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While great nourishment and great client benefit are pivotal for return business, the feel of a restaurant is likewise essential. You need clients to feel great and make the most of their dinners. The restaurant hvac design sets the phase for clients feasting background. Boisterous music, Formica tables, and plastic glasses set a totally unexpected inclination in comparison to jazz, cloth tablecloths, and china.
Adjusting Seating Capacity and restaurant hvac design
The restaurant hvac design ought to be a harmony between an inviting climate and most extreme seating limit. As it were, you need to pack in enough clients to keep occupied and turn a benefit, while in the meantime influencing visitors to feel good. A few kinds of restaurants center around seating limit instead of inside design. Burger joints, for instance, have additionally seating limit while fine eating restaurants tend to concentrate more on feeling.
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In an impeccable restaurant, there would be so such thing as a terrible table. Be that as it may, couple of restaurant hvac design can evade having no less than one issue region in their lounge area. Basic restaurant issue territories puts that clients would prefer generally not to sit-incorporate tables close to the kitchen passageway, bathrooms and front passage. Tables smack amidst the lounge area are not constantly prevalent with feasting benefactors either.
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The restaurant hvac design and feel bring through to restaurant bathrooms. Bathrooms ought to be checked at any rate once toward the beginning of each move. A master or transport individual can be doled out the errand of refilling paper items and taking out the junk.


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Dickens, an English novelist, said: "Evil, often short-lived, must perish
with the wicked, and good will live forever." Everyone will do wrong, as if
guilty, ashamed, is a virtue. Because people will have a sense of shame, there
must be a Chongshanzhixin.
There is such a little story: a boy just got on the bus to wait for his mother, his mother did not come a minute later, the car began to complain, the child's mother wasted everyone's time, then , The child's mother limped to the car, all quiet down.
When we look at the story, is our attention focused on the passengers in the car? Why are they silent? It is a comforting story because I did not know that my mother was disabled and blamed others for being wrong. , Because passengers are aware of their own mistakes, but also for their own actions feel ashamed. It can be said that when they complain about slow-moving mothers, the kindness of their hearts has not yet recovered, but when their eyes see disabled mothers walking hard, their deep-rooted goodness is activated. This is gratifying.
It is a virtue to forgive others' mistakes; to ignore oneself is a bad habit. Passengers on the bus did not wait for others to remind themselves can be introspective, they chose to admit their mistakes, to others to understand, in the silence was ashamed, this is a noble virtue.
"People are not saints, who can not be too? You can change, good Mo great!" Confucius said.

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Manta [9] is a major coastal city located in the Coastal Lowlands of Ecuador. Manta is a commercial and vacation resort area and is the second largest seaport in Ecuador. The city's main industries include tuna fishing, canning, and processing; coffee and cocoa bean export; and crafting the tagua nut into artwork.
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By Plane[edit]
Eloy Alfaro International Airport(IATA: MEC) (ICAO: SEMT), . Located on the outskirts of the city. There are daily flights serving Quito and Guayaquil. Airlines include AeroGal[10], Icaro[11], andTame[12], . Round trip airfare to Quito will run 75-100 U.S. Dollars.
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Bus service is readily available to most cities and towns. Long distance fares are generally around $1 per hour of the trip and depends on the bus service class. Information on bus schedules can be found at AndesTransit.
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Taxi service is inexpensive and you can get to most places from one to three dollars. You can also take buses throughout the city, but with an abundance of inexpensive taxis, that is the best option for a tourist. Negotiating the cost of your taxi as soon as you step in is common practice. Carry small denominations of money and have exact change for your taxi fare if possible. If you do not have exact change, taxi drivers conveniently will not be able to make change for you and will try to convince you to leave the change as a tip instead.
Between 1999 and 2009, Manta shared its airport with the U.S. Air Force in unison with Ecuador in strategic warfare against Colombian drug cartel traffic through surveillance flights in an effort to stop the flow of illegal narcotics. In 1996 a Boeing 707 cargo aircraft crashed into a wooden church located in Manta. It was reported that amazingly the statue of the virgin remained intact. Manta was also the host city for the sixth South American Windsurfing Championship in 1991.
Manta is located in a dry tropical forest area with an average annual temperature of 25 degrees Celsius (77° F). The area has a wide variety of climate zones attributed geographical characteristics of the area. During the year, there are two seasons; rainy, and dry. The rainy season is approximately six months long when it is hot and humid, and occurs from December to May. The dry season is approximately six months long and occurs during the months of June to November. It is warm but very low humidity.
Manta is a port city situated on a coastal plain. The outskirts of the city is a dry tropical forest area.
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Manta hosts an International Theater Festival every year in September. There are sporting events from January through April. Downtown you can find first rate night clubs, bars, and casinos.
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The evenings is a hive of activity of partying people, loud music and meandering cars that form around the nearby side streets and main frontage of the Malecón that arcs around the bay. Bathed in constant ocean winds, the Malecón is always a pleasant and most refreshing area to walk in the evening and taking in the night breezes.
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Manta has Paseo Shopping Mall on Avenida 4 de Noviembre. It is a a western styled modern shopping mall including clothing shops, a supermarket, banks and automatic teller machines, movie theater, and food court.
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Manta has an amazing selection of fresh seafood. You can find fish, shrimp, octopus, calamari, clams, mussels, prawns, lobsters, crabs and scallops that are especially fresh and cheap. Ceviche and viche de pescado are traditional tropical dishes in Manta. Fresh coconut juice is always available on the beach, and other delicious fresh fruit juices and smoothies are available on the malecon.
For the more experienced traveler there are many good restaurants along the beach (see above) which are a bit cheaper. Most food is well-prepared and safe for tourists to eat.
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The city water supply is contaminated with mercury and other contaminants. Drink bottled water only and do not use ice in drinks either.
Iced coconut water (agua'e coco) is very popular due to the hot temperatures. Freshly extracted from the coconuts in front of you, and it tastes really good.
Manta offers many places to have a great time, many of them in the main street called "Flavio Reyes."
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Stay safe[edit]
Manta is a generally safe city but tourists should take special care in certain areas. Dark unlit streets at night is an invitation for trouble. Taxis are inexpensive in the city, using them even for short distances is a great precaution.
Travelers in Manta and other areas are likely to be approached at some point or another by con artists or persons with "sob stories". Ignore such persons and be wary of anyone asking for money under any pretext, including children begging. If you're feeling charitable, Ecuador has lots of legitimate charities you can support. Pickpocketing is done by highly skilled groups of 3 or 4 people. You are best off not bringing a wallet at all -- just some bills split between various pockets. Buses and bus stations is an area known to target travelers (foreigners or locals alike). You need to watch your bags closely, before and during departure; even once on the bus. It is best not to put your luggage in the overhead shelving, as you can be easily distracted and have all your possessions stolen before realizing it.
Do not leave drinks unattended in bars and restaurants especially at night. Thieves working in tandem are known to act friendly gaining your confidence; then 'slip you a mickey' (spike your drink with drugs), and then rob you.
