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Over the past five years, licensed books and supplemental educational materials have increasingly made their way into school libraries and classrooms. Educators have come to accept that licensed titles are a way to bring in reluctant readers and sustain interest in subjects like math and science. Meanwhile, licensors value the exposure their properties can generate in schools, something that can be difficult to replicate through traditional entertainment or retail channels these days.
"[Licensing] has been a controversial topic in the past, but now I think everyone realizes that a fundamental requirement for developing literacy skills is for the kids to spend time with the material," says Ashley Andersen Zantop, group publisher and general manager at Capstone, one of several school and library specialist houses. "You need content that is intrinsically interesting for kids."
School and Library Editions
Each license lends itself to unique applications in the school and library market. At Capstone, DC Comics (for which the company sells original novels and library editions of existing comic books) spurs interest among reluctant readers; skateboarding pro Tony Hawk (sci-fi novels with graphic novel inserts) encourages sustained reading among slightly older kids; Sports Illustrated Kids attracts students to fiction and especially nonfiction topics; and the Smithsonian brand serves as a seal of approval for teachers and librarians.
Of course, not all licensed properties are right for schools. "For the three that we've done, we've turned away many," says Adam Lerner, president and publisher, Lerner Publishing Group. LPG, which signed its first license, A&E Biography, close to 15 years ago, has added three newer properties over the last four years and has another pending. "As in the trade market, brand recognition is important, but beyond that [a license] has to have an intrinsic educational value for the school market," Lerner says.
Lerner Publishing offers five different nonfiction series tied to USA Today, on topics ranging from the immigrant experience to teen life skills, while its NASCAR license, recently renewed, is for a series on scientific principles such as momentum. The company's newest license, just signed with the Saint-Exupéry estate and the French publisher Glénat, is for a series of literary graphic novels tied to The Little Prince.
Abdo Publishers launched its Spotlight division, offering library editions of licensed titles, in 2006. The company began with a Spider Man title and currently publishes hundreds of comics in the Marvel Age line, as well as titles from Dark Horse, IDW, and other publishers. It also offers an extensive line of comics, graphic novels, chapter books, and picture books tied to properties from licensors such as Disney, Warner Bros., and Nickelodeon.
While there is virtually no resistance to licensing from librarians these days, says Dan Verdick, Abdo's v-p of marketing and communications, teachers, parents, and administrators sometimes need convincing. "We often have to defend SpongeBob," he reports. The company has done research to offer pedagogical proof to skeptics, and has found that a single Iron Man comic, with its sci-fi themes, contains 89 vocabulary terms at a sixth grade level or higher. "That's astonishing, and it opens eyes," Verdick says. "You can put together a creative writing, art, or STEM program based on these popular characters that are in movie multiplexes around the world."
Book Clubs and Fairs
School book fairs and clubs use licensed properties to draw interest from students making their own purchase decisions. "We're always astounded by the number of units they can move," says John Paul Stoops, director of licensing for Discovery Communications. He says Discovery-licensed titles regularly sell hundreds of thousands of units through book fairs, with the top titles exceeding half a million. He adds that Scholastic Book Fairs alone hosts more than 120,000 events per year attended by 35 million students. "That for us is just tremendously valuable," he says. "These are great impressions for our brand."
Citing Animal Planet's River Monsters and Discovery Channel's Mythbusters, both licensed to Scholastic, as examples, Stoops continues, "The best shows for this market are edgy and mysterious, have personalities kids love, and take a new spin on science and make it cool. They also have to be visually stunning. Kids love imagery, and if they're spending their own allowance money, it has to stand out."
Discovery addresses the needs of book fairs in its product development process, and sometimes offers one-year exclusives to the fairs before expanding distribution to trade outlets. "Because this has become such an important distribution channel, it does warrant that type of thinking from a licensing perspective," Stoops says. "A lot of what we do is driven by interest from this distribution channel."
Scholastic works closely with the clubs and fairs across all areas of its business, according to Debra Dorfman, v-p and publisher, paperbacks, licensing, and nonfiction at Scholastic's trade division. "They weigh in pretty heavily when it comes to licensing," she says. "They help dictate what some of the formats are." The trade division can vet a new license with the clubs and fairs before acquiring, and a commitment from clubs and fairs can raise print runs enough to give a green light to certain formats that might not be feasible with retail-only distribution.
The clubs and fairs sometimes do well with a license before it's viable for trade distribution. "They're not waiting for complementary products to be on the market," Dorfman says. Conversely, they also can extend the life of "older, tried-and-true properties there is no longer room for at trade bookstores," she adds, mentioning Hello Kitty as an example. Titles popular with boys, such as Pokémon and Lego Ninjago handbooks, Scooby-Doo comic readers, and Power Rangers novels, also tend to perform well.
Supplemental Materials
Some vendors of workbooks, flash cards, and classroom decor, which are sold through educational supply stores and general retail to teachers and parents, have also been adding licensed properties to their mix.
"We've had a rising volume of brands contacting us recently," says Kerry Walters, Carson-Dellosa's director of product management. "It's because of the distribution value that we're able to provide." The company recently signed a license with Penguin for its stable of book properties and holds rights for Guinness World Records (for workbooks and flash cards), Eric Carle, and Olivia (classroom decor), and others.
"For us, it really comes down to student engagement," Walters says. "We look at not only what is popular, but at which properties have strong educational value and can cross from school to home. We want something that educators hold in high regard, but that also appeals to the students. It's really easy to jump into what's popular, but the most important thing for us is making sure that when we do enter the world of licensed products we're focused 100% on our end consumer."
Licensing in the school market, whether through supplemental materials, library editions, or book fairs, can be challenging. "Licensors don't know the niche school market as well as they know the consumer market," Lerner says. "They're not always sensitive to what you can't do. The approval process can really slow down a project. And there are more costs associated with the licensing fee. The brand has to justify the expense."
That said, there is a growing awareness of the positive role licensing can play. "Originally I think educational publishers saw the traditional kinds of licenses used in this market as a way of engaging early readers and reluctant readers, especially reluctant boy readers," Andersen Zantop says. "But now a licensed property platform is also seen as a great opportunity for encouraging sustained reading and engaging girl readers as well."


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A study published by the US Forest service values the State of Tennessee's urban forest at $80 billion thanks to its contributions to the environment. With an urban population of 284 million, that equates to a mean value of $282 per tree.
The total is based on a number of costs that are to some extent offset by the presence of Tennessee's urban forest (its urban tree population, in other words). These include $350 million-worth of carbon storage based on the current standing stock, over $204 million every year in pollution removal, $18.4 million per year in additional carbon sequestration, and $66 million per year in energy savings-"the most significant contribution" made by the urban forest, according to State Forester Steven G. Scott. But how are the environmental benefits of the trees evaluated?
