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Team Takes Leave from Stemming Arizona Fires to Aid Jersey Shore
(SOMEWHERE ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE, NJ) Nov. 9, 2012 – Armed simply with chainsaws, a corps of military veterans has arrived on the Jersey Shore to help Sandy-stricken residents trapped by a maze of downed trees and debris.
The team members, whose previous tours have included Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo, arrived in New Jersey this week from Arizona, where they were serving in the Student Conservation Association (SCA) Veterans Fire Corps, a program that helps recent-era vets transition to civilian life and prepares them for careers in conservation. Their recent training in chain saw operation and wildland firefighting made them perfectly suited for the mission at hand.
"We volunteered right away," says Joseph LiCausi, a former Navy petty officer from Queens, New York. "Cleaning up roads, getting trees out of the way, helping displaced people get food. It feels good to help out."
The SCA Veterans Fire Corps is part of a 20-person U.S. Forest Service saw crew currently stationed at Fort Dix. Last week, the SCA team was cutting down Ponderosa pines in Coconino National Forest to eliminate potential fire fuels. Now they are clearing felled trees from Jersey streets to provide access for responders and enable vital supplies of water, food, and fuel to reach those most in need.
Former Marine Sergeant Alleyn Friedrich started thinking about a forestry career while reading Nevada Barr's national park mystery novels. But now he's focused only on those in Sandy's destructive wake. "We're here to help people who have been hurt," he says. "Make their lives a little better, a little closer to normal."
Following Hurricane Sandy and Wednesday's Nor'easter, Corps members may also assist Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) logistics facilities, local emergency response agencies, and community command and control efforts.
SCA and the Forest Service launched the Veterans Fire Corps in the summer of 2011 as a pilot program. Since then, more than 30 veterans from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines and Navy have served on wildfire mitigation teams in Apache-Sitgreaves, Coconino, Kaibab and Prescott National Forests in Arizona and Black Hills National Forest in North Dakota. Nine corps alumni have advanced to employment with the Forest Service or other resource management offices and 20 have returned to school to obtain degrees in environmental studies.
"Very quickly, this program has proven to be beneficial to both our forests and our veterans although, characteristically, these vets are less concerned about themselves," says Kevin Hamilton, SCA vice president for communications. "They're here to support the people and communities affected by these storms."
Fire Corps members are trained and/or certified in Chain Saw Operation, Fire Ecology, Wildland Fire Fighting (Red Card), and Wilderness First Aid, in addition to general conservation skills, environmental education, and the Forest Service's history and hiring procedures. They receive a subsistence living allowance, medical coverage, housing, expense paid travel, and may choose to enroll in the AmeriCorps Education Award Program to receive assistance for college tuition or existing student loans.
The Corps' conservation objectives include improving ecosystem health, rangeland conditions and wildlife habitat, as well as reducing the threat and adverse effects of wildland fire. At the same time, it provides recent-era (post-9/11) veterans with the training, credentials and experience needed to competitively pursue wildland fire and/or forestry careers. The program also helps federal land management agencies meet the 2009 Presidential Executive Order that directs agencies to assist veterans in securing employment and helping with their re-entry into civilian life.
About SCA
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is dedicated to building the next generation of conservation leaders by providing high school and college students, young military veterans and others with conservation service opportunities in all 50 states, from urban communities to national parks and forests. Since 1957, SCA's hands-on practice of conservation service has inspired lifelong stewardship and sustainability among more than 70,000 participants. SCA is a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. and maintains regional offices in Boise, ID, Charlestown, NH, Oakland, CA, Pittsburgh, PA, and Seattle, WA. For more, logon at www.thesca.org.


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Emirates - Tenerife South Airport (TFS)
Tenerife South Airport consist of a single passenger terminal which hosts all inbound and outbound flights.
Check your arriving flight here
Check your departing flight here
Follow the links below in order to see all the flights scheduled for Emirates
- Arrivals
- Departures
In order to check in for your flight at Tenerife South Airport (TFS), go to departures hall in the main building terminal, or follow the instructions provided in your ticket.
General Information
- IATA Code: EK
- Website: www.emirates.com/us/english/
This airline does not operate any flights, all flights are codeshared flights, operated by the following airlines:

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What the heck is wrong with people in the world lately?
With so many things going on with violence, abuse, the economy, the political rantings of crazy hair Trump, and mostly trying to figure out if Glenn is alive or deceased on The Walking Dead people have gone apeshit over a cup. Yes, a meaningless stupid red coffee cup. Really people, there are so many other pressing matters in the world to be concerned about than this call to arms for those overly crazy Christian zealots screaming out about a "war on Christmas". If you are judging your bearing on the religion you adhere to based on a Starbucks coffee cup then you really have to look deep inside your own soul. Or lack of a brain. You all sound like complete morons. Let it go people, and enjoy your Peppermint Mochas. No one is trying to destroy your Christmas spirit by not placing a few decorative pics on your cup. Oh, and yes, whipped cream please! Continue reading Did Satan design those Starbucks red cups this year?


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Nectar Spokane Wine Events September
Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer. As wineries around Washington hope for an endless Indian Summer, we are excited to welcome all of you back from the lake and down to Nectar Tasting Room. We've got SEVERAL fun things lined up for you to help ease you back into the routines of school, homework, changing seasons and the dreaded "W" and "S" words that are right around the corner for Spokane residents. The patio will remain open as long as the weather is permitting, so if you haven't been down for a sip on the patio, that is just one of many great reasons to join us. We've got 44 other reasons too (that's how many wines we have on our menu if you didn't catch that).
September 1-3
THURSDAY – Join us for the 2nd Annual International #CabernetDay event. Nectar is a proud host location for this worldwide celebration of the king of grapes. We will have specials on ALL our Cabernet and Cab based blends, a sneak peek of the 2008 Skylite Cellars Cabernet and six secret Cabernet for you to sample…shhhh, don't tell.
FIRST FRIDAY – Talent is oozing out the walls at Nectar. We are proudly displaying the Art From the Vine display from photographer Richard Duval. This unique vineyard perspective will be displayed on metallic paper and stretched canvas. Richard's artwork will also be on a limited six pack of Northwest Cellars wine including a signed and numbered print. VERY LIMITED quantities available. Come down and enjoy the beautiful music of Karrie O'Neill from 6:30-9:30.
SATURDAY – I'll give you three great reasons to come down. One – afternoon wine tasting; Two – joining us from Austin, TX is the blues and fingerstyle guitarist extraordinaire Dorian Michaels. If you can make it out to see him from 6:30-9:30, your life will be better for it…I promise; Three – The Final Sip, enjoy up to 8 samples from all the wine we have remaining from the weekend of fun. The Final Sip goes from 9-10pm.
September 8-10
THURSDAY – Thirsty Thursday is back with a vengeance with 1/2 price appetizer plates with the purchase of any bottle and several $5 glass pours for the thrifty and thirsty.
FRIDAY – Get out of the house and come down for some wine tasting fun.
SATURDAY – Tipsy Muse Painting With Spirits returns. Since you were all at the lake in August, we rescheduled the Tuscan Landscape class. Bring a friend or 10 and enjoy an instructor led painting class, a glass of wine, and some appetizers.
September 15-17
Wine release weekend. Join us Friday and Saturday for the brand new 2009 Anelare Nonna Viola. Nonna has been one of our best selling wines since we opened and we are excited for the new blend and new release. Winery owners Kahryn and Forrest Alexander will be here pouring and sharing the wine.
FRIDAY – Relax with the soulful, bluesy sounds of Maxie Ray Mills. Maxie is always a treat and plays from 6:30-9:30
SATURDAY: Don't miss The Final Sip. This is Spokane's favorite wine party. Save the grapes, don't let them get dumped down the drain. For only $10 ($5 for members), taste through 8 samples of whatever wine we have left open on the counter.
September 22-24
Get on your dancing shoes for a full weekend of music. Friday, enjoy the jazz and swing from the popular Kathleen Cavender. Saturday, mix it up with the acoustic variety of the almost famous Ken Davis. Music starts at 6:30 both nights. With the June released Groupon expiring soon, we're sure to be busy, so come early and get your seat. Mr. Weatherman says the patio will still be open!
September 29-Oct 1
We're giving back and inviting you to help. Kids can't fight cancer alone and this weekend is your chance to help raise awareness and funds for the American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland Northwest (ACCOI).
THURSDAY – Childhood Cancer Awareness Day: 10% of all proceeds and $25 of every membership sold will be donated back to ACCOI
FRIDAY and SATURDAY – Stock up to give back. $1 from every bottle sold for the weekend goes to help the kiddos with cancer. We will do our part to help, come join us!


