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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Oct. 30 rally will ruin the election for Democrats? Hilarious.
The Facebook page for Jon Stewart's Oct. 30 Rally to Restore Sanity was on its way to 100,000 attendees when liberals rediscovered that most familiar of emotions: panic.
Why would there be panic about the first fun or galvanizing event that Barack Obama's liberal base had to look forward to since their limited edition Shepard Fairey prints came in the mail? It's simple. Democrats look at the electoral map and see that they're doomed. Their hope rests on the resilience of liberal activists and union members, who will be spending the final 72 hours of the campaign pulling voters to the polls. And all of a sudden here come Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, turning a joke into a mega-rally and plucking liberals right out of their get-out-the-vote operations during their most crucial weekend.
"A lot of people on campus are going," says William Vogt, a Georgetown University junior and spokesman for the campus's College Democrats. "I'm planning to attend it, too. Right now I don't think we're worried about an effect on GOTV. The rally is Saturday; Halloween is Sunday. We're still going to vote on Tuesday."
This is high-grade Democratic nightmare fuel. In 2008, college kids from Washington, D.C., campuses regularly boarded buses to campaign for Obama-Biden in Virginia. In Iowa, twentysomething Obama volunteers erased bad memories of Howard Dean's messy campaign by getting to know locals and mastering caucus politics. Both of these activities seemed more useful than an attention-getting rally that, like so many rallies, will just reinforce what the activists think. And what they think when they watch Stewart and Colbert is: "Aren't these right-wingers a bunch of rubes?"
Democrats don't think this is helpful, and a few of them poured their hearts out to Politico's Ben Smith. "To the extent that some people who will attend his rally would otherwise be involved in GOTV efforts," wrote party strategist Steve Rosenthal, "this is not helpful."
Tea Partiers are on the same page. They appreciate the distraction from the labor movement's One Nation rally on Oct. 2, which has only started to get attention since … well, since it started being analyzed as a victim of Restoring Sanity. They also appreciate liberal activists taking themselves out of the GOTV game for a day.
"I'd much rather see liberals coming to D.C. that weekend than staying in their districts and GOTV-ing," says Brendan Steinhauser, director of state campaigns for FreedomWorks and a key organizer of the group's two 9/12 rallies. "Our guys are going to be in Ohio and Pennsylvania knocking on doors."
There's no blaming Jon Stewart here. The Tea Partiers went through their own period of reflection about the wisdom of rallies. It was in March 2009; the conclusion was that the rallies were wise. They discovered their natural allies and brainstormed new organizations, and by summer 2010, they were deep into horse-race politics, candidate endorsements, and the humiliation of moderate Republicans in party primaries.
Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor rally, the inspiration for the Stewart/Colbert shindig, was bookended by D.C. strategy sessions and rallies by groups like FreedomWorks. This year's 9/12 rally, much smaller than last year's, was all about the election. A much-discussed National Tea Party Unity Convention, organized by the people who planned the Nashville convention in February, is probably not going to happen, and one reason is that activists are too busy with electioneering to rally.
That prompts a question: Why do Democrats think the Stewart/Colbert stunt is pulling away potential electioneers? The only sure thing about the 2010 election is that liberals aren't as excited to vote as conservatives are. Monday's Gallup Poll on the generic ballot found, for the first time in a while, that Democrats were tied with Republicans in a one-to-one vote. But it also found that Republican voters were much more certain to vote than Democrats were. Forty-seven percent of Republicans were "very enthusiastic," while only 28 percent of Democrats were. That was exactly the kind of sluggishness that killed the Republicans and boosted the Democrats in 2008.
But what do the stars of Comedy Central do to change that? The plan, as Stewart and Colbert opaquely describe it, would seem to be a booster shot of smugness. On the Rally to Restore Sanity Facebook page, the disembodied voice of Stewart issues a call for "the people who think shouting is annoying, counterproductive, and terrible for your throat; who feel that the loudest voices shouldn't be the only ones that get heard; and who believe that the only time it's appropriate to draw a Hitler mustache on someone is when that person is actually Hitler."
That's quite a bow to the new reality. A few years ago, it was liberals wincing at their fellow travelers when they were stupid enough to think that rallying on the Mall with Bush-Hitler signs would change anything. With the start of the Obama campaign in 2007, the liberal pose became happy and self-righteous. The biggest rally in recent American history was not 9/12; it was a gathering of liberals on the Mall on Jan. 20, celebrating the arrival of the leader whose face they had on their walls. *
This was not comfortable turf for liberals. It was very comfortable turf for both conservatives and for satirists like Stewart and Colbert, because the cult of Obama and the optimism of liberals was fairly ridiculous. When the Tea Party movement started up, egged on by Stewart's accidental archenemy Beck, it broadened the focus of the satirists, but it didn't galvanize liberals. They'd spent eight years being alternately smug or afraid when they thought about Republicans. They got rid of the Republicans. And now they were supposed to rediscover their smugness?
The Democratic panic is out of whack. Stewart's rally will attract two kinds of people: The liberals who weren't going to GOTV anyway, and the liberals who needed this final jolt to reconnect with their elitism. The people who were going to turn votes for the Democrats won't be there.
"I don't think it's going to be a big deal among union voters," says Eddie Vale, a spokesman for the AFL-CIO. "If you've got a steelworker in Pennsylvania who's door-knocking that day, he's not going to say, 'Oh, shit! I need to see Jon Stewart!' "
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Correction, Sept. 23, 2010: This article originally referred to Obama's inauguration as the "biggest rally in modern American history." It was the largest American gathering in the past 20 years but not over such a broad time period. (Return to the corrected sentence.)