Data was collected and analyzed using the Forest Service's own i-Tree Eco software. Using a mobile app providing strict protocols for data collection, researchers took information from 2418 trees and saplings across 255 field plots. Variables noted include species, diameter at breast height (or DBH—taken at 1.4 meters above ground), height, crown dimensions, foliage transparency, damage, and proximity to buildings. The pool of sample data is assumed to be representative of the total population, and from there the software crunches the numbers using "peer-reviewed equations" to paint a macro-scale picture of the urban forest, based on quantifiable characteristics that describe its structure, condition and function.
In the case of Tennessee, the software describes a distributed urban tree population with more Chinese privets, Virginia pines and eastern red cedars than other species. The red maple and yellow-poplar (Tennessee's State tree) are more common among Tennessee's 8-billion-strong rural tree population, so their absence from the top three of the State's 99 urban species should not necessarily come as a surprise. Canopy coverage was estimated to be 37.7 percent of the urban area. Only nine percent of urban trees were found to fall within maintained areas. Just under two percent of the population was dead. With these characteristics identified, the researchers were able to go about evaluating economic value.
Knowing a tree's size and chemical composition, carbon storage is a relatively straightforward thing to ascertain. Clearly, larger trees store more carbon, but they also sequester, or capture, carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at a greater rate—provided they're healthy. Calculating a monetary value of the carbon stored is simple, provided you can come up with an agreeable rate. The Forest Service uses Professor Samuel Frankhauser's figure of $20.7 per ton of carbon, which is based on "the estimated marginal social costs of carbon dioxide emissions" between 2000 and 2010.
Tennessee's urban forest contains an estimated 16.9 million tons of carbon, thus the estimated carbon storage value of $350 million. Sequestration rates are a little trickier to determine, relying on estimates of growth which are dependent on future conditions. And when it comes to carbon sequestration not all trees are created equal, with large, deciduous species, the chestnut oak, hackberry and yellow-poplar contributing more than other species to the $18.4 million per year contribution.
The urban forest's $204 million annual contribution to pollution removal is based upon hourly pollution data, and Nashville weather data from the year 2000. The report estimates that urban trees remove some 27,100 tons of pollution per year, of which 15,000 is ozone, 7,000 particulate matter, with sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide making up the remainder. The overall value of this pollution removal is put at $203.9 million.
The trees' contribution to energy saving is a result of the shading they afford to nearby buildings. The shading provided in summer reduces the need for cooling, though the same effect can be detrimental in winter time when the solar heat gain is desirable. However, when suitably located, trees can also offer energy savings in winter by acting as a wind barrier. According to the study, the net effect of trees in winter is calculated to be a loss of $29 million, but this is more than made up for by the savings of $95 million during summer, giving an overall annual energy saving of $66 million.
The report is at pains to highlight the beneficial yet "unrecognized and unreported" role of urban trees, and identifies a number of threats to Tennessee's urban forest. The emerald ash borer, accidentally introduced in the US during the 1990s was recently identified in east Tennessee, while the Asian long-horned beetle—also introduced inadvertently—are a threat to the various hardwoods in which the larvae tunnel. Hemlock woolly adelgid and thousand cankers disease are noted as additional threats. The reports notes that no single cause of damage had affected more than 9 percent of the urban tree population, however.
The report concludes by calling for management plans targeted specifcally toward urban trees. "These plans also need to be dynamic due to the continuous forces of change that alter urban forest environments," the report says. "Data from urban forest monitoring programs should be incorporated within State and local urban forest planning and management regimes to allow local constituents to develop canopy goals and/or tree planting goals to sustain or enhance urban forest canopy across the State."

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Emotions ran high Sunday afternoon during a panel discussion held in response to complaints about a paucity of Asian actors in La Jolla Playhouse's musical "The Nightingale," a Page to Stage production based on the Hans Christian Andersen fable set in China.
Actor and playwright Christine Toy Johnson, a panelist who flew in from New York to see the production, praised set designers for creating an authentic Chinese atmosphere, but she said the lack of Asian-American faces felt like "a knife to the heart" and reminded her "how invisible we still are."
Actor and fellow panelist Cindy Cheung, a member of the Asian-American Performers Action Coalition, expressed "disgust" and "confusion" with the casting, noting that an earlier version of the work had an all-Asian cast.
"I'm still kind of getting over the shock of it," she said. "Seeing so many people being OK with this is very disturbing."
The Playhouse's artistic director, Christopher Ashley, and director Moisés Kaufman both offered an apology for what they said could be construed as a glaring omission, adding that their casting was never intended to offend the Asian-American community or fellow artists.
Kaufman, who also wrote and directed "The Laramie Project," said he has devoted most of his professional life to giving voice to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. He said the La Jolla Playhouse has consistently engaged the public in social justice issues through its works.
"Usually, we are the ones screaming for representation … for inclusion, that minority groups are not properly represented on American stages," he said.
Kaufman maintained that the creative team's emphasis was less on historical and cultural accuracy than on Andersen's mythical aspects, which include a talking bird and a Chinese palace made of porcelain.
Kaufman said they strove to assemble a cast that included as many ethnicities "as populate the American landscape."
"We were never interested in setting it in a real China … at a real moment in time," he said. "Otherwise, our casting choices would have been very different."
Though the set includes Chinese lanterns and other accurate vestiges of Chinese culture, it also includes Moroccan lanterns and an emperor's robe based on that of an Iranian emperor, he said.
However, Kaufman conceded that his team was largely "unsuccessful in articulating what we were trying to do."
"We owe everybody an apology," he said.
If the Playhouse wanted to populate the stage with as many multiethnic backgrounds as possible, Cheung questioned, why was the cast still 50 percent Caucasian?
"It's so glaring that there are no Asian-American men on the stage, except for the puppets, and even then we're not sure," she quipped. "They could have been Moroccan."
Panelist Andy Lowe, former producing artistic director of the San Diego Asian-American Repertory Theatre, questioned whether the audience had the "cultural context" to discern the multicultural set details.
Johnson expressed her respect for the current cast, but she noted that the names of the characters are all still Chinese.
"That's a big disconnect," she said. "Multicultural casting was never meant to justify a Caucasian person playing a culturally specific role."
Tara Rubin, the production's New York-based casting director, noted that Page to Stage productions are workshop pieces designed to garner audience feedback, as opposed to being a finished product.
She said such discussions were a "valuable part of the process" and helped to educate the creative team.
"I do want to remind everybody … we're still getting there," she said.
Cheung said she hoped the feedback would influence the production.
"Otherwise, we'd be outside with picket (signs) — and we will," she said.
She said the explanations given for the casting thus far are "really good and well meaning and altruistic," on paper, but skipped over the reality of today's race politics, noting that Asian-Americans comprise only about 1.5 percent of available roles in new productions on Broadway.
"Multicultural casting was created to provide opportunities for the underrepresented," she said, "not for five white men."
Rubin said privacy issues precluded her from delving too much into "specifics" of her casting decisions, though she intimated that some Asian actors were made offers but didn't accept roles.
"There are things that happened that would have changed our casting," she said to very tepid applause. "We didn't set out to cast a Caucasian emperor. That was never part of the plan or vision."
