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We're getting briefed on some of the programs AFSC is engaged in.
Washington DC has a way of channeling refugees to targeted parts of North America. For example, after the USA ended its occupation of Vietnam, a lot of refugees from that region were directed to the Portland area.
The Center for Urban Education (CUE) where I worked, was involved in managing this influx. More recently, the obliteration of Somalia (people still pretend it exists -- nationalism is a lazy ideology, with lots of inertia) has resulted in lots of Somalis moving to Minnesota, Tennessee and so on.
After CUE, I did lots of program work with AFSC, as the program clerk, to work on tensions between ethnicities resulting from the various waves of immigration. Latino students were not necessarily getting along with the "Chinos" i.e. Asians.
Lots of different cultures get stereotyped e.g. just as a person from Mexico might have a hard time distinguishing a Laotian from a Filipino, so might a Vietnamese not appreciate the differences between Mexican and Guatemalan cultures.
The education process is a lot about geography, learning the stories of the different human scenarios and their inter-twining.
Jiway Tung joined us by voice from Yogjakarta. We learned about AFSC's work with partner organizations helping to promote some of the same inter-personal and leadership skills we nurtured in the Portland area. Bringing groups together and doing things in common, as well as having separate programming, is a fairly useful activity.
Hawo's Dinner Party was along the same lines. Shelbyville gets introspective about being at an historical cross-roads. Not so long ago, Anglos were a rarity in this region. The newest arrivals, from Somalia, have rocked the boat a little.
We should remember that European cultures have immigrated in huge numbers over the last few centuries. There's no one way street when it comes to Anglos either -- they're everywhere by now (witness Australia). Helping disparate ethnic groups find ways to get along is important work everywhere. Often the schools are having a hard time coping. That's where NGOs may step in, including religious groups of all stripes.
The Parliament of World Religions has a similar focus on inclusiveness, tolerance, getting along with aliens. If we're visited by ETs (e.g. Martians), similar skills may be required. Indeed, it's interesting to rank ethnicities on their ability to get along with other ethnicities. The patterns repeat over and over, but the outcomes are different based on some variables. How cosmopolitan are the people to begin with?
My "schools for diplomats" (a theme in these blogs) are really schools for everyone, as in a planet such as ours, where "intelligent life" has jet airplanes, lots of ships, satellites, television, everyone is a diplomat.


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Allen Lewis Tinsley, aged 78, passed away peacefuly at his home surrounded by his family on Wednesday morning, Jan. 10, 2018, in North Ogden, , due to heart failure. Allen was born on Jan. 12, 1939 in Salt Lake City, to Paul Eugene Tinsley and Lyle Sarah Cutler. He was raised by his mother and stepfather Edmund Z. Homer. He married Carolyn Annetta Hansen on Nov. 30, 1964 in the Salt Lake City Temple. He served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southwestern States Mission. Later in life, he served another mission in Hawaii with his sweetheart, Carolyn. He served in many callings in the church, including Bishop and High Counselor. Allen worked as a computer programmer for the LDS Church. Allen was an avid Univeristy of Utah and Utah Jazz fan. He loved traveling the world and spending quality time with his family.
Allen was preceeded in death by his parents and his son Michael. Allen is survived by his wife Carolyn, son Deron (Nanette) Tinsley, daughter Karen (Em) Tinsley, daughter Kristin (Matt) Pack, daughter-in-law Amanda Tinsley, daughter Diane (Shane) Jensen, 22 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, brother Grant Homer, sister Mary (Dan) Olson, brother Steve (Suzanne) Homer, brother Neil Homer, sister Helen (Buck) Lee.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, January 13, 2018 at the North Ogden 15th Ward Building 770 E. 2100 N., North Ogden, where a visitation will be held from 12:45-1:45 p.m. prior to services. Interment will be in the Centerville City Cemetery. Special thanks to McKay Dee Hospital and Applegate Hospice. Online guest book at www.russonmortuary.com.


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The art directors at Moosylvania, a creative services firm based in St. Louis, MO, got together to design a series of posters to raise money for Joplin, MO, which was devastated by a tornado in May.
Moose art directors have created a selection of limited edition designs to be purchased and screen-printed for $25 each – all of the proceeds from these posters will benefit United Way's Small Business Fund, a project created to help in the economic reconstruction of Joplin after many of the city's small businesses were destroyed by the tornado that touched down in May.
My favorite is the "Neighborly Love" poster by Jacob Etter.


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A driver delivering fuel to the ambulance firm's fueling stations misjudged the amount of fuel needed, resulting in a spill, Hurley said.


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The FOX5 Surprise Squad, sponsored by United Nissan and America First Credit Union, began surprising viewers across the Las Vegas Valley on Dec. 16, 2013.
The Surprise Squad makes their way around town helping make the day a little brighter for some lucky FOX5 viewers. You never know where the Squad may show up or what they'll be doing when they get there.
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Susan Talamantes Eggman, a member of the California State Assembly, has created a new recycling bill for e-waste, which was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown last week. The bill, AB1419, will allow CRT glass from old TVs and computer monitors to be recycled more easily.
With this new bill, state agencies can identify additional end uses for the CRT glass, which includes use in new products where it poses no harm.
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Instead of ending up in landfills or gathering dust in warehouses, old TVs and monitors can be more easily recycled, thanks to a bill by Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, D-Stockton, and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday.
The bill allows the recycling of cathode ray tube, or CRT, glass, found in televisions and monitors rendered obsolete by the emergence of digital flat screens and monitors.
The process of recycling scrap CRT monitors and televisions produces both funnel glass, which contains high levels of lead, as well as low- and non-leaded panel glass. Recycling has become difficult, as there are fewer and fewer uses for this glass.


