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by Jack Clark
Democratic Left - Summer 2002
Review of Charles Murray, Coming Apart: The State of White America 1960-2010 (Crown Forum, 2012, 407 pp., $27).
Charles Murray specializes in big, provocative books with large policy implications. His book Losing Ground argued that policies to alleviate poverty created poverty, providing the intellectual ammunition for the push to end welfare as we knew it. In The Bell Curve, Murray and co-author Richard Herrnstein created a firestorm of controversy with dubious arguments about the natural distribution of intelligence by race.
With Coming Apart, Murray can avoid the accusations of racism that greeted The Bell Curve. Murray now focuses on the great gap between the white elite and the lower reaches of the white working class. There's some irony here. A central conceit in Losing Ground concerned white working class bars, representing their patrons as clear-headed and intelligent enough to advocate getting rid of the whole mess of government programs: food stamps, cash welfare assistance, Medicaid, disability payments, and unemployment insurance.
Coming Apart draws a portrait of a well-educated and extremely well-compensated elite constituting roughly the top 5 percent of the population. He focuses on CEOs, top policy makers and opinion shapers, chronicling their lifestyles and identifying their "SuperZip" codes. These people at the top take an enormous share of national income because, as Murray explains, their IQs are so high and there is such a high economic premium for intelligence. Without irony, Murray lauds the complex financial transactions this new elite manages. Recall that this book is published in 2012 and was clearly written well after these financial transactions nearly destroyed the world economy.
Murray does express concern about the great gap between this affluent elite and the rest of white America. No, he's not concerned about the income and wealth gap; that's just the inexorable result of market forces. Murray does fret that the white elite and the white working class live apart geographically and culturally. Unlike the elite, the white working class is literally coming apart in Murray's narrative, suffering from extreme social dysfunction that parallels the fraying of the social fabric in African-American communities. Unlike other scholars examining this dynamic, Murray finds no economic cause for the unraveling of white working class communities. Cultural norms or more precisely the lack of enforcement of cultural norms explain all.
Identifying "four founding virtues" of marriage, religiosity, industriousness, and honesty, Murray looks at how well these virtues are lived in Fishtown, a white working class inner-city Philadelphia neighborhood, and in Belmont, an affluent white Boston suburb. In Fishtown, marriage is in decline, and out-of-wedlock births are increasing. Despite the popular view that lower-income whites are more religious, church attendance is also down. Participation of prime-age men (30-49) in the labor force is much too low. On all these measures, Belmont residents hew more closely to the four founding virtues. As Murray sees it, the white elite lacks the self-confidence to preach what it practices. We need stronger social norms supporting work, marriage, religion, and honesty.
He dates the sharp break in American life from the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, managing all sorts of popular-culture references to the era. Coming Apart brings us to familiar territory for the rightwing narrative: The awful, disruptive 1960s caused all of today's problems. Just marshal some pop culture references, crunch the data, and we can conclude the case. His prodigious data doesn't fit the time frame, though. White out-of-wedlock births, which loom large in Murray's argument, show only a slight uptick in the 1960s, with a much sharper increase in the 1970s.
Much of his argument about the dissolute behavior of the white working class revolves around the numbers of labor force dropouts. He charts national unemployment rates and labor force dropout rates among males with a Fishtown education (i.e., no more than high school completion), yet his chart actually shows labor force participation rising between 1960 and 1970, (i.e., the line for dropouts is down). A similar increase in labor force participation occurred again in the 1990s when unemployment fell below 5 percent for the first time since the late 1960s. These data points don't fit Murray's argument, so he ignores this evidence. Really, Murray assures us, the problem is the culture.
Critics rightly faulted him for not looking at how economic transformations affected the white working class. In his Beat the Press blog for the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Dean Baker picked apart Murray's case: First Murray does a bizarre comparison by looking at real wages between 1960 and 2010. This is bizarre because wages rose rapidly through the sixties and into the early seventies, then largely stagnated. ...we might think that relative income means something. In a 30-year period where per capita income more than doubled, we might expect that workers would have at least something to show. The fact that the wages of white males with just high school degrees has barely budged in three decades indicates that their situation has deteriorated seriously in relative terms.
The analytical problems caused by Murray's periodization repeatedly mar his argument. He notes that the 1960 unemployment rate was close to that of 2008, so there's no excuse for white working class men to be out of the labor market. The proverbial reader from Mars, relying on Murray, would never guess that between 1960 and 2010, millions of well-paying manufacturing jobs were lost.
Baker's example of stagnating wages uses manufacturing jobs as the base. That's the best case. Male wages in real terms declined overall between 1973 and 2010. Working class family incomes remained stable because more women entered the paid labor force. Starting in the mid-1970s, factory closings devastated working class communities, and large numbers of workers never got back to work. For those who did, wages dropped dramatically. Suicides occurred among men who couldn't face not supporting themselves or their families. The academic literature on what happens to the victims of plant closings is voluminous, and the conclusions are uniformly grim. Yet with all his data, charts and footnotes, Murray shows no interest in that literature.
Here's the real story. Idleness grew not from lack of industriousness but from lack of industry. Good jobs left, and men who had difficulty finding replacement jobs drifted into long-term unemployment. Then they stopped looking for work. Their sons grew up not knowing men with good and steady jobs. Sociologist William Julius Wilson traces the same pattern in the African-American South Side of Chicago in When Work Disappears – and even anticipated that the story would repeat itself in white working class America.
