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The Blue Jays now have the final ingredient in what could arguably be the best starting rotation in the Majors. The Giants, Phillies, Dodgers and Tigers could all build solid cases in that regard as well. Just the same, the Blue Jays have now acquired National League Cy Young winner R.A Dickey from the New York Mets as part of a seven-player swap that was finalized on Monday evening. The Blue Jays get a 38-year-old, 20-game winning knuckleballer, his personal catcher Josh Thole and minor-league catcher Mike Nickeas for their number one prospect catcher Travis D'Arnaud, right hander Noah Syndergaard, catcher John Buck and minor-league outfielder Wuilmer Beccera. Most pitchers Dickey's age would either be in the twilight of their careers and or would already be retired. But Dickey just harnessed the magical butterfly pitch over the past three seasons and broke out big-time with the Mets in 2012. There are those who would argue the Jays are giving up way too much in this deal and I've got to admit I was taken aback when D'Arnaud's name was included in the deal. However, when you are this close to being a truly elite team, you owe it to yourselves and to the fans to try and go all the way. Dickey has averaged over 200 innings the last three years, has a record of 39-28 over that span with a 2.95 ERA, eight complete games and four shutouts. He is a legit number 1 starter and gives the Jays incredible veteran depth in a rotation that includes Josh Johnson, Mark Buehrle, Brandon Morrow and Ricky Romero, not to mention J.A. Happ who can be a spot starter out of the pen. For those who believe the Jays are offering up too much, remember the Roy Halladay deal. The Jays ultimately received Kyle Drabek, D'Arnaud and Michael Taylor, whom the Jays would eventually parlay into Anthony Gose through prospect flips with Oakland and Houston. Drabek is injured and will miss the bulk of the coming season, Gose has yet to establish himself in the Majors, though he could be a good one, and D'Arnaud is coming off knee surgery and has yet to play in the Majors. Halladay has gone 51-24 in three seasons with the Phillies with a 2.91 ERA, 17 complete games, five shutouts, a perfect game and another no-hitter. I'm not saying Dickey will match that performance, but three seasons at an average of just 17 wins will provide the Jays with more impact than anything the Mets will get out of the deal on the short-term. If you're trying to win a World Series, that's all that really counts.
One of the most interesting cases of a star pitcher being traded is two-time former Jay David Cone. In March of 1987, he was dealt by Kansas City to the New York Mets along with a prospect for catcher Ed Hearn and pitchers Rick Anderson and Mauro "Goose" Gozzo. In April of 1995, the Blue Jays aquired Cone from the Royals for David Sinnes, Tony Medrano and Chris Stynes. Then on July 28th of that season, the Jays sent Cone to the Yankees for a trio of pitchers that included Jason Jarvis, Mike Gordon and Marty Janzen. That's nine prospects for Cone and one prospect. The team that got Cone won every deal by a mile and then some. To be fair, when the Jays originally acquired Cone from the Mets in 1992 for two prospects, one turned out to be Jeff Kent, who one day should be in the Hall of Fame. But the Jays still won that deal in the short-term because they won the World Series. Pat Gillick and Cito Gaston both considered Cone to be the one that put them over the top. So with the Dickey deal now complete, I give it two thumbs up!
Elsewhere... There's all kinds of unusual stuff coming out of Yankee-land. Sensing an opportunity with Alex Rodriguez injured and Eric Chavez gone as a free agent, former Jays third baseman Troy Glaus is talking about trying to make a comeback with the Yankees, who of course just signed Kevin Youkilis to a one-year, $12 million pact. The Yankees are also reportedly willing to take former Jay Vernon Wells off the Angels hands. Of course, the Halos would probably have to pick up a lot of Wells' contract just to get rid of him. The Boston Red Sox are making a pretty good short-term pick-up in free agent shortstop Stephen Drew on a one-year deal worth $9.5 million. And the Minnesota Twins signed 6'7 righthander Mike Pelfrey on a one-year deal worth $4 million plus another $1.5 million in incentives. Pelfrey, who was the ninth pick overall in the 2005 draft by the Mets, is coming off 'Tommy John' surgery. Over his time in New York, he had one steller season and went 50-54 overall with an ERA of 4.36. Another highly touted prospect who didn't quite pan out.
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Doing the Right Thing?
The article "Doing the Right Thing Isn't Automatic, Contends New York Times Writer" says that we always say we would do the right thing, but in reality we might not do the right thing in certain situations.
Some people may have differing ideas of what is "right" and what is "wrong". But there are certain beliefs, or morals that are pretty much universal for humans.
We're not discussing whether or not a person believes something is right or wrong. This discussion is about not doing what you (and most other people) believe is the right thing. It's not always easy to blow the whistle on respected people. A lot of things must go through your mind in an uncomfortable situation. "It's his word against mine. What if they don't believe me?" Or what if you do the right thing and tell authorities and then they cover it up? How far are you supposed to go when your job and reputation are on the line? And are you willing to put someone else's job, reputation, and freedom on the line? If you are sure the person did something wrong, then this may be an easy decision. But what if someone tells you that your friend did something wrong and you don't know if they are telling the truth?
