 percent, and more than a third of the firm's financial advisors are more than 50 years old," according to Fortune.
5. Quicken Loans — Detroit, Mich.
Detroit may be in the depths of a financial crisis, but Quicken Loans is still luring job-seekers to the city with attractive incentives like $20,000 in forgivable home loans. According to Fortune, 2,500 applicants showed up at a recent job fair in downtown Detroit.
More notables
The Cheesecake Factory made its debut at number 92, with Fortune highlighting its commitment to offering both full-timers and part-timers health insurance. And while Goldman Sachs is no newbie to the list, the magazine playfully points out that the investment bank had "the fastest corporate team in the annual race up the steps of the Empire State building."
Nonprofit Teach for America, which "has a liberal work-from-home policy, three weeks' vacation, and paid maternity leave," made the list at number 88. And Whole Foods Market jumped from number 71 to 44, with Fortune reporting that "team members are permitted to explore hundreds of promotional opportunities and new jobs that open every year."
Check out the full list at Fortune.com.


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Confidential Financial And Legal Data Now Secured With SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise USB Flash Drives, Managed By SanDisk CMC Server Software
MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA, February 25, 2008 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today announced that the State of Washington's Division of Child Support has selected SanDisk's Cruzer® Enterprise secure USB flash drives and Central Management & Control (CMC) server software to protect highly confidential client data at its headquarters and in 10 field offices statewide.
The Division of Child Support (DCS) administers state and federal child support laws, including the collection of child-support payments from non-custodial parents. DCS manages about 350,000 active child-support cases and collects about $700 million per year in child-support payments.
"With the many recent reports of data loss and theft involving government agencies around the world, we are pleased to help DCS respond to security problems before they happen," said Roy Ramati, vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Division at SanDisk. "DCS employees don't have to give up the convenience of carrying data on flash drives, while the division's information technology (IT) staff knows that data is password-protected and encrypted - and that Cruzer Enterprise drives can be easily managed with CMC, even in field offices far from headquarters."
DCS, part of the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, gathers highly confidential information - including Internal Revenue Service tax returns, employer records, criminal histories and even U.S. State Department passport data - in pursuing its collection efforts. Protecting this data from unauthorized access and improper use is crucial.
As one element of its data security strategy, DCS last month purchased 200 Cruzer Enterprise drives along with SanDisk's CMC software for managing the complete lifecycle of those drives. The secure flash drives are being provided to unit supervisors, who manage collection teams in DCS field offices. The master CMC console for provisioning and managing the drives will be at DCS headquarters in Olympia, Wash., with sub-administrators in each DCS field office.
Cruzer Enterprise protects all files stored on the drive with advanced hardware-based 256-bit AES encryption. Users are also required to create a complex password during the set-up process. The combination of encryption and password protection makes it extremely difficult for unauthorized users to access data if the drive is lost or stolen. Cruzer Enterprise is also fast, with read speed of 24 megabytes (MB) per second and write speed of 20 MB/sec1.
CMC server software provides lifecycle management for Cruzer Enterprise drives, including password recovery and renewal through the network, remote termination of lost drives, central back-up and restore, and central usage tracking. This means data is not lost when a drive is lost, and IT administrators can provision a replacement flash drive with user files stored on the network.
ControlGuard, a leading provider of enterprise-grade security solutions and a member of the SanDisk Enterprise Solutions Technology Alliance (SESTA), managed the sale of CMC to the Division of Child Support.
"ControlGuard and SanDisk together offer powerful tools to convert USB flash drives from security threats into security assets," said David Raanan, chief marketing officer of ControlGuard. "We applaud the State of Washington's Division of Child Support for showing true leadership in protecting confidential data."
SanDisk's Enterprise Division provides IT managers with a comprehensive hardware and software solution to meet the ongoing threat of data leakage from insecure network endpoints. More information on SanDisk Cruzer Enterprise and SanDisk CMC software is available online at: http://www.sandisk.com/enterprise/.
SanDisk Corporation, the inventor and world's largest supplier of flash storage cards, is a global leader in flash memory - from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk (http://www.sandisk.com/corporate/about/) is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.
