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Social Security's 78th Anniversary: Then and Now
By Mikki Waid , August 20, 2013 04:16 PM
To help celebrate Social Security's 78 th anniversary, here is a comparison of how the country - and Social Security - have changed since 1940, when Ida May Fuller received Social Security's first monthly benefit.
Since 1940, the number of Americans age 65 and over has quadrupled, more than doubling as a percentage of the population.
Sources: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html and http://www.census.gov/population/age/data/2011.html
The number of individuals receiving a Social Security benefit, since benefit checks were first issued in 1940, has increased over 250 times.
Source: http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2013/5a.html#table5.a4
Not only has the number of people receiving benefits increased, but the amount of the average monthly retirement benefit has too (thanks to wage growth). However, benefits are still modest.
Sources: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0780010.html and http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/ProgData/icp.html
The increase in women's labor force participation means that more women than ever are receiving retirement benefits based on their own earnings.
Source: http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/fast_facts/2013/fast_facts13.html#pagei
Social Security has helped older Americans live their retirement out of poverty (note: the poverty statistic is for 1959 - the oldest Census data that was available).
Source: Table 3 here: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/historical/people.html
Mikki D. Waid, Ph.D., is a senior strategic policy adviser on the Economic Security Team in the AARP Public Policy Institute. She is responsible for research and analysis of policy issues relating to Social Security and retirement security.
Also of Interest
- A Look at Social Security's History - Celebrating Social Security's 78th Anniversary
- Retirement Savings: It's Worse Today Than a Year Ago
- Join AARP: Savings, resources and news for your well-being
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One of the closest hostels to the Waterfront, the Big Blue is a spacious (and we mean spacious) place....
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The most interesting part, however, is the comparison of all this spending to things like the world's video game market, Bill Gates' net worth, the total cost to eradicate world hunger or China's military budget — which is still a lot less than the United States.
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A grease fire at the FM 365 location of Novrozsky's Hamburgers, Etc. shut the Nederland eatery down for more than a month, but it might have proved a fortuitous development for the restaurant. As they scramble to reopen in early March, the Beaumont-based chain finds itself in the middle of an incipient burger war.
Hamburger Depot is the upstart outfit that bought a simple lunch place in Jasper in 2007 that served a good hamburger. Nathan Teague had worked in the restaurant business since he began with Burger King as a teenager. Tressy Morgan was in insurance and worked part-time as an assistant manager at the Elijah's Café in Jasper. They formed a partnership and bought Hamburger Depot and have since extended the brand to a location in Kirbyville and two Beaumont stores – the first on Cardinal Drive near Lamar University, and the second opening in December 2009 on Neches Street downtown a block from St. Anthony's Basilica.
"Since we came to Beaumont, we've really salivated over the prospect of coming to Mid-County," said Morgan – and it appears they are on the verge making that happen.
This week, Morgan confirmed Hamburger Depot has leased the former Cowboy Red's barbecue restaurant on Nederland Avenue for their Mid-County debut. That place seats 99 for dinner and also has a drive-through window for takeout. Expect the new restaurant to open by the end of April.
As with their other locations, the Hamburger Depot formula for success is simple. Fresh, 100 percent beef burgers – never frozen – with the freshest produce and buns delivered daily. All food is made-to-order, which means your burger is never waiting in a warming tray. This defies the fast food concept where your meal is delivered in under two minutes, but the taste and texture of the burger is worth a brief wait. Their menu also features chicken, fish, salad and steak fingers with the same commitment to freshness and quality.
The competition – and Hamburger Depot is not the only Southeast Texas purveyor of quality burgers – made the downtime since the Jan. 25 fire a time of crisis and opportunity for Novrozsky's.
"We had a fryer that got too hot before opening one day," explained Dave Jones, Novrozsky's CEO. "We took the opportunity while we were down to bring in new equipment and did some stuff we never get a bathrooms, changing a few things up and fixing it up like it's a new store."
Jones said they have also changed the meat from which they craft their burgers.
"We use Nolan Ryan beef," he said. "Our meat comes in fresh to us; it's never frozen and it's all natural – there's no hormones, no antibiotics in it."While Jones rejected suggestions the chain switched to never-frozen meat because of competitive pressure, there is a growing movement among high-end burger aficionados toward fresher ingredients overall, particularly ground beef. That's not the only thing new in the Novrozsky's bag of tricks, however.
"We've added some burgers to our menu," noted Jones. "We have a fried-egg burger where we put an actual fried egg on the burger – that's been a good seller – and a peanut butter burger. It's like a bacon-cheese burger with peanut butter – it's a big item in New Orleans."
He also touted another menu item – hand-breaded chicken fried steak.
"We have the best chicken fried steak in the market by far," he said.
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Novrozsky's, with nine locations, and Hamburger Depot, soon to open location number five, are both facing increasing competition in the gourmet burger field in Beaumont. There are a number of outlets producing hamburgers that are a cut above what was considered acceptable burger fare only a few of years ago.During the admittedly enjoyable research for this story, the name Madison's kept coming up when the conversation turned to hamburgers.