I guess the point is it's easy to look at a situation and say "he should've done something", but it's not always that simple when it's you faced with a situation. Maybe sometimes instead of automatically saying you would have done something different, you should actually think about it and try to put yourself in their shoes mentally. Maybe this could help prepare you in case you happen to find yourself in a similar situation. Maybe then you could actually do the right thing instead of living with regret.
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Major drugmakers are jumping into the potentially lucrative business of treating canine influenza.
Many dog owners aren't aware of the dog flu. Experts say it's a relatively new phenomenon. But after apparently spreading from horses in 2004, dog flu has popped up in 38 states, according to Merck (MRK). Dog flu does not transmit to people.
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Merck makes the Nobivac vaccine and last year had sold 1 million doses to veterinarians and kennels. The company is making a big push, setting up DogInfluenza.com and offering grants of the vaccine to animal shelters and rescue groups. More than half of those receiving the grants say they will add the vaccine to their treatment procedures.
Dog flu is not generally deadly, though it is more dangerous to pugs and other breeds with that smushed-in-nose appearance, The New York Times reports. And it's a worry for dogs that live together in kennels and shelters.
Pfizer (PFE) has jumped into the business with its own canine vaccine.
Could dog flu vaccines become a moneymaker for these companies? More kennels and vets are either requiring or strongly recommending them, the Journal reports. One veterinary group in New York gives about 60 shots a month.
The initial vaccination generally costs between $25 and $60, with a booster required every year. And with about 78 million dogs in the U.S. With those kinds of numbers, it's no wonder that Merck and Pfizer are scrambling for the dog flu vaccine market.
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VantageScore 3.0 has some advantages for consumers. But it has yet to make big headway with lenders, who generally rely on more-established systems.
Stop me if you've heard this before: A new credit scoring formula has been announced, and it will make life so much better for consumers. It will be more fair, more inclusive and less arbitrary.
The latest credit score to attract such hosannas is VantageScore 3.0, the third version of the scoring formula the credit bureaus created as an alternative to the dominant FICO system. Its creators say the new version of VantageScore:
Ignores paid collections. This comes as good news for the millions of people who have unknowingly had a medical bill, parking ticket or library fine slip into collections. FICO scores continue to punish people who have paid off overdue debts (although unpaid debts hurt scores more).
Allows more people to get scores. People who haven't used credit in a while, who use credit infrequently or who have just established credit would be able to get VantageScores even if their credit files couldn't generate FICO scores. VantageScore will generate scores for 27 million to 30 million "creditworthy consumers," lenders are being told, with nearly 25% of those being "prime or near-prime credit quality -- excellent candidates for mainstream lending products."
Cuts disaster victims some slack. Lenders can put special codes on accounts owned by people affected by natural disasters, and those accounts are ignored in generating credit scores. Unfortunately, that means good behavior is made invisible along with skipped payments and other problems. VantageScore 3.0 ignores only the negative information.
Doesn't "overreact" to economic downturns. Delinquencies, defaults, repossessions and foreclosures soar during recessions. These negative marks may not hurt you as much under VantageScore 3.0, which used data samples from two time frames: 2009 to 2011 and 2010 to 2012. This approach reduces how dramatically the formula reacts to consumer behavior during volatile economic periods.
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Also, VantageScore 3.0 will have the same numerical range as the FICO -- 300 to 850, instead of the 500 to 990 range of VantageScores past. Although a 750 VantageScore may not mean the same thing as a 75O FICO, using the traditional FICO scoring scale could lessen consumer confusion and make it easier for lenders to switch.
Sounds great so far, right?
Here's the problem: In order for any new score to benefit you, a lender has to choose to use it when evaluating your creditworthiness. And lenders aren't exactly eager to embrace change.
This isn't just a problem for FICO rivals, by the way. FICO's creators often face uphill battles getting lenders to adopt new versions of its scores, as well, said credit expert John Ulzheimer, the president of consumer education for SmartCredit.com and the author of "You're Nothing But a Number."
FICO's NextGen, which attempted to expand the universe of people who could be scored, pretty much flopped. Even the latest iteration of its premiere formula, FICO 8, hasn't been adopted by every lender (although reportedly about 4,000 lenders are using it).
Here's how a lender's choice of scoring systems could affect you. Say you have a $50 collection account from a medical bill your insurance was supposed to pay but didn't. You discover the problem and pay the collector. If your lender uses VantageScore 3.0 or even FICO 8, which ignores collections under $100, your scores won't be affected by this blemish. If your lender uses the classic FICO, you might get charged a higher interest rate or even get turned down for a loan or credit card.
VantageScore has made more inroads than previous FICO rivals. VantageScore creators say the scores are used by:
- Seven of the top 10 financial institutions.
- Six of the top 10 credit card issuers.
- Four of the top 10 auto lenders.
- Four of the top five mortgage lenders.
Exactly how these lenders employ VantageScores isn't necessarily clear, however.
"When they say a lender uses this score, 'uses' is a very, very general term," said Barry Paperno, a former FICO executive who is now community manager at Credit.com. "They might use it in one of their portfolios such as secured cards or in one region of the country. Or they could be testing the score."
Other scenarios: Lenders could be using the scores to prospect for new clients, whom they would then evaluate with traditional FICO scores. Or they could be using VantageScores to entirely replace FICO scores.
That last scenario may be the least likely, since FICO still has an estimated 90% of the credit-scoring market.