1Based on SanDisk internal testing; performance may be lower depending upon host device. 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes.
SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/media-kit.aspx
SanDisk, the SanDisk logo and Cruzer are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the U.S. and other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective holder(s).
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including specifications, applications, markets, customer acceptance and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: our products may not perform as expected, no security technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.
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This new map of Glacier National Park provides enhanced detail and scale, ideal for backcountry use. Includes UTM grids for use with your GPS unit. Coverage area includes Cobalt Lake, Dawson Pass, Logan Pass, Piegan Pass, St. Mary Lake, The Highline Loop, Gunsight Pass, Cut Bank, Continental Divide Trail and more.
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One year ago this month, Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) told his fellow members of the Congressional Rural Caucus that the Universal Service Fund needed to be strengthened and made available to companies that are deploying broadband in rural areas. "Nobody knows the importance of the Universal Service Fund better than the Members of this Caucus and their constituents," he said then. "The USF is vital to the future growth of telecom service in our districts, states, and country. That is why it is critical that Congress take the initiative and reform the current program before rural America is left completely out in the cold, without broadband services that millions of other Americans enjoy."
He and Rick Boucher (D-VA) had assembled a draft of a bill that would free up USF money for broadband and would expand the financial reach of the program. It was designed to accompany the expected overhaul of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, but that overhaul died last year and the USF provisions disappeared into the Congressional graveyard.
Well, it's Night of the Living Dead in Congress, as many Senators and Representatives have already tweaked and reintroduced legislation that previously failed to pass. Boucher and Terry have also revived their USF initiative, but are busy making tweaks to the proposal before submitting it to Congress later this spring.
Boucher told the Congressional Internet Caucus this week that the USF bill was alive and well, and that most of the parties involved had accepted the idea. According to the National Journal, the current plan has three parts. First up is funding: how to pay for the plan? The bill would tax any provider who offers a network connection, which means that fees would certainly be passed on to consumers who use broadband connections or VoIP services.
The money would be used to fund rural broadband service, but the legislation requires broadband providers to make an agreement with the government—in return for the cash, any company which accepted any sort of USF money would have to meet some performance targets for offering broadband. Rural communities like this, but companies don't.
The bill will also include language less palatable to rural communities, though: there will no longer be a requirement to ensure that prices in rural areas are equivalent to those in major cities, which means that prices could rise. Whether this compromise agreement can pass remains to be seen, but Boucher said that there is broad agreement on the bill throughout Congress.
Is this what's needed to stimulate more broadband access in the US? Critics aren't so sure, largely because they don't believe that the USF is well-administered. The FCC, for its part, claims that broadband access is only unavailable in 1 percent of US ZIP codes, but the Commission's odd methodology (counting a ZIP code as "served" if it has a single broadband connection of any kind) obviously fails to do justice to the reality of living in rural areas, where it's often impossible to get a cable or DSL connection. (Satellite, the one option avilable to most rural residents, has a least one tremendous drawback: lag).


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|Creamy mashed potatoes containing the not so typical ingredients of onions and egg, here served with green beans and my Hamburger Steak with Creamy Onion Gravy.
Creole Mashed PotatoesThere is nothing remarkable about a photograph of mashed potatoes. It really just looks like a pile of mashed potatoes! What sets this recipe apart though, is the use of both onion and egg in the potatoes.
It's an old Creole heirloom recipe from a 1981 Louisiana cookbook I own called La Bouche Creole, and a method of making mashed potatoes that, unfortunately, is quickly becoming a lost recipe. Some of you completely know and probably still love this old dish, but I know that some of you will freak out about the whole raw egg thing too. In my mind, like Spaghetti alla Carbonara, the egg being dropped into the hot potatoes and quickly beat in, cooks them through, but as a caveat I have to throw in the standard recipe raw egg warning - children, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, may need to avoid dishes using raw eggs.
By the way, the mixer is your friend here, so while you should avoid using a food processor for making mashed potatoes which will reduce them to an undesirable gummy texture, do use your stand mixer, or a powerful hand mixer to break them down and make a wonderful, creamy mashed potato. The potatoes pictured above were served with my hamburger steak and homemade creamy onion gravy - one of The Cajun's most favorite meals in my recipe box.