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|Statement by Ambassador Zhang Yishan,Deputy Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations on Item 89: "Implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006)"at the 57th Session of the General
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Mr. Chairman,
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report submitted on this item and to the Secretariat for its introduction. The Chinese delegation associates itself with the statement made by Venezuela on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
In recent years, poverty eradication has become an issue of universal concern by the international community. A time bound target on poverty reduction has been set out in the "Millennium Declaration". Both the International Conference on Financing for Development (ICFD) and the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held this year put the eradication of poverty as a priority in future work. It is therefore of particular importance that the Second Committee now considers this issue. Facts prove that prolonged poverty and under-development is one of the main root causes to many serious international problems, such as armed conflicts, social upheaval, HIV/AIDS pandemic, humanitarian crises and terrorism. According to the World Bank's statistics, 1.2 billion of the world's population is still living on less than one dollar per day. Asia is still home to the largest population of poor. Meanwhile, the situation in Sub-Saharan Africa is particular disturbing. The international community, therefore, has a long way to go in achieving its objective of poverty reduction as presented in the "Millennium Declaration".
Mr. Chairman,
We believe that eradication of poverty ultimately depends on development. It not only requires the developing countries to choose a way of development according to their own specific circumstances and to implement their own tailor-made development strategies, but also requires strong support and cooperation from the international community. In this connection, I would like to stress the following two points:
First, concrete actions should be taken to meet the needs of financial resources for poverty eradication. According to the studies by the World Bank, an additional 40 to 60 billion dollars of Official Development Assistance (ODA) should be available in order to achieve the Millennium development goals, including the goal on poverty reduction. However, the present available financial resources are far from the amount that is required. As a Chinese saying says, "Even a good housewife is unable to cook a rice meal without rice." Any well-designed policies and development strategies and the capable governments should be supported by sufficient financial resources and other means of implementation, otherwise the goal of poverty eradication could only remain on paper. Therefore, the developed countries should not only fulfill their commitments made at the ICFD on increasing their ODA, but also achieve the ODA target for 0.7% of their GNP at an early date. Meanwhile, the developed countries should also honor their commitments on foreign direct investments, market access, technology transfer and debt relief. To obtain the objective of poverty eradication, the developing countries not only need assistance, but also need to promote development through trade and investment.
Second, the ownership of developing countries in the work of eradicating poverty should be strengthened. We have noticed that at present, UNDP, the World Bank and the IMF have made the realization of Millennium goal on poverty reduction as a priority in their work. They are providing assistance to developing countries in their efforts to alleviate poverty through adopting country programs or poverty reduction strategy paper and providing poverty reduction and growth facility. On the basis of learning the past lessons, these agencies and institutions have also expressed the willingness to enhance the ownership of the developing countries in the work of poverty reduction. We welcome these commitments. However, we also noticed that there is still a gap between the commitment and reality. Many developing countries are still forced to accept terms and conditions that are not in line with their national situations, in return for the aid from the developed countries. If such situation remains unchanged, the developing countries will be gravely impeded in their efforts to choose the right path of development. Consequently, instead of eradicating poverty, aid would impede development. It is our hope that the donor countries and the relevant international aid agencies change the donor-driven practice and strengthen the ownership of the recipient countries, in order to make the recipient countries to achieve development in their own way.
Mr. Chairman,
As the most populous country in the world, China's efforts on economic development and poverty eradication will undoubtedly have great importance to the global development. The Chinese Government has always committed to economic development and improvement of people's living standard. During the last two decades of reform and opening-up, China has achieved a stable and rapid economic growth, the people's living standard has been significantly enhanced, and social development in every aspect is undertaking. The Chinese population living in extreme poverty has been reduced from 250 million in 1979 to the current level of 30 million, and the proportion of rural population living in extreme poverty has been reduced from 30.7% to 3%. China's achievements in poverty reduction are mainly attributable to the fact that China is following a way of development which is compatible to its own conditions. Poverty reduction has been incorporated into the national plan of economic and social development. Realistic targets on poverty reduction have been set out. The poor region's ability of self-development has been enhanced by a transition of poverty reduction policy from relief to development.
Despite the above achievements, poverty reduction is still a long-term and arduous task for us, given the fact that China is still a developing country with low per capita income. Therefore, we will continue our efforts and strengthen the cooperation with other countries and international organizations in this field, in order to jointly promote the realization of the goal of poverty eradication.
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WCSU graduate leads nonprofit helping Connecticut's new Americans
Angela Rossi Zurowski coordinates immigration and refugee services as IIC director
DANBURY, CONN. — Western Connecticut State University graduate Angela Rossi Zurowski recalls the summer internship interview in 2005 that introduced her to the Connecticut nonprofit organization she now directs in providing wide-ranging services to new immigrants and refugees statewide.
"During my graduate work on the Cuban exodus and the Eisenhower administration, my professor assigned me to do a summer internship at the International Institute of Connecticut, a place I had never heard of," Zurowski said.
"When I arrived for my interview, the executive director glanced over my resume, then handed me a post-it note," she remarked. "On the note was an address for an apartment building in downtown Waterbury where she said there was a family of Somali Bantu refugees who had arrived the previous day. She told me, 'Go there and knock on the door. Tell them you're with the institute and see if they need any food — if they do, take them to the grocery store. If you like it, come back tomorrow and the job is yours.'
"The rest is history," Zurowski concluded.
During the past eight years, the Waterbury resident has acquired an impressive breadth of skills and experience that provide strong foundations for her present leadership role at the institute. Her first IIC staff positions as caseworker and later director in the refugee resettlement services department prepared her to assume steadily widening responsibilities in coordinating website design and startup, grant application submissions, and community outreach and education activities. She undertook the demanding task of mastering the complexities of U.S. immigration law to provide representation for clients who otherwise could not afford legal counsel, and became director of programs and development prior to her appointment in December 2010 as executive director of the IIC.