Blend in and avoid con artists[edit]
Wearing gringo' clothes(i.e. fishing vests, travelers pants, bright colored t-shirts, dirty sandals) will make you a target. A pair of nice pants and a nondescript white/off-white t-shirt will make you look a business person who knows his way around the area and not just another tourist
Local Laws and the Ecuadorian National Police[edit]
All Ecuadorian citizens and visitors are required to carry ID at all times. Carrying your passport around all the time is not advised due to the risk of loss of theft. A better option is to have a copy of your passport certified by your embassy and carry that with you.
Get out[edit]
Close to Manta is Montecristi, which has been known for years for their Panama hats. There are numerous small shops selling Panama hats, tagua nut artwork, and other types of artisan craft works made in Ecuador. An English speaking tour guide or taxi driver can be helpful in your shopping.


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The Argentine-born revolutionary leader challenges youth of Cuba and the world to study, to work, to become disciplined. To join the front lines of struggles, small and large. To politicize themselves and the work of their organizations. To become a different kind of human being as they strive with working people of all lands to transform the world. Eight talks from 1959 to 1964."Revivified to an extent that even the best biographies rarely achieve... [Che] challenges his audience to study, work, and to join the front lines of struggles. His public, the youth of Cuba, is also the world at large.... [A]ny sizable library serving Spanish-speaking young adults should include [Che Guevara habla a la juventud, Spanish edition of Che Guevara Talks to Young People]."-Criticas review of the Spanish edition. Introduction by Mary-Alice Waters, 12-page photo section and other photos, glossary, index.
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Thich Naht Hanh is Wrong
I follow Thich Nhat Hanh on Twitter. But, whereas I write my own Twitter posts, I doubt that Mr. Hanh sits in front of his Macbook and types his out for the world to see. My guess is that some minion of his scans his books for pithy statements that fit the Twitter mold and then uploads them. The Thichster probably never even sees them. I rarely see them either. But yesterday this one popped up:
"When you contemplate the big, full sunrise, the more mindful & concentrated you are, the more the beauty of the sunrise is revealed to you."
So I Tweeted the following back at him:
"@thichnhathanh Sounds to me like mindfulness would get in the way of the sunrise."
I've said here a few times how much I hate the word "mindfulness." This quote seems to embody everything I don't like about that word.
To be fair to Mr. Hanh, there are many ways to take this statement. There are a lot of things he might have meant by it. For example, he might have meant it as a sort of advertising for meditation. Yardley Aftershave Lotion might tell you, "You'll get lots of chicks if you douse yourself with Yardley" as an incentive to get you to buy more Yardley Aftershave Lotion. Perhaps Mr. Hanh wants you to know that you'll appreciate the sunrise lots more if you do meditation practice. Which is fine, I guess.
But there's another way to take this statement. And I honestly believe it's the way most people would take it. They'd look at it and say, "Gosh. I'm not mindful enough. I'm not concentrated enough. Because when I look at a sunrise, I just shade my eyes so that I can get through this traffic jam on West Market Street without running over any of the kids from Our Lady of the Elms. Sunrises kind of annoy me. They give me a headache. I better get more concentrated and more mindful so that I can be more like Thich Nhat Hanh and let the beauty of the sunrise be revealed to me."
In other words, the concept of "mindfulness" gets in the way of the sunrise. It becomes a big obstacle between what we think of as our self and what we think of as the sunrise. And we make our efforts to try to overcome the obstacle we've placed in our own way. Most of the time I hear or read the word "mindfulness" it sounds to me like an obstacle.
Pretty much all of our religions and our various self-help practices are based on the idea that what we are right now is not good enough. We then envision what "good enough" must be like and we make efforts to transform what we are right now into this image of ourselves as "good enough." We invent in our minds an imaginary "mindful me" and then try to make ourselves into that.
The problem with this kind of effort is right at its very root. We are setting up a habit of always judging ourselves as being not whatever it is we want to be. Whether you're poor and want to be rich or whether you're dull and want to be mindful, it's pretty much the same thing. Of course we'd probably have a better world if more people were ambitious to be mindful than were ambitious to be rich. Probably. But maybe not. Because the effort to be something you're not always seems to go wrong no matter what it is you want to be -- even if you want to be super terrifically nice.
People who are working on fulfilling some image they have of a "nice person" are usually a pain in the ass. Their efforts to be like the "nice person" they've invented in their heads almost always get in the way of actually doing what needs to be done. Most of the time I'd rather be around someone who is honestly selfish than someone who is forever trying to be selfless. The kind of forced helpfulness such people engage in is almost never helpful at all. It's annoying. Sometimes it's even harmful.
But those of us who realize that we actually aren't as good as we could be have a real dilemma. What do you do when you recognize that you really are greedy, envious, jealous, angry, pessimistic and so on and on and on?
To me, it seems like the recognition of such things is itself good enough. It's not necessary to envision a better you and try to remake yourself in that image. Just notice yourself being greedy and very simply stop being greedy. Not for all time in all cases. Just in whatever instance you discover yourself being greedy. If you're greedy on Tuesday for more ice cream, don't envision a better you somewhere down the line who is never greedy for more ice cream. Just forgo that last scoop of ice cream right now. See how much better you feel. This kind of action, when repeated enough, becomes a new habit. Problem solved.
As far as mindfulness and concentration are concerned, it works the same way. At the moment you notice yourself drifting off, come back. You might start drifting off again a nanosecond later. But that's OK. When you notice it again, come back again. Repeat as necessary.
Trying to be more mindful and concentrated is just gonna put you right back to where you were drifting away from the sunrise in the first place.
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Cote d'Ivoire Population: 23,740,4241 VISITOR FROM HERE!
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|Close ties to France following independence in 1960, the development of cocoa production for export, and foreign investment all made Cote d'Ivoire one of the most prosperous of the West African states but did not protect it from political turmoil. In December 1999, a military coup - the first ever in Cote d'Ivoire's history - overthrew the government. Junta leader Robert GUEI blatantly rigged elections held in late 2000 and declared himself the winner. Popular protest forced him to step aside and an election brought Laurent GBAGBO into power. Ivoirian dissidents and disaffected members of the military launched a failed coup attempt in September 2002 that developed into a rebellion and then a civil war. In 2003, a cease-fire resulted in the country being divided with the rebels holding the north, the government the south, and peacekeeping forces a buffer zone between the two. In March 2007, President GBAGBO and former New Forces rebel leader Guillaume SORO signed an agreement in which SORO joined GBAGBO's government as prime minister and the two agreed to reunite the country by dismantling the buffer zone, integrating rebel forces into the national armed forces, and holding elections. Difficulties in preparing electoral registers delayed balloting until 2010. In November 2010, Alassane Dramane OUATTARA won the presidential election over GBAGBO, but GBAGBO refused to hand over power, resulting in a five-month resumption of violent conflict. In April 2011, after widespread fighting, GBAGBO was formally forced from office by armed OUATTARA supporters with the help of UN and French forces. The UN peacekeeping mission is drawing down and is scheduled to depart in June 2017. OUATTARA is focused on rebuilding the country's economy and infrastructure while rebuilding the security forces. GBAGBO is in The Hague on trial for crimes against humanity.
