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TRESU Group chambered doctor blade technology raises the productivity of flexo and offset at China Print 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
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Kolding, Denmark - TRESU Group (stand E4-015), a global supplier of flexo printing lines and ancillary products, introduces a range of chambered doctor blade systems and a new ink circulation system at China Print 2013.
TRESU's chambered doctor blades ensure a uniform, smooth, splash-free and uncontaminated lay-down of flexographic inks and coatings in the anilox roll cells, preventing microfoaming and blistering. Together with the ink circulation systems, they enable accurate pressure, flow and viscosity control, efficient temperature regulation and cleaning, fast blade-changeover and airtight sealing of the chamber. This ensures consistent quality and minimises the need for manual maintenance of the ink circulation during the print process. The systems are suited to printing speeds of up to 500 m/min and cover all narrow and mid-web flexo printing and coating applications.
The TRESU chambered doctor blade technology includes a proprietary, patented rubber Seal System, forming an airtight closure at the chamber sides, eliminating leakage. The airtight environment ensures leftover ink can be stored for long periods without evaporation or perishing.
Pressure of the ink or coating is maintained at a constant rate so that the pressure of the ink or coating inside the chamber is high enough to create a wall of liquid at the point where the rotating cells meet the blade. This prevents air-bubbles, which can cause 'microfoaming', from penetrating into the chamber.
The chambers feature TRESU's fast 'E-Line' doctor blade-changing system, enabling blades to be slotted into position and released safely, within one minute, by a clamp.
Mid-web chambers
For mid-web applications, TRESU offers the FlexiPrint IMW E-Line Chamber Doctor Blade System. It is suitable for solvent-, water- or UV-inks and virtually all paper, folding carton and film substrates. The unit has an ink volume of between 1.35l/m and 2.2l/m depending on chamber size, and is suitable for anilox diameters between 64mm and 250mm, web-widths up to 1800mm and printing speeds up to 500m/min.
Narrow-web chambers
For narrow-web applications, the FlexiPrint Reservoir Chamber Doctor Blade system has a 'closed cassette' design. Designed for UV and water-based inks, it has no moving parts and works without a pump. With minimum volume requirements only 0.2 litres, FlexiPrint Combi is built for anilox lengths up to 800mm and anilox diameters ranging from 64mm to 150mm.
The chamber is situated at right angles to the anilox roll, with point-of-contact either in the three o'clock or nine o'clock positions, enabling even ink transfer without suction. Fast, effortless changeover is possible by sliding and locking the chamber with ease into any position in the printing sequence of the press. Reservoir levels are topped up manually, and human eye judgment is enough to determine when to replenish the reservoir. Alternatively, a float with a sensor can indicate when more ink is needed. The system also features the company's E-Line doctor-blade changing system for safe blade change in less than one minute.
Offset Coating Concept
For sheet- and web-offset printing applications, TRESU offers the Offset Coating Concept. This comprises the TRESU UniPrint Combi chamber doctor blade E-line and TRESU Coating Circulator and a TRESU Coating Conditioner. This system enables sheet-fed and web offset printers to coat printed products at faster speeds, without the risk of micro-foaming. It is suitable for all possible anilox roll up to 1200mm wide and between 80mm and 250mm in diameter, and at print speeds of up to 300m/min or 18,000 sheets per hour. The circulator automatically adjusts to the coating supply and initiates either a 6-minute or intensive 12-minute cleaning program, enabling fast job changes.
Anti-corrosion chamber surface protection
The TRESU CPG Anti-Corrosion surface is a guard that offers surface protection of the chamber doctor blade system. Its aluminium and carbon fibre structure offers resistance against corrosive ink, coating and cleaning liquids. The guard is retrofittable to all TRESU chamber doctor blade systems with the TRESU D4 and D5 profiles.
F10 iCon Ink Supply System
TRESU's new F10 iCon ink supply system features TRESU's own patented viscosity and flow control, as well as temperature control over the ink as it circulates from ink bucket to anilox roller. This keeps the ink at constant viscosity to ensure stable ink density on the printed substrate, and constant pressure and flow to stop air mixing with ink in the anilox chamber, in turn preventing blistering and ink starvation. Its airtight environment allows safe handling and storage of solvent inks in environments where solvent evaporations are likely.
Strokes are counted to determine when fresh ink is pumped into the system, to ensure precise amounts are dispensed to the chamber, leaving minimal residue at the end of the production run. Excess ink can be returned to the bucket for reuse, without wastage. Other features include automatic cleaning after each production run and touch-screen operated real-time viewing. Cleaning cycles are completed in less than a few minutes. The pump minimizes manual intervention of the ink flow. This is especially beneficial for central impression (CI) presses, where a closed architecture makes ink control and leakage prevention a manually intensive affair during the production run.
The F10 iCon Ink Supply System is 1000mm height x 500mm in both width and depth and has a flow range of 5 to 30 litres / minute.
Henrik Kristensen, sales director of TRESU Ancillary, says: "There is a need for improved control of the the ink or coating supply because of faster printing speeds, the trend to shorter production runs and - in the case of central impression machines - the limited possibility of manual intervention production. Our range of chamber doctor blade systems assure quality results at high print speeds and minimise make-ready time. TRESU is constantly working with leading flexo, offset and coating press manufacturers to develop adapted chamber and ink and coating supply solutions that seamlessly fit into any press design."
TRESU has partnerships with several of the world's leading flexo and offset press makers, developing a wide range of auxiliary products for narrow-, mid- and wide-web printing and coating situations. The company has also recently launched TRESU Webshop, so customers can order original ancillary and spare parts as well as consumables directly and at highly competitive prices with authenticity guaranteed.
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How do Carbon Filters Work? How to pick the right size Carbon Filter... Does it have to fit your fan? for that matter, how do you decide on fan size? This is what we talk about today on Lex's World. Carbon filters use a process called Adsorption... air passes through ground up charcoal that's been treated with oxygen to achieve a 'cleansing' effect on air that passes through it. So long as you recharge the Carbon Filter with positively-charged, oxygen treated charcoal on occasion, it works great in eliminating odors. If it is correctly fitted to both the exhaust fan and the room it is in, it will work amazingly!
Your room measures: 5 feet long... by 5 feet wide... by 7 feet tall.