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Source Vitál Apothecary, a body care company that uses formulations that combine seaweeds, botanicals, and 100 percent pure essential oils, is pleased to announce it has partnered with Nutritional Products International to expand its distribution in the US Marketplace.
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Jerry Pope, and his wife Brea started the business as The Preferred Source, back in 1989. Brea had started the first day spa in Texas back in 1984 and was really unhappy with product lines that were available in the market for her services. Because she could not find a line she felt was both effective and natural, Jerry quit his job as a metal salesman and they began making their own line. They were looking to create a line that was not only active and effective for clients, but also completely natural and plant based. They started in making products in a back bedroom at their house on May 3, 1989 (also Jerry's birthday).
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Drivers, commuters complain about heavy traffic on Accra-Nsawam road
Commercial drivers and commuters plying the Accra-Nsawam Road are getting worried over the increasing vehicular traffic on the Accra-Nsawam stretch of road, particularly at the ACP Junction and Pokuase sections.
They, have, therefore appealed to government to expedite action on the construction of an interchange at the Pokuase to ease the heavy vehicular traffic on the road.
Some of the drivers and commuters, who spoke in an interview with The Ghanaian Times at Pokuase, in Accra yesterday, expressed concern about the long hours they spend before getting to their various destinations, especially in the morning and evening.
While some of the commercial drivers say the heavy vehicular traffic was affecting their ability to meet their daily sales, commuters complain of getting to office and home late.
Yaw Ansah, a trotro driver said that it took more than two-hours to travel from Accra to Nsawam, which he said was just a 40-minute drive.
He said the traffic situation on the 37-kilometre road was always heavy in the morning and evening on the week days and thus he could not meet his daily sales.
"Drivers plying Accra-Nsawam road are suffering. We find it difficult to meet our sales target due to the traffic on the stretch of road," Mr. Ansah said.
Paul Tetteh, a trotro driver said it was becoming increasingly frustrating to drive on the Accra-Nsawam road.
"Aside from the long hours we spend on the road, we also spend so much on fuel," he said, adding that "the huge amount we spend on fuel eats away our sales."
Mr. Tetteh, expressed qualms that the introduction of the Mass Rapid Bus System was going to worsen the traffic situation on the road.
Kofi Amisah, another trotro driver on the Accra-Nsawam pleaded with the current government not to abandon the project to construct an interchange at Pokuase.
He said drivers and commuters on a daily basis go through hell to travel from Accra to Nsawam.
"We the drivers and commuters on the Accra-Nsawam road will ever be grateful to the government if it constructs the Pokuase interchange, like the one which has been constructed at Kwame Nkrumah Circle, popularly referred to as Circle Dubai," Mr. Amisah said.
A commuter, Yaw Sarpong, said it was becoming frustrating to travel on the Accra-Nsawam Road, saying "how can one spend two hours for a forty-minute journey."
"It's stressful to travel to and from work on the Accra-Nsawam road. I leave home early and get back late due to traffic on the road. I've regretted relocating to this part of the city," he said.
Another commuter, Florence Mensah, also said, she always got home late.
That, she said, was taking a great toll on her health and affecting her social life and interaction with her children.
"My children hardly see my face during the week days because I leave home early when the are not awake and get back home late when they are asleep," she said.
Mrs. Mensah appealed to government to provide alternative route while efforts were being made to start work on the Pokuase interchange to address the traffic situation on the road.
The previous government planned to construct an interchange at Pokuase to address the heavy vehicular traffic on the road.
Another objective of the interchange was to link the Pokuase-Awoshie road to the Accra-Nsawam main stretch to facilitate road transport to and from Accra to Nsawam and Pokuase to Awoshie and its environs.
Consequently, the previous government signed an $83-million-loan agreement with the African Development Bank to finance the project.
The $94-million project, which the government is to provide $11 million counterpart funding, is expected to start in the first quarter of this year and completed within 36 months.
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - A Martinsburg woman whose car collided with a city police cruiser while she was driving on South Queen Street on July 13 failed to yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle during the accident, the Martinsburg City Police Department said Thursday.
Police made the determination after the accident was reconstructed by Cpl. Brian Yost of the police department and C. Hugh Bean, a reconstruction expert from Ocean City, Md., according to a press release from the department.
Malissa Neice, 32, of Martinsburg, was stopped on South Street and preparing to cross South Queen when Patrolman Jeffery Pepple passed through the intersection, according to Martinsburg Police Sgt. J. McMillen.
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Activists New Era Detroit host Coleman Young II at social justice rally
DETROIT (WJBK) - One day ago we heard from the incumbent Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, on Friday FOX 2 caught up with his opponent Coleman Young, Jr. at a New Era Detroit event.
Zeek the president of community activist group New Era Detroit said he has talked to grieving mothers after they have lost a child. Crime, poverty and education are all intertwined and to Zeek, that is why he and his group are looking for solutions.
New Era Detroit has been in the fight to stop violence in the city for a while on the front lines.
"It is heartbreaking," Zeek said. "I talk to a lot of mothers, a lot of families and I am tired of having the same conversations over and over."
"Forty-six percent of our black men and black women aren't working," said Karol Hamm, Tangies' Ride Coordinator. "That is staggering and quite frankly embarrassing."
On Friday they invited mayoral candidate Coleman Young II the second to kick off their "Meet in the Streetz" series this fall. They want to keep the conversation going on the gargantuan challenges of our time.
Young was at a poverty meeting earlier this week and like today, continued to push for more progress on what has been described as a dismal poverty rating.
Figures released last week by the census bureau show a 35.7 percent poverty rate in Detroit for 2016, a drop from longer term figures which indicate a 40.3 percent poverty rate between 2011 and 2015 in Detroit. The national average is 12.7 percent.