Murray acknowledges that a social democrat might read some of his data and see a case for redistribution of wealth, but then he knows that distributive justice is folly, because the distribution of income perfectly reflects the distribution of talent. Trying to adjust the distribution will only make things worse. Lower wages in Murray's world should make the poor work more, but higher tax rates make the rich work less. It's odd, too, that in a book crammed with data, Murray supports some of his strongest policy preferences with nothing more than opinion. In discussing how unworkable he believes social democracy to be, Murray claims that generous unemployment insurance is a disincentive to work. He does not need to prove his point.
His is an ironclad case so long as you don't bother to pay attention to actual policy. In the weak U.S. welfare state, unemployment compensation is not particularly generous, but it does compensate people for searching for and not finding work. On the other hand, in Germany, the unemployment rate throughout the Great Recession was substantially lower than the US rate, in large part because the Germans used part of their unemployment fund to subsidize worksharing. Instead of a firm laying off 20 percent of its workforce, the work week could be reduced by one day. With the government subsidy, workers made about 90 percent of their pay for a four-day week. Middle-sized firms, the core of the German manufacturing sector, strongly supported this policy, maintaining their full workforce throughout the downturn. In the Netherlands and Scandinavia, the unemployed receive subsidies to learn new skills and work in new occupations, sometimes in new industries; the subsidies do not allow them to remain idle. Northern European nations have lost substantial industrial sectors like textiles and clothing, but without the social devastation that occurs here.
Murray does elaborate on his own vision of the good life. For industriousness, Murray substitutes "vocation." That calling usually is associated with career, but it can be associated with devotion to a cause or to an avocation, too, and Murray makes a good case that the residents of Belmont are far likelier than the residents of Fishtown to lead lives that are happy and meaningful. Still, we're back to Murray's point that the American elite needs the self-confidence to preach what it practices. They need to employ stern language and real consequences for behavior that undermines social norms. The American elite needs to be judgmental again. So is he just talking about talking tough? No. Murray gives the game away in talking about falling wages: "Insofar as men need to work to survive – an important proviso – falling hourly income does not discourage work" (emphasis in original). For all the talk about meaningful vocation, for all the veneer of concern and the exhortation that the good people of Belmont preach what they practice, Murray does not advocate moral suasion. Nor is he addressing the need for self-fulfillment in places like Fishtown.
His policy preference is unambiguous: lower-income men of all races will work – at whatever wage is available – or they will starve.
Jack Clark served as the first national organizer of DSA's predecessor, the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC), from 1973-1979; the first managing editor of its newsletter; and as a national and local leader of both DSOC and DSA for nearly 20 years. He is Deputy Director of the Transportation Learning Center, which works with transit worker unions to improve frontline training.


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Corporate Governance Guidelines
Pursuant to Section 303A.09 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual The business and affairs of Cohen & Company ("the Company") shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors (the "Board") in accordance with Maryland law. The Board will have the responsibility for the overall stewardship of the Company, including establishing the overall policies and standards for the Company in the operation of its business, and reviewing and approving financial and business plans. In addition, the Board will monitor and assess the overall performance and progress of the Company. To this end, the Board has adopted the following guidelines to assist it in its corporate governance responsibilities.
- Size of the Board. The Company's Bylaws provide that the Board will consist of not less than the minimum number of directors permitted by Maryland law (which is currently one) nor more than 15 directors. The number of directors serving on the Board is currently set at 8 members. The Board, together with the Company's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, will periodically review the appropriate size of the Board. A majority of the Board may increase or decrease the size of the Board within the limits specified in the Company's Bylaws.
- Independent Directors. A majority of the directors serving on the Board shall be "independent" as determined by the Board in accordance with the rules and standards established by the NYSE MKT LLC ("NYSE MKT") from time to time. Because it is not possible to anticipate or explicitly provide for all circumstances that might signal potential conflicts of interest, the Board, when making "independence" determinations, will broadly consider all relevant facts and circumstances. No director will qualify as "independent" unless the Board affirmatively determines that each independent director has no other material relationship, either directly or indirectly, with the Company or its affiliates.
- Selection of Board Members. All members of the Board are elected annually by the Company's shareholders, except for Board action to fill vacancies arising between shareholder elections. The Board will be responsible for the selection of nominees for election or appointment to the Board. Subject to any applicable contractual obligations, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall recommend candidates for election to the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may consider nominees recommended by management and shareholders using the criteria approved by the Board to evaluate all candidates. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews each candidate's qualifications, including whether a candidate possesses any of the specific qualities and skills desirable for members of the Board. Evaluations of candidates generally involve a review of background materials, internal discussions and interviews with selected candidates as appropriate. Upon selection of a qualified candidate, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will recommend the candidate for consideration by the full Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may engage consultants or third-party search firms to assist in identifying and evaluating potential nominees. To recommend a prospective nominee for the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee's consideration, the candidate's name and qualifications must be submitted to the Company's Secretary in writing to the following address: Cohen & Company, Attn: Secretary, Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, 17th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104. When submitting candidates for nomination to be elected at the Company's annual meeting of shareholders, shareholders must follow the notice procedures and provide the information required by the Company's Bylaws.
- Management Directors. The Board may also appoint or nominate members of the Company's management whose experience and role at the Company are expected to help the Board fulfill its responsibilities.
- Term Limits. Because of the value the Board places on having directors who are knowledgeable about the Company, its business and operations and its industry, the Board does not believe that arbitrary term limits on directors' service are appropriate. The Board believes that, as an alternative to term limits, it can ensure that the Board continues to evolve and adopt new viewpoints through the evaluation and nomination process described in these guidelines.
- Limitation on Board Service. The Board does not believe that it is advisable to arbitrarily limit the number of boards of other public companies on which a director may serve. A director shall notify the chairman of the Board (the "Chairman") prior to becoming a director or trustee of another public company in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest and to address whether the aggregate number of directorships or trusteeships held by such director would interfere with his or her ability to carry out his or her responsibilities as a director of the Company. In the event that the Board determines that such additional directorship or trusteeship constitutes a conflict of interest or interferes with such director's ability to carry out his or her responsibilities as a director of the Company, such director, upon the request of the Board, shall offer his or her resignation or not accept the other directorship or trusteeship.