Recipe: Creole Mashed Potatoes©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 30 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 3-1/2 pounds potatoes, Russets or Yukon Gold
- 1/2 cup of finely minced onion
- 1 tablespoon of kosher salt, for boiling potatoes
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of kosher salt, or to taste, for seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon of white pepper or freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) of unsalted butter
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 cup to 1 cup of evaporated milk, heated, more or less
Peel and dice the potatoes, add to a large stockpot along with the onion, cover with water plus about an inch, bring to a boil, add the 1 tablespoon of salt and boil for for about 12 to 15 minutes, or until potatoes are very tender. Drain.
Add potatoes, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, pepper and butter to a mixer bowl and beat on low until butter is incorporated and potatoes are mashed. Increase speed to medium high and add the egg beating until potatoes are smooth and no lumps remain. Reduce speed back to medium to medium low, adding in the heated evaporated milk, a little at a time, until the potatoes reach desired consistency. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.
Note: If you use salted butter, taste the potatoes before adding the additional salt for seasoning.
To Make Ahead: Prepare all the way up to and including adding the egg, beat in well, until potatoes are well mashed and blended. Let cool, cover and set aside or refrigerate. When ready to make the mashed potatoes, warm the potatoes in the microwave, then beat in hot evaporated milk to desired consistency and serve immediately.
Raw Egg Caution: Although the hot potato cooks the egg yolk, a caution is extended to children, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, who may need to avoid dishes using raw eggs.
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State of the World 2008: Discussion Guide
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Chapter 1. Seeding the Sustainable Economy
Gary Gardner and Thomas Prugh
- In past years, nature was perceived as a seemingly inexhaustible resource. (p. 4) Why has this view changed, and in what ways is the change manifested?
- Netflix and Interface are two companies that have proactively reduced the waste associated with their products. (p. 10) How have they done this? What other waste reduction strategies might companies use?
- Why do so few people control such a large share of the world's wealth? (p. 8) What can be done to change this?
- Consumers are driving trends in "green" products such as hybrid vehicles, organic food, and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). (p. 16) But some critics argue that our entire agricultural and production systems need to be overhauled to achieve sustainability. What are the different roles of individuals and institutions in building a sustainable economy?
Chapter 2. A New Bottom Line for Progress
John Talberth
- Critics increasingly question the value of many of today's most prevalent measures of progress, such as GDP. (p. 19) What do they see as lacking?
- According to Irving Fischer, what type of value contributes to a product's "psychic income"? (p. 19) Describe some goods or services that have a high economic value but provide little psychic income.
- In Deep Economy, Bill McKibben explains that when people achieve a per-capita income of $10,000 or higher on average, the correlation between happiness and money no longer exists. (p. 21) What does this say about a consumer-driven culture? What type of economic policy would this analysis inspire?
- Of the five microeconomic objectives for sustainability Talberth discusses, which one is poised to make the most impact: certification of products, operations, and supply chains; zero waste; eco-efficiency; workplace well-being; or community vitality? (p. 27)
Chapter 3. Rethinking Production
L. Hunter Lovins
- Pick an object nearby. Do you think it is recyclable, reusable, and/or re-manufacturable? How could the object be made more eco-efficient? (pp. 33–34)
- What makes large companies like Wal-Mart (pp. 35–36) and General Electric (p. 43) particularly poised to make significant improvements in energy efficiency and waste reduction?
- One company profiled in this chapter is guided by the concept "in nature there is no waste." (p. 41) How can we integrate this outlook into our everyday lives?
- Companies are now urged to value a "triple bottom line" or "integrated bottom line." (p. 44) What are some social and economic indicators that could be used to evaluate a company beyond its profit levels?
Chapter 4. The Challenge of Sustainable Lifestyles
Tim Jackson
- Describe the concept of "environmental space"? (p. 47) Do you think you are using more or less than your fair share of such space? Should every person in the world have the same share of environmental space?
