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Princeton University junior Jackson Dobies experienced a summer of a lifetime last June after he was awarded a Martin A. Dale '53 Summer Award. Dobies rafted much of the length of the Mississippi River from north to south along with his older brother Justin, modeling the classic stories of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. This video gives a glance at the Dobies' journey.
Dobies, a classics major, was one of 12 sophomores selected to receive the $4,000 stipend to pursue an independent project not connected to academic coursework.
Growing up in Minnesota, Dobies and his family spent a lot of time outdoors and around water.
"We always were very adventurous, and we really liked the idea of Mark Twain stories about Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn," Dobies said. "My brother has always said that he was going to raft the Mississippi."
Dobies never thought that adventure would be a reality until he received an email from the Whitman College office about the Dale award.
"It sounded like they had written it to me to do this trip," Dobies said. "It was like, 'if you are looking for an adventurous thing to do for a summer that could be like artistic in some way and sort of fulfill a lifelong dream, submit a proposal and get funding for it.'"
Dobies jumped into all of the necessary research to submit a proposal for a project of this magnitude. He knew that certain safety and legal precautions had to be met, such as Coast Guard approval, fishing licenses and research on past rafting trips made by others. He also created a list of literary classics — including "This Side of Paradise" by 1917 Princeton alumnus F. Scott Fitzgerald, "All the Pretty Horses" by Cormac McCarthy, "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren, "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger, and Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" — to read along the way.
As soon as the summer started, the Dobies brothers purchased a used pontoon boat and, along with family and friends, reconstructed it for the trip. Justin Dobies, who is currently living in Brooklyn and pursuing an acting career, had just graduated from Yale University.
"It became this community thing where pretty much all of our old family friends, all my high school friends, they all came over to our house every couple days and we would just work on getting the boat ready to go," Jackson Dobies said.
After a test run on a lake, the brothers began their journey down the river at Hidden Falls Park in St. Paul, Minn. One of their first mishaps involved their motor catching on fire six days into the trip. They did some fundraising and received additional University funds to replace the motor and continue their trip.
Along the way, they met many people who were more than willing to help them. Dobies recalled one woman who had a positive impact on their trip — Nadine Leo, a jewelry artist originally from Morocco — who helped them buy groceries and invited them over to dinner while they waited for their new motor in Alma, Wis. Dobies said that Leo felt like a grandmother figure to them and was the "pinnacle of characters" that they met along the river.
The brothers were on the water for 10 to 14 hours a day, during a very hot and dry summer.
"We'd wake up by about five in the morning and then get on the river and just go all day," Dobies said. "We'd take turns driving about every hour. ... If it was mealtime, we would make coffee and breakfast or little cold-cut sandwiches for lunch."
He also learned to play guitar, and he spent many hours reading.
"I read through a lot of great American classics, which was part of the proposal — to be reading this great American literature while having this uniquely American experience," Dobies said.
When the Dobies reached New Orleans, they felt overcome with satisfaction. From their starting point in Minnesota to their destination point at Seabrook Marine in New Orleans, the brothers rafted more than 1,710 of the river's 2,350 miles. The journey took 48 days from start to finish.
"I'm so thankful to go to a place like Princeton that afforded this opportunity to me," Dobies said. "It really was a life-altering experience. It was just something that gives me incredible perspective. That's just amazing that Princeton was able to do that for me. And so I'm so thankful to the University that they do stuff like this for students."


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Monday, December 15, 2008
Stalking the Mighty Alaskan Spruce
We're not known for the beauty of our trees, when tourists show up to rave about the scenery they'll usually leave out the embarrassing part about our trees being all mangy.
Which means that there's not really any danger of hordes of enthusiastic Christmas tree harvesters deforesting the hills around Anchorage. Our trees are an acquired taste I guess you'd say.
But ugly or not that's how we've got our trees every year since--oh gosh . . . 1949?? In fact to even suggest getting a store-bought tree or artificial tree would be blasphemy so last Monday we put the kids in the car for our annual Christmas tree hunt. Yes, they get to skip school. Report me, I dare you.
Good hunters require sustenance so we always go out to breakfast first though to call the meal we ate a mere "breakfast" is a bit of an understatement. When the waitress set our six meals in front of us they included a 17-pound omelet, 19 orders of hash browns, 42 pancakes, three dozen scrambled eggs, four pounds of bacon, a half-dozen quarts of orange juice, three loaves of bread and two pounds of butter. Oh, and two tiny little packets of jam. Give or take.
In fact when Andrew received his order of chicken fried steak--and here I should interrupt to say that he orders this item every single year, mostly in rebellion against the fact that I'd never let that much cholesterol in my kitchen at home. I think IHOP lists it on the menu as "myocardial infarction on a plate"--I made Andrew put his hand next to the plate just to give you the proper proportions for the vulgarity we're talking about. You notice that the pile of eggs and the slab o' meat are so big there wasn't any room for the hash browns which had to included on a plate of their own? And that didn't include the four pieces of toast.
The funny part was that 20 minutes later it was all gone--EVERY BIT. Seriously, the only thing remaining was the crust of toast you see on David's plate and half a packet of strawberry jam.
Which kind of makes you wonder why they bothered to stop at that last half a packet--I mean if you've crammed the equivalent of three entire pigs worth of breakfast meat into your stomach why stop at that last quarter teaspoon of jam? Why not just go for broke because, shoot, you never know when that next meal will be.
I found the whole thing rather mesmerizing as I watched then put away the chow but in one of life's cruel ironies even though I only ate a third of my food and gave the rest up to them and their gluttony who got sick to their stomach in the car once we left? Well, I'd rather not say. But let's just say life really isn't fair sometimes.
Once on the road it was an 80s tune revival as we forced the kids to listen to quality music:
Turning Japanese I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so . . .
(ba da bump bump bump bump ba dum)
as we headed south along the inlet. By the time we'd made it through our crash course in Van Halen, Journey and Run DMC the kids really didn't care which tree we picked so long as they could get out of the car and away from our tunes.
Here you see Andrew collapsed by the side of the road trying to get the tree they'd cut over the snow berm and onto the car--apparently it was rather slippery and they had a hard time getting a foothold. At least that was his excuse, I rather suspect it was the gallon o' gravy sitting in his gut that was increasing the earth's gravitational pull on his stomach.
But at any rate, they found the tree while I was inside the car praying for death from whatever had attacked my intestines.