Might we at least hope that FICO will adopt some similar changes as a result of competitive pressure? Ulzheimer cautions that the FICO creators focus on data, rather than on public opinion.
"Credit score developers don't make changes unless their data and research tells them to," Ulzheimer said. "PR (public relations) isn't why credit scores are modified."
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Do not fall for this crap! The banks own system that they created is now making it hard for them to give loans. So now they decide to change their system to make sure you again qualify for loans! Credit scores are a scam created and controlled by the banks. Stay strong...Keep paying down your debt. Don't "allow" them to qualify for a loan you may not be able to repay!
This is just like the banks "low interest" credit card rate. Do not be taken in by this!
Here's the elephant in the room... OVER 70% of the current credit scores are in error!! But why change? Lenders can, as you noted, charge higher interest rates due to lower credit scores caused by the errors. Consequently, they make more money. Again, why change?
Most of the system(s) in place they tend to benefit the BIG guys. Loans on cars, houses, etc.. have been producing large amounts of income for the financial folks for a long time.
Good luck changing this money maker.
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What about the Spanish Revolution?
eople have become increasingly frustrated by the many problems in Spain: Over 20% unemployment rate and over 30% youth unemployment rate, incompetent politicians unable to deal with the effects of the crisis, extremely high housing prices both for rental and purchase, a mortgage system that ties mortgage holders for life to the bank if the real estate is sold for under the loan amount, and a general discontent with the status of the political landscape (especially the effective two-party system of the center-right People's Party and the center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party).
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May 26 2011: Even all you said is true I don't think that politicians must have the kind of economical and social privileges the actually have in Spain. This is something impossible to understand for anyone. Their salaries and conditions are not reasonable in any sense. I think we should change this at least...
Democracia Real Ya is an independent movement supported by most of spanish young people and that because they don't belong to any establishment. In my opinion the problems are their structures... but anyways... Most of us want to normalize the politicians privileges.
May 26 2011: I agree with you on the injustice of all these privileges.
The problem is :
if you do that, they are going to be more corruptable by the rest of the elite (financial elite in particular).
What can you do to stop that ?
Take also the privileges of the others ? Difficult without violence.
I heard that in Brasil Lula has put all financial transactions in control by a software.
Companies used to hide wealth by not paying tax and putting a lot in offshore banks.
With this system it was difficult to hide transactions to Bermudes, Caiman, Switzerland or others.
In my point of vue, it' a great way to keep wealth in your country.
More you have, more you can share.
I've read that Switzerland has 25% of all the World savings.
In the other hand, if you don't do it everywhere your companies are going to be less competitive compare to others.
It has to be a global change.
What do you think ?
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A year ago, I signed on to be a representative of the Asian and Asian American community to the larger community, without any clue of the long ride ahead. Now, with a week left, I will fulfill what is left of my duties, but I will do it my way.
Throughout this year, my team and I, in the face of racism, defaulted onto the methods of "gladvocates." We always put smiles on our faces, we always tried to speak in other people's language, we always told people what a great job they were doing in trying to learn about the issues of race and how much we appreciated their efforts. Being a "gladvocate" is not my default style, but I went with it because I was a team player. It was only last week that we finally switched strategies after a year of no progress. And it was only last week that progress was finally made, after we switched to my default style of asking hard questions and pinning people to their responsibilities.
During elections for new representatives, it became clear that my team and my community were obsessed with "positivity" and "positive energy," and it also became clear that they disapproved of an effective but "negative" strategy. At the time, my only reaction was to cry.
I have been repeatedly told, by this team and by my community, that I am not a team player. I have also been open about my mental illness and my past history of abuse, and because of this, people have repeatedly dismissed me with "she's just crazy." I bought into people's ideas of me, and throughout this year, I have sacrificed much of my individuality in order to be a team player. I have constantly censored myself because I recognize how I can divide the community. I have sent the vast majority of my emails and details of pre-meditated actions to the team leader for prior approval because I am a "loose cannon." I like to think that I have proved myself as a team play, yet whenever I needed my team, they were not there for me. Because of the structure of the team, whenever something I do goes wrong, the shit ends up back in my lap. Whenever something I do goes right, the glory ends up back to the team, specifically to the team leader. I was fine with that until now. The glory that was bought with my blood, sweat, and tears, has caused heads and egos to swell. When it came time to defend me and my actions, my team was not there for me. "Oh, stop being so negative, focus more on the positive," I kept hearing.
I am not a negative person. If I was a negative person, I would have successfully committed suicide. Each time I tried, I always ended up at a crossroads: to either actively undo the damage I had already done to my body, or to allow myself to slip peacefully off. Each time, I chose the former. This was during a time when I could not even see the light at the end of the tunnel; the only reason why I chose to live was because I had hope that things would be better. I reasoned that if I knew such loneliness, darkness, and pain, then I must have known happiness at some point and that I would experience it again.
At the beginning of this semester, the team leader and I made the decision that I would serve as the buffer between the larger community and my team and community. I would handle all the negativity, and let as little as possible seep through, because others on the team and in the community had shown that they could not handle the negativity. I do not regret that decision, and I will continue my duties until the end of my term. I, however, foolishly expected people to understand the difficult position I was in, and I foolishly thought people would trust my decisions and my actions to further the community. I foolishly thought that people would be grateful for the difficult decisions I have made. I forgot to hope for the best, but expect the worst. My ego caused me to have unrealistic expectations, and ultimately, I have only myself to blame.