- As incomes rise, people do not necessarily report more happiness or life satisfaction. (pp. 50–51) Why do you think this is? Would the ability to buy more things make you happier?
- Do you think efforts like "downshifting" or "Buy Nothing Day" are effective? (pp. 52–53) Would you consider participating in these? How would you respond to critics who argue that lower levels of consumption would throw an economy into recession, or worse?
- Each year, some $605 billion is spent on advertising worldwide, and ads have been linked to rising materialism, childhood obesity, and other maladies. (p. 59) Would you favor curbs on advertising? How would you respond to the argument that restrictions on advertising are violations of a right to free speech?
Chapter 5. Meat and Seafood: The Global Diet's Most Costly Ingredients
Brian Halweil and Danielle Nierenberg
- What technological developments have lead to the fourfold increase in meat production between 1961 and 2006? (p. 62) In what ways does less expensive, industrially farmed meat "cost" more?
- What are some of the benefits of returning to a more natural method of meat production? (p. 64)
- What role do government subsidies play in meat and fish production? What alternatives do Halweil and Nierenberg suggest to the current system? (p. 67)
- What steps do you take in your own life to ensure that you are "embracing the ethical" with your food choices? (p. 69) What could government and industry do to make this practice easier for you?
Chapter 6. Building a Low-Carbon Economy
Christopher Flavin
- In which regions of the world are carbon emissions rising most quickly, and why? (p. 77)
- Why do buildings hold the greatest potential to increase energy productivity? (p. 80) What steps could you take to increase the energy efficiency of your home or office?
- Look at Table 6-3, "Estimates of Potential Contribution of Renewable Energy Resources." (p. 83) Which of these renewable energy sources would be well suited for your region? How could renewable energy become more widely used in your area?
- Some argue that replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy is not sufficient to make energy sustainable, because of ever-greater energy consumption. (p. 79) How would you assess this argument?
Chapter 7. Improving Carbon Markets
Zoë Chafe and Hilary French
- Have you bought (or considered buying) carbon offsets? (pp. 101–4) Do you think these are effective in combating climate change?
- Should the current diversity of national and regional carbon markets eventually join to form one cohesive international market? What would the opportunities and challenges be? (pp. 105-6)
- Is the Kyoto Protocol effective for addressing climate change? What more needs to be done to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions? (pp. 98-101)
- Why is "carbon neutral" such a controversial term? (p. 103) Have you seen this phrase used before, and if so, do you believe the claims?
Chapter 8. Water in a Sustainable Economy
Ger Bergkamp and Claudia W. Sadoff
- Why is it so difficult to put a value on water as an environmental resource? (pp. 107, 112, 114) What are some innovative ways to measure the value of water?
- Why do diets in wealthy countries require significantly more water than diets in other countries? (p. 109) Do you think your diet requires relatively more or less water than average?
- Why might water pricing hurt the poorest users? (p. 118) What are some ways of pricing water that might encourage sustainable water use?
- How can cap-and-trade schemes, virtual water trading, and certification or ecolabeling, help with water management? (p. 121)
Chapter 9. Banking on Biodiversity
Ricardo Bayon
- Bayon writes that, "for eons, the price of nature has been woefully close to zero." (p. 124) Why does he say this, and how is the practice now being counteracted?
- What is "wetland mitigation banking," and how does it work? (pp. 127–30) In what situations can it be beneficial?
- When it comes to conserving biodiversity, when do you think government regulation, market mechanisms, or voluntary efforts should be used? (p. 124)
- What are "voluntary biodiversity offsets"? (p. 135) Why are some companies setting up these programs, and what do they hope to accomplish?
Chapter 10. The Parallel Economy of the Commons
Jonathan Rowe
- Describe some examples of "commons management" in your own community. (p. 138) Have they been successful? What obstacles confronted the public "owners?"
- What is an example of a privately owned management system that would lend itself to commons management? (p. 144)
- Explain what Rowe refers to as the "tragedy of the corporate." (p. 142)
- What variable did Garrett Hardin not take into account in his seminal 1968 article, "The Tragedy of the Commons"? (p. 141) How does this oversight undermine his argument?