It seems they were correct. Madison's on Dowlen – a restaurant/bar that is more bar at night – serves up a formidable menu of burgers. These beauties feature half-pound patties of fresh beef custom-ground for Madison's and cooked to your specifications. They are served on their famous sweet sourdough buns, delivered fresh from Sheila Partin's Sweet Sourdough Bakery in Houston.
"We have a variety of unique burgers," said operations manager Mike Bluett. "The BrewPub has beer-battered onion rings atop a fire-seared patty with pepperjack cheese, bacon and smoky barbecue sauce."
He also recommended a local favorite, their Southwest Chipotle.
"A delicious half-pound burger topped with smoked bacon, sharp cheddar cheese, sautéed onions and our special chipotle-infused barbeque sauce," enthused Bluett, secure in the knowledge that Madison's indeed produces a burger of distinction.
Over on 11th Street, the long-departed Hofbrau was reborn as Starvin' Marvin's in 2010 and has thrived, serving up a full menu of steaks, seafood, chicken, pasta ... you get the idea. Owner Marvin Atwood is currently locked in a struggle with a nearby apartment complex and the Beaumont City Council over the sound from the bands that play on the patio. Despite the noise ordinance passed in early March, it appears the final chapter in this story is yet to be written.
But the branded Half Pound Angus Burgers at Starvin' Marvin's are the real deal. You can dress them up with hardwood smoked bacon and a variety of cheeses plus the usual fixings.
"Our beef is fresh-ground sirloin served on a jalapeno sourdough bun," said head chef Steve Eyles, who also mentioned the fresh produce chopped daily.The result is a standout burger that holds its own on the extensive menu – and assures Atwood a place on the front lines.
"Those buns and all our rolls and French bread come from Gambino's bakery in New Orleans delivered fresh to the restaurant," Atwood said.
While Starvin' Marvin's also offers a venison burger, a veggie burger and a Southwest Turkey burger, this story is about a burger war. With all due respect to the vegetarian community, nobody ever went to war over a veggie burger.
There are five restaurants in Beaumont certified by the Texas Department of Agriculture for their "Go Texas" program, certifying businesses that use agricultural products produced in the state.
One is the Doug Nelson Café on Highway 124, which features fresh Texas seafood in a scenic location. A second is the late, lamented Spindletop Steakhouse on Crockett Street operated by Chef Chuck Harris, who had an interesting twist or two in the burger department. Another is the aforementioned Novrozsky's, offering fresh Nolan Ryan beef at all nine locations.
Perhaps a surprise entry on this list is Black-eyed Pea, a chain restaurant founded in Dallas that features Southern cooking. Sandy Neale, manager of their Beaumont location on Phelan Boulevard, said Black-eyed Pea uses Nolan Ryan beef exclusively, "and the customers love it."
The hamburger buns are baked on the premises using the same dough as the popular whole-wheat dinner rolls. This delicious burger option gives dad an alternative when picking up meatloaf for mom and the kids.
You can't forget Fuddrucker's, an early entry into the gourmet burger field founded in San Antonio in 1980. Lubbock-based Mickey Rogers says his nine Fuddrucker's restaurants in Texas – including the Dowlen Road location by Parkdale Mall – have received their Go Texan certification and are very proud of it. According to Rogers, the produce used in the restaurants comes from Texas farms.
Don't forget the beef. Fuddrucker's describes it as "fresh, never frozen, 100 percent All-American premium-cut beef. Bred for taste and raised humanely on select ranches, our cattle are free to roam, eating nothing but a strict vegetarian diet with no additives or animal by-products."
The smell of beef on the grill competes with the delicious aroma from the bakery in each store where their sesame-topped buns are baked from scratch all day long. Although the chain has closed some stores due to fallout from a previous bankruptcy, they appear to have righted the ship since being acquired by Luby's in 2010.
In search of burger perfection
It's not all big time operators. The search for a good burger can lead a determined foodie down some interesting paths, but we'll take quality where we find it.Twin City Donuts & Burgers at 4849 Highway 73 at the corner of 347 in Port Arthur is a good example. Khan Tokla and wife Chhary opened their place last year, and in addition to the expected array of pastries and other breakfast staples, they serve hamburgers seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Again, the concept is simple; this is not rocket science. Chhary told the Business Journal she takes fresh, never-frozen ground beef and hand-forms patties every morning for a "family-style burger, not too big and not too small." They cut up fresh produce daily, as well, and the result transcends the simple ingredients for a slab of hamburger delight.
Keep rolling deeper into Port Arthur to Judice's French Market & Deli, an old neighborhood grocery at 3005 Seventh St. The original flagship location of the late A.J. Judice, Cajun ambassador extraordinaire, is best known for gumbo, crawfish etouffee, jambayla, hogshead cheese, fresh hog cracklins and the family's revered boudain recipe. But there is something special cooking in the kitchen for burger lovers.
"We grind our beef fresh every day," said Al Judice, grandson of A.J. and another keeper of the family flame. "You can choose from quarter, half or full pound burger – that's the weight after cooking."
Judice calls it "more of a home-style burger" and warns if you don't call ahead it may take a few minutes, but it will be fresh.
