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Davos, where the 1% come to be among themselves.
Black SUVs cruise the icy roads, snipers crouch on rooftops, bodyguards step out of hotel doorways and survey the scene before their charges follow them onto the pavement and billion dollar deals are discussed over fondue.
The media are apt to call this place a fortress – and it's true that the armed police are ever-present. But you'd struggle to find any delegates here who feel truly besieged.
And given that the 2,400 'white badges' – the invitees from the worlds of business and politics – can reasonably be said to have our common future in their hands, that is perhaps unfortunate.
Because where any concentration of great power resides, so should the voices of the people whose lives it directs.
Which is why Greenpeace was represented on a panel this morning that announced the winners of this year's Public Eye Awards.
Founded by the Berne Declaration – the Swiss public accountability NGO – the awards are granted to the global corporations deemed to have most egregiously trampled ethics in the pursuit of profit.
As you can imagine, the field of contenders is always crowded.
A jury of experts drawn from civil society was charged with deciding upon the recipient of one award, while the other – the public prize – was decided by an open, online vote.
This morning in a hall just 100 metres from the Promenade, where the delegates meander between bilaterals, a packed press conference witnessed the announcement of the winners.
When you've been described as a 'giant blood-sucking vampire squid' you could be forgiven for expecting that a Public Eye Award was coming your way some time soon, and so it was that Goldman Sachs was rewarded with the Jury Prize.
Michael Baumgartner, Chairman of the Public Eye Awards jury, said this:
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A worthy winner then.
But what of the Public Award then?
Unlike pretty much anywhere else than in Davos, the people have spoken, and the award goes to Shell.
It's not been a great few months for the company. Its programme to drill for oil in the Arctic – where it's blazing a trail – has faced manifold setbacks.
On New Year's Day its drilling rig was grounded on an island off Alaska after breaking free of its tow lines in fierce winds, and soon afterwards the Obama administration announced a review into whether the company should be permitted to continue exploration this summer.
But none of this has set Shell and its CEO Peter Voser off course, they are as determined as ever to open up the Arctic to offshore drilling.
So I sometimes wonder what an alien species observing our planet would make of us. Would we be regarded as ripe for invasion? Were those aliens to examine Shell's Arctic plans they may very well think we are.
The sea ice is retreating rapidly, a direct and undeniable consequence of warming caused by the burning of fossil fuels like oil. Already the Earth looks radically different from space, but do we heed this warning from nature?
No, not if you're an executive at Royal Anglo-Dutch Shell, you don't.
Instead you follow the extremities of the retreating ice, far out into the Arctic Ocean, in pursuit of the very fuel that caused the melting in the first place.
Our alien observers may very well conclude that humanity has, in the person of Peter Voser, failed what some people call the Idiot Test.
For that reason he leaves Davos with the Public Eye Award.


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By Jessica Hopper
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UPDATED 6:50PM EST -- In the midst of 48 hours of non-stop campaigning in crucial swing states, President Barack Obama said that the tightening of the race between him and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney doesn't surprise him.
NBC's Williams with President Barack Obama in Davenport, IA. (Photo Credit: Neal Carter/NBC News)
In an exclusive interview with NBC News' Brian Williams, during a campaign stop in Davenport, Iowa, the president said that he never believed that the excitement surrounding his historic election four years ago and the achievement of taking out al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden would inflate his likelihood of re-election.
"You guys have some short memories. Folks in your business were writing me off a year ago, saying there's no way I would win," President Obama said. "These things go in ebbs and flows and, you know, the one thing I've tried to always be is just steady in terms of what I believe in, who I'm fighting for, and, you know, I think that one of the qualities I bring to bear in this campaign is, people see, what did I say I was going to do in 2008? And what have I delivered? And they can have some confidence that the things I say, I mean."
Both the president and former Massachusetts Governor Romney are fiercely campaigning, criss-crossing the country in the final 13 days of the campaign.
"We always knew this was going to be a close race from the start. And what we have right now is a lead that we've maintained throughout the campaign and we are going to just continue to drive home the message that there are two fundamentally different choices in this election about where we take the country," the president said.
After speaking to the crowd in Davenport, the president's first stop in an eight-state campaign blitz, Obama sat down with Williams and discussed his relationship with Romney, his lackluster performance in the election's first presidential debate and his administration's handling of the crisis in Libya.
Obama defended his campaign's release of a 20-page document detailing his plan for the next four years. The document was released the day after the final presidential debate and left pundits questioning whether its release was a late move made by a campaign that believes its opponent might be gaining momentum.
"I don't know why you say that this is late in the game. This is exactly what I laid out at my convention," the president told Williams. "Every point that's in there is what we said when I accepted the Democratic nomination, is what we do to build up the middle class in this country and it's been on our website for weeks and I hope that everybody takes an opportunity to read it, because as folks now narrow their focus on the election, in fact people here in Iowa are voting. You know, the more informed voters are and the more engaged they are about how big the stakes are, the better I think we're going to do."
When asked about the dynamic between he and Gov. Romney, the president said that his feelings towards Romney are no different than the feelings other presidential candidates have had before.
"I don't think anybody would say that while you were in the middle of a campaign that you felt deep affection for the other guy, because, you know, look, you're fighting for competing visions," President Obama said.
From Iowa, the president traveled to Colorado and Nevada for campaign events before flying overnight to Florida to continue the second day of his battleground swing.
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The glory of Bangladesh this year had been somewhat hidden behind a dismal World Cup display in which Bangladesh and Namibia were
the only teams to finish the tournament without a win. However, the year has been somewhat of a success on individual levels, much better than the
previous year.
2003 Stat Fact
by James Stedman
Published: 1st January, 2004
The glory of Bangladesh this year had been somewhat hidden behind a dismal World Cup display in which Bangladesh and Namibia were
the only teams to finish the tournament without a win. However, the year has been somewhat of a success on individual levels, much better than the
previous year.
Bangladesh (Test): In the year of 2003, Bangladesh didn?t manage to win a match but in the tests they came as close as they ever had before and
should have won the test series against Pakistan. In the last 2 tests of the series they managed to grab a first innings lead and by over 100 runs in
the Multan test. In 2003, Bangladesh played 9 tests, one more than 2002. The highest innings total was 361 as last year?s was only 252. Not only
that they crossed 250 on 6 separate occasions and a 237 against South Africa. However they conceded 556 in one game against Australia, the largest
total conceded, one more than Sri Lanka in the Asian Test Championship. However against Pakistan they managed to bowl their lineup all out for 175,
while before this year their previous best in conceding an oppositions total was 296. A huge 121 run improvement. The average batting average (per
batsman) for the season was 20.4 while the previous year it was 16.7. And the bowling average was down to 45.7 while last year it was 57.5. Could this
be due to the captain? Their batting run rate was down on last year, which in tests isn?t always such a bad thing. Their bowling average however
was 45.7 which isn?t too great but as to the previous year it shows massive improvement. It is probable that their improvements in the test
arena is due to coach Dav Whatmore and with a change of captaincy who knows what?s possible in 2004.
