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Financial Policies and Dynamic Game Simulation in Poland and Hungary
AbstractRecently, steady economic growth rates have been kept in Poland and Hungary. Money supplies are growing rather rapidly in these economies. In large, exchange rates have trends of depreciation. Then, exports and prices show the steady growth rates. It can be thought that per capita GDPs are in the same level and development stages are similar in these two countries. It is assumed that these two economies have the same export market and export goods are competing in it. If one country has an expansion of monetary policy, price increase and interest rate decrease. Then, exchange rate decrease. Exports and GDP will increase through this phenomenon. At the same time, this expanded monetary policy affects another country through the trade. This mutual relationship between two countries can be expressed by the Nash-equilibrium in the Game theory. In this paper, macro-econometric models of Polish and Hungarian economies are built and the Nash- equilibrium is introduced into them.
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Related researchKeywords: East Europe; Poland; Hungary; Monetary policy; Nash-equilibrium; Game theory; Macro-econometric model; Trade; Simulation; Reaction function; Money supply; Central bank;
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In the wake of our seemingly everlasting economic crisis, the Spanish health authorities have decided to exclude single women to access ART treatments – mainly artificial insemination- in the public health care system. "The lack of a male partner is not a medical problem", has said Ana Mato, our Secretary of Health. Coming from a devout Catholic and extremely conservative politician, her remark, and ultimately, her Department's policy, have been widely interpreted as another vindication of the idea that only traditional, i. e. heterosexual, families are suitable for rearing children. The spokeswomen of various feminist and lesbian NGOs have entered the public arena to denounce her lesbophobia.
The fact of the matter is that women in Spain, whether married to another woman or single, will still be authorized to be artificially inseminated (in some European countries such as France, Austria or Sweden, for instance, single women are excluded from medically assisted reproduction). Even the fertile, married heterosexual woman might still get artificial insemination – maybe she just wants to do things differently, for a change- although they will all have to bear the costs. The public health care system has, therefore, reconfigured ART as a pure medical remedy for a medical condition: infertility. The days of IA as an "alternative means of reproduction" for "alternative life-styles" are over. But with this new policy the demand made by economically disadvantaged lesbian couples willing to procreate finds an answer along the following lines: "go find a male". A crude response if there is one. Continue reading


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Optical scanners are at the center of inventory control, and ScanSources is at the center of its market.
As this economy begins to turn around, control of the movement of merchandise from manufacturer to wholesalers and distributors, and finally from retailers to the consumer, will be essential. SCSC distributes of the type of optical scanning devices that will be at the heart of inventory control as inventory goes through the various levels. The company is a key player in optical scanning devices in the U.S., Latin America and Europe.
It has had a price appreciation on 15 of the past 20 trading sessions and in four of the most recent five sessions. The price appreciation in the past 65 days has been 30.04%. The stock's price has recently turned upward, and the stock has five buy signals on Barchart's five short-term technical indicators of a 100% short term buy signal.
The stock is not widely followed by Wall Street, but analysts predict that sales will increase by 6.6% and EPS by 17.1% in the coming year. There are no major sell recommendations out there, and the smart money -- the short sellers -- has reduced short sales from 2.8 million shares to below 980,000 share in the past year. Fewer people are betting against this company.
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Recommendation: No business can compete effectively without proper inventory control. Optical scanning devices have a pivotal place in inventory control. The company is positioned in the prime markets of the US, Latin America and Europe. I'm adding SCSC to my Wall Street Survivor portfolio around 29.64 with a protective stop loss no lower than 25.50.
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BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) - A western New York shoe manufacturer that has been in business since the Civil War era is shutting down operations, putting 72 people out of work.
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Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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- Calories: 272
- Fat: 9.1g
- Saturated fat: 0.6g
- Protein: 3.6g
- Carbohydrate: 45.1g
- Cholesterol: 24mg
- Iron: 0.8mg
- Sodium: 190mg
- Calories from fat: 30%
- Fiber: 1.4g
- Calcium: 22mg
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 (8-ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large egg whites
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon grated orange rind
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups grated carrot
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 1/2 cup (4 ounces) 1/3-less-fat cream cheese
- 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped pecans
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Coat bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray; line bottom with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray.
- Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients.