Chapter 11. Engaging Communities for a Sustainable World
Erik Assadourian
- Review the definition of "community" that Assadourian presents in Box 11-1. (p. 152) How does this definition lend itself to the concept of a sustainable community? How does Assadourian's "community" deviate from a more conventional housing community?
- How is social capital a form of capital like financial capital? (p. 152) What "dividends" can be recouped from social capital?
- Explain the concept of a "third place." (p. 156) Is there a particular location in your own community that you consider a "third place?" What purpose does it serve for you?
- What are some of the benefits of localizing food production? (p. 156)
Chapter 12. Mobilizing Human Energy
Jason S. Calder
- What does Calder believe is the greatest untapped resource in solving the problem of global poverty and environmental decline? (p. 167)
- What are the four common critiques of community-based development? (p. 170)
- Explain Arjun Appadurai's concept of the "capacity to aspire." (p. 172) How does this relate to community-based development?
- Calder acknowledges that the rich and affluent may need to reduce their consumption in order to allow the world's poor to increase consumption, but he also suggests that poor countries should try not to emulate over-consumptive lifestyles. (p. 178) Can these seemingly contradictory recommendations be reconciled?
Chapter 13. Investing for Sustainability
Bill Baue
- Of the four sectors of world sustainability investments (socially responsible investment, project finance, private equity and venture capital, and microfinance), which is poised to make the greatest impact on the economy? Why? (p. 181)
- Joe Keefe, the CEO of Pax World, refers to a "sustainability revolution." (p. 183) What are the driving forces behind this revolution?
- Explain "regenerative investing." (p. 185) What are the risks associated with this investment strategy?
- In his acceptance speech for the 2006 Nobel Prize, microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus declared poverty an "artificial creation." (p. 191) What did he mean? How does microfinance help overcome systemic poverty?
Chapter 14. New Approaches to Trade Governance
Mark Halle
- Explain what Halle refers to as the "basic paradox of trade." (p. 198) Why does such a seemingly beneficial economic system excite such disapproval?
- Halle describes "Third-worldism" as an automatic resistance to change among poorer countries to proposals that come from richer countries. (p. 207) What could be done to overcome this distrust?
- What conditions are necessary for trade liberalization to advance development goals such as social justice, human rights, equity, and a healthy environment? In what ways has trade hindered these goals in the past? (p. 207)
- What changes in trade policy can be expected as countries such as China and India become increasingly influential in the global economy? (p. 206)


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Words and emotions filled the air Monday night, when some 350 people packed the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Performing Arts Center to air their views about the controversial Cape Wind project planned for Nantucket Sound.
Opinion split nearly straight down the middle among the 50-plus people who spoke at the public hearing, from local fishermen to high school students to powerful politicians. All spoke with passion and conviction.
"We are all stewards of the environment during our time here on earth, and must adhere to the maxim that we leave it in better condition than when we found it," said Edgartown selectman Arthur Smadbeck. "This project will leave for future generations a camp site much diminished," he added.
High school junior Emily Lindsey had a different take.
"You should all be embarrassed at the world you left us to live in," Ms. Lindsey said. "I can't vote and in this society I barely have a say, but to my elders I say stop exploiting the earth and future generations. Use wind."
The Vineyard forum opened a three-day blitz of public hearings sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as part of its review of the Cape Wind Associates plan to build a transfer substation and 130 wind turbines on Horseshoe Shoal. According to newspaper reports, the Vineyard hearing appeared more evenly divided than subsequent hearings in West Yarmouth and on Nantucket.
The purpose of the hearing was to allow Cape and Islands residents an opportunity to comment on the Army Corps draft environmental impact statement, released Nov. 9 and seen as widely favorable to Cape Wind. But most of the comment Monday was general and did not directly address the 3,800-page draft impact statement.
Proponents said the wind farm will improve air quality, combat global warming and serve as a symbolic step in the right direction for a nation overly dependent on foreign oil.