Step 1) Figure out Volume in Cubic Feet: 5X5X7 = 175 CF (Cubic Feet)
All Fans & Carbon Filters are rated by how much air they can move. The rating is in Cubic Feet/Minute (CFM), so figure out how many CFMs you need. Aim for AT LEAST 25-30 full air exchanges per hour. High impact growers do it 60 times an hour.
Step 2) 175 Cubic Feet X 30 times/hour = 5250 Cubic Feet per Hour, Divide by 60 minutes: 87.5 CFM
You now know that you need a fan & Carbon Filter that move AT LEAST 87.5 CFM. Any 4" inline fan will have more than enough power for this. Then just find a 4" carbon filter that is rated for at least 87.5 CFM (this would be a relatively small one). For extra credit you can go as high as 175 CFM on both of them.
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The Record for April 2
April 3, 2006
Sunday, April 2
1:46 a.m. A woman reported losing a cell phone in the 1300 block of Dream Island Plaza.
3:15 a.m. Police assisted a drunk pedestrian in the 1800 block of Ski Time Square Drive. The drunken man was taken to the hospital and then to detox.
12:19 p.m. Police received a report of a 31-year-old woman who was having an asthma attack in the 2300 block of Mount Werner Circle.
12:36 p.m. A person reported losing a ski pass.
3:29 p.m. The Routt County Sheriff's office received a report of a man who was receiving harassing phone calls from his mother.
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4:42 p.m. A man reported stolen skis near Steamboat Ski Area. The skis were taken from the base area Sunday afternoon and were valued at $580.
5:56 p.m. A non-injury car accident occurred in a parking lot in the 2400 block of Lincoln Avenue.
6:47 p.m. A woman reported an iPod had been stolen from Steamboat Ski Area.
7:39 p.m. A woman reported a digital camera had been stolen from her car in the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue.
8:11 p.m. Police responded to a structure fire in the Westland Mobile Home Park. The unoccupied trailer that was burning was extinguished. The cause is under investigation.
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The release notes for Hugin's latest update begin with the words "Hugin is more than just a panorama stitcher." That's been true for years, but only recently has the project made a concerted effort to emphasize the other photo magic that the application is capable of working. Better still, Hugin is making more and more of the process automatic, so aligning your images has never been easier.
In case you are unfamiliar with it, Hugin is a tool useful for bending and correcting photos in interesting ways. The initial use case was sewing side-by-side photographs together into a seamless panorama, but the bag of tricks has expanded considerably over the years. Hugin can instantly take the "warp" out of a wide-angle shot, remove color fringing from the edges of a picture, straighten the converging sides of a tall building when shot from below, and make other corrections that it would be arduous — if not impossible — to do by hand.
But it is not all work; Hugin can still play at the zany tasks, like stitching a series of images into a 360% virtual-reality picture, removing pesky objects (or people) from the foreground of a photo, and blending multiple exposures of a scene into a perfectly-balanced shot.
The new release is tagged 2011.04.0 — Hugin has adopted a time-based released schedule centered around three stable builds per year, but produces very awkward version numbers. You can grab the latest packages from the download page; distro-specific instructions are provided for Ubuntu and Fedora, plus binaries for Windows, Mac OS X, and FreeBSD, and compilation guides for several other Linux distributions. The downloadable packages include the main application, plus a handful of utilities that Hugin uses for specific tasks like blending photographs together without leaving an unsightly seam. Most of these tools were originally written to function as Hugin plug-ins, but they work as standalone apps, too.
What's New
There are two entirely new functions in this Hugin series. One is a lens calibrator. You take a picture of some ramrod-straight objects (preferably at varying distances), and the app measures the minro distortions in the picture to create a lens profile. On subsequent runs, Hugin will know with better precision how to adjust your images for perfect horizontal and vertical lines. The second is the ability to "register" (i.e., properly align) stereo images. Like the Viewmaster toys of yesteryear, stereo images can be used for a simple and fun 3D effect — but they are also useful to scientists extracting three-dimensional data of objects just from photographs.
It is not as immediately gratifying, but an arguably bigger improvement is the addition of complete scripting support with Python. This Python support works in both directions: you can write your own plug-ins for Hugin to automate tasks, and you can write Python applications that call library functions from Hugin. The possibilities here are excellent; for example GIMP also supports Python scripting — you could write a GIMP plugin to automatically stitch images together using Hugin without ever leaving the GIMP interface itself.
The project has already taken the first steps towards offering a different UI for its non-panorama tasks, in the form of the aforementioned lens calibrator, which can be launched from a separate Applications menu item that is installed alongside the usual Hugin panorama-creator. The calibrator is a stripped-down interface with no tabs and no extraneous features — just the image loader, preview window, and some options. Although on Linux it is a standard ELF binary, the new Python scripting interface makes crafting other sub-project apps far easier.
There are some incidental improvements too, such as composition guides (lines marking off the golden ratio or rule-of-thirds) to help you create eye-pleasing crops, but most of the other enhancements come in the form of increased automation in Hugin's core tasks. Hugin can now find the horizon automatically, and at long last has an automatic control point finder that is completely free of the software patent threats that have loomed over similar work. To really get a feel for the difference this sort of enhancement makes, you will need to fire up Hugin.
A Panoply of Fun
In older releases, Hugin's interface might have been disparaged as a clutter of buttons and numeric entry boxes with little help offered to guide the intrepid new user towards success. Luckily the recent releases have put an increasing emphasis on exchanging that paradigm for "assistant"-guided operation. Now, whenever you launch Hugin, you see nine tabs across the top of the window: Assistant, Images, Camera and Lens, Crop, Mask, Control Points, Optimizer, Exposure, and Stitcher. That sounds like a lot, but the key is that Assistant tab at the head of the list. Experts can dive right in, of course, but if you're new, the Assistant tab will walk you straight through the options.
To merge a set of side-by-side shots into a panorama (or simply a larger mosaic of photos), then the assistant will walk you through the process: where you need to perform a step (such as choosing the images from your hard drive), it will prompt you for action; where it can automatically proceed it will do so and report its results; where it encounters trouble it will suggest what you need to do next. In the accompanying screenshot, for instance, I ran into a stumbling block when I loaded my images in right-to-left order (when they physically were a left-to-right scan of the scenery). Naturally, Hugin couldn't figure out how the edges matched up.
