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Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet PIDISDSC14926 SEP 22, 2015
Implementation Status and Results Report ISR19189 SEP 14, 2015
Lange,Maria Bernadete Ribas
On August 26, 2015, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number six hundred and forty three. ... See More + It was resolved that, the Governors of the Bank and the Fund for Indonesia have invited the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund to hold the 2018 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors in Bali, Nusa Dua, during the period of October 12 and 14. The Executive Directors have considered the assurances given by the Government of Indonesia, have reviewed the proposed arrangements in Bali, Nusa Dua, and have noted that acceptance of the invitation would be in accordance with the traditional practice of meeting elsewhere than in Washington, D.C. every third year. Accordingly, the Executive Directors recommend that the Board of Governors accept the attached Resolution. See Less -
Board Report 99214 AUG 26, 2015
Implementation Completion Report Review ICRR14794 AUG 19, 2015
Agricultural risk management is a central issue that Mozambique faces in development, and multiple stakeholders have analyzed this challenge, sometimes with different terminology and focusing on varying aspects. ... See More + The government of Mozambique has adopted the strategic plan for agricultural development (PEDSA 2010-19) that focuses on: (i) increasing the availability of food in order to reduce hunger through growth in small producer productivity and emergency response capacity; (ii) enlarging the land area under sustainable management and the number of reliable water management systems; (iii) increasing access to the market through improved infrastructures and interventions in marketing; and (iv) improving research and extension for increased adoption of appropriate technologies by producers and agro-processors. The World Bank's agriculture sector risk assessment takes a holistic approach and relies on long time-series historical data to arrive at an empirical and objective assessment of agricultural risks and their impacts on Mozambique. This assessment will form the basis of the second step, solution assessment, whose final findings will inform National Investment Plan for the Agrarian Sector in Mozambique (PNISA). This document considers the many aspects of assessing risk in the Mozambican agriculture sector. Chapter one gives introduction and context. Chapter two introduces the major characteristics of the agricultural system leading into chapter three, which presents a comprehensive picture of the risks that exist in the sector. Chapter four, in quantifying the risks that have been observed, comments on the losses that have been incurred by the sector because of production risks, whereas chapter five provides a qualitative discussion of how risk has an effect on the different stakeholders present in the sector. Chapter six delves into the risk prioritization carried out by the team and then comments on various management measures. The report concludes with chapter six, in which recommendations are provided for improving risk management in Mozambique. See Less -
Working Paper 96289 AUG 01, 2015
Choudhary,Vikas; Suit,Kilara Constance
In 1998, Hurricane Mitch swept across Central America causing unprece¬dented damage in its wake. In Nicaragua, over 3,000 people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands were left homeless due to related flooding and mudslides. ... See More + Estimated economic damage in the country totaled US$ 1 bil¬lion. In Honduras, the transportation infrastructure was decimated, leaving more than 90 bridges and nearly all secondary roads severely damaged or destroyed. Although countries in Central America are able to distribute disaster risk over a wide geographic area and maintain some borrowing capac¬ity for reconstruction purposes, catastrophic shocks still exceed the ca¬pacity of national economies. Disaster response frameworks continue to rely heavily on ad hoc budget reallocations, emergency calls for do¬nor assistance, and simply not replacing or repairing damaged capi¬tal stock. Given these realities, Central American countries determined5 that a cost-effective solution to strengthening their financial resilience to disas¬ters was imperative and, through the Council of Ministers of Finance of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (COSEFIN), ap¬proached the United States Department of the Treasury and the World Bank for assistance. See Less -
Brief 99268 AUG 01, 2015
Procurement Plan 98958 JUL 30, 2015
Effective environmental and social risk management in development policy financing (DPF) is central to achieving the World Bank's goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. ... See More + If the World Bank is supporting far-reaching member country reforms that are intended to contribute to the twin goals, then it should seek to understand the impact of those reforms on the poor. It should also ensure that the country's natural capital and long-term growth prospects will not be undermined. The objective of this learning product is therefore to assess the application of the elements of the World Bank operational policy (OP 8.60) governing DPF related to the implementation of the environmental and social risk management requirements of the policy, and identify lessons learned and good practices. The focus of the study is on Bank actions, policies, procedures, and guidance for environmental and social risk management, based largely on a desk-based portfolio review of a large, random sample of development policy operations (DPOs), complemented by assessment of other relevant documents, and interviews with key stakeholders. This approach requires the Bank to determine whether specific policies supported by a DPO are likely to have significant poverty and social or environmental effects. The Bank emphasized the potential of OP 8.60 to promote positive environmental and social development from the time the policy was approved in 2004. See Less -
Working Paper 98926 JUL 27, 2015
Sutton,William R.; Hutton,Stephen; Carroll,Richard J.; Kuntasal,Gurkan; Gibson,Daniel R.; Fisiy,Cyprian F.; Redwood,John; Mayville,William V.