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SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Rene Bourque scored 2:10 into overtime and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 1-0 on Thursday night.
Bourque's winner came on a tip-in just in front of the net. The puck drifted in front of the crease and Shawn Matthias couldn't clear it for Florida. Instead, it bounced off goalie Jose Theodore's pad and Bourque poked it in.
Carey Price made 26 saves for his 17th career shutout and second against the Panthers. The Canadiens won their second straight on the road.
Theodore stopped 31 shots against his former team but the Panthers lost their third in a row.
There was little offense through a sluggish first two periods. Theodore saved a potential goal with 2:15 left in the first when he made a glove save on a point-blank shot by Brandon Prust.
The action picked up in the third, with the Panthers tallying 13 shots — one fewer than they managed through the first two periods. Price withstood a barrage about 8 minutes into the period when the Panthers fired off five shots from in close in less than a minute.
NOTES: Panthers RW Kris Versteeg was scratched with an upper-body injury. … Theodore played 353 games for Montreal from 1996-06. … Canadiens D Andrei Markov has 10 points, all on the power play.
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Nonetheless, despite the fact it will not affect this years fiscal effort the coincidence of the timing of the court decision with the appearance of a report from the parliamentary commission responsible for monitoring the execution of this years budget only served to heighten nervousness about the possibility that, with unemployment rising more sharply than anticipated and the economic recession still accelerating, this years deficit numbers may not add up as planned.
The country is facing a deep ongoing recession with a contraction of the order of 3.5% expected this year, and the outlook for the second half of the year is no shaping up as though it may well be tougher than the first half. In addition, with the European sovereign debt crisis threatening to cast its long shadow right across next year, it looks increasingly unlikely that the country will be able to go back to the bond markets in September 2013 as planned. So September may well be a good month to make some needed revisions to the existing IMF programme.
Portugal is making progress in reducing its fiscal deficit, even if it may fail to precisely meet this years target. But it is not making sufficient progress in reducing external imbalances, and in achieving international competitiveness. As a result sustainable economic growth and stable job creation still seem some years away. In the meantime young educated Portuguese are increasingly upping and leaving the country in the search for a better life elsewhere. This negative dynamic needs to be broken, and Troika representatives instead of repeating the same old policy errors need to take a fresh look, and with an open mind, at the situation.
Otherwise Portugal may find itself in the invidious position of complying with most of its immediate programme objectives while leaving the road to sustainable debt and growth levels may fraught - as the IMF itself notes in its April programme review - with almost insurmountable difficulty, thus putting the long term future of the country in doubt. This post - which is a revised and expanded is version of a presentation I recently gave in Brussels - will examine the challenges - both demographic and economic - the country faces in the longer term. You can find the original presentation on Slide Share.
So Here's The Problem
Over the past ten years the Portuguese economy has been virtually stationery. The problem is not, note, simply a Euro one, since the decline started in the mid 1990s, and has never been reversed. Here's another way of looking at the same issue. Portuguese GDP rose rapidly in the 1990s, and then much more slowly in the first decade of the 21st century.
So now we know that the issue is not hard to define, the only difficulty facing policy makers is finding the way to do something about it. Under standard economic theory, once a country falls into recession the "hidden hand" adjustment mechanisms will, one day sooner or one day later, serve to drag the country back out of it again (unless, naturally, the economy is caught in one of those darned liquidity traps). But for the countries inside the Euro the normal automatic adjustment mechanisms aren't operative, since one of the links in the chain - the devaluation one - has been (intentionally) broken. So as we can see, countries can get "stuck", and aspects of the situation can become "self perpetuating" - and this is the danger that Portugal faces.
Ageing Society With Growing Debt
Portugal's problem is as much about debt as it is about growth. During the Euro years the levels of both the public and the private sector debt grew substantially - which means it has the worst of all worlds.
In addition, the country had private sector debt (including securities as well as bank lending) to the tune of 249% of GDP at the end of 2011 according to Eurostat data. Add this to the 106% of gross government debt and you get a total debt to GDP ratio of around 355%. Without growth this is clearly not sustainable. In fact what is incredible is how the country was able to accumulate so much debt without the accompanying economic growth. The bang per buck was, frankly, terrible.
Now of course the moment of truth has come, and it is time to start paying it all back. Which means that living standards which were being maintained by borrowing to buy imports will fall since the borrowing stops, but they will also fall due to the need to now pay the borrowed sums steadily back.
So, far from Euro membership being an unmitigated success for Portugal, the country has seen a serious lack of growth in living standards and even a loss of relative position in the "Euro league" If we look at the graph below - which shows per capita GDP in both Portugal and Slovenia as a percentage of the EU average - we can see that while living standards in Slovenia rose steadily during the first decade of this century, in Portugal they were more or less stationary (in relative terms). Yet as we know, Portugal is a comparatively poor country in EU terms, and should have benefited much, much more. Now Portugal's relative position is even likely to fall.
The thing I often say about the monetary union is that it is a structure which offered every facility to a country which wants to get into trouble (cheap borrowing, enhanced credit rating, very low sovereign debt spreads) but which makes it much more difficult to correct the problems once they have built up. Portugal's tragedy is that it got into trouble just before it joined, and the Euro only added to the countries problems rather than offering a framework which made it possible to sort them out. How ironic that the one country unable to advance unaided the reform and growth programme that became know as the Lisbon Agenda should be Portugal. The real "Lisbon" agenda was evidently something else entirely.
Some Unique Portuguese Features
The curious thing about Portugal is how its trajectory towards first full EU and later EMU membership shows more resemblance to the path which was later trod by a number of East European societies than it does to that of its South European peers.
In what was to be a harbinger of events elsewhere a decade or so later, the country systematically lost population during the EU "coupling" years, as workers left in droves in search of higher wages elsewhere. The phenomenon has left a lasting scar on both the economy and the society. Little surprise that the country which was once a prototypical "emigration society" should so rapidly have become one again under the impact of the current crisis.
Naturally Portugal, like all European societies, is ageing quite rapidly, a process which won't be helped any by the significant numbers of young people who are now leaving.
And the main reason for this societal ageing process is, of course, long term very low fertility. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, it makes absolutely no economic sense for a society with long term fertility well below replacement rate to become a net exporter of labour. In the long run the economy of such a country cannot be sustainable, and I'm surprised the IMF haven't noticed this yet.
Under The Tutelage of the Troika
Portugal was the third Euro Area country to succumb to the pressures of the financial markets, and bolt for safe harbour in the form of an EU/IMF rescue programme. As a result the country has now received an initial 78 billion euro bailout in return for which it is implementing a strict deficit correction programme. Even if one might want to quibble about some of the details, the country has implemented most of what was asked of it.
And as a result the Troika has consistently given Portugal what can only be called "glowing reports" - which compared to the ones Greece receives they certainly are.
And along with the deficit even the bond yields are coming down. Yields hit a spike back in February as markets worried about the second Greek bailout, with its debt restructuring component, and asked themselves the question - will Portugal be next?
So Where Are The Problems?
Well, so much for the good news. Despite the high level of programme performance, the country still faces severe "challenges" since implementing reforms and austerity is one thing and achieving growth and reducing debt quite another. Not unsurprisingly, the economy is now in deep recession. The IMF expect the economy to contract by 3.3% in 2012, and return to timid growth in 2013 (0.3%). But as the fund themselves recognise, there are strong downside risks to the 2013 forecast, and it is not improbable the economy will once more contract.
Equally worryingly, unemployment has now started rising sharply, raising questions about a "Greek turn" in events. Apart from the social distress caused this surge in unemployment is having two consequences. The original deficit targets will not now be met, even with this years public sector pay cut, and the young and educated are leaving the national ship in increasing numbers.
As the IMF says in its April programme review the country is conducting a large macro economic adjustment with only a "constrained toolbox" available (a euphemism I presume for the inability to devalue).
The IMF report was, incidentally, quite frank and realistic about the problems the country faces, unusually so, and far more explicit about the issues than the Romania one I reviewed last week. On the one hand they state "competitiveness indicators are showing some signs of improvement with wages declining in some sectors and a sizeable improvement in the current account deficit in 2011".... yet...."Despite this progress,formidable challenges remain...the simultaneous pursuit of fiscal austerity, structural reforms, and the deleveraging of the economy—objectives that can work at cross purposes—increases the risk that the program's objective of rapidly reducing macroeconomic imbalances remains out of reach in the near term".
What macroeconomic are we talking about here? Well, in the first place, despite the above-mentioned improvements the country still runs a goods trade deficit.
And while the current account deficit has been substantially reduced, the IMF are still forecasting a 4% of GDP one for 2012. More tellingly, they see the country as being unable to reduce the deficit below 3% of GDP before 2018. To really start to get sustainable export-driven growth and ongoing debt reduction (what the IMF call "external stability") we will need to see, remember, the current account move into surplus, and stay there. So are we facing a case of the low hanging fruit now having been picked? In any event, and taking the IMF warnings to heart, it doesn't seem unrealistic to suppose that Portugal will need some sort of support for its correction throughout the rest of this decade. That is what having a "constrained toolbox" means.
Portugal's post 2009 export recovery has been strong.
But as with most other economies on the periphery the slowdown in European and Emerging Market growth is making this improvement in export performance hard to sustain. Indeed the rate of export growth has been slowing, and has now fallen into negative territory on an interannual basis.