"Five generations of my family have enjoyed the beauty of Nantucket Sound, but I would like to see its beauty increased and usefulness enhanced," said the Rev. Alden Besse of Vineyard Haven. "Of course we can do nothing, continue polluting, the temperature goes up, the sea rises and there's no Nantucket Sound. That would be a solution, but something that none of us would like."
Opponents said they support renewable energy, but not in Cape Wind's proposed location at Horseshoe Shoal - questioning whether it is appropriate to sacrifice a national treasure and hand a public resource to a private developer.
"I have no doubt that everyone in this room wants wind to succeed," said Vineyard Conservation Society executive director Brendan O'Neill. "But we strongly disagree with the position that in the current vacuum caused by the absence of a coherent energy policy . . . it's somehow okay or appropriate for entrepreneurs to operate indiscriminately."
The hearing was moderated by Army Corps chief of public affairs Larry Rosenberg, and speakers were held to a three-minute time limit with the aid of a traffic light on stage. But the rigid structure did not dampen the outpouring of passionate remarks and applause.
Cong. William Delahunt opened the public testimony and set the tone for the evening with an animated speech against the Cape Wind project.
"Nantucket Sound is not our backyard, it is our front yard," Mr. Delahunt declared. "It is not just a view for those living and working on the water, it is an economic engine. It is the heart and soul of our region."
Mr. Delahunt spoke at length about the need for a coherent federal policy with ocean regulations before wind farms are permitted - on Horseshoe Shoal, or anywhere else.
"Let's not lose sight of the fact that this is a public resource, that the waters and the seabed are owned by the American people," he said.
State Secretary of Environmental Affairs Ellen Herzfelder, acting as a spokesman for Gov. Mitt Romney, agreed. "Ocean real estate is up for grabs in a way our forefathers could never have imagined," she said.
At the public hearing in Yarmouth one day later Governor Romney called on the Army Corps to halt its review until a suitable national ocean management policy is in place.
Cape and Islands state Sen. Robert O'Leary also spoke against the project, claiming that it violates the state's prior legislative attempts to protect Nantucket Sound.
After the politicians had their turn, it was a night for the workaday Islander to weigh in. A half-dozen local fishermen and ship captains who spoke - including Charles Monteiro of the Steamship Authority - opposed the project, citing risks to safety, navigation and fish populations.
"I believe everybody in this room wants to move forward to tomorrow's energy - and wind is a great way to do this - but if another site could be found that has less impact on me directly, that would be great," said Tom Turner, a commercial fisherman from Edgartown.
Beyond the fishermen, when Vineyard residents stood to approach the microphone, it was not always clear which side they would take. The visual impact posed by the 130 turbines has long been an issue for opponents of the project, but wind farm supporters raised the subject more often on Monday night.
"I would welcome the possibility of a wind farm in my front yard," said Andrew Palmer, a seasonal resident of Chilmark. "The visible symbol of clean energy in the turning blades would comfort me."
Vineyard Haven resident John Packer offered another reason for the project.
"I'm not raising my two sons to fight in an oil war . . . because we don't have the courage to build a windmill," Mr. Packer said. Other speakers cited future wars as a possible result if renewable energy projects do not move forward.
In an equally emotional statement, however, Edgartown resident Christine Doyle-Burke offered her own interpretation of the visual impact.
"When I looked at the pictures [of what the wind farm might look like], I was brought nearly to tears. It's not benign, and forgive me if I'm selfish for feeling that way," Mrs. Doyle-Burke said, choking up slightly.
Testimony went on for more than three hours.
The last chance to submit oral comment to the Army Corps will be at the final public hearing on Thursday, Dec. 16, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. The Corps will accept written comment through Feb. 24.
On Monday night, as people filed out of the auditorium when the hearing was over, Cape Wind president James Gordon and Susan Nickerson - executive director of the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, Cape Wind's chief opponent - stood side by side and compared notes on the evening. Both said they found it instructive that Vineyard residents were so evenly divided.
"I thought there were some eloquent statements on both sides, and was gratified at the diversity of the support," Mr. Gordon said. Picking up on a comment made earlier in the evening, he concluded: "Like [Martha's Vineyard Regional High School freshman Rachel Shubert] said, beauty is in the eye of the beholder."