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Creamy Vanilla Pudding Recipe
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This creamy pudding turns out perfect every time! It's quick and easy to make, and the result is an old-fashioned pudding that's great for an after-school snack or to use as a base for many delicious desserts.
- 2-1/2 cups milk, divided
- Pinch salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Place 2 cups milk and salt in a saucepan. Sprinkle sugar on milk and do not stir; heat over medium-high. Quickly combine cornstarch with remaining milk; add egg yolks and mix well. When milk comes to a full boil, remove saucepan from the heat and stir in cornstarch mixture. Pudding will begin to thicken. Return to the heat and cook for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla and butter. Pour into individual dishes. Serve warm. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Creamy Vanilla Pudding in Reminisce Extra April 1993, p49
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"My family loves this delicious and simple treat! It works just right every time!"
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"This had a good taste. However, it did not thicken. I added bananas and think it may be that with the moisture from bananas I should have lowered milk amount."
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"Excellent recipe. I added milk, salt, cornstarch, and sugar together in pan. It's the right amount for 2 people but I think you should double the recipe. :)"
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"We are empty nesters and most of the time we cannot use all the milk we buy. So I use this recipe to use up our milk. It is quick and easy and makes a great dessert."


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It's been a very eventful few weeks – a lot has happened since I last wrote.
A few months ago I decided I needed to appoint my own coach, but the most important thing was that I chose the right one. I was prepared to wait for that, and I'm fortunate that I am working with Nigel Sears with half of the season still to go.
I'm also very happy to have Scott back in the team, as my fitness trainer. We've always got on so well and achieved some very good results together. He knows me as well as any coach and I'm confident that he can help me achieve my goals.
Although I am excited about the months ahead, I have to be patient – it's going to take time for the hard work to pay off. Always when you have a new coach there is extra motivation in the beginning, and that can create some good results. But the changes that you make together take time to flourish, and it will be some time, probably next season, when I am in a position to really reach my potential.
The next six or seven weeks are going to be intense: I play five tournaments, including the US Open. There are a lot of ranking points available and a lot of opportunities to face the top players. That's something that I am looking forward to doing, if all goes well.
There is something far, far more important than anything like training and matches that I want to mention, and that's Alisa Kleybanova and her recent diagnosis of cancer. Like all the other girls on the Tour, I was so shocked and very saddened to hear it.
Alisa is a lovely person and I really wish her the very best in her fight with this illness. It really puts into perspective everything that we do on the court and shows that there is nothing more important than your health, and the health of your family and friends.

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Can you ask local welders/welding shops/metal suppliers if they would be willing to donate scrap metal to your school? I always have leftover pieces which I hang onto waiting until I have an idea where I can use them-but always more stuff than I can use. They may only be small pieces but you can practice welding and bending and cutting on them. Or go to a scrap metal recycle place and ask if they would donate some metal. Maybe ask on Craig's list? Or, have the class make some items and rent a booth and sell at a craft fair to make money for supplies. I make a lot of small items with scrap metal and sell for $6-$20. In today's economy, it makes sense and those small sales do add up. Kayla-private message me if you'd like me to send you small project ideas. cat


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Not necessarily just the ones who have direct power over us.
Fourteen years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers can be liable for workplace harassment by supervisors they employ. Now, a harassment case brought by a black catering assistant named Maetta Vance against Ball State University has the court engaged in the delicate task of deciding exactly who qualifies as a supervisor.
Must it be someone who has "the power to hire, fire, demote, promote, transfer or discipline the victim"? That was the opinion of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in dismissing Vance's case. Three federal appeals courts have also adopted that standard.
But three other appeals courts have said mere day-to-day oversight is enough to result in liability. A definition proposed by the Equal Opportunity Commission resembles this less strict interpretation.
Where to draw the line?
It seems like a clear case of splitting hairs, doesn't it? Even if those providing "day-to-day oversight" don't have the direct ability to hire, fire, demote, promote, transfer or discipline someone, they have the ability through reports and reviews to influence those who do. And short of that, as justices from across the political spectrum noted, they have the power to make employees' work lives so miserable they have no choice but to quit, which could be considered the equivalent of firing.
Of course the whole issue of workplace harassment is so full of vague generalities and subjective perspectives that it remains problematic as a matter of law and justice. Just listen to Vance's lawyer, Daniel Ortiz, explaining that, because "the standard is not that precise," courts need to use "a sliding scale of negligence" to review harassment claims. That's not exactly the bright line of clarity the law should have, is it?
So when we confront the question of who's really in charge, there's only one correct answer, isn't there? It's the court, of course, which now has firm control of the workplace – and everything else, come to think of it.
Local decisions are better
The legislative study committee, looking into ways to improve Indiana's Department of Childhood Services, has made a common-sense recommendation to give local agencies more authority to decide which abuse and neglect cases to look into. There would still be a central collection point where complaints would be gathered, but they would be sent to local agencies, which would have the power to make the decision.
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If those countries catch a cold, Australia is screwed because virtually every other industry is struggling massively
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One of my biggest goals with the homeschooling, aside from giving my children the education they need to excel in life, is to give them a life long love of learning. With this in mind I don't shy away from exposing them to things that they might not fully understand. I believe showing them the exciting things that science and nature has to offer will spark the desire to explore, even if they don't totally understand the science behind it. That is why I decided that I wanted to expose Big B to the Northern Lights during our Arctic Unit. The science behind the Northern Lights might be too far advanced for Big B to understand, but that doesn't mean he can't enjoy them…
I found this great article that explains the Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) in simple terms.
I started by giving Big B a very simple explanation of what the Northern Lights are, then showed him this National Geographic video:
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Pour the milk into the tray or container and make a bowl for each Northern Light color. I can never seem to find liquid food coloring anymore. Our grocery store only seems to carry the gel. So I had to mix the gel with a little warm water.
Demonstrate for your child how to collect the food coloring in the dropper and drip the color into the milk. The color will move and swirl around within the milk.
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This is a new program started by Margo Thomas, Chairman of the San Bernardino Valley Links art facet. Thomas a prominent artist in the area along with co-chairman Maryion Thompson Williams' principal of Georgia Morris Elementary School in Rialto worked with students in the San Bernardino, Rialto and Riverside school district teaching the art of mask making.
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During the first 60 years of Komets hockey, the team finished with a losing home record only four times. They've been so good playing at Memorial Coliseum that they've won at least 20 home games 49 times.
This year, they are 10-12 with 14 home games remaining.
Every player knows the expectations and pressure in the locker room, which makes it baffling that the Komets have been unable to win more than two games in a row at home all season.
``We talk about it before every home game, coming out with a little spark and some excitement,'' defenseman Daniel Maggio said. ``That hasn't happened, and that needs to change.''
Maybe they should try not talking about it at all. Maybe the more they talk about it, the more they think about it and the bigger a distraction it becomes.
``I don't even think about it,'' veteran center Brett Smith said. ``Obviously, there is an issue to us winning at home and we can't find ways. A home game, a road game, it's a game of hockey. Normally, teams are a little bit better at home, but for some reason right now that's not the way it is.
``The more you are thinking about it, I think you won't play as well because you'll be gripping the stick a little tighter and you won't find it.''
Both coach Al Sims and General Manager David Franke have said the team has a goal of winning 10 of its remaining 14 home games. The Komets start with home games tonight against Kalamazoo and Saturday against North Division-leading Cincinnati before hitting the road for five straight games. They make that up by finishing the season playing eight of their final 12 games at home.
``It's not that we're not trying at home,'' defenseman Ryan Hegarty said. ``We have to keep it in perspective.''
The only reason they can keep it in perspective is because the Komets are so good on the road this season, 14-7-2. That also proves to the fans that this team ought to be doing much better at home.