The institute, headquartered in Bridgeport with field offices in Stamford, Derby and Hartford, annually serves more than 7,000 recently arrived foreign-born immigrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking who reside in Connecticut.
IIC staff members with combined fluency in more than a dozen languages, working with an extensive volunteer network, provide a range of programs including refugee resettlement services, immigration and naturalization assistance, interpreter and translator support, English as a Second Language classes, job training and placement, and legal and personal counseling. The IIC mission statement sets goals to promote self-sufficiency and integration in U.S. society among immigrant and refugee families in Connecticut, as well as to expand access to affordable immigration assistance and strengthen family bonds by assisting in reuniting family members and smoothing the path to U.S. citizenship.
"Nonprofits like IIC have many similarities with for-profit corporations, but they tackle the world's most challenging problems with the fewest resources, and the fewest incentives to measure performance." Zurowski observed. "Letting the mission guide you allows you to solve the pressing organizational challenges."
Zurowski said she has gained a more profound understanding of the challenges facing immigrants in America from her work in refugee resettlement and in representation of IIC clients as they struggle to negotiate complex and often confusing issues of immigration law.
"I saw first-hand how resilient refugees can be in the face of multiple barriers, including a lack of English language skills, illiteracy, cultural differences, unfamiliarity with the community, trauma and stress," she said. "That experience has guided my decisions in my later roles, so that all roads always have come back to the mission.
"Gaining an understanding of the complex and often counter-intuitive immigration system was paramount in understanding the framework in which immigrants and refugees must work to resolve barriers, not the least their immigration insecurities," she added. "Understanding immigration law breaks down myths about immigrants, and knowing their stories helps me to remember why our organization is here."
Zurowski's career path after earning her bachelor's degree in political science at Western in 2001 took several unforeseen turns before she arrived at the IIC. She initially entered the realm of Connecticut politics as a legislative aide for the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives and as a campaign coordinator for two Democratic House candidates in Stamford. An early interest in a possible career in law led her to accept a job as a legal assistant in a Stamford law office, but she quickly grew dissatisfied with routine work on divorce and personal injury cases and eager to find a new and more meaningful outlet for her interests and talents.
"I knew something was missing, so I called my parents and told them I was quitting my law office job and going to grad school to pursue a degree in international relations, while returning to my previous bartending job to help pay for tuition," she said. "They were not thrilled." Still, Zurowski reset her course and completed studies to receive a master's degree in international relations at Southern Connecticut State University.
She has not forgotten the educational foundations for her career that she gained at Western in the courses taught by Dr. R. Averell Manes, professor of political science and associate chair of the WCSU Department of Social Sciences.
"My classes with Dr. Manes in political science, conflict resolution and mediation pushed me to think outside the box and critically analyze in a way that led to better decisions," she observed. "I learned to love research and writing as a result of her brilliant teaching and motivational coaching, and I learned a lot about myself and the ways that I interact with others. You work overtime to impress someone you respect so much, and in the end you set the bar higher and take pride in your work. That's what I took away from her."
Manes this year presented a conflict resolution workshop for IIC staff, and also worked with Zurowski when the IIC director hosted a Western student as part of the university's Hancock Student Leadership Program. Their collaborations have reawakened positive recollections of the WCSU graduate as "a standout in the classroom, conscientious, intelligent and destined to do well in life personally and professionally," Manes said. "I enjoyed and was challenged in the best possible ways by having her in my classes.
"Since then, she has been very successful in living her values and working in her chosen field — not always easy to do — in a position that builds and improves the community and effectively uses her skills and knowledge," she added. "Angela is a bright, energetic and hardworking woman who has made the most of her education by becoming a community leader, a role model, and a strong global citizen. She exemplifies how well an education from WCSU can prepare a student for a meaningful career."
Zurowski also credited her active participation at Western in the Student Government Association and other extracurricular programs for preparing her to tackle the multi-tasking challenges of work in the nonprofit sector. "I can't say I was ever a shy kid," she said, "but having the opportunity to strengthen my leadership skills by organizing events, facilitating meetings, managing budgets, and collaborating with faculty and other students definitely helped me to gain an edge in my work after graduation. I am always grateful for the organizational and communication skills I gained at Western."
Zurowski grew up in Cheshire in "a large, extended Italian-American family who surrounded me with love, but who also instilled in me an ethic for hard work and always reminded me to walk in other people's shoes." She sees the reflection of her family's philosophy in her own attraction from an early age to "entrepreneurial and community service-oriented pursuits, whether selling lemonade to buy a new bike or knocking on doors to raise money for cancer programs."
"We learned an important lesson early on to be empathetic and to help others," she observed. "I watched my single mother persevere and make sacrifices throughout my childhood so that we could live in safety and I could attend a good school. Those kinds of values run deep in my family, and I am thankful for it."
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That strength happened to be matched up against what has killed Cummings High School this season.
After the Cavaliers grabbed their first lead of the game in the third quarter, Eastern Randolph�s Paris� Martin returned a kick 77 yards for a touchdown and restored a lead Eastern Randolph didn�t relinquish in a 33-28 Mid-State 2-A Conference victory.
�Unbelievable,� is how Eastern Randolph coach Seth Baxter described Martin, who also racked up three rushing touchdowns.
The Wildcats (5-3 overall, 2-1 Mid-State 2-A) had to rebound with that kickoff return touchdown because Keith McAdoo threw the second of his three touchdown passes just seconds earlier, a 25-yard strike on fourth down to Tevin Smith.