"We do everything by hand," he said. "The same lady, Miss Mary, has been here 25 years; she'll fix your burger the way you like it."
If you're detecting a common theme here, you're right. Fresh ground beef and produce, carefully prepared with attention to detail and served fresh and hot. These burger outlets get it – and not a moment too soon.
Invaders at the gate
In Houston, that modest little city of 6 million residents or so to our immediate west, the fresh burger mantra is spreading thanks to burgeoning national chains that harnessed that burger power. It is only a matter of time before they head our way.
Five Guys, who opened their first store in Arlington, Va., in 1986, has expanded from the metro-D.C. area to more than 750 locations in more than 40 states and four Canadian provinces. At present, 14 of those stores are in the greater Houston area. Their formula of offering only hamburgers and fresh-cut fries works because the burgers are great, portions are generous and service is fast – if not prepackaged fast-food fast.
Smashburger, a Denver-based chain founded in 2007, has its concept expressed in its name. A ball of fresh-ground beef is tossed on the grill and smashed into burger perfection. At present, they have eight Houston stores and have expanded into East Texas with two Tyler locations and one in Longview. How long before they come to Southeast Texas? Stay tuned.
Novrozsky's CEO Dave Jones told the Business Journal he believes there is enough business to go around.
"That's the thing about burgers – everybody eats a good burger," he said. "You'd be surprised at the stats of how many people eat a burger a day. I'm not worried about it."
This story originally appeared in the March edition of the Beaumont Business Journal.


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(Boston) Thomas Perls, MD, MPH, a geriatrician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has been honored with the Ewald W. Busse Research Award. One of the most prestigious in the field of gerontological research, the award is given every four years in conjunction with the World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics in Seoul, Korea.
The award recognizes the achievements of late junior or mid-career scientists, encouraging their continued contributions to aging research. Perls presented a lecture based on his research and received a certificate and a $6,000 award.
The award is named after Ewald W. Busse, MD, one of the world's foremost authorities on human aging and a founder of the field of geriatric psychiatry. He was founding director of the Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. This award is supported by an endowment made by Gerontology International in honor of Busse.
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Dawn of War II – Retribution beta open to all Dawn of War owners
THQ has announced that it's opening up the Warhammer40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution beta to anyone who has bought a Dawn of War game through Steam or has registered one through their Steam account.
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Relic has released more information regarding the upcoming patch for Dawn of War II. Patch 1.3 will include new abilities, armor, wargear and weapons The new scout armor provides a burst of speed to squads facing melee attacks, while new a weapon called the Roar of Revelation, is a shotgun that stuns and causes knockbacks […]
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THQ and Relic have confirmed that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II has gone gold. The excellent looking RTS is a PC exclusive and will be released on February 19th. "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II will build on the critical acclaim and commercial success of the Dawn of War franchise, letting players experience RTS […]


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This quilt top was in rough shape when it came to me. There were about 20 small pieces that needed to be replaced. But because of the fact that I value all the work that went into the quilt so far, I was willing to take on the challenge. BTW, this was hand-pieced by a high school classmates mother (who died about 6 years ago, so the quilt has high sentimental value).
The first picture is after all the damaged pieces have been replaced. Then there are a few pictures of the quilting process on the Long Arm Machine. It is off the long arm machine now, but I will wait to take pictures until the binding is sewn on.
Double Wedding Ring Quilt Top
Carol sewing on the long arm machine
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Obama: 'We tortured some folks'
President Barack Obama couldn't have been more blunt in acknowledging that the U.S. crossed a moral line in its treatment of war-on-terror prisoners.
"We tortured some folks," Obama said during a White House news conference Friday. "When we engaged in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, techniques that I believe and I think any fair-minded person would believe were torture, we crossed a line. And that needs to be understood and accepted."
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While the president has used the word "torture" before, it was the most explicit he's been on the point since taking office. His remarks were also a clear sign of support for the Senate Intelligence Committee's effort to chronicle and analyze the use of waterboarding and other methods the Bush administration instituted in the war on terror.
( Also on POLITICO: Twitter: Obama was too "folks"-y)
Many civil liberties and human rights groups were jittery that Obama would seek a middle ground between the Senate investigators on one hand and former CIA personnel and Bush administration officials who've sought to defend the CIA's efforts by picking apart the Senate report.
White House officials have stoked those fears in recent weeks by stressing that the CIA would have a chance to offer a rebuttal to the Senate report and by helping to broker a deal for former agency officials to get an advance look at the document.
However, there was little sign Friday of a split-the-difference strategy from the president.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama blasts GOP on immigration)
"The character of our country has to be measured in part, not by what we do when things are easy, but what we do when things are hard," Obama said.
Although the president's moral verdict on the Bush-era interrogation tactics was unmistakable, he did express some sympathy for the officials who ordered them in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks.
"In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong — we did a whole lot of things that were right, but we did some things that were contrary to our values," Obama said. "I understand why it happened. It's important when we look back to recall how afraid people were."
( Also on POLITICO:Obama: Hamas must release soldier)
"People did not know whether more attacks were imminent. And there was enormous pressure on our law enforcement and our national security teams to try to deal with this. It's important for us not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect about the tough job that those folks had. A lot of those folks were working hard under enormous pressure and are real patriots," the president said.