``You have to try to limit the distractions, get your meal, go home and get ready,'' forward Kaleigh Schrock said. ``On the road you don't have to worry about anything. You just go and play.''
It's something of a legend that former Komets coach Robbie Laird once put his struggling team on a bus trip around the city before coming back to the coliseum for a home game. No one is proposing those kind of drastic measures... yet.
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Improve all democracies in the world, implement the Negative Vote.
Almost all the democracies in the world suffer from a common phenomenon where a minority, often the more extreme elements, could hijack a major party and force the society as a whole into conflicts that the majority population does not like. We see this kind of situation in the United States, in Israel, in Taiwan, etc. repeated again and again.
My proposal is to let people have the right to cast a Negative Vote in all elections. Each voter would still be entitled to cast only one vote, he/she may cast the vote for a candidate or against a candidate, but not both. Winner is the person who gets the most net positive votes, i.e. the person whose YES votes minus NO votes is the highest.
I believe over time this will prevent the extreme elements from winning any significant political office. Political rhetoric will also naturally move away from extreme rhetoric and more toward the middle. Eventually even the news media might find it difficult to help spread the extreme rhetoric because people aspiring for power or politics will learn quickly that extremism will attract the most NO votes and block them from such power in a democracy.
Voter participation will increase and the election results will more accurately reflect the people's will.
In a democracy, I should have the right to say, through the ballot, "NO, I do not want this person to be in power". This should be a basic right.
I've started a social group on Facebook called Allow NO Vote in Elections. It is public and I hope you will join and help spread the message.
Dec 31 2013: Sam I quote you said in your response Freedom to choose is an essence of democracy. That is so true my friend, we also have a freedom not to choose which is still the essence of democracy. In all democracies not everyone votes or allowed to vote. That creates an uneven situation where reality dictates that when people vote not all will be equal in terms of numbers.
The picture I painted of party A to part D is what is currently happening here in RSA where the ANC had an overwhelming majority of votes and if we applied negative voting as you say we would not have any minority representation in parliament and the major party can do as they please. But because minority still keep their votes as small as they are, the minority still plays a fundamental role in our democracy. The cancelation of one vote by another would have denied them this democratic right and also denied them access to parliament.
Dec 31 2013: Hi, Samkelo. RSA is not unique that there is a dominant ruling party. Singapore comes to mind immediately. I suspect in both countries (like many other countries), a lot of people just sit out the election because they feel powerless to change the status quo. I also believe many of these same group of people would go to the polls if they are given the chance to vote NO, the Negative Vote, either against the ruling party or against the candidate of the ruling party. Allowing people to cast a Negative Vote does not prevent any one from choosing to not vote which is the freedom to not choose you talked about. I am not advocating forcing anyone to do anything at all. I am saying that we should have the right to vote NO.
I can appreciate your concern that the voters who vote for ANC might be told by its leadership to cast votes in a certain way such that some will be allocated to cast positive votes and some will be will be allocated to cast negative votes. A foolish leader might attempt that, he/she will soon find out it will backfire. People who have the freedom to vote will treasure their votes and will not listen to such directive. Will the ANC be able to claim overwhelming mandate to lead if their popular vote percentage drops from 69% to 38%( in your scenario)?
Again, I see the Negative Vote as a basic right every voter should have, it is a choice denied in the existing systems.
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Dec 29 2013: I'm not sure how negative voting would actually effect the outcomes of elections, but I think it would make negative campaigning tactics rampant. I understand why you think it would do the opposite, but in the US it's rare for negative campaigning to be met with backlash on a large scale. Ideally, a negative voting system would allow the electorate to be accurately represented. The problem is that it gives politicians a much greater incentive to have extremely negative campaigns to have the most undecided voters go out and down vote a demonized candidate. It's hard to like any politician, and it's really easy to hate them.
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I think that requiring voters to vote for two different parties would solve that problem much better. By requiring two votes, the interests of highly mobilized extremist parties is negated because they will most likely vote for a more moderate party with similar beliefs. The problem with this approach is that it makes it near impossible for fringe parties to gain power, but it would certainly bring a more reasonable voice to political discourse. At the same time however, it gives fringe parties far more influence on elections, forcing major parties to break party lines to appeal to them.
Dec 30 2013: Negative campaigning already exists. Negative vote does not yet exists (except perhaps as Jimmy Strobl in this forum says it is practiced in his party in Sweden). Many voters I know among the younger generation do not go to the polls because they distrust the politicians and their promises, for good reasons. The same people all reacted very positively when I explained this Negative Vote concept to them and say they would then go the polls. If Negative Vote achieves significant increase in voter participation, that in itself would be a very good improvement for democracy.
As I have explained elsewhere already, I also see this as a basic right we should have. I as a voter should have the right to express my objection to a particular person becoming my leader with my ballot, regardless of how I might or might not be influenced by negative campaigning. The existing powers should not use that excuse (or any other excuse) to bar me from exercising this basic right. If that is a valid reason to deny a basic right, one can probably come up with many other reasons.Dec 18 2013: Hmmm, now that I've given it some more thought, I'm not so sure its good idea.
It may well cross the line from neutralizing the influence of overly powerful minorities, to wiping out their voting power completely.
This negative vote system can easily devolve into a situation where there is no opposition to speak of. It has the potential to turn democratic election into a majority ruled dictatorship.
Forcing everyone to vote sounds like a more practical solution for neutralizing overly powerful special interest groups, without scrapping the entire democratic concept in the process.
Dec 19 2013: Nadav, I see Negative Vote as a basic right we should have in a democracy. As a voter I should have the right to use my ballot to say "I do not want X to be my leader". If Negative Vote is available, a rational person would choose to cast his vote for a candidate he supports and not waste it on a Negative Vote, unless he feels so strongly against one person that he feels he must cast that Negative Vote. Will it wipe out minority voting power? Only if the minority candidate takes a position or uses political rhetoric that is so extreme such that candidate attracts a lot of Negative Votes. That would be democracy in action. I don't see how you can call majority ruled government majority "dictatorship". I did have Israel in mind when I thought of this proposal. I was told by one of my Israeli friends that Israel has a politically extreme minority group whose children are exempt from military services but the group takes the most hardened positions on peace discussions with Palestine.
The Negative Vote should be suitable in any group that elects its leader, even in China where there is no democracy but elections do take place. I can easily imagine that in its Central Committee discussions, some people voted NO against Bo Xi-Lai.
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Dec 19 2013: This negative vote idea assumes that people are rational and they weigh their choices through careful thought.
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Nothing can be further from the truth, people can be easily manipulated by the majority leadership through various means into wiping out the minorities. Besides, people are far more likely to cast negative votes than positive votes.
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Dec 20 2013: Democracy assumes people will vote rationally. Negative Vote simply provides a choice, a basic right, that has been denied. . A classmate of mine raised the scenario that all candidates received more negative votes than positive votes. My response is in that scenario, the will of the voters are very clear: the election should be reheld and these losers should be barred from being candidates again.Dec 19 2013: Think about it this way. I have 2 groups, lets call them A and B. A has a narrow majority of 60%, while B comprises the rest of the populace (B is a group comprised of everyone outside the majority, and is not necessarily homogenous).
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Lets say the people of A are relatively well organized. So they go to the ballots on election day, and make sure that 40% of the total votes are cast as negatives for all the other parties, while the rest of their 20% are normal votes for their party.
A's party now has 100% of the congress seats and elected officials. No opposition to be found, just like in a dictatorship. They can pass any law they want, and revoke any other law at will, even the ones that require a special majority (say 75% of a full congress, a normally unreachable goal reserved for laws that require things like holding democratic elections--at least that's how these types of laws are defended where I live).
So essentially, the negative vote system can wipe our your democracy.