Smith was open on the play, prompting some shouting between Eastern Randolph defensive backs.
�(Martin) blew the coverage back here on the Smith touchdown and he just came over, �Coach, it�s my fault, I�ll take care of it,� � Baxter said. �And he takes the kickoff all the way back.
�I think he�s one of the best who�s ever played here, and I�ve seen a lot of football played here,� Baxter continued about Martin. �What he does, he�s always prepared to make the big play.�
It�s the second week in a row Cummings has taken its first lead in the second half and surrendered a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Coach Steve Johnson was left to lament the special teams gaffes that have plagued the Cavaliers (3-5, 2-2).
�It�s a problem we�ve had all year long,� Johnson said. �It�s like the fifth one we�ve given up, and it�s always when, as soon as our kids get a lead. Our kids get a little deflated.�
Martin added another touchdown in the third quarter and finished with 23 carries for 141 yards, adding 41 receiving yards.
Cummings� Desmond Satterfield � who drew praise from Johnson for his 23-carry, 110-yard effort � scored with 8:35 left to cut the deficit to five points in the fourth quarter. But Martin added his fourth and final touchdown, a 10-yard run set up by his own 51-yard burst, to extend the lead.
The Cavaliers responded quickly with a 57-yard touchdown pass from McAdoo to Dedric Bowman, cutting the Wildcats� advantage back to five. Bowman had seven catches for 171 yards and McAdoo finished with 311 passing yards.
Cummings had a chance to drive the majority of the field when Tre Moore recovered a fumble in Cavaliers� territory.
But Cummings stalled, and McAdoo was intercepted by freshman linebacker Seth Cox on a fourth-down play around midfield.
The Wildcats took over needing to gain at least one first down to seal the victory.
�I was just hoping we�d come back out here on defense, I knew the clock was running down,� Cummings junior Will Richardson said. �We just needed that big stop on third down.�
Instead, on a third-and-9 with less than two minutes to play, Eastern Randolph quarterback Sam Whitley rolled to his left and fired a 10-yard completion to 6-foot-7 tight end Corey Yahn.
�Big guy. Big boy,� Whitley said of what he saw on the victory-clinching play. �Basically, we had Corey Yahn is a big tight end. I knew that either the outside linebacker was going to fly with the running back or Corey was going to be over the middle, and all I see was his hand up, just tried to put it on him.�
Eastern Randolph converted two third downs and a fourth down on the first possession of the game, driving 68 yards for a touchdown. Paris� Martin capped the scoring trip with a 5-yard touchdown run.
The only bright spot of offense for Cummings in the first half was a 63-yard touchdown pass from McAdoo to Smith, who finished with six catches for 103 yards and two touchdowns.
Other than that play, Cummings mustered 130 yards in the first half.


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My Dear Mr. Morris,
Your letter reached me some time ago. All of Jan and first part of Feb. I was so busy preparing for two club programs that it seemed impossible to attend to anything but strictly necessary corespondence. Since hearing from you I have had a letter of inquiry from Mrs. Shupe of Denton Kan. who says she is your cousin. I am writing to her tonight. Also my typewriter is so much out of order and I feel I owe you an apology to [illegible] for writing to them in longhand. I hope you will not find it completely unintelligible. Some years ago Clinton Elmer Smith of Elizabethton Tenn. sent me the Doran data and I joined the DAR. Alexander has a number of descendents in the organization. He served also in the War of 1812 as major, I am told. The list of his children as sent there is as follows.
James born Jan. 1, 1782 not married
Margaret B. 1783 m. James Keys
Elizabeth B. July 22, 1785 m. Caleb Smith (my great parents)
Robert Lowry B. July 19, 1786 m. Betty Lowry
Nancy Gordon B. Sep 17, 1789 m. Ezekiel Smith
Jennett B. Sept. 11, 1791 m. John Ward
William B. July 25, 1793 m. Elizabeth Wilson
Rebecca B. Sept 9, 1796 m. Richard Donnelly
John Lowry B. May 26, 1799 not married
In a list of children sent by another descendant some years ago all the above were named but some dates varried. Robert was given as born in 1784.
Last fall I was at the state historical library in Topeka a part of a day. They had the new book Annals of Virginia. (I have a copy of the History of Southwest Va. by Summers. I found references to the will of James mentioning wife Margaret and son Alexander as the only heirs. I had no time to look for Lowry data but some one wrote me a few months ago that John Lowry is the son of William, I believe. I have such a lot of notes on the various John Lowrys. Two of them lived in Augusta county Va. in the same vicinity. Came there during the 1749s or there abouts. Ours died in 1761-2. I have a copy of his will which I can send to you if you want it) and the other John did not die until some years later. As I said I have so many Genealogical notes and have not had the time to get them in accessible files -- as I hope to do sometime. At one time, I had all the details fairly well in mind but for the last several years I have been so busy with other things and have not kept up on this hence it is a good deal of trouble to look up all the various items. I have referred to the references to the wills in chalkleys records -- vol 3. p. 69 -- will of John Lowry Nov. 26, 1761. Executors wife Elizabeth. David & James = daughters Rebecca, Janett, and Elizabeth (this is the Elizabeth who married Alex Doran) she was B. 1758. This will was probated May 18, 1762. Other notes states that James left children Peggy, William, James & Alex. Can the list of children you have be those of his son John? He married Dorcas Mongomery during the 1717's sometime. However I am quite sure he died before 1880. He removed to Abingdon became an atorney I think and has prominent descendants in the South. I believe Robert Edmondston Lowry was one of them. I am sure that I have a partial list of his children somewhere and do not believe it agrees with your list.