Normally, however, Hugin can automatically locate the points where the photos overlap, and it tags them as "control points." Those points are how Hugin calculates how to squeeze and rotate the images so that they line up perfectly. It can also automatically crop the resulting panorama, find objects that should be perfectly vertical, correct the horizon line, blend the images to match variations in exposure, and pick out trouble spots like clouds that move between one shot and the next.
The list of automatic adjustments Hugin can make has grown considerably over time, but it is not yet at 100 percent. Sometimes you need to make tweaks. The output of the example I played with for these screenshots is available on Flickr; if you look closely you can see that the curve of the waterline and the fact that the horizon was hidden behind so many buildings left a few spots not-quite-vertical — but I can go back and fix those.
Here's the trick, though: if you want to get the most out of Hugin, you still ought to avail yourself of the project's excellent tutorials. If nothing else, they will teach you about the differences between the various options for output "projection" of panoramas. These projections are like map projections: you have different features important for different situations. Most of the time a big scenic panorama will be a "rectilinear" projection, but sometimes you want something else.
The tutorials are also an invaluable guide for Hugin's other features, such as blending multiple exposures into one shot, removing lens distortions from a single picture, or taking shots around a foreground obstruction and masking it out of the final product.
Under the hood, a lot of the math is the same in these functions, even though it might not be obvious at first. For example, Hugin creates seamless blends where two stitched photos by averaging the overlapping pixels together and making a smooth transition. Essentially the same calculations are involved in merging two exposures — except that the borders of the merged region are where the "bright exposure" and "dark exposure" meet, instead of the adjacent edges of the frame.
There is some fun stuff you can do with this fundamental similarity, such as focus stacking, where you keep the camera still and take pictures focused up close and far away. Hugin can merge them into a picture with everything in focus. This is not any different from the integration performed by the much-hyped "Lytro light field camera" — except that Hugin does it for free.
Off in the Distance
I don't want to mislead anyone into thinking that Hugin is a "hands off" application — yet. The increasing automation of alignment and stitching functions is great, but these days you still need to poke around a little to get a feel for the panorama, exposure stacking, or focus stacking workflow — and how they differ. Hugin is headed in the right direction, but the cost of its flexibility is that it is not as simple to use as one of those camera phone apps that attempts to stitch a panorama without your intervention.
However, that is precisely why I am fired up about the new Python scripting interface. Development of the assistant-mode and stand-alone calibrator features has been slow, but it had to be because there was no clean, consistent interface to Hugin internals. Now there is. I'm hopeful that the development community will work on assistant front-ends for the other, non-panorama features of the app (such as the aforementioned exposure- and focus-stacking). Those are simpler tasks and a lot of users will love to take advantage of them. I think there is also a strong chance that we will see GIMP plugins that use Hugin magic to perform minor miracles like automatically straightening the horizon — the door is wide open.


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Back in 2006, Michael Pollan wrote a little book called The Omnivore's Dilemma and a movement was born. Everyone wanted to eat local and organic food, and those who could afford it, did. In the past few years, farmers' markets have taken off, kids started to dream about being farmers when they grew up, and a certain segment of the populace bought "Eat Local" tote bags and started shelling out $5 for a bunch of carrots.
On the backs of that movement rode the do-it-yourself locavores, the victory gardeners, the Michelle Obama crowd of herb pots and backyard chickens. Meanwhile, the trust fund kids started taking unpaid positions on farms on their summer breaks, reveling in fresh air, barn dances, and home made sauerkraut. Then most of them graduated, realized that there's still no money in farming despite our nationwide romanticism for the lifestyle, and found jobs as fry cooks.
I'll admit to being privileged enough to have spent time in both groups. Then I graduated, and after working a few seasonal jobs, was thankful to find regular work as an institutional cook. I'm very glad I have a job, but being part-time excludes me from the $5 carrot group these days. I've always rented and move too often to have a very productive garden. Luckily, I landed on a viable scheme to eat well without paying for it, and get my farming kicks in, too. Since, in the past three years, both the tote-baggers and college grads are finding the locavore dream more and more difficult to carry out, it may be a scheme to consider.
This Thursday found me, like most Thursdays do, squeezing the goats out at NettleEdge Farm. Since last spring, I've been coming to this sprawling homestead about once a week to do a few hours of work in exchange for goat milk, eggs, veggies, seeds and whatever else comes out of the earth or animals.
The farm is kept by Rachel and Keith Debuse, their son Keagan, and resident garlic expert George with help from a few others. Located just north of town in that nether region between suburb and country – an estate home on one lot, a Christmas tree farm on the next – the place is chaotic but comfortable. Decades of accumulated farm equipment, inherited from Keith's family, rusts in nests of blackberry vines. Compost heaps dot the farmyard, protected from the destructive claws of chickens with makeshift fences held together with baling twine. Goats destroy everything, so their sheds are practically coming apart at the seams despite constant repair.
In other words, it's a paradise, greener and quieter than the busy street I live on. Dogs and poultry run free. Nobody cares where you throw your apple core or park your wheelbarrow. And there's nothing more beautiful than the family's army-feeding garden and trees laden with pears, figs, plums and nuts from summer through fall.
My Thursday morning routine at NettlEdge is simple and rejuvenating – clean up after the goats, feed 'em, milk 'em, scratch 'em behind the ears, find more food for them to eat. In the summer, it's sweet-smelling grass that we cut by hand from the field, or blackberry vines, a goat delicacy. In the winter, it's chopped up squash, garlic tops, cabbage greens, and hay, all grown on site. (In addition to goat food, the farm produces an excellent garlic crop, which they sell at the Kiva market in Eugene.)
What's in it for me? I can never decide if the sanity or the sustenance is more valuable. I frequently bike the six miles to the farm along the Willamette River, my head full of worries and confusion on the way there, singing a song and plotting an elaborate lunch for myself on the way back. Although the goat-caretaking routine is easy on the surface, every day I learn something new about their diet and personalities under the watchful eye of Rachel, the unequivocal Goat Mistress.
Of course, there are more tangible forms of payment involved, and it's a good thing, too. Even though I'm always glad when I get there, it would be hard a lot of days for me to drag myself out of bed and out into the rain without that literal carrot dangling in front of my nose. Instead of a taxed-to-death pay check, I participate in a form of bartering known as a worktrade – trading work for farm product.