Obviously Portuguese exports will pick up again once global growth starts to recover, but by just how much can they pick-up without a much larger change in relative prices? As part of its third programme review the IMF carried out a competitiveness study as a result of which the Fund estimated the competitiveness gap at some "13–14 percent as of 2010", noting in passing that "the gap has to date only narrowed marginally (by about 1 percentage points)".
Using an external stability approach 8one which focuses on reducing the net International Investment Position - IIP) they also found that "to halve Portugal's highly negative IIP (to about -52 percent of GDP), a real exchange rate depreciation of about 13 percent would be needed". Both ways of looking at the issue seem to give a similar result - that around a 13% improvement in competitiveness is needed - and given that they also found that "since peaking in 2009, the adjustment in unit labor costs has been fairly limited. In particular, as of Q3 2011, ULC-based real effective exchange rates are only 2–3 percent below their 2009 peaks" it is clear there is still a very, very long way to go.
Banking and Financial Sector
Portugals banks continue to be dependent on the ECB for liquidity. Borrowing hit a new record of 60.5 billion Euros in June, up 3% from May.
At the same time the flow of credit to the private sector remains constrained. Bank lending to the private sector was down about 4.5% from a year earlier in May according to Bank of Portugal data.
Also bad loans are rising, and especially in the construction sector. Bad debt owed by Portuguese households and companies rose a further eight percent in April to reach almost €14 billion according to bank of Portugal data. This was an increase of €2 billion since the start of the year. The majority of this, around €9 billion, is corporate debt, but there has surely been a good deal of "evergreening" going on, and the total exposure of Portuguese banks to souring loans - in particular builder and developer ones - is undoubtedly much larger.
Construction Slump Threatens Bank Balance Sheets and Employment
Portugal did not have a housing boom like Spain or Ireland, nonetheless with a strong tourist industry construction has played an important role in the economy in recent years, constitution something like 18% of total GDP in turnover terms. According to Manuel Reis Campos, head of the Portuguese Construction and Real Estate Confederation, the sector, which is the country's largest employer, faces rampant unemployment and bankruptcies that threaten the repayment of 38 billion euros in debt to the banking sector as the credit crunch and austerity bite.
"The (construction) sector owes 38 billion euros to the banks, bad loans have gone up sharply, much more than expected, along with bankruptcies. We expect 13,000 companies to go bust this year and the sector to lose 140,000 jobs," Reis told foreign correspondents at a briefing. "The sector has no work, the banks don't finance us and the state does not pay. It is a disaster," Reis said.
Reis predicts the country will follow Greece and Spain into the 20% plus unemployment bracket by the end of this year if things don't change - government forecasts have unemployment rising to 15.5% this year from last year's 14% and to 16% in 2013. Unemployment was at a seasonally adjusted 15.2% in May according to the latest Eurostat data. Construction and real estate employed 670,000 workers in Portugal in 2011, compared with 830,000 in 2008.
According to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors European Housing Review 2012 Portugal has seen a drop of 71% in annual housing starts since the initiation of the crisis.
As they say, this puts the country just behind Spain, Ireland and Greece in the construction slump league.
House price increases were modest, as have been the more recent declines:
But the slump in construction activity has been dramatic.
Conclusions - What Happens Next?
The First Consequence - A Second Bailout Looks Very Likely
Portugal is scheduled to return to the bond markets next year. Given the outlook for the sovereign debt crisis this seems unlikely to be possible. In addition January's Standard and Poor's decision to downgrade the country (from BBB- to BB), means that its debt is now rated sub-investment grade (aka "junk" status) by all three main credit rating agencies. In practical terms downgrade led to a reduction in the country's potential investor base, since many investment and money market funds are now unable to hold Portuguese debt, while resident financial institutions can't possibly assume responsibility alone.
On the other hand markets have pulled back from their aggresive stance of earlier this year, and bond yields have fallen substantially. One conclusion which could reasonably be drawn here is that they are now not pricing in Private Sector Involvement (PSI) in any kind of debt restructuring in any forthcoming programme revision during the foreseeable future. And this seems perfectly realistic since Portuguese PSI is most unlikely at this point. What is more probable is a restructuring of the size and term (and possibly interest cost) of the current official sector loans, together with some relaxation in deficit targets in tune with the EU's new "modified austerity" stance.
Estimates of the size of the second bailout vary. More than likely we are talking about something in the region of 50 billion euros 24.2 billion for financing in 2013/14, plus another 26.9 billion euros for 2015. And then something to allow for the worsening economic scenario and the relaxed deficit conditions.
But whatever happens in September, in the longer run the future of Portuguese debt looks very precarious, since it is delicately balanced on a knife edge, and could easily veer sharply upwards under an unfavourable scenario. So PSI in the longer term is far from ruled out.
As the IMF says in its third programme review, "if growth disappoints, interest rates are higher, or the fiscal effort less than envisaged under the program, the debt dynamics would be less forgiving—leading to a debt-GDP ratio that would remain well above 100 percent for the foreseeable future. And the adverse combination of low growth, higher interest rate and a lower primary balance would place debt on an unsustainable trajectory".
They also stress the danger that private sector debt may need - Spanish style - to be bailed out: "The scenarios also show that there would be little scope to accommodate the migration of private sector liabilities to the public sector balance sheet". Think of Mr Campos mentioned above, of Portuguese builders and developers, and of what may be happening to bank balance sheets even as I write.
Or think of the significant number of effectively state owned enterprises that are still officially classified as private sector. According to IMF estimates, explicit guarantees to SOEs (including those outside general government accounts) represented between 10% and 15% of GDP in mid-2011.
According to the Troika's central case scenario, Portuguese debt will increase from 107.2% of GDP in 2011 to 116.3 % of GDP in 2012 and peak at 118.1% in 2013. Debt sustainability is expected to be confirmed from 2014, when the debt-to GDP ratio is expected to decline to 115.8%. The Troika assumes that Portuguese GDP falls by 3.0% in 2012 followed by a mild recovery (0.7%) in 2013 and a pick-up in growth to 2.4% in 2014. Thereafter, the Troika assumes real GDP growth of 2.0% per year and nominal GDP growth of 4%. As the Troika expects that Portugal will return to market funding in 2013, it estimates the average interest rate for new debt of around 4.8% for the period up to and including 2015.
Back in February a team of Citi researchers lead by Jürgen Michels examined a number of scenarios for GDP growth spanning the 2012-16 period around the Troika's baseline (see chart above). To give an idea of just how sensitive the Portuguese debt path is to the economic growth parameter, they found that in the event of GDP growth undershooting the baseline forecast by between 1 percentage point and 3 percentage points the debt-to-GDP ratio would be on an unsustainable path, rising to 134% and 202% of GDP, respectively,by 2020.
Naturally, having higher than expected interest costs, or significant debt transfer from the private sector would have similar negative effects.
In Addition Young Educated People Are Increasingly Leaving
According to Peter Wise, writing in the Financial Times, "Portugal's prime minister has been free with his advice to the legions of young and unemployed in his country. They should "show more effort" and "leave their comfort zone" by looking for work abroad. Teachers unable to find a job at home should think about emigrating to Angola or Brazil". The background to this controversy is, as Peter points out, the sudden emergence of Portugal as an origin country for emigration.
"In the decade after Portugal met the criteria to join the euro in 1999, emigration, which had served as an economic "escape valve" for 200 years, virtually came to a standstill. For the first time in its history, Portugal was a net importer of migrants. But with an estimated 120,000-150,000 people leaving a country of 10m last year, emigration has now surged back to the peak levels of the 1960s and 1970s, when waves of impoverished workers departed for northern Europe and the Americas."And as he emphasises, the difference between this and earlier population outflows is that, unlike the largely uneducated workforce that left in previous haemorages, many of today's migrants are young graduates with university degrees.
The net loss of human capital is evident. The impact on population ageing is less so, but soon becomes clear when you think about what happens to the population pyramid. But what about economic growth, what does this do to the long term growth rate? Isn't a country with long term below replacement fertility effectively commiting suicide if it exports its working age population?
Economic growth attracts migrants as the labour market expands, this increases the working age population and with it the long term growth rate. On the other hand, a country which has a lasting economic contraction can loose population as unemployment rises (this is what is happening now along Europe's periphery), with the loss of population the potential growth rate falls, and with it future employment. If you aren't careful this encourages more people to leave, and the situation becomes circular (arguably this has already happened in Latvia) with low growth/recession feeding on itself. If the median age of the people leaving is lower than the median age of the workforce, or if the educational level of those leaving is above the average of the workforce, then the quality of your labour force, and with it potential productivity, falls. At the same time the debt problem becomes greater, since there are less people left to share the debt.
It gets worse, because less young people means less household formation (think of those builders with their empty houses), less new families, less children, and more health and pension unsustainability in the long term. All of this is so obvious that the only thing which surprises me is that I have found NO EVALUATION WHATEVER of this phenomenon in any of the Troika literature.
Some will say that these movements are good, since what Europe needs is more labour market flexibility. To which I would say yep, you are right, the only difficulty is we still have nation states who are expected to be self sustaining, so pension contributions are paid in one place, while the old people waiting to receive are in another. The statement by Pedro Passos Coelho reminds me of an earlier one by Mexican President Vicente Fox that he would create six million jobs. "Yeah," one witty observer said later, "what he didn't tell us was that they would all be in California."
"During President Vicente Fox's six years in office his goal was to create six million jobs across all sectors of the economy. Mr. Fox fell far short of that goal. Between 2000 and 2006, the period when he was in office, Mexico created only 1.4 million jobs. Though accurate figures are difficult to arrive at, the Government Accountability Office estimates that during each year of Mr. Fox's presidency between 400,000 and 700,000 illegal immigrants arrived in the U.S. from Mexico. The number of illegal immigrants from Mexico was roughly equal to the number of jobs Mr. Fox did not create."Naturally, if the Euro Area was one single nation state like the United States is none of this would be a problem - but it isn't!
This post first appeared on my Roubini Global Economonitor Blog "Don't Shoot The Messenger".