Then the other John that I have from the Augusta County records made his will May 26, 1770 mentions wife Jean, sons Melvin or Martin, Patrick and John and son in law Samuell Todd. His will was probated June 19, 1770. A John Hamilton of Newcastle County, Penn. left land to John Lowry deed dated June 7, 1749 mentions "bond by John to have his wife execute release of dower in above" -- Probated Nov. 27, 1750. I would should like to know which of the John Lowry's this refers. The name of Hamilton as well as Gordon, Campbell and Russell have been used a good deal among descendants of our John and I have wondered if his wife could have been Elizabeth Hamilton. Do you know the name James Dorans wife Margaret. I have a copy of the will of David Lowry the son of our John he died in washington co. Va. His will was made May 1, 1827. He mentions as his brothers sisters those mentioned in his fathers will and leaves his property to them also to nephews and nieces. He had a fairly large estate about a dozen slaves etc.
I am trying to trace [illegible] Smiths too Jarvis Smith of Walkers county North Carolina the father of Caleb who married Elizabeth Doran. I have some different data in Mrs. Shupes letter, perhaps you can exchange. I have more data on Alex Doran not much detail of John Lowry. This is a scrappy letter and may not contain much that you want. If you have only a little data I can send more details. I hope you will write me again
Lulu Gibson
Mrs. Franklin L. Gibson
801 West 12th Avenue
Empora Kansas
Copyed by Lowery A Doran
Monday, September 27, 2010
Amanuenses Monday: Family Letters, Part Two
Labels: Amanuensis Monday, Doran, Lowry
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- AnonymousDecember 15, 2010 at 12:35 AM
I am also searching/researching Doran's, Lowery's, Prewit/Prewitt/Pruitt. William and Elizabeth Wilson Doran are my 3rd great-grandparents.ReplyDelete
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Malaysia Airports Opens The Check-In Asia Conference In Kuala Lumpur
26 November 2010
Sepang, 26 November 2010 - Malaysia Airports Managing Director, Y Bhg Tan Sri Bashir Ahmad opens the Check-In Asia conference at the Pan Pacific KLIA today. The conference organised by the UK based PPS Publications, features speakers from the global aviation industry on the theme 'Enhancing the passenger experience - from beginning to end' and is attended by about 200 international delegates. Malaysia Airports plays host to this conference that is being held for the first time in this region. The Check-In conference has been running for the past 4 years in North America and has attracted strong global interest.
In his keynote address, Tan Sri Bashir talks about the future direction of Malaysia Airports where he referred to the company's 5-year business direction 'Runway to Success'. In Runway to Success, Malaysia Airports had chartered its business strategies towards becoming a World-Class Airport Business by focussing on 3 key areas: traffic growth, commercial development and service excellence.
As we anticipate further changes to the aviation industry landscape such as the rise of Low Cost Carriers and the ASEAN liberalisation, the sustainability of traffic growth will focus on strengthening KLIA as a leading hub within ASEAN by improving connectivity and improving flight services across our airports. A key strategy to differentiate and build KLIA as a strong hub is to position it as the Next Generation Hub (NGH) that links the emerging new generation of carriers with traditional full service airlines through seamless connectivity and passenger transfers.
The NGH is a strategic direction that Malaysia Airports embraced in order to capitalize on the opportunities afforded by the prevailing market trends and consumer behaviour in the aviation and travel industry. We are fortunate to be at the centre of the revolution in passenger travel patterns which were enabled by the advancement in information and communication technology processes. The proliferation of low-cost travel segment in both regional and global aviation industry had not only stimulated market demand but also spawned a breed of travellers who perform journeys that comprise travel on both low-cost carriers and full-service carriers.
Recognising this phenomenon, Malaysia Airports decided to capture the opportunity to value add to this traffic segment and cater to this category of passengers at KLIA. We introduced a travel portal named 'Flyklia' that will enable travellers to choose from a host of various types of airlines from the spectrum of one extreme end of the full-service carriers to the other extreme end of the low-cost carrier that are currently connected to KLIA. The facilitation of the travel between these types of carriers breaks down the parochial notion that passengers strictly travel on only one type of airline. The travel portal empowers the travellers as they are provided with choices of airlines with the corresponding offerings to choose from to suit their travel requirements.
KLIA is unique in its ability to accommodate this type of passengers as KLIA manages a world class airport terminal for the traditional full-service carriers whilst it also operates a custom-built low-cost carrier terminal for the low-cost carriers.
Another proposed enhanced service that the NGH will introduce is 'Airside Transfer' facility between KLIA's Main Terminal and the Low Cost Carrier Terminal so that passengers that choose to transfer via KLIA and travel through these two terminals will be accorded the facility to remotely check-in at either terminal and use the provided transport to transfer through the airside, thus ensuring seamless transfer and reducing transfer time. Operationally, the airside transfer is a unique process improvement that will not only facilitate these self connect passengers to transfer between the main and low cost terminals but will also provide connectivity that would not have been possible for travellers utilising both types of airlines under the usual or normal operations.
Commercial development is another key driver to enhance the customer experience at our airports. Strategies are in place to revolutionise the retail experience particularly at KLIA and the international airports in the next 5 years. All our airports will be addressed using the Airport Commercial Model (ACM) which has been designed with the customer profile in mind. The ACM is classified into Lifestyle, Leisure, Community and Corporate Responsibility airports. In defining the ACM, we are able to better understand the profile of customers for each airport model and hence offer passengers with the right products at competitive prices in our efforts to deliver 'Value for Money'. The realignment and optimisation of product and service offerings is a critical strategy in order to enhance total customer experience at the airports, not only for passengers but also for the meeters greeters and the community surrounding the airport.