Working on race relations, racism, and power structures of oppression is inherently negative. I am not a negative person for stating such; I am just an honest person. I will call a pile of shit for what it is. Choosing to focus on the positive often means ignoring the negative. Which is more effective: staring the tiger in the eyes and choosing to fight it head on, or running away from the tiger and allowing it to maul you from behind?
To the incoming leaders: you are not special. Unless you take the time to learn from the mistakes of the past, you will make the same mistakes. You are not that powerful or influential; there are larger sociocultural and sociopolitical forces that inform the thought processes and decisions of others. If you choose to only focus on the "positive" or the "objective," nothing will get done. I have seen it, time and time again, when a group of leaders come together to throw a program or to solve a particular issue. Everyone wants to focus on the positive, so the negatives are never discussed. And each time, the leaders ask themselves why is it that their program was not successful, why is it that they contributed nothing to solving the problem. For progress to be made, the negatives must be discussed and lessons must be learned.
I have no regrets about anything I have done this year because I learned from each mistake I made. I would like to think that my efforts have been worth it, that I have positively contributed to the world in my little way. I am sorry that at the end, I was alienated by my team and community, and I wish I was not leaving with such bitterness. I hope that next year, those who may be continuing the work I began will not be thrown under the bus, by their team mates and their community, as I was.
Whenever I tell fellow activists that I perform Chinese folk, traditional, and classical dances, eyebrows shoot up into hairlines. Especially for activists of race-based issues, "food fun fabric festivals" are the source of a lot of ulcers. In the world of activist hierarchy, my involvement in planning, executing, and participating in "food fun fabric festivals" takes me down a few notches.
I agree that by themselves, "food fun fabric festivals" can do more harm than good. They provide a venue for mainstream society to turn cultures into exotic fetishes while trivializing the practices of those cultures and the issues of those who identify with those cultures. However, I also think that traditional activism has limited influence and impact. I think that cultural celebrations intended to build community are a form of activism and that they are political statements.
When I dance, I am celebrating my cultural heritage and my identity. So often my identity is about what is missing and negative space, as opposed to what is there; dancing is an opportunity in which I find what is there and find power in my identity. When I plan and execute cultural festivals, I am bringing together a community to celebrate our heritage. As a community, we are asserting that there is a space for our cultural practices. We are asserting that there is a space for our community, our ideas, and our voices. We are asserting that in the realm of politics, our identity has a space; our issues are not particular because they are universal.
Surviving and thriving in the margins is an act of resistance. Asserting and creating a space for your identity is an act of resistance. Before more recognizable acts of resistance can take place, a solid foundation must be established, and cultural celebrations allow for that.
For those asking what you can do to help, please link to visiblechildren.tumblr.com wherever you see KONY 2012 posts. And tweet a link to this page to famous people on Twitter who are talking about KONY 2012!
I do not doubt for a second that those involved in KONY 2012 have great intentions, nor do I doubt for a second that Joseph Kony is a very evil man. But despite this, I'm strongly opposed to the KONY 2012 campaign.
KONY 2012 is the product of a group called Invisible Children, a controversial activist group and not-for-profit. They've released 11 films, most with an accompanying bracelet colour (KONY 2012 is fittingly red), all of which focus on Joseph Kony. When we buy merch from them, when we link to their video, when we put up posters linking to their website, we support the organization. I don't think that's a good thing, and I'm notalone.
Invisible Children has been condemned time and time again. As a registered not-for-profit, its finances are public. Last year, the organization spent $8,676,614. Only 32% went to direct services (page 6), with much of the rest going to staff salaries, travel and transport, and film production. This is far from ideal, and Charity Navigator rates their accountability 2/4 stars because they haven't had their finances externally audited. But it goes way deeper than that.
The group is in favour of direct military intervention, and their money supports the Ugandan government's army and various other military forces. Here's a photo of the founders of Invisible Children posing with weapons and personnel of the Sudan People's Liberation Army. Both the Ugandan army and Sudan People's Liberation Army are riddled with accusations of rape and looting, but Invisible Children defends them,arguing that the Ugandan army is "better equipped than that of any of the other affected countries", although Kony is no longer active in Uganda and hasn't been since 2006 by their own admission. These books each refer to the rape and sexual assault that are perennial issues with the UPDF, the military group Invisible Children is defending.
Still, the bulk of Invisible Children's spending isn't on supporting African militias, but on awareness and filmmaking. Which can be great, except that Foreign Affairs has claimed that Invisible Children (among others) "manipulates facts for strategic purposes, exaggerating the scale of LRA abductions and murders and emphasizing the LRA's use of innocent children as soldiers, and portraying Kony — a brutal man, to be sure — as uniquely awful, a Kurtz-like embodiment of evil." He's certainly evil, but exaggeration and manipulation to capture the public eye is unproductive, unprofessional and dishonest.
As Chris Blattman, a political scientist at Yale, writes on the topic of IC's programming, "There's also something inherently misleading, naive, maybe even dangerous, about the idea of rescuing children or saving of Africa. […] It hints uncomfortably of the White Man's Burden. Worse, sometimes it does more than hint. The savior attitude is pervasive in advocacy, and it inevitably shapes programming. Usually misconceived programming."