Most of the inhabitants live along the sandy coastal region; apart from the capital area, the forested interior is sparsely populated
|Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 322,463 sq km
land: 318,003 sq km
water: 4,460 sq km
Size comparison: slightly larger than New Mexico
|Land Boundaries:
|total: 3,458 km border countries (5): Burkina Faso 545 km, Ghana 720 km, Guinea 816 km, Liberia 778 km, Mali 599 km
|515 km
|Maritime claims:
| territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm
|tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March to May), hot and wet (June to October)
|mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in northwest
|Elevation extremes:
|Natural resources:
|petroleum, natural gas, diamonds, manganese, iron ore, cobalt, bauxite, copper, gold, nickel, tantalum, silica sand, clay, cocoa beans, coffee, palm oil, hydropower
|Land use:
| agricultural land: 64.8% arable land 9.1%; permanent crops 14.2%; permanent pasture 41.5% forest: 32.7%
other: 2.5% (2011 est.)
|Irrigated land:
|730 sq km (2012)
|Natural hazards:
|coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors; during the rainy season torrential flooding is possible
|Current Environment Issues:
|deforestation (most of the country's forests - once the largest in West Africa - have been heavily logged); water pollution from sewage and industrial and agricultural effluents
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Ivoirian(s)
adjective: Ivoirian
|Ethnic groups:
|Akan 32.1%, Voltaique or Gur 15%, Northern Mande 12.4%, Krou 9.8%, Southern Mande 9%, other 21.2% (includes European and Lebanese descent), unspecified 0.5% (2011-12 est.)
|French (official), 60 native dialects of which Dioula is the most widely spoken
| Muslim 40.2%, Catholic 19.4%, Evangelical 19.3%, Methodist 2.5%, other Christian 4.5%, animist or no religion 12.8%, other religion/unspecified 1.4% (2011-12 est.)
note: the majority of foreign migrant workers are Muslim (72%) and Christian (18%) (2014 est.)
|23,740,424 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2016 est.)
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 37.45% (male 4,483,215/female 4,407,595)
15-24 years: 20.93% (male 2,504,188/female 2,463,970)
25-54 years: 34.05% (male 4,133,975/female 3,950,734)
55-64 years: 4.15% (male 493,722/female 491,230)
65 years and over: 3.42% (male 389,551/female 422,244) (2016 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 83.5%
youth dependency ratio: 77.9%
elderly dependency ratio: 5.6%
potential support ratio: 18% (2015 est.)
|Median age:
| total: 20.7 years
male: 20.8 years
female: 20.6 years (2016 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|1.88% (2016 est.)
|Birth rate:
|28.2 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Death rate:
|9.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| urban population: 54.2% of total population (2015)
rate of urbanization: 3.69% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|YAMOUSSOUKRO (capital) 259,000 (2014); ABIDJAN (seat of government) 4.86 million; Bouake 762,000 (2015)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.93 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|19.8 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2011/12 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|645 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 57.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 63.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 58.7 years male: 57.5 years
female: 59.9 years (2016 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|3.46 children born/woman (2016 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|18.2% (2011/12)
|Health expenditures:
|5.7% of GDP (2014)
|Physicians density:
|0.14 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
|Hospital bed density:
|0.4 beds/1,000 population (2006)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 93.1% of population
rural: 68.8% of population
total: 81.9% of population
urban: 6.9% of population
rural: 31.2% of population
total: 18.1% of population (2015 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 32.8% of population
rural: 10.3% of population
total: 22.5% of population
urban: 67.2% of population
rural: 89.7% of population
total: 77.5% of population (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|3.17% (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|464,700 (2015 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|25,100 (2015 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|8% (2014)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|15.7% (2012)
|Education expenditures:
|4.7% of GDP (2014)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 43.1%
male: 53.1%
female: 32.5% (2015 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 9 years male: 10 years
female: 8 years (2014)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of Cote d'Ivoire
conventional short form: Cote d'Ivoire
local long form: Republique de Cote d'Ivoire
local short form: Cote d'Ivoire note: pronounced coat-div-whar
former: Ivory Coast
etymology: name reflects the intense ivory trade that took place in the region from the 15th to 17th centuries
|Government type:
|presidential republic
| name: Yamoussoukro; note - although Yamoussoukro has been the official capital since 1983, Abidjan remains the commercial and administrative center; the US, like other countries, maintains its Embassy in Abidjan
geographic coordinates: 6 49 N, 5 16 W
time difference: UTC 0 (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|12 districts and 2 autonomous districts*; Abidjan*, Bas-Sassandra, Comoe, Denguele, Goh-Djiboua, Lacs, Lagunes, Montagnes, Sassandra-Marahoue, Savanes, Vallee du Bandama, Woroba, Yamoussoukro*, Zanzan
|7 August 1960 (from France)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 7 August (1960)
|previous 1960, 2000; latest draft completed 24 September 2016, approved by referendum 30 October 2016, promulaged 8 November 2016 (2016)
|Legal system:
|civil law system based on the French civil code; judicial review of legislation held in the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Alassane Dramane OUATTARA (since 4 December 2010); note - the constitution of 2016 calls for the position of a vice-president
head of government: Prime Minister Daniel Kablan DUNCAN (since 21 November 2012)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held on 25 October 2015 (next to be held in 2020); prime minister appointed by the president
election results: Alassane OUATTARA elected president; percent of vote - Alassane OUATTARA (RDR) 83.7%, Pascal Affi N'GUESSAN (ADF) 9.3%, Konan Bertin KOUADIO (independent) 3.9%, other 3.1%
|Legislative branch:
| description: unicameral Parliament consists of the National Assembly (255 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 5-year terms); note - the new constitution of November 2016 calls for a bicameral legislature with the addition of a Senate
elections: last held on 11 December 2011 (next to be held on 18 December 2016)
election results: percent of vote by party - RDR 42.1%, PDCI 28.6%, UDPCI 3.1%, RDP 1.7%, other 24.5%; seats by party - RDR 122, PDCI 76, UDPCI 6, RDP 4, other 16, independents 31
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (organized into Judicial, Audit, Constitutional, and Administrative Chambers; consists of the court president, 3 vice-presidents for the Judicial, Audit, and Administrative chambers, and 9 associate justices or magistrates) judge selection and term of office: judges nominated by the Superior Council of the Magistrature, a 7-member body consisting of the national president (chairman), 3 "bench" judges, and 3 public prosecutors; judges appointed for life
subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal (organized into civil, criminal, and social chambers); first instance courts; peace courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire or PDCI [Henri Konan BEDIE] Ivorian Popular Front or FPI [Pascal AFFIN'GUISSAN] Liberty and Democracy for the Republic or LIDER [Mamadou KOULIBALY] Movement of the Future Forces or MFA [Innocent Augustin ANAKY KOBENA] Rally of the Republicans or RDR [Alassane Dramane OUATTARA] Union for Cote d'Ivoire or UPCI [Gnamien KONA] Union for Democracy and Peace in Cote d'Ivoire or UDPCI [Albert Toikeuse MABRI] more than 144 smaller registered parties