But at any rate we got a great tree--probably the best ever--with a nice shape and lots of gracefully full branches. In the Alaskan sense of the word. The only blemish was that it had two tops. At first glance we were disturbed at the mutation--who wants a tree with antennae?--but then we kind of grew to like it to the point that we said, "Who says a Christmas tree has to only have ONE top? Why not two? Two is still symmetrical and can be beautiful in its own way right?"
The hardest part was deciding which of the two tops got to wear the star. Hmmmm. . .
If you're in the area and would like to try this yourself, we went south for about an hour down just past Bertha Creek where it's legal to cut down an evergreen outside of the Chugach National Forest area. That means if you go down south towards Johnson Pass or Granite Creek/Bertha Creek then you can cut there. They like you to go back from the road a bit--say a 150 yards--and you can only get one but it's free and you don't need a permit.
Of course getting a monster breakfast big enough to feed half of South America? That's going to cost you extra.
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33 comments:
- illahee said...
chicken fried steak?!? *drool*
(sorry, YES, that's all i got out of your post. *drool*) - 1:31 AM
- Jeana said...
You know, of course, that if you ever move to Texas you will have to beg forgiveness for the blasphemy you just spoke of the greatness that is the Chicken Fried Steak. Andrew, of course, will be held in high honor. He will be given a belt buckle as big as that steak and people will lower their heads when they see him, in awe and respect.
- Jolanthe said...
that chicken fried steak is disturbingly huge.
That whole day sounds like a RIOT!!!! I can't wait to introduce my kids to 80's music!
- Omah's Helping Hands said...
I miss going out and looking for a tree to cut down. We have become citified. :( I'd rather have a not so perfect tree from Alaska than a fake tree. The closest we come to going out for a tree is our daughter still wants a real tree, so we go out to a lot and buy one.
At least your family still has that great outing! Sounds like you all have fun...well except for the intestines being loaded. LOL ;) - 5:03 AM
Sorry that you got sick but I truly feel your pain as today I am in bed with a sick stomach. I am always the one to get sick anytime, ANYTIME we go out to eat. My husband thinks, depending on the day, that it's funny/annoying.
What a fun tradition! And that is one big breakfast, I tell you!
- Outnumbered2to1 said...
Okay, now I know where Charlie Brown lives. I knew I recognized the tree in your picture. I'm kidding, I think your tree looks beautiful.
I kept my kids home from school so we could go sledding and make Christmas Cookies. I so would NOT be reporting you! - 6:55 AM
- Inkling said...
I personally love your tree and can say that my husband would be jealous if he saw the picture.
It was our year to go hunt for one in the woods, but he wouldn't let us go into the mountains to get one since he was afraid I'd go into labor four weeks early. Bummer.
So we gathered our coins and a few dollars and went to the tree farm where we went last year and found their prices had practically doubled. Paying $50 or more for a dead tree seems like a bit much. (Plus then how would be afford chicken fried steak?) We inquired about the Charlie Brown section where we'd heard they stashed $15 trees, and came home with a gorgeous specimen Charlie would be proud of owning. It too has a second top kind of thing - sort of like a John Travolta staying alive pose. The only downsides are the sharp needles that could be used for sewing leather (we didn't discover that little issue until we got home and took off our mittens), and the multitude of tiny green bugs I had to vacuum up on the ceiling. I think they call it a Grand Fir or something. Personally, we think it is related to the cactus family, a disco dancing cactus family. - 6:55 AM
- Rachel said...
That tree is definitely unique! But who wants the same thing every year right? And the fact that you go out as a family every year to get them makes each tree all the more special!
- Heather said...
Two tops! You definitely have a unique tree. This one looks less gangly than last year's.
- Gateway School and Learning Center said...
We're from Anchorage and we usually go out to a moose browse in the Mat-Su Valley for our tree. There is something so wonderful about the drive, the hike, choosing "just" the right one, dragging it back to the van, etc. Instead of going out for breakfast, we end our day at the Lucky Wishbone or we find some good Mexican. This year we actually cut down a tree in our yard that had grown up in front of our veggie garden. It is a beautiful specimen, lots of room for ornaments.
- jubilee said...
But the memories: priceless.
I think it's cool that you have a tradition like this. The Calm One just informed me that next year will be our "real" tree year. Now that we have our own house and won't be breaking any of those fuddy-duddy lease rules while in a rental. - 8:49 AM
You made me laugh so hard I coughed up cheerios all over my keyboard. "Gallon-a-gravy"? Andrew must be related to my idahoan uncles... who could give any texan a run for their money at the diner.
- Melissa said...
I was thinking something about the tree was a little "off". Yes, it was the second top. Now that I know, it looks charming and not at all "off". :)
- Unknown said...
That is so funny. I remember one year Melanie came to visit my house for Thanksgiving, and the day after we went to a local farm to cut a tree (the Willamette valley is one of the world's largest exporters of Christmas trees) and I remember her commenting that the trees were a little too groomed and perfect looking . . . That is such a fun family tradition to go out in the forest though. Thanks for sharing!
If you think an Alaska tree is funky, try getting one from southern Nevada! Our Saturday played out much the same as yours, minus the snow. You'd also need to swap the Run DMC for a cover of War Pigs by Cake.
Ha! - 11:20 AM
- jean said...
It's not bad enough that you have snow there but you let your kids cut school for the day??!! It's just not fair. And to add insult to injury you got to go to IHOP. I'm going to be very whiney for the rest of the day, I hope you're happy now.
- 37 Questions said...
I think we're going to have to cut our own tree next year. The kids'll be 2.5 then, and would probably get a kick out of it. This year, no tree - two 18 month olds is enough without adding in the constant worry about tree scaling....
- all over the map said...
hope your tummy recovered nicely. i love breakfast but those meals put me in a coma afterward.i've had my share of biggie breakkies. i guess the key is to eat a small portion. although i'm guessing andrew was having none of that. ha ha!
- all over the map said...
and as I was so distracted with all that food I forgot to say that the whole cutting down your own tree experience is wonderful. given that an intestine-challenged mum isn't braving the aftermath of brekkie.
the tree is really nice and i like the double top. oh the smell of a real tree. - 2:01 PM
- Sarah said...
You didn't happen to stop by Toys R Us on the way home and puke on the floor next to one of the toilets did you? Because I stepped in it.