"But, having said all that, we did some things that were wrong. And that's what that report reflects," Obama added.
Obama also rallied to the side of CIA Director John Brennan, who was a senior official at the spy agency during the Bush era but was not in the decision-making chain about the interrogation practices. Brennan has had a stormy relationship with some in Congress and came under fire again this week after an inspector general report concluded that CIA staffers wrongly examined computer files and e-mails on a computer system Senate staffers were using to prepare the interrogation report.


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This board receives automated posts created by member reports. This functionality is still in "testing mode", so it's uncertain where this may lead. ;)
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In this section, we discuss different approaches that Linguistic Team International can take in order to carry out its projects and goals as a coherent structure, as well as to ensure a sufficient amount of communication, both internally and externally.
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Here we can report all copyright issues and/or consult the solutions for them, either from Youtube uploads or any other media.
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Enhancing your youtube subtitles - tricks!
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The Linguistic TechTeam focuses primarily on the end-result multimedia aspects of these efforts. Specifically, this team handles the more technical aspects of the distribution of many of the efforts of the other Linguistic Teams.
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This is the section for the tutorials making. Please submit every one request for new tutorial in a new thread. Video tutorials are available here.
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The threads are the timeline for each project started. The complete documentation of the progress for every project will be filed also in the wiki.
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Creation of DVD menus, trailers, logos, tutorials etc.
Great way to cut videos without having to reencode them
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Please create a thread for each 'issue', so we can more easily track what is solved vs. what is still 'open'.
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Only one idea per thread, please. :D
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A buffer for ideas on ways to consolidate info, simplify tasks & activities and/or strengthen the promotion of LingTeam accomplishments to more of our primary audience (those who have never heard of or have questions about the global RBE concept).
Please be as detailed as possible in describing your ideas here and use separate threads for each idea.
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Documentation outlining various Development Group projects under consideration or active, as shown in [thread labels]. Please limit this section to one idea per thread, so each can be evaluated, tested, etc. on its own merits.
[Needed] Fully searchable and indexed database of all materials across all languages
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In this sub-forum you can find reference and descriptions of the skills/tasks that the Linguistic Team is in most need at the moment.
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When Corruption Fails: Hollywood Has 'Turned Off The Critical Thinking Functions Of Many Democrats'
from the a-scratched-back-isn't-immune-to-backlash dept
The Washington D.C. revolving door that turns policymakers into lobbyists and stocks corporate boardrooms with former lawmakers and advisors has been the accepted norm for so long it takes a supremely audacious act to inspire any sort of outrage.
A long piece for the New Republic written by Noam Scheiber details the large number of former Obama team members moving into the private sector, leveraging their administration connections to start lucrative consulting firms. Nearly anything goes without anyone inside the administration blinking an eye -- provided certain political lines aren't crossed.
[W]hile joining a consulting firm is acceptable, those who do are reluctant to work for clients reviled by liberals: gun makers, tobacco companies, Big Oil, union busters.This is acceptable behavior. Don't be shy about cashing in on your political connections but don't embarrass anyone by courting unacceptable clientele. It's a good piece and worth a read, but there's a really damning statement hidden in the article that Matt Yglesias highlights over at Slate.
The big through-line in Noam Scheiber's piece on former Obama administration officials cashing in is that there are certain sensitivities and levels of mixed feelings. And after all it makes sense. If you're trying to parlay your connections and inside knowledge into financial gain, you can't go do things that anger all your former colleagues. But he does note one exception that I think is important and actually more pernicious than the other examples he explores in more detail:
As Yglesias puts it, former pols and administration insiders have to take care to avoid being caught "defending indefensible positions" while spinning their Washington connections into private sector gold. Those moving from the political world to the entertainment industry, however, find they don't need to be quite as careful.
There's also the entertainment industry, which is "a for-profit corporate space that's a safe area for Democrats," says a former White House staffer. "You can go work for Harvey Weinstein and make all this money." Obama aide Michael Strautmanis recently left to help oversee "corporate citizenship" at Disney, and Jim Gilio, a White House spokesman, now represents talent at a Los Angeles entertainment law firm.
[I]n high-level Democratic Party circles, the entertainment industry is somehow seen as different from other corporate sectors—intrinsically viewed with less suspicion. And that's when your corporate lobbying gets extremely effective and when the policy consequences can get really pernicious.Even with the failure of SOPA last year and the ongoing debacle that is the prosecution of Kim Dotcom, federal agencies are still running errands for Hollywood. ICE still regularly seizes sites and the DOJ continues to pursue extradition for overseas copyright infringers. This cozy relationship ensures that Hollywood's interests continue to be well-represented, even if its favored legislation failed miserably. But this relationship, as long-lasting (and profitable) as it has been for both sides, is doing damage to the credibility of the Democratic Party.