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Rabbi Meir Simcha Hacohen, the rav of the Latvian city of Dvinsk in the last century, and the author of the "Ohr Somayach" (for whom Yeshivat Ohr Somayach is named), was famous for the brilliance and sensitivity that made him such an outstanding judge and arbitrator.
Two men once came before him to resolve a dispute between them over ownership of a certain property. When his efforts for reaching a compromise failed, the rav told the litigants that they must join him in a visit to the disputed land.
He there placed his ear to the ground and then turned to the two claimants to inform them as to what he heard the land say:
"Each of these men says I belong to him but the truth is that both of them will belong to me."
This shocking reminder of mortality moved the two to reach the compromise suggested by the rav.
(source: The Ohr Somayach torah Magazine On The Internet • Ohrnet – www.OHR.Edu, Shabbat Parshat Nitzavim • 28 Elul 5772 – Sep. 15, 2012 • vOl. 19 NO. 48)


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Location Map - Calhoun Building
The Calhoun Building is located near the corner of Sumter and Senate Streets in downtown Columbia.
Driving Directions:
From I-20 W, merge onto SC-277 S via Exit 73A toward Columbia. Stay straight to go onto Bull St. Turn right onto Gervais Street. Turn left onto Sumter Street.
From I-26 E, merge onto I-126 E via Exit 108B toward downtown Columbia. Merge onto Huger St. Turn left onto Gervais Street. Turn right onto Sumter Street.
From I-26 W, merge onto US-1 Augusta Hwy via Exit 111A toward Columbia. US-1 becomes Gervais Street. Turn right onto Sumter Street.


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Ethics is the branch of philosophy that seeks to determine how one ought to act in a particular situation. That is to say, it focuses on how one might be able to determine right or good action in any given situation.
Different schools of ethical thought arise from different areas. Religion often plays a central role in ethics (see: Religion and morality). The ethics of most people come directly from their religious upbringing, or lack thereof. Many people believe that the best forms are at the very least derived from religion, if not identical to the teachings of the religion they subscribe to.
People also derive codes of ethics from several other sources, among them being personal values, personal gain, and what things harm other people. There are many philosophical schools of ethics. Some meta-ethicists deny the objectivity of right and wrong, but more rational schools of thought generally prevail.
In legal terminology, ethics means relating to moral action and conduct; professionally right; conforming to professional standards.
Divisions of ethics
As a branch of philosophy, ethics has three main subdivisions:
- meta-ethics asks questions such as: what do ethical statements mean? In what ways are they the same as, and in what way do they differ from, non-ethical statements? Do ethical statements have objective truth, or are they merely subjective expressions of opinion or emotion? Are ethical statements ultimately reducible to non-ethical statements? How can we know what is ethical and what is not?
- normative ethics asks what are the basic principles of right or wrong: is morality fundamentally about the consequences of our actions, the inherent nature of the acts we perform, or our character as actors?
- applied ethics seeks to apply ethical principles to concrete social issues, such as abortion, euthanasia, human sexuality, animal welfare, the environment, poverty, etc. Applied ethics inevitably depends on the positions one adopts in the areas of normative ethics and meta-ethics
Some of the major positions in meta-ethics include:
- moral subjectivism rejects the idea that ethical statements are objectively true or false. The most basic version is naive subjectivism, in which 'good' is defined as 'what I approve of'. More advanced versions, such as emotivism, do not see that as a proper definition of good as such, but nonetheless see ethical language as having the sole function of expressing one's own feelings about issues, and encouraging similar feelings in others
- moral naturalism believes ethical properties can be identified with non-ethical properties. For example, the word 'good' might be defined as 'whatever causes the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people'. Precisely how a moral naturalist defines good will depend on which particular theory of normative ethics they adopt.
- moral non-naturalists deny that ethical properties can be identified with non-ethical properties. Although it may well be true that whatever causes the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people is good, that itself cannot be a definition of good. G.E. Moore is the most well-known advocate for this position - he believed that, since "Is whatever causes the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people always good?" appears to be a valid question, that cannot be a simple definition of what good is, even if the answer is 'Yes'. He compared it with questions such as 'Are all bachelors unmarried?' and 'Are all the barbers in the village bald?'. Although the answer in both cases could be 'Yes', clearly in the first case the answer has to be 'Yes', whereas in the second case it doesn't have to be, even if it actually is. He saw questions about morals as being like the second rather than the first question ("open" rather than "closed" questions), and hence he concluded the property of being good could never be simply defined. This argument of his is known as the open question argument. He saw 'good' as being like 'yellow' - we cannot give a precise definition of it, but we can indicate what it is by giving examples.
- moral sense theory believes that all human beings have an inner sense, like the external senses of vision or hearing, by which one can directly and immediately ascertain the truth or falsehood of moral propositions - although, just as some people have better vision or hearing than others, this sense may be more accurate for some people than for others
- divine command theory believes that the good is simply whatever God commands; if God had commanded murder instead, then murder would have been good. The problem with this view, is that if 'good' is simply whatever God commands, then to call God himself 'good' is an empty statement (of course God obeys his own commandments).
- divine nature theory sees 'good' as being part of God's perfect and eternal divine nature, which is unchangeable - God could never command murder, since to do so would violate His own nature. This avoids the problem of divine command theory mentioned above.
Conservatives generally prefer meta-ethical theories which see ethics as being objective in nature, especially those theories which see ethics as being based on God - thus divine nature theory, divine command theory, moral sense theory or moral non-naturalism.
Many liberals adopt a position of moral subjectivism - ethics is just a subjective personal expression of like or dislike, and there are no universally applicable moral values.
Normative ethics
Some of the major positions in normative ethics include:
- consequentialism, which calls an act good if it produces good consequences. The most famous version is utilitarianism, which believes that the good is whatever leads to the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. Some versions of utilitarianism are purely hedonistic, seeking whatever will cause the most pleasure; others are more discerning, as exemplified by John Stuart Mill's famous words "Better to be Socrates dissatisfied, than a pig satisfied". Other versions include:
- preference utilitarianism seeks to fulfill as many people's desires as possible, and treats everyone's desires equally
- act utilitarianism judges each act individually for whether it has the best consequences
- rule utilitarianism seeks to establish rules of general application in order to maximize the consequences overall, and then judge individual acts for conformance to those rules, even if in some individual circumstances the results are worse for obeying the rule than they would have been had the rule been violated
- deontology believes that certain acts are wrong in themselves, regardless of how much good it may result. This is particularly associated with Catholic and pro-life thinkers - certain acts, such as taking innocent human life, are wrong, irrespective of how good the consequences might be. This also describes the viewpoint of many libertarians, followers of Ayn Rand, anarcho-capitalists, etc. - they see violating private property rights as always wrong, no matter how good for society the consequences might be.
- virtue ethics focuses, not on our acts, but on our character. It analyses character into positive traits (virtues) and negative traits (vices). A person with a good character will inevitably do good acts; a person with a bad character will inevitably do bad ones.
Liberals tend to favor consequentialism, while Conservatives tend to favor the deontology or virtue ethics approaches.
Applied ethics
Positions in applied ethics inevitably follow from those one adopts in meta-ethics and normative ethics. For example, if someone believes that 'good' is simply an expression of what people like or dislike, their positions on issues such as abortion will inevitably reflect their own personal feelings. Whereas, if they believe that 'good' means obedience to divine commands, they will seek to discover what are God's commands before answering this question.
Similarly, if someone is a utilitarian, their ethical judgement will be driven by whatever they think causes the most pleasure or happiness for the most people. They may well conclude that sexual freedom causes the most pleasure or happiness, and thus adopt liberty as their basic sexual ethic. Whereas, if someone is a deontologist, they may hold that certain sexual acts are wrong, regardless of how much happiness or pleasure results, and thus adopt a sexual ethic which rejects those acts unconditionally.
Applied ethics is an enormously broad field. The following is a necessarily incomplete list of some of the issues it seeks to address:
- human sexuality - what is the moral status of homosexuality? adultery? polygamy? pornography? contraception? etc.
- family issues - what is the best way to raise children? what is the proper role of parents v.s. the Nanny state or the wider community?
- life issues - is abortion morally permissible? what about euthanasia?
- the morality of biotechnology - are genetic modification, cloning, stem cells, IVF, artifical insemination & surrogacy moral?
- economic issues - what is the most ethical economic system, capitalism or socialism?
- criminal justice issues - is capital punishment morally permissible? torture? should crime be punished, and if so how? what are the rights of the accused or convicted, and how to balance them with the rights of victims or society?
- environmental issues - what are our ethical obligations to the environment? how do we balance those obligations against the needs of economic development?
- animal welfare and animal rights - is it moral to kill animals for food or clothing? to kill or injure them for scientific research?
- racial equality issues - what are our ethical obligations with respect to racial inequality? what is more important - freedom of speech, or preventing the spread of racial hatred?
- does ethics demand a particular political system (such as democracy?) when is government interference in personal freedom morally permissible, and when is it morally prohibited?
- ethics of warfare - when is war morally permissible? are particular weapons or tactics (such as use of nuclear weapons) moral?
Atheism and ethics
See also: Atheism and morality and Atheism and ethics
Regarding atheism and ethics, atheism generally does not adhere to objective morality.[2] However, Craig Hazen points out that in recent years, some new atheist debaters, have taken the stance that there are some rudimentary/objective values, in order to escape the charge of being for amorality/immorality.[3] See also: Atheism and morality and Atheism and the problem of evil
Atheism and morality
Not possessing a religious basis for morality, which can provide a basis for objective morality, atheism is fundamentally incapable of providing a coherent system of morality.[4] See also: Atheism and ethics and Atheism and the problem of evil
For example, atheists have been the biggest mass murderers in history (see: Atheism and mass murder). Dr. R. J. Rummel's mid estimate regarding the loss of life due to atheistic communism is that communism caused the death of approximately 110,286,000 people between 1917 and 1987 (See also: Atheism and communism).[5]
Atheism and various types of immorality:
See also
- Morality
- Immorality
- Moral degeneration
- Ten Commandments
- Five Precepts
- Cause and effect
- Hippocratic Oath and Oath of the Hindu Physician
- Bioethics
- Values
- ↑ The Connection between Religion and Morality
- ↑
- ↑ Can We Be Good Without God? by Craig J. Hazen, Biola University
- ↑
- Can Moral Objectivism Do Without God? by Peter S. Williams
- Atheists and the Quest for Objective Morality by Chad Meister
- The failure of atheism to account for morality
- ↑ Rummel, R. J. (November 1993). "How many did communist regimes murder?" University of Hawaii website; Freedom, Democracy, Peace; Power, Democide, and War. Retrieved July 19, 2014.