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Federation of University and High School Students of Cote d'Ivoire or FESCI [Augustin MIAN] National Congress for the Resistance and Democracy or CNRD [Bernard DADIE] Panafrican Congress for Justice and Peoples Equality or COJEP [Roselin BLY]
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AfDB, AU, ECOWAS, EITI (compliant country), Entente, FAO, FZ, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINUSMA, MONUSCO, NAM, OIC, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNWTO, UPU, WADB (regional), WAEMU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|elephant; national colors: orange, white, green
|National anthem:
| name: "L'Abidjanaise" (Song of Abidjan)
lyrics/music: Mathieu EKRA, Joachim BONY, and Pierre Marie COTY/Pierre Marie COTY and Pierre Michel PANGO
note: adopted 1960; although the nation's capital city moved from Abidjan to Yamoussoukro in 1983, the anthem still owes its name to the former capital
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Daouda DIABATE (since 11 February 2011)
chancery: 2424 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 797-0300
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Charge d'Affaires Andrew Haviland (since 2016); Ambassador Terence Patrick MCCULLEY retired in 2016
embassy: Cocody Riviera Golf 01, Abidjan
mailing address: B. P. 1712, Abidjan 01
telephone: [225] 22 49 40 00
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Cote d'Ivoire is heavily dependent on agriculture and related activities, which engage roughly two-thirds of the population. Cote d'Ivoire is the world's largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans and a significant producer and exporter of coffee and palm oil. Consequently, the economy is highly sensitive to fluctuations in international prices for these products and in climatic conditions. Cocoa, oil, and coffee are the country's top export revenue earners, but the country is also mining gold. Following the end of more than a decade of civil conflict in 2011, Cote d'Ivoire has experienced a boom in foreign investment and economic growth. In June 2012, the IMF and the World Bank announced $4.4 billion in debt relief for Cote d'Ivoire under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $87.12 billion (2016 est.) $80.68 billion (2015 est.) $74.33 billion (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $34.65 billion (2015 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|8% (2016 est.) 8.5% (2015 est.) 7.9% (2014 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $3,600 (2016 est.) $3,400 (2015 est.) $3,200 (2014 est.)
note: data are in 2016 dollars
|Gross national saving:
|18.4% of GDP (2016 est.) 16.8% of GDP (2015 est.) 19.3% of GDP (2014 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 66%
government consumption: 15.2%
investment in fixed capital: 16.9%
investment in inventories: 0.8%
exports of goods and services: 43.3%
imports of goods and services: -42.2% (2016 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 66%
government consumption: 15.2%
investment in fixed capital: 16.9%
investment in inventories: 0.8%
exports of goods and services: 43.3%
imports of goods and services: -42.2% (2016 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|coffee, cocoa beans, bananas, palm kernels, corn, rice, cassava (manioc, tapioca), sweet potatoes, sugar, cotton, rubber; timber
|foodstuffs, beverages; wood products, oil refining, gold mining, truck and bus assembly, textiles, fertilizer, building materials, electricity
|Industrial production growth rate:
|8.5% (2016 est.)
|Labor force:
|8.543 million (2016 est.)
|Labor force - by occupation:
| agriculture: 68% industry and
services: NA% (2007 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|Population below poverty line:
|42% (2006 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 2.2%
highest 10%: 31.8% (2008)
|Distribution of family income - Gini index:
|41.5 (2008) 36.7 (1995)
| revenues: $6.839 billion
expenditures: $8.17 billion (2016 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|19.7% of GDP (2016 est.)
|Public debt:
|50.9% of GDP (2016 est.) 49.1% of GDP (2015 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.2% (2016 est.) 1.3% (2015 est.)
|Current account balance:
|-$609 million (2016 est.) -$567 million (2015 est.)
|$11.73 billion (2016 est.) $11.98 billion (2015 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|cocoa, coffee, timber, petroleum, cotton, bananas, pineapples, palm oil, fish
|Exports - partners:
|US 8.5%, Netherlands 6.2%, France 5.6%, Germany 5.6%, Nigeria 5.5%, Burkina Faso 5.5%, Belgium 5.3%, India 4.6%, Ghana 4.4%, Switzerland 4.1% (2015)
|$8.966 billion (2016 est.) $8.609 billion (2015 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|fuel, capital equipment, foodstuffs
|Imports - partners:
|Nigeria 21.9%, China 14.4%, France 11.4%, Bahamas, The 5% (2015)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$4.952 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $4.716 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$12.84 billion (31 December 2016 est.) $11.71 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
|Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
|Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|$12.49 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $11.71 billion (31 December 2014 est.) $11.82 billion (31 December 2013 est.)
|Exchange rates:
|Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar - 604.4 (2016 est.) 591.45 (2015 est.) 591.45 (2014 est.) 494.42 (2013 est.) 510.29 (2012 est.)
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|Electricity - production:
|7.9 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - consumption:
|5.8 billion kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|900 million kWh (2014 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|54 million kWh (2012 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|1.5 million kW (2014 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|60.3% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|39.7% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|33,000 bbl/day (2015 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|35,150 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|74,960 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|100 million bbl (1 January 2016 es)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|76,910 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|38,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|44,020 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|3,369 bbl/day (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|1.996 billion cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|1.996 billion cu m (2014 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2013 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2016 es)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|6.6 million Mt (2013 est.)
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|Cellular Phones in use:
|total: 25.408 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 109 (July 2015 est.)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: well-developed by African standards; telecommunications sector privatized in late 1990s and operational fixed lines have increased since that time with two fixed-line providers operating over open-wire lines, microwave radio relay, and fiber-optics; 90% d
domestic: with multiple mobile-cellular service providers competing in the market, usage has increased sharply to well over 105 per 100 persons
international: country code - 225; landing point for the SAT-3/WASC fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and Asia; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean) (2011)
|Broadcast media:
|2 state-owned TV stations; no private terrestrial TV stations, but satellite TV subscription service is available; 2 state-owned radio stations; some private radio stations; transmissions of several international broadcasters are available (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet users:
|total: 4.892 million percent of population: 21% (July 2015 est.)