- Chairman; Lead Independent Director. The Board will periodically appoint a Chairman. Both independent and management directors are eligible for appointment as the Chairman. The Chairman, or if the Chairman is not an independent director, the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, shall serve as the lead independent director. The lead independent director is responsible for coordinating the activities of the other independent directors, including scheduling and conducting separate meetings of the independent directors and for such other duties as are assigned from time to time by the Board.
- Board Membership Criteria. Nominees for the Board should be committed to enhancing long-term shareholder value and must possess a high level of personal and professional ethics, sound business judgment and integrity. The Board's policy is to encourage selection of directors who will contribute to the Company's overall corporate goals. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may, from time to time, review the appropriate skills and characteristics required of Board members, including such factors as business experience, diversity and personal skills in finance, marketing, financial reporting and other areas that are expected to contribute to an effective Board. In evaluating potential candidates for the Board, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider these factors in light of the specific needs of the Board at that time.
- Board Responsibilities. Board members should be sufficiently familiar with the business of the Company, including its financial statements and capital structure, and the risks and competition it faces, to facilitate active and effective participation in the deliberations of the Board and of each committee on which he or she serves. Board members are expected to prepare for, attend and participate in meetings of the Board and committees on which they serve, and are strongly encouraged to attend the Company's annual meetings of shareholders. Each member of the Board is expected to ensure that other existing and planned future commitments do not materially interfere with the member's service as a director. These other commitments will be considered by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board when reviewing Board candidates and in connection with the Board's annual evaluation process.
- Functions of the Board. In addition to the general oversight of the management, the Board, either itself or through its committees, shall perform a number of specific functions, including: (1) reviewing, approving and monitoring the Company's fundamental financial and business strategies and major corporate actions; (2) selecting, evaluating and compensating the Company's Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"); (3) providing counsel and oversight on the selection, evaluation, development, retention and compensation of executive officers of the Company; (4) overseeing succession planning for the CEO and executive officers of the Company; and (5) ensuring that policies and procedures are in place for maintaining the integrity of the Company, including the integrity of the financial statements, the integrity of compliance with laws and ethics and the integrity of business relationships with investors and others.
- Board Compensation. The Board, through the Company's Compensation Committee, will review, with the assistance of management or outside consultants, if desired, appropriate compensation policies for the directors serving on the Board and its committees. It is the general policy of the Board that Board compensation should be a mix of cash and equity-based compensation. Inside directors will not be paid for Board or committee membership in addition to their regular employee compensation. In performing this review, the Compensation Committee may consider board compensation practices of other companies of similar size and structure, contributions to Board functions and the time commitments related thereto, service as committee chairs, the success of the Company and other appropriate factors. The Board should be aware that questions as to directors' independence may be raised when directors' fees and emoluments exceed what is customary. Similar concerns may be raised when the Company makes substantial charitable contributions to organizations in which a director is affiliated, or enters into consulting contracts with (or provides other indirect forms of compensation to), a director. The Board will critically evaluate each of these matters when determining the form and amount of director compensation.
- Directors Who Change Job Responsibility; Retirement. The Board does not believe that directors who retire or change their principal occupation or business association should necessarily leave the Board; however, there should be an opportunity for the Board, through the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, to review the continued appropriateness of Board membership under these circumstances. The Board does not believe that a fixed retirement age for directors is appropriate.
- Board Meetings Frequency. The Board will generally hold at least four regularly scheduled meetings per year and hold additional special meetings as necessary. Each director is expected to attend both scheduled and special meetings, unless unusual circumstances make attendance impractical. The Board may also take action from time to time by unanimous written consent.
- Board Meetings Agenda and Materials. The Chairman with the assistance of the Company's CEO, CFO and Secretary shall prepare the agenda for each meeting and arrange for it to be distributed in advance of the particular meeting to the directors along with appropriate written information and background materials so that Board meeting time may be conserved and discussion time focused on questions that the Board has about the materials.
- Independent Directors Discussions. To promote open discussions among the independent directors, it is the policy of the Board that the independent members of the Board meet separately without management and non-independent directors at least twice per year during regularly scheduled Board meetings to discuss such matters as the independent directors consider appropriate. The lead independent director will assume the responsibility of chairing the meetings of independent directors and shall bear such further responsibilities which the independent directors as a whole or the Board might designate from time to time. The Company's independent auditors, finance staff, senior management, other employees and other outside advisors may be invited to attend these meetings.
- Board Presentations and Access to Information. The Board encourages the presentation at meetings by members of the Company's management who can provide additional insight into matters being discussed or who have potential issues that the CEO believes should be given exposure to the Board. The Board encourages management to arrange presentations at Board meetings and to provide other reports that will enhance the flow of meaningful financial and business information to the Board. Each Board member will have complete access to management for relevant information.
- Reliance on Management and Outside Advice. In performing its functions, the Board is entitled to rely on the advice, reports and opinions of management, counsel, accountants, auditors and other expert advisors. The Board shall have the authority to retain and approve the fees and retention terms of its outside advisors.
- Committees. The current four committees of the Board are the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Investment Committee. From time to time the Board may establish a new committee or disband a current committee depending upon the circumstances.
- Committee Member Selection. The Board will designate the members and chair of each committee, endeavoring to match the committee's function and needs for expertise with individual skills and experience of the appointees to the committee. The membership of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall consist solely of independent directors.