Cheung questioned whether the company would have cast a white man in the role of an African king.
"I would contend that you would not have," she said. "Fundamentally, you would have known that that's not acceptable. You just wouldn't have done it (and) said five black actors turned (the role) down."
Seema Sueko of Mo`olelo Performing Arts Co. suggested the company not just be concerned in assembling a multicultural cast, but in the perception of a world "ruled by white men," where darker skinned women are to be feared, the Asian is viewed as the precious nightingale and there are no American Indians or Latinos.
Nevertheless, Sueko thanked Kaufman and Ashley for their apology and the forum, noting La Jolla Playhouse's positive track record of working with the Asian-American community.
" 'The Nightingale' does not define you," she said.


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There was a Dec. 5, 2012 Nanowerk Spotlight article by Michael Berger which focused on a review (Engineering Small Worlds in a Big Society: Assessing the Early Impacts of Nanotechnology in China [behind a paywall]) in a special issue of the Wiley journal, Policy Review. It seems timely given today's (Dec. 10, 2012) earlier posting (Wanxiang America wins bid for most of A123 Systems' assets) about a China-based company's successful bid for a bankrupt US company that produced Li-ion (lithium-ion) batteries.
From Berger's Dec. 5, 2012 article (Note: I have removed links),
A recent review ("Engineering Small Worlds in a Big Society: Assessing the Early Impacts of Nanotechnology in China") analyzes the early impacts of nanotechnology on China's economic and innovation development in six key areas. It concludes that the country's effort to join the world leaders in nanoscale R&D has made significant progress. Although several effects are difficult to capture, cross-country and cross-regional collaborations, institutional development, regional spread, industrial and enterprise development, as well as research and education capabilities, have been influenced positively by the new programs in China's nanotechnology initiative.
However, it seems difficult to estimate the role of particular policies in this process; in other words, what is the specific contribution of nanotechnology programs relative to the entire complex of new initiatives aimed at promoting indigenous innovation in China. The authors – Evgeny A. Klochikhin and Philip Shapira from the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research – find that nanotechnology policies are contributing to addressing existing innovation systems lock-ins and historical path dependencies in China.
In spite of that, many challenges remain, including those of separation of research and training, uneven distribution of science and technology across regions, poor mechanisms of technology transfer, and challenges for independent science-driven entrepreneurial development.
Berger's article (illustrated with diagrams) lists six key areas assessed by Klochikhin and Shapira,
… [1] institutional development, knowledge flows, and network efficiency; [2] research and education capabilities; [3] industrial and enterprise growth; [4] regional spread; [5] cluster and network development; and [6] product innovation. They caution, though, that these areas do not cover the entire spectrum of the social and economic effects of a given technology on individual nations but can be used as a model for an initial estimate of such effects.
Berger's and Klochikhin's and Shapira's articles come as no surprise given the intense interest in China. A Nov. 9, 2012 posting about the recent S.NET (Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies) 2012 conference highlighted a presentation by Denis Simon at a conference panel titled, Will China's effort to become a high-tech innovator succeed? If you go to the conference presentations webpage and scroll down to the Weds., Oct. 24, 2012 9 am – 10:30 am slot, you can download one or all of the presentations from that session.
ETA Dec. 10, 2012 1330 PST: Philip Shapira has been mentioned here before, most recently in March 29, 2012 posting about nanotechnology's economic impacts and lifecycle assessments.


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The recession of the 1980s had a large and lingering effect on unemployment, which rose to 12 per cent (three million) and stayed around this level until 1986. This sustained employment shock disproportionately hit certain industries which led to the widespread closure of industry and the mass displacement of many low-skilled male workers, especially in Britain's mainly northern industrial heartlands.
The study, led by Professor Paul Gregg from the University of Bristol's Centre for Market and Public Organisation, evaluated parental job losses during the 1980s recession to assess the effects on children's educational performance and subsequent experience in the labour market.
Using British Cohort Study data, the researchers selected 3,051 individuals that were born in one week during April 1970, and whose fathers were employed in 1980. An indicator of whether the father left his job from a hard hit industry was constructed to capture fathers' job displacement. The researchers then examined educational attainment data to assess the correlation between their fathers' job loss and exam results at ages ten and 16 (either side of the recession), and their later employment outcomes.
The results showed there was a significant negative impact of fathers' losing their jobs during the 1980s recession on both the family income and their children's exam results. The impact equates to their children obtaining half a GCSE grade less than those with fathers who remained in employment. These children looked very similar to the children with fathers' who kept their jobs prior to the recession in terms of their educational development. There is also a small negative effect on their early employment experiences.
Professor Gregg said: "At a time of rising unemployment the impact of job loss during a recession on the outcomes of the next generation is highly topical. This research provides strong evidence that this has an intergenerational effect whereby fathers' job loss has a negative impact on children's educational attainment and early work experience in the UK."
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded study, entitled 'the impact of fathers' job loss during the 1980s recession on their child's educational attainment and labour market outcomes' is published today [16 May] by the University of Bristol's Centre for Market and Public Organisation.
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Hamas-run parliament issues decree banning mixed-sex schools from age 9
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A new Gaza law mandating separate classrooms for boys and girls from age nine is another worrisome sign that the territory's Islamic militant Hamas rulers are gradually imposing their fundamentalist practices, the head of a Gaza women's group warned Tuesday.
Since seizing Gaza in 2007, Hamas has issued a series of rules restricting women or requiring them to cover up in the traditional Islamic dress of long robes and headscarves. There have also been bans on women smoking water pipes in public, riding on the back of motorcycles or getting their hair done by male stylists.
The Gaza rules appear harsh compared to Western practice but are not unusual in parts of the Arab and Muslim world.
If faced with public resistance, Hamas tends to refrain from enforcing the rules. In 2009, after women protested, it scrapped a decree requiring female lawyers to wear headscarves in court.
On Monday, Gaza's Hamas-run parliament issued the new education law that requires gender segregation from age nine and also bars male teachers from teaching girls.
The idea of gender segregation in schools, particularly from the onset of puberty, is widely accepted in conservative Palestinian society. Even in the West Bank, run by a more liberal Western-backed self-rule government, most public schools separate boys and girls by fourth grade.
The separation, not mandated by law, is left to local authorities to decide according to residents' sensibilities.
The new Gaza law deprives teachers and parents of that choice, imposing gender segregation on private co-ed schools.
Zeinab al-Ghnaimi, head of Gaza's only legal aid center for women, said the legislation is just the latest measure in Hamas' campaign of imposing its hard-line Islamic practices on Gaza's 1.7 million people.
"The laws they are issuing affirm discrimination against women," said Ghnaimi. "It's a clear strengthening of the culture of separation between the genders, and this is unacceptable."
Her group issued a statement protesting the new law.
She said such protests have worked on occasion in the past, including in reversing the 2009 rule that female lawyers must wear headscarves in court. She said getting laws overturned is more difficult than changing administrative decisions.
A Gaza education official said the law enshrines the cultural preferences of Gazans.
