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#9 from 2014: Exit, Voice, and Service Delivery for the Poor
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This post was originally posted on January 08, 2014
Inspired by Jeremy Adelman's wonderful biography of Albert Hirschman (Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman, Princeton University Press, 2013), I've read and reread Hirschman's masterpiece, Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States, (Harvard University Press, 1970) and his follow up essay "Exit, Voice, and State" (reprinted in The Essential Hirschman, Princeton University Press, 2013). Although Hirschman produced these works over 40 years ago, his simple model of flight ("exit") or resistance ("voice") in the face of unsatisfactory economic, political or social conditions remains highly relevant for policymakers and development practitioners concerned with eliminating extreme poverty, reducing inequality, and improving basic services accessible to the poor.
Hirschman's ideas provide much cause for reflection within the context of present-day Indonesia. Indonesia has enjoyed over a decade of macroeconomic stability and economic growth. From 2000 to 2011 GDP expanded by 5.3 percent per year, and the official poverty count halved from 24 percent in 1999 to 12 percent in 2012. This period also saw notable improvements in health and education. Access to education has become more widespread and equitable. Girls are now as likely as boys to graduate from secondary school. In health, Indonesia is on track to meet Millennium Development Goals for reducing both the prevalence of underweight children under five years old, and the under-five mortality rate.
While these achievements are laudable and should not be overlooked, a recent wave of education and health data suggests that despite sustained economic growth a significant number of Indonesians are not getting smarter or healthier. Between 2003 and 2009 Indonesia saw only a modest improvement in its PISA score for reading, while its scores in math and science declined. Analysis of recent national health survey data indicates that Indonesia's maternal mortality ratio (MMR) may be as high as 359 per 100,000 live births, and has actually increased from the 2010 level of 220 per 100,000 live births. To put this number in some perspective, Haiti, a much poorer country, has an MMR of 350 per 100,000 live births. It's simply unconscionable that a country as rich as Indonesia performs worse than some low income countries on a key health indicator like maternal mortality.
So what's going wrong? Many analysts would argue that Indonesia has implemented sound macro-level policy and spending reforms over the past decade. In 2001 the country decentralized responsibilities for delivering basic public services to district governments. A few years later the electoral system was reformed such that provincial and district governors were directly elected, thereby, in theory, bringing decision-making authority and electoral accountability closer to local communities. In 2005 a law guaranteeing free basic education was passed, and the Indonesian government is required by law to spend 20 percent of its annual national budget on education. Also in 2005 the government instituted a health insurance program for the poor and near poor, and in 2014 plans to implement universal health care coverage. Overall, national and local government spending on health and education services has doubled since 2001. While Indonesia still wastes billions on fuel subsidies that mostly benefit wealthier Indonesians, and spends a small share of GDP on health relative to other countries in East Asia, few would argue with the nature and direction of the decentralization, health, and education reforms implemented since the late 1990s.
So if bad policies are not the primary problem, where does the blame lie? An increasingly popular explanation for Indonesia's disappointing health and education performance is an absence of accountability between doctors, nurses, teachers and the communities that they serve. This diagnosis is by no means unique to Indonesia. A deluge of donor-supported interventions, encompassing community scorecards, service delivery action plans, local health and education forums, community complaints centers, and so on, have been implemented throughout the world, as practitioners became fixated on the "short route to accountability" defined in the World Development Report 2004: Making Services Work for the Poor (WDR 2004). A similarly broad variety of interventions has been tried throughout Indonesia over the past decade. In Kekiri village, located on the island of Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara province, I've had the privilege of interacting with community health volunteers who spent years working to convince managers at their community health clinic, and later the head of the district health office, to sign an MoU guaranteeing routine hours of operation and standards for the delivery of basic services. Other Kekiri community members confirmed that they no longer had to worry about being denied services under the government's health insurance program for the poor and near poor mentioned earlier. There are no doubt numerous examples of such hard fought successes in villages throughout the country, but we simply don't have the evidence needed to make judgments as to whether such local expressions of "voice" in the face of poor basic service delivery improves high level outcomes, or are scalable to the diverse local conditions that exist across this vast archipelago.