- Committee Functions. The number and content of committee meetings and other matters of committee governance will be determined by each committee in light of the authority delegated by the full Board to the committee, the committee's charter and applicable regulations. The Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Investment Committee each have a written charter, approved by the Board, which describes the general authority and responsibilities of each committee. The Company will provide to each committee access to employees and other resources to enable committee members to carry out their responsibilities. The duties of each committee may be described briefly as follows:
- Audit Committee. The Audit Committee will help ensure the integrity of the Company's financial statements, the qualifications and independence of the independent auditor and the performance of the internal audit function and independent auditors. The Audit Committee will select, assist and meet with the independent auditor, oversee each annual audit and quarterly review, and prepare the report that federal securities laws require to be included in the annual proxy statement.
- Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee will review and approve the compensation and benefits of the directors and executive officers, administer and make recommendations to the Board regarding compensation and equity incentive plans, produce an annual report on executive compensation for inclusion in the proxy statement and publish an annual committee report for the shareholders.
- Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will develop and recommend to the Board a set of corporate governance principles, adopt a code of ethics, adopt policies with respect to and to resolve conflicts of interest, monitor the Company's compliance with corporate governance requirements of state and federal law and the rules and regulations of the NYSE MKT, establish criteria for prospective members of the Board, conduct candidate searches and interviews, oversee and evaluate the Board and management, evaluate from time to time the appropriate size and composition of the Board and recommend, as appropriate, increases, decreases and changes in the composition of the Board and formally propose the slate of directors to be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders.
- Investment Committee. The Investment Committee will assist the Board in discharging its responsibilities relating to its oversight of certain of the Company's investments and the Company's practices, strategies, policies and risk management with respect to the deployment and use of capital, and will consult with the Company's CEO with respect to and thereafter report to the Board on proposed strategic initiatives.
- Annual CEO Evaluation. The Compensation Committee will review at least annually the performance of the CEO and communicate the results of the review to the CEO and the Board.
- Succession Planning. On an annual basis, the CEO will review with the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board a succession plan for the executive officers, including policies and principles for selecting a successor to the CEO, both in an emergency situation and in an ordinary course of business.
- Evaluation of the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for overseeing an annual evaluation of the performance of the Board and its committees to determine whether the Board and its committee are functioning effectively. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee shall report its conclusions to the Board and the committees. If determined by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to be desirable or appropriate, the committee may retain independent corporate governance experts to assist the committee with these evaluations. The committee's reports should generally include an assessment of the Board's and each committee's compliance with these guidelines, as well as identify areas in which the Board or any committee could improve its performance.
- Financial Reporting, Legal Compliance and Ethical Conduct. The Board's governance and oversight functions do not relieve the Company's management of the primary responsibility for preparing financial statements which accurately and fairly present the Company's financial results and condition. Management shall maintain systems, procedures and a corporate culture that promote compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the ethical conduct of the Company's business.
- Corporate Communications. The Board believes that management has the primary responsibility to communicate with investors, the press, employees and other constituencies that are involved with the Company, and to set policies for those communications.
- Director Orientation and Continuing Education. The Company is responsible for providing an orientation program for each new director and periodic continuing education programs for all directors on subjects that would assist them in discharging their duties. The orientation program for each new director is designed to familiarize new directors with the Company's businesses, strategies and challenges and to assist new directors in developing and maintaining skills necessary or appropriate for the performance of their responsibilities. Continuing education programs for Board members may include a mix of in-house and third- party presentations and programs.
Adopted October 2006; Updated December 17, 2009 and February 13, 2014


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A light infestation of mealy bugs can be washed away with a steady stream of water. An insecticidal soap or dish detergent mixed with a light concentration of water can be sprayed on the plant. Products with harsh chemicals and unknown additives or perfumes should be avoided.Continue Reading
Soap sprays must be sprayed directly onto the mealybugs to kill them, so it is not an effective preventative measure. The best way to prevent mealybugs is to have healthy, strong plants, which are less prone to infestation. Neem oil can be useful, as it is a natural insecticide, and can be absorbed by the plant. Mealybugs can also be killed with a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol.
There are stronger pesticides approved for use on mealybugs, however, as of 2014, there is controversy regarding their use, as they can be hazardous to humans and animals. For this reason, some gardeners choose to use them only in greenhouses.
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Homes in the 1940s
Many children in the 1940s lived in small houses or flats. In towns, many people lived in small terraced houses. There were blocks of flats too, though not as tall as the 'tower blocks' built after the war. A typical family house had a sitting room and kitchen, with two or three bedrooms upstairs. Not all houses had bathrooms or indoor toilets.
Many houses had windows stuck over with paper tape. In an air raid, the blast-force of a bomb exploding could shatter windows along a street. Tape across the windows stopped the glass shattering into thousands of pieces, and causing injuries.
In the Sitting Room
In many homes, people sat to relax in the sitting room (also called the lounge, parlour or simply the 'front room'). Here they would read, listen to the radio or chat. They ate meals in the kitchen, or the dining room if there was one. The sitting room was often the 'best room', kept for visitors.
In most homes a coal fire warmed the sitting room. There were gas and electric fires too, but few homes had central heating. In cold weather, people sat around the fire.
It was a good idea to keep a candle in every room. During air raids, bombs often hit power cables and gas pipes. Then people were left in the dark, without electricity or gas to light their homes.
Blackout time
Some homes had gas lamps, but by the 1940s gas lights were a bit old fashioned. Many homes had electric light. Every window had 'blackout curtains', which were drawn at night. If not, the ARP warden came along, shouting 'put that light out'. 'Blackout curtains' stopped light from rooms showing from outside. There were no street lights either. The idea was to stop lights from towns guiding enemy planes to drop bombs.