(Editors Note: While longer term posted poverty numbers still used by the census show a 40.3 percent rate between 2011 and 2015, FOX 2 has updated the figure to 35.7 to reflect the latest figure.)
"I think that is a shame before God," Young said. "There is no reason with all this money we have flowing through downtown, (that) we can't put more people to work, why we don't have recreational centers in our neighborhoods, there is no reason why we have this suffering and we have the people living in squalor.
"Detroit is 80 percent black, but black folks only represent 33 percent of all the jobs here. It's apartheid."
Transportation is top of mind for folks who turned out Friday. Many who have ridden Detroit busses, sometimes feel like the ride to improving the system is taking them nowhere.
"It is deplorable," said Carmel Cathy. "How can commerce happen if we can't move. It is impossible to get to your jobs at 4:30 in the morning, if you got kids in daycare."
"SMART (busses) is able to come into the city and go outside the city," Young said. "And DDOT is not able to do the same. I think that has to change. Not in terms of merging the systems together, but I think we need to start allowing DDOT to go outside more regionally within these areas as well. So people can get on the bus and get to work, so we can have more options."
The community conversations today were about mobilizing and moving Detroit forward. Organizers say this is a proactive approach to tackling these larger problems.
It was the first of six sessions in which they will have community members and politicians discuss about how to deal with challenges those in the community are facing.


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Two new political committees have formed in connection with the medical marijuana and expanded smoking-ban questions on South Dakota's general-election ballot. One is called Yes for Compassion, Yes on 13!. It's run by Emmett Riestoffer and Jennifer Patzwald of Sioux Falls in support of legalizing marijuana for medical usage, and it's affiliated with an organization known as South Dakota Coalition for Compassion. At the same time they want to expand one kind of smoking, another group wants to ban a different more traditional kind of smoking. The anti-tobacco committee calling itself It's Time — A Smoke Free South Dakota is being run by Jennifer Stalley of the American Cancer Society and Dr. Allen Nord of Rapid City. The group wants voters to support the expanded smoking ban passed by the Legislature last year that would prohibit smoking in bars, casinos and restaurants with alcohol licenses.
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Gambling has long been about "border wars"
When the South Dakota Lottery began offering video gambling two decades ago, the rules were written to generate the maximum potential revenue from Sioux City, Iowa. The 10-machine limit per establishment was bent in such a way that North Sioux City businesses could be multiple establishments on the same building footprint. Sioux City had a "riverboat" casino that was moored in one place, but video lottery in North Sioux City was the popular favorite, by far.
This comes to mind as we watch the debate in Sioux Falls over Democratic governor candidate Scott Heidepriem's push to bring a tribal casino into Sioux Falls. Heidepriem's reasons include the casino being built over the border at Larchwood, Iowa, and his law firm's representation of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe in its lawsuit against the Rounds administration seeking more slot machines at its Royal River Casino at Flandreau.
Heidepriem's approach would end the long-standing South Dakota policy of allowing tribal casinos only within reservations or established tribal areas, such as Flandreau, when there isn't a formal reservation. This reservation-casion policy is legal under federal Indian gaming laws and regulations.
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe located its casino as close to the Nebraska border as physically possible. Likewise, the Oglala Sioux Tribe placed its latest casino as far west as possible, even though it meant moving the business far away from most of the Pine Ridge Reservation's population and workforce. In both cases, the tribal governments wanted to reduce the drive time for casino customers coming from outside the reservations. This was also why the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has pushed, unsuccessfully, for legal permission to build casinos at Pluma near Deadwood and at Fort Pierre. And it's why the Sisseton Wahpeton Tribe built its North Dakota casino just north of the South Dakota border and its Watertown casino as close to Watertown as possible. And why the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe built its casino just across the Missouri River from Mobridge.
Heidepriem's effort to open the door to a Sioux Falls casino is being tied to new Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether's push for a new Sioux Falls events center. Whether that is a match made in political heaven remains to be seen among Sioux Falls voters. It's doubtful that the rest of South Dakota wants to see Sioux Falls become an even stronger magnet for conventions especially if it's at the expense of other cities' convention bureaus, the video lottery businesses, other tribal casinos and Deadwood gambling houses. And there remains a strong anti-gambling position among roughly 40 percent-plus of the voting public, based on past statewide ballot measures. Heidepriem has long trailed Republican nominee Dennis Daugaard, the lieutenant governor, in the campaign polls, and Heidepriem has been weaker than normal for a South Dakota Democrat among Democrats and independents. It will be worth watching the next round of polling to see whether this casino issue helps or hurts him.
A government real estate deal taking shape
You don't need to be a checkers player to see the moves lining up. The state Department of Agriculture needs to move its forest-fire unit out of the Rapid City airport space it's been using since the Janklow administration. The main road to the airport is S.D. 44. That's also the main road to Western Dakota Technical Institute. WDTI wants to get out of the Rushmore building it uses across the highway from its main campus.
The state Board of Education gave the nod this week to a $3.5 million revision to WDTI's previously approved $9.5 million student-center project. The extra money would allow WDTI to add lab space and connect the existing Mickelson building to the new student center. That gets WDTI out of the Rushmore building, which is on the south side of the highway, and allows WDTI to be consolidated on a single campus on the north side of the road.
The WDTI project could be completed in July 2012, according to documents presented to the state board. That timeline would mesh with the forest-fire unit's need to be in different space in 2013.
Trivial pursuit? Goodwin backed Herseth early
Does this mean anything? The political money-tracking machine at www.opensecrets.org carried a post earlier this month regarding West Virginia's new U.S. senator, Carte Goodwin. Turns out he was an early supporter of another young Democrat, Stephanie Herseth of South Dakota.