This is where Hirschman's work becomes relevant. In Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, Hirschman focuses primarily on people's responses to declining performance in private sector firms, and levies a critique of economists' tendency at the time to dismiss "voice," or protests and other forms of collective action, deemed to be the exclusive realm of political scientists, as unrealistic and unnecessary. The prevailing view he aimed to challenge was that the market naturally creates conditions for "exit" that in turn provide sufficient incentives for firms to correct deficiencies and improve performance. In "Exit, Voice, and State," Hirschman shifts his focus to people's responses to poorly performing governments. Hirschman's ideas no doubt influenced the WDR 2004 authors, as they adapted the exit-voice framework to a model in which government, local service delivery facilities, and citizens are the key actors in intertwining accountability relationships. The WDR authors' apparently felt that the "voice" model, which they articulate as the "long route to accountability," or rewarding or punishing performance through direct elections, and the "short route" described above, had more promise in improving service delivery for the poor, as opposed to exit. Hirschman's work however, suggests that the "voice" preference should be treated with caution in contexts like that of present-day rural Indonesia.
In "Exit, Voice, and State," Hirschman references the work of enlightenment thinkers like Rousseau, and 20th century anthropologists to argue that the primary human response to harmful political or social conditions has been exit. He then cites the mass migrations from countries like Germany and Ireland to the United States in the second half of the 19th century, which served as a safety valve for beleaguered governments as radicals and reformers were among those who migrated. This safety valve eventually created the conditions needed for those governments to feel secure enough to introduce reforms. The migration precedent is highly relevant for the Indonesian context. Indonesians for some time have been undertaking their own mass exodus from poor rural villages to wealthier cities and to employment opportunities abroad. The scale and pace of this migration are impressive. Indonesia's urban population increased from 17 to 54 percent between 1971 and 2010, and is projected to increase to 67 percent by 2025.
It is this dynamic of mass, rapid migration that makes me skeptical of investing in interventions aimed at institutionalizing "voice" in relationships between rural communities, schools and clinics, and local governments. This is because people from rural communities that have the time and resources available to devote to activities like monitoring teacher or doctor performance and meeting regularly to discuss problems are also the people most likely to migrate out of the community. Those that remain are often too poor to engage in the collective action needed to hold local service providers accountable, or are part of the local elite that have the least incentive to promote change. Rural to urban migration is no doubt a factor influencing the findings from the third Local Level Institutions study[1], which finds that, as compared with conditions in 1998, people are able to solve fewer problems through independent collective action within the village. These trends don't bode well for the likelihood of success of the often technically demanding, time- and resource-intensive accountability interventions that are designed for rural parts of the country. Under such circumstances is the short route to accountability really just a dead end? Without a more robust evidence base it's hard to make the case for investing more in institutionalizing citizen voice in service delivery in rural Indonesia. A cash transfer program, that, for example, subsidizes the costs of migration, such as obtaining new ID cards and finding decent housing before moving, could be more effective at reducing poverty. We simply don't know.
Would a better course of action be to invest instead in programs that, as Hirschman put it, reduce "inequality in access to exit" from rural poverty and poor quality basic services? The Indonesian government has done just this in the case of its National Community Empowerment Program (PNPM). Since 1998 it has invested over $8.5 billion in the rural version of the program, which has enabled rural communities to build the roads and bridges that were too costly or difficult for national and now local governments to build. Recent evaluation findings showed that these investments increased consumption amongst the poorest households, and increased the likelihood that poor families would escape poverty. If the new village law, which was passed by parliament in the last week of December 2013, is implemented properly, there's a high likelihood that fiscal transfers from the national to the village level, and accompanying systems for community participation and oversight in the use of these resources, will be institutionalized within government and no longer project-specific. Under this optimistic scenario, the opportunities for exit from rural poverty and poor service delivery should continue to expand in the years ahead, as communities will receive the resources needed to close the gap in rural infrastructure that exist in many parts of the country.
At the same time, it's important to bear in mind that not all of the poor who move to cities are able to escape poverty. When people arrive in cities they may be faced with a situation that is only marginally better in terms of access to quality basic services. They may struggle to obtain the legal documents required to participate in social assistance programs, and the public schools and hospitals available at a low cost are often of poor quality. Wealthy Indonesians exercise the exit option by educating their children in Australia, the US, and elsewhere, and by seeking health care at hospitals in Singapore. But the exit options for the urban poor are far more limited. If government chooses the path of reducing sources of risk and vulnerability during rural to urban migration, efforts to institutionalize citizen voice in basic service delivery must not be neglected in urban and peri-urban areas. While the social fabric, and therefore the capacity to act collectively, is often weaker in newly formed urban communities, exit from poor performing schools, clinics, and local governments is simply not an option for most people. In these settings the argument for investing in institutionalizing accountability in local service provision is much stronger.