- luckyzmom said...
My husband would have loved that meal also! Are they trying to kill themselves?
- Unknown said...
good greif...isn't that something Charlie Brown would say?
- Jill in MA said...
OMG, this post gave me a great belly laugh! You are an awesome story-teller! (And I think your tree is beautiful!)
- Flea said...
I love your two-headed monster! Er, tree. Put something else on its other head to keep it warm. Like an angel or a Santa. And get better!
- Blessed said...
I like your tree! Our most interesting tree was the year we used a branch from a huge pine tree that blew down in our backyard when we lived in Louisiana - It's one we never forgot, but you sure could see all the ornaments good! :)
- Ice Cream said...
LOVE the mutant tree. But I really think you need another star for the second top. Or maybe an angel.
- Mimi said...
i always thought that song was "dirty japaneese-ah, dirty japaneese-ah, i don't think so." thanks for setting me straight....
LOL! Everything about this post had me rolling on the floor. ;-)
We cut down our own tree each year, too. I think it's a mandatory rule if you live anywhere north of Wichita, Kansas. But I don't think we've ever had an adventure quite like yours.
The breakfast?! Getting sick?! Two tree tops?! That's good stuff! (well, not the getting sick part) - 2:19 PM
- Daisy said...
Yowza. IHOP. We go there a few times a year. That's more than enough for me. We ask every time, but they still haven't come up with a Braille menu for Amigo. Most national chains have one.
- AlaneM said...
I love the kid torture by 80's music - the best decade lives on!!
- Nicole said...
This is so fun! You've gotta see our Tree too.! We've got a Mighty Alaskan alright. I have yet to blog it..soon! lol!


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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight is out of a job, his former employer said Sunday...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with slapping a toddler on a Minneapolis-to-Atlanta flight is out of a job, his former employer said Sunday.
Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, of Hayden, Idaho, is no longer an employee of AGC Aerospace and Defense, Composites Group, Daniel Keeney of DPK Public Relations confirmed Sunday night.
Al Haase, president and CEO of AGC, issued a statement early Sunday that, while not referring to Hundley by name, called reports of behavior by one of its executives on recent personal travel "offensive and disturbing" and said he "is no longer employed with the company." Keeney would not say whether Hundley was fired or resigned. Hundley was president of AGC's Unitech Composites and Structures unit.
Hundley was charged last week in federal court in Atlanta with simple assault for allegedly slapping the 2-year-old boy during the Feb. 8 flight. His attorney, Marcia Shein, of Decatur, Ga., said Saturday that Hundley will plead not guilty. The charge carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail.
Shein did not immediately returned messages seeking comment left Sunday evening by The Associated Press. Hundley does not have a listed phone number.
The boy's mother, Jessica Bennett, 33, told the FBI their flight was on final descent into Atlanta when her 19-month-old son started to cry due to the altitude change. Hundley "told her to shut that (N-word) baby up," FBI special agent Daron Cheney said in a sworn statement. She said Hundley then slapped him in the face, scratching the boy below his right eye and causing him to scream even louder.
Bennett told Twin Cities television stations on Saturday that the incident has caused her family a great deal of trauma and that her son, Jonah, had been outgoing but had turned apprehensive of strangers.
Hundley became increasingly obnoxious and appeared intoxicated during the flight and complained that her son was too big to sit on her lap, she said.
"He reeked of alcohol," Bennett told KARE-TV. "He was belligerent, and I was uncomfortable."
Bennett said she was shocked by the racial slur she says Hundley used when Jonah started crying.
"And I said, 'What did you say?' because I couldn't believe that he would say that," she told WCCO-TV. "He fell onto my face and his mouth was in my ear and he said it again but even more hateful. And he's on my face, so I pushed him away."
Bennett and her husband are white, while Jonah, whom they adopted, is black.
"We wish to emphasize that the behavior that has been described is contradictory to our values, embarrassing and does not in any way reflect the patriotic character of the men and women of diverse backgrounds who work tirelessly in our business," Haase said in his statement.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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Princeton University has named eight new members of its Board of Trustees, and Kathryn Hall will assume leadership of the board as chair of the executive committee.
The new trustees are: A. Scott Berg and Meg Whitman, who were elected by the board to serve for 10 years as charter trustees; Carl Ferenbach III, Charles Gibson and Philip Hammarskjold, who were elected by the board to serve for four years as term trustees; Pyper Davis and Min Zhu, who were elected by alumni to serve four years as alumni trustees; and Aku Ammah-Tagoe, who was elected by the junior, senior and two youngest alumni classes to serve four years as young alumni trustee.
Hall will succeed Stephen Oxman as chair of the executive committee, a role he has held since 2005. Oxman will remain on the board through June 2012.
The new appointments all are effective July 1. Biographical information about the new trustees follows:
Ammah-Tagoe, of Silver Spring, Md., graduated this year with a degree in English. She served as a head writing fellow at the Princeton Writing Center and as a residential college adviser in Forbes College. She also was a senior news producer and staff reporter for WPRB, the student radio station. Next year Ammah-Tagoe will be a teaching fellow in English at Phillips Academy Andover, and would later like to pursue a Ph.D. in English and possibly a career in journalism.
Berg, of Los Angeles, is a noted biographer who won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1998 book "Lindbergh," about aviator Charles Lindbergh. He also is the author of "Goldwyn: A Biography," about film mogul Samuel Goldwyn, and "Max Perkins: Editor of Genius," a biography of the renowned book editor that grew out of Berg's Princeton thesis and went on to win the National Book Award. He graduated in 1971 with a degree in English. He previously served as an alumni trustee from 1999 to 2003.
Davis, of Bethesda, Md., is a member and former president of Princeton's class of 1987 who earned an A.B. in East Asian studies. She is chief operating officer of the SEED Foundation, a national nonprofit that establishes and oversees urban public boarding schools to prepare students from underserved communities for success in college and beyond. Davis previously worked as an executive with News Corp. and Katalyst LLC, a boutique consulting and venture capital firm. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ferenbach, of Boston, is a co-founder and managing director of Berkshire Partners, a private equity firm. He graduated from Princeton in 1964 with a degree in classics and holds an MBA from Harvard. He and his wife Judy are co-founders of the High Meadows Foundation, which has supported numerous research, education and civic engagement projects at Princeton related to environmental sustainability. He also is chair of the Environmental Defense Fund. Ferenbach previously served as a term trustee of the University from 2006 to 2010.