"We are a Muslim society and we all respect our religion," said Walid Mezher, the Education Ministry's legal adviser. "The aim is not to enforce Islam, as some people are saying… It's simply to honor the traditions and the culture of the society."
Mezher noted that the education law deals with a host of issues, including improving the standing of teachers. "The law has 60 articles, and the media focused on one footnote?" he said.
School gender separation is common in other parts of the Arab and Muslim world.
In majority Muslim Iraq, the law requires boys and girls in both public and private schools to study separately from age 12, when they enter secondary school. In some schools, segregation begins in elementary school. The law does not ban male teachers from teaching girls, but the Education Ministry prefers female teachers for girls.
In Pakistan, schools are not segregated by law, and boys and girls study together in the lower grades, but they tend to be separated at the start of secondary school.
In Jordan, gender segregation is left up to private and public schools. In 1990, Muslim Brotherhood Cabinet ministers declared a ban on gender mixing in public high schools sports. It is still in effect.
In Lebanon, there is no gender segregation law, and private and public schools are allowed to handle the issue as they see fit.
Public and private schools in Morocco are integrated at all levels, except for Quran schools influenced by Salafi preachers espousing a fundamentalist version of Islam.
In the Gulf, the rules generally encourage gender separation in classrooms for native residents. There are also many schools for foreign workers and residents, including Indians, Europeans and others, that allow co-ed classes.
Gaza has 690 schools with 466,000 students. Of those, 397 schools are public, 243 are run by a UN aid agency for refugees and 46 are private. The UN system has separate schools for boys and girls.
Only four private schools, where boys and girls study together until a later age, would be affected by the law. They are three Christian-run schools and the American International School, with a total enrollment of 3,500. Officials at the schools declined comment on the new law.
In addition to legislation, there has been mounting social and peer pressure on Gaza girls and women to wear headscarves and robes. Earlier this year, a branch of Al-Aqsa University in the southern town of Khan Younis made it a requirement for all female students to wear robes in addition to headscarves.
Al-Ghnaimi said one of her female cousins who studies at the Khan Younis school defies the edict by not wearing a robe, though she does cover her hair with a scarf. Al-Ghnaimi said her cousin sometimes gets stopped at the university gate and is questioned about her attire but so far has faced no repercussions.
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alpha = arctan(X / ((Y / (Z * cos(alpha) - k)) * Z * cos(alpha)))
$$\alpha = \arctan \left( \displaystyle \frac{x}{\displaystyle \left( \frac{yz\cos(\alpha)}{z\cos(\alpha)-k} \right)} \right)$$
I need to solve for $\alpha$. Obviously, there's no closed form. I know $\alpha$ is around $13.5^{\circ}$. Is it "wimpy" of me just to use $13.5$ on the right hand side to get an approximation? Or would "a real man" use Newton-Raphson, or bisection, or something?


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Finding A Realtor That Can Help You
Some realtors will have all of the latest homes for sale, along with the condos and villas. For example, in the Eagle Creek subdivision, some of the best homes are three bedrooms, three baths, priced at $478,000. These are elegant, designed for single families, and will provide you with plenty of room whether you are retired or if you have a small family. You can talk to realtors that will tell you about the many different properties that are for sale. They will act as a mediator between you and the seller. You can make an offer, and it is highly recommended that you provide something less than the asking price. If they are ready to sell, they will at least meet you halfway allowing you to move-in for a very reasonable cost.
For those that have never seen the incredible country clubs in Naples, you will be pleased with living in these communities. For just $40,000, you can take advantage of the full golf membership fee, and for $25,000 more the social membership fee will give you access to all of the gatherings and events that happen within this community. You will also not have to worry about getting your tee time because there are only 360 memberships. If you are fortunate enough to have one, you will probably be golfing every day. For the price of the homes and the low cost of membership, this is one of the best destinations in all of Naples if you are looking for an affordable home in a golfing community setting.


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can u give me the list of meds u have been/ are on?
I am so sorry you have to go through such horrible pain. Sounds worse than all of our pains. Don't know what to say... It's just not fair. - regine
keep your chin up Alan, i do send u prayers. i hope u find relief from your pain soon
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I don't believe in jet lag but have been suffering from a bit of insomnia since I arrived in Salt Lake City so after midnight I decided to take a sleeping pill and it worked. I was intending to attend a lecture at the Family History Library this morning but slept in so I thought I had missed it.
When I huffed and puffed into the venue for the next talk I discovered that the speaker's plane had been delayed and that the talk had been cancelled - I'm glad I had that good sleep and didn't set an alarm to arrive on time.
As the second speaker was also delayed my mate, Audrey Collins, stepped in and presented a talk "There and back again" in which she told us that our ordinary ancestors often travelled far and wide. She demonstrated, with a range of examples, that if we can't find our ancestors in local records we should cast our net wide and we might be rewarded with surprising results.
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Shortly I'll be heading off to The Lion House for the Rootstech Official Bloggers Dinner where I'll renew friendships with old bloggers and meet the new bloggers. Once the Conference starts my blog posts may not be so frequent.


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"There has been a big sea change of activity in this area since the start of 2010 and the announcement of the successful bidders for UK Round Three zones," says Rhys Thomas, RenewableUK's supply chain policy officer. "A number of new vessels are now on order and being built." He points to at least 12 ships for turbine and foundation installation that are expected to be delivered over the next few years, most of them from the Far East.
Unlike the early vessels, which were adapted to install offshore turbines, this new generation is purpose-built and ready for the next generation of larger turbines.
MPI Offshore, which operates the first-ever dedicated wind turbine installation ship, the Resolution, has ordered two more vessels from China, both able to handle up to 1,000 tonnes. The first will soon start installing foundations at the 630MW London Array project off the UK's east coast.
Norwegian shipping group Fred Olsen and UK's Seajacks each have two vessels on order from Lampress, based in the Arabian Gulf, the first of which is to arrive next year. Four more are on order for other companies.
This year German energy company RWE takes delivery of the first of two €100 million vessels from Korean firm Daewoo. RWE is the first developer to circumvent the installation-vessel queue and build its own ships. And Danish developer Dong Energy has taken matters in hand by acquiring Danish wind turbine installation vessel operator A2 Sea.
Most installation vessels can handle foundations as well as turbines but different strategies may be used for moving the foundations to site. At Vattenfall's Thanet wind farm off Kent, the installation vessels took 100 monopiles from nearby Ramsgate Harbour to site, says project director Ole Bigum Nielsen. But at the Ormonde project off Cumbria, the installation vessel remained on site while barges brought the jacket foundations. "It depends on what kind of installation vessel is available, the distance from site to harbour and whether the site is relatively sheltered or the conditions tough," he says.
Cable installation requires a different set of specialised ships for laying the inter-array cables between the turbines and the substation, and the export cables taking power ashore. Route clearance, trenching, cable-laying and burial may be undertaken by different vessels, although some can perform more than one task.