- Combine pineapple and next 6 ingredients in a large bowl. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add flour mixture; beat just until blended. Stir in carrot and raisins. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Remove wax paper. Cool completely on wire rack.
- Beat cream cheese with a mixer at medium speed until smooth. Gradually add powdered sugar; beat at low speed just until blended.
- Place cake layer on a plate; spread top and sides with cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle top with pecans. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.
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- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Meatless
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- OCCASION: Autumn
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The online brand store of Puma at Snapdeal boasts of an extensive collection of cool branded men's t-shirts. Vibrant hues, quirky designs, and high-quality material are the USPs of Puma men's clothing items. Men's tees are available in round, collar, and V-neck so that you can find exactly what you want at our website. The assortment of men's cool polo t-shirts at Snapdeal is highly selective and you will find some of the best pieces crafted by Puma at our online store only. Take time out to browse through our collection and you can buy some amazing printed and plain t-shirts for yourself. A sportsman's wardrobe can never be complete without a comfortable tracksuit. So, shop for top-notch quality tracksuits for men at Snapdeal and pamper the sports enthusiast inside you.Find a wide range of Puma sleeveless and full sleeves sweaters on Snapdeal in the shades of blue, black, red, orange, grey, green and lots more. Other items you can shop for at Puma's online brand store at Snapdeal include sweatshirts, jackets, shorts and cargos.


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Generate cheap, green electricity from sunlight!
Solar panel electricity systems, also known as solar photovoltaics (PV), capture the sun's energy using photovoltaic cells. These cells don't need direct sunlight to work – they can still generate some electricity on a cloudy day. The cells convert the sunlight into electricity, which can be used to run household appliances and lighting.
The benefits of solar electricity
• Cut your electricity bills: sunlight is free, so once you've paid for the initial installation your electricity costs will be reduced.
• Get paid for the electricity you generate: the government's Feed-In Tariffs pay you for the electricity you generate, even if you use it.
• Sell electricity back to the grid: if your system is producing more electricity than you need, or when you can't use it, you can sell the surplus back to the grid.
• Cut your carbon footprint: solar electricity is green, renewables energy and doesn't release any harmful carbon dioxide] or other pollutants. A typical home solar PV system could save over a tonne of carbon dioxide per year – that's more than 30 tonnes over its lifetime.
How do solar panels (PV) cells work?
PV cells are made from layers of semi-conducting material, usually silicon. When light shines on the cell it creates an electric field across the layers. The stronger the sunshine, the more electricity is produced. Groups of cells are mounted together in panels or modules that can be mounted on your roof.
The power of a PV cell is measured in kilowatts peak (kWp). That's the rate at which it generates energy at peak performance in full direct sunlight during the summer. PV cells come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Most PV systems are made up of panels that fit on top of an existing roof, but you can also fit solar tiles.
The average domestic solar PV system is 3.5 to 4kWp and costs around £7,000 (including VAT at 5%), with the typical cost ranging from £5,500 to £9,500.
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Swiss Box: Modern Home in the Mountains
I love how this boxy home looks like it was tossed to the ground in the middle of the Swiss Alps! Designed by Nunatak Sàrl Architectes, the home is covered in a slate exterior — a beautiful use of stone in this rocky part of the world!
The subtle use of yellow in both the exterior and interior is genius — surrounded by mountains and vineyards, this house qualifies as a great escape!
See all the photos and building plans over at ArchDaily: Zufferey House / Nunatak Sàrl Architectes.
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I tend to like old and quaint but I think this is beautiful... perhaps it's the green of the vineyard and the awesome mountains..... but it does seem to meld rather well for me...
Don't like it
I'm with Blandwagon. I really like the exterior, but the interior... meh. Just okay.
Just another great example to show the absent talent of most modernist architects.
the building looks great (inside and out).
the interior decorating....not so much
Alaricus - um, that's kind of a broad generalization. Don't forget that aesthetics are only a part of an architects design!
I like new architectural concepts if there's a point, but this strikes me as "originality" for originality's sake. You could never sit on those red couches and look out the slanted windows without being distracted by the [pointless] fact that they're slanted.
The word "modern" can refer to things such as the H-bomb, the concentration camp, various types of pollution, and so forth.
Here (to describe the house) the term is used in a complimentary sense, I suppose. But the negative aspects of the term stick to it.