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|27 (2013)
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 7
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 6
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 3 (2013)
|1 (2013)
|condensate 101 km; gas 256 km; oil 118 km; oil/gas/water 5 km; water 7 km (2013)
| total 660 km
narrow gauge: 660 km 1.000-m gauge
note: an additional 622 km of this railroad extends into Burkina Faso (2008)
| total 81,996 km
paved: 6,502 km
unpaved: 75,494 km
note: includes intercity and urban roads; another 20,000 km of dirt roads are in poor condition and 150,000 km of dirt roads are impassable (2007)
|980 km (navigable rivers, canals, and numerous coastal lagoons) (2011)
|Ports and terminals:
|major seaport(s): Abidjan, San-Pedro oil terminal(s): Espoir Offshore Terminal
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|Military branches:
|Republican Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (Force Republiques de Cote d'Ivoire, FRCI): Army, Navy, Cote d'Ivoire Air Force (Force Aerienne de la Cote d'Ivoire) (2015)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18-25 years of age for compulsory and voluntary male and female military service; conscription is not enforced; voluntary recruitment of former rebels into the new national army is restricted to ages 22-29 (2012)
|Military expenditures:
|1.65% of GDP (2012) 1.49% of GDP (2011) 1.65% of GDP (2010)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|disputed maritime border between Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
| IDPs: 308,272 (post-election conflict in 2010-2011, as well as civil war from 2002-2004; most pronounced in western and southwestern regions) (2015)
stateless persons: 700,000 (2015); note - many Ivoirians lack documentation proving their nationality, which prevent them from accessing education and healthcare; birth on Ivorian soil does not automatically result in citizenship; disputes over citizenship and the associated rights of the large population descended from migrants from neighboring countries is an ongoing source of tension and contributed to the country's 2002 civil war; some observers believe the government's mass naturalizations of thousands of people over the last couple of years is intended to boost its electoral support base; the government in October 2013 acceded to international conventions on statelessness and in August 2013 reformed its nationality law, key steps to clarify the nationality of thousands of residents; since the adoption of the Abidjan Declaration to eradicate stateless in West Africa in February 2015, 6,400 people have received nationality papers
|Illicit drugs:
|illicit producer of cannabis, mostly for local consumption; utility as a narcotic transshipment point to Europe reduced by ongoing political instability; while rampant corruption and inadequate supervision leave the banking system vulnerable to money laundering, the lack of a developed financial system limits the country's utility as a major money-laundering center (2008)
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During 2007–08, the Committee Office provided secretariat support to Senate and certain joint committees by:
The workload for committee secretariats during 2007–08 was unevenly distributed, as a result of the election period in the second half of 2007 and a light sitting pattern in the first half of 2008.
The reporting timeframes for bills inquiries were tighter than ever before in the period prior to the 2007 election, with an average reporting deadline of 14.7 days. Since the beginning of the new parliament, bills referred to committees have had a 49-day average reporting deadline, which is a longer timeframe than at any time since 2003–04. The combination of the pre-election and post-election timelines resulted in a 38-day average reporting deadline for 2007–08, as shown in Table 3.
The full-time equivalent staff figure for 2007–08 was 53, a figure similar to that for the previous year. The quieter period experienced by committees during the election period was balanced by a need for staff to service the newly appointed select committees in the second half of the year. Staffing numbers fell below 49 in the middle of the year but were above 55 at the end of the year, in response to the increasing pace of committee activity.
The variability of work patterns, a feature highlighted in recent annual reports, persisted in 2007–08. The Committee Office continued the system under which the busiest secretariats borrowed additional staff from those with lighter schedules.
Six select committees were established in the second half of the year, four of which required secretariat support between February–March and June 2008.
During the year, the Committee Office continued to support three ongoing statutory committees—the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity, and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services.
The cost of the Committee Office in 2007–08 was $8.0 million ($8.3 million in 2006–07). The costs included expenses for staff travel, accommodation and venue hire and, in accordance with the relevant committee's decision, the costs of travel and accommodation for some non-government witnesses. Committees administered by the Committee Office did not use the services of any consultants during the year. The costs of senators attending hearings were paid by the Department of Finance and Deregulation.
Figure 14 shows the structure of the Committee Office.
Secretaries continued to provide procedural and strategic advice to committee chairs and members. Higher level advice was provided by the Clerk, Deputy Clerk, Clerk Assistant (Committees) and Senior Clerk of Committees. The advice, both oral and written, covered a wide variety of parliamentary privilege issues, such as the unauthorised disclosure of committee proceedings, the power of committees to call witnesses, the protection of those witnesses, and adverse reflections on persons made in evidence to committees. Advice was also provided on a number of matters arising out of estimates hearings, including claims of confidentiality relating to advice provided by departments to ministers and the bases on which information can be refused to committees. The Senate did not make changes to standing orders relating to committees during the year.
Eight legislative and general purpose standing committees are established pursuant to standing order 25 as permanent committees and continue for the life of each parliament. They are re-established at the commencement of each new parliament, with their membership determined by the Senate.
During 2007–08, the Senate referred 74 matters to standing committees, 50 of which were bills or packages of bills. As shown in Table 4, those committees tabled 101 reports, excluding reports on estimates.
a Includes 15 annual reports
b Excludes estimates; includes reports on annual reports.
As shown in Table 5, the cycle for 2007–08 commenced with estimates hearings in May–June 2007; no supplementary hearings were held in October–November 2007 (because of the federal election). Additional estimates proceeded as usual in February 2008, in the week following the start of the Forty-second Parliament. The 2008–09 budget estimates hearings took place in May–June 2008.
a Main hearings.
b Supplementary hearings.
Overall, the 2007–08 budget cycle estimates involved 333 hours of hearings and about 33,700 questions. At the May–June 2008 estimates hearings for the 2008–09 budget cycle, committees sat for a total of 322 hours and senators asked about 34,800 questions.
Sixteen reports on estimates were prepared by committees and tabled, eight after the budget estimates and eight following the additional estimates.
A select committee is an ad hoc committee created to inquire into and report on a specific matter. In most cases, a select committee ceases to exist when it presents its final report.
The Senate established six select committees in 2007–08. One of those committees, the Select Committee on Housing Affordability in Australia, presented its report to the Senate on 16 June 2008 and no longer exists.
The Committee Office continues to provide secretariat support for:
Select committees are taking on new features, some of which were previously the domain of standing committees. For example, the Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries, which was initially charged with considering issues relating to farm fertilisers, was given a new reference on 25 June 2008 to consider food production in Australia. The reporting date of 27 November 2009 for the second reference substantially extends the term of the select committee. The Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities was established to operate for the life of the parliament, reporting at stipulated times during that period.
In addition, the resolutions of appointment for each select committee provide for both 'full' members and 'participating' members on committees.
The Senate has placed a number of requirements on how the select committees, particularly the Select Committee on the National Broadband Network, conduct their inquiries. The resolution of appointment for the Select Committee on the National Broadband Network includes in the committee's terms of reference a number of organisations from whom formal submissions are to be requested, and the categories of expertise of organisations and individuals from whom contributions will be invited. It also places a formal requirement on the committee to take evidence in a 'manner that is open and transparent to the public'.
These changes add to the workload and responsibilities of Committee Office staff and make it more difficult to staff the select committees with officers with the necessary skills.
During 2007–08, select committees held 43 meetings (public and private), for a total of 142 hours. They received 211 submissions and heard 207 witnesses. No select committee existed during the previous year.
Joint committees comprise senators and members of the House of Representatives. They are established by resolution of each House and, in the case of statutory committees, in accordance with the provisions of an Act.
During 2007–08, the Committee Office supported three statutory joint committees: Corporations and Financial Services, the Australian Crime Commission, and the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity.
The committees held 56 meetings (public and private and inspections) for a total of 61 hours. They received 72 submissions and heard 105 witnesses. The corresponding figures for 2006–07 were 52 meetings, 93 hours, 160 submissions and 178 witnesses.