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Anatoly Bkyhovsky and Ben Finegold took down the "B" and "C" groups respectively at the SPICE Cup at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas while IM Roberto Mogranzini earned a GM norm.
Meanwhile, Lenier Dominguez of Cuba (left) currently leads the "A" group. He won a crucial round five game on the White side of the French against the second highest rated player in the event, Le Quang Liem of Vietnam.
See full crosstables and standings and watch remaining "A" group games live on Monroi.com. Look for the full story from Texas Tech University student Zachary Haskin upon the event's conclusion.


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Within the last few months, the number of emails I have received from people asking whether or not they should get out of architecture has been staggering. Equally surprising are the emails I receive that ask for direction on whether or not they should go into the field of architecture. The answer to both questions is easy –
For some people, the first question I ask them – the ender question, is always the same:
"Why do you want to be an architect?"
If the answer is I have always wanted to be an architect, I move on to the next few questions. A person's motivation for becoming an architect is singularly important. I went to college to become an architect while my friends simply went to college. My resolve and dedication towards becoming an architect was tempered by many all-nighters, 207 credit hours (187 required for my degree), no fraternity for me – nobody who graduated from the University of Texas School of Architecture the same time as I did was in a fraternity (or sorority) – you didn't have the time.
It was hard to get to where I am at right now and the people who were doing it because they thought it would be cool, for the money, or some other reason other than 'I have always wanted to be an architect" didn't make it. If there is something else out there calling to you, architecture probably isn't for you. I haven't regretted my decision ever.
Sure, there have been loads of times when I wished I didn't work as much as I do, made more money; I even get tired of the ladies who are "architect groupies " following me around. It's tough but I have always wanted to be an architect.
Here is an excerpt from an email I recently received which is responsible for getting me to think about this post. The person who sent this loves to design and thinks about it all the time, it's how she spends her free time. She travels to locations and looks at the buildings, she tracks down designers in these locations and goes and meets them.
I really love this stuff, but know that I might have problems working for clients. I can see my temperament not quite matching up with that process. I'm a bit stubborn. And also impatient.
It's hard, I always wanted to be an artist, and now I can't figure out how to be a designer.
The traits that she describes won't keep her from becoming an architect or designer – in fact, I would also suggest that these are important traits that any successful designer should have. Also, if her (your) stubbornness and impatience are so uncontrollable as to be a real problem, she'll have issues in any profession other than 'Hermit'. In my response email to her, I included a list of quality architecture programs near her and should she decide to pursue a Master's degree in architecture, I think she'll do really well.
As to the emails that are asking if they should get out of architecture – that one is more difficult to address. Architects aren't the only professionals that are suffering right now. In my mind, it's similar to changing jobs because you don't like someone where you are working – not a real good reason if it's the only one because you probably won't like someone at the next job either.
I still like to try and find out why a person who has gone through the process to become an architect is thinking about leaving. Have your motivations for being an architect changed? Is it circumstantial? Maybe it's simply that you want to make more money or you simply hate the job that you do. I can appreciate why someone would like to make more money but are you worth more money doing what you currently do? For example, in my circumstance, I am well paid for a 10 person residential firm considering my name isn't on the front door. If I wanted to be paid more, my first couple of possible moves would involve looking at larger firms or more commercially focused production firms, not becoming a personal injury lawyer. For me it would be about trying to find a balance and still continue practicing architecture, not changing professions.
I've always been pretty good at shooting the bull and have been told I would have been awesome at sales. The very idea of selling anything just to be selling anything would literally make me shrivel up and die. To my way of thinking, I would be better served by investing ALL of my time and resources into winning the lottery before selling paper or plastic O-rings. While both would probably ruin me and force me into living in a cardboard refrigerator box in some alley, going into sales would probably add "crazy" and "pavement licker" to my resume.
When trying to select an appropriate image for this post, my mind started wandering a bit and it landed on John Picacio. John and I went to UT Architecture School together and we both spent time in Europe traveling together in 1990. John and I were never all that close but even 20 years later I still remember John's sketches; they were ridiculously good. I still see one sketch in particular in my mind's eye. John and I were in Siena, Italy, and John was drawing the Piazza del Campo and he was using the white of the paper as much as his sketch pen to bring the buildings to life. Unbelievable. We lost touch after awhile but I always thought he was so good at drawing, why would he be an architect? Apparently, John came to the same conclusion and is an internationally recognized and award-winning illustrator.
And I say good for him.
John could always draw better than the people teaching our drawing classes and he figured out that this was something he would rather do than pursue a career in architecture and it's worked out pretty well for him I'd say. So if you're interested in becoming an architect because it's all you've ever wanted to do, then I would heartily urge you to continue on towards your goal. If you want to become an architect for the groupies, money and fast cars, you might want to reevaluate your options. I'm not suggesting that it can only be one or the other but if you're already unsure, you've got one of the more difficult roads in front of you. It isn't great for me right now but I'm terrible and I'm pretty awesome *Air Punch*
What would you say to someone contemplating a change? Things will get better but will it be worth sticking around? Doctor's are starting to run into problems but we'll always need them. Lawyer's have their issues too, but unlike architects who are working themselves towards irrelevancy, at least Lawyer's make it so we can't get rid of them. Architecture defines me and I wouldn't like to have to envision myself doing something else – but what about the people who don't know? What would you tell them?