Fringe minority groups that for some reason or another have disproportionate amounts of power are a major problem in some parts of the world, but the negative vote isn't the answer.
Again, mandatory voting is probably a better way of achieving the same objective.
Also, it should be noted that in places like the US there are only two major parties, the negative vote would do precisely nothing, other then perhaps allow for the democracy cancelling loophole I mentioned above.
Dec 20 2013: The technical details of how Negative Vote might be adopted will be different for each country or district. A friend had voiced concern that the winner might be someone who has won very few gross positive votes. If that is a concern, then it would be necessary to establish a minimum threshold of gross votes to be won, if that threshold does not exist already. For Singapore which is historically dominated by one party, that country might adopt a relatively high threshold. For countries used to multi-party systems, that threshold might be low. For countries used to two-party systems such as U.S., that threshold might be somewhat in-between the foregoing. You described a hypothetical parliamentary election where the winners collectively received only 20% of the gross votes cast while opposition collectively received 40%, can they claim they have the popular mandate? How would the winning party allocate the 20% positive votes among its own party candidates? Will that party's candidates be so obedient? Will the voters be so obedient to be told whether he will vote yes or no against whom? If they are, we are not talking about a democratic country.
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Dec 20 2013: I still don't see how negative votes are going to improve democracy in any way other than needlessly complicating it.
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Negative votes or not political parties will always find ways to buy votes by employing manipulative strategies and intimidation, especially in developing nations.
In my opinion, the only way by which democracy can be improved is to have educated voters asking informed questions. If majority of the people are actively monitoring governmental policies and asking questions if the government is corrupt and/or inefficient, then the politicians will have no choice but to improve governance if they hope to be re-elected.
Dec 20 2013: Sri, one of my own brothers feels the same way as you do, so you are in good company. Complicated or not, don't you think this is a basic right? I as a voter should have the right to say, through my ballot, " NO, I do not wish this person to become my leader." Don't you think voter participation will increase if Negative Vote is allowed? If voter participation increases, that in itself is a big improvement of democracy. The election results will more accurately reflect what the voters feel about the candidates, compared to present election systems.Dec 20 2013: You'd be surprised how organized some groups of voters can be actually. It usually doesn't happen because the current system gives you no incentive to organize, but that'll change soon enough with a system that does. In places with a ranked system for example (like a party's internal election to decide what list they're running with), they organize just fine.
And the exact numbers aren't what's important. A group with a majority of 80% can still cancel out democracy using a one time landslide election.
The system is too open for exploitation. Mandatory voting on the other hand, would degrade overly powerful minority's voting power, but won't cancel democracy in the process.Dec 18 2013: An interesting concept, I must admit.
I live in a country with minority fringe elements have far more power then they should (Israel, correctly mentioned above as a trouble spot), so I admit its got some appeal to it.
I would however, like to see a trial run before its implemented on any major scale. The system might have unforeseen problems.
A potentially easier fix is to make it unlawful not to vote (at least without a proper excuse, like being out of the country or too sick to get out of bed). Extremist groups typically have much higher voting percentages, and this would help neutralize their effects.
I can't think of any democratic ideal that encourages forcing people to vote, but I'm a practical man--ideology holds no interest to me, only results.Jan 15 2014: Someone asked in Taiwan, would not Negative Vote be used by the major parties to allocate votes and shut out my small party candidate?
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In Taiwan, Negative Vote will bring out many voters in the middle who are sick and tired of the two major parties' senseless fights. The Negative Votes they cast will be cast against candidates from these two parties who are the most extreme, e.g. those legislative representatives who instigate physical violence in the parliament. If a small party representative has behaved and does not engage in smear tactics during election campaign, he/she will not attract this kind of Negative Votes.
If the two major parties engage in vote allocation, the small parties will benefit also under present conditions. Every voter that can be directed to vote Yes or No must be someone who is very loyal to that party, each Negative Vote so directed against someone would also mean that party's candidate has one fewer vote of support (because every voter has only one vote). To whom would these "allocated Negative Vote" be cast against? Against the other major party's candidate of course, it would not be used against a small party or its candidate.Jan 9 2014: A friend in Taiwan wrote an e-mail to me and expressed concern that Negative Vote would lead to more negative campaign.
My response: Negative campaign already exists. It will not necessarily increase or decrease because the voters have the choice to cast a Negative Vote. You think it will increase but I think it will decrease because the middle-electorate will use their ballots to show their objection to candidates who use smear tactics. In a baseball or basketball game, the fans often would boo some player they do not like. Should I be prohibited from booing because it might lead to more booing by others? Should the fans be restricted to only clapping their hands to show approval or keep silent? The current election systems basically restrict the voters to clapping hands only or keep silent.Jan 7 2014: We are on United Daily News, the largest newspaper in Taiwan! A well-known political commentator has commented on our proposal in his column today. It is all in Chinese. In his usual style, he started with an anecdote in ancient Chinese history, how a difficult situation was dealt with wisely, and concluded with the comment that the Negative Vote proposal might be an effective tool in modern Taiwan politics.
http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/8410856.shtmlJan 2 2014: I am confident the Negative Vote idea will win acceptance quickly and become a legislative reality somewhere in some democracy, probably within 3 to 10 years. Social media such as Facebook can help spread the message quickly. That is why I started the group on Facebook. Most of us who have Facebook typically have more than 100 friends. If each member invites 100 of his friends to join, it will take only 2 such repetitions to reach 1 million. If each member invites just 2 other new members, it will take no more than 12 repetitions from today's membership. I expect 1 million to be exceeded this year. Once the group membership reaches that scale, some politician will step up to propose legislative change. At bigger scale of membership, citizen initiatives to introduce legislation can be done.Dec 30 2013: Chang its an interesting ideology. I fully agree with you that you should have the democratic right to choose who you want to lead you. Democratic systems are complex and vary. For instance in the US they elect the president from the floor here in South Africa we vote for a political party and we don't choose whom we want as a president the party that you vote for does. This has implications of its own, noteworthy the public cannot remove the president unless through a coup and other means (only the political party can remove him from office and/or himself /herself resigns).
Hypothetically let say we working with 100 voters who happen to equal 100%.
Party A=69%
Party B=10%
Party C=5%
Party D=7%
Party E=9%
For argument sake lets say party B to E is not satisfied with part A who has majority votes and they all decide to vote against party A. Party A will still have 38% of votes and have total rulership and the minority parties will be completely silenced vote wise. Of course it can happen the other way around when people are not satisfied with their own party but still we have no guarantee that they will vote against it or if they willing to transfer power to someone else. Its more prudent to vote for someone else that might offer you something different than just to say I don't want party A or B. The role of minority parties is immense especially for young democracies like ours.
When these minority parties are silenced vote wise and have no power democracy will remain a dream.
Think of it like an exam at school if you get 50% for writing the right answers and negative 50% for writing the wrong answers what do you gain?
Dec 31 2013: Hi, Samkelo. You expressed similar concern as Nadav Tropp did. Let's start with your school analogy. Using that analogy, if someone (or some party) has 50% support and 50% against, under today's system where only positive votes are allowed, that someone or party will win and claim an overwhelming mandate to lead. If Negative Votes are allowed, that same person or party will have 50% positive votes and 50% negative votes, which of these two results reflect the true will of the people? I respectfully submit it is the latter and this is one of the reasons why Negative Vote should be allowed and why it is an improvement for democracy: it allows a better reflection of the people's will.