In the last couple of years, we have commenced our transformation with the Satellite Retail Optimisation Project (SROP) in May 2008. The SROP was aimed at creating an attractive and appealing lifestyle environment at the Satellite Building of KLIA, complemented by a multitude of renowned brands and service offerings. Another key initiative towards creating a memorable airport experience for travellers is the introduction of the 'Jungle Boardwalk' at the natural landscape area. International travellers will be able to experience the Malaysian rainforest right at the focal point of the Satellite terminal. These quality offerings at attractive pricing, enriched with natural heritage, enable KLIA to achieve the ultimate aim of delivering superior customer experience.
"The largest opportunity however, lies in Klia2 which holds great potential to deliver a step-change in airport experience for our customers" said Tan Sri Bashir. The new Klia2, which will be ready in the second quarter of 2012, promises a new benchmark and changing landscape for the shopping experience at KLIA. Based on a leisure concept, Klia2 will offer an Integrated Complex that comprises shopping malls, multi-level car park and a transportation hub. The overall theme will be that of a vibrant holiday atmosphere with warm and soft finishing. Whilst the legacy terminal focuses on premium and high-end offerings in line with its Lifestyle concept, Klia2 will have a good range of medium to high-end product brand mix to cater to the leisure travellers and also the surrounding community.
Tan Sri Bashir added that "For Klia2, we are aiming for an optimum commercial concept that meets the expectations of our customers. Klia2 is poised to be the change platform for all other commercial development activities at our airports. In moving forward, the concept will ultimately support the aspiration of creating an 'Airport in a Mall' at Klia2. We have conducted a market research on customers' segmentation and purchasing behaviour, hence the brands that will be offered at Klia2 will certainly cater to the needs of our customers."
Passengers' comfort level is another key parameter in the design of airport terminals. The comfort level at this new terminal would be comparable to that of the Kota Kinabalu and Kuching international airport terminals.
Furthermore, a multi modal transportation hub is being built for busses, taxis and the ERL to provide connectivity, not only for arriving and departing passengers but also to the public to move from one part of the country to another using the various connecting modes of transportation. The terminal will also have a multi storey car park that can accommodate 6,000 car parking bays.
The terminal will be built to meet the Green Building Index certification. The design of the terminal embraces the concept of Eco Air Terminal, synonymous with the eco-friendly and green building technology widely planned for the development of this airport. This is owing to the design concept of the terminal, which applies sustainable architecture; green-building, and energy- efficiency in most aspects of its development and construction processes.
Central to the Check-in Asia conference are the Simplifying the Business (StB) initiatives, driven by IATA in embracing new technology solutions to enhance operations, efficiency as well as deliver on passenger comfort and experience. "We are one of the leaders in implementing IATA's StB initiatives that aimed to make air travel a seamless travel experience," quoted Tan Sri Bashir in his keynote address.
"At our end, we are harnessing and expanding the usage of technology to increase efficiency and convenience for passengers. For example, we expect that all our airports (international and domestic) to support the Bar Coded Boarding Pass (BCBP) by 2012, thereby reducing passenger processing and waiting time. We are pleased to note that all our international airports ie KLIA, Penang, Kucing, Kota Kinabalu and Langkawi have been recognised with Platinum and Star status for its multimedia BCBP implementation and obtained the IATA certificate of completion ahead of schedule. "
At the same time, the integration of the Common Use Self Service (CUSS) application with automated baggage handling via the Common Use Passenger Processing System (CUPPS) platform is expected to be implemented for all international airports by mid-2013. This will provide a one-stop facility for passengers to perform self check-in for themselves and their baggage simultaneously.
Airport security will also be improved via the implementation of in-line baggage screening for all international airports by 2014. CCTV with behavioural analysis capabilities will also be deployed in KLIA to capture and flag suspicious events.
Tan Sri Bashir closed his keynote address by iterating that Malaysia Airports is focused on meeting its customers' expectation. "We are changing to meet our customers' demands in providing the ultimate convenience and comfort to our passengers. At the same time we are mindful of our core responsibilities to ensure that the airports are safe and secure, and offer the highest level of customer service. We are looking forward to exploit the technology advancement in order to fully benefit from it. The airport technology providers are critical enablers to ensure that we are successful in creating the future airport models that not only can deliver the best kind of experience for the travellers, but also serve its surrounding community" he concluded.


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We are a couple in our late twenties planning a wedding. We have decided to provide our guests with a non conventional wedding invitation, a DVD! The invitation theme is love against all odds, essentially things go wrong, but we always have each other and smile through it.
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Things that are slightly awkward and sweet "Do you like me? Check yes or no"
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The guests at our wedding. Age group ranging from very late teens to the elderly. 50% American (irish/italian) 50% Russian. 1/3 of the total group being our friends and 2/3rds family.
1. Most important is to convey the information and feel that we are trying to accomplish. We will obviously do our best with feedback (you can check my previous contests) We have been quite well with conveying our feelings in the past.
2. The design must be on the attached templates provided. The design is for a Digipak type of DVD case. (http://www.hellmanpromomedia.com/im…k-4-lg.jpg) for reference.
3. Our wedding website is http://ourvows.info as a point of reference of colors and style.
4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/preppy…938084023/ You will find full size images at this link. Feel free to manipulate the photos as you see fit. We have no problems with you doing any Photoshop work to the photos. You are not required to use all the photos, or even ANY photos. But rather know that they are available to you if you wish to use them.