Hirschman's exit-voice model is astounding in its simplicity, flexibility, and applicability to a range of political, economic, and social contexts. It has been used to make important theoretical and operational innovations as catalyzed through the WDR 2004. As commemorations for the 10th anniversary of the WDR 2004 commence, I would urge development practitioners and researchers to take another page from Hisrschman's repertoire: self-critique. That is, we should revisit, scrutinize, critique and refine the WDR 2004 model for improved accountability between the poor, governments, and service providers, and in doing so contribute to a new generation of programs and approaches that are effective at making basic services function for the poor.
[1] Anna Wetterberg, Leni Dharmawan and Jon Jellema. 2013. The Local Level Institutions Study 3: Overview Report. PNPM Support facility, World Bank. Jakarta, Indonesia.
Photo by the author. It shows a combined village health post (Poskesdes) and pre-school in the neighboring village of Mambalan built with funding from PNPM-Rural. The banner says "assisted deliveries free of charge" (menerima persalinan gratis).
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Lesson/Theme: Teasing; dealing with fear.
Bible Verse: Psalm 27:1
Susan McBride
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Original Air Date: January 09,1988
Last Air Date: January 25,2019
A boy plants fear in the heart of his younger sister as she anticipates her first major dental appointment. Unfortunately for him, his plans backfire.
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015: My Brother's Keeper
016: No Stupid Questions
022: A Simple Addition
030: Honor Thy Parents
044: It Sure Seems Like It to Me
045: What Are We Gonna Do About Halloween?
055: Auld Lang Syne
116: Isaac the Benevolent
117: The Trouble With Girls
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142: Train Ride
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My Brother's Keeper
No Stupid Questions
Honor Thy Parents
It Sure Seems Like It to Me
Isaac the True Friend
Whit's Flop
The Life of the Party
The Day After Christmas
A Member of the Family, Part 1 of 2
A Member of the Family, Part 2 of 2
Family Vacation, Part 1 of 2
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The Day Independence Came
V.B.S. Blues
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Return to the Bible Room
The Last Great Adventure of the Summer
Mike Makes Right
Back to School
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An Encounter with Mrs. Hooper
Our Best Vacation Ever
A Prisoner for Christ
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Afraid, Not!
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Blackbeard's Treasure
The Pushover
Chores No More
Viva La Difference
Amazing Grace
Leap of Faith
The Spy Who Bugged Me
More Like Alicia
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Natural Born Leader
Telemachus, Part 1 of 2
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The Buck Starts Here
Something Cliqued Between Us
No Boundaries
My Girl Hallie
Only By His Grace
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The Owlnapping
The Feud of Mason County
Have a Heart
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Here Am I
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The Science Club
Three in One
In My Image
Stepping Stones, Part 1 of 2
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The Final Call
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[FR] Continue after losing a battle
This routine allows you to continue running the script (in the case of a trainerbattle) or playing (in the case of a wildbattle) after losing with no white out. It is quite simple, just follow the steps!
Step 1:
First, open your favourite hex editor (I recommend HxD) and search for a free space. You will need 64 (0x40) bytes. Make sure that the offset you choose ends in 0, 4, 8 or C. Write down the offset!
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Now, we are going to insert the routine that I wrote:
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Insert the code on the offset you chose in step 1. Then, add a "08" to that offset and reverse it. For example, if you chose the offset 904000, do this:
904000 => 08904000 => 08 90 40 00 => 00 40 90 08
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You will find the same pointer to times in a row:
Understanding how it works:
It is quite easy. You have chosen a flag, in my case the flag 0x203.
If the flag is deactivated, the system won't be working. That means that if you lose a battle, you will be whited out as usual.
If the flag is activated, the system will be working. That means that if you lose a battle, you won't be whited out and will continue playing. In this case, var 0x8000 will be set to 0x1, that will allow you to know that you have lost the battle. So, if you want to do a trainerbattle that you can lose, add a "setvar 0x8000 0x0" before the trainerbattle command.
You have to make your script like this:
I am spanish, so I made a tutorial in spanish that you won't be able to follow if you don't speak spanish. But you can go to the minute 11:54 if you want to see a video example of the system working.