This Library window newsletter looking at information, technology, and personnel includes the following headings: new windows 3.0 printer drivers and report on laptops; gartner on line; personnel table of contents service; macintosh software collection expanded; mac corner and ITF macintosh support; the local area network and the ITFUS Mac Server; macintosh services; macintosh printing to HP laserjet printer. ... See More + See Less -
Newsletter 99122 JUL 20, 2015
Sue ONeill Johnson; Cease,Sean P.
Social protection can help build people's social and economic resilience against disasters in Myanmar. Regular cash transfers, including public works programs, can help smooth consumption,build and maintain assets, and develop human capital to better cope with natural hazards. ... See More + Disaster risk management (DRM) systems can be linked to social protection programs to trigger a safetynet response in times of emergencies. Community-driven development (CDD) programs could provide a useful platform for social protection programming to respond to disasters and build long termresilience in Myanmar. See Less -
Working Paper 97958 JUL 07, 2015
Stokkel,Inge Mathilde Maria
Program Information Document 97934 JUL 05, 2015
Aide Memoire 98736 JUL 03, 2015
This paper discusses how catastrophe crop risk models can be used to assess food security needs at the sovereign level for the purpose of risk transfer. ... See More + The rationale for a system to evaluate food security needs at the national level is discussed. The role of technology and remote sensing data availability as an enabler of catastrophe crop risk models is discussed followed by a description of the framework of catastrophe crop models for droughts, representing the peril for which catastrophe models have had the most success. The integration of the output of catastrophe crop models with a food security vulnerability assessment model is described next. Recent advances in analytical modeling of various types of shocks in assessing food security are described but the operational use of these analytical models in the development of food security assessment for risk transfer is seen to be limited for now because of the complexity of these analytical models. The food security vulnerability modeling in the African Risk Capacity, ARC, model is then described as showing a practical solution to the complex problem of assessing food security via a model. Lastly, the challenges faced in risk transfer of sovereign food security risks are discussed. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7360 JUL 02, 2015
SharmamMohan; Hohl,Roman
Catastrophe risk models are quantitative models used to estimate probabilistic loss distributions for a specified range of assets subject to a baseline level of disaster risk. ... See More + While cat risk models are used extensively by the insurance and reinsurance industry to estimate expected losses to insured assets, their ability to estimate damages outside of a narrow range of physical assets such as buildings or infrastructure is still limited. This paper first provides a brief outline of cat risk models as they currently exist, and then outlines the major econometric issues involved in incorporating research from the growing literature on the microeconomic impacts of disasters into a cat model framework. Attention is specifically drawn to issues arising from the generally low recurrence frequencies of disasters, the likely role of difficult-to-document indirect damages in influencing total disaster costs, and issues related to generalizing disaster response functions across different domains. The paper ends by noting the large discrepancy between the current state of the literature on disaster impacts on microeconomic indicators and the level needed for adequate cat risk model performance, and suggests means of closing that gap as well as potential areas for future research. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7359 JUL 02, 2015
This paper presents an overview of the structure of probabilistic catastrophe risk models, discusses their importance for appraising sovereign disaster risk financing and insurance instruments and strategy, and puts forward a model and a process for improving decision making on the linked disaster risk management strategy and sovereign disaster risk financing and insurance strategy. ... See More + The paper discusses governments use of probabilistic catastrophe models to inform sovereign disaster risk financing decision making and describes the ex ante and ex post financing instruments available for responding to extreme natural events. It also discusses the challenge of appraising sovereign disaster risk financing and insurance instruments, including a review of the multiple dimensions of disaster risks and the value that probabilistic catastrophe risk models provide. The decision making framework for sovereign disaster risk financing and insurance put forward by the paper includes the use of a decision model (an influence diagram) as a rigorous representation of the relationships between the decisions, uncertain events, and consequences relevant to sovereign disaster risk financing and insurance decision making. The framework also includes a process for generating high-quality customized components for the decision model, and a tool for designing coherent sovereign disaster risk financing and insurance strategies. The paper ends with suggestions for improving catastrophe risk models to facilitate sovereign disaster risk financing and insurance decision making. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7358 JUL 02, 2015
Ley-Borrás,Roberto; Fox,Benjamin Daniel
The welfare impact of a disaster does not depend only on the physical characteristics of the event or its direct impacts in terms of lost lives and assets. ... See More + Depending on the ability of the economy to cope, recover, and reconstruct, the reconstruction will be more or less difficult, and the welfare effects smaller or larger. This ability, which can be referred to as the macroeconomic resilience of the economy to natural disasters, is an important parameter to estimate the overall vulnerability of a population. Here, resilience is decomposed into two components: instantaneous resilience, which is the ability to limit the magnitude of the immediate loss of income for a given amount of capital losses, and dynamic resilience, which is the ability to reconstruct and recover quickly. The paper proposes a rule of thumb to estimate macroeconomic resilience, based on the interest rate (a higher interest rate decreases resilience and increases welfare losses), the reconstruction duration (a longer reconstruction duration increases welfare losses), and a "ripple-effect" factor that increases or decreases immediate losses (negative if enough idle resources are available to cope; positive if cross-sector and supply-chain issues impair the production of non-affected capital). An optimal risk management strategy is very likely to include measures to reduce direct impacts (disaster risk reduction actions) and measures to reduce indirect impacts (resilience building actions). See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7357 JUL 02, 2015