Gibson, of New York, is an award-winning television journalist who was anchor of "World News" and co-anchor of "Good Morning America," both on ABC. In his more than 40 years in broadcast journalism, Gibson reported from around the country and the world, including interviews with several American presidents and world leaders. A 1965 Princeton graduate with a degree in history, Gibson was a term trustee of the University from 2006 to 2010.
Hammarskjold, of Atherton, Calif., is CEO of Hellman & Friedman, a private equity investment firm with offices in San Francisco, London and New York. He graduated from Princeton in 1987 with a degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering, and also holds an MBA from Harvard. Hammarskjold has served as a member of the Princeton University Investment Co. (PRINCO) board and will become its chair July 1.
Whitman, of Atherton, Calif., spent 10 years as the CEO of eBay Inc. and was a gubernatorial candidate in California in 2010. She earned her bachelor's degree in economics at Princeton in 1977 and received an MBA from Harvard. Whitman previously served as a term trustee at Princeton from 2000 to 2004. She has been a generous donor to the University, supporting the construction of Whitman College -- Princeton's sixth residential college, which opened in 2007 -- as well as various teaching and athletics initiatives.
Zhu, of Potomac, Md., earned a master's in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1988. He is special adviser to the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, working to promote sustainable economic growth and financial stability. He previously was deputy governor of the People's Bank of China. Zhu established the Princeton Alumni Association of Beijing and is a member of the Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton. A graduate of Fudan University in his native China, he holds a Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University.
Board leadership changes
Hall, the incoming executive committee chair, is the CEO and chief investment officer of Hall Capital Partners LLC, a San Francisco-based investment management firm that she founded in 1994. She earned an A.B. in economics from Princeton in 1980. Hall, who will be the first woman to serve as chair of the executive committee, was elected a charter trustee in 2007 and currently is the PRINCO board chair, a role she will relinquish in July. She previously served as a University term trustee from 2002 to 2006.
Joining Hall as new members of the board leadership are Brent Henry, who will become vice chair, and Robert Murley, who will become clerk. Henry, who graduated from Princeton in 1969 with an A.B. from the Wilson School, was one of Princeton's first young alumni trustees and is a former president of the Alumni Association. Murley, who earned his A.B. in politics from Princeton in 1972, is co-chair of "Aspire: A Plan for Princeton," the University's five-year campaign to raise $1.75 billion.
In addition to the executive committee, five other trustee committees will have new chairs beginning July 1: academic affairs (John Diekman); grounds and buildings (Gibson); student life, health and athletics (Crystal Nix Hines); University resources (Nancy Peretsman); and alumni affairs (David Offensend). The committees with continuing chairs are finance (Heidi Miller); audit and compliance (Louise Sams); public affairs (Katherine Bradley); and honorary degrees (President Shirley M. Tilghman).
Completing their terms as trustees on June 30 are Dennis Brownlee, Janet Holmgren, Karen Magee, Frank Moss, Sonia Sotomayor, William Walton, Peter Wendell and James Williamson.
The 40-member Board of Trustees is responsible for the overall direction of the University. It approves the operating and capital budgets, supervises the investment of the University's endowment and oversees campus real estate and long-range physical planning. The trustees also exercise review and oversight of changes in major policies, such as those involving admission and financial aid.


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International leaders in the fields of philosophy and history, public health, neuroscience and biophysics, and Eastern European history and politics will visit Princeton for terms starting in the academic years 2012-13 and 2013-14 in the University's Global Scholars Program.
The program, overseen by the Council for International Teaching and Research, brings some of the world's top scholars to Princeton to teach, conduct research, participate in workshops and give public presentations. A key goal of the program is to build ties between Princeton and other leading academic institutions around the world for opportunities such as research collaboration and faculty and student exchanges.
The three Global Scholars named for 2012-13 are: Adam Michnik, hosted by the Department of History, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Contemporary European Politics and Society; Dominik Perler, hosted by the departments of philosophy and religion, and the Program in Medieval Studies; and Tung Global Scholar Tong Zhu, hosted by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Wilson School and the Princeton Environmental Institute. In addition, Rava Azeredo de Silveira has been named a Global Scholar for 2013-14, hosted by the Princeton Neuroscience Institute.
One other 2012-13 Global Scholar was previously announced: Donnacha Dennehy, hosted by the Department of Music. In total, 15 Global Scholars have been named since the program's inception.
The following is more information on the newly appointed Global Scholars:
Michnik, editor-in-chief of Poland's largest newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza, is one of Eastern Europe's most prominent political thinkers. He is a historian, essayist and former dissident, and he played a role in the country's democratic transition as he was elected a member of Parliament in 1989. He also was a visiting professor at Princeton in 2005-06. This year at Princeton, Michnik will co-teach a course on the communist era and transition to democratic politics in Central Europe. He will also give a public lecture on the future of the European Union and participate in events sponsored by the European politics and society program and the Wilson School.
Perler, a professor of philosophy at Humboldt University in Berlin, is a distinguished historian of medieval and early-modern thought. He is a prolific writer and editor who has published in English and German. At Princeton, Perler will work across humanities departments to expand international collaboration. He will advance the joint humanities graduate program with Humboldt University and expand ties to include the religion department and medieval studies program.
Zhu, the Cheung Kong Chair Professor in the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at Peking University, is a global leader in research on air pollution's impact on public health and on mitigation strategies. He directs the university's Center for Environment and Health, serves as the principal investigator for more than 20 research projects and has published extensively. At Princeton, Zhu will teach and conduct research on impacts of air pollution on health in China and effects on climate through the Wilson School's Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy; and he will work to expand global research in the civil and environmental engineering department and Princeton Environmental Institute. He will also strengthen international links to China by hosting Princeton students in Beijing during field research trips and by coordinating further collaboration.
Azeredo da Silveira, a faculty member in the physics department at École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris and a researcher at Centre National de le Recherche Scientifique, is a leading figure in theoretical neuroscience and the modeling of complex systems. Last year, he was the Princeton Neuroscience Institute's first C.V. Starr Visiting Fellow, collaborating on research with faculty and students and supervising student exchanges between Princeton and ENS. He will deepen these relationships and expand opportunities for student exchanges when he returns in 2013-14.