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Business Insider published this report yesterday:
Earlier, we wrote about Felix Salmon's contention that there's a new mortgage fraud scandal that has the potential to dwarf Goldman's ABACUS dealings. In this fraud scenario, banks took advantage of their information advantage and sold CDOs with mortgages they knew to be bad without clear representation to investors.
In August, Manal Mehta and Branch Hill Capital put together a presentation targeting Bank of America's potential exposure to this mortgage fraud, as well as other problems in the mortgage market.
The presentation comes to a pretty damning conclusion: Bank of America's exposure could nearly halve its share price.
It's all about what capital Bank of America has in reserve for the scenario of mortgages having to come back on its balance sheet.
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Senate fails to avert sequester
On back-to-back votes Thursday, the Senate killed the last two legislative options standing between Congress and tens of billions in across-the-board spending cuts — now expected to take effect by midnight Friday.
President Barack Obama and top House and Senate leaders will meet Friday. But at this stage, the first round of $85.3 billion in reductions appears unstoppable.
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In a single stroke, total discretionary appropriations will be rolled back to levels below 2008, the last year of George W. Bush's presidency. Absent some compromise, the full long-term reduction over nine years will be nearly $1 trillion.
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Fearful of the political backlash, the Senate Republican leadership mounted a last ditch attempt to cede broad authority to Obama to implement the first reductions over the next seven months. But splits in the GOP doomed any chance of success, and that bill failed 38 to 62 with as many as nine Republicans including Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky, joining in the opposition.
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Approximate cost per glass: £1.50
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Approximate cost per glass: £1.50
- 25ml (1 shot) Midori
- 25ml (1 shot) Vodka
- Fresh melon
A bit more of an adventurous recipe, this one requires a blender or ice crusher, the method differs slightly depending on which you use.
If using a blender, place a glass full of small ice cubes into the blender, add a few chunks of fresh melon and pour in the spirits. Blend using the ice crush function of your blender until you have a smooth liquid.
The method for using an ice crusher is very similar; start by crushing up a glass full of ice, the smaller the better. In a separate glass purée the melon chunks (or pulp using the back of a fork) and stir in the spirits. Transfer this mixture to the glass with the crushed ice, stirring again to ensure an even distribution.
I tend to find that the best results are obtained with a blender, but do make sure that your's is capable of blending ice as many are not and it can damage the blender if you try.
Midori sour
Approximate cost per glass: £1.50
- 50ml (1 shot) Midori
- 25ml (1 shot) lemon juice
The last cocktail this week is a short drink, you will find that it won't fill a glass of the type I suggested in part 1. You can serve it in something different, such as a whiskey glass, wine glass or Martini glass; alternatively you could top it up with lemonade or soda water to make it into a long drink.
The first thing you need to do when making this as a short drink is to chill a glass. The best method of doing this is to put a handful of ice cubes into a glass and fill it up with water. Leave it to stand while you make the drink. While your glass is chilling, squeeze the juice of a lemon into a second glass (25 ml is about 1 lemon's worth of juice, but this may vary depending on the size and ripeness of the lemon), then add the Midori. If you have a shaker, you can put a handful of ice cubes into the shaker and shake to chill the drink further but this isn't vital. Take the glass that you chilled and empty the water and ice down the sink. Transfer the drink into the chilled glass and serve.
If the recipes above weren't enough for you, Midori is great to drink just as it is, serve a double shot in a short glass over ice. Leave to chill for a couple of minutes before drinking for the best taste.


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Egypt's Protesters Ready for the Next Revolution
These days, not even freshly brewed peppermint tea can help anymore: Omar Sabry's voice simply hasn't recovered. He's hoarse from three weeks of leading the chants while roaming the streets of Heliopolis, a neighbourhood in north-eastern Cairo, together with other activists. Sabry shouts out his anger at the violence, and at the military council's lies.
Omar Sabry is in his mid-20s and works as a consultant. But his heart belongs to the revolution. He and his fellow activists want people to wake up. They show videos depicting the brutal treatment of protesters in public at the hands of the police and military. They gather to form human chains and to spray graffitis.
They want to achieve great things by getting the masses back onto the streets. On January 25, one year to the day that the rebellion against Hosni Mubarak's regime began, they plan to start another rebellion. "We have to bring our revolution to an end," says Omar.