At first, Rachel and I were fairly exacting when we measured out my time for her goods. Raw, fresh, organic goat milk goes for about $15/gallon in these parts. It was mine for an hour and half's work. Another half hour, a carton of eggs. Etcetera. After we got to know each other, however, the employer/employee dynamic slowly shifted toward that between trusted friends, and the things we offer each other have become more elemental than work and food.
Obviously, I'm not the first person to come up with this scheme. Bartering (the exchange of a good or service for another good or service) predates currency; it probably even predates language and culture. A few hundred years ago, taxes were paid in sheaves of wheat; a hundred years ago, doctors and accountants would accept a few chickens or a share of a pig in exchange for their services. Those people were probably smarter than us. Every time a tangible good or service is converted to cash, some of its intrinsic value is lost, pocketed by the trader. Cash traded for goods also drops a bit of that value. Sure, cash is more convenient. But convenience is a luxury that fewer people can afford these days.
Food, especially good food, is expensive. It's expensive because a whole lot of time and energy go into producing it. Right now in this country, unemployment hovers around 9% of the population (nationally, it's 8%). In other words, 9% of the population, and probably more, has an excess of energy and time. Granted, a good chunk of those people, for one reason or another, don't have the capacity to convert that time and energy into work, but if you've read this far, I'm guessing you do. I'm also guessing that most of the farmers in your area are starving for time and energy. You can put it together from here.
There are plenty of reasons to worktrade, and the more I do it, the more I find. First off, thanks to the connective power of the internet, good arrangements are easier to locate. I found Rachael and her goats by posting an ad on craigslist one day, lonesome for the goats I left behind at my first farming job. I posted my request to worktrade for milk in the "barter" section, and a friend of Rachel's spotted it and emailed me. After interviewing each other, we went to work, and we haven't looked back.
After spending some time trading this way, I began to see the act of the barter unfolding constantly around me – needs and wants implicitly stated and filled. The goats, in exchange for food, shelter and backscratches, give us milk, meat and manure, which is traded in on the field for vegetables, which in turn shared amongst the human and non-human herds on the premises. Plants need the opportunity to propagate themselves; we want their seeds, fruits, leaves and roots. When I first began worktrading, replacing cash with other items of value felt strange to me. Now it's the social construction of money that seems unnatural.
Bartering is the only economic exchange that enables both parties involved to feel like they're getting a good deal. It's not always practical, but when it is, it's possible to trade one good for another and for both of you to walk away better for the exchange. When cash is involved, intrinsic value is lost. The value of money itself is completely reliant on your ability to get a good deal on something else. Standard retail markup is 60%.
So for the individual with a wealth of time and talent but few "job" opportunities, what options exist to begin converting that energy into sustenance?
Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOF) is a loose organization of farmers and farm workers around the world. WWOOFers receive housing and/or food at farms in exchange for a few hours' work per day. Farms are listed online, but you must first pay a membership fee to see what sites are available in your area. It's usually used by people traveling through, not locals in search of an ongoing worktrade relationship.
I worked under a similar program in British Columbia the summer after graduating college. At Collins Farm, I worked for food, housing, and education – a crash-course in organic farming and making a small family farm survive. Here in Eugene, I've worktraded for workshops, rent, and art, doing everything from painting walls to writing. A local organization called Emerald Valley Time Exchange helps people connect to others for trading services (you mow my lawn, I'll walk your dog). I've never used it, but it sounds like a good resource.
It's not just here in progressivesville that worktrading is accepted practice. The site BarterQuest allows you to trade your skills for items, or items for items, or skills for skills. I couldn't find any farmers on there, and most people seem to do things remotely (across the US), but it could be a good model for a more local resource. I just joined BarterQuest, and will post if anything exciting happens.
Recently, I brought my friend Cynthia with me on a Thursday morning. A "recovering" vegan, she tried her first sip of real milk and swooned. We spent the trip back to town brainstorming ways to help her find a similar worktrade arrangement. Like me, she works part time, and she isn't already part of the farming community. She doesn't have farming experience, but is willing to learn.
What resources exist for people like Cynthia? Unfortunately, there's no one stop shop, and maybe there should be. An online resource that connects farmers to people willing to commit themselves to a steady worktrade, for free, could do a lot to empower disadvantaged people in our community and relieve the food insecurity that faces a third of the population here (according to Food for Lane County). Farmers would benefit from having one or two committed laborers who are invested in the land for reasons beyond dollar bills or this year's trend in summer jobs.
A wider adoption of farming worktrades could be an effective way to buck agrobusiness and make real food part of our lives again. Working for food does have its limitations, for individuals and for businesses, but long before the word "locavore" was invented, everyone was one. In times of economic instability, barter was trusted over the going currency. What do we have to lose?
Had a great experience WWOOFing or worktrading for food or anything else? Want to launch a foodtrade site? Let me know via the comments section or email. Thanks!


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A while back (half a year ago), I planned to attempt to solve architecture's long-lasting "existential crisis". I thought of creating a framework where people could understand what a theory was and how to generate new ones. The more overarching goal was to look at architectural theories in a positive and constructive light, rather than as points of debate. However in this first part, I just want to highlight the symptoms of the problem.
In architecture's 8,000 years or more years of existence, it has had about 112 distinct architectural styles (not counting regional differences)[1]. Each style represents a theory or a subset of one. More than half of these theories were formed in the past 250 years – a mere 3% of architecture's lifespan. At this rate you will encounter 10 more architectural theories during your average career. Simply put, architecture has an existential crisis.
But what is an existential crisis? It's a stage of development at which an individual questions the very foundations of his or her life: whether their life has any meaning, purpose or value.
An existential crises creates two problems. The first is that we are unable to define goals unanimously as an profession. Without goals, our efforts become divided and ineffective towards serving society.
Uncertainty has spilled over into our schools of architecture. Thirty years ago Christian Norberg-Schulz charged that "the schools have shown themselves incapable of bringing forth architects able to solve the actual tasks." Things are no different today although we are more likely to meet with challenges to the very notion of "the actual tasks". Do we know what these tasks are?
– Karsten Harries[2]
The second problem is that we lose a professional foundation. We are unable to be disciplined in our actions, measure standards of success, and focus on the needs of society. These are all professional traits that a foundation provides.