Uninsured natural disasters can have devastating effects on human welfare and economic growth, particularly in developing countries where large segments of the population are in poverty and government resources and capacity to assist in relief, recovery, and reconstruction are limited. ... See More + Therefore there is interest in exploring how these countries can design and implement disaster relief financing and insurance programs. This paper discusses four aspects of the microeconomics of disaster relief financing and insurance programs that are important for the ex post impact evaluation of such programs: (1) use of game setups to analyze the private willingness-to-pay for disaster protection through risk transfer or risk retention instruments; (2) use of ex post analysis of existing disaster relief financing and insurance schemes (such as Mexico's programs) to analyze the willingness to provide political support to such schemes; (3) use of ex post analysis of existing schemes to analyze not only ex post coping with shock, but also the ex ante risk management impact of disaster relief financing and insurance schemes, with the expectation that the latter can have a large effects on growth; and (4) use of mainly global data to do ex post impact analysis of natural disasters and the resilience-enhancing value of disaster relief financing and insurance schemes (examples exist for the disaster-impact relationship that can be extended to the role of disaster relief financing and insurance in risk reduction, coping with shock, and risk management). The paper proposes concrete research projects to pursue the analysis of these four dimensions of micro-level impacts of disaster relief financing and insurance. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS7356 JUL 02, 2015
De Janvry,Alain F.
The objectives of the Odra-Vistula Flood Management Project for Poland are to increase access to flood protection for people living in selected areas of the Odra River and the Upper Vistula River basins and to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Borrower to mitigate the impact of floods more effectively. ... See More + There are five components to the project, the first component being flood protection of the Middle and Lower Odra. This component aims to enhance protection against summer floods and winter floods to the cities of Szczecin and Słubice, to the town of Gryfino, as well as other smaller towns along the Odra River. The activities will include the reconstruction of dikes and other bank protective works (revetments, parapets, and so on), dredging in the Odra River as well as in canals and the harbor of Szczecin, and river training works, that is, the recalibration and (re)construction of groynes and lateral submerged dams in the river, restoration of bends, and protection of banks. The second component is the flood protection of the Nysa Klodzka Valley. This component will protect Klodzka town and other small valley towns, as well as the city of Bardo at the outlet of the valley. The third component is the flood protection of the upper Vistula. This component intends to protect the Kraków agglomeration and Nowa Huta industrial area, the Sandomierz-Tarnobrzeg industrial and agricultural area, and selected towns on tributaries in the sub-basins of the San and Raba rivers. The fourth component is the institutional strengthening and enhanced forecasting. This component will selectively support the strengthening of institutional capacity in priority areas by improving the emergency preparedness along the main rivers and their tributaries in south and west Poland by enhancing the forecasting and operational water management capacity. Finally, the fifth component is the project management and studies. See Less -
Project Appraisal Document PAD1203 JUL 01, 2015
In Sub Saharan Africa women are often not protecting their savings through formal devices but instead keeping their savings in more vulnerable savings options. ... See More + After participating in a savings promotion program, women are more likely to save in semi-formal savings options. Participants moved their cash to semi-formal saving options, such as ROSCAs, but did not go as far as moving to regular bank accounts or other formal savings options. The pilot identified subgroups that may be especially receptive for informational savings campaigns. Women who were illiterate or had been robbed or stolen from in the past one and a half years show significant increases in take-up of formal savings options after participating in the program. The savings mobilization program resulted in reallocation rather than accumulation of monetary wealth. See Less -
Brief 98924 JUL 01, 2015
The purpose of the Ghorashal Unit 4 Repowering Project for Bangladesh is to re-power unit 4 (installed capacity of 210 MW) of GPS. The project involves the re-powering of the current steam plant with a more efficient combined cycle technology. ... See More + Major significant impacts anticipated from the proposed project activities include inhalation of airborne asbestos fiber during boiler decommissioning, elevated noise level from the operation of heavy equipment, felling of trees during site preparation, and labor camp induced sanitation and social stresses. The major positive impacts of the project are the augmentation of the generation capacity of the electricity and improving the socio-economic condition and lifestyle of the country's population and reduction in thermal plume in the Shitalakhya River during plant operation. This project will deal with hazardous/special waste like asbestos. Waste water from the decommissioning site will be collected at a sump for temporary storage and treated in central effluent treatment plant (CETP) before final disposal. Special handling of solid hazardous material will be followed for segregating asbestos from insulation and other boiler materials. At first, asbestos containing waste will be segregated from demolished material before disposal. The contractor will establish a means to prevent any visible emissions outside the temporary and on-site asbestos disposal pit during handling, segregation, and final disposal operations. They must maintain the integrity of leak-proof containers and/or packaging at all times during the handling and disposal operations. Minimize the release and exposure of asbestos containing material after placement in the asbestos pit without compaction of the waste prior to application of cover. Finally, in presence of the official of BPDB, the on-site asbestos pit will be covered to ensure complete coverage of the disposed asbestos and prevent re-exposure during continuing disposal operations. During the operation, the worker will follow the guidelines of WBG's General EHS Guidelines on hazardous materials management. See Less -
Environmental Assessment SFG1208 JUL 01, 2015
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Santa handles last-minute wish list rush in Anderson
Throngs of children made it to Anderson Mall this week to get their last-minute wish lists to Santa Claus.