Remnants of Mubarak's regime
Not much has changed since the revolution in Egypt started one year ago. Mubarak was ousted, but his old guard remains firmly in control, supported by the military council. Court cases against the former President Mubarak and his stalwarts have been delayed. So far, none of the police officers who shot protesters to death a year ago has been prosecuted.
Instead, the security apparatus continues to crackdown on protesters on the streets. According to the protesters, at least 120 people have been killed and more than 6,000 wounded since July last year. NGOs critical of what has been happening have been closed down in order to prevent a public outcry about human rights violations.
Activists and bloggers, too, are being silenced. Some are beaten up on the streets by the regime's henchmen. Others are made short work of in trials before military tribunals. According to Human Rights Watch, over 12,000 civilians have been brought before military tribunals within this past year – many more than during Mubarak's 30-year reign.
Toppling the military council
The military council has turned a deaf ear to the cries for food, freedom and social equality – cries which have been resonating throughout Egypt for the past year. Now, the activists want to topple the council. They want presidential elections to be held in April instead of June, and they want all powers to be immediately transferred to the Parliament's president. They also want to prevent the military council from having any part in drafting the new constitution.
Over 50 political parties and movements have called for mass protests today on January 25 – not just in Cairo, but all over the country. In order for these protests to be successful, Omar and the other activists have to win over the population.
But many Egyptians are tired of revolutions – they simply want food, security and stability, and less chaos instead of even more. And so, Omar canvasses neighbourhood by neighbourhood, explaining the activists' cause using leaflets, photos, and videos.
Military Council's threats
The police does not like these videos. A kiosk supplying the activists with electricity for their video screening was shut down that same evening. During the marches leading protesters to central public places, glass bottles were thrown at the activists. One man got out of his car, shoving one of Omar's friends to the ground. The man argued the march was just blocking traffic and had been incited and paid for by foreigners. Omar says it's people like this man who the activists need to win over. "This is really getting serious," he adds. The situation in Cairo is tense.
Activists are also up against the military council's propaganda machine, and against that of the state media. The military council intends to celebrate the revolution's first anniversary on January 25 without any troublemakers – Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi already spoke of the great dangers which Egypt was facing and of people aiming to set the country afire.
"They plan to break Egypt's backbone, the military," Tantawi said, adding: "We will not tolerate this." It is hardly a veiled threat against Omar and other protesters, meant to invoke fear and to keep protesters at bay.
A decisive point in time
According to the Egyptian daily Al Masry Al Youm, special security forces have been trained to take on protesters. They are supposed to have been given the go-ahead to use live ammunition. If true, conflicts between protesters and security forces are likely to escalate.
The Muslim Brotherhood, for its part, wants to celebrate the anniversary away from any demonstrations. A year ago, many of them were still being persecuted or stuck in Mubarak's torture chambers. Today, they constitute the majority of Egyptian Parliament.
"We are at a decisive point in time," says Omar. He adds that on January 25, it will become clear whether protesters on the streets are powerful enough to exact some political decisions. He is prepared to give up everything for a democratic Egypt. "If they assault us," he says, "we'll take on the bullets with open arms."
Viktoria Kleber
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Trying to get into a pub or club when you're under-age is a universal rite of passage.
Unfortunately, more often than not said 'passage' is blocked by a brute of a doorman.
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Xbox Live demos: Apache, Joyride, Rock Band 3
Microsoft has released a few demos for you to try out over the weekend.
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Kinect Sports, Joy Ride trailered, soccer mom thrashes children
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gamescom 2010 – Microsoft Play Day shots
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Report - Microsoft racer Joy Ride to launch with Natal
Microsoft's arcade racer Joy Ride is being reported as a Natal launch title by a retail source close to CVG.
Joy Ride is free to download, uses Avatars, has micro-transactions
Big Park plans to release a new Xbox Live title this holiday season called Joy Ride which will be downloadable for free and you can continue playing through micro-transactions later on. In the MMO-ish game, you can use your Avatar to race around in vehicles and explore the game. To make money, the game will […]
Xbox Live's Joy Ride - a movie
Microsoft's released a movie of Joy Ride, the free-to-download Xbox Live Avatard racer announced in yesterday's E3 press conference. Looks fun. You can "drive your Avatar wild," apparently. Fancy. Take a look. It's out this winter.