Senate committee secretariats supported 451 meetings, hearings and site inspections during the year, compared with 550 in 2006–07. Those figures include statistics relating to estimates hearings held by the committees.
Committee members place considerable value on engaging a broad range of people as they conduct each committee inquiry. This is achieved by travelling interstate, including to regional centres, and by conducting telephone and video conferences. A breakdown of meetings by location appears in Figure 15.
Figure 15 Committee meetings by location, 2007–08
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Work continued on the development of the Senate Centralised Information Database (SCID). A few problems in the initial stages delayed the proposed first trial of accepting and processing submissions through a web-based system. A working prototype was available for demonstration in the final weeks of 2007–08. The first trial will be conducted early in 2008–09.
During the election period, committee secretariat staff members gathered historical information to populate the database so that it can be operational as soon as testing is completed. The system is designed to reduce the workloads facing secretariats when they deal with short inquiries that necessitate rapid processing of submissions.
The SCID system will also assist secretariats in managing the privacy of those making submissions, by automatically generating lists that keep witnesses' personal details separate from their submissions.
Australian Research Council project
Given that not all committees had ongoing inquiries over the election period, this period presented an ideal opportunity for the researchers who staff the Committee Office to undertake work as part of the Australian Research Council project Strengthening Parliamentary Institutions (see Output Group 3).
Three papers relating to the work of Senate committees were researched and written by staff of the Committee Office. All three papers focus on aspects of committee work and are intended to assist in informing staff about the work of committees.
Dr Richard Grant and Mr Glenn Ryall took a new look at the much discussed question of how to measure the effectiveness of committees. They surveyed the views of committee secretaries from the Senate and the House of Representatives on the merit and applicability of 40 possible indicators of the effectiveness of committee inquiries. The work highlighted the difficulties in using the same criteria to assess the effectiveness of committees regardless of the type of committee and the nature of the inquiry.
The second paper was prepared by two staff members of the secretariat for the Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Ms Jackie Morris and Ms Sophie Power. They considered participation in inquiries by examining the impact of set factors on the number of submissions received by the committee during the Fortieth Parliament and the Forty-first Parliament. In doing so, they were able to draw some conclusions about the extent to which their committee is able to access community views during its inquiries on policy issues and proposed legislation.
The final paper was prepared by Dr Ian Holland, with research assistance from Ms Julie Dennett, Ms Jacquie Hawkins, Ms Jackie Morris, Mr Peter Short, Ms Di Warhurst and Ms Jo Woodbury. It considered the role of Senate committees in the course of the Senate's deliberations on legislation. The paper looks at six issues, drawing conclusions as to the impact of committee recommendations on the legislative process, among other things.
All the papers included primary research, which took considerable time. The research not only contributes to the aims of the project and the literature on parliaments but also gives the staff a unique view of their work on behalf of Senate committees. It is perhaps this perspective that is most valuable to the work of the Committee Office, as it empowers staff to approach their work with a renewed vigour. (See Appendix 5 for publication details.)
Overall workload declined in 2007–08, partly due to the limited committee inquiry activity in the several months of the election period. However, this averaging masks high levels of activity that occurred at the end of the previous parliament and, in particular, in the new parliament.
The period before the November 2007 election was marked by continuing severely constricted timeframes for legislation inquiries, and by a dearth of reference inquiries. By contrast, 2008 has seen increased timeframes for legislation inquiries and a burgeoning of general reference work.
Both before and after the election period, a number of committees received a disproportionate share of references. At one time, for example, the Standing Committee on Economics was conducting 14 inquiries simultaneously. The Committee Office continued to respond to the uneven distribution of inquiries by reallocating staff from the underutilised secretariats to those with heavier workloads. Staff recognise the benefit to themselves and to the department of becoming a guest worker on another committee, and respond positively to their temporary transfers.
Senate committees continue to exist after an election is called, and some committees continued to work actively on inquiries during the election period. Among them were:
Staff took the opportunity provided by the election period to complete the usual end-of-parliament tasks, such as archiving, and to undertake training and development not always possible during busier periods. Some staff members also took extended leave during that period.
The principal means of evaluating the performance of the Committee Office in supporting Senate and certain joint committees is the biennial senators' survey. The latest survey, conducted in early 2007, showed high levels of satisfaction with the work of secretariats, as was reported in the previous annual report.
Comments made in the chamber when a committee's report is tabled or debated are another source of evaluation. As was the case in 2006–07, senators were highly positive in their comments, some of which are listed in Figure 16.
Informal feedback from witnesses also indicated satisfaction with their dealings with secretariat staff.
Figure 16 Senators' comments on Output Group 4 secretariats
'I want to thank the secretariat in particular … for their wonderful work and the professionalism with which they pulled together this report. We thank them very much for their assistance.'
'I want to … put on record my thanks … most particularly to the secretariat of our committee because of the ridiculous time frame that was presented to our committee to present this report.'
'I also want to thank the committee secretariat … which, at the same time as doing its other committee work, has carried the work of this select committee absolutely excellently, and I am very grateful for its professional support.'
'I also thank the secretariat for their efforts over the many months of deliberations and hearings and for their responses to the submissions that were made.'
'I also want to thank the secretariat of the committee, who worked so well to ensure that all of the people who wanted to be part of this process could be part of it and were effectively engaged and able to have their voices heard … In a quite difficult time they were able to work with the committee to present a reasonable and balanced report which puts forward the issues …'
The level of Senate committee activity is likely to remain elevated during the next 12 months, with high levels of legislative work, a renewed interest in general references, and the requirement to support newly established select committees.
The Committee Office responded to the increased pace of committee activity toward the end of 2007–08 by increasing its staff numbers, and will continue to monitor its resource levels in the next year. The key resource which the office provides to committees is its people. The office will continue to recruit and seek to retain staff with strong research, administrative, writing and procedural skills.
The uneven spread of work among committees continues to be a challenge. The office will continue to respond with its flexible approach of allocating staff where the greatest need exists, to ensure that draft reports are prepared to the highest quality possible within the timeframes set by the committees and the Senate.
The office is adopting innovative ways to meet the needs of Senate committees by using information technology to reduce routine processing and improve productivity. One highlight of the new year will be the pilot program and eventual rollout of the SCID system to assist secretariats to efficiently manage their inquiry processes.
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Parker's career-high 30 help No. 4 Duke roll past No. 14 North Carolina
If this was Jabari Parker's last home game at Duke, what a farewell it was.
The freshman phenom scored a season-high 30 points and added 11 rebounds in the fourth-ranked Blue Devils' 93-81 win over No. 14 North Carolina on Saturday night.
In leading Duke in both scoring and rebounding all season, he hasn't looked like a first-year player very often.
And he doesn't want to be called one, either.
"No more freshman," he said. "I don't like getting in that category anymore because my team needs me more than just an 18-year-old. They need somebody with experience through the whole game. … It's time to grow up."
Rodney Hood added 24 points to help Duke (24-7, 13-5) end the Tar Heels' 12-game winning streak and clinch the No. 3 seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
Duke never trailed, shot 51 percent — 57 percent in the second half — and dominated the ACC's best team on the glass, outrebounding North Carolina 34-20.