5. The front of cover of the Digipak should indicate that it's related to our wedding.
6. Inside cover would like it to read as a standard wedding invitation. Date, time, location (details provided later as we're running low on characters here)
7. Disk could be one of the photos but is not required to be. Should be image not text.
8. To be creative! And most importantly to have fun with it!


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Yesterday I was depressed. DTI figures showed that 74 per cent of IT workers surveyed are too scared to ask their bosses for more flexible hours and the proportion of women in IT has fallen this year from an already less than impressive 23 per cent to 20 per cent. I was also somewhat downcast to read that 55 per cent of IT professionals, including those scarce XX-chromosome types, look at their stressed, sweating and overstretched bosses and find them to be far from ideal work-life balance models.
Offshoring our problems
However today I am happy, because we now have nothing to worry about. I read that our country plans to lead the world in offshoring IT jobs, according to predictions from analyst firm Forrester and I realised the whole thing was not our problem any more. Once we flog 150,000 IT jobs to the Third World they can do all the worrying about recruiting, training and managing staff. Think about it. Once again the UK leads the world. We first industrialised, we then threw away all that manufacturing rubbish in the 1980s as part of a move to services – including these wonderful new call centres and information technology thingummy. Now in turn we have already outstripped our need for services and can cheerfully de-service our economy. We only need to live on the capital stemming from our property markets. A life of leisure and daily Lotto punctuated by occasional reality TV marathons beckons for the UK of 2015. I cannot see anyone save the worst protectionist or Little Englander complaining about that, surely.
Slight misgivings
I must admit some teeny-weeny little doubts cloud this sunny vista. Possibly it could be argued that closing down the UK's IT industry could lead to some near-term issues. Possibly some unemployment among incredibly bright people with excellent mathematical and logical training who have devoted 30 years of their lives to something we can get done so much cheaper abroad. I would agree some thought should go into retraining this cohort of technical folk – surely there are opportunities for them to go into teaching, or maybe they should take a big career shift like into debt counselling or house repossession facilitation, areas I predict could rival estate agency or tattooing as major economic growth areas by the end of the decade. Well, maybe you cannot see as far into the future as I, or need some more convincing. Look at the situation on the ground today. IT is battered by four years of recession and for every green shoot I will give you a downbeat economic forecast. For every bullish CIO spending survey you can find a chastened tech company earnings sheet. That is the overall view. Split that into the top and bottom ends of the workforce. At the top of IT are the readers of MIS UK – senior IT executives and chief information officers. You are likely to be under relentless scrutiny on every cent of expenditure and you have typed the letters 'ROI' so often on your memos that you have a macro for it. You last hired someone in 2001. At the bottom end, that kid you hired in 2001 is a bloke with no life because he works too hard, who cannot afford a flat and who keeps reading stories in The Register about outsourcing and static recruitment figures.
Writing on the wall
I hope this is an exaggerated picture. But I do think we are seeing some big red warning signs coming up – the decline in women entering the field, the offshoring publicity, the drop in people taking physics at A-level. Would you say IT is a good profession to get into against this background? Is it a career that is better and more rewarding than accountancy or social work or bar management? Have you as a manager done anything to make it so? If not, maybe that is all the answer I need. Never mind – soon it will all be done in India anyway.


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Julianne Moore: Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony!
Julianne Moore is all smiles while receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday (October 3) in Hollywood.
The 52-year-old actress was surrounded by supporters at the huge event! Chloe Moretz and Don Jon actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt stepped out to watch the ceremony and support their cast mate.
Also in attendance were Julianne's kids Cal, 15, and Liv, 11, and husband Bart Freundlich.
Also pictured inside: Julianne and her kids arriving at LAX Airport the day before in Los Angeles.
Congratulations Julianne on the wonderful honor!
FYI: Julianne is wearing a Dolce&Gabbana dress with Givenchy shoes. Chloe is wearing a Dolce&Gabbana dress with Jimmy Choo shoes.
15+ pictures inside of Julianne Moore at her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony…


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Seeking info on IH Naples, and living in Naples in general Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Seeking info on IH Naples, and living in Naples in general Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Italy View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message TanyaFromOregonJoined: 02 Feb 2005Posts: 9Location: Italy Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 6:27 pm Post subject: Seeking info on IH Naples, and living in Naples in general I've rec'd cursory interest from International House, Naples. Any input out there on this school? Does anyone know how expensive it is to live in Naples? The school is offering only 850 Euros a month to teach 25 hours, which I'm afraid might be very low for living in Naples, but I don't know. Any constructive input would be much appreciated. Oh, and other than telling me that they are interested in getting a contract signed right away, all that they have informed me so far is that it's 25 teaching hours and 850 Euros. This is my first attempt at obtaining a teaching position. What sorts of things should I be asking them? Thank you! ...Tanya Back to top TanyaFromOregonJoined: 02 Feb 2005Posts: 9Location: Italy Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:53 am Post subject: other helpful postings? Thanks Tawny, for your response. I'm fine with not being able to save any money while I'm teaching in Naples, but will I be able to support myself on 850 Euros a month? I know that being a new teacher, I'm a little slow in preparing lesson plans, so I won't have any extra time for quite a long time for doing any 1:1 teaching to pick up extra money. Is Naples in particular chaotic, or just every place that far south? I've searched through Dave's ESL, but I haven't seen other helpful postings. You mentioned that there are some... could you point me in the right direction? Thanks much! ...Tanya Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Italy All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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There have unquestionably been dub remix albums in the past that have had a level of success, particularly in the Nineties. There was the Adrian Sherwood-spearheaded Echo Dek, the remix of Primal Scream's Vanishing Point album. And prior to this was the Mad Professor vs Massive Attack No Protection collection. It took an already downtempo set of songs into an even more downtempo space with some new elements of the songs revealed. In the world of dub remixes this is pretty good. In the world of remixes this was average.