Goodwin, now 36, gave $450 to Herseth's 2002 campaign for South Dakota's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He contributed $250 to her successful 2004 election — and nothing since then.
Each of their fortunes improved since then. Stephanie married former U.S. Rep. Max Sandlin of Texas, whose portfolio as a congressional lobbyist has blossomed, and they've been blessed with a son, Lars. Carte meanwhile was appointed this summer by West Virginia's Democratic governor, Joe Manchin, to their state's vacant seat in the U.S. Senate.
Goodwin replaces the late Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd. Making the Herseth contributions somewhat notable is that Goodwin's past political giving was limited to only a handful of candidates and the total was $2,700, according to the Center for Responsive Politics analysis of his past involvement in federal campaigns.
It appears his donations to Herseth's 2002 and 2004 races were his first in federal contests. He gave $500 to Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark in 2004 and $1,000 later that year to the Democrats' presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. John Kerry. He gave $250 to a Democratic congressional candidate in West Virginia in 2006 and $250 to a Democratic congressional candidate in New York in 2009.
Goodwin was Manchin's legal counsel for four years and previously worked in the Goodwin & Goodwin family law firm in Charleston, West Virginia. His wife, Rochelle, is state director for West Virginia U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, according to the opensecrets report, which also noted that Manchin is expected to eventually run for the Byrd seat.
Glenna's sweet little secret
Remember a few weeks ago when various Republican and Democratic bloggers were flaying South Dakota news organizations for not covering the Republican and Democratic state party conventions? Various ideas were suggested here, which only led to further flaying. Well, never one shy to be flayed yet again, here's another observation.
They should steal an idea from Glenna Fouberg. The retired Aberdeen teacher routinely bestows upon the other members of the state Board of Education (and any sweet-toothed audience members, including reporters) her homemade chocolate-on-a-pretzel treats. Always in season, today's version had butterflies of chocolate winging atop the pretzel.
Sometimes, you just gotta have fun.
Dave Kranz: Riding into a well-deserved sunset
The word circulating through South Dakota newspapering circles is that Dave Kranz, long-time reporter and former local editor for the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, will officially retire. His work has been absent from the paper for some months as he dealt with diabetes and other health issues, and his name no longer appears on the website under a listing of columnists. Argus Leader publisher Randell Beck made a formal announcement Monday of Dave's retirement set for this fall. A recognition event for Dave will be held within the newspaper for employees to share their appreciation of Dave on Sept. 24.
Two candidate deadlines to watch
Under South Dakota law, Aug. 3 is the last day this year for candidates in the November general election to withdraw nominating petitions. And Aug. 10 is the last day for party central committees to fill vacancies caused by those withdrawals.
Democrats have withdrawal vacancies so far in Senate District 4 against Republican Tim Begalka of Clear Lake; in House District 5 against Democrat of Watertown and two Republicans, incumbent Roger Solum of Watertown and Melissa Magstadt of Watertown; and in House District 35, where there's no Democratic candidate any more and one independent, Jay Pond of Rapid City, and two Republican incumbents, Mark Kirkeby of Rapid City and Don Kopp of Rapid City. Look for at least one more Democratic candidate to withdraw, Mary Ann Giebink of Sioux Falls, who was running for House in District 10 until her troubles with the law recently.
The Constitution Party had one of its few legislative candidates pull out in Senate District 12 of Sioux Falls against Democratic incumbent Sandy Jerstad and Republican Mark Johnston.
Obama's internal struggle over TransCanada
What's a U.S. president to do when one of his Cabinet agencies criticizes the work of another? That's the spot where President Barack Obama stands regarding the second crude-oil pipeline which TransCanada wants to build from Alberta through the central United States including South Dakota. The U.S. Department of State is overseeing the environmental impact statement process. The federal Environmental Protection Agency has identified what its reviewers see as shortcomings in the EIS work.
TransCanada has already received the necessary permit from the U.S. Secretary of State to pierce the U.S. border for its first pipeline known as Keystone. That permit was approved in 2008 under President George W. Bush's administration. The current EIS process under way is for the second pipeline, known as Keystone XL, which seeks its border permit from the Obama administration. The draft version of the enviornmental impact statement for the XL project was released by the State Department in April and the period for comments on whether the project is in the national interest has now been extended to a date unknown. Specifically, the comments will be taken for 90 days after the final EIS is issued and a date for issuance hasn't been announced by State.
The key point regarding the XL environmental review is that it was conducted under the Obama administration and is now under under criticism by the Obama administration. What this signals isn't clear. It could simply be EPA's watchdogs doing what they see as their legal and natural duty. It also could be the Obama administration's way of acknowledging the opposition to XL by the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Plains Justice and other affiliated groups, by slowing down the permit while still intending to issue the permit. It could be paying deference to U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California, who wants to stop XL. It could be that the Obama administration has decided to slow down XL in response to anti-oil sentiment stirred by the BP fiasco in the Gulf of Mexico. Or it could signal that the Obama administration plans to turn against Canada oil production, which is seen as a partial and more secure substitute for other sources of oil overseas.
I missed the resignation letter
Democratic gubernatorial candidate has taken to referring to the "Daugaard Administration" on his campaign web site. He means Lt. Gov. Dennis Daugaard, the Republican candidate for governor. The reference to Gov. Mike Rounds, who has five-plus months left in office, has been dropped completely. For quite a while, opponents referred to the Rounds-Daugaard administration. Evidently they've finally started paying attention to the polling that shows Rounds remains highly popular after seven-plus years in office. Unable to tar Daugaard with Rounds, Heidepriem now is simply shortcutting to the Daugaard administration.