Still, Kony's a bad guy, and he's been around a while. Which is why the US has been involved in stopping him for years. U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) has sent multiple missions to capture or kill Kony over the years. And they've failed time and time again, each provoking a ferocious response and increased retaliative slaughter. The issue with taking out a man who uses a child army is that his bodyguards are children. Any effort to capture or kill him will almost certainly result in many children's deaths, an impact that needs to be minimized as much as possible. Each attempt brings more retaliation. And yet Invisible Children supports military intervention. Kony has been involved in peace talks in the past, which have fallen through. But Invisible Children is now focusing on military intervention.
Military intervention may or may not be the right idea, but people supporting KONY 2012 probably don't realize they're supporting the Ugandan military who are themselves raping and looting away. If people know this and still support Invisible Children because they feel it's the best solution based on their knowledge and research, I have no issue with that. But I don't think most people are in that position, and that's a problem.
Is awareness good? Yes. But these problems are highly complex, not one-dimensional and, frankly, aren't of the nature that can be solved by postering, film-making and changing your Facebook profile picture, as hard as that is to swallow. Giving your money and public support to Invisible Children so they can spend it on supporting ill-advised violent intervention and movie #12 isn't helping. Do I have a better answer? No, I don't, but that doesn't mean that you should support KONY 2012 just because it's something. Something isn't always better than nothing. Sometimes it's worse.
If you want to write to your Member of Parliament or your Senator or the President or the Prime Minister, by all means, go ahead. If you want to post about Joseph Kony's crimes on Facebook, go ahead. But let's keep it about Joseph Kony, not KONY 2012.
~ Grant Oyston, firstname.lastname@example.com
Grant Oyston is a sociology and political science student at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada. You can help spread the word about this by linking to his blog at visiblechildren.tumblr.com anywhere you see posts about KONY 2012.
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The Florida Department of Transportation's Gulf of Mexico Drive paving contractor, Ajax Paving Industries Inc., will return Thursday, June 25 to Longboat Key to repair a road deficiency on Gulf of Mexico Drive near the county line.
The road repair means that the contractor needs to perform lane closures starting tomorrow morning that will last for approximately three hours.
While there is nothing wrong with the freshly paved Manatee County portion of the road, the company found a slight deficiency in about a 100-foot section of the road near the county line while it was performing a final walkthrough Tuesday, June 23.
A substance that is put down to make the new asphalt stick to the surface underneath has bled out onto the top of the road in that area.
"Sometimes, they just put too much of the material down," said project public information officer Darren Alfonso. "It's a minor repair that won't take very long to correct."
The substance is difficult to see from the average eye and is not harmful to vehicle tires.
Only a 400-foot section of Gulf of Mexico Drive will be closed off to make the repair, as opposed to an 8,000-foot section of roadway that was closed when the contractor initially began the project.
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The Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button will start tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix from the 6th and 7th rows of the grid after ending this afternoon's qualifying session in 12th and 14th places respectively.
Both drivers made it through the first of the two knock-out rounds, with Jenson ending Q1 in 15th and Rubens in 14th. Today's result demonstrated signs of a small step forward in car stability and performance but there is still a long way to go.
BARRICHELLO Saturday Practice: P13 1:22.274 Qualifying 1: P14 01:22.502 Qualifying
2: P12 01:22.097 Qualifying 3: – "Although we are still far away from where we want to be this is our best qualifying performance of the season so far, so I guess that points towards some small improvement and we can be slightly happier. We started to make some progress here in testing last week and I am hopeful that we can carry this momentum through to tomorrow. We have a good strategy and this should help us to have a better race."
JENSON BUTTON Saturday Practice: P17 1:22.744 Qualifying 1: P15 01:22.503 Qualifying
2: P14 01:22.120 Qualifying 3: – "This was a reasonable qualifying session for us today, all things considered. We are a little bit further up the grid and closer to P10 which is a nice surprise. We have done a good job of setting the car up for the race but I really struggled with the balance this morning and the pace over one lap. It was much better this afternoon, although I made a small mistake at turn six and lost some time, which is annoying. It will be an exciting race tomorrow but unfortunately it will be tough to get into the points. We have made some progress though, which is a good sign."
Engineering Director "Today's qualifying session showed that we have made a small step in the right direction by closing the gap to our immediate competitors. Our fastest car qualified in 12th place, which is not what we aim for, but the drivers and team made the very best of the car that we have and should be congratulated. Everyone is working very hard and we are encouraged that our race pace seems to be somewhat closer to the direct competition, which makes us a little more optimistic for tomorrow and the races ahead."
SATO Saturday Practice: P14
1:22.295 Qualifying 1: P10 1:22.090 Qualifying
2: P13 1:22.115Qualifying 3: - "It is disappointing how we finished Q2; not being able to start my second run as I stopped out on track with a fuel issue. However, we made good progress with the car through the practice session and into Q1 and both cars appeared to be running competitively. It is a shame that we were not able to carry over our momentum from the morning, but never-the-less we have had a good day and I believe that we should be able to have a strong race tomorrow."