Coal fires kept people warm in winter. Coal was a very important fuel. It kept people warm. More important, it kept factories and trains working.
Children's rooms
In families, children often shared bedrooms. In bed, they snuggled down under blankets and eiderdowns - very few people used duvets. Some bedrooms had a jug and basin for washing your face and hands in the morning. Not every home had a bathroom. Children kept books and toys in their bedrooms, but there were no TVs, and no computer games of course.
Some homes had only an outside toilet, and in many homes it was chilly going to the bathroom at night. So small children often used a 'chamber pot' (potty). The pot was made of china and was kept out of sight under the bed.
Baths and Toilets
Not every 1940s home had a bathroom. Many poor families washed in the kitchen, and had baths in front of the fire. The metal bath was filled with hot water from pans and kettles. In bathrooms, hot water often came from a gas heater.
The wartime ration for a bath was 5 inches (12.5 cm) of water once a week. The idea was to save water. In some families, it meant several people used the same bathwater, one after the other!
Not all homes had an inside toilet. You used an outside toilet in the backyard or garden. To avoid a chilly walk in the night, you could use a pot kept under the bed.
Doing the Washing
Washday meant hand washing or boiling dirty towels and sheets in a 'copper' or 'boiler'. This was a metal tank filled with water heated by gas. Few people had washing machines. A washboard made scrubbing easier.
After rinsing (in clean water), wet clothes were squeezed through a 'mangle'. The mangle had two rollers, turned by a handle. As you turned the handle, the rollers squeezed water out of the wet washing. The clothes were then hung on a line over the fire or outside to dry. They were 'aired' on a fold-up wooden 'clothes horse'.


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DongFeng Motor Group, one of China's largest Automakers, contracts with Electrovaya to produce prototypes for advanced battery systems for an electric vehicle program. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty attends signing ceremony in Shanghai, China.
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 15, 2013) - Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL) today announced that it has received an initial contract to produce prototypes to deliver complete electric vehicle battery systems for DongFeng Motors' two electric vehicle platforms. DongFeng Motors (DFM) plans to commercially launch these two electric vehicles by late 2013. The Electrovaya 18kWh Lithium Ion SuperPolymer® battery consists of its proprietary high energy density cells and BMS (Battery Management System) along with sub-assemblies of mechanical, thermal, electrical and electronics.
"DFM plans to deliver a significant number of electric vehicles over the next 10 years," says Joseph Chao, Electrovaya's Advisor for the China electric vehicle market. "This is a critical contract for both groups. DFM presently manufactures over 3.5 million vehicles in China and its electric vehicle program is slated to become one of the largest electric vehicle programs in the world."
"We know there's a tremendous future for Ontario's green-energy companies here in China. Today's signing ceremony between DongFeng Motors and Electrovaya is proof of just how much we have to offer," said Premier Dalton McGuinty. "This new contract will create good Ontario jobs and help reduce climate change, one of the most important issues facing the world today."
"It is great to see innovative companies like Electrovaya opening up new export markets for Canadian cleantech products," said Vicky Sharpe, President and CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), which has supported Electrovaya's technology. "On behalf of the Government of Canada, we are proud to work with Electrovaya as they build their business to a global scale."
About Electrovaya Inc.
Electrovaya Inc. (TSX:EFL) designs, develops and manufactures proprietary Lithium Ion SuperPolymer® batteries, battery systems, and battery-related products for the clean electric transportation, Utility Scale Energy Storage and smart grid power, consumer and healthcare markets. The Company's mission is to accelerate clean transportation as a commercial reality with its advanced power system for all classes of zero-emission electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The Company's other mission is to deliver Utility Scale Energy Storage Systems for the highest efficiency in electricity storage, whether the electricity is generated from intermittent wind and solar power or from other sources. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Ontario, Canada, Electrovaya has production facilities in Canada as well as in the US and Norway, and customers around the globe. To learn more about how Electrovaya is powering mobility, please explore www.electrovaya.com.
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DongFeng Motor Corporation is a Chinese state-owned automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Wuhan, China. It is traditionally included as one of the "big 3" Chinese automakers, along with Chang'an Motors and FAW Group. As well as buses, trucks and cars, DongFeng also manufactures parts and cooperates with foreign car makers. It accounts for 20% of the Chinese market and as of 2011 it has more Sino-foreign joint ventures than any other Chinese automaker.
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Posted by seahunt on March 08, 2004 at 20:27:13:
In Reply to: measure your at rest surface air consumption rate posted by Chris on March 08, 2004 at 18:42:01:
Nice figures, but I like the ones on women better.
I was surprised you said that regs won't generally work below 300 psi. I think mine are lower tech, because I can suck a tank dry... annoys the dive shops. Also I suspect that older regs give better warning of OOA. I mean that's just how we did it before SPG's.
I have never once in 34 years of diving run out of air accidently. Intentionally is another story.
As I remember, I just relaxed (no 15 minute, but I am trained to relax my breathing) I think I went 7 minutes on the 6 cu ft tank. It amazed me. I expected about 3 minutes max. The tank was not empty, but I stopped cuz I was sick of waiting for it to empty.
A simple question. What is a typical air usage (cubic feet/minute) on the surface. ... maybe for a little guy like me.
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In an interview with ABC News today, following a lot of back-and-forth about the nature of his position on marriage equality, President Obama announced that he had finally come to the conclusion that civil unions are not enough to guarantee that "gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally."