Additional vessels are needed for servicing the major ships, and there are support vessels and tugs for transporting components, equipment and crew transfer, diving services, guarding the site — and even for rescue. And before work begins on site, craft will be conducting geotechnical and environmental surveys.
Many vessels needed
At the height of constructing the 100-turbine Thanet wind farm, up to 25 vessels could be deployed at any one time, says Nielsen. "We were undertaking installation of foundations, turbines, our offshore substation and cables all at the same time. That means quite a lot of traffic of equipment, and especially of people, in and out of harbour." There would be several small crew transfer vessels at a time," he says.
And once the project is complete, such boats will be used for operations and maintenance (O&M). "Using a large crew-transfer boat means that the last crew might have to be kept waiting before they can be deployed, so there may be a need for small, fast craft," says Robin Redfern, offshore O&M analyst at GL Garrad Hassan.
As the sector builds bigger Round 3 wind zones further out to sea, the number of vessels employed will grow, says MPI Offshore chairman Paul Gibson. "By 2018 the North Sea and Irish Sea might see 250 such vessels in operation with 10 offshore accommodation units.
"Further offshore, the need for offshore accommodation will be paramount. You can't have technicians at Dogger Bank, for example, sit in vessels for six hours and then expect them to perform," says Gibson.


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Director flies in, Vampire flies out
It's David Slade, the newly confirmed director of Eclipse, the third film in the Twilight series. Slade recently had to eat his own ass after comments he made mocking the first movie were leaked online. As you would expect, the Twi-hard Nation wanted his blood. Because, yeah totally, Twilight was cinematic brilliance and absolutely deserves an Oscar…
Anyway, Slade arrived in Vancouver yesterday to scout locations, meet with production. You know what that means? It means Twilight is never f-cking leaving my city..
Around the same time Slade came, Peter Facinelli left. We were actually on the same flight to Vegas. Not sure where he was going. I sat across the aisle from him. He was lovely to fans who approached for photos in the terminal and the only other remarkable detail I can give you is that while I was trying to write The Outcast book review, he was givin'er on his iPod, playing some game that required furious tapping and scrolling and shaking. It was distracting and hilarious and adorable, especially when he became extra spastic with the controller.
Also attached – a sleepy Taylor Lautner in the afternoon. Staying up late on the phone with Selena? Or do kids not talk on the phone anymore?
On set today: continuation of the Volturi Edward tossing scene.
And finally…the hate mail. This comes courtesy of Julie C from Minnesota. Also, I've a new favourite word. Can you guess which one? Use it in a sentence every day this weekend!
Hi Lainey,
I have been reading your blog for a few weeks now but will not be coming back after your comments today about Rob Pattinson. Maybe you didn't like the movie but millions of us did. Rob was great in the movie and has proved that he's a great actor. He was not making a "poo" face. What you don't understand is that Edward has to control himself around Bella because he can't kill her she's the love of his life. He's waited a long time to find her. This struggle is what's causing him so much pain. You are heartless not to appreciate it.
Why do you continue to belligerate this beautiful sensitive person? He is a gentle human being who has captured our hearts with his sweetness. He doesn't deserve your constant attacks. Please reconsider what you are doing to him. Thanks for your site and I wish you good luck.
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VOCM's annual Questioning-of-the-Canada-Day came early this year:
July 4, 2005: Do you celebrate Canada Day?
July 4, 2006: Did you take part in any Canada Day activities over the weekend?
July 2, 2007: Do you plan to take part in Canada Day celebrations this weekend?
July 2, 2008: Do you celebrate Canada Day?
July 2, 2009: Did you celebrate Canada Day?
July 1, 2010: Are you planning any special celebrations for Memorial Day/Canada Day?
June 28, 2011: Do you plan to celebrate Canada Day this year?
May 21, 2012: Do you think the province and local MP's should boycott Canada Day this year as a protest of all the federal cuts by the Harper government.
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Here is a nice design of a beautiful tribal fairy that will leave you wanting more. All of the tribal art that has been getting submitted lately has really inspired me to make another tribal design to add the collection. Today I will be showing you "how to draw a tribal fairy", step by step. This magical looking fairy has what it takes to end up as a tattoo anywhere on your body. This is such a feminine design which makes it subtle and angelic. I enjoyed drawing this tribal fairy so much, I tried my best to break down the steps as easy as I possibly could. I hope you have fun, and enjoy!
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There's no room on the shelf for self-raising flour in a professional Pastry Chef's kitchen
Our products change regularly depending upon what's in season, what we feel like making and, of course, what our customers request.
"Nobody makes things this way any more" is quite often exclaimed when new pastry chefs join our team. They are, of course, referring to the labour-intensive, traditional methods Falko employs and his antique baking equipment and utensils that are more likely to adorn people's walls as decoration, rather than being used as originally intended.
The quality of the ingredients is vital to us. If we can't source ingredients that meet our specifications then we won't make that product. We would rather disappoint our customers by not having their favourite product than making it with ingredients with which we're not fully happy.
On his days off, Falko can often be found scouring Antique shops looking for baking equipment to be rescued and given a new working life again.


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Mudstock 2013 Daily Schedule
This year marks Mudstock's 10th anniversary, and to celebrate, we're going to get 10 times muddier at River Run ATV Park! If you're coming to the Can-Am/BRP ATV Mudstock, check out this daily schedule so you can make the most out of the most mud-tastic event on the planet.
Wednesday, October 2
12 p.m. - 8 p.m. | Gates open to public. Vendor area open/closes (according to each vendor). Registration open for all events.
Thursday, October 3
7 a.m to 11 p.m. | Gates, t-shirt booth and registration open for all events.
Friday, October 4
7 a.m. to 11 p.m. | Gates, t-shirt booth and registration open for all events
5:30 p.m. | Registration for Outdoor Motor Sports' Poker Run registration ends at Mudstock booth at front by office
6:30 p.m. | The Poker Run begins (meeting place TBD, notified when you sign up)
8:30 p.m. | Poker Run ends
9 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. | Can-Am/BRP reveals new product
9:15 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. | DJ Party on the Highline
9:45 p.m. -11 p.m. | Frank Foster performs live on the Highline
Saturday, October 5
7 a.m. - 10 p.m. | Front office and Mudstock t-shirt booth opens. Registration open for all.
10 a.m. | Crank It Up contest registration ends at Mudstock booth at front by office
10:30 a.m. | Mud racing! (You can register at the race pit.)
10:45am | Line up & compete for Townsquare Media's Money Mud Dive at the Highline
11am | Money Mud Dive at the Highline (Dive for your chance of money)
1 p.m. | Crank It Up contest (ATV class & Side by Side class) at Pavilion
1 p.m. | Mud race drivers registration at the race pit
2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | Mud racing
8 p.m. to 9 p.m. | Black Water Bride perform live on the Highline
9:30 p.m. - 11 p.m. | Cody Cooke and the Bayou Outlaws perform live on the Highline
Sunday, October 6
8 a.m. to 10 a.m. | Gates open. Ride until you go home!