"I think at the end of the day, it just came down to our want-to against their want-to, and it just wasn't there — the sense of urgency," North Carolina big man James Michael McAdoo said.
Marcus Paige — who led UNC's second-half comeback two weeks ago — finished this one with 24 points, while Brice Johnson had 15 and McAdoo added 13 for the Tar Heels (23-8, 13-5).
They shot nearly 60 percent but couldn't overcome their disadvantage on the glass and are locked into the No. 4 seed in the league tournament.
Leslie McDonald added 12 points for North Carolina, which was denied its fourth win over a top-five team, but briefly made things tense in the final minutes when Paige converted a four-point play to make it 81-73 with 2:50 left.
But the Tar Heels' point guard missed 3s on the next two possessions — with Parker blocking the second of those with 2 minutes left.
Quinn Cook hit two free throws, Amile Jefferson added another and Parker hit two foul shots with 2:03 left to push the lead to 86-73 and effectively end it.
Cook finished with 11 points and Rasheed Sulaimon added 10.
And in what might have been his finale at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Parker put on quite a show.
"It's hard to say what `it' is," North Carolina coach Roy Williams said, referring to an intangible quality coach Mike Krzyzewski had chided Duke for being without in its loss to UNC.
"But whatever the hell `it' is, Jabari found it," Williams added.
Parker hit 10 of his 17 shots, cracked his previous high of 29 points set last month at Boston College and showed off all the skills that have him as a likely high NBA draft pick — should he decide to forgo his final three seasons of college eligibility and turn pro.
But he says he has time to make that decision.
"Mostly what I'm focusing on is to do as much as possible with these guys (during) my time here," Parker said.
Parker set the tone early by converting repeatedly around the rim, and he hit two of his four attempts from 3-point range — including one from the corner that gave Duke its largest lead, 74-55, with 8 minutes left.
"I just thought he had his best spirit to score tonight that he's had all season, because they're really good, and at times he just wasn't going to be denied," Krzyzewski said. "And then, boom, boom, boom, you hit those 3s (and) that lead can go to double digits quick."
Indeed, when those 3s are falling, the Blue Devils are tough to beat.
When they're not, Duke is usually in trouble.
The Blue Devils were only 5 of 22 from long range in their 74-66 loss in Chapel Hill. They made just 6 of 27 from beyond the arc in a 10-point loss at Wake Forest on Wednesday night.
In this one, Duke missed 12 of its first 14 3-pointers and held a tenuous 47-39 lead when pesky senior guard Tyler Thornton picked up his fourth foul with 17:11 left.
Cook came on to replace him and immediately hit a straightaway 3 that started the Blue Devils' big burst.
"It was good to see the ball go in for the first time," Cook said, adding that Parker "told me he was going to hit me as soon as I came in the game. That's just the trust we have in each other."
Andre Dawkins followed with another one from the corner to help the Blue Devils open up a 53-41 lead.
Parker then added a jumper and two free throws before Cook hit and up-and-under layup. And Hood then followed that with a 3 with 14 minutes left to give Duke its largest lead to that point, 62-46.
That shot whipped an already amped-up Cameron crowd — which included Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett and his quarterback, an apparent Blue Devils fan, Tony Romo cheering enthusiastically from behind the scorers' table — into an absolute frenzy.
There were plenty of famous faces in the crowd for the latest renewal of college basketball's fiercest rivalry: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell — wearing a Duke sweater — watched from one baseline, while former Oklahoma coaches Barry Switzer and Billy Tubbs sat on the other one.
And Hood and Parker kept them entertained all night.
"Jabari was sensational, and so was Rodney," Krzyzewski said. "This is the first game where the two of them were sensational together. They've both been good together, but they were sensational together."


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NEWARK, N.J. � Marshawn Lynch is all about action.
Lynch had an obligation and did what he needed to do � sort of.
After barely six minutes in front of the microphone, Lynch abruptly ended his Media Day session.
Of course, that�s about six minutes more than he spoke to the media this season, earning himself a $50,000 fine.
�You say �hut� and there�s action,� said Lynch. �All the unnecessary talk, it don�t do nothing for me. I appreciate that people want to hear from me, but I just go to work and do my thing. You feel me?�
If Lynch continues to rumble down the field the way he has this postseason, Lynch can say or not say whatever he wants.
�He�s an animal,� said Seahawks center Max Unger. �Marshawn�s an awesome running back. He�s everything that you want � very violent runner.�
After his numbers dipped his last two years with the Buffalo Bills, Lynch has emerged as one of the top running backs in the league with Seattle.
Lynch rushed for a career-best 1,590 yards last season and has scored 39 of his 63 total touchdowns in his three-plus seasons with the Seahawks.
In the past, Lynch has referred to his trade from the Bills as a mutual decision. Considering the Bills� running game has been arguably its most consistent unit since Lynch�s departure, it could be a trade that worked out well for both sides.
�It was an opportunity for me to go and see if there was something else out there,� said Lynch. �I�m glad I got the chance to do that.�
During his time with the Bills, Lynch had a couple of run-ins with the law, including a hit-and-run incident and a misdemeanor gun charge. Since his move to Seattle, Lynch has a DUI arrest that is still pending, but has become a fan favorite.
�They aren�t worried about what I�ve got to say,� said Lynch. �They just want to make sure I show up to perform.�
Lynch and the Seahawks have done that, reaching the franchise second Super Bowl behind a strong running game and its smothering defense.
Lynch has found a home in Seattle, not just a figurative way of putting his time in Buffalo very far in his rear view mirror.
While the Bills running game has not suffered with C.J. Spiller and Fred Jackson forming a solid 1-2 punch, Lynch and the Seahawks have done much more winning.
�I won�t be satisfied with this until it�s all over,� said Lynch. �When we win, that�s when I�ll be satisfied. Until then, I�ve got work, but I appreciate all this. Y�all have a good day.�
And then Lynch walked off and out of view.
Lynch reappeared for the rest of the Seahawks� media session but did not answer any more questions. He rested on a wall with the Super Bowl logo and nodded a couple of times when some reporters actually tried to ask a few more questions.
Lynch may not have a way with words but he has had a way with running the football and that�s all his teammates and coaches are concerned about right now.
Paul A. Jannace writes for the Wellsville (N.Y.) Daily Reporter.
Seattle star Marshawn Lynch leaves Buffalo behind
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RockHawk wrote:Q13 Sports Director Aaron Levine Answers the Q&A
As the Q13 FOX (Seattle) Sports Director, Aaron Levine anchors the nightly sportscasts and hosts Q It Up Sports, Seahawks Saturday Night and Seahawks Gameday pre and postgame shows. He's one of the premier journalists & Seahawks experts and he's graciously allowed us to do a .NET Q&A over the bye week.
Here's more about Aaron: http://q13fox.com/bio/aaron-levine/#ixzz2CPfBWS2u
Aaron graciously agreed to take some 12th man questions from the .NET faithful, and provided his insider knowledge below.