All the requests have made for some long days, Santa said.
About 500 people visited him Monday at the Anderson Mall. The lines Tuesday weren't quite as long, but there were plenty of children waiting with parents and grandparents around lunchtime for their turns with Santa.
And it could have been busier. Santa had 176 children visit him one morning earlier this month. It was a group from a local school brought in on a holiday field trip specifically to see him.
"That started my day," Santa said. "That certainly woke me up."
Monday also was busier than Tuesday for the mall in general. Some of the clerks in the stores surrounding Santa's court went as far as to speculate that this Christmas has been slower than previous years.
Nonetheless, there was never a shortage of children waiting for an audience with St. Nick. Anything with an "i" in front of it is popular with children this Christmas, Santa said.
"Most kids are asking for iPads, iPods and computers," he said Tuesday. "And their parents sit there and just roll their eyes."
Some of the requests this holiday season were more realistic, he said. The girls asked primarily for dolls — Monster High, American Girl and Barbie — and most of the boys asked for monster trucks, electronic planes and cars, as well as Thomas the Train items.
Some of the specific requests were:
"I want an American Girl doll and a few iPod cases to swap out," said Caroline Ramey, 10, who attends Liberty Elementary School. Her little brother, Carter, 9, asked for a "Xbox 360 with Kinect and Madden 14."
"I'm asking for a lava lamp, a bike — like a mountain bike — and zebra stuff. ... I like zebras," reported Kayda Page, 11, who attends Cedar Grove Elementary School in Williamston.
Aly, 10, and Abby, 8, used their holiday from classes at LaFrance Elementary School to ask for Kindle fires, Legos and American Girls dolls.
Zack Williamson, 4, sat on Santa's lap with his 10-month-old sister P.J. He was looking for a "big, big truck — I don't want nuthin' else."
Reece Morgan's list was a bit longer than the others. "I want a toy gun, a monster truck and some dinosaurs," said the 5-year-old. "And one more thing: a shooting water pistol."
Santa said the most unusual requests he received were for a pink lizard and a hay baler. A girl asked for the lizard, and a boy who lives in the country asked for the baler, Santa said.
Some requests had less to do with toys and more to do with good deeds — such as the request from one boy for a superhero outfit.
"He wanted to go out and help people that are in trouble," Santa said. "And I had one little girl tell me she wanted world peace."
Santa stayed on the job right up until 6 p.m. Tuesday, when the Anderson Mall officially closed for the Christmas holiday, before heading off to his busiest night of the year.
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So I popped out of the San Juan mountains in mid afternoon and stopped in the town of Durango for a sit rep. That is situation report. As I pulled the helmet from my sweaty head I noticed I had, without trying, parked in front of 2/3rds of a trifecta. The Lonely Lane M'otel (or something to that effect) and Joe's Smoky BBQ (or ...
Route 66
... it. After a tasty breakfast we hit the road and continued driving down route 66. It was like stepping back in time in some parts. Motels with large neon signs that have been there since the 1930s. Gas stations with their original pumps, theatres from the 1920s and classic American diners. Route 66 is no longer the popular highway that it once was. Most of the classic architecture and buildings have long but disappeared. Sites ...
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... and the ridges over yonder. Back at camp we prepare breakfast, pretty much it's every man for himself. The boys put the coffee and the kettle on which is most important. Showered and ready to hit the road. Driving out of the canyon we get to take in more of its beauty and once back out onto he straight flat road, its hard to believe that it's there. On the agenda this morning is an RV Museum, the Big Texan Hotel, and as we leave Amarillo, the Cadillac ...