Bangladesh (ODI): For Bangladesh there were 5 main ODI tours, the World Cup, TVS Cup, against Australia, against Pakistan and against England. With
this they played 21 matches, much more than the nation is used to. From those 21 matches, 20 were lost and a no-result against the West Indies in the
World Cup. This forms an interesting comparison with last year. Last year, Bangladesh played 14 matches, losing 13 and a no-result. However, last year
Bangladesh didn?t have the opportunity of playing Canada or Kenya in which you would expect a win. In only two matches did Bangladesh come close
to a win. Firstly against Kenya, they looked to be in with a strong chance while Akram Khan was at the wicket but once he got out it all collapsed and
they finished well short. Against Pakistan they came even closer with the Paki?s getting the runs with 2 balls to spare. The boys from Bengal
managed a score of 244 against Pakistan (18 runs more than their highest total last year) yet also were bowled out for a modest 76 against India (same
as last year). Their batting average this year was a dismal 17.2 while last year it wasn?t much better with 17.5. They also conceded a mammoth
total of 323 against Pakistan while last year the worst was only 301, however this year Bangladesh managed to contain Canada to 180 while last year
the best was only 202. It is understandable that bowling average is 43.50 and a run rate of conceded of 5.26.
Habibul Bashar: Habibul Bashar was arguably Bangladesh?s best performer of the year. Habibul (better knows as Sumon) became the first
Bangladeshi to score two separate test centuries with another 108 and almost became the first Bangladeshi to score 100 in two consecutive tests with
97 in the next test at Peshawar. Commonly referred to as ?Mr. Fifty?, Sumon once again finished the year with a poor conversion rate. In
2003 he contributed with a phenomenal 801 at 44.50 (13th best of anyone in the year) including a lone century and 7 half centuries. Meaning that he
now has a total of 1840 runs at 36.07, featuring 2 centuries and 16 fifties. Sumon is the highest ranked Bangladeshi on the PwC test ratings finishing
the year as the 27th best batsman in the world. However in the shorter form of the game his record is not too flash, hitting 228 runs at an average of
15.20 this year with a lone fifty. This is a regularly seen statistic as in his career of 42 one-day matches; he has only hit 776 runs at 18.47. The
fact that he is not regularly consistent in both forms of the game may leave some doubt in the selectors mind as to whether he with take over the
captaincy from incredibly unpopular Khaled Mahmud.
Mohammad Rafique: Nobody would have expected a year like Mohammad Rafique has produced. That is not just speaking from a Bangladesh point of view.
Taking 33 wickets from just 6 matches with three five-wicket hauls is exceptional no matter who you play for. That at an average of 24.00 and the 8th
most amount of wickets for the year from half the games that most of the players with more wickets have player, it is no surprise that he is rated
27th in the PwC test bowling ratings. In the test matches in Pakistan it was Rafique?s bowling that made the games winnable and along with
Bashar could well have single-handedly won the series for Bangladesh and lifting their score on the ICC test ratings significantly. It is now wondered
why Rafique has been overlooked for tests so many times in the past and if he hadn?t been what would have happened. Now that he?s a
regular in both versions of the game he is expected to hang around for some time to come and is a likely candidate to take over the captaincy for the
Zimbabwe tour. In the one-day matches in 2003 he played 20 matches, taking 16 wickets at 44.62. Rafique is now up with the class of Boje, Vettori and
Giles making him not only world class but also possibly the best left-arm spinner around. He is getting now at the age of 33 yet the way he?s
going and enjoying his cricket, could play for another 5 years.
Rajin Saleh: Over the year, Bangladesh has been criticized for it?s chopping-and-changing and scouting but not many can criticize the inclusion
of Rajin Saleh. One of the best young talents the country has ever produced. He made his debut in Pakistan scoring 60 on debut, being good assistance
for Habibul Bashar as he made his second hundred. From this moment on it became obvious that Rajin Saleh would be vital to the side in providing
assistance and supporting roles while scoring runs himself. From just 5 tests Rajin has already scored 246 runs at 24.60 with his debut 60 as his only
half century. But when Bangladesh has been struggling in the one-day matches it was often Rajin Saleh who would play the vital cameo in getting
Bangladesh to a reasonable target. From his 8 one-day matches he has already score 269 runs at 33.62 with 2 very important half centuries. Although he
hasn?t played much international cricket yet he is already showing the maturity that is lacking in many of the top order batsman and is such to
play in important role in the building of Bangladesh cricket.
Khaled Mahmud: Khaled Mahmud (better known as Sujon) has had a year he?d rather forget. Being the best of the Bangladeshi bowlers in the World
Cup and as Khaled Mashud had resigned there were no other alternatives. So Khaled Mahmud took the captaincy for the TVS Cup and had a poor tour. Then
he moved onto Australia where he had a completely dismal performance, at one stage getting himself to the worst test bowling average ever.
Surprisingly he was kept on for the Pakistan tour where he almost captained the nation to their first test victory. He himself had a reasonably
tournament, taking a few vital wickets and leading by example. So he was kept on for the England tour in which he had a horrible performance and it is
now quite likely that he will be replaced quickly in the new year. Due to his wickets in Pakistan, he managed to lower his season average to 57.58
rather than 500+ as his career average was at one stage. Twelve wickets in the shorter version at 60 and 12 wickets in the longer version at 57
doesn?t read too well. You would hope that a captain with that record might be able to back it up with batting ability, and in that department
Sujon wasn?t great either, in tests scoring 201 runs at 11.82 and in one-dayers scoring 243 runs at 14.29. It is predicted that next year there
won?t be much to write home about either.
Khaled Mashud: Khaled Mashud had yet another sound season behind the stumps as well as making notable contributions with the bat. After recovering
from disputes with the BCB, allegations of all sort, resigning the captaincy, being responsible for a poor
World Cup campaign, and being dropped for a couple of tests in favour of Mohammad Salim, he bounced back alright. Playing 7 tests and 18 one-dayers
still would put him in the field of regulars and now that he has his form back should be looked as like that for a lot of time to come. From his seven
tests he managed twelve catches and two stumping and in his one-day year he managed ten catches and four stumpings. Not bad at all. Not to mention the
performances with the bat. Scoring his maiden test fifty when the team was in dire straights against England was a gutsy performance and one he has
become renowned for over the years. Finishing the year with 246 runs at 17.57 and after an atrocious World Cup finished off the year scoring 217 runs
at 15.50. Not bad for someone who makes the side as a keeper.
Javed Omar: Javed Omar?s average was much the same as the Bangladeshi season all-round. Very poor in the one-day arena, reflecting in him only
playing 4 matches in which he averaged 9.25. However in the longer form of the game his season with reasonable. A little up and down and really
highlighted by a 400-ball century against Pakistan (the first of his career). Javed played in all 9 test hitting 418 runs at 23.22. The best
Bangladeshi record apart from Habibul Bashar. Javed has often been the rock at the top of the innings guiding his team to a respectable score. Now
along side Hannan Sarker there would be a chance to really set a good opening partnership. However, Javed is now out for 6 months after having
shoulder surgery, meaning that Hannan will have to find a new opening partner for the Zimbabwe tour.
Alok Kapali: The once consistent, mature teen somewhat lost his touch in 2003, yet still managed to retain his place in the squad with the odd
performance here and there. Some may argue that he did perform, as statistics would tell you in the one-day arena. And it?s not every day that a
Bangladeshi takes a test hat-trick as Alok did against Pakistan. With his bouncy leg spinner and intriguing action he dismissed Shabbir Ahmed, Danish
Kaneria and Umar Gul in consecutive balls making him the first and only to date, Bangladeshi with a hat-trick. Jermaine Lawson of the West Indies was
the only other cricketer to get a test hat-trick this year. Not bad for a part-timer. Even while not performing in the test arena, Alok played every
single test that Bangladesh had in 2003, only scoring 212 runs at 11.77 with a highest score of 46. A pair in Australia and struggling in the England
tour with an injury, it was a real surprise that he was kept in the test team when the likes of Al Sahariah and Sanwar Hossain had been dropped.