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Silicon Valley is a State of Mind →
Vinod Khosla wrote a great post on the importance and magnificence of the Silicon Valley ethos. The whole thing is worth a read, but I wanted to highlight this parenthesis he uses to describe Valley entrepreneurs:
(When I say Silicon Valley, I mean it how my Kleiner partner John Doerr meant it when he used to say "Silicon Valley is not a place but a state of mind.")
I love that idea and I've long believed it. Lore is based in New York but we very much live and breathe the Valley spirit. The internet has allowed that mindset to spread—like many things, it's no longer geographically bound.
The mindset is one of relentless optimism, that nothing is too big to improve. It's faith in the future combined with the confidence to try and invent it.
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The first few days they were in South Africa, the ladies of The Real Housewives of Atlanta were a complete embarrassment to themselves and all Americans. NeNe Leakes and Marlo Hampton led the way for sure, but all of them and their ridiculous quarreling over who got the best rooms and who got invited to what party was just painful to watch.
From throwing up a "rain shower" of money while dancing in a club to demanding hair and makeup artists before going on safari, Marlo is adamant about making her moneyed ways known. But as another Housewife once sang, money can't buy you class, which was more than apparent when Marlo showed up for the safari in sequined disco pants. Classy they were not.
Even while on the safari, within feet of gorgeous giraffes and amazing zebras, the duo of divas acted ridiculous, scaring away the animals and generally having their noses up in the air about the whole experience. It was maddening to watch them waste an opportunity like that and even fellow Talls teammate, Cynthia Bailey, was embarrassed by their behavior.
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Things changed, however, as the ladies went deeper into Africa and headed toward an orphanage. They stopped to get supplies and ran into a group of students who were on a lunch break. The children sang, danced, and delighted the ladies, who went in and cleaned out the local store to buy supplies for the kids and for others in the area.
Once at the orphanage, there was no quarrelling or bickering, no worrying about one's hair or shoes. No one cared who was a tall or a small, they were all just moved. It was real recognition by the woman of the sad situation of the children, and their own very privileged one. They laughed, hugged, and doted on the children and seemed genuinely immersed in the experience -- even Marlo. It was lovely to see, and you could almost forget all the other ugliness they put out there.
My hope is those warm feelings of gratitude will stay with the women and make the rest of their trip more peaceful and meaningful. Previews and past experience, however, seem to suggest otherwise. Rather we'll likely see those lessons will be quickly aside for more drama.
Were you completely embarrassed to see the ladies acting like they did in Africa? Do you think their experience at the orphanage will change their attitudes ... for long?
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I missed the show.
I have always thought that a lot of these stupid stars and celebrities ought to spend some time somewhere like this. No, one visit will not make the difference. They ought to be left there alone (as in not with each other) for 6 months.
I never watch it... no desire too... I dont understand the appeal.
I missed this one.
The whole thing was embarassing. I hope people realize this is NOT what normal Americans act like. It's not really going to make a difference for Marlo and NeNe especially. They were going right back to their beautiful accomadations...they will definitely go on and on about how they helped these children...I can see that!
I don't watch the Atlanta one.
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I put a little away at a time
I cut corners until I can afford it
Save? Who has money to save?
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I wrote a quick post with a few scenarios on where this could lead us: Wikileaks and the future. This article is relevant for this… Even if I think more things are at stake than just the Internet.
You'll have been following the Wikileaks saga, of course, because it is novel and interesting. Maybe you like it because it looks like a live action retelling of Enemy Of The State, or because history seems to be in the making. It feels big, doesn't it? It is, but it's bigger than that, too: what we're witnessing right now is the opening of hostilities in the first big infowar. The war for the Internet is very big indeed.
If you're not a digital native, or if you're some kind of hearty outdoors type, this may not seem important, but you're dead wrong. We could be spectators for the start of the cyber Great War – and they've just knocked over Franz Ferdinand.
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- Soft, supportive shoulder straps have strategically-placed ventilating holes and mesh contact surfaces
- Adjustable hip-belt helps accommodate a load that just getting heavier (no, we're not talking about the diaper)
- Padded, ventilated child harness adjusts easily to hold your kid securely
- Framing around your child is fully padded, with extra padding behind the head, for comfort and protection
- Reversible drool pad is removable and washable
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We both like it.