[A profession is] A disciplined group of individuals who adhere to high ethical standards and uphold themselves to, and are accepted by, the public as possessing special knowledge and skills in a widely recognised, organised body of learning derived from education and training at a high level, and who are prepared to exercise this knowledge and these skills in the interest of others.
Inherent in this definition is the concept that the responsibility for the welfare, health and safety of the community shall take precedence over other considerations.
– Australian Council of Professions[3]
As a result of undefined goals and non-existent foundation, we get lots of theories vying for the industry's attention. However, at any one time only a few theories are marketed as relevant, each describing a certain type of society. Not only does this mean we are limited in our ability to serve types of society, but we get a schism in the architectural body into:
- Those who apply theory as a discipline to the relevant group in society with shared interests. ie. part of a profession.
- Those who apply theory as a discipline without understanding which society it was meant for. Exercising knowledge without considering the interests of others is not part of a profession.
- Those who disregard theory and do what they please. This lack of discipline is also not part of a profession.
With architectural fame dominated by theoreticians who build, it is encouraged to critically observe the previous generation's philosophy and debunk it with your own[4]. This is childish bickering–creating a dog-eat-dog industry where we aggressively defend our individuality and treat it as a good thing.
This lack of discipline and resulting schism is why I propose that either the state of architectural profession is a short-lived movement waiting to be debunked, or we do not have one. Extending this movement into something that is timeless and bound by the definition of a profession is how we can solve the existential crisis.
Some might argue that continuously questioning our approach is a sign of dedication towards relevancy in society and see it as a good thing. This, however, is missing the point: it isn't about the details of each theory or how they are formed. It is about how theories are marketed.
Architectural theories are marketed as the be-all and end-all of architectural approach. Although hindsight continuously proves this to be wrong, our impression of current theory renders past theories outdated and somehow irrelevant. Our resistance to change then fixates our attention on the theoretical details between past and present, leading to arguments. This hinders our ability to see larger goals.
Additionally, we are still unable to outline goals or foundation despite increasingly and continuously questioning our foundations. If we continue generating theories at a rate of every 3-4 years without being able to highlight any one of these theories as being correct or still relevant today, then perhaps we are searching in the wrong place.
Coming in part 2: What are the foundations of architecture and why are they inappropriate?
- [1] Timeline of architectural styles, Wikipedia, viewed 11 September 2012, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_architectural_styles
- [2] Harries, K, 2000, The Ethical Function of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- [3] Definition of a Profession, Australian Council of Professions, viewed 4 October 2012, http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/277772
- [4] Breitschmid, M, Architecture & Philosophy: Thoughts on Building, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA


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Getting to know children requires conversation -- not activity, not tickets to the Super Bowl or Father-Son Dinners.In fact, good conversation rarely occurs in the midst of activity.
Communication with children can't be scheduled for the family outing or at a specific hour at regular intervals.
"My parents have this thing about dinnertime," says Jeff. "They expect us to have meaningful conversations every night at dinner. We are supposed to share our problems over meat loaf at 6:15. Now, I ask you, how can you schedule your problems? And do they reallym think I'm going to talk about problems with girls with my blabby sister there? She'd have the news all over town before we finish dessert. And my older brother would laugh. But we're all expected to say something -- so I say my shooting is off i basketball or biology class is boring. Then they feel like they're confided in and we're sharing stuff."
Most of all, young people want parents to respect their confidences. One 14 -year- old says, "I used to confide in my mom, but she'd tell my dad -- and he'd tell other people. So now, I don't tell either of them anything."
Andy voices another comment. "My parents saym they want me to come to them with problems, but when I do they're either busy or they only half listen and keep on doing what they were doing -- like shaving or making a grocery list. If a friend of theirs came over to talk, they'd stop, be polite, and listen.m "
Kids want parental interest -- but they want genuine interest. And none spot insincerity as quickly as the young.
Sixteen-year-old Mark says, "My father is big on visibility. He likes to be seen being a good parent, so he shows up at school functions where people in town will see him. Like, he'll come to a game if one of us is playing, but he's never tossed a ball with us in the yard."
His mother, Mark says, is different. "She shows up at actual stuff, too, but not just to be seen. She's interested in us whether anyone's watching or not."
Many young people yearn for more one- to-one time with a parent.It is easier to get close, to confide in one person than in a group. Sometimes there is one parent a child feels more comfortable with, is more apt to share thoughts and problems with. But one-to-one time is apparently hard to come by in some families. Children don't want to appear selfish, so they seldom come out and ask for it.
Diane's feelings are shared by many. "Our family, like wolves, travels in a pack. If we are going somewhere, we allm have to go. My mom and I love Chinese food. My dad and sister don't. They love Mexican food. My mom and I don't. So we never eat Chinese, they never eat Mexican. We all go out for chicken -- which is so-so to everyone. We compromise on something no one enjoys very much -- but we're bored togetherm -- which seems to be the point."
Some kids, from families where parents try very hard to do the right thing, don't even know what one-to-one time is. Thanks to a burglar, John found out.
"The best time I ever had with my dad was when burglars broke into our summer cottage at the lake. The police said we should come up to see what was missing. Well, our whole family's made the trip dozens of times, but this time there were just the two of us. It's a six-hour drive. I'd never spent six hours alone with him in my whole life. Six hours up, six hours back. No car radio. We really talked. It's like we discovered each other. There's more to him than I thought. It make us friends."
The irony is, the family had a history of fine vacations, outings, and activities.
Cindy describes her father's best gift: time. "My dad gives each of his children a special weekend each year. Each of us gets to choose and plan how we want to spend our weekend with him. Susan and dad went skiing. Dana and dad went backpacking. Dad and I went to museums and galleries in the city. All year we talk and plan what we'll do. It's a special time to look forward to -- and a special time to remember!"
A working mother, a college instructor, takes one of her two sons out to dinner alone each Wednesday. Dad and the other boy plan and cook their dinner at home John says, "My dad and I have made great lasagna, fair spaghetti, fantastic blueberry pancakes, and burned chicken twice! We have a lot of fun -- we're learning to cook together."
Both boys look forward to Wednesday. As Matt says, "I enjoy my parents together, but I enjoy each of them more alone. We talk better."
Once while teaching in a wealthy community near San Francisco, I asked Students to write about thier most memorable experience of the summer. I taught five English classes that year, but only one student even mentioned the family vacation -- and she hadn't gone on it.