Supreme Court rejects unions' appeal on ballot issue
The South Dakota Supreme Court today released its decision that state Attorney General Marty Jackley objectively described the proposed constitutional amendment stating, "The rights of individuals to vote by secret ballot is fundamental. If any state or federal law requires or permits an election for public office, for any initiative or referendum, or for any designation or authorization of employee representation, the right of any individual to vote by secret ballot shall be guaranteed."
The AFL-CIO went to state court to try to block Jackley's ballot explanation, which is made available to voters, and to get the entire measure, known as Constitutional Amendment K, thrown off the November ballot. Republican legislators put the pro-business measure on the ballot. The Supreme Court refused to answer the question of the amendment's constitutionality, saying that issue isn't ripe yet because it hasn't been enacted by voters.
State law charges the attorney general with the responsibility to write ballot-measure explanations. The amendment is aimed at pre-empting federal law that would take away businesses' right to have secret elections regarding unionization.


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Summer Real Estate Trends
Real estate trends in the summer months are as changeable as the weather. They can be hot, stormy or downright flat and cold. This summer, Canada's property market remains stable, leaning toward a buyer's market. This means there are more people looking to sell their properties than those willing or able to buy them. There is more choice for buyers with a flood of properties for sale this summer. But the real estate market, like most things, is always subject to change.
The global economy has inched forward slightly toward confidence but don't expect a real estate boom anytime soon. Globally, and more specifically here in Canada, caution is still in favour and that is probably best for everyone, even if that means it might take a little longer to sell your home.
The number of properties on the market so far this summer is quite high in most areas. We are not expecting to see much change as July leads into August. This means it will continue to be a buyer's market for the next few months, until inventory starts to take a dip, which is around the late fall.
Mortgage rates remain low but they will not stay there forever. They will inevitably go back up with interest rates. If having a lower mortgage rate is one of your deciding factors, now is the time to take advantage and to look at buying.
For sellers
The limited number of buyers out there right now means that the competition is strong if you want to sell your home. You will need to be creative with your marketing strategies — always ask your real estate agent what new ideas they have to entice buyers to your neighbourhood and house — and make sure your home is the best looking one on the street! A willing buyer is a precious resource so you have to make the outside and inside of your home look better, offer more improvements where necessary, and really work with your agent to make sure your property gets the offer ahead of your competition.
For buyers
You have plenty of choice this summer, so make sure you have a great real estate agent to guide and assist you when choosing the next property you will call home. Be sure to get your pre-approval in place before you start looking and bring your wish list to each home. Make note of all the things you like about the house, do not like and what improvements have to be done. Finally, have your potential new home inspected before you sign on the dotted line. You want to make sure you know as much about the new purchase as possible.
Different Canadian cities are still facing different strengths and weaknesses of the market. Whether it is city, suburban or rural living, you will want to talk to a real estate agent about how to make the most of the opportunities as a seller, or how best to compete as a buyer.
The overall message I want to share with you about real estate this summer is to not expect the unexpected. Yes, there has been flash floods and dramatic news stories across Canada, but for the most part property remains a stable and good investment.
Summer, as we all know, is fleeting. So whatever trends you might see for types of homes or values of homes on the market, we'll soon be into autumn and winter. Always look to the future because if you aren't buying or selling now, you might decide to later and that is the trend you need to look toward.


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The Belgian conductor Dirk Vermeulen enjoys an international reputation, due to his remarkable performances of 18th century and early romantic music. However, he is equally at home with early, baroque and contemporary music, having commissioned and performed many new works.
His strong personality and insistence on acquiring the highest standards, have gained him general acclaim. He was hailed by the press as "a great musician" and a "highly sensitive conductor."
After having finished studying violin and music theory at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels and at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, he started a brilliant career, touring throughout Europe and playing as a soloist with leading conductors. He was also a Concert Master of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders for several years.
In 1985 he decided to devote himself to a conducting career, studying with Julius Kalmar in Vienna. In 1991, he founded the Prima La Musica chamber orchestra, which was soon considered to be one of the leading Belgian ensembles. With this orchestra he has been invited twice at the Internationale Haydntage in Eisenstadt.
Dirk Vermeulen has been championed by Frans Brüggen and was invited by him to conduct the Orchestra of the 18th Century.
Dirk Vermeulen appeared as a guest conductor with orchestras in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and he has collaborated with many leading soloists such as Maria João Pires, José van Dam, Barbara Hendricks, Barbara Hannigan, Sabine Meyer, Janine Jansen and Isabelle Faust but also with jazz legends such as Toots Thielemans, Wayne Shorter and Diane Reeves.
He is a greatly appreciated opera conductor with much affinity for the operas of Mozart. He conducted 'Così fan Tutte' with the Krakow Opera and two different productions of 'The Magic Flute': with the Opera of Hagen (Germany) and with 'Opera Nova' from Bydgoszcz (Poland). He also conducted 15 performances of 'Zaide' with his orchestra Prima La Musica, touring through Holland. During the season 2012-2013 he has been leading two 'reprises': 'Cosi fan Tutte' and 'The Magic Flute'.
Recently he conducted two new opera productions: Glucks 'Orphée et Euridice' at l'Opéra de Rennes (France) and 'Le Nozze di Figaro' with Opera Zuid and Het Brabants Orkest (Eindhoven).
During the last two seasons, Dirk Vermeulen has been invited by the Wiener Concert Verein (Chamber Orchestra of the Wiener Symphoniker), The Symphony Orchestra of Murcia (Spain) and the Opera Orchestra's of Wuppertal and Dessau in Germany and he replaced Frans Brüggen on a tour in Italy, conducting the Orchestra of the 18th Century.