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I used to carry my son in a Chicco Smart support backpack, but when he was about 6 months old he looked so uncomfortable when he fell asleep in it. With the Poco Plus, he is much higher on my back, and really enjoys the view. He is about 26 lbs. and fits in it just fine. Most importantly it is comfortable for me, and I guess him too, because he will still fall asleep in it.
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I've had the Poco Plus now for 5 months, and it's been such a hit at our house! My daughter, now 14 months, can't get enough Poco time - hiking, or just around town. It's very comfortable and adjustable, and distributes her weight well. This one has an appropriate amount of storage for us, and the pockets are well placed. I can tell our daughter loves it because as soon as it comes out of the closet she runs up and starts trying to climb in!
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She and I both love this pack! Hiking Cape Lookout on the Oregon Coast here.
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Its so great to get them used to the outdoors at a young age, couldn't have done it without this pack
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Much needed for those hot days in Bangkok. It breathes pretty well too with the mesh sides, he wasn't sweating too bad in it.
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We originally got this pack for traveling to Thailand with our then 9 month old son. It was perfect with the pop up sunshade and storage for diapers/snacks and what not. We read that it wasn't very stroller friendly where we were going so we were very glad we got the pack for him instead.
Now that we're in Virginia we get to take him on a bunch of great hikes and as long as he's got snacks, he's happy in there. Must be pretty comfortable because he's fallen asleep in there a few times.
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I've found that the Poco Plus stands out above some of the lower-priced offerings from Osprey, mainly because of the ample storage space and built-in sun shade. Those two features alone make this pack worth your while if you're venturing out for more than just a stroll around the corner with your little one.
So far this summer I've had my 18-month-old son out a half dozen times in the Poco Plus. He weighs in at around 30 pounds, so not only is the Poco beefy enough to make his ride comfortable (and mine as comfortable as you can make it), but it has enough space to bring all the stuff you need when taking your boy miles into the backcountry. And the sun shade is a really great feature to keep him a bit more protected from whatever it is you run into (sun, bugs, low-hanging branches, etc).
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This pack is outstanding and there is only one feature that needs tweaking. The zipper on the lower compartment is a little hard to pull in either direction. Besides this minor complaint this pack has allowed me to get "out" more with my son. The pack seems really comfortable and he usually takes naps everytime we go out. I have put about 30 miles of hiking through the mountains of southern AZ on it with no signs of wear and tear even around the stirrups. I have even used the sun shad as an impromptu changing pad when I forgot my son's pad.
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This carrier covers everything! From a hidden sun shade to stirrups for your little one's feet, the basis are covered! My favorite part is the ease of adjust-ability. My sister is tiny but she can wear this pack and hand it off to her husband. As always, Osprey quality and lifetime warranty!
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Bottom line- comfortable for the kid (she falls asleep in it), comfortable for the mule for a long haul, and easy to adjust on the fly .
We've had it for several months now- it's our go-to baby carrier for when it's too hot to use the Ergo or baby wrap (we live in Thailand). It's been on long hikes, an elephant ride, and a trip in a dugout canoe.
While they sell a rain cover for this, I've been impressed that the sun shade alone kept the tot dry through a tropical downpour for about five minutes. Not sure how it would handle a longer duration (parts of the shade are mesh) but if you just need something while you sprint to shelter you can probably skip the rain cover.
Second fun fact- the shoulder load adjustment buckles are within the passenger's reach, which can lead to some holy $#!T moments when she loosens one. She'll learn not to, can't really ding the pack on that.
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We could not be happier with this! Love the hip belt that adjusts easily & the sun shade on the Plus version is worth the money! We?ve forgotten her hat & come across winds that have been alleviated with the shade.
We do a lot of berry picking too & the bending over has been fine with the pack. Our little 1 year old LOVES it too! She?s content, as we have kept her sitting up pretty high in it, with the adjustments & she loves being able to fully be part of our treks. We?ve even taken her to a wedding in this! Airport also was a blessing to have this! No dirty looks from people getting mad that the stroller is taking up so much room & is in the way. We can walk fast, keep our pace & haven?t missed using the stroller once! The storage is perfect, just the right amount for our gear as well as her light items.
Definitely worth the price & we have been super happy with it! Oh and it cleans up so well! Blackberries our little one smeared on the strap- came right off! I was shocked, as in typical attire it?s a job to get out.