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The Shower of Stoles is a collection of over a thousand liturgical stoles and other sacred items representing the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of faith. These religious leaders have served in thirty-two denominations and faith traditions, in six countries, and on three continents. Each stole contains the story of a GLBT person who is active in the life and leadership of their faith community in some way: minister, elder, deacon, teacher, missionary, musician, administrator, or active layperson.
This extraordinary collection celebrates the gifts of GLBT persons who serve God in countless ways, while also lifting up those who have been excluded from service because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The collection bears witness to the huge loss of leadership that the church has brought upon itself because of its own unjust policies.
The vast majority of the stoles have been sent in by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people themselves. Some have been sent by family or friends to honor a GLBT loved one. About one third of all the stoles are donated anonymously; in fact over three-quarters of the stoles donated specifically by clergy and other full-time church professionals are done so anonymously.
In some cases, a church has sent a stole inscribed only with the church's name, or with the names of both gay and straight members, to honor those in that particular congregation who must remain anonymous. All of the stoles, named or anonymous, contain stories, prayers, or other messages.
With very few exceptions, the Project does not accept individual stoles from straight allies. Instead, straight allies are represented by "signature stoles," which are easily distinguished from the main body of the collection. Signature stoles are covered with the signatures of supportive members of congregations, regional governing bodies, or other organizations. The collection currently contains signature stoles with the signatures of over three thousand straight allies.


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COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Danish police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of carrying out shooting attacks at a free speech event and then at a Copenhagen synagogue, killing two men, including a member of Denmark's Jewish community. Five police officers were also wounded in the attacks.
"Denmark has been hit by terror," Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said. "We do not know the motive for the alleged perpetrator's actions, but we know that there are forces that want to hurt Denmark. They want to rebuke our freedom of speech."
Jens Madsen, head of the Danish intelligence agency PET, said investigators believe the gunman was inspired by Islamic radicalism.
"PET is working on a theory that the perpetrator could have been inspired by the events in Paris. He could also have been inspired by material sent out by (the Islamic State group) and others," Madsen said.
Islamic radicals carried out a massacre at the Charlie Hebdo newsroom in Paris last month, followed by an attack on Jews at a kosher grocery store, taking the lives of 17 victims.
At a news conference Madsen also said investigators have identified the suspect and that he is someone who had been on the agency's "radar." He did not reveal his identity.
Denmark's Chief Rabbi, Jair Melchior, identified the Jewish victim as Dan Uzan, 37, a longtime security guard for the 7,000-strong community. He was guarding a building behind the synagogue during a bat mitzvah when he was shot in the head. Two police officers who were there were slightly wounded.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decried the attack and said his government plans to encourage a "massive immigration" of Jews from Europe.
"Again, Jews were murdered on European soil just because they were Jews," Netanyahu said at the start of his Cabinet meeting Sunday. "This wave of attacks is expected to continue, as well as murderous anti-Semitic attacks. Jews deserve security in every country, but we say to our Jewish brothers and sisters, Israel is your home."
Other leaders also condemned the attacks, including British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU President Donald Tusk,
"The shootings in Copenhagen are an appalling attack on free speech and religious freedom," Cameron said. "Two innocent people have been murdered simply for their beliefs and my thoughts are with their loved ones and all those injured at this tragic time."
The first shooting happened before 4 p.m. Saturday when the gunman used an automatic weapon to shoot through the windows of the Krudttoenden cultural center during a panel discussion on freedom of expression featuring a Swedish artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. The artist, Lars Vilks, was whisked away unharmed by his bodyguards but a 55-year-old man attending the event was killed, while three police officers were wounded, authorities said.
The attack at the synagogue occurred hours later, shortly before 1 a.m. Sunday.
About four hours later, the shooter was confronted by police as he returned to an address that they were keeping under surveillance. Investigators described him as 25 to 30 years old with an athletic build and carrying a black automatic weapon. They released a blurred photograph of the suspect wearing dark clothes and a scarf covering part of his face.
Oliver Larsen, 26, who lives in a building above the street where the suspect was shot dead, said he was awoken at 5 a.m. by the sound of shooting.
"I looked out of the window to see what was going on and I saw a lot of policemen and a guy lying on the street; he was probably dead," Larsen told the AP.
Vilks, a 68-year-old artist who has faced numerous death threats for depicting Muhammad as a dog in 2007, told The Associated Press he believed he was the intended target of the first shooting, which happened at a panel discussion titled "Art, blasphemy and freedom of expression."
"What other motive could there be? It's possible it was inspired by Charlie Hebdo," he said, referring to the Jan. 7 attack by Islamic extremists on the French newspaper that had angered Muslims by lampooning Muhammad.
The depiction of the prophet is deemed insulting to many followers of Islam. According to mainstream Islamic tradition, any physical depiction of the Prophet Muhammad - even a respectful one - is considered blasphemous.
While many Muslims have expressed disgust at the deadly assault on the Charlie Hebdo employees, many were also deeply offended by its cartoons lampooning Muhammad.
The attacks took place two days after Denmark and its partners in the European Union agreed to dramatically boost cooperation in the counter-terrorism field as a result of the January attacks in Paris, which claimed the lives of 17 victims.
The EU's law enforcement agency, Europol, said Sunday it was in contact with Danish authorities and proposing its help to find out as much as possible about the Copenhagen gunman and whether he was acting alone or in concert with others.
"We are offering our expertise and capabilities from our anti-terrorist unit including access to our databases," said Europol spokesman Soeren Pedersen.


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Han Solo's Original Blaster Going Up For Auction
Have a couple hundred thousand dollars burning a hole in your pocket? I will follow you until it falls out your pant leg. Han Solo's iconic first-shooting DL-44 blaster is going up for auction. If its new owner doesn't superglue it to their hand they're wasting their money. Full description:
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379. Harrison Ford "Han Solo" non-firing DL-44 Blaster from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. (TCF, 1980, 1983) Harrison Ford's charismatic smuggler, Han Solo, is arguably the most popular character in the original Star Wars trilogy. The space-scoundrel-turned hero's persona is irrevocably tied to his blaster pistol. Solo was modeled after the rogue gunslingers of the westerns that influenced creator George Lucas. This non-firing blaster was created for The Empire Strikes Back and was also used in Return of the Jedi. It would have been used in the majority of scenes that feature Han, with the heavier, live-fire weapon being used for close-up shots. Particularly noteworthy scenes requiring this lighter version are when Darth Vader uses the Force to lasso the blaster out of Han's hand in Empire, and in Jedi when Han wrestles with a Stormtrooper to regain possession of his blaster during the Rebels' encounter with Imperial forces on Endor. Based on the German issue Mauser C96 pistol, this piece, measuring 11 in. long, was custom made for the film from resin by casting the original hero prop from the first Star Wars: A New Hope, it therefore exhibits the same serial number as the hero prop, which is thought to no longer exist. The blaster is exactly in its original filming condition and therefore exhibits wear from use, but retains all of the original details, including the flash suppressor and scope (the eye-piece of which is detailed with reflective scotch-lite tape). The added distinction of this particular piece is that it was also likely used by Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, as both characters shared the same style of weapon in Empire. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from a noted Star Wars collector. To our knowledge this is the only known example of this type of blaster in private hands. This is a truly incredible item of motion picture history and quite possibly the most exciting science fiction weapon to have been offered for public auction.