In August 2014 Dirk Vermeulen made his debut with the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra during the Festival of Saas Fee (Switzerland), resulting in a new invitation during the season 2014-2015. During this season he will be making his debut with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
His discography includes over 25 CD's on the labels EMI, Vanguard Classics, Discover, Eufoda, Et'cetera, Brilliant Classics. His most recent CD with four concertos by the Italian contemporary composer Raffaele Bellafronte and performed by the Wiener Concert Verein, was released on the Italian label Tactus.
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At the end of week seven we trekked to our satellite camp location aka "Man Camp" to further the area we could study. Whilst there we discovered an awesome waterfall and jumped quite literally at the oppurtunity to have a swim and a wash. Close by we also discovered many animal tracks including banteng, gaur and Sunbear, not to mention waking up the sound of several groups of gibbons establishing their territory! We shared our camp with some locals including a man called Pok Pai (sounding alot like Porkpie) and his crew of resin collectors. Seeing how they live in the forest without any comforts what so ever was fasinating and a real one off experience. They also offered us some local moonshine from a coconut which was interesting to say the least...
The final results from our camera traps were collected today; we were overjoyed to discover we had photos of a pair of Asiatic golden cats and a sunbear amongst many other species. None of us can believe how close to such AMAZING animals we are living, the most interesting neighbours no doubt any of us shall have! As the project draws to a close we all agree that we're very sad to be leaving our forest home and local rangers behind, however we are now looking forward to sampling the delights Cambodia has to offer!
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Shabbat Shalom and l'Chaim to Rabbi Apothaker and Marcie Golden
After 37 years leading Temple Beth Shalom, Rabbi Howard Apothaker quietly transitioned last Shabbat from Senior Rabbi to Rabbi Emeritus — in the company of 240 congregants who benefitted from his spiritual guidance and friendship during the their joys and sorrows. We join them in voicing best wishes to Marcie Golden and Rabbi Apothaker, who are active Foundation fundholders and strong planned giving advocates. May Beth Shalom's new Senior Rabbi Benjy Bar-Lev and Assistant Rabbi Lenette Herzog enjoy success walking in Rabbi Apothaker's footsteps, making Beth Shalom a hub of Jewish life that attracts and reaches out to meet the needs of future generations.


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We have just returned home after a one week stay in Ferme St Roche. Our family group comprised three generations, the youngest a baby of 7 months.
I can honestly say that the house worked perfectly for us and we had a wonderful time.
Many large holiday rental houses are situated in the country so you need to drive even to buy bread. Not so Ferme St Roche. The house feels quiet and secluded but is only minutes walk to shops, restaurants and Tourist Information if you need it.
The outside spaces were particularly appreciated by us. They were well thought out with seating on the terrace for pre dinner drinks, a large table where we ate most evenings and ample pool sun beds.
Table tennis and the pool table came in for a lot of use by the more energetic family members and the clean, heated swimming pool had most of us swimming everyday.
Last week in Provence was very warm and sunny and when we arrived the fair was in Robion. In addition to the usual rides there was music, dancing and performances which made it feel like a true village event.
Finally a word or two of praise for Sebastian who manages the house. He arranged for a cot, high chair and changing table to be in place on our arrival so the baby's needs were well taken care of. He was endlessly helpful and arrived within minutes when we had a small problem so many thanks to him also for the advice and treats which helped to make our holiday so memorable.
We stayed here for one week and loved this little gem of a property. Jean-Marie gave us a warm welcome and was exceptionally helpful in assisting us during our stay. The property was cosy and clean and exceeded our expectations. The peaceful pool and garden area are just lovely and we enjoyed every moment of our week spent here.


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I was about to post a thread apologising to Charlie for deserting him tonight when I found this news.
My reason ? I'm currently watching the wonderful BBC Cornwall streamed webcast of the Eden project concert. Right now Peter Gabriel and the devastatingly gorgeous all singing all dancing phenomenal talent of Angelique Kidjo are singing together. Its been a knockout performance from her.
I only found this by accident at 6.30. Luckily I caught the Youssou N'Dour set. He was fantastic - emphasising all the positives of Africa and the hope for a New Africa with the slogan 'open your markets to Africa'.
Coco Mbassi was so smooth n soulful.
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We just got back from vacation in Colorado where there was a lack of modern technology happening. To be honest I really didn't mind it as we were out enjoying mother nature and family (however, I can't wait to catch up to what I've missed on my favorite blogs). Hopefully I can make it up to you by sharing some great pictures that I took while driving through the mountains in Estes Park and taking in the changing colors.
Growing up we would spend countless weekends at my Great Grandma's cabin in Estes. We would make a trip to The Taffy Shop that first day to stock up on the best salt water taffy. You can still watch the taffy being made in the shop window.
This is the Stanley Hotel where the movie The Shining was filmed. I might have to figure out how to work this one into the house before Halloween ;)
Here is one with the aspen trees changing color.
We stayed with my in-laws who live on a few acres of land and I couldn't help but take some photos of their place. It was such a relaxing trip, and hopefully I get to see some leaves changing colors here at home soon!
The rare photo of the hubby and I since one of us is usually behind the lens. Have a great rest of your weekend, I will be unpacking ;)


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There's no doubt about it… Fanboys are generally very creative people. Past the obvious crafting effort necessary for convention costumes and cosplay, there is a large dedicated segment of fanboys that use their craft skills for all sorts of extraordinary knickknacks and doodads that any fan would love to own. Here are a few of my favorites from around the web… (with instructions where possible)
Ever since Tom Baker first wore one, the granddaddy of all fan craft projects became knitting (or begging grandma to knit) a Doctor Who scarf (instructions for the longest version from season 16)
Recently, a very dedicated gamer has been building Batarangs from Arkham Asylum. They're spring loaded, and pop out just like the ones in the game, and he was generous enough to share the build details online for the world to see.