What makes a good remix? Not being able to immediately recognise the original is an important consideration, or at least something that gives you a new perspective to a song, that allows you to understand and enjoy it in a new way. The finest remixes somehow eclipse the original and become a song in their own right, or in terms of that Fatboy Slim remix of Cornershop, take a whole band to a new level.
And then there isthe dub remix album of Peaking Lights' second album release Lucifer, which is a bit like dub squared. If Peaking Lights are characterised by psychedelic lo fi dub then this album is psychedelic lo fi dub dub, which in essence is pointless. This album makes a set of dubby songs even dubbier, by stretching the songs out with delayed vocals and rolling drums, which at best gives an even more revitalising, refreshing edge to the songs than previously.
But by the third track 'Beautiful Dub' the remixes start to flirt with the ridiculous as the listener is blessed with the sound of a off the hook phone, then thunderclouds and a siren on 'Live Dub', ending with an iPhone ringtone that leads into a doorbell and some redundant sound clips of a baby crying on 'Lo Dub High Dub'. It's a shame because the album is in fact created by Peaking Lights maestro Aaron Coyes, who has in the past has done a mighty job of providing a whoosh of fresh sounds on 936 and Lucifer. But this release has the feel of a rehashed, reheated affair.
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PLACERVILLE, Calif. (CBS13) — Parents of Placer County students can now buy discounted drug tests from high schools, a tactic that county officials hope will help cut down on what appears to be a rising drug use rate.
The inventive anti-drug campaign comes on the heels of a recent survey from a Placer County high school that found "half of the students" use marijuana.
The Placer County Sheriff's Department is making the $40 drug tests available for just $10 for parents in response to concerns over drugs in schools. The 10-panel urine test checks for methamphetamines, cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy and other drugs, officials said.
A simple $2 test to check for alcohol is also available, said Deputy Laurie Bettencourt.
Parents can buy the tests on campus from the school's resource officers or at the sheriff's offices.


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F1 2013 dated for October
Codemasters has announced the release date for this year's Formula One video game.
F1 2013 will be released for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on October 4th in the UK, a little later than the series' usual September launch.
As previously reported, Codemasters is releasing two versions of this year's game: the standard F1 2013 and the Classic Edition, which features historic drivers, cars and tracks rom the 1980s and 1990s.
The Classic Edition content will be made available as optional DLC for F1 2013 buyers.
Namco Bandai is handling the game's distribution in the UK.


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IP Throwdown: Patent Lawyers Sued For... Copyright Infringement
from the fight-fight-fight dept
While it's rare that you'll find me agreeing with the patent bar on very much, on this one, I'm on their side. The lawsuit, lead by publisher John Wiley, is kind of crazy. We're not talking about people who are getting copies of the journal for free. These are generally people who have a legitimate subscription to the journals, and are submitting copies of the information as part of the patent process -- as they're required to do by law. This is just yet another attempt by the publishers to get paid for every single possible use, even for those who already have legitimate access. And, of course, these journals don't have the best reputation these days, with their attempts to block open access requirements. While there may be some appeal in making it more difficult to get a patent (something where I believe the bar needs to be much, much, much higher), I don't think this is as reasonable way to do so.
In nearly every way, it seems like submitting such a journal article as part of a patent application process should be seen as fair use. It really does fit the kind of key "spirit" of the fair use rule.


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So God Made A Liberal
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Sometimes I wonder if Obama is simply self-unaware. Or if his speech writers moonlight for The Onion.
At the National Prayer Breakfast, Obama told us …
President Obama delivered a contemplative call for humility, driven by faith and abiding respect for those who disagree, at a national prayer gathering Thursday morning in Washington.
Amid fierce political debates often marked by partisan rigidity, the president used the National Prayer Breakfast to call for a more humble approach.
"While God may reveal his plan to us in portions, the expanse of his plan is for God and God alone to understand," Mr. Obama said.
Americans' task as citizens, Mr. Obama said, "is to spend our days with open hearts and open minds, to seek out the truth that exists in an opposing view, and find the common ground that exist for us to take meaningful action."
Referring briefly to debates over taxes and debt "less pronounced" than those faced by Lincoln and King, Mr. Obama said, "We must keep that same humility that Dr. King and Lincoln and Washington and all our great leaders understood is at the core of true leadership."
Mr. Obama's speech to the bipartisan gathering of political and community leaders at the Washington Hilton was less overtly political than it was last year, toward the beginning of his re-election campaign, when he tied Jesus's teachings to his call for higher taxes on the wealthy. But in the past – Thursday's speech was his fifth appearance as president at the breakfast – he has used the gathering more as an opportunity to discuss his faith.
The rarity of such a cordial gathering of members of different parties was noted by the other public officials who spoke. Mr. Obama added, "I do worry sometimes that as soon as we leave the prayer breakfast, everything we've been talking about at the prayer breakfast seems to be forgotten."
He said, "We'd like to think the shelf life wasn't so short. I go back to the Oval Office and start watching cable news networks, and it's like we didn't pray."
Teh One that will make the oceans stop rising, and heal the planet, is calling for humility.
Teh One, that as a matter of practice, misrepresents his opponents' views, and attributes bad motives to them is bemoaning this practice.
Even more ironic is the last paragraph, where he bemoans the nature of the rhetoric after people leave the prayer breakfast. Teh One went from the prayer breakfast to a Dem policy conference, where presumably they talked about bipartisanship, finding common ground, attributing pure motives to your opponent, and not demagoguing issues.
Obama's speech followed Dr Benjamin Carson, who was surprisingly critical of the current Administration's imperious nature, taxes, healthcare …. watch it.
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