Xbox pages listed for Halo: Reach, Alan Wake, more
Certain Xbox Achievements for unannounced games popped up thanks to Xbox360Achievements.org. Some of these are Halo; Reach, Joy Ride, and Shadow Complex. The list is currently blank, so were are unsure what exactly the achievements consists of, or when any of these are coming out. E3 starts today though, and the Microsoft Conference in just […]
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Today, there are too many account password you need to remember: bank account, credit card account, ID card, mailbox account, website login account, software license, product information etc. The big problem is how to keep them safely and to find out easily and quickly. Password Book lets you manage all your accounts information in a centralized and easy way.
Password Book uses 128 bit AES algorithm to encrypt your accounts information, no one can access your data without your application PIN. Password Book for mobile keeps your data always with you anywhere, anytime. The PC companion of the Password Book supports to synchronize data with the mobile application and you will have 3 options to merge or overwrite your data. You can enter all your accounts information into the PC application quickly and transfer them to the mobile application.
• Use and manage your important data anytime, any where
• 128 bit AES encryption algorithm keeps your data safe
• Auto lock when there is no operation on the mobile for one minute
• Free PC companion make it easy to create your original data file
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Lloyd wrote:Robert, that's good material for my thread at http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=16025
Since you're not discussing electric forces here, this thread may get moved to NIAMI. The E.U. derived from catastrophism, but they don't have a board for that for some reason.
It's interesting that carbonates may be igneous. It turns out that salt also is likely igneous. I think I saw an article recently that said there's a large deposit of carbon under the western U.S. I only read the title. If the Pacific had a deep thick layer of igneous carbonate that later eroded onto the continent, there must have been a carbon layer under the Pacific too, unless it came from the western U.S. source or something.
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NORTH MANCHESTER, IND. – A strong aerial attack for Manchester University Thursday, Sept. 5, couldn't overcome a stingy Trine University defense in the season opener for both squads.
Senior quarterback Nick Williams (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and sophomore quarterback Logan Haston (Avon, Ind.) combined for 222 yards and were 22 of 43 with one interception between them. The air totals made up for all but 47 of the Spartans' 269 yards of total offense. The visiting Thunder of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association put up 334 yards of total offense as part of a 19-3 victory.
Playing in front of a large crowd at Carl W. Burt Memorial Field on Community Night, the home side, looking to extend NCAA Division III's fourth-longest win streak, came out of the gates like they ended 2012. With Williams and junior running back Austin Adams (Dowagiac, Mich.) moving the team inside Trine's 30-yard line on the opening possession, the Spartan faithful were on the verge of celebrating early success. However, the first of MU's two turnovers occurred on an interception that helped spark the Thunder.
A 10-play, 68-yard march, fueled by the quick feet of junior signal caller Anthony Yoder and junior running back Austin Shoemaker, put the visitors into the end zone. Yoder connected with sophomore wide receiver Gage Conner for the final 32 yards and the score. The count remained that way until MU's special teams turned in a big play early in the second stanza.
Junior return specialist Brice Peyton (Covington, Ind.) took a Trine punt and weaved his way down to the visitors' 30-yard line. The Black and Gold moved down to the doorstep of the Thunder end zone, but Trine's defense halted the charge at the four-yard line. Freshman place-kicker Riley Ellington (Indianapolis, Ind.) converted his first field goal attempt, hitting from 26 yards to make tit 7-3. The Thunder were able to counter quickly, though, as senior running back Richard Gunn broke free from a scrum pile at his own 30 on the ensuing kickoff and bolted down to the Spartans' nine-yard line as part of an 83-yard kickoff return. TU converted four plays later when senior placekicker Tyler Keck, beginning a run of four straight made field goals to wrap up the scoring, hit from 31 yards.
From there, MU's offense was limited to just over 125 yards and zero points in the second half. Trine marched 58 yards on its second possession of the third period with keck hitting a 25-yard field goal and then got the ball back seven plays later near midfield after a Spartan fumble. Seven plays later, Keck lined up from 36 yards and was true again. The final Thunder points occurred in the fourth quarter after the Black and Gold was held on downs deep in its own end. Keck made a 36-yard field goal for the 19-3 final.
Three Black and Gold receivers made the most of Manchester University's aerial opportunities. Freshman Dakota Nelson (Fairfield, Ind.) and sophomore Lance Shifferly (Decatur, Ind.) each hauled in five receptions. Junior Collin Huffine (Centerville, Ind.) added four receptions and topped the group yardage-wise (78).