DAVIDSON Saturday
Practice: P8 1:21.845 Qualifying 1: P11 1:22.295 Qualifying
2: P15 - Qualifying 3: - "After setting a good time in the morning I felt confident in the car and that I could do it again in Qualifying. Getting through to Q2 was good as we weren't really expecting it and thought it was going to be a bit harder than it turned out to be. But in Q2 I got caught out out by wind at Turn 9 and ended up spinning off and not managing to get a flying lap at all, which was frustrating. However, the speed is in the car and we know we've got a good balance from yesterday's work, so I am looking forward to the race."
TAYLOR, Sporting Director "I believe that SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM's approach to today was correct. We did some good things this morning and both drivers were happy with the car. We did not need to adjust the car in any way during Qualifying and completed two very good runs through Q1 which put both the cars into Q2 for the first time since Australia. Clearly the updates which we've made for this weekend have benefitted us, but unfortunately it all started to go wrong in Q2. Takuma had a good first run and then his car stopped on the circuit with a fuel pick-up problem and Anthony unfortunately got caught out. I believe that we have good race pace for the Grand Prix tomorrow and so we shall learn from today and look forward to it."
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The number of students graduating from the Alamo Colleges this May increased by 35% over the number of graduates in spring 2011, establishing a new record for spring graduation. A total of 2,813 students graduated with degrees or certificates in May 2012, compared to 2,090 in May 2011.
"We congratulate our graduates on successfully completing their educational goals," said Alamo Colleges' Chancellor Dr. Bruce Leslie. "We also congratulate our faculty and staff on their successful efforts to increase the number of students who earn a degree or certificate before leaving Alamo Colleges," he added.
Exemplifying the success of Alamo Colleges' graduates was Travis Early College High School student Andrew De Luna, who spoke at San Antonio College's graduation ceremonies. De Luna received two associate degrees from SAC as a member of the first graduating class of Travis Early College High School. He will be attending Yale University in the fall. This was the first year that students graduated from Travis, earning their college degree along with their high school diploma.
At Northwest Vista College, the graduates included Veronica Martinez, who earned her associate of arts in teaching. At the graduation ceremony, she shared her inspirational story of going to college after a 20-year break. Â Martinez never gave up the hope of achieving a college education and setting an example for her children as a single mother. She persevered until her dream was fulfilled. Her goal now is to go on to become a teacher. Â
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This fall, the Alamo Colleges will officially open the new Alamo Colleges Workforce Development Center of Excellence to be located at 203 Norton at Port San Antonio, adjacent to St. Philip's College's Southwest Campus. The new center is located in a 40,000-square-foot building on 29.68 acres of land, previously part of Kelly AFB and transferred to the Alamo Colleges by Port San Antonio under a sales agreement approved by the Alamo Colleges Board of Trustees in December 2011.
The newly renovated facility will house classrooms for the Information Technology and Security Academy (ITSA), a conference center, a UPS store and a business incubator space. ITSA is a dual credit program for high school students focusing on computer science. The business incubator space will be used by small, "startup" businesses to office from while they grow their business.
The new center also will serve as a regional education and workforce training center for workforce innovation that: creates high skill/high wage career pathways for area high school and Alamo Colleges' students; delivers world class training and professional development courses and workshops for existing workers; and conducts activities that promote economic prosperity in the Alamo region. A major function of the staff at the new center will be to work with Port of San Antonio companies to seek funding resources for new and existing worker training.
The Alamo Colleges have been instrumental in delivering high quality aerospace technology education to hundreds of aerospace workers at Port San Antonio for over a decade—both through degrees it confers and customized programs for Port customers, including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Kelly Aviation Center and Chromalloy.
Today there are 14 aerospace-related businesses at Kelly Field, Port San Antonio's industrial airport. The firms directly employ approximately 5,000 workers and generate over $1.3 billion in regional economic activity.
Alamo Colleges I-BEST Program Featured in National Publications
Earlier this year the Alamo Colleges' Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) program was cited by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the nation's model programs for students who require basic skills development in order to succeed in technical training. The program also was recently featured in a new American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) publication. ASTD is the world's largest professional association dedicated to the training and development field. The article featured the Alamo Colleges' collaboration with University Health System (UHS) in training incumbent UHS workers who were limited in English proficiency to be certified nursing assistants.
In further recognition of the I-BEST program's success, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board last fall awarded the Alamo Colleges $550,000 to assist the Alamo Colleges in developing new I-BEST programs in health services, advanced manufacturing, construction and information technology. The grant also allowed the Alamo Colleges to continue to deploy a variety of educational interventions designed to provide developmental education and adult basic education students with access to credit-bearing technical training.
I-BEST provides training and employment assistance to students who require basic skills development in order to succeed in technical training.
"It allows students to access full college credit training programs immediately. rather than build English skills over six months or a year through a traditional ESL class,†said Anson Green, director of work-based English solutions at Alamo Colleges. "For example, in a medical assistant I-BEST program, the workers will learn the trade, but they will also learn the language needed to be successful in the training, trade and employment all at the same time."
Alamo Colleges implements I-BEST in 11 occupations, with options in both college credit and continuing education. After comprehensive assessment, students enter a short-term, industry-specific Career Exploratory and Skill Enhancement (Career EASE) course. This provides industry-specific basic skills and/or English language development as well as information related to the industry, training and employer expectations and the work environment.