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my husband and i have been searching for a baby carrier to take our little one hiking for months now. we have stopped people on trails, borrowed friends and family's carriers to test them out, yet could not find one that could fit both of our frames (my husband is broad shouldered, 6'3" and i am smaller up top and only 5'4"). not only does this carrier adjust to our height difference, but the hip belt can also fit both of us (which you need with a baby and full pack)! plus the frame around the baby and harness are so nice, not just something you snap in, but it really keeps the baby in place! we went with the plus instead of the premium only because the difference we saw was the extra day pack, we do not need that additional piece. the premium also comes with a diaper pad for changing, but we have plenty of those as well! by far the best purchase we have made thus far as new parents!! great work on the osprey!


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[1] Guttmacher Institute, International Planned Parenthood Federation, Facts on Satisfying the Need for Contraception in Developing Countries, November 2010. Original source: World Health Organization (WHO) et al., Trends in Maternal Mortality:1990 to 2008, Geneva: WHO, 2010.
[2] WHO. WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (March 2011), 17th edition. Available at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2011/a95053_eng.pdf. Accessed March 26,2011
[3] Power J, French R, and Cowan F. Subdermal Implantable Contraceptives Versus Other Forms of Reversible Contraceptives or Other Implants As Effective Methods of Preventing Pregnancy (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007;3(3):1-31.


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Home-care workers could soon unionizeBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | March 19,2013MONTPELIER One of the larger groups of unorganized workers in the state could soon win the power to form a union.
The Vermont Senate last week gave almost unanimous approval to legislation that would grant collective bargaining rights to about 6,000 home-care workers scattered across the state. This small army of low-wage employees is the hidden labor force behind government programs that deliver subsidized care to elderly and disabled residents who need help to stay in their homes.
While their paychecks are funded by the state, these workers function as independent contractors. And any attempts to negotiate new wages collectively would run afoul of federal anti-trust laws.
Quite frankly these folks are on the bottom of the food chain, Sen. Ann Cummings, a Washington County Democrat, said last week. They work very hard, and receive very little in the way of benefits.
A crowd of home-care workers dressed in blue union T-shirts looked on from the Senate chamber last Thursday as lawmakers there cast a key vote.
Karen Connor is a communications director for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, one of two unions seeking to organize the workers. She said many home-care workers make less than $10 an hour and receive no mileage reimbursement, despite the fact that their jobs often require them to use their own vehicles to shuttle patients to doctors appointments, grocery trips and other errands.
We want to make sure they do have some voice when it comes to issues of pay, because right now they have nothing, Conner said. Theres no one to speak up for them, or to point out issues or problems, because right now there is no vehicle at all for the state to even hear them.
Home-care workers, who spend their days inside the residences of the individuals for whom theyre responsible for providing care, dont have supervisors to whom they can report problems. The terms of their employment are negotiated on a person-by-person basis with patient-clients, who use state stipends to pay for the care provided by their home-care worker.
Matt McDonald, Vermont director for 1199 SEIU Health Care Workers East, the other union vying to represent the workers, said the duties performed by home-care employees responsibilities can range from helping bathe clients to preparing meals are often the only thing between patients and a nursing home. He said ensuring the stability of that workforce is an appropriate public investment, given the amount of taxpayer dollars saved as a result of their work.
Exactly how much more Vermont will have to pay if workers earn collective bargaining rights remains unclear. Total payroll for the workforce is an estimated $40 million, so every 1-percent increase in pay would amount to $400,000 annually.
Gov. Peter Shumlin has said the higher wages in increased benefits wont impact the state budget until fiscal year 2015. He said his administration, which will be responsible for negotiating wages with the new union, hasnt forecast what the added pressure will be on the human services budget. He said, however, that the workers deserve to be paid more than theyre making now.
The home-care bill is far less controversial in Montpelier than similar legislation that would have extended collective bargaining rights to child care workers. That bill was shot down by a Senate committee last week, and its unclear whether the bill will resurface before the session is over.
The home-care bill, which stipulates that workers will not be allowed to strike, looks to have a clear path toward passage in the House, where lawmakers will take it up in the coming weeks.
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While I do agree with some of your views, keep in mind there is a difference between helping a guild member and doing the work for them. The player is ultimately responsible for their own preparation and by joining a Raiding Guild you announce that you are prepared or at least making personal strives towards that goal. This doesn't mean you've had 2+ years of raiding experience under your belt. It means your max level with appropriate gear ,gems, enchants, etc and that you have studied the fight well enough to have a general idea of what you should be doing. This usually means going off to "youtube/elitist jerks/etc" before stepping foot in the raid.