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DOUGLAS, Ga., Aug. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- AT&T* has turned on the nation's most reliable 4G LTE network** in Douglas, bringing customers the latest generation of wireless network technology. Watch here to see several of the benefits AT&T 4G LTE provides, including:
- Faster speeds. LTE technology is capable of delivering mobile Internet speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G***. Customers can stream, download, upload and game faster than ever before.
- Reliability. AT&T has the nation's most reliable 4G LTE network.
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"We continue to see demand for mobile Internet skyrocket, and our 4G LTE network in Douglas responds to what customers want from their mobile experience — more, faster, reliably, on the best devices," said Gary Sanchez, AT&T Regional Director of External Affairs.
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This expansion is part of AT&T's Project Velocity IP (VIP), a three-year investment plan announced in Fall 2012 to expand and enhance its IP broadband networks. Through this investment, AT&T is supporting its customers' growing desire for high-speed Internet access and new mobile, app and cloud-based services. As part of Project VIP, AT&T plans to add macro cell sites nationwide by year-end 2015, as well as deploy small cells and add Distributed Antenna Systems to increase the density of its wireless network.
AT&T's innovation and investment have resulted in a nationwide 4G network with ultra-fast speeds and a consistent user experience. AT&T's focus to deliver the best possible mobile Internet experience goes beyond 4G to embrace additional connection technologies. AT&T operates more than 34,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots at popular restaurants, hotels, bookstores and retailers, and provides access to more than 1 million globally through roaming agreements. Most AT&T smartphone customers get access to our entire national Wi-Fi network at no additional cost, and Wi-Fi usage doesn't count against customers' monthly wireless data plans. ****
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Over the past six years (2008 to 2013), AT&T invested more than $140 billion into its wireless and wireline networks, when you combine capital investment and acquisitions of spectrum and wireless operations. Since 2008, AT&T has invested more capital into the U.S. economy than any other public company. In a September 2013 report, the Progressive Policy Institute ranked AT&T No. 1 on its list of U.S. "Investment Heroes."
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Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and concur in the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 2121) to make available funds under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to expand democracy, good governance, and anti-corruption programs in the Russian Federation in order to promote and strengthen democratic government and civil society in that country and to support independent media.
The Clerk read as follows:
Senate amendments:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
This Act may be cited as the "Russian Democracy Act of 2002".
(a) FINDINGS.–Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the leadership of the Russian Federation has publicly committed itself to building–
(A) a society with democratic political institutions and practices, the observance of universally recognized standards of human rights, and religious and press freedom; and
(B) a market economy based on internationally accepted principles of transparency, accountability, and the rule of law.
(2) In order to facilitate this transition, the international community has provided multilateral and bilateral technical assistance, and the United States' contribution to these efforts has played an important role in developing new institutions built on democratic and liberal economic foundations and the rule of law.
(3)(A) Since 1992, United States Government democratic reform programs and public diplomacy programs, including training, and small grants have provided access to and training in the use of the Internet, brought nearly 40,000 Russian citizens to the United States, and have led to the establishment of more than 65,000 nongovernmental organizations, thousands of independent local media outlets, despite governmental opposition, and numerous political parties.
(B) These efforts contributed to the substantially free and fair Russian parliamentary elections in 1995 and 1999.
(4) The United States has assisted Russian efforts to replace its centrally planned, state-controlled economy with a market economy and helped create institutions and infrastructure for a market economy. Approximately two-thirds of the Russian Federation's gross domestic product is now generated by the private sector, and the United States recognized Russia as a market economy on June 7, 2002.
(5)(A) The United States has fostered grassroots entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation by focusing United States economic assistance on small- and medium-sized businesses and by providing training, consulting services, and small loans to more than 250,000 Russian entrepreneurs.
(B) There are now more than 900,000 small businesses in the Russian Federation, producing 12 to 15 percent, depending on the estimate, of the gross domestic product of the Russian Federation.
(C) United States-funded programs have contributed to fighting corruption and financial crime, such as money laundering, by helping to–
(i) establish a commercial legal infrastructure;
(ii) develop an independent judiciary;
(iii) support the drafting of a new criminal code, civil code, and bankruptcy law;
(iv) develop a legal and regulatory framework for the Russian Federation's equivalent of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission; (v) support Russian law schools; (vi) create legal aid clinics; and (vii) bolster law-related activities of nongovernmental organizations.
(6) Because the capability of Russian democratic forces and the civil society to organize and defend democratic gains without international support is uncertain, and because the gradual integration of the Russian Federation into the global order of free-market, democratic nations would enhance Russian cooperation with the United States on a wide range of political, economic, and security issues, the success of democracy in Russia is in the national security interest of the United States, and the United States Government should develop a far-reaching and flexible strategy aimed at strengthening Russian society's support for democracy and a market economy, particularly by enhancing Russian democratic institutions and education, promoting the rule of law, and supporting Russia's independent media.
(7) Since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the Russian Federation has stood with the United States and the rest of the civilized world in the struggle against terrorism and has cooperated in the war in Afghanistan by sharing intelligence and through other means.
(8) United States-Russia relations have improved, leading to a successful summit between President Bush and President Putin in May 2002, resulting in a "Foundation for Cooperation".
(b) PURPOSES.–The purposes of this Act are–
(1) to strengthen and advance institutions of democratic government and of free and independent media, and to sustain the development of an independent civil society in the Russian Federation based on religious and ethnic tolerance, internationally recognized human rights, and an internationally recognized rule of law; and
(2) to focus United States foreign assistance programs on using local expertise and to give local organizations a greater role in designing and implementing such programs, while maintaining appropriate oversight and monitoring.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.–It is the sense of Congress that the United States Government should–
(1) recognize that a democratic and economically stable Russian Federation is inherently less confrontational and destabilizing in its foreign policy and therefore that the promotion of democracy in Russia is in the national security interests of the United States; and
(2) continue and increase assistance to the democratic forces in the Russian Federation, including the independent media, regional administrations, democratic political parties, and nongovernmental organizations.