[H]ollywood has really managed to turn off the critical thinking functions of many Democrats, leading to a situation where the backlash against SOPA/PIPA had to be lead by Republicans.All the back scratching in the world doesn't help when everyone's whose back isn't getting scratched rises up against you. A huge opportunity was wasted by Democrats and by the administration itself. When the internet began pushing back, the party headed by the new face of politics (i.e., not another old, white guy) reacted much too slowly, allowing the opposition to seize the victory. Hollywood's symbiotic relationship with Democrats was far too ingrained to result in anything but a delayed reaction. As Yglesias puts it, the corruption's now so deep it's no longer recognized as corruption.
How else do you explain MPAA head Chris Dodd publicly threatening to cut off the flow of money to politicians who voted against SOPA? The corruption was always there, right below the surface, but it took a moment like this, where legislators were forced to decide between pleasing a powerful industry or dropping their support for a politically toxic bill, for it to noisily break the surface. Many politicians chose the option that seemed more likely to preserve their careers, and the MPAA, unused to being ignored, lashed out.
Hollywood may not forgive and forget, but it does know where the power lies and has the money to purchase access. The fallout from the SOPA disaster is that the Democrats' failure to quickly alter course has turned IP legislation into a partisan issue. The entertainment lobby still holds some sway over Republicans. Derek Khanna's swiftly disappearing copyright reform memo (and almost as swiftly-disappearing job) are evidence of that. But there's enough of a wedge present to prevent the smooth passage of any copyright-related legislation.
Hollywood may still be a safe haven for Democrats to earn some post-D.C. money but it's hard to believe the sheen hasn't worn off a bit at this point -- on both sides of the revolving door.
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At the culmination of a six-day development residency at Divadlo Andreja Bagara, Dramatic Adventure Theatre, NYC will present a public staged reading of their newest play: Jason Williamson's The Rebel Bird, featuring Slovak actress Lucia Siposova (360, Guard 47, She Twice Over) alongside American actors Nick Lehane (This is Our Youth, Warrior, The Mysteries of Laura) Jonathan David (Greater Angels, Shameless, A Civil War Christmas). Roma musicians and actors—Milan Hudak, Lukas Hudak, and Jan Koky—from the Slovak Roma theatre company, Slumdog Theater, will accompany the piece.
Directed by Kathleen Amshoff, The Rebel Bird explores issues of prejudice, poverty, and human trafficking on the Roma people. The play features Yeva, a Roma woman imprisoned in the seediest of Prague brothels. Her only comfort is singing the songs of her childhood with her brothers, who appear from her memory. When the intuitive henchman of an NYC millionaire hears Yeva's voice, he buys her for his boss, who is obsessed with owning his own version of opera's most infamous "Gypsy": Bizet's Carmen. And so, in a posh Manhattan penthouse, Yeva is dragged into a battle for survival that may erase her—body and soul. Colliding the music of Bizet with that of a live Roma band, this lyrical thriller exposes the scars of prejudice, poverty, and human trafficking on the disenfranchised and enfranchised alike.
An optional public talkback will follow the presentation; this project aims to bring Slovak, Roma, and American artists and audience members together to discuss a play that tackles issues affecting each of our unique communities and cultures. By shedding light on complicated issues of discrimination, cultural identity, and human trafficking, this project will foster dialogue, awareness, and understanding about each of our unique perspectives.


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It's sad to say that the best sign that you are doing something right — and well — is that the administration wants to hobble you. That appears to be the lesson learned from Premier Sean Chen's (陳冲) announcement on Tuesday that the government is to review the role of the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) in environmental impact assessments (EIAs) of industrial development projects.
Apparently the EPA's bureaucrats and its EIA committees are proving just too competent in protecting the environment, to the detriment of the nation's economic development and industry.
It all comes down to how one wants to interpret the law.
Chen says the current system, under which the EPA is mandated to reject an investment project because of environmental concerns, "is not in line" with the Environmental Impact Assessment Act (環境影響評估法), which aims at "preventing" and "mitigating" the adverse impact of development activity on the environment. He told lawmakers that the EPA seemed to be viewing its mandate as "eradicating" development projects and the Cabinet would review the environmental impact assessment system next month.
We can already see where this is headed, since EPA Minister Stephen Shen (沈世宏) appears all too willing to decapitate his own agency. He has suggested that the EPA be stripped of its veto power over investment projects and that EIAs of projects should be conducted by whichever ministry regulates the respective industry.
It does not take much imagination to see how that would end up.
The whole point of the EPA conducting such reviews is to protect the environment, not industry. Asking the Ministry of Economic Affairs or whatever agency is charged with promoting an industry to review EIAs is just asking for trouble — and more pollution problems. It's like asking foxes to guard the hen house.
The spur for Chen's planned review is apparently the EPA's intractability regarding the proposed expansion of a Formosa Petrochemical Corp plant in Yunlin County. A recent EPA ruling rejected an appeal by Formosa against the agency's previous decision that volatile organic compound emissions generated from non-manufacturing activities (such as painting and cleaning) at the naphtha cracker in Mailiao Township (麥寮) are sources of pollutants subject to emission limits.
Even before that ruling, Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang (施顏祥) had expressed concern about the consequences of the EPA's policy with regards to Formosa and how it might affect investors' willingness to invest in Taiwan.