In his statement he said, "At a certain point, I just concluded that, for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married." And while noting that his Administration decided not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court, he didn't apparently call for its repeal (which would actually allow legally married same sex couples to receive federal benefits). Instead he said that DOMA "tried to federalize what has historically been state law," though DOMA specifically requires that the federal government not recognize same sex marriages performed in states where it is legal nor give those spouses the federal rights opposite-sex marriage currently affords other heterosexual couples. (DOMA also allows states like North Carolina to not recognize same sex marriages performed states like Iowa, Massachusetts or New York, despite constitutional law which requires states to honor contracts signed in other states.)
It's unclear whether his larger statement will tackle DOMA more substantively; however, it is the first time a sitting President has said that he thinks same sex couples should be allowed to marry at all, even in the ways currently limited by federal and state law. It's a start.
UPDATE: Mother Jones' Adam Serwer has a similar take:
But Obama has endorsed marriage equality federalism—not the notion that marriage for gays and lesbians is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution that can never be taken away. Obama has adopted the same position that Vice President Dick Cheney did in 2004, when Cheney said he believed in marriage equality but that the states should be allowed to decide by a show of hands, as North Carolina did Tuesday, whether gays and lesbians have the same rights as everyone else.
FURTHER UPDATE: Serwer and colleague David Corn have more from the Administration:
The official replied, "He has always said that it is a state issue, and he's not suggesting changing that. He did did not support the North Carolina amendment, but he's not saying he will bring up a piece of federal legislation on gay marriage.
In other words, they may not defend DOMA in Court (though the House Republicans will), but they have no intention of doing anything to repeal it.


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Give little Anguish --
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Straighten -- look cautious for their Breath --
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401(k) plans are available through employers, and examples of some of the most lucrative plans are ones offered by employers such as ConocoPhillips, Abbott Laboratories and Philip Morris International, Inc. These plans vary based on compensation and savings programs for retirement, notes Bloomberg Business.Continue Reading
Conoco Phillips offers a 401(k) plan aimed at allowing employees to retire at age 60, notes Yahoo! Finance. Certain plans offer matches of nearly nine times the employee contribution. Employees can reap the benefits of this plan by staying with the company for roughly 40 years. The company ends up contributing to the plan based on a percentage limitation associated with an employee's annual salary.
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The holders of the rights to "Terminator 4" have sued MGM, claiming the studio is interfering with their right to negotiate for the distribution of the planned fourth installment of the highly successful series. Halcyon Co. and its principals, Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson, acquired rights in May, including sequel rights to "Terminator 2" and "Terminator 3" and a script by "T3" writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris, with plans to launch a big-budget sequel.
According to the complaint, filed in L.A. Superior Court on Wednesday, MGM claimed it had acquired an exclusive 30-day negotiation window for "T4" in the 1990s Orion Pictures bankruptcy. T Asset, the plaintiff and Halcyon's subsidiary, did not concede MGM's rights but began negotiations in May over distribution. T Asset claims MGM's exclusive window is now over despite MGM's claims in the media that it has the right to distribute "T4." The suit seeks a declaration and injunctive relief.
As outlined in the complaint, producer Moritz Borman began negotiations with MGM chief operating officer Rick Sands on May 31. The deal proposed by MGM for worldwide distribution included a commitment of almost $200 million and gave MGM approval over budget, script, director and male lead. It also included a lower backend participation to T Asset. With the 30-day period running out, the two sides could not make a deal.
According to the complaint, MGM then claimed T Asset was required to continue negotiations and that it would prevent T Asset from negotiating with other studios. Also at issue is T Asset's refusal to allow MGM to review the confidential screenplay. According to correspondence attached to the complaint, MGM claims that T Asset has taken an unfair "take it or leave it" position in the negotiations. MGM appears to take the position that "T4" cannot have the same deal as "T3" without Arnold Schwarzenegger in the lead role.
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The stolen and destroyed property is tents. Notice there were no drug arrests and no claims that the tents were confiscated as fruits of the drug trade. What was claimed was, they did it to get rid of the homeless men.
OK, that being what you say it is, but I think the city has a right to confiscate any structure/material that is deemed to be a hazard to the community. In that these folks were smoking and cooking (by fire) within these tents, and the Fire marshall advised them to vacate for safety reasons, then I think it is NOT unreasonable to come in and destroy those structures. Municipalities condemn and knock down homes all the time. Why would one think this is different?


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By Alaina Sullivan
This unique salmon preparation involves a cut of fish that falls somewhere between razor-thin smoked salmon and a robust wild Alaskan filet. I rarely think to slice fresh salmon filets horizontally, but one of the beauties of preparing it this way is the speed of its execution – it can go from pan to plate to palate in a matter of minutes. (Shorter if you skip step two like me). The most time-consuming part was removing the tiny bones from my fresh Coho, but speed bump aside, a swift slice down the middle, a generous seasoning and the fish is ready to go. The cooking, as the name suggests, is over in a flash: a brief touchdown in the hot skillet and the salmon slivers are cooked to perfection with a rosy hint of rareness in the middle.
Though robed in curry powder and delicious on its own, pairing the salmon with a creamy chickpea raita rounds out its Middle Eastern flavors. I rarely pass up an opportunity to use yogurt as a condiment – I love that its subtle tang adapts to sweet or savory, and its creamy texture is an invitation for ingredients to nestle within. It is no stranger to being used as the base of sauces to adorn meat, poultry and fish – the Indian raita being no exception. This cool condiment, spiked with cumin and mustard and textured by chickpeas, minced cucumber and red onion, takes as little time to assemble as the fish. A dash of red pepper gives it the perfect dose of heat to compliment the curry-spiced salmon. I recommend having a warmed pita or naan bread nearby to mop up any sauce that lingers at the end. Recipe from How to Cook Everything: Bittman Takes On America's Chefs.