However, he was their best performer in the shorter form of the game, scoring 484 runs at 24.20 from 21 matches. Doesn?t sound too great but
when you take into account with Bangladesh?s general performance it?s rather impressive. Not too mention that he played very well against
the Australian?s and poorly injured against the Poms. But it?s obvious that this year will not go down in history for his 484 one-day runs
but for the maiden test hat-trick for Bangladesh.
Hannan Sarker: What a year for Hannan Sarker! Highly criticized for his poor technique and starting off with a poor World Cup it was highly surprising
that he made it to Australia. But full credit must go to the selectors as Hannan plays magnificently hitting 76 at Cairns and almost another half
century in the second innings, he kept up his form for the rest of the year and was the consistent opening batsman they were looking for alongside
Javed Omar. His performances have been recognized, as he is now one of the BCB?s 6 highest salary players. His statistics convey how well he has
play, not only making consistent scored but now looks techniquely sound getting praise from the likes of Mark Taylor and Darren Lehmann. He continued
his form in Pakistan and by then end of 2003 had 377 runs at 26.92 only playing 7 tests and scoring 3 half centuries. In the one dayers it was
reasonable as well scoring 242 runs from only 12 innings at an average of 20.16 including 2 fifties. When you look at his one-day record prior to 2003
it looks a lot better. Now Hannan Sarker has got the respect of cricket fans world wide as having potential and some rumours say that he could even be
the new captain. Only time will tell his fate.
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Brake fluid is critical for the brake system and brake fluid problems are common when it comes to brake repairs. If the brake fluid drops below a certain level, a drivers ability to bring a car to a halt will drop rapidly. This often happens due to a leak as a result of rust.
Brake fluid will always be checked during a full service or an MOT and if the level is too low, a mechanic will check for a leak as this is the most common cause of low brake fluid.
If you have not had a full service and you are not due an MOT for a good while, it is always good practice to check your own car fluid levels, including brake fluid levels. The brake fluid container is located beneath the hood of the car and close to the bottom of the windshield. Check the brake fluid level by unscrewing the lid and peering into the container. Our fluid levels guide gives more information on checking your brake fluid.
An anti-lock braking system is used by many modern cars. This method of braking has been implemented as a safety measure as it allows a car to maintain tractive contact with the road as the brakes are applied and a car comes to a stop.
If you are wandering how do you use ABS brakes, then don't worry, the ABS braking system is automatically applied to a car when the brakes are pressed, you don't need to do anything different.
Cars with an ABS system will also be subject to the ABS light coming on at one time or another and if this happens, you need to take the car to a garage to have the issue looked at as the system may no longer be fully operational. If the ABS light AND brake light switch are on at the same time, it is critically important that you get to a local garage as soon as possible.
Brake rotors is another name for brake discs and if you would like more information on this subject, we have an entire page dedicated to brake pads and discs.
The master cylinder is a vital part of the braking system as it serves as the main valve through which brake fluid is channelled to the brake lines and onto the brake calipers which in turn, grip the brake pads which clamp onto the brake disc to bring a car to a halt.
A master cylinder controls the flow of brake fluid and so if there is a fault, the car will not be able to stop properly.
Brake lines carry brake fluid from the master cylinder to the brake calipers. Brake lines are subject to deterioration from the result of rust damage and brake fluid leakage. If the brake lines break, then fluid cannot be carried to the brake calipers and you will not be able to stop your car. That is why it is so important to keep an eye on a drop in performance of your braking power as a reduction may highlight a problem with the brake lines.
Backing plates hold brake discs in place and are what they are mounted upon. There is not a huge amount of problems when it comes to backing plates as the part is simply there to hold another part in place. The biggest issue could be that the part becomes dislodged from the result of an impact.
The most common form of handbrake problems is when the handbrake cable snaps and a new one needs to be fitted. A new handbrake cable is not expensive and fitting the part is not a complex job so you should not have to pay a lot in labour.
If you think your handbrake is close to snapping, it is critical that you take your car to a garages as soon as possible. If you leave your car parked on an incline and the handbrake cable snaps while you are away from the vehicle, it could suddenly start rolling down a hill and pose a serious risk to pedestrians and other drivers.
The handbrake cable is made of metal and so, being exposed to the elements, will deteriorate over time. Rust may be a cause of the handbrake cable to weaken and snap.
One of the most obvious signs that your handbrake cable is close to snapping, is that the handbrake itself will pull up higher than usual.
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I just graduated from college, and am moving into my first full-time job with an embedded systems firm, which doesn't seem to have any particular process set up for its employees to use. Since last summer, I've been working on improving my development process, trying to record my time usage, bugs found, and other simple metrics for my process. Until now, I have been using Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) to do this from one of my personal servers, and have enjoyed working with it. The firm I am going to, however, doesn't seem to have anything similar, so I am stuck with needing to find a way to continue tracking these metrics. I feel I should not use my TFS server (or a similar tactic, such as Traq), since there would be the chance of exposing company secrets to the outside world through my server.


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POOLER, Ga. – The third and final round of action at the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships wasn't to be for No. 6 Georgia College Tuesday, as the Bobcats slid from second to fourth place with a final round 307.
The Bobcats had a three-round score of plus-28 on the par-72, 7,016-yard Savannah Quarters Country Club Course. GC combined today's 307 with yesterday's 282 and 303.
No. 25 Flagler College took the team title with an eight-over par 872. The Saints bested the field by 16 strokes. No. 19 UNC Pembroke was second, with No. 13 Armstrong Atlantic finishing two strokes ahead of GC.
PBC Player of the Year Billy Shida (Berkeley Lakes, Ga.) finished three strokes off the lead in second, carding rounds of 66, 73 and 75 for two-under, one of just three golfers under par for the tourney.
Freshman All-PBC Second Team selection Gavin Harper (Twin City, Ga.) took 11th at seven-over par, posting an 80 today to follow yesterday's 69 and 74.
Senior Joe Young (Cochran, Ga.) another All-PBC pick, gave GC three in the top-20 with a 19th place finish, shooting a 78 today added to rounds of 71 and 78 yesterday.
Senior Matthew Yonz (Waycross, Ga.) was the lone Bobcat to fire his best round Tuesday, sandwiching a pair of 77s around a 78 for plus-16 in 29th. Sophomore All-PBC selection Patrick Garrett (Kennesaw, Ga.) was one stroke behind in 31st, carding 76-80-77.
Flagler's Joel Dahlenburg won individual medalist honors, carding rounds of 71, 71 and 69 for five-under. He beat the second-place tie between Shida and his teammate Chris Bray at two-under.
The Bobcats now await the at-large selection announcements for the NCAA Super Regional Round, held May 2-4.
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President Obama nominated former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., to head the Defense Department on Monday and in doing so picked a fight with Senate Republicans over Hagel's past statements on Israel and Iran.