Funding Support Makes Summer Robotics Camps
for Kids Possible
Thanks to generous support from Rackspace, Time Warner Cable and the Texas Workforce Commission, 232 local elementary, middle school and high school students will be able to attend the Alamo Colleges' Space TEAMS summer robotics camps this year. The camps will take place from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. July 9-13 at Northwest Vista College, July 16-20 at Palo Alto College, July 23-27 at San Antonio College and Northeast Lakeview College and August 6-10 at St. Philip's College. A public performance/presentation will be held on the final day of each camp.
Rackspace's $50,000 donation will fund the purchase of laptops, robot kits and software, plus pay for staff, allowing 120 students who will be entering 4th through 6th grade this fall to participate. A majority of these students will be from groups underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) areas. Eligibility status for the Federal Free or Reduced Fee school lunch program will be used as the standard for enrollment.
Time Warner Cable, for the third year in a row, is providing scholarships for 36 middle school students to attend the robotics camps at Northwest Vista College, St. Philip's College and Northeast Lakeview College. The funds are provided as part of Time Warner's Connect a Million Minds (CAMM) initiative. The Texas Workforce Commission is also providing funding for 24 high school students to attend Space TEAMS summer robotics camps at each of these same colleges. Northwest Vista College is partnering with the Girl Scouts and the Young Women's Leadership Academy of the San Antonio Independent School District for the high school teen girls camp. Northeast Lakeview College is partnering with Boysville for its high school camp.


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SALISBURY, MD - Hundreds of people showed up at Camp Odyssey despite the hot weather to attend the 22nd annual MUD MADNESS Day.
"It's hot on the eastern shore. It's hot in Salisbury so this is a great way to cool off. Dig a mud pit, use a tractor, get the kids in the mud. Put some ice in there. There's an ice bath. And build an obstacle course. It's a fun way to stay cool," says Council president Jake Day.
Other people in attendance included Mayor Jim Ireton and WMDT's web producer Leanne Murray, who says that this was an opportunity she couldn't pass up.
"Jumping in the mud because you don't get to do that, when as an adult do you ever get to jump in a giant mud puddle and get covered head to toe in mud?"
Mud Madness also kicks off a fundraising event the following evening to help support the Camp Odyssey Scholarship Fund.
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Some of you in the northern hemisphere may still be on your well-earned summer breaks. Here at UNU-WIDER we had a pause in July—for a very warm Finnish summer—after our very successful June conference in Hanoi. It is now full speed ahead for our conference on 'Inequality: Measurement, Trends, Impacts and Policies', 5-6 September. We expect a record turnout: over 300 will gather in Helsinki to debate all aspects of social inequality—and its causes and consequences. Full article
Vladimir Popov
Modern economic growth started in the West, not because of the efficiency of various capitalist institutions (elimination of serfdom, free cities, universities). It was the redistribution of wealth and income (enclosure in Britain) that resulted in an increase in savings and investment, allowing for an acceleration of productivity growth. It was not an abundance of competition or entrepreneurship, or ideas for technological innovations that allowed the West to accelerate productivity growth. Instead, it was first and foremost the abundance of savings and investment that resulted from growing income inequalities that allowed an increase in the capital/labour ratio, and cast in iron the ideas for new products and technologies. To put it differently, the West became rich not due to its inventiveness and entrepreneurial spirit, but due to the merciless dismantling of peasant community that previously provided social guarantees to the poorest. Full article
Jukka Pirttilä and Tony Addison
The last few months have seen major research activity in the area of inequality at UNU-WIDER. An update of the World Income Inequality Database (WIID) was first published in June. This is the most comprehensive database on inequality currently available. Considerable and meticulous work has been done on checking all the data points over the last year or so. And at the start of September our WIDER Development Conference is devoted to the topic of inequality. One of the key topics to be discussed at the conference is data. What kind of datasets are available for cross-country comparisons of inequality? What should one keep in mind when using such datasets? And what do these data reveal about the extent and changes in income inequality? Full article
Roger Williamson
The themes of the new UNU-WIDER work programme—transformation, inclusion, and sustainability—were the focus of the UNU-WIDER Development Conference held in Vietnam in June this year. Each represents a formidable challenge. Taken together, they seem an almost impossible set of conundrums for development. How to transform economies so that labour is employed in productive and fulfilling jobs? How to ensure an inclusive economy that works for the many and not just for the few? How to ensure that sustainability is achieved? Not just that the economy runs without recession and massive dislocation, but that it is also environmentally viable in the long term? This is particularly crucial as the impacts of climate change become more pressing. Full article
Civic education programmes have proliferated as a means of democracy promotion through aid over the past three decades. Donors from a majority of OECD countries, as well as multilateral organizations such as UNDP and the World Bank, have devoted resources to these programmes in order to foster democratic values and behaviours among ordinary individuals in emerging democracies. Many of these programmes consist of individual NGOs providing information to voters related to national or local elections, but an increasing number encompass issues such as constitutional reform, political decentralization, alternative dispute resolution, and the rights of women, minorities, and other marginalized groups. What has been the impact of these interventions? Full article
Improving the quality of schooling in low-income countries is a critical challenge facing the development community. Although education has been receiving increasing attention since the early 1990s, there is still a need for more rigorous research on the impacts of education reforms. Substantial research has been conducted on the effects of a reduction in class size on skills acquisition; comparatively less research has focused on the role of peer effects, or class composition, on student performance. Understanding the impacts of both class size and peer effect is crucial to understanding vital education issues in East Africa. Full article
Roger Williamson
In this interview Justin Lin, Non-resident Senior Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER, talks about how the state can enable the process of structural transformation of the economy, how to fund the necessary investments of this transformation, structuralism versus new structuralism, how countries can use their true comparative advantage to develop, and much more. Full interview
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Camberwell and Peckham are poorly served by public transport, and in particular by the underground system. Most residents have to travel into central London by bus or train, with long journey times. As the Mayor of London considers his 2020 Vision and plans for major infrastructure investment in the next decade, we call on him to commit to extending the Bakerloo line to Camberwell and Peckham in order to improve public transport for current and future residents, and to help bring jobs and growth to this part of London.