I'm worried about the run defense. After re-watching the Jets game, I saw Mebane get pushed back on a double team, Branch getting spun around so that his back was to the O-Line multiple times and then different players, Branch and Wagner, getting caught around the waist and spun to the ground.
Is this a weakness that the Jets recognized and worked on, and is grabbing a defensive player around the mid-section and pulling them around a regular offensive tactic?
When those plays I mentioned happened, the Jets got good yards on the ground. I'm going to watch 2 other games to see if this was happening before but would like your take on this and the run defense.
From what I've seen the run defense is still a strength, especially when Red Bryant is in at DE. Then again, Mebane hasn't been as dominant as he was in the STL game since that game. But take a look at what Frank Gore did on a couple of runs in the SF game. Dave Wyman was explaining it to me – but essentially an OL takes out Wagner – and Gore runs free. They did it a few times and it kept working.
The softest part of this defense seems to be underneath. We saw that in SF as well.
Russell Wilson... what is his ceiling as a player?
Honestly, it's as high as any rookie I've seen before. I remember watching him in training camp – he had one miserable day that stood out. Other than that, it was progress. So it was interesting to see him have one miserable day earlier this season (at STL), and pretty steady progress since then. You hear about his maturity all of the time. The kid doesn't stop working and analyzing and watching game film. You can tell how much better he's getting feeling the pressure coming in the pocket. Imagine if the defense would've held a lead for him at DET and MIA – we're looking at a 8-3 record right now with a rookie QB. Keep this core together, and learn how to finish, and he can be the guy for many years.
Are our WR concerns still big enough for a first round draft pick?
I think so. Not to underscore what Golden Tate and Sidney Rice can do – but what if we had that "one more guy" – that Julio Jones, that A.J. Green, that Calvin Johnson – that PLAYMAKER, go-to threat that puts fear into opposing DBs? We haven't had that since….well…. and while Sidney and Golden are decent deep threats, compare them to the elite guys in the league, and imagine how good the Seahawks could be with one of them. I'd say yes.
Do we need an upgrade/more depth at interior pass rush positions (a la Jason Jones / 3 Tech) or is another offensive playmaker a bigger priority?
I think we've seen a big difference for the most part when Jason Jones is in the game, compared to games in which he's been injured. Having more depth at that position would be nice. If you look back at the games the Hawks have lost down the stretch (not holding onto leads), it's been the lack of a pass rush that's really hurt them. I feel secure with the offense (although I think we DO need another playmaker), but given the option of the two, I'd say we need another Jason Jones. My priority? Get another Jason Jones-type through free agency, and use a first rounder on a bona fide stud WR.
Based on the success to date and emergence of Russell Wilson do we start looking at locking up Pete and John for a longer deal to finish the job before their contracts are up?
Pete is locked in for five years. This is his third year. Unless we make the playoffs this season, no. They'll have a lot of pressure on them next year too. I think the time to re-sign them to an extension would be after the fourth year, depending on whether the Seahawks attain success.
How has your perception of Pete Carroll and John Schneider changed since their hire? Or has it?
It hasn't changed too much. It's my feeling that Pete feels that he's on the verge of something truly special here, which could entail a lot of satisfaction for his decision to come back and use his philosophy at the NFL level. This team is so damn close, it's frustrating. Which team would you rather have – the one they took over, or the one we have now? I think that is pretty apparent.
I've liked John Schneider from Day One. He's a film junkie and has a crack scouting staff. I can't think of many guys who have gotten more value out of later-round picks, outside of Ted Thompson in Green Bay. His pedigree helps. He's down to earth and knows what he's talking about. My opinion? The Carroll-Schneider relationship really works – I just want everyone to be able to see the fruits of their labor sooner rather than later.
I have not so much a question than a statement. That is, a feeling of knowing, confidense if you will, that this team and the quality of core players the organization has assembled in such a short time is destined for great things. Reminds me of the 78' 79' 80' Sonics.
What are the challenges of miking up players or coaches? I know the whole process is a lot of work for a few seconds of audio and video, so maybe you have some anecdotes about the process.
Our photographer, Steve Schrammeck, could probably answer the question better. I know that he has to arrange a meeting with the equipment manager before and after every game. They tape the mic onto the pad – and it doesn't always work great. The mic went out during the rain storm against the Patriots when we had a mic on Chris Clemons. But it's well worth it. We have a lot of film for a 2-3 min segment every week. I think the interesting part in looking at the tape is how much certain guys talk on the field. Earl Thomas was talkative, so was Michael Robinson. Mebane and Clemons were pretty quiet.
Would you trade Russell Wilson for any other quarterback in the league if the deal was to be made, say, at the end of this season. I would probably say Luck, RG III and maybe Rogers. I would say no to Brady and P. Manning based on their advanced years.
Being a Stanford fan and alum, I'd obviously say Luck. RGIII would probably fit our offense better though because the pocket tends to break down. But all things considered, I'd rather have Russell, simply out of curiosity toward his growth rate. I want to see this kid develop into something special.
Question 2- I'm in favor of splitting carries evenly between Lynch and Turbin for the balance of the regular season to preserve Marshawn's health for the post season. I would then lean on him as heavily as wanted for those games. Do you like this idea?
Yes, as long as we plan on making the postseason
Question 3- How do you like our chances for the postseason? Who do you think we would face in a wildcard game?
Here's my take, and it really doesn't have anything to do with home vs. road record, although some might argue it does. With this young team, we seem to be able to play UP to our strong competition and play DOWN to our mediocre competition. So if we're actually able to reach the postseason, I like our chances very much. Look at how we competed in SF. We beat NE and Green Bay. There isn't a team in this league we can't beat on any given day. And it's not a "hope" like there was with our 7-9 divisional championship team in 2010. This is a belief. I just hope we get a chance.
I'd love to see another SEA-SF battle in San Francisco. I was there for that one. I want to take out the NFC West Champs in a wild card game on their home turf.
Carroll has historically struggled against Harbaugh (even in college), but I'd love to get them when it counts the most.
Is the front office worried about potentially losing key players because they've outplayed their contracts? Something along those lines.
I don't think they are. They've proven that they'll reward players with long-term contracts if they fit their system and have proven themselves worthy – Lynch, Mebane, Red Bryant. The key here is depth. They're slowly adding a lot of solid depth to this team – so if it doesn't work out with certain players, there's not a huge hole behind them. I remember Schneider telling us a story about cuts at training camp. Two years ago, they had trouble filling their 53-man roster with talent they wanted. This year, cuts 54-75 were excruciating. Schneider: "That's when you know you have a good team. When you KNOW the guys you waive will be picked up by other teams."
Thanks to Aaron for taking the time to share his knowledge with us. Be sure to watch Q13 fox every Saturday night for Seahawks Saturday Night, where Aaron features interviews with Coach Carroll, mic'ed up players (this week is Red Bryant), and Michael Robinson's "Real Rob Report". And don't miss Aaron and his team of NFL experts breaking down the Seahawks games before and after every game on Q13, the official home and broadcaster of the Seattle Seahawks.
You can follow Aaron on twitter at @AaronQ13fox


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