Other Family Activities All Weekend Long
Find the plastic crawfish and redeem it at the Mudstock T-shirt/Information Booth for a FREE Official Mudstock t-shirt (first come, first serve, while supplies last).
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MedShare, a top-ranked local charity, was named a 2011 Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP)winner by the State of California's Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle).
The WRAP awards honor California companies and nonprofits for workplace solutions to cut their waste output and reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills. MedShare was recognized for their efficient recovery and redistribution of surplus medical supplies and equipment that helps to improve the environment and healthcare for the medically underserved. This is the third consecutive year the nonprofit has received the honor.
"This year's WRAP winners are evidence that businesses and organizations of all sizes are achieving significant waste reduction and recycling goals, all while helping protect the environment and preserve our natural resources," CalRecycle Director Caroll Mortensen said.
MedShare launched California's first large-scale medical supply recycling center in 2008. They collect unused, unexpired surplus medical supplies and equipment from hospitals and medical distributors. These are items that would be destined for landfills, but instead, MedShare redistributes them to needy hospitals in developing countries as well as community-based health clinics throughout California.
"MedShare continues to deliver innovative solutions for healthcare providers that want to green their operations and we are honored that our waste reduction efforts are being recognized by the State of California," said Chuck Haupt, Executive Director, MedShare's Western Region. "In cooperation with leading hospitals and manufacturers we were able to divert an amazing 228 tons of surplus in 2011."
In Northern California, there are more than 30 hospitals participating in MedShare's innovative Hospital Recovery Program. These hospitals recognize the local environmental benefit that their contributions have, as well as the impact that they will have on people's lives around the globe.
In 14 years of operation, MedShare has shipped over 750 forty-foot shipping containers of surplus medical supplies and equipment abroad, which accounts for over two million cubic feet of landfill space saved.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Hello Hari, I have a lot of KNX Hardware for test (argus, thermostat, light sensor, LOGO! Siemens whit gateway, Dali gateway, and more .. ) and a core alpha 8.10, but I'm not a programmer.
If you want to try to explain what I do, I can do the tests in my freetime.
Hari the first link it's empty.
it is a DCE wrapper around eibd. Regarding the author it is bi-directional, but I could not verify it as I have no KNX hardware. We need to integrate the patch(es) from that mantis ticket into the 0810 devel branch.This is the devel thread of the eibd based driver: http://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=5648.0It is based on the existing template, so we should be able to compile it as 1:1 replacement for the shipped driver. I'm just looking at the old mantis bug tracking to collect the needed pieces.br, Hari


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Peter Schiff, chief executive officer of Euro Pacific Capital, has been known to make forecasts outside the mainstream, and his long-running belief that gold has the potential to hit $5,000 an ounce is no exception. Prices, after all, are struggling to get a grip on $1,300.
We caught up with Schiff to ask him how gold, a big disappointment for commodities investors last year, gets back its groove. Last year, gold futures GCM24, -0.15% and heavyweight ETF SPDR Gold Trust GLD, +0.42% lost 28%, breaking at least eight years of annual gains.
First off, Schiff's gold forecast isn't brand new. The author of "The Real Crash — America's Coming Bankruptcy" has talked about the possibility of gold hitting $5,000 or higher since at least 2011, when prices for the metal topped $1,900 in intraday trading.
Schiff reiterated his call on the potential for $5,000 gold and beyond during a heated debate with Paul Krake of View from the Peak on CNBC's "Futures Now" episode posted on April 15.
In an email interview with MarketWatch this week, he offered his thoughts on exactly why he expects gold prices to continue to climb and under what circumstances, what it would take to change his bullish outlook on gold and whether prices for the metal have already hit bottom this year.
Here's MarketWatch's full email interview with Schiff that concluded Wednesday:
Q: Before this year began, what were your expectations for gold prices and how does that compare with the metal's performance year to date?
Schiff: I thought that the selloff in 2013 was completely out of touch with reality, so I expected the price to rise this year. In this, I was virtually alone in the financial community. Just about every major investment house had predicted even more losses for gold in 2014.
So far this year, gold is the best-performing asset class, but I think the pullback we have seen over the last few weeks is just another indication of how much negative sentiment remains. Ultimately however, the fundamentals will prevail. The Fed will keep printing [dollars] and gold will keep rising.
Q: In a recent interview with CNBC, you said the Federal Reserve's quantitative-easing program will push gold to $5,000 an ounce. Could you explain that a bit further? What's your time frame for that forecast? [Watch: Gold bear takes on bug: 'You're miles off base']
I believe the consensus expectation that the U.S. recovery is real and that the Fed will end its [quantitative-easing] program and normalize interest rates is wrong.


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The Front Row: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
This week, Anupama Chopra interviews Aishwarya Bachchan, one of Bollywood's leading actors, who has taken time off from the movies since the birth of her daughter, Aaradhya. Ms. Bachchan talks about body image, a return to the movies, and always being her parents' daughter. Edited excerpts:
Anupama: Aishwarya, has motherhood changed you in any fundamental way?
Aishwarya: It is a huge experience. It is going to bring about growth, experience, change, incredible fulfillment, bliss. But these are all my personal sentiments and I am sure it will someday come into my being and my approach to life.
Anupama: Do you think that the experience of becoming a mother would perhaps influence your performances on-screen as well?
Aishwarya: (Laughs) We will find out! But I am sure that experience is by far the best gift an artist can have in any area of creativity. The more you are blessed with experience the fuller and the more enriched you are in your craft.
Anupama: Two years ago, you had said to me that, for you, there was absolutely no conflict between marriage and a career. You told me that you got married in the middle of a movie – "Jodhaa Akbar" -- and were committed to both your professional and personal life. But is there any conflict between motherhood and a career?
Aishwarya: I say it even today, as I would at the beginning of my career. The key word here is "commitment." You take on more in your life if you can remain committed to whatever means the world to you. Your child, of course, means the world to you but so does your husband, so do your parents.
The day I got married and I had a husband and in-laws in my life, my parents didn't cease to be less important. The fact is that everyone remains a priority in your life. I still took on work that I knew I could commit to and that is pretty much the way I will continue my course of life. I keep saying that it is about finding that balance that you know you can commit yourself to and remain committed to.
Anupama: But how do you make the balancing act look so effortless?
Aishwarya: That will remain my secret. Is it effortless? No. There is incredible amount of effort that goes in but I think it is important to make it seem effortless because the moment you start feeling the weight or the pressures then you aren't enjoying what you are doing.
Anupama: One of the things that really intrigued me was that, post-delivery, you became a target for the fashion mafia for not immediately getting back into shape. But so many women saw you as a symbol for positive body image and for being comfortable in your own skin. Were you surprised by this?
Aishwarya: On one level, what is new? And, on the other hand, I am glad everybody knows me for who I am. This is who I am and this is who I have always been. I have always been a person who is extremely comfortable in my skin. I have always just been myself in all these years on the public platform. And while, yes, the focus is on the negativity, let me tell you, there was that much more positivity at that point in time as well. Whenever there is negativity coming my way, the positivity is at least a 10-15 fold more by the population of my well-wishers. I think it is today in hindsight very healthy and so many more women are comfortable with this phase of life.