The hypothetical scenario you described assumes people will follow obediently instructions on how they should cast their positive or negative votes. That is not a democratic country. Freedom to choose is an essence of democracy. The small parties will not disappear as long as they have a core group of supporters. A fringe party that advocates an extremist position might attract the most negative votes from the electorate in the middle who are often tolerant of different political views but do not like the extreme left or extreme right. If such a party does not gain power because it attracted more negative votes than positive votes, that would be democracy in action.Dec 28 2013: Interesting idea. However, the system could also be played against the ideal of making a more democratic system. As it often happens, sometimes you don't have the luxury but to choose the better of two devils. Casting a negative vote would to candidate A would be of advantage for candidate B. Of course, as you said, candidates' legitimacy can be weighted by the percentage of positive and negative votes he gains. Then if B candidate were to besmirch the opponent, this is giving him/her a "legitimate" way to do so by paying voters to vote negatively on A. (Although of course vote buying is a problem that already persist even without the negative vote). Or as suggested in one of the previous comments, certain political parties can organize voters to cast positive votes for their candidate and negative votes for the opponent. I don't see how this improves the current "democracy".
I think the problem with democracy is more of uninformed voters - thus the solution should be how to address and educate voters to vote responsibly. I also think that information on candidates should all come from the election committee of your country, not the parties - then each candidate can have the same or equal reach to constituent, instead of their outreach being determined by their financial power and outreach.
Instead of casting negative vote on specific candidate, how about simply casting NO VOTE, meaning you don't support either candidate. That way we can measure the real support that selected candidates get through the election. So, if you have 50% NO VOTE, 20% candidate A, 30% candidate B, that means candidate B has only 30% legitimacy through the election. The 50% simply is a lost vote - it doesn't support any candidates nor disfigure any. But it does show the real shape of the people's inclinations about whom to put in power.
Dec 28 2013: Dewi, thank you for your thoughtful comments.
Negative Vote does not give anyone or any group extra power to besmirch the opponent. That already exists. Negative Vote does give the little guy, the voter a choice that is not currently available. Freedom to choose goes along with the essence of democracy. I am saying we should have this choice in our voting as a basic right.
Your proposal of just casting NO VOTE but the vote itself has no power would not work. It is counter to the principle of one person one vote. The Negative Vote should have as much power as the positive vote. If it is just an expression of opinion, why would anyone bother to go to the polls to cast it? It will therefore not increase voter participation as the Negative Vote will. As I have said previously, if Negative Vote can increase voter participation, that in itself would be a big improvement for democracy.
To reduce the influence of extremists and their rhetoric, the Negative Vote must not be modified to become just an expression of opinion.
I am all for education and fair distribution of information etc., none of it conflicts with Negative Vote.Dec 25 2013: Comment from a friend in my e-mail:
I think the negative vote is an interesting idea. However, it may further accentuate the one big fault of democracy: politicians giving away what governments cannot afford, and not facing up to painful reforms or higher taxes necessary. Often times, doing the right thing is far from popular, and the intended results generally take time to realize. Think Margaret Thatcher, she probably would have gotten lots of negative votes, and would not have had time to carry out the reforms necessary. In addition, any war time Presidents, even if fighting for just cause or were forced into doing so, would probably find it hard to get re-elected. Just my 2 cents...
Dec 25 2013: That's more of an argument against democracy in general then about the negative vote...
Dec 25 2013: Nadav, I agree with you. My response to my friend include the following:
Implementing Negative Vote might result in shutting out a visionary leader temporarily along with a lot of extremists, although I doubt that. A true visionary with powerful positive ideas will not be shut out for long, even when there is no democracy, witness Gandhi and Nelson Mandela.
If Negative Vote only increases voter participation, which it will, that by itself would be a big improvement for democracy.Dec 22 2013: Thanks. Come and join us in the Facebook social group and spread the message.Dec 20 2013: Get rid of elections - apply a selection process as is practised to appoint juries.
Dec 22 2013: I am not familiar with the jury selection process, how does it work and how is it better than elections?
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Dec 19 2013: Agree with the concept, need to put it into action by changing election laws. For that, a political party and/or action group need to embrace the idea and get it into the system.
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Dec 19 2013: An action group has been started. See the above Facebook link above. At this initial phase, we can all contribute to grow the membership by (a) share the link on Facebook or Twitter to spread the message and (b) inviting our Facebook buddies to join.Dec 18 2013: In a liquid democracy you have the negative vote. At least in the models practiced here in Sweden.
Dec 19 2013: That is interesting. Can you cast a vote against a candidate and have that vote counted against the positive vote in Sweden? Jess Brewer, a professor in Canada had this same idea of Negative Vote back in 2007 and has a website that is dedicated to the research of this subject. See the link below. Jess had told me that he could not find any example of the Negative Vote in practice. Would you please explain how it is done in Sweden? Thanks.
Dec 19 2013: Well, our system is not in power (yet), but my party uses a form of electronic direct democracy called liquid democracy or delegative democracy.
Liquid democracy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg0_Vhldz-8
Delegative democracy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delegative_democracy
We have a couple of different voting options right now and it's ever evolving, in accordance to the majorities will.
They are: creating lists of priority, yes/no and median vote.
Both with the list and yes/no vote you have the active option of down-voting a proposal (which can be anything, including people for different positions).
Here's our (very out of date) manifesto in english: http://aktivdemokrati.se/manifesto/
And we're not alone in the world with having an E2D (electronic direct democracy) system, there are currently at least 14 countries that are trying the model.
Check out http://www.e2d-international.org/ which is also out of date...
Dec 20 2013: Thanks for the links to Liquid democracy and Delegative democracy. Voting against a policy proposal is different from the Negative Vote I am proposing which is casting a vote against a candidate. That will serve 3 goals: (a) reduce extremists' influence, (b) increase voter participation, and (c) it is a basic right that should be available in a democracy. I don't think either Liquid democracy or Delegative democracy accomplishes these 3 goals. With internet, Liquid democracy as described will allow more direct participation by the voters of policy making, I support that.
Jimmy Strobl
Dec 20 2013: It actually does, since we use the same system to vote for candidates. And people are able to up-vote, down-vote or pass on any candidate. In most E2D systems you can vote on both candidates AND policy proposals.
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So it passes the abc's.
I'm sorry that we don't have better information material in English, it'll come soon hopefully.
Dec 20 2013: Wow, I am very glad to know that there IS a system in practice that already adopts the Negative Vote concept. Is it described in Swedish? Would you please post a link to that description? I have a good friend in Sweden and I can ask him to translate for me. Thanks.Dec 20 2013: Well, our party is going through some major changes since we're merging with another E2D party here. So regrettably the manifesto that I posted is perhaps the best comprehensive description there is right now.
But your friend can always visit the our forum and get a comprehensive picture. http://aktivdemokrati.se/forum/
But what I really advice is starting one of these parties yourself in Taiwan. All the software that we use is opensource and the same is true for most other parties around the world. To get some assistance with this I recommend going to the forum section of E2D international. http://www.e2d-international.org/forum/
Dec 20 2013: Thanks for the links. I could not find in the forum discussions any example of an election where a negative vote is counted against the positive votes for a candidate or delegate. Has it been done in any of the E2D parties?Dec 18 2013: By the way, I now vote, not because I know more about politics, but because I've noticed that the majority is more ignorant than me.Dec 18 2013: Not so long ago I didn't vote because I felt too ignorant to give my opinion. People I know who don't vote believe voting keeps the flawed system running. Negative votes wouldn't encourage them, as they already know that a NO vote equals a YES vote for the other asshole.
I think there should be a place on internet where people who don't vote check their reasons not to vote.
A - I don't care or don't know enough about politics
B - I hate both candidates
C - I don't believe in voting because I don't think people know what's best for themselves.
And this poll should be taken into account. For instance, if many people hate both candidates, the time of office should be reduced for the winning candidate.
Sam Chang
Dec 18 2013: Assume there are 3 candidates and I am somewhat indifferent about 2 of them but really do not want the third person to be in power, Negative Vote will allow me to vote against that person. Present elections systems do not allow that.
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Dec 18 2013: Good point.
I'm joining and I want a Tshirt.