Obama also announced the nomination of John Brennan, his White House counter-terrorism adviser, to head the CIA after retired Army Gen. David Petraeus resigned following his admittal of an extra-marital affair with biographer Paula Broadwell.
In picking the 66-year-old Hagel, a former Army enlisted man, to succeed Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Obama said the nation's troops would be "getting one of their own." Obama said the CIA agents would also be getting a new leader who understood their concerns. Brennan previously served for 32 years as a top analyst at the CIA.
Obama made no reference to the growing opposition to Hagel's nomination, but instead focused on the credentials he would bring to the Pentagon job as the first Vietnam combat veteran to serve as Secretary of Defense, and the first to have received two Purple Hearts.
Hagel would also be the first to have received a college degree under the GI Bill, which he earned from the University of Nebraska in 1971 after returning from Vietnam.
"Chuck knows that war is not an abstraction," Obama said of Hagel, who served as a squad leader in 1967-68 with the Army's 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam and was wounded twice. Hagel understood that "sending Americans to fight and bleed in the mud, in the dirt, is something we do only when absolutely necessary," Obama said.
In his own brief remarks at the announcement, Hagel said he would try at the Pentagon to "advance global freedom, decency and humanity" while serving the nation and "especially its men and women in uniform and their families."
Opposition to Hagel's nomination has been mounting since his name emerged in early December as a front-runner to lead the Pentagon. Hagel's selection comes in an era of budget cuts under a new White House defense strategy putting more focus on the Pacific region.
A full-page ad in Monday's Washington Post sponsored by the Log Cabin Republicans, a GOP gay advocacy group, charged that Hagel's apology for remarks more than 10 years ago defending the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in the military amounted to "Too Little, Too Late."
But the main opposition to Hagel involved his past comments about Israel and his openness to engagement with Iran.
"The appointment of Chuck Hagel would be a slap in the face for every American who is concerned about the safety of Israel," Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, said last month.
Hagel came under scrutiny from pro-Israel members of Congress from both sides of the aisle over his comments in a 2006 interview with author and former State Department Mideast peace negotiator Aaron David Miller.
"The Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here," Hagel said, but "I'm a United States senator. I'm not an Israeli senator."
In a Dec. 23 appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., declined to say whether he would support a Hagel nomination.
Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee who would preside over Hagel's confirmation hearings, has also been stand-offish on the prospects of Hagel running the Defense Department.
Hagel's long-standing advocacy for easing sanctions on Cuba has drawn fire from Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the son of Cuban immigrants, who has said through a spokesman that he might put a hold on Hagel's nomination.
In a statement Monday, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the House Majority Leader, said that "Hagel's nomination telegraphs weakness in the Middle East and defeatism in Afghanistan, where our Afghan partners will surely be concerned and our Taliban and Iranian adversaries will surely be emboldened."
The criticism of Hagel was offset by strong support from veterans groups who echoed Obama in citing Hagel's combat experience.
Robert E. Wallace, executive director of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, said: "the Veterans of Foreign Wars considers Chuck Hagel — a twice-wounded Vietnam War infantryman and former two-term U.S. senator from Nebraska — to be uniquely qualified to lead the Department of Defense."
Paul Rieckhoff, head of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, called Hagel "a man of great integrity who knows what it's like to put his life on the line for his country. He has walked in our boots, and we know we can trust him to always have our back."
The opposition to Hagel was less about his policy stances and more about opposition to Obama's foreign and defense agenda for the second term, said Lawrence Korb, a military analyst at the Center for American Progress, a think tank with close ties to the Obama administration and to former President Bill Clinton.
"No one is more qualified to be secretary of Defense that he (Hagel) is," said Korb, a Navy veteran of Vietnam. "He has more Purple Hearts than his 23 predecessors (as Defense Secretary) have combined," Korb said.
The critics "don't like Obama's policies" and were using Hagel as a convenient target, Korb said. "It's a way to get at him (Obama)."


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I know. He looks like hell. Worse than hell. He looks like he's detoxing off some Lohan crank. But he's just really tired and run down, ok?
Between making movies, and prepping for soap opera work, and going to class, and writing essays, and studying, and being all arty and learning about things, and having to go to celebrity parties, he probably never sleeps. Hopefully he's living on coffee and JUST coffee? This is a very naïve sentiment but at the same time, James Franco doesn't bail on assignments and miss important engagements. He seems to be holding his sh-t together. So far.
But a few days sleep would probably do him good.
I miss sleep too.
We could catch up on it together.
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The 65-year-old "Wall Street" star will undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, with his physicians expecting him to make a full recovery, Douglas' rep told the mag.
"I am very optimistic," Douglas said in a statement to People.
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The son of actor Kirk Douglas, Michael is married to screen star Catherine Zeta-Jones. The pair has one son together, Dylan Michael, 10 and a daughter Carys Zeta, 7. Douglas and Jones have talked about raising their children at the Bermuda home they bought about a decade ago, according to the AP.
Cameron Douglas, 31, the actor's son from an earlier marriage, was sentenced in April to five years in prison for heroin possession and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine.
Michael Douglas won a best actor Oscar for portraying Wall Street villain Gordon Gekko in 1987's "Wall Street." He is set to reprise the character in the film's sequel, "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," which hits theaters Sept. 24.


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However, Kimball had a bullpen session on Wednesday without any problems. Kimball, who has pitched in seven games this spring, allowing two runs in 6 1/3 innings, has a history of shoulder problems. He missed most of the 2011 and '12 seasons because of rotator cuff surgery.
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Hillary Clinton: The First Lady to Become the Nominee In a historic moment, the Democratic Party formally nominated Hillary Clinton for president Tuesday, making her the first female nominee for the nation's highest office in 240 years. The vote was merely a formality, despite the noisy protestations of some diehard supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders himself made a powerful gesture toward party unity, requesting that Vermont cast its votes last so that he could step to the microphone and deliver Clinton the nomination he had fought so hard to wrest from her. "I move that all votes cast by delegates be reflected in the official record, and I move that Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United States," Sanders said. And that was that: Clinton crashed through at least one of the "highest, hardest" glass ceilings that, as she put it eight years ago, she had only managed to imprint with 18 million cracks. History was the theme of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, and not merely because of the nomination of a woman. The Clinton campaign has an uneasy relationship with history: It has to look back without seeming backward. The former secretary of state wants to tout her long record, and also to remind voters of the happy days in the 1990s when her husband was president, but she is also eager to prove both that she is her own candidate and that she offers something fresh. Clinton is often said to face the challenge that the entire electorate knows her well, and it has its views pretty well fixed. But much of that relationship begins in 1992, when Bill Clinton vaulted onto the national scene as a presidential candidate. It covers what happened next, both good and bad: the health-care debacle, Whitewater, her famous women's-rights speech in China, and her time as a senator, presidential candidate, and secretary of state. It does not, however, include her career before 1992, like her advocacy for legal aid, or her work for the Children's Defense Fund. That meant viewers and conventioneers were treated to stories like Clinton going undercover to reveal segregation academies in Alabama. The message to wavering progressives, especially the younger ones, seemed clear: You might know her as nothing but an insider, Hillary was a rabble-rousing lefty before you were born. No speech better exemplified the tension than the evening's crowning remarks from Bill Clinton. The former president's speech was one of the most anticipated of the convention, for reasons both good and bad. On the one hand, Clinton remains among the most beloved figures in the Democratic Party. Moreover, he is, at his peak, a nearly unparalleled orator. Clinton delivered the most memorable and important speech of the 2012 Democratic convention in Charlotte, making the case for Barack Obama's reelection in a way that Obama hadn't managed to do. On the other hand, Clinton is at his peak less and less these days, and has developed a reputation for going off script and embarrassing his wife's campaign. The Democratic Party is not what it was back when he was president—16 years ago, now!—and his politics are no longer its politics. Many people seemed to be watching Clinton's speech as much to see if he'd go off the rails as to see what he'd say.