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Gabbiano Hotel, Pulsano
- Free parking
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- 90 guestrooms
- On a private beach
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
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- Children's pool
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- 24-hour business center
- Childcare
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- In Pulsano Marina
- Parco Archeologico di Saturo (3.7 mi / 6 km)
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- This hotel is arranged over 3 floors
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- Free self parking
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- Children's club (surcharge)
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- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Poolside bar
- Room service (during limited hours)
- On private beach
- Beach sun loungers
- Children's pool
- Pool sun loungers
- Tennis on site
- Basketball on site
- Fishing on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Snorkeling on site
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- Beach umbrellas
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Gabbiano Hotel, Pulsano's small print
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Mandatory fees
You'll be asked to pay the following charges at check in or check out:
- Club Card: EUR 45 per person, per week
Optional extras
Self parking costs EUR 3 per night
Cribs/Infant beds are available for EUR 14 per night
Children's club access is available for an extra charge
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
WiFi is available in public areas for EUR 2 per hour (rates may vary)
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There is a sad tendency among some to think every problem requires a government-funded entity to "fix" it. That attitude was on display at the final meeting of the Oklahoma Human Rights Commission.
The Legislature voted to end the commission and charge the state attorney general with civil rights enforcement. However, the commission's chairman believes the group's other "important responsibilities" will be ignored, such as educating about civil rights, promoting better relations between racial groups and helping defuse racial tensions. Since the vast majority of Oklahomans have never heard of the Human Rights Commission, we're skeptical the group's education efforts were that effective. And we can't recall a racially charged situation where the commission was brought in to save the day.
Undoubtedly, race relations have improved during the 50 years of the commission's existence. But that change came from the acts of private citizens, not the Human Rights Commission. The Pew Research Center reported that interracial marriage reached an all-time national high in 2010. In Oklahoma, Pew found 26.3 percent of marriages were interracial, second highest in the country.
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EASTBOURNE, England — Former champions Caroline Wozniacki and Ekaterina Makarova headed in different directions in the Aegon International quarterfinals on Thursday.
Wozniacki, champion in 2009, held off a strong challenge from Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-7 (7), 6-4, 6-2.
Makarova, the 2010 champ from Russia, fell to fifth seed Angelique Kerber 6-2, 6-1, with the German avenging her second-round defeat to Makarova last year.
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Bring 7 Roc Eggs to Zootfizzle at Dorian's Outpost.
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Dorian's had me training and feeding the baby drakes he captures, and it has gotten me thinking. I want a pet of my own!
No, not a juvenile drake. I don't want a pet capable of biting my hand off!
However, in the Bonefields to the northeast of the camp, beyond the area dominated by the drakes, there's a large population of goretalon rocs. The grown ones are beyond hope of domesticating, but if you bring me the eggs from their nests, I can raise them from the time they hatch.
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Do you have those eggs?
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Oh, these are very nice! I've gotten so tired of robotic squirrels and chickens for company. It'll be wonderful to have a pet whose joints won't require oiling!
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- [77] In Search of Bigger Game
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The year he got drafted, Jacob deGrom had a 4.48 ERA at Stetson with just 56 K's in 86 IP. Kudos to Mets scouts and player development.
The year he got drafted, Jacob deGrom had a 4.48 ERA at Stetson with just 56 K's in 86 IP. Kudos to Mets scouts and player development.
Eleven strikeouts for Jacob deGrom. Only Tom Seaver has thrown more in a postseason game for the Mets.
Jacob deGrom is the 1st Met with a double-digit strikeout performance in the playoffs since Dwight Gooden in 1988. pic.twitter.com/86MoNzKBYf
Both pitchers had very quick innings, so it looks like this may not be the bullpen game we were starting to expect
Jacob deGrom with an efficient, perfect frame. Now at 90 pitches thru 5 IP. #Mets 1, #Dodgers 0, end 5
Clayton Kershaw and Jacob deGrom have combined for 18 strikeouts and we're in the top of the fifth.
Clayton Kershaw and Jacob deGrom both have 8 K in 4 IP. Got to love a good ol' fashion pitchers' duel!
Clayton Kershaw hit a drive to the warning track, but Yoenis Cespedes tracked it down to save two runs. Still 2-0 #Mets
.@JdeGrom19 allows a couple of singles but strands both runners. He is really throwing GAS! He has 8 strikeouts. #LGM pic.twitter.com/GqFXwaBJv4
ESPN's Jessica Mendoza on being the first woman to call a nationally televised MLB playoff game: "If you're good at something, it doesn't matter your gender."
Mets didn't hit a single HR at Dodger Stadium this year...until tonight. pic.twitter.com/smSJCxU0OI
.@ClaytonKersh22 adds two more strikeouts and the #Dodgers will head to the bottom of the fourth trailing 1-0. pic.twitter.com/dPyKJKhBYT
Daniel Murphy had one homer all season vs. a LHP. So of course he hits one off Clayton Kershaw.
Clayton Kershaw falls behind 2-0 and Daniel Murphy hits a 94-mph fastball down the middle for a home run and it's 1-0 #Mets in the fourth
Jacob deGrom works around another Cuddyer miscue. Seventh K retires Adrian Gonzalez. #Mets 0, #Dodgers 0, end 3
Corey Seager's first post-season hit will look like a line-drive double in the box score. Actually a fly ball that Cuddyer misplayed
Carl Crawford pops out. That ends streak of first six outs via strikeout for deGrom.