Dec 19 2013: Great. The group needs every member's help to grow the membership. If each new member invites just 2 other new Facebook buddies as members and this process is repeated, it will take no more than 13 repetitions from the current base to reach 1 million. Once the membership has grown, you can bet there will be politicians jumping on board to propose legislative change. T shirt is a great idea. Perhaps we can run a contest for the best T shirt design, when we have more members.Jan 5 2014: Gerald,
My son Anton drafted a design that might be used on a T-shirt. You might wish to go to our group's Facebook page to check it out.
The group size has grown to over 1000 in 2 months. Join us and invite your friends to join so we can all contribute to make this a reality.Dec 18 2013: I think what you're really wanting to do is replace the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) voting system with the Ranked voting system. FPTP is what most countries (including Taiwan) uses now. The Ranked vote would provide the same thing as your 'NO' vote by simply placing the unwanted candidate in the last position.
Dec 18 2013: Lawren, What I am proposing is different from FPTP or Ranked voting system. Neither of which will increase voter participation as the Negative Vote will. How often do we hear a winner claim that he/she has the popular mandate even though many voters refused to vote because the candidates were all unattractive. If Negative Vote is implemented, all will see who receives the most positive votes and who receives the most negative votes (i.e. most despised). The extremists will not be elected.


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Test ID: MPSQN
Mucopolysaccharides (MPS), Quantitative, Urine
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Monitoring patients with mucopolysaccharidosis who have had bone marrow transplants or are receiving enzyme therapy
Genetics Test Information Provides information that may help with selection of the correct test or proper submission of the test request
Testing includes only quantitative mucopolysaccharides (MPS) analysis. Useful for monitoring patients with an established diagnosis. To establish a diagnosis, order Mucopolysaccharides (MPS) Screen, Urine.
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
The mucopolysaccharidoses (MPSs) are a group of disorders caused by the deficiency of any of the enzymes involved in the stepwise degradation of dermatan sulfate, heparan sulfate, keratan sulfate, or chondroitin sulfate (glycosaminoglycans; GAGs). Undegraded or partially degraded GAGs (also called mucopolysaccharides) are stored in lysosomes and excreted in the urine. Accumulation of GAGs in lysosomes interferes with normal functioning of cells, tissues, and organs resulting in the clinical features observed in MPS disorders. There are 11 known enzyme deficiencies that result in MPSs. In addition, abnormal GAG storage is observed in multiple sulfatase deficiency and in I-cell disease. Finally, an abnormal excretion of GAGs in urine is observed occasionally in other disorders including active bone diseases, connective tissue disease, hypothyroidism, urinary dysfunction, and oligosaccharidoses.
MPSs are autosomal recessive disorders with the exception of MPS II, which follows an X-linked inheritance pattern. Affected individuals typically experience a period of normal growth and development followed by progressive disease involvement encompassing multiple systems. The severity and features vary, and may include facial coarsening, organomegaly, skeletal changes, cardiac abnormalities, and developmental delays. Moreover, disease presentation varies from as early as late infancy to adulthood. Additional information regarding individual disorders can be found under test MPSSC / Mucopolysaccharides (MPS) Screen, Urine.
A diagnostic workup for individuals with suspected MPS should begin with MPSSC / Mucopolysaccharides (MPS) Screen, Urine, which includes both the quantitative analysis of total GAGs and qualitative LC-MS/MS analysis of the specific sulfates. Interpretation is based upon pattern recognition of the specific sulfate(s) detected by MS/MS and the qualitative analysis of their relative amounts of excretion. However, an abnormal MPS analysis is not sufficient to conclusively establish a specific diagnosis. It is strongly recommended to seek confirmation by an independent method, typically in vitro enzyme assay (available in either blood or cultured fibroblasts from a skin biopsy) and/or molecular analysis.
After a specific diagnosis has been established, MPSQN / Mucopolysaccharides (MPS), Quantitative, Urine, which does not include the analysis of the specific sulfates, can be appropriate for monitoring the effectiveness of treatment, such as a bone marrow transplant or enzyme replacement therapy. However, some clinicians will opt to perform the MPS screen, which allows for monitoring of not only the total amount of GAGs, but also the excretion of specific sulfates, as these may change in patients with an MPS disorder undergoing treatment.
Table: Enzyme Defects and Excretion Products of Mucopolysaccaridoses
Enzyme Deficiency
Sulfate(s) Excreted
alpha-L-iduronidase (IDST)
Iduronate 2-sulfatase
Sanfilippo A
Heparan N-sulfatase
Sanfilippo B
N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminidase (ANAT, ANAS)
Sanfilippo C
Acetyl-CoA:alpha-glucosaminide N-acetyltransferase
Sanfilippo D
Morquio A
Galactosamine-6-sulfatase (G6ST)
Morquio B
beta-galactosidase (BGAT, BGA)
Arylsulfatase B (ARSB)
beta-glucuronidase (BGLR)
Hyaluronidase deficiency
KEY: C6S, chondroitin 6-sulfate; DS, dermatan sulfate; HS, heparan sulfate; KS, keratan sulfate
MPS I (Hurler/Scheie syndrome) is caused by a reduced or absent activity of the alpha-L-iduronidase enzyme. The incidence of MPS I is approximately 1 in 100,000 live births. Treatment options include hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and enzyme replacement therapy. This enzyme deficiency results in a wide range of clinical phenotypes that are further categorized into 3 phenotypes: MPS IH (Hurler syndrome), MPS IS (Scheie syndrome), and MPS IH/S (Hurler-Scheie syndrome), which cannot be distinguished via biochemical methods. Clinically, they are also referred to as MPS I and attenuated MPS I. MPS IH is the most severe and has an early onset consisting of skeletal deformities, coarse facial features, hepatosplenomegaly, macrocephaly, cardiomyopathy, hearing loss, macroglossia, and respiratory tract infections. Developmental delay is noticed as early as 12 months with death occurring usually before 10 years of age. MPS IH/S has an intermediate clinical presentation characterized by progressive skeletal symptoms called dysostosis multiplex. Individuals typically have little or no intellectual dysfunction. Corneal clouding, joint stiffness, deafness, and valvular heart disease can develop by early to mid-teens. Survival into adulthood is common. Cause of death usually results from cardiac complications or upper airway obstruction. Comparatively, MPS IS presents with the mildest phenotype. The onset occurs after 5 years of age. It is characterized by normal intelligence and stature; however, affected individuals do experience joint involvement, visual impairment, and obstructive airway disease.
MPS II (Hunter syndrome) is caused by a reduced or absent activity of the enzyme iduronate 2-sulfatase. The clinical features and severity of symptoms of MPS II are widely variable ranging from severe disease to an attenuated form, which generally presents at a later onset with a milder clinical presentation. In general, symptoms may include coarse facies, short stature, enlarged liver and spleen, hoarse voice, stiff joints, cardiac disease, and profound neurologic involvement leading to developmental delays and regression. The clinical presentation of MPS II is similar to that of MPS I with the notable difference of the lack of corneal clouding in MPS II. The inheritance pattern is X-linked and as such MPS II is observed almost exclusively in males with an estimated incidence of 1 in 170,000 male births. Symptomatic carrier females have been reported, but are very rare. Treatment options include hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and enzyme replacement therapy.
MPS III (Sanfilippo syndrome) is caused by a reduced or absent activity of 1 of 4 enzymes (see Table above), resulting in a defect of heparan sulfate degradation. Patients with MPS III uniformly excrete heparan sulfate resulting in similar clinical phenotypes, and are further classified as type A, B, C, or D based upon the specific enzyme deficiency. Sanfilippo syndrome is characterized by severe central nervous system (CNS) degeneration, but only mild physical disease. Such disproportionate involvement of the CNS is unique among the MPSs. Onset of clinical features, most commonly behavioral problems and delayed development, usually occurs between 2 and 6 years in a child who previously appeared normal. Severe neurologic degeneration occurs in most patients by 6 to 10 years of age, accompanied by a rapid deterioration of social and adaptive skills. Death generally occurs by the 20s. The occurrence of MPS III varies by subtype with types A and B being the most common and types C and D being very rare. The collective incidence is approximately 1 in 58,000 live births.