Unlike his 2012 speech, where the Big Dog's task was to exercise his unusual talent for making wonky policy understandable, his goal in this speech was to humanize Hillary Clinton, and to let some of his natural charisma wear off on a candidate who is happier with briefing books than receiving lines. The ex-president started off a little shaky, and his opening anecdote, of getting to know Hillary Rodham when they were students at Yale Law School, was a bit tone-deaf. (If you have a reputation for womanizing, it's maybe best to avoid lines like, "This was not just another tap on the shoulder.") The stories were a bit threadbare from the telling. But Clinton got warmed up, speaking for 40 minutes, downright concise by his standards. He took on the idea that Hillary Clinton is washed-up with an oblique shot at Sanders's revolution-boosting followers. It was another way of suggesting that far from a milquetoast moderate, she is in fact a stealth liberal. "If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure changes are many evils lives are affected, you know it is hard and some people think it is boring," he said. "Speeches like this are fun. Actually doing the work is hard. So people say, 'Well, we need to change. She has been around a long time.' She sure has. And she has sure been worth every single year she has put into making people's lives better." Unsurprisingly, he reserved his harshest remarks for Donald Trump and the Republican Party, though he never named the GOP nominee. Clinton developed an extended riff on the idea of the election as a contest between two figures, one "real" and one "fake." pre bonded hair"If you win elections on the theory the government is always bad and will mess up a two-car parade, a real change-maker represents a real threat, so your only alternative is to create a cartoon. Cartoons are two-dimensional. Easy to absorb. Life in the world is complicated and real change is hard," he said, adding to huge applause, "Good for you, because earlier today you nominated the real one." Not all of Bill Clinton's claims hold up to scrutiny—ask a Libyan about his claim that "you could drop her in any trouble spot. Pick one. Come back in a month and somehow, some way, she will have made it better"—but the speech served its purpose of reintroducing Hillary Clinton to an electorate that thinks it already knows her. Overall, Tuesday offered much more comity than the rambunctious first day of the convention. Hardcore Sanders supporters remain implacably opposed to Clinton, and some staged a walkout as she was named the nominee, but their exit probably came as a relief to party leaders and Clinton backers who preferred them gone. Besides Bill Clinton's speech, one of the emotional peaks of the night came during an appearance by "the Mothers of the Movement," a group of mothers of black men and women slain by police and gun violence, including the mothers of Sandra Bland, Jordan Davis, and Eric Garner. The contrast between their impassioned testimony and the refrains of "Blue lives matter" at last week's Republican National Convention was stark. Madeleine Albright, who served as secretary of state under Bill Clinton, also delivered a scathing attack on Trump's foreign-policy approach. "Many have argued that Donald Trump would harm our national security if he were elected president," Albright said. "The fact is: He has already done damage, just by running for president. He has undermined our fight against ISIS by alienating our Muslim partners. He has weakened our standing in the world by threatening to walk away from our friends and our allies—and by encouraging more countries to get nuclear weapons." There were moments of levity. Lena Dunham and America Ferrera, two of the many celebrities to appear, cracked jokes about how no one should listen to TV stars. Howard Dean, the former DNC chair and governor of Vermont, reenacted his famous speech following the 2004 Iowa caucuses—stopping just short of delivering the infamous scream, much to conventioneers' amusement. But it was Bill Clinton who owned the night. Remembering his early life with Clinton, after she rejected his suggestion that she run for office, he said, "I really hoped that her choosing me and rejecting my advice to pursue her own career would not be a decision that she'd regret." That's a huge, complicated question in any marriage, to say nothing of one as complex and public as theirs. But watching from New York, Hillary Clinton couldn't have regretted having an advocate like Bill Clinton on the stage in Philadelphia.
J. Scott Applewhite / AP Ron Fournier's piece, "Bill Clinton Gets It Right," on Bill Clinton's speech is definitely worth a read: "The master of persuasion bragged on and on about his wife: career highlights, familiar anecdotes, and enough warm and cheesy sentiments to launch a thousand wedding toasts." Tony Compolo, a Baptist pastor, called on the DNC to cure "sexism and homophobia." Yet, like the Clintons, his longtime friends, the evangelical pastor hasn't always been supportive of same-sex marriage—last summer, he came out in favor of it for the first time, arguably signaling a major shift among certain kinds of progressive evangelicals. Compolo has long been a visible progressive religious figure; and in the 1990s, he was a spiritual adviser to Bill Clinton during the Lewinsky scandal and beyond. Hillary Clinton made history on Tuesday night, as the first woman to be nominated by a major party for the U.S. presidency. She broke the glass ceiling. remy hair extensionsAnd hours after the roll-call vote that put her there, she reminded viewers of that: Visual graphics on the screen scrolled through all of the country's presidents, ending with Barack Obama before the screen "shattered" with her video. "Glass shards" fell from the big screen to smaller screens below. "What an incredible honor that you have given me, and I can't believe we just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet," Clinton said in an address to the convention done remotely from New York. She added: "This is really your victory; this is really your night. And if there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch, let me just say, I may become the first woman president, but one of you is next." Clinton will formally deliver remarks on Thursday night. Meryl Streep, who had the unenviable task of speaking after Bill Clinton, placed Hillary Clinton among America's most revered female pioneers. "What does it take to be the first female anything? It takes grit and it takes grace," the Oscar winner said, rattling off names like Deborah Samson and Sally Ride, Sandra Day O'Connor and Shirley Chisholm. "Hillary Clinton will be our first woman president, and she will be a great president. And she will be the first in a long line of women—and men—who serve with grit and grace. She will be the first, but she won't be the last." J. Scott Applewhite / AP I originally found Meryl Streep's flag dress problematic, though fabulous. I flashed back to the time years ago that an old man lectured me at a Memorial Day parade. "Don't wear the flag!" he warned. "It's not supposed to touch your body or get dirty." But some googling shows me that all my years of anxiety have been for naught. The American Legion—and I trust those guys—says it's a-okay. Unless an article of clothing is made from an actual United States flag, there is NO breach of flag etiquette whatsoever. People are simply expressing their patriotism and love of country by wearing an article of clothing that happens to be red, white, and blue with stars and stripes. There is nothing illegal about the wearing or use of these items. So let your flag fly, Meryl. A view from inside the DNC:
Clare Foran For much of the primary season, the Democratic Party has been divided, as some voters coalesced behind Hillary Clinton and others backed Bernie Sanders. This week, Clinton and Sanders are trying to put that in the past. But the discord keeps coming up. On the streets of Philadelphia, where the convention is taking place, voters marched the streets with Sanders signs. And on the opening night, delegates could be heard booing—and silently protesting—the party's presumptive nominee. Sanders, who endorsed Clinton earlier this month, tried to brush over that as he again repeated his support of Clinton in his remarks on the convention stage. Still, the work is not done and the party is striving to tighten the connection between Clinton and Sanders supporters. The Washington Post reports that the two camps are discussing giving Sanders a "larger role" at tonight's proceedings. A possibility floated around, the Post writes, was having the Vermont senator formally nominate Clinton at a roll-call vote. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports on Twitter that that will not be in the case, however. Instead, the Vermont delegation will "ask for a unanimous vote for her." In 2008, Clinton halted the roll-call vote halfway through to unanimously nominate Barack Obama. Earlier in the week, the Bernie Delegates Network floated the idea of challenging Tim Kaine as Hillary Clinton's vice-presidential pick at the convention. Any coordinated effort to do that now appears to have fizzled. perruques cheveux naturels"The window of time has passed so we can't formally make a nomination through the process for vice president," Donna Smith of Progressive Democrats of America said during a press conference on Tuesday. Smith added: "That does not mean there won't be some ability to take action on the floor when the roll-call vote is taken." When pressed, network organizers did not seem able to name any other formal effort to nominate an alternative VP or convene other protests on the floor by Sanders supporters. Norman Solomon, the coordinator of the network, said that while "there's been discourse for weeks" about what to do at the convention, "I don't know what's going to happen. I just don't know what's going to happen." The event seemed to signal that while there are still some Sanders supporters who remain deeply unhappy with the pressure—now coming even from Sanders himself—to rally around Hillary Clinton, that does not mean any kind of organized protest at the convention will take place. On Monday, Bernie Sanders delivered a clear message to his supporters at the convention: It's time to unite behind Hillary Clinton. The senator also sent out a note to delegates asking them not to participate in protests at the event. The delegates network sent out a survey gauging interest in protest before that message went out, but Solomon said the network had not surveyed delegates after Sanders's call for calm. For now, the resistance movement does not appear to be very organized, but some delegates are still angry and frustrated. "Listening to his remarks last night, I couldn't stop crying," Smith said. "It was was a feeling of a moment in history past that I may not see again in my lifetime, someone who truly represented the progressive agenda." Democrats spotlighted a quartet of their party's biggest stars on night one in Philadelphia—Cory Booker, Michelle Obama, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders. Night two, however, looks like it will belong to one man alone: Bill Clinton. The former president and potential first husband will have the 10 p.m. hour on Tuesday night to himself, with the exception of brief remarks from Meryl Streep and a performance from Alicia Keys. If nothing else, the schedule released Tuesday morning suggests Clinton will be making a fairly lengthy speech. This will be his 10th address to a Democratic convention, and like most of his others, it is highly anticipated. Can he repeat his performance from four years ago, when Clinton turned "explainer-in-chief" and delivered the most well-received defense of President Obama's record at the convention in Charlotte? Clinton will turn 70 next month, and he has appeared thinner, quieter, and just a bit off his game at a number of campaign events he has held for his wife over the last year.How well the former president will be received in the convention hall is another question mark. Clinton is beloved by Democrats who came of age in he 1980s and 90s, but the shift leftward of younger Democrats, and in particular stalwart supporters of Bernie Sanders, has damaged his legacy on issues like trade and criminal justice. Simply put, if Sanders supporters in the arena are willing to jeer or shout over Warren and even their own candidate, the welcome for Clinton could get ugly. Before the former president speaks, viewers will hear testimonials from non-politicians who have worked with Hillary Clinton over the years, as well as bigger names like former Attorney General Eric Holder, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, and Senators Barbara Boxer and Amy Klobuchar. Aside from Streep, other celebrities scheduled to speak include Lena Dunham and America Ferrera.The biggest drama might come earlier in the day, however, when the convention formally nominates Clinton for president. This could be the last big stand for Sanders supporters, and it will be interesting to see whether the Vermont senator makes an appearance on the floor in a show of party unity—as Clinton did for Obama eight years ago—or whether the entire roll call of states takes place without interruption to give Sanders delegates their due.
What influence will minority voters have in November? "I think the growing racial and ethnic diversity of the electorate is the most important long term trend changing the electorate over time," said Karlyn Bowman, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, at The Atlantic's morning briefing in Philadelphia on Tuesday. "If minorities could be as much as 30 percent of the electorate today ... that's an enormous plus for the Democrats, so demography favors the Democrats at this point." According to Bowman, the number stood at 27 percent four years ago and could see an uptick this year. Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, agreed. "The share of minority voters tends to go up by a couple of percentage points each presidential cycle," he said. "And at the same time, the white vote goes down by two points." Republicans called for greater minority outreach in their autopsy report on the 2012 presidential election, but have hit challenges with Donald Trump's divisive rhetoric. With the NALEO Educational Fund's projection that Latino turnout will increase by 17 percent in November, it looks like Democrats, not Republicans, have more to gain from demographic changes. As Teixeira noted, "the key thing driving these changes is not turnout patterns, it's population change." perruques cheveuxOne candidate's fall from grace is another's fundraising opportunity. The Associated Press reports that in the days since emails from Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other Democratic National Committee officials were made public—and Wasserman Schultz faced pressure to resign over their contents—her congressional primary opponent has made campaign money off the controversy. It probably doesn't hurt that her adversary, the lawyer Tim Canova, has the backing of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who repeatedly questioned Wasserman Schultz's leadership as DNC chair throughout the Democratic primary. Sanders endorsed Canova, who once served in a Sanders economic-advisory group, in May and has helped with his fundraising. "His views are much closer to mine than … to Wasserman Schultz's," Sanders told CNN in May. The AP now reports that Canova took in roughly $100,000 through social-media solicitations "since the scandal erupted, all without leaving south Florida or picking up a phone to dial for dollars." That number comes from Canova himself; it can't be independently verified until he files the requisite paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. Here's more from the AP:
Call it viral fundraising. It's a down-ballot twist on how Bernie Sanders, who has endorsed Canova, was able to raise more than $235 million during his primary race against the far more politically connected—and initially better-funded—Hillary Clinton. "In some ways it feels like we've won the lottery," Canova said. "There's been a natural donor base for someone willing to take on a person with a national profile who is seen as a failed leader." As Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton join forces to beat Donald Trump in November, questions still linger about the effect of the presidential race down the ballot. lace front wigsDemocrats hope to retake the Senate in the general election—and some are confident they can, among them Delaware Senator Chris Coons. During The Atlantic's morning briefing in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Coons name dropped Katie McGinty, who is running against Senator Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania. Vice President Joe Biden has joined McGinty on the campaign trail. Coons said Biden had played an instrumental role, along with other figures like President Obama and Hillary Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine. "If I were running in Pennsylvania, I'd want Joe Biden next to me every day," Coons siad. "If I were campaigning in Ohio or campaigning in Illinois or campaigning in Wisconsin, having all the different resources we have in terms of folks who have a national profile or deep experience … I'm optimistic." The U.S. House might prove a more difficult challenge, however. Still, Representative Ben Ray Luján, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, is hopeful, citing the surge of Donald Trump on the Republican side. "Democrats are on offense this year. I'm optimistic about where we are. The 11 front-liners that we have this year have been doing very well," Luján said, adding that he couldn't make any predictions. Realistically, Democrats can look to take between five and 15 House seats, according to David Wasserman, House editor for The Cook Political Report. With Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as Clinton's running mate, panel members—including House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Joseph Crowley—suggested the party is on the upswing.