Weight gain can happen at any point in time and it is something that you are dealing with anyway and it is OK. It is ridiculous to have this dictate your very being because I have always said that it is not the outside that defines who you are. Yes, we can work at presentation but that doesn't define who you are. It is what's within that matters. It is what you do, what your beliefs are, your equations with people and just your innate comfort with being who you are that is just so much more important. And in all my travels, I had so many women come up to me and tell me that "We are so glad that you have been yourself."
Anupama: Did you consciously set out to be a role model?
Aishwarya: I didn't set out on any mission except being myself. I could have chosen to remain indoors and only come out when I was ready. I could have made those choices. But, c'mon, you look in the mirror every waking day of our lives so of course I could see the weight gain. And I still chose to come out like this. In my third month or second month I was out there on Oprah and I was like, "This is who I am and this is what has happened." And I am seeing all around, and even in showbiz, it has brought about a lot of change and I am glad.
Anupama: Is there professionally any burden to being Mrs. Bachchan? The Bachchans are such an iconic family, are there any rules regarding what is OK and not OK professionally?
Aishwarya: We have never sat down and spoken about it and I haven't been handed a rule book. I will be as responsible or liberated as I, Aishwarya, my parent's daughter, have been and will be. It is not necessarily because today I am married to this family or today I am a mother to Aaradhya.
Aishwarya, my parent's daughter, has been brought up with enough values inculcated where I will use my discretion in my choices. At the same time, I recognize I am an actor, I am an artist and if I feel the need to be liberated and do the kind of work I need to do, I will. If you are drawing attention to the family I have gotten married into, I think my father-in-law has been an example of being an exemplary, iconic and extremely liberated artist.
Anupama: Aishwarya you haven't been on a movie set for two years now. Do you miss it?
Aishwarya: Well I do agree with every colleague of mine that "once an actor always an actor," so that is something that remains. And when it comes to this aspect of two years that you are drawing my attention to, very honestly I haven't even realized that two years have flown by. I was working for a large part of my pregnancy so I honestly have not realized the time. People have been asking me about doing more work and it feels good. It feels you are missed and people are looking forward to you doing a lot more work and I am thankful for that. There has been a lot of talk within members of the industry as well. When you go on a set, it is like time never passed. You don't feel the gap at all.
Watch "The Front Row with Anupama Chopra" today at 8:30 p.m. on Star World for an exclusive conversation with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on motherhood, movies and new directions. For more details on the show log on to our website:www.thefrontrow.starworld.in. Follow us on Twitter @tfr2013 and on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheFrontRowWithAnupamaChopra
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How much does it cost to count each person if a plane is needed for counting?Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
Census Bureau Director Robert Groves has said that it costs $25 to track someone down who hasn't returned his/her 2010 Census form. But what if you need a plane to reach that person? Presumably this cost skyrockets when people in extraordinarily remote areas need to be counted. Perhaps statistical sampling should be used to count such people. H/t to the Associated Press for the following:
By CLARKE CANFIELD, Associated Press Writer – Sun Mar 21, 1:24 pm ET
PORTLAND, Maine – Census workers are using snowmobiles, airplanes, all-terrain vehicles — even lobster boats — to visit the most far-flung, hidden-away dwellings when counting the nation's populace.
Hand-delivering 2010 census questionnaires in the bush of Alaska,Maine's North Woods and other isolated regions isn't as simple as strolling up a front walk to a suburban home. To get to the more remote homes, census workers might fly over mountains or onto far-removed islands, four-wheel it through forests and contend with deep snow, bone-chilling temperatures and wildlife on the move.
In Maine, census workers will begin delivering forms this week by whatever means it takes — ATV, snowmobile, cross-country skis or snowshoes — to get to those hard-to-get-to places.
"You don't now what you're going to find," said Danielle Forino, who will use her ATV to get to hunting, fishing and logging camps in the wilds of far northern Maine. "And I definitely anticipate coming across a lot of wildlife; the bears are coming out so we have that to look forward to. And I'm not sure if the people will want to be bothered, but hopefully they'll be cooperative."
One woman rode horseback to get to homes for the 2000 census, said Rick Theriault, manager of the Census Bureau's Bangor office for this year's census. In Alaska, dog sleds are used.
"We do whatever it takes to get the job done," Theriault said.
In all, 10-question census forms are being delivered to 134 million residences in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Census forms were mailed last week to 90 percent of the homes, about 120 million of them. Census workers are visiting the other 10 percent in person to deliver the forms in areas that don't have regular mail service or "city-style" addresses to receive mail.
But only two places — much of Alaska and Maine's North Woods — have been designated by the Census Bureau as requiring special travel arrangements to reach remote locations.
Those rural and sparsely populated areas, which contain less than 1 percent of all U.S. households, have irregular mail service and often cannot be reached by car.
Those people, like everybody else, still have to be counted.
Census officials in January kicked off the start of Census 2010 in one of those remote communities, the Inupiat Eskimo village of Noorvik, Alaska. To reach Noorvik, U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves and other census officials flew to the village and then rode by dog sled to a local school for a launch ceremony.
Often, it's the weather conditions — extreme cold, high winds, blizzards — that make the going tough. (more…)


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Editor's note: Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992 and was counselor to Clinton in the White House. He is a consultant to the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
(CNN) -- There's a great story about Democratic icon Ted Kennedy. When he was first running to succeed his brother John in the Senate, he was attacked for being a child of privilege. It was true. Kennedy had nannies and nursemaids and private schools. He'd hobnobbed with ambassadors and princes and popes.
So the story -- perhaps not even true, but what the heck -- is that young Teddy was campaigning outside a factory in the predawn chill. As he shook hands with the working men, one stopped him and said, "So you're young Kennedy? They say you haven't worked a day in your life." To which Kennedy shrugged and answered, "I suppose that's true." And the man replied, "You ain't missed a thing."
Democrats have a tradition of electing aristocratic populists. Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were patricians. And one of the senior Democrats in the Senate today is as rich as a Rockefeller. His name is Jay Rockefeller. Since 1977, first as governor of West Virginia, then senator, he has been elected and re-elected by the coal miners and farm families of West Virginia.
So the current hyperventilation over Hillary Clinton's comments about her relative wealth and her lucrative book and speaking deals misses the point. Voters want to know what's in her heart and what's on her mind, not what's in her wallet.
Clinton was already wealthy when she ran for president in 2008. Yet in the primary in Pennsylvania -- a bastion of blue-collar voters -- she bested Barack Obama by 12 points among voters earning between $30,000 and $50,000 a year, according to CNN exit polls.
FDR, JFK, Jay Rockefeller and all the other wealthy Democrats were seen as champions of working people. Same with Clinton. All her life, she has been a tireless advocate for the middle class and those struggling to get into the middle class. From her days at the Children's Defense Fund to her advocacy for the rights of women and girls around the world, Clinton has a consistent record of fighting for middle-class economics and middle-class values.