MPS IVA (Morquio A syndrome) is caused by a reduced or absent N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase. Clinical features and severity of symptoms of MPS IVA are widely variable, but may include skeletal dysplasia, short stature, dental anomalies, corneal clouding, respiratory insufficiency, and cardiac disease. Intelligence is usually normal. Estimates of the incidence of MPS IVA syndrome range from 1 in 200,000 to 1 in 300,000 live births.
MPS IVB (Morquio B syndrome) is caused by a reduced or absent beta-galactosidase activity which gives rise to the physical manifestations of the disease. Clinical features and severity of symptoms of MPS IVB are widely variable ranging from severe disease to an attenuated form, which generally presents at a later onset with a milder clinical presentation. In general, symptoms may include coarse facies, short stature, enlarged liver and spleen, hoarse voice, stiff joints, cardiac disease, but no neurological involvement. The incidence of MPS IVB is estimated to be about 1 in 250,000 live births. Treatment options are limited to symptomatic management.
MPS VI (Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome) is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme arylsulfatase B. Clinical features and severity of symptoms are widely variable, but typically include short stature, dysostosis multiplex, facial dysmorphism, stiff joints, claw-hand deformities, carpal tunnel syndrome, hepatosplenomegaly, corneal clouding, and cardiac defects. Intelligence is usually normal. Estimates of the incidence of MPS VI range from 1 in 200,000 to 1 in 300,000 live births. Treatment options include hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and enzyme replacement therapy.
MPS VII (Sly syndrome) is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme beta-glucuronidase. The phenotype varies significantly from mild to severe presentations and may include macrocephaly, short stature, dysostosis multiplex, hepatomegaly, coarse facies, and impairment of cognitive function. Likewise, the age of onset is variable ranging from prenatal to adulthood. MPS VII is extremely rare, affecting approximately 1 in 1,500,000 individuals.
MPS IX is a very rare disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme hyaluronidase. Patients present with short stature, flat nasal bridge, and joint findings. Urine GAGs are normal in MPS IX.
Multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the sulfatase-modifying factor-1 gene (SUMF1). Sulfatases undergo a common process that allows for normal expression of enzyme activity. Mutations in SUMF1 impair that process, thereby resulting in decreased activity of all known sulfatase enzymes. Individuals with MSD have a complex clinical presentation encompassing features of each of the distinct enzyme deficiencies, including iduronate 2-sulfatase (MPS II), N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase (MPS IVA), arylsulfatase B (MPS VI), and arylsulfatase A (metachromatic leukodystrophy), steroid sulfatase (X-linked ichthyosis) and arylsulfatase F (chondrodysplasia punctata). MSD is extremely rare, affecting approximately 1 in 1,400,000 individuals.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
0-4 months: < or =53.0 mg/mmol creatinine
5-18 months: < or =31.0 mg/mmol creatinine
19 months-2 years: < or =24.0 mg/mmol creatinine
3-5 years: < or =16.0 mg/mmol creatinine
6-10 years: < or =12.0 mg/mmol creatinine
11-14 years: < or =10.0 mg/mmol creatinine
>14 years: < or =6.5 mg/mmol creatinine
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
An abnormally elevated excretion of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) is characteristic of mucopolysaccharidoses. GAG levels may normalize or remain elevated in patients who have undergone bone marrow transplants or are receiving enzyme replacement therapy.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
Occasionally, an abnormal value for total glycosaminoglycan (GAG) will be obtained on a specimen that yields a normal LC-MS/MS pattern. This situation can occur as an artifact when a patient is treated with low-molecular-weight heparin. Other known causes are sample contamination with acrylic polymers used in disposable diapers and several clinical situations associated with excessive connective tissue destruction, bladder disease, or bone disease.
Clinical Reference Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
Neufeld EF, Muenzer J: The mucopolysaccharidoses. In The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease. Eighth edition. Edited by CR Scriver, AL Beaudet, D Valle, et al. New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 2001, pp 3421-3452


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Part of Cattermole's problem is that, as a footballer, he cleaves to an archetype that's no longer tolerated. Being a midfield enforcer used to mean being part of a glorious and proud lineage of dark-eyed, moustachioed psychopaths, sharp of cleat and flared of nostril; now, it's a shameful business. It's a bit like one of those films where a mediaeval knight falls through a wormhole into 1980s New York, except our hero, instead of stumbling through a cavalcade of amusing misunderstandings - jousting with a wheelie bin, claiming Dunkin Donuts for the King - and winning the heart of an extremely attractive, patient young lady, is stood in Times Square, the severed head of a Frenchman at his feet, wondering why everybody's screaming and what all the blue lights mean.
But while the heydays of the reducer are gone - thankfully, if you're a shinbone, or a fan of shinbones - the memories still linger, edges filed off, nostalgia filter applied. Memories of a simpler time, when humiliation by skill could be answered with humiliation by strength, before FIFA and UEFA and the EU and the PC brigade ruined everything. This explains why pundits scrutinise replays for the faintest whisper of a touch of the ball, then announce "see, he's won the tackle" (or, if he hasn't, praise the 'honesty' of the attempt). This fuels the weird-yet-persistent rubric that kicking your opponent shows that you care, that you're committed. What kind of a world is this, cries the halcyon past, where an Englishman can't respond to excessive cleverness with excessive force?
It's these memories that do for players like Cattermole. Into the tackle they charge, head filled with the ghosts of midfields past, Norman Hunter growling in one ear, Graeme Souness chuckling in the other and then comes the leap, and the lunge, and then thump, it's done, the ball's over there somewhere and the other lad - the enemy - is down on the ground where he belongs. But then suddenly, shockingly, the drums fade away and the blood subsides and they're left blinking in the cold and embarrassing light of the present, a strange-looking bloke in a turquoise shirt is waving a red card in their face, everybody's shouting at one another, the crowd are howling, the commentators wringing their hands, and there's nothing to be done but go and sit in the shower, alone, and wait for all their friends and their boss to come and do some unrefined shouting.
What can one man do, against a hundred years of bruising, insistent tradition? Just as the poor sods writhing on the ground are Cattermole's victims, so Cattermole himself is a victim of progress, trapped between a sport that rejects him and a sporting culture that regrets that rejection and romanticises his predecessors. Perhaps. That, or he's a careless berk with a nasty streak. Whichever you prefer.
Andi Thomas
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As PwC's new Global Human Capital Leader, I'm delighted to have the opportunity to lead our global people strategy. On the next few pages, we highlight just a few of the many examples that showcase our people.
As I reflect on our many accomplishments last year, there is so much to be proud of. Our global headcount is at an all-time high, with more than 195,000 partners and staff across all lines of service. As of 1 July 2014, 25% of new partners are female, which is the highest percentage we have ever seen.
We have made progress with our people agenda. Specifically, we experienced the highest Global People Survey response across the network and our employee engagement score held steady at 73%.
Our focus in FY 2015 continues to be on attracting, nurturing and developing our people. The PwC Professional – our new framework for defining and encouraging leadership at all levels – is playing a significant role in changing the way our people think, learn and develop together while at PwC.
The PwC Professional leadership framework describes who we need to be and the behaviours we need to adopt in order to meet the expectations of our clients, colleagues and communities in today's changing global marketplace. As PwC professionals, it is important for our people to influence others constructively within and beyond PwC, by demonstrating different forms of leadership at various stages of their careers.