Katie's family had camped together for eight summers, but to everyone's surprise, her mother asked to be excused that August. She had, she confessed, always gone because everyone elsem enjoyed it. This year, she wanted to stay home.
Katie was ecstatic! She didn't like camping, either, but had gone to be a good sport. The rest of the family went, as planned. Katie and her mother stayed home. It was the first time the two had spent a large block of time together since Katie was a toddler.
Katie expressed delight at getting to know her mother tha summer, "not just as a mother, as a personm . I'll always be grateful for the camping trip we didn't take."
The most positive comments young people make about family life invariably reflect the greatest simplicity. Leisure time with children, unplanned, unorganized, often yields the fondest memories.
Melissa, a blue-eyed, blond sophomore, describes what she considered one of the best times her family ever had.
"One night last winter there was an electrical storm and and we had no lights , no heat, no TV, no candles. We sat around the fireplace together for hours and talked and laughed. The next day, I opened a drawer, looking for something else, and realized we'd had a box of candles all the time. I told my mother.
"Mom said, 'Yes, I know. But wasn't it lovely without them?'"
Organized activities? Lessons? Well- planned vacations? Fifteen-year-old Bob has probably never had any of those things, but he has, as he puts it, "some mother!"
"EAch morning she sits with me while I eat breakfast. We talk about anything and everything. She isn't refined or elegant or educated. She's a terrible housekeeper. She uses double negatives. But she's interested in everything I do and she always listens to me -- even if she's busy or tired. She knows all my friends and they all like her. Other guys have moms who dress better and houses that are neater, but everyone likes to come to mine. If we get crumbs on the floor, it's no big deal. My mom and I laugh together. She's not fancy, just a great person."
An eighth-grader, whose insight is better than this grammaer, perhaps sums it up best: "You don't get close to nobody by goin' and doin' -- you get close by talkin'. If you can't talk together, goin' and doin' don't help. And, if you can, you don't needm to go."


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I am spending most of this summer doing summer research at school. My original thought of research was that it would be monotonous and boring and overall the worst experience ever. Once I started, it didn't seem that bad. There was a lot of pipetting, but I got to watch cells grow too.
Now, I like the idea of research - asking a question and then performing an experiment to see what answer you get. Sounds like some fun detective work. However, after my 21 day experiment failed a couple times and I still don't know if I'm going to get any meaningful results, research and I are not the best of friends. I'm not finding watching cells grow too exciting. I do basically the same stuff every day - pipetting, cleaning the lab, and taking pictures of my cells. So I have found research to be very monotonous and interesting at times.
My other job this summer is teaching a class of 7 students. I've only had a couple classes, but I'm starting to appreciate my teachers more. It takes a lot of work to put lectures together AND make them interesting.
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tissue culture it sounds like? no fun.....been there done that.
- February 21, 2010 at 7:28 PM
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In today's durable goods market there are two main factors other than the product itself that will ultimately influence the consumer's purchase decision, regardless of the type of product. These two factors are quality of service and customer satisfaction. Turning the consumer from a potential customer to a loyal customer is a complex process. The business through its' representatives must demonstrate that it will satisfy the consumer's need for high quality product and service as well as accurate and reliable information.
Quality customer service begins the moment the consumer sets foot in the business. It starts with a genuine welcoming smile and a firm handshake. The confidence and enthusiasm of the business representative resonates with the customer, making them feel comfortable that they are dealing with a knowledgeable and expert individual. Friendliness and interest in the customer's personal needs and opinions eases tension and begins to establish a trust relationship between customer and business representative. Straight-forward product presentation devoid of misrepresentations, misleading statements or false promises is key to building trust between potential customer and business representative. With access to a wealth of information from a wide variety of sources including the internet, the consumer is better informed than ever before. The business must recognize where it can add value and fill in the information gaps as the consumer seeks to educate themselves and become comfortable doing business with them. Treating the consumer with the utmost respect and dignity is an absolute today.
Customer satisfaction is not only a function of the ultimate purchase outcome, but of the entire process of research, purchase and service after the sale. Satisfaction begins with the consumer's initial introduction to the business and continues through the process of learning about the product and meeting people who will service their needs throughout product ownership and finally with negotiating the final deal. Satisfaction with the entire process from product features to knowledgeable staff effects the consumer's buy decision. Customer satisfaction leads to customer loyalty which is fostered by quality product, open and honest communication and a high level of expert and excellent service. High customer satisfaction leads to customer loyalty which often results in repeat business, the ultimate goal of every business.
Competition is fierce and the consumer has a wide range of choices. What differentiates one company from another is a serious and professional approach to building excellent customer relationships through quality customer service ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction.
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Hi Mark, I agree. Provide a WOW experience encompassing and mastering the sale as you have described and YES, you will not only sell more vehicles, but build a loyal following who will bring additional opportunity. Purchasing a new vehicle should be a "I want to talk about (in a positive way) experience.
Mark, I meant to read this Saturday night and forgot so forgive me for being late to the party. BRAVO! I like what you said, "The business must recognize where it can add value and fill in the information gaps as the consumer seeks to educate themselves and become comfortable doing business with them." What a great, true statement. Sales professionals are the caulk, the sealant between a product and the customer. We great the magic or madness based on how we treat each customer. I always say, never mirror bad behavior. Many customers act rude or crass-partly bc they are fearful of making a bad decision. We should realize their fears and slay them with professionalism and kindness. Great share sir.
Excellent read, thanks for sharing.
Its our pleasure to get the insight of real true and successful operators--we sometimes bore each other ! Lol
I really want to thank all of you for your generous comments, by all means if there is anything I can do to help anyone I would be delighted.
Mark, your success is perfect support of your customer centric philosophy. Nice post.
"Treating the consumer with the utmost respect and dignity is an absolute today."
Great post Mark...Thank you for sharing.
Great post, nicely written and to the point! I whole heartedly agree :)
Great post Mark. Thanks for sharing!
Looks like you have built a Brand and exercise a Culture that earns loyalty. Loyalty can not be bought.
Great Job!


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Plenty of captains and players talk about being ready to spill blood for their team but Australia's Brett Lee actually did just that in the World Cup quarter-final defeat by India.