(b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.–It shall be the policy of the United States–
(1) to facilitate Russia's integration into the Western community of nations, including supporting the establishment of a stable democracy and a market economy within the framework of the rule of law and respect for individual rights, including Russia's membership in the appropriate international institutions;
(2) to engage the Government of the Russian Federation and Russian society in order to strengthen democratic reform and institutions, and to promote transparency and good governance in all aspects of society, including fair and honest business practices, accessible and open legal systems, freedom of religion, and respect for human rights;
(3) to advance a dialogue among United States Government officials, private sector individuals, and representatives of the Government of the Russian Federation regarding Russia's integration into the Western community of nations;
(4) to encourage United States Government officials and private sector individuals to meet regularly with democratic activists, human rights activists, representatives of the independent media, representatives of nongovernmental organizations, civic organizers, church officials, and reform-minded politicians from Moscow and all other regions of the Russian Federation;
(5) to incorporate democratic reforms, the promotion of independent media, and economic reforms in a broader United States dialogue with the Government of the Russian Federation;
(6) to encourage the Government of the Russian Federation to address, in a cooperative and transparent manner consistent with internationally recognized and accepted principles, cross-border issues, including the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, environmental degradation, crime, trafficking, and corruption;
(7) to consult with the Government of the Russian Federation and the Russian Parliament on the adoption of economic and social reforms necessary to sustain Russian economic growth and to ensure Russia's transition to a fully functioning market economy and membership in the World Trade Organization;
(8) to persuade the Government of the Russian Federation to honor its commitments made to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) at the November 1999 Istanbul Conference, and to conduct a genuine good neighbor policy toward the other independent states of the former Soviet Union in the spirit of internationally accepted principles of regional cooperation; and
(9) to encourage the G-8 partners and international financial institutions, including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, to develop financial safeguards and transparency practices in lending to the Russian Federation.
(a) IN GENERAL.–
(1) DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW.–Section 498(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295(2)) is amended–
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking "DEMOCRACY" and inserting "DEMOCRACY AND RULE OF LAW";
(B) by striking subparagraphs (E) and (G);
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (I);
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
"(E) development and support of grass-roots and nongovernmental organizations promoting democracy, the rule of law, transparency, and accountability in the political process, including grants in small amounts to such organizations;
'`(F) international exchanges and other forms of public diplomacy to promote greater understanding on how democracy, the public policy process, market institutions, and an independent judiciary function in Western societies;
"(G) political parties and coalitions committed to promoting democracy, human rights, and economic reforms;
"(H) support for civic organizations committed to promoting human rights;"; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
"(J) strengthened administration of justice through programs and activities carried out in accordance with section 498B(e), including– "(i) support for nongovernmental organizations, civic organizations, and political parties that favor a strong and independent judiciary; "(ii) support for local organizations that work with judges and law enforcement officials in efforts to achieve a reduction in the number of pretrial detainees; and "(iii) support for the creation of legal associations or groups that provide training in human rights and advocacy, public education with respect to human rights-related laws and proposed legislation, and legal assistance to persons subject to improper government interference.".
(2) INDEPENDENT MEDIA.–Section 498 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295) is amended–
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (13) as paragraphs (4) through (14), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
"(3) INDEPENDENT MEDIA.–Developing free and independent media, including–
"(A) supporting all forms of independent media reporting, including print, radio, and television;
"(B) providing special support for, and unrestricted public access to, nongovernmental Internet-based sources of information, dissemination and reporting, including providing technical and other support for web radio services, providing computers and other necessary resources for Internet connectivity and training new Internet users in nongovernmental civic organizations on methods and uses of Internet-based media; and
"(C) training in journalism, including investigative journalism techniques that educate the public on the costs of corruption and act as a deterrent against corrupt officials.".
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.–Section 498B(e) of such Act is amended by striking "paragraph (2)(G)" and inserting "paragraph (2)(J)".
(a) ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.–In providing assistance to the Russian Federation under chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.), the President is authorized to– (1) work with the Government of the Russian Federation, the Duma, and representatives of the Russian Federation judiciary to help implement a revised and improved code of criminal procedure and other laws; (2) establish civic education programs relating to democracy, public policy, the rule of law, and the importance of independent media, including the establishment of "American Centers" and public policy schools at Russian universities and encourage cooperative programs with universities in the United States to offer courses through Internet-based off-site learning centers at Russian universities; and (3) support the Regional Initiatives (RI) program, which provides targeted assistance in those regions of the Russian Federation that have demonstrated a commitment to reform, democracy, and the rule of law, and which promotes the concept of such programs as a model for all regions of the Russian Federation.
(b) RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY AND VOICE OF AMERICA.–RFE/RL, Incorporated, and the Voice of America should use new and innovative techniques, in cooperation with local independent media sources and using local languages as appropriate and as possible, to disseminate throughout the Russian Federation information relating to democracy, free-market economics, the rule of law, and human rights.
Of the amounts made available to carry out the provision of chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295 et seq.) and the FREEDOM Support Act for fiscal year 2003, $50,000,000 is authorized to be available for the activities authorized by paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 498 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by section 4(a) of this Act.
SEC. 7. PRESERVING THE ARCHIVES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER ANDREI SAKHAROV. (a) AUTHORIZATION.–The President is authorized, on such terms and conditions as the President determines to be appropriate, to make a grant to Brandeis University for an endowment for the Andrei Sakharov Archives and Human Rights Center for the purpose of collecting and preserving documents related to the life of Andrei Sakharov and the administration of such Center. (b) FUNDING.–There is authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out subsection (a) not more than $1,500,000.
The provisions of section 108(c) of H.R. 3427, as enacted by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113, shall apply to United States contributions for fiscal year 2003 to the organization described in section 108(c) of H.R. 3427.
Amend the title so as to read: "An Act to make available funds under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to expand democracy, good governance, and anti-corruption programs in the Russian Federation in order to promote and strengthen democratic government and civil society and independent media in that country.".
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) and the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Watson) each will control 20 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith).
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on the bill under consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New Jersey?
There was no objection.
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
This bill, the Russian Democracy Act, ensures that American assistance will continue to be available to help strengthen and consolidate democracy in the Russian Federation. While this seems to be a routine measure, we should take a few minutes to note what this bill represents. The mere fact that we can talk of democracy in Russia as a reality in the present and not some dim prospect in the hazy future is one of the many wonders of the past decade that have grown familiar and now is largely taken for granted. Its existence, however, is a testament to the deep commitment to fundamental values shared by peoples all over the world.
Mr. Speaker, this bill before us represents an important part of the effort to continue that democratization. It focuses our attention and assistance on many of the prerequisites of a free and a prosperous society, including the creation of a resilient civil society, the strengthening of an independent press, and the establishment of the rule of law.