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In Ontario, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) regulates accessibility issues and aims to improve accessibility in areas that affect the daily living of people with disabilities.
Municipalities have obligations regarding accessibility and must meet standards in the following sectors: information and communications, employment, transportation, design of public spaces and customer service.
In 2014, the Municipality of Casselman has adopted a multi-year accessibility plan that details our strategies to identify, remove and prevent barriers in order to improve accessibility for all of our residents, employees and visitors. You may consult our Accessibility Plan online.
We welcome your suggestions and comments on the accessibility of our facilities and services. To forward your comments, please contact the Chief Administrative Officer or fill out the online Accessibility Feedback Form.


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As people progress through different life-cycle stages and their family structures and financial situations change, so do their housing needs and preferences. An understanding of the relationships between life-cycle stage, income, housing costs and level of investment in home ownership can be useful in developing policies which enable home purchase among those who would otherwise find this difficult.
Only payments which related to the dwelling occupied at the time of interview were included.
The survey estimated that the average weekly housing costs for all households were $129. Outright owners (those without a mortgage) had the lowest average weekly housing costs ($47), while those with a mortgage had the highest costs, spending an average of $228 per week (although some of the cost for this group reflects the fact that 54% of these households chose to pay more than their minimum mortgage repayment). On average, those households which were renting paid $146 per week in housing costs.
These measures differ somewhat from the average weekly housing costs reported in the Survey of Income and Housing Costs 1999-2000, and shown in the earlier section Housing costs and income, due to different populations, collection procedures and reference periods. However the orders of magnitude of the two sets of estimates are similar.
Most Australian households live in separate houses (80% in 1999). However, as with tenure, the type and size of dwellings and housing costs vary across different life-cycle groups.
Life cycle and housing
The life-cycle groups whose housing circumstances are discussed in this section include:
Dependent children are children aged under 15 years plus full-time students aged 15-24 years living with a parent and without a partner or child of their own in the household.
The reference person for each household is chosen by applying, to all usual residents aged 15 years and over in the household, the selection criteria below, in order of precedence:
In 1999, 70% of Australian households owned their homes. The tenure of a household is strongly related to life-cycle stages, generally following a pattern of renting in early adulthood, moving to home purchase and mortgages as partnerships are formed and children are born, and owning the home outright in older age. However for some, family breakdown disrupts this pattern.
Between 1994 and 1999, the home ownership rates of various life-cycle groups showed little change. However, there were two exceptions. For young couple households without children, home ownership fell from 60% in 1994 to 52% in 1999, while home ownership for lone-parent families increased over the period (from 35% to 40%) (graph 8.12).
Young households (under 35 years)
In 1999, young lone-person and couple only households (those with a reference person aged under 35 years), comprised 10% of all households in Australia (each group around 5%). People in these households are generally more mobile. Many are studying or starting their careers, and are likely to be on lower incomes than they will be at later stages in their lives. In many cases, they are yet to move into home ownership.
Young lone-person households were most likely of all life-cycle groups to be renting (62%), with most of these (84%) renting from private landlords (table 8.13). Less than one-third of young lone-person households had moved into home ownership, and most that had, did so with a mortgage. However, young people are more inclined to move into home ownership as they form couples. Just over half of young couple households without children owned their own home. As was the case for young lone-person households, most of these couples had a mortgage.
In keeping with their larger household size, young couples without children lived in dwellings where the average number of bedrooms was higher than for young lone persons (2.6 compared with 2.1). Young couple households without children were also more likely than young lone-person households to live in separate dwellings (68% compared with 46%), with the majority of young singles living in semidetached dwellings or flats.
Reflecting their lower household incomes, young lone-persons spent on average over a fifth (22%) of their income on housing. Young couple households without children (many of whom are on dual incomes) on average spent a lower proportion of their income on housing costs (17%) than young lone-person households, despite the fact that they had much higher average weekly housing costs ($234 compared with $143).
Families with children
As families are formed and grow, housing needs and preferences change. The birth of children increases family size and often results in the household shifting back to dependence on a single income when children are very young. The trend to home purchase and moving into larger dwellings increases as couples and their children grow older. At this time, parents' incomes are likely to be higher than those in younger life-cycle groups due to their more established careers and the move of parents (mainly mothers) back into the workforce and full-time employment.
Of couple families with all children aged under 5 years, 69% were home owners (56% were paying off a mortgage) (table 8.14). Among households containing couple families with older children (at least one aged 15 years or over), home ownership was higher (86%) than for those with younger children and over a third (35%) owned their home outright.
Income levels vary considerably over a person's life cycle. Household incomes for couples, and hence their capacity to pay for larger, more expensive homes, usually increase as their children grow older. In 1999, most couple households with young children lived in separate houses and in homes with three or more bedrooms (85% and 78% respectively). However, couple households with older dependent children were even more likely to do so (96% and 97% respectively). Despite this, housing costs for couple households with young children were generally higher ($211 on average per week, representing 19% of their average weekly income) than for couples with older children ($159 which constituted 10% of their weekly income). This is likely to reflect the fact that couple households with young children usually have less equity in their homes than couples with older children. The former households are also more likely to have bought their home more recently and therefore to have purchased their house at a higher price.
For those who owned a house, average weekly housing costs for couples with young children ranged from $259 for those with a mortgage to $116 for those without a mortgage. For couples with older children, average weekly housing costs ranged from $225 for those with a mortgage to $67 for those without a mortgage. In contrast, households containing couple families which were renting had similar costs regardless of the age of children present.
When families are disrupted through divorce or separation, the trend towards home ownership is often reversed, reflecting reduced household incomes and the splitting of family assets. As a result, the household may move from home ownership back to renting, and also into a smaller, more affordable home. Lone-parent households with dependent children were more likely to be renting (58%) than to own their home (40%), and they were the life-cycle group most likely to be renting through a state or territory housing authority (21%). In 1999, while most lone-parent households with dependent children lived in separate dwellings (76%) and in dwellings with at least three bedrooms (77%), these proportions were lower than for couples with dependent children.
Average weekly housing costs for lone-parent households with dependent children were $124, or 22% of their average weekly income. Among these households, private renters paid $152, on average, in housing costs which represented 31% of average weekly income. Lone-parent households with dependent children were more than three times as likely as couple households with at least one dependent child aged 15 years or over to spend more than 25% of their income on housing (44% compared with 13%). Just over 10% of lone-parent households with dependent children spent more than 50% of their income on housing.
Older persons (65 years and over)
Home ownership is very high among older people, with outright ownership by far the most common tenure type for Australians aged 65 years and over. The benefits of this to older people include lower housing costs, security of tenure, and having an asset that may be realised for consumption or passed on to later generations as inheritance.
In 1999, older persons living in a couple only household (those where the reference person was aged 65 years or over) had very high ownership rates (91%), with 88% owning their home outright. Older lone-person households (which are often formed after a partner dies) had a home ownership rate of 76%, with 73% owning their home outright. Older lone-person households were more likely to be renting than older couple only households (19% compared with 7%), with 10% of older people living alone renting from state or territory housing authorities.
In 1999, the average weekly income of older person households was lower than for any other life-cycle group (reflecting the likelihood that household members had retired). However, average weekly housing costs for this group were also lower than for other life-cycle groups ($44 for couple households and $40 for lone-person households). Even for those older person households with a mortgage, average weekly housing costs were relatively low ($91 for older couple households and $62 for older lone-person households) (table 8.15). This partly reflects the fact that many of these households purchased their first home some decades earlier when home prices and mortgages were considerably lower. However, for the small proportion who were renting, housing payments consumed a relatively large proportion of their incomes. The 7% of older lone-person households which were renting from private landlords spent a higher proportion of their income (49%) on housing costs than any other life-cycle group.
Reflecting their smaller household size, the homes of older lone-persons were more likely to be smaller than those of older couples. Older lone-persons were less likely to live in separate dwellings than older couples (65% compared with 87%), and more likely to be living in dwellings with fewer bedrooms than older couples (2.4 bedrooms on average compared with 2.9).
For many older people, the onset of diminished health and disabilities, and the need for security and ready access to services such as public transport, are often key considerations in their choice of housing, especially after the death of a partner. The growing proportion of older persons (in particular of persons aged 80 years and over) in Australia has led to the emergence of new types of housing such as self-care dwellings in retirement villages. In 1999, 1% of older couples and 3% of older lone-persons were living in such accommodation.