The Spartans resume a two-game home stand to begin the year Saturday, Sept. 14, when Kalamazoo College visits North Manchester for a 1:30 p.m. kickoff.
NOTES: MU's defense put together an impressive evening. Senior linebackers Dylin Kennedy (North Manchester, Ind.) and Zach Dashner (South Bend, Ind.) accounted for a combined 16 tackles. Kennedy also registered one of the unit's two sacks with junior defensive end Stephen Coble (Edwardsburg, Mich.) taking the other. … Other "D" highlights went to senior defensive lineman Scott Barry (Plymouth, Ind.), who had three tackles for losses among his five-and-a-half total; freshman cornerback Jarvis Mitchell (South Bend, Ind.), who blocked a fifth Trine field attempt and had one of three break-ups; and junior linebacker Evan West (Hartford City, Ind.) who turned in two tackles for losses as part of his six tackles. … Trine's win increased their series streak to seven.


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As usual, the jokes came mostly at the expense of Romney's photogenic look and involved some puns on his unusual name — but one acknowledged the dead heat in which Romney and the former House Speaker are locked in the polls.
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Morenci has two new teachers on staff this year.
AJ Garr
The name "Morenci" is well known by an individual at the large Portage Central High School near Kalamazoo. That's because the band director there, Patrick Flynn, once taught in Morenci.
When he learned that Morenci needed a band director, he told a young acquaintance that he should investigate the job. That's how Morenci's new director, Alex "AJ" Garr, found his way here.
He left his job working with kindergarten through eighth grade students at a charter school near Kalamazoo and has moved to Morenci.
"I had the desire to work with older kids and I heard that Morenci had a really, really good reputation," the Pinckney native said.
AJ was told to expect about 20 students in the band, but he's known as a recruiter.
"I went to find the kids who quit band," he said—several because of scheduling problems.
When the band takes the field at the Aug. 30 home football game, AJ expects to have 37 marchers plus a drum major—all from the high school. That includes five cheerleaders and four football players. He said he's willing to share.
The band will present a Beatles tribute for the first game, then work on at least one more show for other home games. Fancy formations won't be the goal with only 37 members. Instead, the band will work on maximizing volume.
In addition to the marching season, AJ intends to put emphasis on solo and ensemble competition, to get the sixth grade band organized, and finally, to get to know the elementary school students and spark an interest in instrumental music.
AJ attended Central Michigan and Wayne State before earning a degree in music education from Grand Valley State University.
Michelle Hoard
Spanish teacher Michelle Hoard is about to engage in something never before tried here: a foreign language teacher shared with another district.
Michelle describes the arrangement as an emerging program, noting that it could change in the future. As of now, however, she will divide her time every other day in Morenci and Hudson—five days in each district within a two-week span.
The Pittsford High School graduate earned a degree from Calvin College, then went to work in the family business, Sir James Outerwear. She also raised a family with her husband.
A few years ago she decided to earn a teaching degree and enrolled in Siena Heights' post-baccalaureate intensive certification program.
Michelle taught Spanish and accounting for two years with the Pittsford school district ("I speak Spanish and numbers," she said) before taking the Morenci/Hudson job.
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- Seattle, frankly, is not good. They do have a veteran QB in Hasselbeck who has been decent in his past, but is not that good now. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if he lasts maybe 1 more season in Seattle, if that. I would wager they will be trading for a QB or drafting one in the next year. But Hasselbeck's lack of production hasn't totally been his fault this year – in fact some would argue it is mostly the fault of a banged up O-Line. If I'm not mistaken they've gone through at least 3 starting left tackles alone this year. Their line is so bad that break-out 2008 rookie TE John Carlson has been relegated to a role as essentially another O-lineman to help in protection and it still doesn't work – and in the process his receiving talents are being wasted. It was only last week that he finally got some attention, but of course, they were already getting crushed by Tampa in Seattle.
- Following up on the previous point, in the first half especially, Dom Capers should blitz the ____ out of Hasselbeck. We should EXPECT to force 3+ turnovers in this game. Hasselbeck has thrown several picks this year and the team fumbles too.
- TJ Housh is a solid WR, but has not had that great of a year. He is not a danger after catching the ball despite his insistence that he is. He also has proven to be a tool this year by being unnecessarily outspoken at times.