The game was almost up for the reigning champions when fast bowler Lee, who has repeatedly fought back from a series of injuries, sprinted round the boundary and dived full length in a bid to stop a pull from Yuvraj Singh off Shane Watson from crossing the rope in the 43rd over.
Lee, one of the most popular players in the world game and a particular favourite in India where he has even enjoyed chart-topping music success, got a hand to the ball.
But unfortunately for him he could only deflect it into his own face, causing a cut to the side of his right eye that saw blood gush out in a manner more reminiscent of a boxer than a cricketer.
"If we all had that sort of attitude and that will in his eyes to get the job done, then things may have been slightly different," said Australia captain Ricky Ponting.
Thursday's incident summed up plenty about Lee, just as much as the shot of Andrew Flintoff consoling him after England's two-run win in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston in 2005, where the Australian nearly won the game with the bat.
Sadly for Lee and Australia, that too was a memorable portrait of a loss.
Lee had to go off for attention on Thursday but was soon back on the field with a plaster covering the cut.
As India closed in on their target of 261, Ponting turned to his champion 34-year-old spearhead for one last effort.
But instead Lee saw left-hander Yuvraj, who made 57 not out, cover-drive him for four to end a match India won by five wickets with 14 balls to spare to set-up a semi-final against arch-rivals Pakistan in Mohali on March 30.
It seemed an almost cruel fate for Lee who had to contend with elbow and ankle injuries, stress fractures and side strains throughout a career which saw him try to give his body a break when he called time on Test cricket last year.
"He has given a lot for Australian cricket his whole career, there's no doubt about that," said Ponting.
"He's kept coming back from injury, for someone to be bowling the way he is at his age and what he has put his body through over the years is an amazing achievement.
"He's the sort of guy you love having in your team, he never stops trying, as you saw tonight.
"He'll be shattered in there, he's worked really hard to get back here to give it one last crack."
Lion-hearted Lee in bloodied image of defeat
Plenty of captains and players talk about being ready to spill blood for their team but Australia's Brett Lee actually did just that in the World Cup quarter-final defeat by India.


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>Are you at a lost for words when it comes to updating your Facebook status? Don't worry; it happens to the best of us. Sometimes we need another source to help us with what we should post and even better, give us examples of what to post on Facebook.
We found an awesome site designed just for that! A website called WhattoSayonFacebook caters to your Facebook writers block and helps you stay interacting and informed while socializing.
The various categories represent what you would like to convey within your status updates and they are. For each tab, you can choose between "recent" and "top" information for you to use on your favorite social network. Can you not only gain information but also give information to the site for times others may need a hand with what to say on Facebook.
This tab allows you to find a topical event for you to share on Facebook. Once you click on the tab, a timeline defaulted, as "Recent" will show what others have posted.
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This tab is direct; it is simply other people's statuses.
In times we're not feeling very social but still want to say something, this tab can show you how to look busy.
Break-ups are hard and messy and can be awkward if you're "the friend", this tab is a handy way to help console them. Or if you're looking for an easy way to break-up with someone, although a bit harsh to do it on a social network and we don't recommend it, but still many do it and may need all the help they can get.
WTS When (What To Say When)
This tab is great to answer your questions and give you even more content for your status update on Facebook.
Socialeyezer Reminder: Choose to use appropriate content when posting on a social network and try to avoid hurting or offending someone – we're there to connect not destroy.
We are very impressed by this web-based service since it is vital to stay social. WhattoSayonFacebook can come in handy for businesses trying to update their page or if your scratching your head to write something but can't find the words. This site also allows you to post to your wall or to send to a friend, which adds to the already helpful tool. So next time you are speechless but want or need to have something to say, we recommend you check out WhattoSayonFacebook.
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Erin Ryan is a writer for various blogs and a Social Media Specialist who has a keen understanding of the power of Social Media for business and fervently stays up-to-date with the Social Media Industry. Erin enjoys teaching and helping people and businesses on how to use and connect through Social Media. You can connect with Erin on Twitter.
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Richardson v. Pevey et al
Plaintiff: Every Donelle Richardson
Defendant: Minnie L Drayer, Amanda Pevey and Raymond Naylor
Case Number: 5:2012cv00096
Filed: March 12, 2012
Court: Arkansas Eastern District Court
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County: Lincoln
Presiding Judge: D. P. Marshall
Nature of Suit: Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983
Jury Demanded By: None
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Baretti, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio jo͞ozĕp´pā märkäntô´nyō bärĕt´tē [key], 1719–89, Italian writer and lexicographer. Baretti held various official positions in several Italian cities while making regular contributions to periodicals. In 1751 he went to London, where he was active in literary and cultural circles and where he wrote an Italian grammar and a biographical dictionary of Italian authors. His Dictionary of the English and Italian Languages (1760) remained the best of its kind until the 20th cent. Returning to Italy in 1760, Baretti published a bi-monthly iconoclastic review of books, La Frusta letteraria [the literary scourge]. The Venetian government eventually suppressed the journal, and Baretti returned to London, where he published amusing and perceptive descriptions of his travels. He is considered largely responsible for the popularity of Italian literature in England in the 18th cent.
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MCEC Solar, Wind, and Watts Youth Education Program Receives Duke Sponsorship
Bloomington, Ind. - The Monroe County Energy Challenge (MCEC) has just received a grant for $2,760 from Duke Energy to expand its Solar, Wind, and Watts Roadshow in Monroe County.
The Solar, Wind, and Watts Roadshow is a youth energy education program in which the MCEC and high school Environmental Science students from Harmony, Bloomington High School South, and Edgewood High School team up to teach local 2nd through 5th grade students about energy conservation and renewable energy resources. Activities include solar car races, discovering how wind turbines generate electricity, pedaling an energy bike to generate electricity, and exploring the watt demand of common appliances.
"We love the way this program makes energy education hands-on and fun," said Duke Energy Bloomington Community Relations Manager Bruce Calloway. "It's a way to not only inspire young people, both those learning and teaching, but they often share what they learn about energy with their families, too."
The program launched in October 2016 and visited 17 classrooms and over 370 students in 6 weeks. Harmony School students supplied over 250 volunteer hours, and Cook Medical and CFC Properties donated funds to support the program. With the new grant from Duke Energy, the Roadshow will be expanding to the Richland Bean Blossom Community School Corporation this spring and aims to reach 1,000 students in MCCSC and RBBCSC in 2017.