From the second it was shown onscreen in Firefly, the hat Jayne's Mom sent him has become a popular knitting project to wear at cons. I went to a con recently that had an entire panel dedicated to making them.
Other great knitting projects that aren't really genre specific are knit DNA and Knit Flying Spaghetti monster. I know that the two of them together would make a wonderful fanboy science mobile for baby's crib….
Too much Knitting? then try making a paper bag into an Admiral Ackbar hand puppet! I know that this will probably be my next rainy day project for my kids, provided I can do it without screaming "IT'S A TRAP!" at them every five minutes, or having Lucasfilm sue me for it.
Who needs to take your kid to build-a-bear when you can just as easily make him a plush Adipose from Doctor Who?
The ultimate Doctor Who craft is probably to make your own TARDIS. I know that there's a large community of Brits dedicated to making TARDIS garden sheds, and one guy that took it a step further and built a TARDIS MAME console that folds out from the big blue box.
Another Fanboy modeling niche is people that build super detailed, life sized R2D2 robots. The amount of detail that goes into a replica of everyone's favorite walking trash can is simply amazing.
If potentially spending thousands of dollars on an astromech isn't an option for you, I would suggest these little Papercraft Huey, Dewey and Louie models from Silent Running. They're really impressive if you take your time with them, and are guaranteed to give you instant Fanboy street cred at your office. I know this because I had all three guarding my computer at one point. If the little robots seem too easy for you, check out the projects in the rest of the Papercraft gallery. (I think my next one may be that sweet NCC 1701.)
Case modding has become a wonderfully fanish art form in and of itself… but this PC that has been modified to look like Bender from Futurama definitely stands out in a crowd.
One thing you should do when trying to come up with a great fanboy craft project is think a little outside the box. Not all projects after all, require knitting or gluing skills… some just require a fresh coat of paint and a new perspective. Grilltendo is a great example of this, and I have to admit that I can't help but think about how awesome I would look flipping burgers for my friends on this thing labor day weekend.
Have you seen any fanboy crafts that amazed or astonished you? Comment below…


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BY CHUCK HUSTMYRE | BATON ROUGE, LA | August 31, 2008
Broadmoor United Methodist Church here has thrown open its doors to provide food and shelter to relief workers in advance of Hurricane Gustav, set to strike the Louisiana coast Monday.
Broadmoor United Methodist Church is part of a network of local churches that have coordinated with the Louisiana Conference of The United Methodist Church's disaster response program and the American Red Cross to house relief workers who have been flooding into Louisiana since Thursday, in advance of Gustav's expected landfall.
After the unprecedented devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Broadmoor UMC became a makeshift shelter for relief workers for some 70 days, but it didn't open its shelter until after the storm landed.
This time, things are a lot more organized, says Mike McEuen, Broadmoor UMC's disaster relief coordinator.
Thursday night, 80 workers spent the night on cots in the church auditorium. By Saturday, that number had grown to 200 workers and 20 Red Cross emergency response vehicles stationed in the church parking lot.
"We didn't have this opportunity last time," McEuen says. "The storm was here before we got the chance. This time it's different."
Since Katrina, the church has put together a written disaster response guide, outlining procedures, assignments, and contact information.
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Volume 35, Issue 8, August 2011, Pages 1229–1244
چکیده انگلیسی
This paper estimates a sticky price macro model with US macro and term structure data using Bayesian methods. The model is solved by a nonlinear method. The posterior distribution of the parameters in the model is found to be bi-modal. The degree of nominal rigidity is high at one mode ("sticky price mode") but is low at the other mode ("flexible price mode"). I find that the degree of nominal rigidity is important for identifying macro shocks that affect the yield curve. When prices are more flexible, a slowly varying inflation target of the central bank is the main driver of the overall level of the yield curve by changing long-run inflation expectations. In contrast, when prices are more sticky, a highly persistent markup shock is the main driver. The posterior probability of each mode is sensitive to the use of observed proxies for inflation expectations. Ignoring additional information from survey data on inflation expectations significantly reduces the posterior probability of the flexible price mode. Incorporating this additional information suggests that yield curve fluctuations can be better understood by focusing on the flexible price mode. Considering nonlinearities of the model solution also increases the posterior probability of the flexible price mode, although to a lesser degree than using survey data information.