Perhaps it is only a coincidence that such talk comes as the government ramps up its appeals for Taiwanese businesspeople with investments in China to return home and start building manufacturing bases here again. Many of those businesspeople were lured to China not just by cheaper labor, but by China's laxer environmental standards and laws.
Not for the first time, the Cabinet's strategies to drive the nation's economic growth appear to run counter to the welfare of the very public it is supposed to represent. What is scarier has been the lack of response by lawmakers, environmental protection groups and others to Chen, Shen and Shih's mutterings about stripping the EPA of its regulatory role. Maybe they are waiting to see what the Cabinet decides to do next month, or maybe they are simply marshaling their forces for a grand battle, but they need to become proactive and start protesting against the idea of such changes now.


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Human-induced greening of the northern extratropical land surface. Nature Climate Change.. 2016.
Human-induced greening of the northern extratropical land surface. Nature Climate Change. 6(10):959-963.. 2016.
Impact of mesophyll diffusion on estimated global land CO2 fertilization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.. 2014.
Asymmetrical effects of mesophyll conductance on fundamental photosynthetic parameters and their relationships estimated from leaf gas exchange measurements. Plant, Cell & Environment. 37(4):978-994.. 2013.
A numerical issue in calculating the coupled carbon and water fluxes in a climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research. 117(D22). 2012.
Comparison of satellite-derived TOA shortwave clear-sky fluxes to estimates from GCM simulations constrained by satellite observations of land surface characteristics. International Journal of Climatology. 30(13):2088-2104.. 2010.
Assimilation of satellite reflectance data into a dynamical leaf model to infer seasonally varying leaf areas for climate and carbon models. Journal of Geophysical Research. 113(D19). 2008.
Improvements to the Community Land Model and their impact on the hydrological cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research. 113(G1). 2008.
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isaacward needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 59 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
Goolygost.net is my personal website used for sharing photos with my friends and family. I would like a main logo with the word goolygost or goolygost.net, a small logo without text and a favicon interpretation.
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Goolygost is an anagram of Ghouly Ghosts, or spiritual beings that look after you. I have posted an original painting of ghouly ghosts at http://www.goolygost.net/sitepoint/contest.jpg that I would like to translate into a logo, small logo and favicon.
I am looking for something clean and modern, that maintains the look and feel of the image, but adds a Web2.0 cartoonish twist. I am not fussed about the dot background, and am happy for creative interpretations. I will provide lots of feedback to help guide.
For the main logo, I would like the word Goolygost, or Goolygost.net included, open on font and it doesn't have to be capitalised.
For the small logo, I would like something without words, to be used for section/line headings and to maintain the look on longer web pages - like the ones currently on the website.
I would also like a small favicon (because I can't resize for crap and my icon drawing skills aren't very good either).
I like the current colours, but am open to changes.
Be creative!
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OCEAN BEACH - A young Ocean Beach boy is in the spotlight after he discovered a back door in to one of the most popular gaming systems in the world.
When 5-year-old Kristoffer Von Hassel is playing his Xbox, his feet don't touch the ground. But something he did has made the smartest guys at Microsoft pay attention.
"I was like yea!" said Kristoffer.
Just after Christmas, Kristoffer's parents noticed he was logging into his father's Xbox Live account and playing games he wasn't supposed to be.
"I got nervous. I thought he was going to find out," said Kristoffer.
In video shot soon after, his father, Robert Davies, is heard asking Kristoffer how he was doing it.
A suddenly excited Kristoffer showed Dad that when he typed in a wrong password for his father's account, it clicked to a password verification screen. By typing in space keys, then hitting enter, Kristoffer was able to get in through a back door.
Kristoffers' father, who works in computer security, was one proud papa. His first reaction? "How awesome is that!" Davies said. "Just being 5 years old and being able to find a vulnerability and latch onto that. I thought that was pretty cool."
It's not the first time Kristoffer has flashed his tech skills.
"He's figured out vulnerabilities 3 or 4 times," said Davies.
At age 1, Kristoffer got past the toddler lock screen on a cell phone by holding down the home key.
Four years later, he took aim at the Xbox One.
Father and son reported the bug to Microsoft.
"I thought someone was going to steal the Xbox," said Kristoffer.
Microsoft has come up with a fix and acknowledged Kristopher on their website in a list of security researchers that have helped make Microsoft online services more secure.
In a statement, Microsoft said, "We're always listening to our customers and thank them for bringing issues to our attention. We take security seriously at Xbox and fixed the issue as soon as we learned about it."
Kristoffer will receive four games, $50 and a year-long subscription to Xbox Live from Microsoft. He also knows what he now wants to be when he grows up: a gamer. His dad is leaning toward something in computer security.


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Honda began as a local company with a global vision. Today, we see ourselves as a global company with a local vision. We call it "Glocalization". It means that all around the world we build our products close to our customers. This allows us to become part of their community and helps us anticipate as well as meet their local needs. Two excellent examples of "Glocalization" at work can be seen in the opening of Honda's engine plant in Alliston, Ontario and in the relocation of Honda's Head Office in Markham, Ontario.
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- Ease of preparation
- What I had in the freezer and/or pantry
- What could be made ahead
- Cost (I keep within my normal monthly food budget)
The decorations are simply dollar-store confetti that we stuck in the frosting.