Yes, some people learn better by jumping in and trying something. Unfortunately most people who claim that simply don't want to take 15 minutes to study. That 15 minutes translates to more raid time and gives each player a bit of knowledge that prevents yet another raid wipe.
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Thanks Derek. I will let members know about the meetups on Saturday. Hope to go to the LGBT history month event.
Hi Derek Welcome to London Black Atheists. I hope you can join us at our 25th January meetup when we particularly welcome new members. We will also be having a discussion about Nelson Mandela. Your idea of joint events is a really good one, and I hope this is something we can plan together soon. Catherine.
We would like to invite you to a meetup on ?Religion & The Failure of Politics? on May 17th at the House of Commons. Simon Hughes MP has agreed to host this to discuss if the signs of religious revival both nationally and globally are related to failure in the secular world of politics. Andrew Copson the Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association will also be speaking.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A State Department contractor has pleaded guilty to illegally looking at the passport information of nearly 200 celebrities, athletes, actors and politicians over a three-year period.
Lawrence C. Yontz, of Arlington, Va., had been charged with unauthorized computer access, a misdemeanor. He pleaded guilty on Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola.
Yontz faces as much as much as a year in prison and $100,000 in fines.
Several contract workers have been fired since it came to light that the passport records of presidential candidates had been breached.
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Cognition: Behind the Music
Happy Cog president Greg Storey describes the thinking behind our latest little experiment in online publishing and community:
Last week we launched Cognition, a studio blog, that replaced the traditional open-mic text area commenting system with two options: Either post a response via your own Twitter account or link to a post on your own blog.
As the primary instigator, Mr. Storey explains his and the agency's rationale for doing away with traditional comments:
The problem with most comment threads is that they can reach that useless tipping point very quickly. Without having an active moderator to keep up with all of the various threads it's practically impossible to provide any sort of conversational value.
Meanwhile we have also informally noticed a decline in blog usage since the wider adoption of Twitter within our community. … Happy Cog loves blogs. … What if we could help bring some life back into the old network by encouraging people to write blog posts when they have more to say than what can fit into one-hundred-and-forty characters?
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Download UK ministerial meeting data from 2010
Some people have asked for access to the raw data aggregated on the Who's Lobbying website.
Government departments are seven months late in publishing meeting reports. They are currently in breach of the Ministerial Code, pg 20, which states "Departments will publish, at least quarterly, details of Ministers' external meetings".
Departments last issued ministerial meeting reports covering the period Jan-Mar 2011. Data from these 2011 reports have not yet been extracted, cleaned, and loaded into the Who's Lobbying database.
In an ideal world, the Prime Minister would be reprimanding departments for being in breach of the Ministerial Code's rules on quarterly publication of ministers' external meetings. Photo by The Prime Minister's Office, some rights reserved.
Here is a link to a spreadsheet containing data from Who's Lobbying's database on UK ministerial meetings from May to December 2010.
Each organisation in a meeting is listed on a separate line, there are over 6,000 entries.
Data in the spreadsheet has been collated from previous department ministerial meeting reports. The columns meeting_source and meeting_source_uri give you the provenance of each row.
If more than one organisation was in the same meeting, then the wl_internal_meeting_id will be the same for those rows in the spreadsheet.
Often the same organisation is given a different name in different reports. Where possible a normalized form of the name is given in the column wl_normalized_name, and a normalized acronym, if any, for the organisation is given in the column wl_normalized_acronym.