- Justin Forsett is a good RB. How Jim Mora justifies continuing to start Julius Jones is beyond me. He is slow, has no juke moves, and is injury prone. Forsett, on the other hand, has done well with his opportunities. We need to especially keep an eye on Forsett catching passes out of the backfield.
- Offensively, we should be able to run over these guys and throw past them. The Seattle D just isn't that good. Grant will continue his late season run and I'd be surprised if Rodgers doesn't throw for 3+ TDs.
- A quiet key to this one may be special teams. We don't want to give them a short field or a TD on a return or something because those are the kinds of things bad teams can pull off to keep games close.
- I hate to be so confident like this – especially when Jim Mora's last team marched into Lambeau facing a Packers' team that historically had never lost a playoff game at Lambeau, and beat the Packers soundly (Mike Vick, Falcons). But something just tells me that this will end up being what I'm going to start calling a "formality" game – a game that is on the schedule that has to be played, but probably doesn't need to be played because the odds of the underdog winning are ridiculous – kind of like playing the Washington Generals.
- I'm really looking forward to a dominant defensive performance. I think as much as the defense tries to comfort itself with the thought that the Pitt game was an aberration, they were embarrassed big-time. And they should have been. So, I can't help but think our guys are going to come out charged up and ready to take care of business.
- Packers 45, Seattle 13.
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December 27, 2009 at 4:37 pm |
FINALLY. A complete game in all phases. Even if it is/was against the 'Hawks everybody looked good. Rodgers, Grant, Havener, Jackson, Flynn, defense, ST's & yes, even Crosby. Playoff bound, playoff bound.
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Bartow, Florida -- A popular Polk County teacher arrested on child pornography has many still shaking their heads asking why and are there more charges possible?
A Polk County judge set Lawrence Douglas Hughes' bond Friday afternoon at 100,000 -- $5,000 for each one of 20 counts of child pornography.
SEE ALSO: Charged teacher admits: "I was addicted to porn"
Hughes has been a Polk County School teacher for 30 years, long enough to have had contact with thousands of students.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says during a press conference as he holds a picture of Hughes.
"We know this is a bad, bad teacher. What we also know is we have the duty, the responsibility, if there are any child victims, we want to help them," said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd during a press conference as he held a picture of Hughes.
"It's eerie. He was always on his computer," said 19-year-old Madison Schleicher, a former student.
Schleicher said she took Hughes' Mentoring Apprentice Class at Union Academy Magnet School in Bartow as an 8th grader in 2008 where deputies said he's taught since 1992.
"He was very pro-active, involved with students' lives. He always wanted to do more," recalled Schleicher.
Judd said deputies found nude pictures of teenage boys -- some engaging in sex acts on two school computers.
"He said, 'I'm addicted to child pornography. I don't download them but, if they download, I put them on a thumb drive. I take it to school and put it on the school computer,'" explained Judd.
Schleicher is stunned by Hughes' arrest.
"Why? You are a prominent member of the community people looked up to you."
Former students and parents are leaving comments on the Sheriff's Facebook page.
One student wrote, "disgusting".
One parent commented, "I am sick to my stomach," and another said, "So sad we can't trust anyone with our children."
No one with the Hughes' family was available to comment nor were any of his neighbors on Messina Avenue in Lakeland.
Hughes' access to children goes beyond the classroom.
Until May, Hughes served as president of the Central Florida Soccer Ridge Officials Association, an organization that serves Polk, East Hillsborough and Highlands counties.
In an email to 10 News, the current President Mike Bean told us, "The Association is both shocked and saddened by this news."
Bean also said Hughes has been with the CFSROA for several years.
Sheriff Judd said Hughes would take students on field trips including camping trips and canoe trips. He asks anyone with any information in this case to call the Polk County Sheriff's Office.


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The button on my wife's iPhone 4 has become unresponsive and I would like to get it repaired. Like most people, the phone contains important emails, documents and photos which she would not like to fall into the wrong hands (identity theft etc.). Due to convenience I probably wont send it into Apple and will take it to a local repair shop instead (not that I would trust Apple much more).
We are not celebrities or big shot executives, so I can't imagine that someone would go to great lengths using special hardware/software. Is the phone's lock screen PIN secure enough to be in the repair shop for a few days? Or can someone take a dump of the phone's contents via the standard USB cable and easily crack it at their leisure.