This is my tried-and-true chocolate cupcake recipe topped with a peanut butter frosting. Guess which cupcakes were the most popular? Everyone loves their chocolate.
It cost around $4.00 for each batch of 24 cupcakes, and most of the ingredients (flour, baking powder, etc.) are things we already buy in our normal budget.
For decorations, I aimed for simple, yet still festive. I bought this Happy Birthday banner when my son had his third birthday, believe it or not. I just keep it in storage and hang it up for any birthday we celebrate. I added a little "congrats grad" star to the bottom as we were celebrating both for him.
From the Dollar Tree we decorated with streamers, confetti, hanging lanterns, a table decoration and a yard sign, for a total of $8.00. Brian's folks contributed the balloons- at a dollar each, they are a fun and easy way to add to the decor.
I chose a black bean and corn salad because beans are cheap and I have corn in the freezer to use up. I added a red pepper and an onion plus a spicy cumin dressing (a Rachael Ray recipe) and made it the day before for the flavors to blend.
Pasta or grain salads are another cost-effective way to serve a large group. This Barley Pesto salad was a new recipe (another Rachael Ray recipe) which I chose because it used pesto which I already had in the freezer from last fall (yes, it's still good!).
This recipe for Spinach-Artichoke Dip was terrific paired with bread or vegetables. I liked that it was rich-tasting, but not greasy like some of these dips can be. I estimate this dish to cost about $5.50. And there was only a spoonful left.
I did make another dip, a fresh onion dip with caramelized onions, sour cream, garlic and salt and pepper to serve with the cut-up vegetables.
As I mentioned previously, the Easy Artisan Bread was the item most people raved about. What an great way to make an impression- cheap and easy!
And I think this was one of my best decisions, though maybe not the most frugal. I loved having Brian in charge of grilling the Italian sausages- one less thing for me to think about.
In the end, only about $30.00 (which did include nice paper plates, & napkins) outside of our food budget was spent on this party. But the memories were…you guessed it- priceless.
This is linked to Frugal Fridays at Life as Mom
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What's the general inclination of the 'Law and Justice Party'? I know enough about politics not to assume the obvious answer is correct.
Also, they tend to accuse everyone who disagrees with them of being traitors or criminals...
Is treason not a crime in Poland?But anyway. Football has finished for the summer and we stayed up. And even finished above Sunderland. Been drinking for hours.Also, savvy play by Liverpool. They realised that playing in Europe next year would mean finding their passports, getting their E111 up to date, booking airport parking, getting some Euros, and all that hassle. So they heroically took a 6-1 hammering to guarantee they wouldn't have to bother with any of that. Smart play, lads. If there are any scousers on here: I'm laughing with you not at you.
Conservative, pro-Church and with quite narrow-minded interpretation of things like national pride etc. Also, they tend to accuse everyone who disagrees with them of being traitors or criminals...They were running the government in the years 2005 - 2007 and it was a... weird period, with them doing a lot of controversial things, as well as managing to sour our relations with countries like Germany. Ever since they lost power, they've been in total opposition. After the presidential plane crash of 2010, they quickly started promoting crazy conspiracy theories of how the plane crash was an assasination. Lately, they were very vocally fighting against gender theory...As for Duda himself, he tries to sell himself as a man of compromise... nevertheless, he was also advertised by the leader of L&J as "fervently Catholic". Duda himself said that his moral opinions were based on the opinions of the Polish Catholic Church. And he did say things like that he believed that the in vitro fertilization (which the Church condemns) was "mostly a scam" and that he wouldn't sign the European convention against domestic violence, as it supposedly contained "leftist gender ideas" and was a threat to Polish tradition...Eh. I'm kind of worried what this new president will turn out to be like in practice... especially if L&J manages to win the coming parliamentary elections, too.
That's an apt comparison, I think.A small story from yesterday that, I think, nicely shows the L&J mentality: the voting was supposed to end on 9 PM, but some time before that time, it was announced that it would last to 10.30 PM. The reason was an accident in one of the polling stations that caused that station to be closed down for some time. When it was announced, some people at the L&J were heard commenting that it's probably a sign of the government trying to fix the elections... Overall, in the recent years, every time L&J lost elections, they suggested it was because of the voting being rigged...
Texans are utterly convinced the United States military is going to occupy their state and declare martial law.I just...I can't even... What in the world is up your butt Texas? What possible reason would the Federal Government want to place Texas under martial law and use the U.S. Army as a police force there. So what if there's going to be a training exercise there, doesn't the American Army have the right to train in American territory? Would you feel better if they trained somewhere else like Colorado or Missouri?I just don't understand why this is such a big deal. The Army NEEDS to hold exercises. And the biggest facepalm fact is that they believe the Army is gonna use empty Walmart stores for detaining "political dissidents".
Would you feel better if they trained somewhere else like Colorado or Missouri?