I have lived in my Camberwell my whole life, and as a resident of this area I truly believe Camberwell is fantastic in terms of bus service but not for trains/tubes. The nearest tube station to me is Oval, nearest train station is Denmark Hill and as I live in between these stations, it's quite inconvenient. Camberwell deserves to have its own tube station, as a large number of people live here and pass through Camberwell everyday.
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Italian Mashed Potatoes
Notes: Gemma Sciabica of Modesto, California, uses a fruity olive oil in her mashed potatoes. If making up to 1 day ahead, cool, cover, and chill. Reheat, covered, in a microwave-safe container in a microwave oven on full power (100%), stirring occasionally, until hot, 5 to 7 minutes. Or bake, covered, in a shallow 1 1/2- to 2-quart casserole in a 325° oven (350° if baking with a turkey at that temperature), stirring once after 30 minutes, until hot in the center, 40 to 50 minutes total.
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 283
- Calories from fat: 51%
- Protein: 5.7g
- Fat: 16g
- Saturated fat: 3.3g
- Carbohydrate: 29g
- Fiber: 2.8g
- Sodium: 87mg
- Cholesterol: 9.5mg
- 3 pounds thin-skinned potatoes
- About 1 cup milk
- 1 to 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup grated romano cheese
- 1/2 cup minced fresh basil leaves or parsley
- 1/8 teaspoon paprika or cayenne
- Salt and pepper
- 1. In a 5- to 6-quart pan over high heat, bring 1 quart water to a boil.
- 2. Peel and rinse potatoes; cut into 1-inch chunks. Add potatoes to boiling water; cover and return to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer until potatoes mash easily, 10 to 12 minutes.
- 3. Meanwhile, in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart pan over medium heat, warm 1 cup milk and garlic until steaming, about 5 minutes. (Or in a 2-cup microwave-safe container, heat milk and garlic in a microwave oven on full power [100%] until steaming, 1 to 2 minutes.)
- 4. Drain potatoes and return to pan. Add the hot milk mixture, oil, cheese, basil, and paprika. Mash with a potato masher or an electric mixer until potatoes are as lumpy or smooth as you like, adding a little more milk for a softer, creamier texture if desired. Add salt and pepper to taste.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Sodium, Meatless
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Kinross is no longer golden
Problems at Kinross Gold lead to underperformance and can't be easily fixed.
A rising tide lifts all ships, true. But not all to the same extent.
The huge rally in gold to new historic highs day after day has largely left Kinross Gold (KGC) behind.
True, the stock is up 9% as of the close on November 11th from its recent low at $18. But in that same period, shares of Goldcorp (GG), a Jubak's Pick on November 5th, are up 22%. (For my Buy on Goldcorp see this post).
Unfortunately, I don't think the problems at Kinross Gold that have led to this underperformance can be easily fixed. So, I'm going to take the gain from the rising tide, sell Kinross at an overall loss with this column, and look for a ship that's better able to float with the tide.
What's the problem at Kinross Gold? Simply, lower production and higher costs.
Last quarter, the problems seemed limited to the company's Paracatu mine in Brazil. But with the November 2nd report Kinross said it is having problems at Paracatu and Fort Knox.
The problems at Paracatu, however, are costing the company the most and look hardest to fix. Throughput was running at just 70% of plant design levels in October, and gold recovery is stuck at 74% rather than the target of 80%.
Increasing throughput with the existing plant results in a coarser grind of the ore that, in turn, reduces gold recovery. Adding a third ball mill would increase throughput, but that will take until 2010 or 2011.
And while gold miners like Goldcorp are seeing rising production and falling costs, Kinross is experiencing exactly the opposite.
The company has lowered production guidance to 2.2 million ounces from an earlier, already lowered target of 2.3 million to 2.4 million ounces.
Costs at Paracatu climbed to $764 an ounce in the third quarter, and the company's overall cost rose to $464 an ounce. In contrast, total cash costs at Goldcorp this quarter were either $295 or $384 an ounce, depending on whether you use by-product or co-product accounting.
As of November 12, 2009, I'm selling Kinross Gold out of Jubak's Picks with a loss of 16% since I added it to the portfolio on April 4, 2008.
Jim Jubak plans to sell Kinross Gold out of his personal portfolio three days after this is posted.
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