Flash-Cooked Curried Salmon
Makes 4 servings
Time: 10 minutes
4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets
2 tablespoons curry powder or Garam Masala
Salt to taste
Chickpea Raita (recipe follows)
1. Preheat the oven to 200°F. Cut the salmon fillets in half horizontally to make 8 thinner pieces: Hold your knife parallel to the cutting board and use your other hand to apply pressure on the salmon so the knife glides through evenly. Dust each piece with the curry powder and salt on both sides. Put 4 plates in the oven to warm.
2. Preheat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat for 1 minute the salmon should sizzle when it hits the pan?then add the fillet halves. Cook for 45 seconds to 1 minute on each side. You'll see the opaque pink color salmon turns as it cooks climbing up the sides of the fillets almost as soon as it hits the pan, and the idea is to serve it just a touch rare in the middle. You'll need to cook the fish in batches, but as each will take only 1 to 2 minutes, that shouldn't be much of a problem.
3. Put the salmon on the warmed plates as it finishes. Serve immediately, with Chickpea Raita.
Chickpea Raita
Makes: 2 1/2 Cups
Time: 10 minutes
It's worth your while to seek out a yogurt that's not overly processed for this raita (and, for that matter, any other use); national brands often add thickeners to their yogurts, which significantly change the yogurt's natural consistency. If they're all that's available to you, just whisk the yogurt with a little water to thin it out.
1 1/2 cups plain yogurt, preferably full fat
1 cup cooked chickpeas, drained (canned are fine)
1/4 cup minced cucumber (leave the skin on if it's unwaxed)
1/4 cup minced red onion
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste
Salt and black pepper
1. Combine the yogurt, chickpeas, cucumber, onion, sugar, cumin, and mustard in a bowl.
2. Add red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper to taste and serve immediately.


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CHANCELLOR George Osborne is to formally rule out plans for Scotland to carry on using the pound in a currency union after independence.
Osborne is expected to make a speech in Edinburgh within the next few days dismissing Alex Salmond's hopes of Scotland keeping sterling.
His move follows Bank of England governor Mark Carney's technical assessment of the plan last week, which outlined the obstacles the shared pound would encounter.
Nicola Sturgeon hit back today and accused Westminster of trying to "bully" Scotland into voting against independence.
Yesterday David Cameron all but ruled out a currency deal, when he said: "I think it would be very difficult to justify a currency union post-independence, but I think it is very important that we set out these arguments in a very clear and rational way."
Osborne told the House of Lords economics affairs committee last week: "I think that, frankly, Alex Salmond's claims about the currency were pretty effectively demolished by the governor of the Bank of England. It was a very non-partisan technical speech from a Canadian citizen, who pointed out that the conditions for a successful monetary union require the ceding of sovereignty and the creation of a banking union."
Polls show that the economy and finances will be the biggest factor for voters in the referendum.
Labour's Ed Balls and the Lib- Dems' Danny Alexander also plan to restate their opposition to a sterling currency zone that would make the Bank of England the guarantor of Scotland's finances.


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I'm so glad my son wasn't with me last week when I went to the thrift store. If he was, I'd be eating crow right now. I almost never find good deals there these days. I've ranted about it before, so I won't rehash it. Since he's usually in the car with me, he hears me gripe about the prices every time I shop there. He rolls his eyes. I ignore him and continue griping. I need to get it {Read More}
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My Barn Door Dream Came True!
I know I've mentioned at least a few (dozen) times that I want a barn door in my house. I really wasn't sure if it would ever happen, so I made a cabinet with a mini barn door on it. I love that cabinet and use it all the time, but I really wanted a bigger version, so when my husband built another cabinet into the wall in our entryway, he fashioned the door to look like a barn door. It {Read More}
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DIY Farmhouse Decoupaged Galvanized Bucket
DIY Farmhouse Decoupaged Galvanized Bucket I promised I'd show you the project I made using one of the milk cap image printables I shared yesterday, so I got up early this morning to take photos of this decoupaged bucket in the kitchen, when the sunlight is so pretty shining through the window.
Autumn Sheet Music Printable
Autumn will be here soon, so I have a pretty autumn printable for you. It's an antique sheet music page, called "Breath of Autumn", that came from a 1920's magazine for musicians. There are so many projects this could be used on, like a greeting card, or as part of mantle decor. Enjoy! {CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE} If you use it to create a project, be sure to share it on my Reader Features page HERE. You can find more free printable antique sheet {Read More}
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Have you ever done something SO dumb, you hope no one ever finds out about it? Well, I'm going to tell you the incredibly dumb thing I did last night, just so YOU feel better about anything dumb you could ever think of doing. Brace yourself, this is really dumb! So, you remember the pallet wood bathtub tub I made, right? Well, I'm a total bathtub soaker, and I write my blog posts using my computer on that bathtub table, nearly every day. {Read More}
In the Spotlight – Stencil Projects and a Sale!
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DIY Concrete Tree Slice Nature Cloche
Do you ever buy something, convinced you are going to do something really cool with it? You aren't 100% certain what that really cool thing will be – you just know it will be once you figure it out. Well…last year I bought 2 of these glass domes. I knew they were from cage lights, so I figured that's what I'd do – make a light. So I searched the internet for some inspiration… … and I found this Mariner's Lamp from Restoration Hardware. {Read More}
Vintage Inspiration Party #198 – Amazing Garden Shed, Eye Chart & More!
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How to Become a 4-H Member in Butler County
Find A Club
Learn which clubs meet near you or are working on 4-H projects that you might enjoy. The Club Directory can help you with this or you can contact the Extension Office for help in doing this.
Ask the club leader for instructions on how to enroll using the new online enrollment system. The 4-H year runs from October 1st though September 30th. Each member is required to pay a $20 educational materials fee each year. Horse project members contribute an additional $25 per member for horse programming.