Jacob deGrom has set down 6 batters in two innings, allowing 2 hits and walking a batter, but all of the outs have come via the strikeout. deGrom is the 5th pitcher to get the first 6 outs of a postseason game via the K (most in 7 by Mike Hampton in 2003).
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Study Committees for 3 studies
Our local League is studying three study topics:
- Local Government Study (LWVSC)
- Ballot Access (LWVNY)
- Term Limits (LWVNY)
See below for descriptions of these studies.
- Local Government Study, chaired by Francine Rodger and Barb Thomas
This two-year study will look at whether local governments in Saratoga County (villages, towns, cities and county government) should separate executive or administrative functions from legislative (policy making) functions. Year one of the study will look at current structures, practices and definitions. Year two of the study will reach a consensus position. There will be an organizational meeting in September, at a time that is convenient for those who want to participate. So express your interest by contacting Francine or Barb.
- Ballot Access Study, chaired by Lori Dawson
This study will broadly examine how candidates get onto the ballot in the general election. It will potentially encompass the primary system, fusion voting, Wilson-Pakula, run-off voting, and other aspects of election law.
Study Materials: LWVNY Ballot Access Study Materials
Intro Materials:
- Term Limits Study co-chaired by Paula Blum and Joan Johnson
This is a study on term limits for the New York State Legislature and statewide elected officials. The 1992 LWVUS Convention authorized state and local Leagues to use national positions and principles to take action against term limits for state or local office holders. The language adopted by the convention is permissive only; that is, it allows state and local Leagues to apply the national position in opposition to term limits at other levels, but it does not require opposition to term limits at other levels. It does not supersede positions arrived at by study and consensus at the state or local League level that may support term limits for state or local office.
Study Materials: LWVNY Term Limit Study Materials
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Agriculture Study
New position after study
On May 15, 2014, the LWVUS Board approved the new Position on Federal Agriculture Policies. The position is based on responses from 243 state and local Leagues: Statement of Position on Federal Agriculture Policies as announced by the National Board May 2014.
Program: Down on the Farm: Issues Facing the Family Farmer Today.
Panel discussion recorded Tuesday, April 23, 2013.
- David Haight, American Farmland Trust, New York
- Jennifer Stevens, Cornell Co-operative Extension Saratoga County
- David Holck, USDA Farm Service Agency
- Pandora Davis, bovine veterinarian
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Constitutional Convention Study
Twenty-two Leagues participated in the request for an update of the state League's position and reached a new consensus.
New Position: The League supports the following reforms as positive factors in deciding on support for a constitutional convention. Delegates should be elected by a fair nonpartisan process that complies with federal voting rights provisions and eases ballot access to encourage participation by racial and other minorities. Public financing should be provided for candidates and their positions on issues and convention goals should be widely publicized to enable votgers to cast informed votes at their election. Statewide office holders, state or federal legislators, and state judges should not serve as delegates.
Education Study
Our league participated in a LWVUS study and consensus regarding the proper role of the Federal Government in Education. In March of 2012, the LWVUS Board approved a new position on the federal role in public education. This position is based on responses received from the 377 Leagues across the country who participated in the Education Study.
Read more about the League of Women Voters' position on the Federal Role in Public Education.
Thank you to all who worked on the study and attended the meetings.
Privatization Study
Our league also participated in a LWV nation-wide consensus study of privatization. The purpose of this study was to identify those parameters and policy issues to be considered in discussing proposals to transfer federal, state or local government services, assets and/or functions to the private sector.
The LWVUS Board approved a new Position on Privatization at its June 2012 meeting.
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Headscratchers: The Redemption of Althalus
- I was rereading The Redemption of Althalus, and I found something that just seems wrong. Early in the book, Eliar participates in a war against Andine's city-state of Osthos. He somehow manages to get into a full-on fight with the defenders and ends up killing Andine's father, the Aryo (ruler). Of course, he and his men are captured. Althalus and Emmy get him out of Osthos. Then they go to Awes and find Bheid, before going back to Osthos because they need to pick up Andine, since they need her to defeat the Big Bad. Once they get Andine far far away from Osthos, they wake her up and she starts trying to kill Eliar. After the first attempt, Andine stops trying to kill Eliar because she realises that whatever she tries, they won't let her. What bugs me is this: Throughout the dialogue in that scene, everyone's attitude is basically: 'Andine, get over yourself and stop trying to kill Eliar. We all have to do something really important, so just stop it and get along. Your dad dying was an accident, so stop being such a bitch.' Eliar killed her dad! And no, it wasn't an accident. Nobody comforts her on the fact that her dad died and she can't avenge his death. Nobody comforts her at all. That bugs me a lot.