"We are excited to offer this fun, innovative energy program to all Monroe County schools," said Mayor John Hamilton. "It's an incredible opportunity for our youth to learn about renewable resources from engaging young teachers and leaders."
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GLEN ELLYN – Besides gaining access to countless books, Glen Ellyn residents now have another reason to sign up for a library card: the discounts at some of their favorite downtown businesses it will provide throughout September.
In honor of National Library Card Sign-up Month, several Glen Ellyn businesses have partnered with the Glen Ellyn Public Library to offer discounts exclusively to library cardholders.
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To receive their discount, cardholders must present their library cards during transactions at participating businesses.
Residents without a library card can visit the library's circulation desk at 400 Duane St. to sign up. Those interested in getting a card must bring one of the following forms of identification with them: a valid school ID, a driver's license, a state ID card, a passport or a country ID.
To make it easier to sign up for a library card, the library subsidizes membership for low-income families of elementary school students living in unincorporated areas of districts 41 and 89.
Those eligible for the "Open Books, Open Doors" program include families who are able to demonstrate economic hardship and adults with a valid Illinois LINK card.
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India's poverty line has always been a matter of huge debate, but it was a discussion mostly confined to economists and policymakers. But the matter has now gone public, following a row about an affidavit from the planning commission to the supreme court of India, in which the official poverty line was set at 26 rupees (around $0.53) per person per day in rural areas and 32 rupees in urban areas. This can only be a good thing, because the official attempts to measure poverty are not just arcane, but riddled with contradictions.
How exactly are these numbers arrived at? The measure was developed in the early 1970s, when a group of experts decided the appropriate line would be set according to the average monthly consumption expenditure of households whose members consumed (per capita) 2,400 calories of food per day in rural India and 2,100 calories per day in urban India.
Subsequently, the poverty line has simply been updated using consumer price indices. These numbers now have little to do with actual calorie consumption because food consumption patterns have changed. However, the use of that line has been defended by official sources who have argued that, at that level of expenditure, families could afford to buy minimum food and have simply chosen not to.
Of course, this begs the question of whether it is really choice or the urgent need to consume other items (energy, healthcare and so on) that determine patterns of spending. Nevertheless, it is precisely this line (annually updated by consumer price indices) that has been used to describe the extent of poverty in India for decades. This was roughly similar to the World Bank's estimate of $1 a day (now $1.25 a day) per person, not at nominal exchange rates, but at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates.
In recent times, various committees led by economists have come up with different ways to measure the extent of poverty. The official line delivers a poverty rate of around 32% of the population. A committee under Suresh Tendulkar estimated it at 37%, while another led by NC Saxena said 50%, and in 2007 the Arjun Sengupta commission identified 77% of Indians as "poor and vulnerable". The World Bank's PPP estimate of Indian poverty was higher than 40% in 2005, while the Asian Development Bank arrived at almost 50%. The UNDP's Multidimensional Poverty Index finds the proportion of the poor to be higher than 55%.
All this even sounds ridiculous. And if it were simply a question of measuring the extreme poor and tracking the extent of extreme poverty over time, this discussion could indeed be left to the social scientists. But what has made it matter – for all the wrong reasons – is that these arbitrarily drawn poverty lines have been used to determine the extent to which citizens receive subsidised access to essential goods and services.
Since the mid-1990s, various government schemes have differentiated between the categories of "Below Poverty Line" (BPL) and "Above Poverty Line"(APL), and it was announced that a whole range of subsidised goods and services - from cheaper food grain in the public distribution system to subsidised healthcare to access to funds for basic housing – would only be available to BPL households.
Since India has a federal system, state governments are in charge of delivery of all these goods and services, and they have to decide which households are most in need through surveys. In fact, many state governments have taken a more realistic view of the people in need and issued "BPL" cards to many more households than those recognised according to the official poverty line. In some southern states, for example, significantly more than two-thirds of rural households have BPL cards.
But the central government allocates resources (both money and food grain) to the states on the basis of the national poverty estimates taken from the national sample survey, which is based on the official poverty line. State governments that provide these goods and services to additional households have to finance the extra ones themselves. As they have faced hard budget constraints, this has become increasingly difficult. That is why the poverty numbers are such a bone of contention.
In this context, the only sensible thing for the government to do would be to separate the basic entitlements of the people, especially food, from such controversial numbers. This is the basic proposal of a statement signed by more than 30 leading economists, including two former state finance ministers and many senior economists who have worked with the government in different capacities. The statement is worth quoting in full:
We do not consider the official national poverty lines set by the planning commission, at 32 and 26 rupees per capita per day for urban and rural areas respectively, to be acceptable benchmarks to measure the extent of poverty in India. In any case, irrespective of the methodology we adopt to measure poverty, the number of poor and hungry people in the country remains unacceptably large.
While academic debates can continue on the appropriate measure of poverty in India, its extent and whether it is decreasing over time, we strongly believe that it is unacceptable and counterproductive to link the official poverty estimates to basic entitlements of the people, especially access to food. Official surveys of nutritional intakes and outcomes indicate that undernutrition is much more widespread than income poverty, however defined. It is also widely recognised that the targeted public distribution system (PDS) introduced since 1997 has done more harm than good by creating divisions even among the poor and has led to massive errors of exclusion. Recent evidence clearly establishes that states which have moved towards near universalisation of the PDS have performed much better in increasing offtake and reducing leakages. Restoring the universal PDS appears to us as the best way forward in combating hunger and poverty. This is not only feasible within the available fiscal space of the Union (central) government but must be a policy priority in the backdrop of high and persistent food price inflation.
Following the controversy, the government has now declared that it will take into account multiple dimensions of deprivation for arriving at specific entitlements that rural households will receive, and that the current poverty estimates based on these declared numbers will not be used to impose any ceilings on the number of households to be included in different government programmes and schemes. We still have to see how this will play out, but here is a first step in the right direction.
• This article was amended on 4 October 2011. The final paragraph has been updated following the Indian government's announcement on Tuesday that it would not cap poverty numbers. The paragraph had read: "This is something the government should pay heed to – otherwise, the growing perception is of a governing coalition that is not only riddled with corruption, but full of Marie Antoinette-style insensitivity." This has now been changed.


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