Here is a list of the columns in the spreadsheet:
- department - e.g. Prime Minister's Office
- minister - e.g. The Rt Hon David Cameron MP
- minister_role - e.g. Prime Minister
- wl_internal_meeting_id - e.g. 542
- date - e.g. May 2010
- name_of_organisation - e.g. Rupert Murdoch
- wl_normalized_name - e.g. Rupert Murdoch
- wl_normalized_acronym
- purpose_of_meeting - e.g. General meeting
- department_datagov_uri - e.g. http://reference.data.gov.uk/doc/minister/co/prime-minister
- department_wl_uri - e.g. http://whoslobbying.com/uk/prime_ministers_office
- minister_wl_uri - e.g. http://whoslobbying.com/uk/david_cameron
- organisation_wl_uri - e.g. http://whoslobbying.com/uk/rupert_murdoch
- meeting_source - e.g. Prime Minister's Office, Ministerial meetings with outside interests, 13 May 2010 - 31 July 2010
- meeting_source_uri - http://download.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/transparency/data-pm.pdf
- meeting_source_licence - Open Government Licence – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/
- whos_lobbying_licence - Open Database License (ODbL) – http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/
- whos_lobbying_attribution - Information from the Who's Lobbying (http://whoslobbying.com/) database is available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Content from other sources have additional licences as referenced.
DATA: download the full spreadsheet of UK ministerial meetings May-Dec 2010


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On the first day of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act, People For the American Way Foundation's African American Ministers Leadership Council (AAMLC) released the following statement:
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) will make access to health care a reality for many of our country's most vulnerable women, men, and children. As African American faith leaders, we applaud the expansion of health care accessibility and believe that every person is entitled to compassionate, affordable, and culturally competent health care.
6.8 million African Americans who were uninsured yesterday have new opportunities for coverage today. These opportunities will make a real impact in the lives of real women, children and men.
This week, our clergy began a series of "I Care" Sundays that will focus on comfort and confidence in enrollment through March 31, 2014. Our ministerial alliance across the country will continue its outreach – to be spearheaded primarily by women faith leaders – in rural and urban churches to support health care from the pulpit to the pews. Through participating in the ACA, we are advocating a healthy future with human dignity for all.
People For the American Way Foundation's African American Ministers Leadership Council represents an ecumenical alliance of 1,500 African-American clergy working toward equality, justice and opportunity for all.
Guest post from Reverend Dr. Geraldine Pemberton, Assistant Pastor of New Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia and member of PFAW Foundation's African American Ministers Leadership Council.
As a 74 year old retired nurse, I can remember the original March on Washington well. I wasn't able to be there in person that day, but many of my family members were. After marching with Dr. King and more than 200,000 other Americans, they were inspired to come home and fight for justice.
I myself am of the Jim Crow era. The injustices that Dr. King described that day as the "chains of discrimination" were injustices I faced first-hand. My father, who was born in North Carolina, would take my family down from Philadelphia for visits to his home state. He would try to prepare us as much as he could, but it was always overwhelming. I remember that once we passed the Mason-Dixon line, we couldn't use most bathrooms. We would have to use outhouses behind gas stations instead.
Today I can see how far we've come, but also how much further we still have to go. I have spent much of my life fighting the injustices that drove the first March on Washington, especially health disparities facing women of color. Justice, I have learned, is a very big umbrella that must include equality for women. A just society has to be one that values women's voices and fights back against health disparities that threaten black women's lives.
Twenty years after that march, I went to another major event that inspired people from all over to drop what they were doing and travel across the country – the 1983 Spelman College conference on women's health, which birthed what is now the Black Women's Health Imperative. My friend and I saw a flyer for it but didn't think we could afford to go. We maxed out our credit cards and drove down to Atlanta. Thousands of women showed up for the conference – young women, older women, women with children, women who had hitchhiked there. We just showed up - we had to be there.
That conference unfolded into a lifetime of work in pursuit of improving the health outcomes of African American women. As a former Director of Nursing and a current Health Committee Director for an alliance of Black clergy in Philadelphia, I know that women of color need improved access to care and greater provider sensitivity. Women need more information on the diseases that affect us most. And as a 74 year old Philadelphian, I'm still fighting for women's health and justice. This year I am organizing health forums at churches throughout the city to give women more information about diseases, healthy living, and greater access to health services though the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act commonly known as "Obamacare."
The first health forum is this weekend – fifty years after the March on Washington. In so many ways, we are still marching.
PFAW staff and supporters joined the throngs of supporters of the Affordable Care Act outside the Supreme Court today, while the Justices were hearing the second day of arguments on the constitutionality of the law.
Hundreds of activists chanted and carried signs supporting ObamaCare. For so many Americans, the ACA is the difference between receiving potentially lifesaving healthcare services and being denied for a preexisting condition or being financially devastated by an unexpected illness.
The ACA is a practical and constitutional approach to a solving a pressing national problem, and the Supreme Court should uphold the law.