Within the PwC Professional framework, there are five attributes: whole leadership – the ability to lead to make a difference and deliver results; the ability to build genuine, trust-based relationships; business acumen and technical capabilities, which create value for clients and PwC; and global acumen, transcending boundaries of geography, politics, race and culture. The combination of these attributes aims to help our people bring their best self to work – and to inspire their colleagues and clients to do the same.
Our people are learning all the time. To support their ongoing development, we are continuing to make our learning services and mobile learning platforms accessible to our people, with content that is meaningful and relevant.
In the second half of FY 2014, PwC provided on-demand eLearning support services in 157 countries. Our global mobile learning continues to help our people develop and gain support for their performance, whenever and wherever they need it – at their convenience. Platforms such as IQ, which offers eLearning modules via smartphones and tablets, are making training even more accessible – in FY 2014 we saw an increase in adoption of IQ across the network. We also saw a 17% increase in total training hours amongst our people.
The Digital Learning Academy is another enabler of our global development strategy, providing ongoing development to our learning and development professionals specifically, through formal learning solutions, coaching and on-the-job support.
With digital transformation changing the business landscape globally, our focus continues to be on innovating our digital learning.
As we continue to demonstrate the behaviours of the PwC Professional globally, we are confident that we will continue to achieve results, including an increase in our people engagement, strong brand health and added value for our clients and communities.
Already we are seeing progress, with our latest Global People Survey showing that 81% of our people are proud to work at PwC. As part of our global mobility long-term programme, we currently have 2,420 people on overseas postings and 1,113 new starters in FY 2014, adding to the strength of our global acumen.
With the PwC Professional in place, we now have one consistent roadmap to develop future leaders across the world – while also delivering results in a responsible, authentic, resilient, inclusive and passionate manner. We look forward to an inspiring year ahead.
To be the number one professional services network, PwC needs the best talent. In FY 2014, our talent population grew 6% to more than 195,000 people. The largest percentage increase was in Asia, followed by the Middle East and Africa and South and Central America.
Of the 44,700 people who joined PwC, around 20,500 were experienced professionals and 20,000 were graduates. This is the first time since 2011 that we've hired more professionals than graduates.
We welcomed a record number of people to PwC, which is a testament to our reputation of offering exceptional opportunities for development and advancement.
PwC's global presence remains strong with local service offerings in 758 locations across 157 countries.
Over 20,000 graduates joined PwC in FY 2014, which makes us among the largest recruiters of graduates in the world. We are committed to attracting the best people to PwC and offering them first-class training and the best opportunity to develop their careers.
PwC is one of the most attractive organisations for graduates, as is demonstrated by student surveys around the world. We hold the top position in a number of key countries as the most attractive employer.
This year, a record 76% of our people took part in our global survey – up from 73% last year. We conduct this survey every year to help us find out how our people feel about working at PwC and take the appropriate action.
The vast majority of the 145,417 people who completed the survey told us they are proud to work at PwC (81%) and would recommend PwC as a great place to work (71%).
78% said they have the opportunity to work on challenging assignments that contribute to their development.
We continue to see a positive response in the area of corporate responsibility. 75% of our people said that PwC is an inclusive work environment where individual differences are respected, and 77% that PwC is taking the appropriate action to be socially responsible.
The percentage who feel that the people they work for are considerate of their life outside work has increased by just one point to 62%. This is an area we will continue to work on in the year ahead.
With offices in 157 countries and a strong international mobility programme, we are able to pull together teams of diverse skills and backgrounds to solve important problems for clients, while developing our people through these experiences.
At 30 June 2014, a total of 2,420 PwC people were on long-term international assignments, with increased participation from 112 countries.
For our overall programme, the total number of new international assignments was up 12% from last year, mostly driven by improved economic conditions and increased talent needs in a number of our larger firms.
We continue to enhance the strategic vision of our international mobility programme: to invest in immediate and future mobility experiences that inspire and enable our people to deliver quality services to our clients and each other – as a seamless network.
We expect to see a greater evolution of the different forms of international mobility opportunities for our people, whether assignees, commuters or travellers – creating flexibility in how we can meet the needs of our clients and enable the development of our PwC professionals across the world.


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PLANTATION, Fla. -- With polls showing Mitt Romney on track for a convincing victory in Tuesday's Republican primary in this state, the one silver lining for Newt Gingrich may be the acceleration of a sorting-out process that is driving more prominent conservatives toward the former House speaker as a parade of establishment GOP leaders rally around Romney.
The most powerful dynamic in Florida over the past week has been the Romney campaign's success at blunting the momentum from Gingrich's South Carolina win by seeding a gardenful of personal and political doubts about him. But the sheer ferocity (and success) of that assault, delivered in many cases by pillars of the GOP establishment like former presidential nominees John McCain and Bob Dole, has prompted leading conservative figures like Herman Cain, Sarah Palin, and talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Mark Levin to deepen their identification with Gingrich in response.
In that way, the Florida result could both re-establish Romney as the favorite to win the nomination -- and potentially strengthen Gingrich's ability to contest him as the calendar turns toward states with a more conservative Republican electorate than Florida. "It has become much more explicit that Romney is an establishment, status-quo-type candidate," said long-term conservative activist Jeffrey Bell, policy director at the American Principles Project. "Conservatives are being driven toward Gingrich's camp to keep the conversation going."
In the near-term, there's no question Florida appears ready to restore Romney as the race's clear front-runner. Romney heads into the final day here with polls showing him regaining a double-digit lead over Gingrich, who had surged ahead immediately after his South Carolina victory. In an NBC/Marist Institute survey released Sunday, Romney's lead over Gingrich swelled to 15 percentage points, 42 percent to 27 percent.
Romney regained his advantage in Florida with a huge advantage in advertising spending, his own strong debate performances, and searing attacks on the former speaker from prominent Republican leaders like McCain and Dole, the party's presidential nominees in 2008 and 1996 respectively. Gingrich himself seemed dazed by the onslaught, turning in two uncharacteristically unsteady debate performances, and seeming tired in several lugubrious campaign appearances. Gingrich's pre-primary week in Florida was about as dismal as Romney's in South Carolina.
The rapid reversal of fortune has allowed Romney to re-establish big leads in Florida among the groups that have been the pillars of his coalition, several of which had wavered in South Carolina. According to the NBC/Marist Institute poll, Romney holds wide advantages over Gingrich among better educated and more affluent voters, those who consider themselves moderate and those who don't identify with the tea party or as evangelical Christians. The survey also showed Romney cutting into some groups that bolstered Gingrich in South Carolina, including evangelical Christians who provided Romney a slim lead in the poll while splitting almost three-ways between him, Gingrich and Rick Santorum. As important, like other polls, the survey showed Romney regaining the advantage he had surrendered in South Carolina as the candidate favored by those most focused on electability against President Obama.
"There is one thing and one thing only that brings all Republicans together and that is the desire to defeat Barack Obama," said one senior Romney adviser who asked not to be identified while discussing internal campaign strategy. "If anything has been done this week really effectively, by the campaign and the candidate, is to really put into question the ability of Newt Gingrich to conduct a nine-month campaign against the president. Much of that was based on Gingrich's ability to beat him in a debate and he had two very bad debates."
Some GOP observers say the damage the Romney forces have done to Gingrich's image this week could make it extremely difficult for him to recover enough to again be a serious threat to win the nomination. "I think that all of the doubts that were raised in Iowa have been reinforced in Florida and having all the conservative voices out there saying Gingrich is not the one has done some real lasting damage," said GOP pollster Whit Ayres, who had supported Jon Huntsman in the race. "The other thing that happened this week is the Romney campaign has gotten a wake-up call that Newt does not go quietly….what they have learned is you never take the foot off the gas until it's actually finished."