Michelle Obama stole the night. The first lady delivered an impassioned speech about America's future with an eye on the next generation. "I trust Hillary to lead this country because I've seen her lifelong devotion to our nation's children," she said. The speech also touched on diversity and perseverance. And when it ended, the convention hall roared with applause and cheers. As my colleague Yoni Appelbaum put it: "It was a masterful performance." Bernie Sanders, too, gave a full-throated endorsement of Clinton, in some cases prompting some boos among the crowd. "We need leadership, which brings our people together and makes us stronger—not leadership which insults Latinos, Muslims, women, African Americans, and veterans and divides us up," he said. "By these measures, any objective observer will conclude that—based on her ideas and her leadership—Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States. The choice is not even close." New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, who was once reportedly considered as a possible running mate for Clinton, also moved the crowd in his speech, quoting poet Maya Angelou and repeatedly exclaiming, "We will rise." cosplay wigsWhile party leaders showed unity in their speeches, at times, the delegates faltered. Some Sanders supporters occasionally booed at mentions of Clinton, leading the Saturday Night Live alum Sarah Silverman, a Sanders supporter herself, to go off script: "Can I just say to the Bernie-or-Bust people: You're being ridiculous." The night appeared to silence the DNC email scandal dogging the party. Before the convention opened, the DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said she would not gavel in the proceedings, as is usually the custom. Schultz is stepping down from her position after the convention in light of an extensive email leak that showed committee staffers favoring Clinton. The DNC issued a formal apology on Monday, saying in a statement: "On behalf of everyone at the DNC, we want to offer a deep and sincere apology to Senator Sanders, his supporters, and the entire Democratic Party for the inexcusable remarks made over email." On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton's husband, former President Bill Clinton, will take the stage. Most recently, he was put in the limelight for an impromptu run-in with Attorney General Loretta Lynch during an investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state. Still, he's a powerful surrogate for Hillary. "Mothers of the Movement," a group of women that includes the mothers of Sandra Bland, Trayvon Martin, and Eric Garner, among others, will also be in attendance. During the primary season, Hillary Clinton established a relationship with mothers of black men who have been killed. —Priscilla Alvarez


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B1989-0032: Addresses, articles, correspondence, manuscripts, notes, press clippings and reports documenting Professor Safarian's career as an economist and professor at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Toronto. Included are files on federal, provincial and University committees, task forces, and royal commissions. Subject areas include foreign ownership and control, constitutional change, and higher education (18 boxes, 1955-1980).
B1994-0019: Correspondence, course and lecture notes, memoranda, reports, manuscripts of publications, addresses, reports, briefs, certificates and diplomas, press clippings and photoprints documenting Edward Safarian's career as an economist specialising on foreign investment and as a professor and administrator at the Universities of Saskatchewan and Toronto (41 boxes, 1922-1993).
B1996-0034: Course and lecture notes, correspondence, addresses, research notes, manuscripts and publications documenting Edward Safarian as a student, economist specializing in international trade, and an administrator (6 boxes, 1943-1993).
B2000-0008: Professional correspondence, lecture notes, addresses, and student notes documenting Dr. A. Edward Safarian's career as a student, economist of international trade and administrator at the University of Toronto. Records predominantly consist of professional correspondence concerning publications, student references, teaching, the Encyclopedia Brittanica and consultancy work. In addition, there are also teaching materials, course notes and student essays. No personal records are contained herein (4 boxes, 1945-1997).
B2006-0030: Personal records of Edward Safarian, Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto consisting of personal correspondence, including files on the Table Ronde d'Economistes France-Canada (7th : 1991 : Paris) and the granting of an honorary degree by the University of Toronto to Arthur E. Child (1994); research files, including interviews, for Safarian's writings on foreign ownership and multinational enterprise; and files on his professional association woth the Canadian-American Committee, including notes on its confidential meetings (1972-1992), and on confidential meetings of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (1991-1997), espeically its Economic Growth and Policy Program. The files for the last include confidential minutes, notes on discussions and correspondence with offiers of the CIAR and the directors and members of the Growth program, presentations by Safarian to the CIAR and addresses to outside bodies on behalf of the CIAR (8 boxes, 1956-2004).
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BRUSSELS, March 20 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
-- General Electric Co to acquire rotor blade maker LM Wind Power Holding (approved March 20)
-- Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB and current owner Schweizerische Post AG ("Swiss Post") to have joint control over SwissSign AG (approved March 15)
-- U.S. chemicals group Riechhold and Black Diamond Capital to acquire Italian polymers maker Polynt which is owned by Italian private equity group Investindustrial (notified March 17/deadline May 12/commitments offered March 17)
-- Investment company Ardian to acquire control of French grocery store chain Groupe Prosol (notified March 17/deadline April 26/simplified)
-- Singapore-based tech communications company Broadcom to acquire U.S. networking switches and software maker Brocade (notified March 17/ deadline April 26)
-- Private equity firm CVC to acquire Polish retailer Zabka Polska (notified March 16/deadline April 25/simplified)
-- Bollore Energy, which is part of French group Bollore , and Total Marketing France, which is part of French energy company Total, to set up a joint venture (notified March 15/deadline April 24/simplified)
-- French services and electrical engineering company Spie S.A. to acquire German cenergy infrastructure services ompany SAG Vermogensverwaltung GmbH from private equity firm EQT (notified Feb. 15/deadline March 22/simplified)
-- Germany's Thyssenkrupp Technologies ThyssenKrupp to acquire the remaining 49 percent of German maritime technology company Atlas Elektronik from Airbus (notified Feb. 15/deadline March 22/simplified)
-- French utility EDF and French state bank Caisse des Depots to have joint control of French power grid operator RTE (notified Feb. 17/deadline March 24)
-- Danish container shipping company Maersk to acquire German peer Hamburg Sud (notified Feb. 20/deadline March 27)
-- French bank Credit Agricole subsidiary and French asset manager Amundi to acquire rival Pioneer Investments from UniCredit (notified Feb. 20/deadline March 27)
-- U.S. conglomerate Standard Industries to acquire German roof tile maker Braas Monier (notified Feb. 20/deadline March 27)
-- Qatar Airways to acquire a 49 percent stake in Italian carrier Meridiana (notified Feb. 21/deadline March 28)
-- Indian car parts maker and engineering group Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd to acquire Finnish maker of wiring harnesses for trucks PKC Group (notified Feb. 21/deadline March 28)
-- Buyout firm Lone Star to acquire German building materials maker Xella from private equity firm PAI Partners and funds managed by Goldman Sachs' investment arm (notified Feb. 22/deadline March 29)
-- AMC Entertainment Holdings, which is part of China's Dalian Wanda Group, to acquire cinema operator Nordic Cinema Group (notified Feb. 22/deadline March 29/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Bridgepoint to acquire British vehicle leasing company Zenith from private equity firm HgCapital Trust Plc (notified Feb. 23/deadline March 30/simplified)
-- Canadian pension fund manager OTPP to acquire French funeral service provider OGF Group (notified Feb. 24/deadline March 31/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Advent International to acquire biometrics and security business Morpho from French aerospace group Safran (notified Feb. 24/deadline March 31)
-- Britain's Rolls-Royce to acquire the remaining 53.1 percent stake in Spanish aircraft engine and components maker Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) (notified Feb. 24/deadline March 31)