- The thing is, it WAS an accident. HOW would Eliar know that the guy charging ahead was the Aryo? He probably thought he was a commander or something. And besides, to his culture it WAS 'just business'. He's a MERCENARY. Its his JOB. It just so happened that the Aryo was Eliar's enemy at the time, they even say this (i think). Plus i think the whole world being plunged into eternal tyranny trumps one girls revenge somewhat.
- I get that, though that's not what bugs me. What bugs me is that everyone acts like she's making trouble because she's just a spoilt brat with no reason to. The fact that her father died and she got kidnapped and forced to go along with the group never comes up and nobody even tries to see it her way and help her get through it.
- Eliar's a soldier. He didn't murder her father. He killed him in single combat, in a war. She has no right to torture him to death for that, and getting that through her head was a lot more important than helping her with her grief.
- You're missing my point. He killed her father. The reason doesn't matter. He killed her father. She has every right to want to take revenge for that, and having her rights taken away and being forced to co-operate with a group openly favouring her father's killer is something never acknowledged in the book. I'm almost inclined to call Andine's eventual personality change a case of Stockholm Syndrome, because God knows there's not much else I can call it. And Dweia, the goddess whose job is supposedly to love things, doesn't attempt to help a teenage girl grieving for her only family member? I'm supposed to agree with this?
- I'm currently re-reading the book, and I don't see how anybody's acting like she's making trouble for them. They're actually very considerate; they make sure Eliar stays far away from her, because they realize that while she can't hurt him, "the sight of [him] might be hurting [her]." They give her plenty of space, and don't really try to pressure her to go along with them after she's in the party, they just assume she'll come around. And I noticed in this reading, this being the third or fourth time I've read this book, that Andine is...kind of a psychopath. Yeah, Eliar killed her dad on the battlefield (which, by the way, I'm not entirely comfortable with when he dismisses it as 'just following orders': a lot of evil shit has been done under that excuse), and since she captured him she technically has the right to have him executed or sent to jail or whatever. But she doesn't. Instead, she psychologically tortures him by chaining him in her throne room and staring at him all day while playing with his knife and making constant speeches about how she's going to make sure he dies in the worst possible way before selling him into slavery. Then she forgives him completely after getting to know him, deciding it was actually Ghend who was responsible, and after that she...never really seems to care about her father's death. I'm not convinced they were all that close to begin with. The only time she ever brings him up is when she mentions that she used to cut his hair when it bothered her, and she seems unable to understand that Eliar can love his parents. It's not unusual for royal parents to have little to no contact with their children, so it's possible Andine only saw her father infrequently, and never really loved him as a parent, just respected him because of his position and assumed that's how everyone felt about their parents (which is why she couldn't understand how Eliar could love his commoner father). And if anybody has Stockholm's syndrome, it's Althalus. Locked in a single room for thousands of years with one book to read and one arrogant, condescending cat-goddess. Of course he loves her, because for about two thousand years she was the only companion he had. He never had a choice in the matter.
- Yeah, Eddings wrote some really fucked up relationships. Don't even get me started on the Belgariad.
- I always viewed it as an example of Eddings characters pretty much always being fairly shallow. Fun, sure, but rarely much in the way of depth. I get he claims he's writing it that way deliberately as a kind of spoof of classical fantasy, but it still results in somewhat ludicrous situations like this: "You killed my dad!" "It was in a war! Plus, we've got this other important thing going on!" "I'm mad!" "Stop being mad!" "Ok. I'll help you kill the bad guy now.", with sarcastic remarks strewn liberally throughout.


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... joking about the trams getting stuck and having to climb down the walls of the arch. Hahahahaha we were so funny! Until our tram broke down before we reached bottom! I am so glad no one is claustrophobic because those trams are tiny! After a radioed in announcement that the mechanics were working on solving the problem and get us moving, we kind of stared at each other with amusement and a bit of hysteria. To pass the time and ward off hysteria we sang songs from Annie and kept ...
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... with two sides. Oh yeah, Pappy's walls are lined with signed menus from various celebrities including many sports figures from the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues, Arizona Cardinals and other celebrities like Jimmy Kimmel. See the collage photo. So,check into the hotel. Then, we needed to walk... mall walking. Boy, that felt good getting some steps in! At the mall, they are really serious about their Cardinals by the stores we saw! ...
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Am I crazy for liking Bartholomew?
While I've basically given up on girls' names, my boys' list continues to get increasingly lengthy and varied. Lately Bartholomew has caught my eye, but am I crazy for liking it? Is it too much? With names like Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Malachi in the top 200, it doesn't seem like it should be... but I'll let you tell me.
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... called The Art of Dr Seus. It turns out the real Dr Seus lived in nearby La Jolla after WW2 until his death. He also painted as a serious artist, and the museum had some of his artwork, They also had a really interesting 30 minute movie on the creation of Balboa Park. Most of the Balboa park history is tied to an exposition held there in 1915 to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal. With the Panama Canal open, San ...