مقدمه انگلیسی
Dynamic term structure models that use a few factors to explain changes in the shape of the entire yield curve are empirically successful.1 In these models, factors are typically extracted from a statistical decomposition of the yield curve. However, the economic interpretation of such statistical factors is not clear. Recent empirical studies on the macroeconomics of the term structure (e.g., Ang and Piazzesi, 2003, Bikbov and Chernov, 2010 and Diebold et al., 2006) show a close link between macroeconomic variables and bond prices. These studies augment statistical factors of the yield curve with macroeconomic variables. Despite the inclusion of macro variables, latent term structure factors without a clear economic interpretation still explain a significant portion of the variation of the yield curve. In this paper, I set up and estimate a New Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model to explain the joint fluctuations of macroeconomic variables and the yield curve. In the model, four different shocks drive economic fluctuations. They are shocks to technology, firms' price markups, the inflation target of the central bank, and a transitory monetary policy shock. I do not add latent term structure factors that are orthogonal to macro shocks and instead try to maximize the explanatory power of macro factors. By linking the estimates of shocks with empirical counterparts of latent term structure factors, I provide an economic interpretation of these purely statistical factors. In addition, the DSGE framework can shed light on the kind of endogenous amplification channels that can account for how these macro shocks drive yield curve fluctuations. Such an explanation is not possible to explore in factor models of the yield curve augmented with observed macro variables. This paper uses a second-order approximate solution in the estimation of the DSGE model. There are two reasons for this approach. First, Fernàndez-Villaverde et al. (2006), An (2005), and Amisano and Tristani (2007) show that there are noticeable differences in the likelihood and parameter estimates across first-order and second-order solutions. These differences are large when data are highly persistent. Bond yields have this property (see Fig. 1). Therefore, one can expect nonlinearities to be important in the estimation with yield curve data. Second, the first-order accurate solution of a DSGE model ignores terms which can contribute to term premia. I propose a method to analytically evaluate conditional expectations of no-arbitrage conditions for bond yields, based on the stochastic discount factor given by a second-order solution of the DSGE model. This approach differs from Hördahl et al. (2008), Ravenna and Seppälä (2006), and Rudebusch and Swanson (2008) who use various approximations for bond yields on top of a higher-order approximation to the macro solution.Three main findings are obtained from this study. First, the posterior distribution of the parameters in the model is found to be bi-modal. Posterior probability is much higher for the mode with a high degree of nominal rigidity ("sticky price mode") than the mode with a low degree of nominal rigidity ("flexible price mode"). However, the posterior probability of each mode is sensitive to the inclusion of observed proxies for inflation expectations from the survey of professional forecasters. Since the flexible price mode captures the time variation of survey data better than the sticky price mode, including this additional information substantially increases the posterior probability of the flexible price mode. Second, nominal rigidity is important in identifying the macro factors of the yield curve. When prices are more flexible, the low-frequency movements of inflation and the overall level of the yield curve are mostly driven by nominal disturbances. But if prices are sticky, real disturbances matter more. The degree of nominal rigidity also determines which shocks account for the slope of the yield curve. For instance, when nominal rigidity is low, markup shocks are the main drivers of the slope; whereas, when nominal rigidity is high, monetary policy shocks dominate. Third, the nonlinearities of the model solution are also important for assessing the posterior probability of each mode. Ignoring nonlinearities of inflation dynamics reduces the posterior probability of the flexible price mode, although to a lesser degree than using survey data information. This paper is related to the literature linking estimated macro shocks obtained from DSGE models with the yield curve. Evans and Marshall (2007) use empirical measures of macro shocks to identify economic determinants of the nominal treasury bond yields. They argue that the systematic component of monetary policy is important in linking macro shocks with the yield curve. This paper also finds the importance of the systematic response of the policy rate in describing the way macro shocks influence the yield curve. However, the way I identify macro shocks is different. In Evans and Marshall (2007), some shocks are obtained from using first-order conditions of a DSGE model at the calibrated parameter values, whereas other shocks are obtained from using identifying restrictions in structural vector autoregressions from other papers. Therefore, the internal consistency of these measures is not clear.2 In contrast, this paper imposes restrictions of a single DSGE model to identify all the macro shocks. Another closely related paper is Bekaert et al. (2010) who combine the log-linear solution of a stylized New Keynesian model with the log-normality of the approximate pricing kernel. Their interpretation that the time-varying inflation target of the central bank is the main factor that explains the parallel shifts in the yield curve is in line with this paper. However, their use of the log-linear solution of the macro model ignores the role of nonlinear terms in the model solution. More importantly, neither of these studies discusses the role of nominal rigidity in identifying macro shocks driving the yield curve, which is the main focus of this paper. Additional literature closely related to this paper explores term structure implications of New Keynesian DSGE models solved with nonlinear methods (Hördahl et al., 2008; Ravenna and Seppälä, 2006; Rudebusch and Swanson, 2008, etc.).3 After reviewing the results of various papers, Rudebusch and Swanson (2008) conclude that stylized New Keynesian models have a hard time matching the first and second moments of term premia without compromising macro implications. In line with this finding, the model-implied term premia of the DSGE model studied in this paper are too stable compared to what is obtained by a reduced-form benchmark model. The remainder of the paper is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the model economy and presents a second-order approximation to model's solution and proposes a new method to derive equilibrium bond yields based on the second-order approximation. Section 3 describes data and the econometric methodology. 4 and 5 discuss the estimation results, and Section 6 concludes.
نتیجه گیری انگلیسی
This paper estimates a small-scale New Keynesian model to identify macroeconomic sources of the yield curve. Unlike empirical factor models of the yield curve, this paper assumes that macro shocks in the DSGE model can explain the joint behavior of macro and term structure variables. I solve the macro model with a second-order approximation to equilibrium conditions and propose new closed-form solutions of bond prices given the second-order approximation to the macro model. This paper finds that the estimated degree of nominal rigidity is important for identifying macro factors driving yield curve fluctuations. When the estimated nominal rigidity is low, the inflation target of the central bank drives persistent movements of inflation and shifts the entire yield curve, while markup shocks affect mainly shorter-term maturities. Accordingly, the level of the yield curve is determined by the time-varying inflation target of the central bank and the slope of the yield curve is driven by markup shocks. In contrast, markup shocks become highly persistent and drive low-frequency movements of inflation and bond yields when the estimated nominal rigidity is high. The posterior distribution of parameters is bi-modal in terms of the degree of nominal rigidity. While the posterior mass of the sticky price mode is higher, survey data on inflation expectations seem to be more consistent with the flexible price mode. In fact, when I use survey data measures of inflation expectations in the estimation of the linear model, the posterior probability of the flexible price mode becomes much higher. Hence, a broad set of data support the flexible mode more than the sticky price mode. To a lesser degree than the inclusion of survey data information in the estimation, ignoring nonlinearities of the model solution also reduces the posterior probability of the flexible price mode. These findings indicate that incorporating additional information from observed proxies for inflation expectations and the nonlinearities of the model solution can be important for identifying macro shocks driving yield curve fluctuations.


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