If you are unable to pay this fee, please contact the Extension Office to discuss other alternatives. Clubs sometimes hold fundraisers to cover the cost of this fee.
Contact Us:
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The new added features, especially the barn doors, make the new equipment ideal for photographers and videographers who want more control, while remaining compact and lightweight to carry on location.
Waukegan, IL (PRWEB) October 17, 2013
Fotodiox (http://www.fotodioxpro.com), the leading manufacturer and distributor of high-quality photography and videography accessories, has announced the availability of its next generation LED light panels; the Fotodiox LED-312D, LED-312DS, and LED-1024AL. The new LED lights are compact and powerful, while remaining lightweight – perfect for both studio and location shooting. Fotodiox's LED panels generate little heat, use little power, and now the reduced bulk of these newest lights maximize portability and mounting possibilities to capture the perfect shot.
The three new LED panels feature all-metal barn doors to shape and control the light, while a locking system keeps the barn doors in place, no matter how the light is mounted. The lights feature a backlit LCD panel that displays the percentage of light intensity and remaining battery life, to avoid shutdown during the most important photo shoots.
"The new added features, especially the barn doors, make the new equipment ideal for photographers and videographers who want more control, while remaining compact and lightweight to carry on location," said Kelvin Luo, CEO of Fotodiox. "Our original LED lights were a big hit with both amateur and professional photographers and videographers, and we're proud to be releasing the next generation of these high-intensity lighting solutions."
Fotodiox LED-312D
The Fotodiox LED-312D is a versatile professional grade LED light that comes equipped with 312 ultra-bright 5600k LEDs. The powerful daylight balanced LEDs offer a full spectrum of soft light, with full control over the light level from 10-100%. The light is equipped for fully cordless operation with the included lithium-ion battery packs and charger. A rear-mounted backlit LED status display shows both the remaining battery level and the light's brightness level.
Control and shape the light with the new, all-metal barn doors. Two included diffusion panels securely lock into place – one panel softens the light even more, and the second panel is for matching the 312-D's light's color temperature to match tungsten light sources.
Fotodiox LED-312DS
The Fotodiox LED-312DS is an equally powerful and professional LED light panel that shares the form factor of the 312D. Additionally, the 312-DS features a dedicated control to change the light's color temperature from 5600K daylight to 3200K tungsten color temperature, or any level in between.
The light level is fully dimmable from 10-100%, as indicated by the rear-mounted backlit LCD status display. In addition to the real-time battery level monitor, you can also see the current color temperature output for maximum control of lighting settings.
Fotodiox Pro LED-1024AL
The Fotodiox Pro LED-1024AL comes with over 1,000 powerful LEDs in a compact (12'" x 12") form. The 5600K daylight LED panel is lightweight, making it the ideal versatile and powerful lighting solution whether in the studio or on location. The complete kit includes the 1024AL light, all-metal mounting yoke, locking diffusion panel, AC adapter, and a custom-fitted soft shell case with handle.
Availability and Pricing
All three of the new Fotodiox LED upgrades are available for immediate sale, and each light kit comes with a 24 month manufacturer warranty.
For more information, please visit http://www.FotodioxPro.com.
About Fotodiox
Serving the photo and video markets since 2004, Fotodiox is a leading manufacturer and distributor of high-quality professional photography and videography accessories at wholesale prices. Fotodiox is the developer and exclusive distributor of the WonderPana, as well as the premium Vizelex line of high-end camera systems and adapters. The company also markets a full line of professional photography accessories and lighting equipment, including flash strobes and wedding photography kits, daylight fluorescent lighting, tungsten lighting and video lighting kits. For more information about Fotodiox visit http://www.fotodiox.com and http://www.facebook.com/fotodiox.


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I just watched You Don't Mess with the Zohan at a local Cineplex cinema. It was a good movie, not one of the best I've seen this year but better than expected. However, this post isn't about the movie; it's about the projection. This was the first movie which I saw which was projected digitally, and I'm impressed.
Nowadays Cineplex cinemas have digitally projected video before the previews start. That video is of low quality compared to film. Resolution and contrast are visibly worse, the image doesn't fill the whole screen, and the image is often trapezoidal or otherwise distorted.
As soon as the previews started I was surprised by the dynamic range. Later during mostly black scenes I was surprised by how dark it was in the cinema. I thought I was just seeing how film was much better than the cheap pre-preview digital projector, but I've seen many movies before and I never noticed the difference like this. Right before the main feature, I saw a short Kodak Digital Cinema logo segment. I hadn't seen that before and its presence explained why the image seemed different.
During the movie the image seemed exceptionally sharp in well-focused areas, and of course there was the absence of typical film artifacts. There were also no reel changeover cues or noticable changeover interruptions. I couldn't even see any digital artifacts. It was a surprising improvement in quality.
It seemed as if the frame rate might have been higher but I cannot be sure. I guess that if the frame rate wasn't higher then at least the duty cycle must have been higher.
Before the credits there was a short interruption. The first part of the credits (which listed the more important actors) was a series of tinted images from the movie and text which quickly slid onto the screen from the edges. It seemed as if that wasn't normal video but a high resolution version of a slideshow presentation or Flash. The tinted image from the movie was perfectly still and the text seemed like it might be animated by a computer in the theatre instead of it all being encoded as video earlier. Overall, this part of the credits seemed kind of cheap, but it's not really a serious complaint. The scrolling part of the credits could have been done the same way, but it's harder to tell.
I look forward to seeing more digitally projected movies. If digital projectors can be this good then film is obsolete.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
My first impression of Kodak Digital Cinema
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Very nice review. Here is some more information if you are curious.
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