California Dreamin'
... by eight gardens. We bought a 7-day pass for $55 each that allowed us to visit all of the museums, and went to the park several times. All of the museums were fairly small and none of them would took more than 90 minutes to see, so we visited about 10 of them. Our favorite was probably the Railroad Museum. It had a half a dozen layouts with over 100 miles of scale track in replicas of the California countryside. Some sections were still being built up ...
Knott's Berry Farm
Today we are at Knott's Berry Farm, another famous theme park in Los Angeles. It lived up to its reputation as the bus party roared just at the sight of the rides as we parked. Most of the tour party opted to fast-track their tickets so they could avoid the queues that most of the major rides had and this saved them hours of queuing. Rides such as the Ghost Rider, the Silver Bullet, ...
One Month in Paradise
... hawks, ibis, condors, secretary birds, and others flying low; right over the heads of the audience to the trainers. Of course it was the Red River Hog that stole the show with its comic relief. The park is 1800 acres with many vistas – valleys and mountains as well as the animals' compounds and is quite beautiful. After many hours we headed back and along the shore with a stop at Torrey Pines Golf Course, a drive through La Jolla, and a walk out the Crystal Pier ...
Great Cruise
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Peace out San Diego State! Thank you to all who hopped aboard the Bikini Truck, slid out the back, and shared your photos…and hopefully scored a new Spring Break-worthy suit along the way.
Read on for photos from the San Diego State University Bikini Truck stop + Instagram contest winners…
For more photos check out #BillabongBikiniTruck and Facebook.com/SWELL
Winner, winner, Billabong Bikini…
@amvalletta, @zayrand, and @paigenicole1
Visit one of the Billabong Bikini Truck stops. Post a photo from the event to your Instagram account, including the tags #BillabongBikiniTruck and @SWELL_style.
* 3 Billabong Bikinis at each stop!
* 2 VIP Billabong Design for Humanity Tickets (winner announced August 8th)
* a SUPERbrand Surfboard (must also tag @SUPER_brand. Winner announced August 8th)
* For the latest updates, directions, and hours, check out SWELL's Facebook Events Page
* Saturday, March 15th: The Billabong Bikini Truck is on the road to The Saguaro, Palm Springs for our official Retail Launch Party. Expect extra goodies for those who come early, contests throughout the day, and a awfully convenient excuse to party poolside at the Saguaro (it seems obligatory to try out your new bikini, right?!).
Want to pre-shop the Billabong Bikini Truck? Check out some of our favorite pieces at SWELLThank you for visiting the Swell blog. Visit us on www.facebook.com/swell for more exclusive fan offers, giveaways and more.


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Crooks & Castles Summer 2011 Collection
06 May 2011, 12.59 | Posted in apparel | 2 comments »
Crooks & Castles just dropped this first look at their upcoming collection for summer. From tanks and tees to twill and board shorts, cubano button downs and fitted New Era's the collection has something for literally any situation this summer. Check out full looks after the jump.
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Slideshow: Photo Diary: A Day in the Life of Cookbook Author and Recipe Developer Grace Parisi
A Bowl of Possibilities
What is it like to develop recipes for magazines and cookbooks? Here's a look.
"I'm a very early riser—5:00 a.m. I make a pot of coffee, have a moment of quiet reflection, then head out for a predawn run—usually 8 miles or so.
Making Granola
Home again, make lunch for kids, send them off to school and then have breakfast. Usually yogurt with fruit and granola.
Fruit & Granola
I'm addicted to Instagram—I have to put my phone on another floor as avoidance therapy.
Then I pick up ingredients for recipe development and start cooking, writing, and photographing.
Starting a Crust
What I love about the development process is the ability to create methods that reflect a true distillation in the kitchen. By that, I mean elegance of efficiency—there is no wasted movement, no wasted ingredient, no wasted effort.
Stone Fruit
I look at an ingredient and see an infinite number of things to do with it. I think it falls somewhere on the autism spectrum like card counting or calculating the square root of Pi.
Stone Fruit
If things make physical, tactile sense to me, I know my readers will appreciate it as well. They may not necessarily be aware of it, but they will appreciate it.
Recipe inspiration is purely self-gratifying. If I want to eat it, I want to cook it. I indulge in cravings fairly often.
Butter Wash
I'm also inspired by equipment. I found a beautiful and unusual cupcake tin which I am champing at the bit to get to. I see hand pies in my future.
This galette is a free-form stone fruit galette.
Golden Crust
Newcomers will throw ingredient after ingredient, step after step, sub recipe after sub recipe into a dish and then wonder why there's nothing distinct about it. I know I certainly was there once.
Finished Galette
Maybe I over-identify with my readers, but I don't want to ask anyone to do something I wouldn't want to do myself.
What's frustrating/tedious/boring about the development process is having to create recipes for publications to fit an editorial conceit. It's tough trying to make something make sense when you don't believe the premise.
Stone Fruit Galette
[Ed note: The recipe for the galette can be found here.]