Though usually the news will forewarn everyone in the surrounding areas what's happening in case they hear loud and repeated 'booming' sounds.
it's also of note that with the exception of texas every deeply conservative state is so addicted to government aid that if they actually followed through with either the welfare reforms, or succession threats a lot of their own population would die, major industries would shrink or close, and their state governments would collapse.According to 2014 census data
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BALTIMORE – Sophomore Eliott Loubatie (Paris, France) won clinching points in both singles and doubles, leading host UMBC to a 4-3 victory over Georgetown at the Retriever Tennis Complex.
Sophomores Justin Carter (Randallstown, Md./National Connections Academy) and Melker Svard (Gothenburg, Sweden) continued their outstanding play with wins at the top of the singles ladder.
The Retrievers have won two of the last three and improved to 11-8 on the campaign, while the Hoyas slipped to 7-10.
Loubatie combined with junior Kamal Patel (Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley) to win the deciding match in doubles, triumphing, 8-5, over Hoyas' Jordan Portner and Max Novak.
Georgetown evened the match with a victory at No. 3 singles, but Svard recaptured the lead for the Retrievers, defeating Shane Korber, 6-4, 6-4 at the No. 2 position. The Swede served for the match at 5-3 and was broken, but broke right back to secure the match.
Carter dropped the first set at the No. 1 position, but rallied furiously to overwhelm Daniel Khanin, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.
With UMBC leading, 3-1 the 4-5-6 matches all took the court and all were hotly-contested matches. Loubatie looked to be in control, taking the first set from John Murphy, 6-1. But Murphy evened the score with a 6-1 second set victory. Loubatie was able to regroup and bolt to a 5-0 third set lead before holding on for a 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 triumph.
"It was big for us to win the doubles point today and Melker, Justin and Eliott all came through really strong in the singles," said head coach Rob Hubbard. "The guys have really been competing well."
The Retrievers have a busy weekend, traveling to America East foe Binghamton for a Saturday contest before competing at the Retriever Tennis Complex for the final time in 2014 when they welcome Coppin State on Sunday afternoon.
1 Alex Tropiano/Shane Korber, G ,def. Justin Carter/Melker Svard, UMBC, 8-6
2 Alex Drean/Daniel Gray, UMBC def. Daniel Khanin/Casey Distaso, G, 8-3
3 Eliott Loubatie/Kamal Patel, UMBC def. Jordan Portner/Max Novak, G ,8-5
1 Carter def. Khanin, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
2 Svard def. Korber, 6-4, 6-4
3 Tropiano def. Drean, 6-4, 6-3
4 Loubatie def. John Murphy, G, 6-1, 1-6, 6-2
5 Distaso def. Gray, 6-2, 7-5
6 John Brosens, G, def. Patel, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 10-8


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James Hooten, a service manager with Hargis Electric, LLC in Paris, Texas, found this mess at one of the local churches in his area of the country.
These exposed wires and connections and lack of a junction box lead me to believe this work was performed by an "unqualified" installer. We should consider the following basic rules in reviewing this installation.
As noted in 314.16 [Number of Conductors in Outlet, Device, and Junction Boxes, and Conduit Bodies], "Boxes and conduit bodies shall be of sufficient size to provide free space for all enclosed conductors. In no case shall the volume of the box, as calculated in 314.16(A), be less than the fill calculation as calculated in 314.16(B). The minimum volume for conduit bodies shall be as calculated in 314.16(C). The provisions of this section shall not apply to terminal housings supplied with motors or generators." An Informational Note at the end of this section directs us to 430.12 for volume requirements of motor or generator terminal housings.
In addition, the requirements in this section also note that "boxes and conduit bodies enclosing conductors 4 AWG or larger shall also comply with the provisions of 314.28."


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Syria, sarin intel known last week
Some members of Congress were told last week that the United States had evidence that Syrians were killed using the chemical sarin, according to sources familiar with the briefings.
The Senate and House intelligence committees were briefed by administration officials on the threat in Syria as recently as last week, and several sources familiar with the briefing say lawmakers were told that three people died from sarin poisoning.
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These sources could not speak with attribution, because intelligence briefings are confidential and lawmakers and aides are sworn to secrecy.
( Also on POLITICO: Hagel: Chemical weapons used in Syria)
The White House publicly acknowledged Thursday that Syria used chemical weapons, leading several senators called on the Obama administration to step up its response.
"It's pretty obvious that red line has been crossed," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) told reporters.
"The situation in Syria is unacceptable," he added. "The president of the United States said that this would be a red line if they used chemical weapons. The president of the United States has now told us they used chemical weapons."
McCain, who has been advocating more intervention in Syria for years, called for arming the opposition, a step that the White House has resisted thus far, establishing a safe zone and taking proactive steps to ensure that the chemical weapons don't fall into the wrong hands.
"It does not mean boots on the ground," McCain said.
Senators received a briefing Thursday morning from several officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry. House lawmakers will receive the same briefing at 9:30 a.m. Friday.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said called on the national community to respond to the crossing of "red lines."
"I am very concerned that with this public acknowledgement, President [Bashar] Assad may calculate he has nothing more to lose and the likelihood he will further escalate this conflict therefore increases," Feinstein said. "It is also important that the world understands the use of weapons of mass destruction, such as sarin, will not be countenanced, and clearly Assad must go."