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The pattern was the challenging part. I knew exactly what I wanted: a sort of "sweater girl" look with cute short sleeves. So I did something I've never done before: I draped the pattern, in the garment fabric! I draped the front and back separately, marking the seam lines with chalk. Then I basted them together on the seamlines to fit it. Once I was happy with the fit, I serged the seams. I borrowed the sleeve pattern from a knit dress pattern I have on hand, and measured carefully to be sure that it would fit properly (knit sleeves have no ease, so it had to be a precise fit).
I learned from my research that it's very important to stabilize any horizontal seams, so I basted some Stay Tape into the shoulder seam before serging it.
The neck binding worked really well in the fabric, since it's a rib. I just cut a piece of fabric a little smaller than the sweater neck and twice the width I wanted the binding. I serged the short ends together, folded it in half wrong sides together, and basted the raw edges together. Then it just gets serged into the neckline. Easy! The last step is to top stitch to get the binding to lay flat. The pro way to do this is to use a twin needle, and stitch with the neckline seam in the middle of the two needles. I just used a zigzag, though, because I was too lazy to set up my twin needle.
I did the hem on the bottom and the sleeves by turning it up and zigzagging. I tested this method first, and it worked well since the stitches really disappear in this knit.
I'm happy I now have a paper pattern for this, because I feel like I could use one in every color of the rainbow. Probably in a softer fabric--the ribbed wool is a little itchy to wear so close-fitting. It will be interesting to see how different types of knits work for this.
So there you have it. Isn't it so cool that you can sew a sweater?


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When the news broke last September about a study identifying small RNAs from ingested plants in animals, the focus shifted unexpectedly and quickly to potential implications for genetically modified (GM) food safety. But some experts in the field of RNA interference (RNAi) feared that the GM-related concerns were misplaced, and that there were more fundamental issues with the research.
The research team, led by Chen-Yu Zhang of Nanjing University, China, reported finding small RNA molecules from ingested rice and other plants in the bloodstream of both mice and humans and in mice livers. One of these RNAs from rice, they found, could inhibit a mouse protein that usually aids in removal of LDL or "bad" cholesterol from the blood.
The controversy surrounding the results started even before publication. An editor at Science, for example, rejected the manuscript because...
But RNAi expert Phillip Zamore, investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Gretchen Stone Cook Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, thinks that rushing to any conclusions about GM relevance is premature. "If you could dream up a molecule that you would worry about [for GM foods], this wouldn't be it," he said.
The deeper question, Zamore said, lies in the assertion that single-stranded RNA molecules like these microRNAs, or miRNAs, which silence expression of their RNA targets, can survive the digestive tract. They are "very fragile," he said. The idea that these RNAs would not be immediately destroyed by the digestive enzymes of the gut "is controversial, to say the least," he added. "Hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent trying to stabilize single-stranded nucleic acids in the bloodstream, let alone the digestive tract, and unmodified RNA has never been found to survive."
But Zhang disagreed, pointing to a 2008 paper in which he and his colleagues demonstrated that endogenous animal miRNA could exist stably in the bloodstream, suggesting that blood-borne miRNAs somehow resist being broken down. So the new findings that miRNA from plants can be stable in blood or other tissues are not unprecedented, he argued. These latest results also raise the "surprising possibility that miRNAs derived from plants are especially stable, although this will need to be confirmed by others," said plant biologist Eric Lam, a professor at Rutgers State University. Lam also noted that the miRNAs in question were ingested as part of plant tissues, not as unprotected RNAs, a possible explanation for their ability to survive the animal digestive tract.
Zamore is also concerned about the potential for cross-detection between plant and animal RNA sequences, given the short length of miRNA molecules, which average about 22 nucleotides, he said. "There's a real likelihood that there will be at least one sequence in (the mouse or human) genome that matches the sequence from the plant." As a result, the Zhang team's findings could reflect degraded animal RNA sequences, rather than plant miRNA, he said, adding that the study design allowed for one mismatch within the detected sequences, increasing the likelihood of a fortuitous cross-detection.
Lam believes otherwise. While mismatching is "possible," he said, it's "not very likely." Zhang added that the group performed an analysis for a chemical signature specific to plant miRNAs that "clearly demonstrated (that) serum miRNAs we detected were the exogenous plant miRNAs."
Even if one accepts the premise that the RNAs identified in the study were, in fact, of plant origin, however, Zamore questions whether the levels detected have any meaningful impact on the animals. For miRNAs to be effective as interfering RNAs, Zamore said, they must be present in a quantity sufficient to match the quantity of the RNA targeted for silencing. "MicroRNAs function in cells at remarkably high levels," he said. "For example, miRNA-122, which controls cholesterol production in the liver, is present at a half million molecules per cell." The Zhang paper describes detecting the equivalent of just 853 copies per cell.
But Zhang argues that even these low levels are relevant, referring to previous studies that have identified "biologically active" levels of miRNAs ranging from 700 to 4,450 copies per cell. Lam noted that the relevant number probably depends on the specific RNA molecule. "It is at least possible that some small RNAs are more potent than others," he said.
One thing that Zhang, Zamore, and Lam seemed to agree on is that unanswered questions remain, such as whether the RNAs are further modified in some way to pass digestion and how they affect human physiology. Indeed, Zhang says that the editor who rejected the paper as "too extraordinary" expressed interest in the group's "next similar story." Given the interest the first installment has generated, the editor won't be alone in that interest.
Zhang et al., "Exogenous plant MIR168a specifically targets mammalian LDLRAP1: evidence of cross-kingdom regulation by microRNA," Cell Research, doi:10.1038/cr.2011.158, 2012.
Clarification (April 16, 2012): This story has been updated from its original version to clarify that plant miRNAs were found in the bloodstream of both mice and humans and in mice livers.


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How to Make The Jump from Mobile Commerce to Mobile Wallets
Mobile commerce grew exponentially in 2012, evidenced by the big increase that companies like PayPal saw in mobile payment volume this past holiday shopping season. But that trend of customers using the mobile device to pay for online purchases will not necessarily mean that they will jump to using the device as a mobile wallet at the point-of-sale. For the near future mobile payments and mobile wallets seem to be on divergent paths, with customers becoming more comfortable making online purchases with their phones and tablets, while mobile wallets lag behind, says Mike Heindl, a principal at PwC's financial services advisory practice.