For Romney, the undeniable success of this campaign, though, has come with a price. It has inspired a series of leading conservatives to support Gingrich against the assault. Rush Limbaugh last Thursday extensively defended Gingrich against the Romney camp's charge that he was insufficiently loyal to Ronald Reagan. Mark Levin, another prominent talk show host, delivered a similar message on his show on the same day. "What was Mitt Romney doing when Newt Gingrich was speaker of the House fighting Democrats?" Levin said. "He was running against Ted Kennedy as a self-identified progressive."


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Baptism in the NAB.
Dr. Dennis Dewey has created a new edition of Foundations of Faith.
Dr. Dennis Dewey created a workbook based upon the NAB statement of beliefs.
Teacher's guide to accompany the Foundations of Faith publication.
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Saturday Sermon: Over and Above Naturalism, Part 2
Barkley suggests that material creation is not the end of our understanding (as Naturalists think), but a beginning that unveils the majestic and power of a Creator who loves us.
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Barkley suggests that material creation is not the end of our understanding (as Naturalists think), but a beginning that unveils the majestic and power of a Creator who loves us.
Pete Shaw, the senior pastor of Crosswalk Community Church in Napa California, offers a brief history of the interactions between science and faith in the first segment of his sermon.
One of our readers in Oregon suggested that we would be interested in this, a sermon her pastor preached a couple of years ago. She's right. Dr. Ben Cross, of First Baptist Church in Eugene holds a young earth view of creation. In this message he lays out various positions that evangelicals hold, including what he calls "theistic evolution."
In this essay, Hastings looks at "front edge" areas for promoting healthy dialogue in the field of science and Christian theology, areas which are specifically theological in nature.
In this paper, MIT professor Ian Hutchinson addresses the question of how to engage arguments put forward by the New Atheists. In doing so, he offers a critique of scientism, the assumption that scientific knowledge is all the real knowledge there is.
Hastings provides a biblical and theological basis for healthy and fruitful dialogue on the theology and science of origins.
Many barriers to the acceptance of the BioLogos model by evangelical Christians arise from popular misconceptions about the nature of science and its relationship to God's action in our world.
In this scholarly essay, Steve Benner, a Distinguished Fellow of The Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution in Gainesville, Fla., looks at what the role of a scientist should be. Benner looks specifically at "falsifiability", the acceptance of uncertainty, and the place of the scientist in public discourse.
Science and religion scholar Michael Ruse gives a personal account of his experiences as an author and public speaker on the compatibility of Christianity and biological evolution.
Giberson's essay makes the case that scientific fundamentalists are not merely arguing for the supremacy of science but also presenting science as a quasi-religious replacement. The agenda of the "New Atheists" is not merely to refute mainstream religion but to replace it. Unfortunately, the scientific community is poorly represented by these aggressive public figures.


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Defender of the Year, Ironman of the Year, Play of the Year. Tack on ESPN Sport Science Newton Award winner to list growing list of accolades for Dynamo right back Kofi Sarkodie. Sarkodie was honored for "Outstanding Reaction" for his double save at D.C. United at the inaugural awards ceremony.
If you missed the show on Sunday, it will re-air this Saturday on ABC. Check his trophy and interviews from the ceremony below:
First of its kind. Thank-you for a great show and everyone that tuned in @Sport_Science @missannietang @espn #Newton pic.twitter.com/af2P6YMXlY
— Kofi Sarkodie (@KofiSarkodie8) February 17, 2014
Tune in to ESPN 97.5 FM tonight for a new episode of Soccer Matters with Glenn Davis! Glenn will have Jermaine Taylor, Omar Cummings and Jason Johnson in studio for a special Jamaican roundtable discussion, as the three Dynamo Reggae Boyz discuss the game and their homeland.
Tune in and give Glenn a call with your thoughts!
Tonight's episode airs from 7-9 p.m. and can be heard on the radio on 97.5 FM or online at www.espn975.com.
The call-in number for the show is 713-780-3776.
Oh what a year…
First off I want to express my thanks and appreciation to all those that helped make 2013 the best year yet for Dynamo Charities—with a very special thank you to Nancy and Tom who have elected to leave the board after many years of strong service. We miss you already, but know that you are still supporting us and the Houston community in many ways.
2014 is going to be, well, awesome! We can still use volunteers for next week's House that Ching Built. Send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and you will get specific information on how to register. We really need support Monday through Thursday (Friday and Saturday are full). Thanks to those that have committed to help! Come support Brian as he and his many friends build a second Habitat for Humanity house.
Still want more to make 2014 awesome … okay. Want to play golf and have a fantastic Tommy Bahama dinner? April seems like a good month for that. Need a haircut? I am thinking May is perfect timing to get a real short haircut to prepare for the usual Houston summer heat. June and July includes the World Cup from Brazil (and we all know who will win it, we probably just don't all agree on the same who…) and Dynamo Charities will again bring you Brad and Tally's Banded Brigade and our annual BBVA Compass Dynamo Charities Cup game. In August, you will find out the name of Will Bruin's puppy! September is usually a great time to come ride your bikes with us and October you can help Soccer Kick Cancer! We will provide more details around dates and times, and we will have additional events and even some surprises as we get further into the year. You may also catch more information on our events on The Pulp; stay tuned…
I need to ask something of you. Dynamo Charities need you to #GetInvolved. Whether it be by participating in an event, volunteering for an event or sponsoring an event, we can do so much more for the Houston community when you (the Dynamo faithful) step up and #GetInvolved. We also ask that you get your friends and family involved. Coming out to ride with us, bring your son or daughter and ride the 10 mile route. Coming to a celebrity pour, bring your office mates. We will soon announce how to let us know that you are interested in volunteering, and then we will provide you opportunities to help us give back to the Houston community. If you or your company are interested in sponsoring a particular event by partnering with Dynamo Charities, please drop me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com
So here we go! Come join us, come make this year your year to #GetInvolved!
Listen in as Andrew Driver and Becky Edwards speak with Glenn Davis on Dynamo All-Access last night on Yahoo! Sports Radio 1560 AM.
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You may remember this nifty little double save from Kofi Sarkodie against D.C. United:
ESPN remembered it too, and for it Kofi has been nominated for "Outstanding Reaction" at the inaugural Sport Science Newton Awards. The Dynamo right back will be up against Jose Fernandez (Miami Marlins), Bryan Brothers (tennis), Tony Stewart (NASCAR) and Tuuka Rask (Boston Bruins).
Catch Kofi on ESPN this Sunday, Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. CT, or watch the re-air on ABC next Saturday, Feb. 22 at 3 p.m. CT.
Dynamo broadcaster Glenn Davis is back on the air tonight with a new episode of Dynamo All-Access, presented by Houston Community College. The show will air on Yahoo! Sports Radio 1560 AM from 7-9 p.m.
Listen in as Glenn talks with Dynamo midfielder Andrew Driver, president Chris Canetti, Dash midfielder Becky Edwards and more. Call in and give Glenn your thoughts on the pairing and your expectations for the upcoming season!
The call-in number for the show is 713-439-1560.
In a very special episode of The Pulp from training camp in Tucson, Arizona, Steph chats with Tony Cascio, AJ Cochran and David Horst on settling in with the Houston Dynamo.
Dynamo broadcaster Glenn Davis is back on the air tonight with a new episode of Dynamo All-Access, presented by Houston Community College. The show will air on Yahoo! Sports Radio 1560 AM from 7-9 p.m.
Listen in as Glenn talks with Boniek García, Corey Ashe, David Horst and head coach Dominic Kinnear, as well former Dynamo and current Stoke City defender Geoff Cameron. Call in and give Glenn your thoughts on the pairing and your expectations for the upcoming season!
The call-in number for the show is 713-439-1560.


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