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Ice skating before Thanksgiving, skiing by mid-December, and outdoor swimming all winter long at new Allegheny Springs Winter Wonderland
The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia debuts Allegheny Springs Winter Wonderland this November. The newly renovated 3,000-acre resort in the Allegheny Mountains of southwest Virginia will offer sports on the resort's historic downhill ski area by mid-December (weather permitting) and ice-skating and swimming at Allegheny Springs Winter Wonderland.
The Homestead made Southern skiing a reality in 1959, opening the region's original downhill ski area. New this winter, The Homestead will open a Rossignol Experience Center, the first in Virginia. With more than 45 acres and nine well-maintained trails, the slopes are perfect for beginners and experienced skiers. The Homestead offers 100 percent snowmaking when natural snow isn't available, rental equipment, "Little Penguins" day programs for children and private and group ski and snowboarding instruction at the Sepp Kober Ski School.
Allegheny Springs Winter Wonderland is new this season and will offer ice skating and swimming throughout the colder months. Full-day and half-day ice skating passes as well as skate rentals are available. Hotel guests can take a dip in the steamy waters at the heated, spring-fed outdoor pool and relax on chaise lounges on the warmed deck surrounded by mountain landscape. The nearby Allegheny Springs Grille will be open all winter serving hot cocoa and snacks.
Family Learn to Ski Package (under $77 per person) including:
Daily lift tickets
Equipment rentals
Group lessons
Package rates start at $305, based on two adults and two children. Additional charges apply for extra guests, ages six and up. This package is valid December 15, 2012 to March 10, 2013, weather permitting.
Ski Free at The Homestead this winter including:
Room accommodations
Lift tickets for two people
Package rates start at $209, based on double occupancy. Additional charges apply for extra guests, ages six and up. This package is valid December 15, 2012 to March 10, 2013, weather permitting.
For more information or to reserve a Family Learn to Ski and Stay Package or a Ski Free Package at The Homestead, please contact (877) 549-9506; or visit www.thehomestead.com
About The Homestead
Open since 1766, The Homestead is one of America's most storied resorts, offering unparalleled hospitality and southern charm in a 3,000-acre setting within the Allegheny Mountains of southwestern Virginia. In Spring 2013, Canyon Ranch SpaClub at The Homestead will debut and be the company's first venture in the Mid-Atlantic region and the first SpaClub to introduce family spa services. Renowned for its natural healing springs, The Homestead is distinguished by 483 luxurious guest rooms and suites, 72,000 square feet of meeting space, a wide array of fine and casual dining choices, championship golf courses that include one of the nation's finest mountain courses (The Cascades), Allegheny Springs, a two-acre family-friendly water attraction complete with lazy river, water slides and water play zone. The resort also offers the South's first downhill ski area, a 48-stable Equestrian Center and show ring, top-rated Shooting Club, Back Country Driving School, off-road Segway tours and a wealth of other recreational attractions.


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One of the more philosophical concepts that astronomers have to deal with on an everyday basis is the commingling of space and time in astronomical images.
The underlying idea is straightforward. The speed of light is finite. Light from a star or nebula or galaxy takes a measurable amount of time to cross the space between it and us. Hence, the light we see now left that object at some previous time. We view astronomical objects as they were in the past. As I like to say, looking out in space is also looking back in time.
Space-time Images
The implications of this maxim are considerable, especially in dealing with the deep field images from Hubble like the one accompanying this article. Such images contain a wonderful assortment of galaxies, with a few stars here and there. Each object is at a different position in space, both in the two-dimensional sense of a different position within the image and in the three-dimensional sense of being at a different distance from Earth. Further, objects at different distances are seen at different times in the past. Hence, astronomers must examine these deep field images in four-dimensional space-time.
Tackling the expanse of space and time in these images can be mind-boggling. We'll start with the stars, which are easier to understand. All the stars are local, within our Milky Way galaxy. These stars are generally hundreds to thousands of light-years away. The light we observe today might have left the star while the pyramids of Egypt were being built. Because stars don't change appreciably on scales of thousands of years, stars in deep fields are just like stars in other astronomical images.
The galaxies, however, stretch much farther into space. The nearest are many millions of light-years away, while the most distant are more than ten billion light-years away. Galaxies don't change much on million-year timescales. For example, it takes over 200 million years for our Sun to orbit once within our galaxy. Even though the light may have left a galaxy when dinosaurs dominated our planet, the same galaxy would look similar today. Thus, the nearby galaxies in these images are comparable to local galaxies.
Given billions of years, however, galaxies do change, and these deep field images provide compelling evidence. Distant galaxies do not have the standard spiral and elliptical shapes. They are often elongated, have bright spots of star formation, and are much smaller in size. We see galaxies as they were before the Sun, Earth, and the solar system formed. We study the development of galaxies over time to see how they form and grow. The perplexing point is that, for any given galaxy in the image, there is no distinct visual indicator of its distance in space or time. The layers of the universe are jumbled together across the image, and it is a grand puzzle of cosmology to sort them out.
The Manhattan Deep Field
Even for experts, it can be confusing to make sense of these deep images with intermingled objects from a wide range of distances and temporal origins. When discussing this cosmic mixture of space-time with an artist visiting from Spain, I happened upon a novel idea for a human-centric analogy.
Imagine you are in New York City, specifically Times Square in Manhattan. You look down Broadway to the southern end of the island about 4 miles away. If the speed of light were extremely slow, traveling only one mile per century, what would you see?
Each mile down Broadway would represent one hundred years of New York's history. Each block would be 5 to 10 years earlier in the development of the metropolis.
A quarter of a mile away, the southern end of the theater district would appear as it did in the early 1990s when "Miss Saigon" came to Broadway. Only a few blocks farther would be the disco era and the civil unrest of the 1960s, then the World War II years and the Great Depression.
The Empire State Building, about a mile away, would vanish, as it was not built until 1931. At a similar distance, Madison Square Garden would be seen hosting heavyweight boxing matches in its original building, before the demolition and re-construction in the late 1920s.
Progressing another mile down Broadway to Union Square would travel back past the Civil War, Tammany Hall politics, economic growth fostered by the Erie Canal, and Alexander Hamilton's original run on the New York stage.
The mile beyond to the Soho district progresses through the times of New York as the capital of the United States, the Revolutionary War, the founding of Columbia University, and the importation of slaves by the Dutch West Indies Company.
The final mile to Battery Park leads through the colonial era alternately dominated by Dutch or English foreign powers, past the garrison of Fort Amsterdam, to the island's Native American roots and the initial explorations by Henry Hudson.
A "slow speed of light" view from Times Square would lay out the entire history of the city of New York in a single view. The commingling of space and time would make it the historian's exceptional equivalent of the astronomer's standard observation: a deep view down Broadway.
This idea of a time-warped view of New York provides an analogy to what Hubble uncovers: the history of galaxies compressed and jumbled within each deep field. Perhaps it can help you to look at these images from that requisite four-dimensional perspective. These deep field images are truly a trip down memory lane.


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Microsoft is continuing to show off new features coming in its Internet Explorer 10 Web browser, with a couple of posts describing its touch-friendly Metro interface and its enhanced security.
The current trend in browser design, led by Google Chrome, is to scale back the browser's interface so that it takes less and less of the screen, devoting more room to the Web content itself. Windows 8's Metro design similarly removes window chrome to put the focus on content.
Metro Internet Explorer 10 is the logical conclusion of this trend: most of the time it has no visible interface at all, leaving only the Web page visible. Its app bar, displayed by swiping from the top or bottom of the screen or right clicking the mouse, contains tabs, the address bar, and so on.
The Metro version of Internet Explorer feels slick and comfortable using both touch and mouse and keyboard interaction. Particular highlights are the tile-based favorites view and the tab thumbnails, both shown to good effect in Microsoft's post.
Internet Explorer 9 introduced some particularly taskbar-oriented features: support for pinning sites to the taskbar, and the ability for those pinned sites to create custom options in the Jump list. In Windows 8, sites can be pinned to the Start screen to make them instantly accessible. Sites pinned this way can even update their tile to show status notifications—much in the way that "real" apps can do. However, the Jump lists are tucked away, only available from within Internet Explorer.
One concern that this chromeless look raises is that of differentiaton; Metro-style versions of both Chrome and Firefox are being developed, and it's hard to see how they might look any different.
Sandbox protection of this kind isn't perfect—there are various techniques for escaping from the sandbox and increasing privileges—but it serves as another measure attackers have to defeat if they want to exploit users.
Enhanced Protected Mode further reduces the rights that each low-privilege process has: not only do they not have write permission to the file system, they also lose read permission. This makes the sandbox even harder to escape, but it comes at a cost: it breaks virtually all current plugins.
The Metro browser is already plugin-free, but the desktop browser is not. Enhanced Protected Mode won't be the default on the desktop (though this will be an option) to ensure that plugins remain compatible. If Enhanced Protected Mode is enabled, then any attempt to use an incompatible plugin will result in a prompt to disable the mode for that tab, to allow the plugin to work.