While several new mobile wallets were released or piloted in 2012, such as Isis and PayPal's second version of its digital wallet, Heindl says he doesn't see mobile wallets adoption picking up in 2013 or even 2014. Many in the payments industry suggest that the key to mobile wallet adoption is in offering loyalty rewards and coupons to entice the customer. But Heindl says he thinks that it will take more than that to get customers to put their physical wallets in their mobile devices. The key will be offering a different - and better - payments experience than the one offered by cards payments. "People are used to paying with plastic. There has to be a payments experience that's better [with mobile wallets]. No one has cracked that yet," Heindl comments.
[See Related: Non-Banks Take Early Lead in Mobile Wallet Race ]
Mobile wallets providers have to start thinking about what a perfect buying experience with the mobile device would be like, Heindl suggests. "I can see value in never having to walk through a checkout line," he explains. "Really in a perfect world you'd never have to interface with the wallet. It would understand our preferences. If I'm making a large purchase it would know I like using this credit card for that; and it would know I like putting smaller purchases on my debit card."
The path to mobile wallets adoption will remain uncertain and murky for some time, and given that environment Heindl says financial institutions would be wise to build relationships with multiple players in the industry. "We tell issuers to keep their options open, because nobody knows which players will win right now," he reasons. "They [banks] have to be prepared for any scenario." In its annual white paper on mobile payments PwC advised banks and issuers to focus these relationships on players who offer differentiating factors such as analytics, value-proposition design and an enhanced customer experience.
And banks also need to strengthen their relationships with their customers, he adds, by building a better understanding of their customers by breaking down organizational silos. This will help build customer loyalty no matter what happens in the mobile wallets market. "Customers want to deal with financial institutions. They don't trust the new entrants [to handle their money]. The only way they [financial institutions] lose is if they fall asleep at the wheel."
Jonathan Camhi has been an associate editor with Bank Systems & Technology since 2012. He previously worked as a freelance journalist in New York City covering politics, health and immigration, and has a master's degree from the City University of New York's Graduate School ... View Full Bio


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DETROIT (AP) -- The U.S. government has started selling its remaining General Motors stock as it moves to end four years of partial ownership of the Detroit automaker.
The Treasury Department said in its January report to Congress that it sold $156.4 million worth of GM common stock last month.
The report, dated Feb. 11, says the government has recovered about $29 billion of its $49.5 billion bailout of GM. That means it's just over $20 billion in the hole on the bailout.
Details on the average share price will be revealed later, Treasury says in the report.
GM's stock ranged from $27.61 to $30.68 in January. At the midpoint of that range, $29.15, the government would have sold about 5.4 million shares.
The government owned 300.1 million GM shares, or 19 percent of the company, at the start of the year. Treasury has said it will sell the rest by early in 2014, depending on market conditions. Treasury would not reveal specific details of the sales plan or provide further information on timing.
Breaking even would require selling the remaining 300 million shares for an average of about $70 each — more than double the current trading price.
GM shares were down 48 cents, or 1.8 percent, to $26.63 in midday trading Monday.
In January, Treasury announced a plan to sell the shares and said that it hired JPMorgan Securities and Citigroup Global Markets to conduct the sale. The banks will get one cent for every share they sell, for a fee of up to $3 million.
When the government finally sells all of its shares, it will end a sad chapter in GM's history. The company nearly ran out of cash in 2008 and needed government money to survive a trip through bankruptcy reorganization. Since then, GM has posted 12 straight quarters of profits. Last year, the company bought 200 million of its shares from the government for $5.5 billion.
The bailout has rankled many taxpayers who thought the government shouldn't have interfered with the company's business. Some still call GM "Government Motors."
GM shares sold for $33 each when they began publicly trading again in November, 2010. The shares rose shortly after the sale but fell dramatically early last year as the U.S. economy slowed and Europe headed toward recession. A strengthening U.S. auto sales recovery and the stock buyback pushed the price back above $30 toward the end of the year.


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Growing evidence from nutritionists and literacy experts suggests access to good nutrition and good books are the building blocks to early learning. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, lack of enough nutritious food impairs a child's ability to concentrate and perform well in school. Children who have not developed some basic literacy skills by the time they enter school are three to four times more likely to drop out in later years, says the U.S. Department of Education.
Proper nutrition is vital to the growth and development of children, just as access to good books is key to literacy development.
To encourage reading and learning about healthy eating, share these recommended books from Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) and Buddig Lunchmeats with your children:
* "How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food" by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. "How does a dinosaur eat all his food? Does he burp, does he belch, or make noises quite rude? Does he pick at his cereal, throw down his cup, hoping to make someone else pick it up?" Just like kids, dinosaurs have a difficult time learning to behave at the table. However, with a little help from mom and dad, these young dinosaurs eat all before them.
* "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss. Sam-I-Am tries to convince a nameless skeptic that green eggs and ham are a delicacy to be savored − in a house, with a mouse, in a box, with a fox, with a goat, on a boat − to no avail. Reading this timeless classic will help your child with phonics, rhyming and language development while learning it really can be fun to try new foods.
* "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett. In this whimsical tale there is no need for food stores because all the food falls from the sky. This children's favorite is great for a read-aloud and discussion about where food comes from and how it gets from field to table.
* "I Will Never Not Ever Eat A Tomato" by Lauren Child. When Charlie is asked to give his little sister, Lola, her dinner, he proves he's more than up to the task. This book explores the fun and imaginative ways Charlie finds to get Lola to eat. It's a great book for role playing and word games and may even get your picky young eater to try something new.
* "The Gigantic Turnip" by Alexi Tolstoy. This delightful story based on an old Russian folk tale features a fable about planting and harvesting with a wonderful moral.
* "The Lunch Box Surprise" by Grace Maccarone. When Sam discovers his mom forgot to pack him anything for lunch, his classmates share with him. This multicultural book features simple text perfect for beginning readers.
During the yearlong Be A Reader campaign, Carl Buddig & Company is partnering with RIF to encourage parents and their children to read together. Studies show in low-income neighborhoods, there is only one book for every 300 children. You can help a deserving child by providing access to free books. Join the movement and help get books to children who need them the most.
For more information about the Be A Reader campaign visit www.Buddig.com. For more ideas on activities, tips and resources to help your child discover the joy of reading, visit www.RIF.org.