-- German synthetic rubber maker Lanxess AG to acquire U.S. specialty chemical company Chemtura (notified FEb. 24/deadline March 31)
-- Japanese trading company Sumitomo Corp to acquire a 25 percent stake in German auto parts maker Hay Holding GmbH from Japanese car parts maker Musashi Seimitsu Industry Ltd (notified Feb. 24/deadline March 31/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Europa Capital, which is part of Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd, and Danish hotel operator Rezidor, which is controlled by hotel group Carlson Holdings Inc, to jointly acquire Warsaw hotel operator PHD Polska (notified Feb. 27/deadline April 3/simplified)
-- Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange to merge (notified Aug. 24/deadline extended to April 3 from March 13 after the companies offered concessions)
-- U.S. computer and printer maker Hewlett Packard to acquire South Korean group Samsung Electronics' printer business (notified Feb. 28/deadline April 4)
-- Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Group and Thai state-owned oil and gas company PTT Public Company Group to set up a joint venture (notified Feb. 28/deadline April 4/simplified)
-- U.S. chemicals company Dow Chemical to merge with DuPont (notified June 22/deadline extended to April 4 from March 14 after the companies offered concessions)
-- Engie Group French banking group BPCE to acquire a 49.9 percent stake in renewable energy companies LCS 4 and LCS (notified March 3/deadline April 7/simplified)
-- Twenty-First Century Fox to acquire the rest of European pay-TV company Sky it does not own (notified March 3/deadline April 7)
-- French real estate asset management company Amundi Immobilier, which is part of French bank Credit Agricole , and French social protection services provider Malakoff Mederic to acquire joint control of German property developer TAS Kapstadtring (notified March 6/deadline April 10/simplified)
-- UK property developer Segro and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board to jointly acquire three logistics operations in Italy (notified March 6/deadline April 10/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Partners Group to acquire European operator of clinical pathology laboratory operator Cerba Healthcare from PAI Partners (notified March 7/deadline April 11/simplified)
-- U.S. aircraft component maker Rockwell Collins to acquire aircraft interior maker B/E Aerospace (notified March 8/deadline April 12)
-- U.S. car part supplier Lear to acquire Grupo Antolin's automotive seating business (notified March 8/deadline April 12/simplified)
-- Dutch insurer NN Group to acquire Dutch rival Group Delta Lloyd (notified Feb. 22/deadline extended to April 12 from March 29 after the Dutch competition regulator asked to examine the deal)
-- Chinese state-owned company China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) to acquire Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta (notified Sept. 23/deadline extended to April 12)
-- Megatrend European Holdings, which is part of property investment company TH Real Estate, and German insurer Allianz to jointly acquire Finnish company NRF which owns Helsinki-based Kamppi Shopping Centre (notified March 9/deadline April 18)
-- German cement producers Heidelbergcement and Schwenk to jointly acquire Mexican peer Cemex's Croatian unit (notified Sept. 5/deadline extended to April 18 from March 23)
-- Private equity firm 3i, Dutch asset manager APG and Danish pension fund ATP to acquire a portfolio of European infrastructure companies from EISER (notified March 10/April 19/simplified)
-- French utility Engie to acquire UK property developer Keepmoat Regeneration HOldings (notified March 14/deadline April 21/simplified)
-- French media company Bollore to acquire control of French company Vivendi (notified March 15/deadline April 24)
-- France's Group Credit Mutuel and French bank BNP Paribas to set up a joint venture (notified March 15/deadline April 24)
-- Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR to buy stakes in Greek natural gas grid operator DESFA from Greek natural gas utility DEPA (notified Oct. 1/deadline suspended on Jan. 21)
The European Commission has 25 working days after a deal is filed for a first-stage review. It may extend that by 10 working days to 35 working days, to consider either a company's proposed remedies or an EU member state's request to handle the case.
Most mergers win approval but occasionally the Commission opens a detailed second-stage investigation for up to 90 additional working days, which it may extend to 105 working days.
Under the simplified procedure, the Commission announces the clearance of uncontroversial first-stage mergers without giving any reason for its decision. Cases may be reclassified as non-simplified - that is, ordinary first-stage reviews - until they are approved. (Reporting by Waverly Colville)


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There were concessions.
The state had to agree to implement a Teacher Evaluation process that relies heavily on student growth measures. 40% of teacher evaluations must be based on this measure. Multiple measures, to be sure. For now we are permitted to establish our own group of students, identify the goal, collect data, and prove that the teacher realized growth.
OK, I think I can live with that since I hope I have been trying to move students along a continuum ever since I started teaching. The challenge, frankly, will be in working this collection and study into an already full workload. But it is doable. Wish it came with some time....
Apparently, another concession was to move from AYP (Annual Yearly Progress) to AMO's (Annual Measurable Objectives--semantics?).
OK. So what does that mean? According to the State Department of Education it means these are goals for reducing proficiency gaps between low-performing and high-performing schools.
The AMOs represent the percentage of students within each subgroup that must pass Standards of Learning (SOL) tests in reading and mathematics in order to make acceptable progress over six years. While the AMOs represent yearly goals for low performing schools, all schools must meet these objectives. (My emphasis, not theirs.)They used the actual pass rates of student subgroups in low-performing schools to set the percentage of students who must pass in order for accreditation (I assume?). They will determine the subgroup pass rates on Reading after the new SOL test, which is predicted to depress scores, is administered this year. So here they are in Mathematics.
For 2012-2013, pass rates in Mathematics:
All students: 61%
Proficiency Gap group 1: 47%
(students with disabilities, limited-English proficient students and economically disadvantaged students
regardless of race and ethnicity)
Proficiency Gap group 2: 45%
(African-American students, not of Hispanic origin, including those counted above)
Proficiency Gap Group 3: 52%
(Hispanic Students)
Students with disabilities: 33%
LEP Students: 39%
Economically Disadvantaged 47%
White students: 68%
Asian Students: 82%
Here is the Virginia Department's argument that this is not discriminatory or expecting less of our students. Guess we're only going to leave some kids behind. In the case of those who are African American, only 55% of kids in the next six years.
Is this not the same thing Florida is up in arms about?
Anybody want to agree that we should be done messing with numbers and figure out how to get all kids off to a good start so that learning for every group is possible?
Here is what we ALREADY KNOW works. Read Nick Kristoff's recent editorial that discovers (huzzah!) that quality preschool instruction and nurturing of kids can overcome all the above "sub-groups."
But we wouldn't want to spend money there....


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Stephen Barnes, MD, is New Medical Director at Mount Nittany Center for Wound Care
Mount Nittany Medical Center is pleased to announce the addition of Stephen Barnes, MD, as medical director of Mount Nittany Center for Wound Care located at 120 Radnor Road, State College. Barnes has been on the active staff of the Medical Center since 1983 and was formerly a staff physician with Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, P.C.
As Medical Director, Dr. Barnes will oversee the professional staff and services of the Center for Wound Care, which treats patients who have a wound that has not started to heal in four weeks or is not completely healed in eight weeks. The Center utilizes up-to-date approaches that have proven to be highly effective in the wound-healing process, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Wound management is designed to complement the care of the primary care physician who helps treat the causes of the wound; the Center focuses on a tailored treatment plan based on understanding the type of wound treated and the overall assessment of the patient.
Dr. Barnes received his medical degree from The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine in 1977. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and licensed by the State of Pennsylvania. He resides in State College.