As an adviser to the super PAC that hammered Mitt Romney's business record, let me explain why Clinton's case is different. The issue was never how much money Romney had; it was how he made that money.
When you amass a megafortune in part by taking over companies, loading them with debt, plunging them into bankruptcy while paying yourself millions -- well, folks don't like that. And when Romney combined that Gordon Gekko image with an agenda that included cutting taxes for the rich and making Medicare a voucher program, voters got the sense that he was not on their side.
There is a dichotomy of elitism. Republicans' downfall is economic elitism. For generations they've been seen as the party of the rich. Democrats don't have that problem. Their Achilles' heel is cultural elitism: the sense that they value highfalutin' Ivy League degrees more than practical experience; that they look down their noses at folks who go to church, hunt and fish, and salute the flag.
Both are caricatures, to be sure. But as a Democratic strategist I am always more worried about cultural elitism than a Democrat's wealth. And remember: George W. Bush had degrees from both Harvard and Yale but was seen as a down-home guy you could have a beer with.
There's no doubt that this is a populist moment. Americans worry about the collapse of the American Dream and the shrinking of the middle class. If Clinton runs on an agenda of empowering working people -- with an increase in the minimum wage, equal pay for women, student debt relief, increased availability of child care, prekindergarten, and an end to tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas -- few voters will care how fat her bank account is.
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Brace yourselves for April's shower of activity on Capitol Hill… Waiting on Marco Rubio on immigration reform… Two paths for Obama's upcoming budget… Will SCOTUS gay-marriage cases unleash chaos?... Boehner, RNC blast Young, forcing him to apologize for slur… But as the GOP tries to improve its standing with Latinos, is it the tone or the policy?... SC-1 GOP run-off takes place tomorrow… And our second round of SENATE MADNESS begins!!!
NBC's Mark Murray and Domenico Montanaro highlight the stories that will shape political news in April, including immigration, the gun control debate and the release of President Obama's budget.
*** April's shower of activity on Capitol Hill: This month is shaping up to be a busy -- and consequential -- month in Washington. When Congress returns from its Easter/Passover break next week, the Senate is expected to consider the Democrat-backed gun legislation that a handful of GOP senators have threatened to filibuster (and that's still missing Republican support). Also around the same time, the eight bipartisan senators working on immigration reform are on track to announce an agreement on the bill they're drafting. "I am very, very optimistic that we will have an agreement among the eight of us next week," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on "Meet the Press" yesterday. Added Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ): "We've still got a ways to go in terms of looking at the language and making sure that it's everything we thought it would be. But we're closer, certainly." And on April 10, President Obama is scheduled to finally send his budget to Congress. Yet of these three different moving parts, the one we bet we're still talking about come May and the summer is immigration reform. How April goes could very well determine if Obama signs that reform into law in the next few months.
Sen. Marco Rubio voices tempered optimism, but the Gang of 8 on Capitol Hill seems to be making progress on a guest worker plan. NBC's Tracie Potts reports.
*** Waiting on Marco Rubio: And that brings us to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), another member of the bipartisan group of senators working on immigration reform. As Schumer and Flake expressed optimism about its prospects, especially after organized labor and the Chamber of Commerce reached an important agreement on guest workers as part of the package, Rubio tapped the brakes. "I'm encouraged by reports of an agreement between business groups and unions on the issue of guest workers. However, reports that the bipartisan group of eight senators have agreed on a legislative proposal are premature," he said in a statement issued yesterday. "We will need a healthy public debate that includes committee hearings and the opportunity for other senators to improve our legislation with their own amendments... In order to succeed, this process cannot be rushed or done in secret." It's a legitimate question to ask: What is Rubio up to here? If his role is to sell the legislation to conservatives, he can't afford to be seen as rushing it through, so his tapping of the brakes is smart. On the other hand, if you're an immigration-reform advocate, you have to be a bit concerned about the totality of the statements coming from him and office. (Remember, Rubio is a recent convert on comprehensive immigration reform.) Make no mistake: Rubio is the difference between the Senate bill getting 60 votes or 75 votes. And if it gets 75 votes, it has a MUCH better chance of clearing the House with a path to citizenship.
*** Two paths for Obama's upcoming budget: As Obama is set to unveil his budget next week, it raises these two questions: Will it simply reaffirm what Senate Democrats recently passed? Or will it lay out a potential path to compromise with House Republicans? After all, White House budgets typically come BEFORE the Senate and House act on theirs. But Obama's budget is coming AFTER the two chambers already passed their respective budgets. And it puts the White House in a bind. If it lays out a potential path to compromise (offering "chained CPI" on Social Security, for example), then that could tick off Senate Democrats who could wonder why they had to take the vote they did. But if it simply reaffirms what Senate Democrats produced, then that would open up the White House to criticism that it's not trying to find a way forward in resolving Washington's budget impasse. We'll find out what message the White House is trying to send on April 10.
*** Supreme Chaos? On Sunday, LA Times columnist Doyle McManus made a smart point analyzing last week's Supreme Court oral arguments on gay marriage. "If the Supreme Court decides the two gay marriage cases it heard last week the way most court watchers believe it will, expect legal and political chaos," he writes assuming that the court essentially punts Prop. 8 back to California. McManus then asks, "What happens to two gay men who marry in New York and then move to Salt Lake City? Will they still be married? If they have children, will the kids have two parents under Utah law? And will their federal benefits, such as survivors' Social Security benefits, travel with them, even though they've moved to a state where their marriage isn't valid? Will they file their federal tax returns jointly but state returns separately? And don't even think about the issue of divorce. This kind of legal patchwork virtually guarantees that politicians in states that don't recognize gay marriage will be debating and legislating the issue for years, making for an even more confusing situation. The ensuing chaos could harm more than just gay couples; the Republican Party stands to lose too."
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The Capitol Dome is seen on Capitol Hill, Nov. 9, 2012. To the left is the U.S. House of Representatives.
*** Boehner, RNC blast Young, forcing him to apologize: After Rep. Don Young (R-AK) referred to immigrant laborers as "wetbacks" and after his non-apology for those remarks ("I meant no disrespect"), Republican leaders denounced Young on Friday. "Congressman Young's remarks were offensive and beneath the dignity of the office he holds," House Speaker John Boehner said in a statement. "I don't care why he said it – there's no excuse and it warrants an immediate apology." RNC Chairman Reince Priebus added, "The words used by Representative Young emphatically do not represent the beliefs of the Republican Party… Offensive language and ethnic slurs have no place in our public discourse." Those statements prompted Young to offer an apology. "I apologize for the insensitive term I used during an interview in Ketchikan, Alaska. There was no malice in my heart or intent to offend; it was a poor choice of words," he said. The GOP criticism of Young, especially from the RNC, deserves a lot credit for a party trying to improve its standing with Latinos and minority voters. The rebuke was swift, and Young took a while to get the message. Perhaps he realized if he hadn't issued the second -- and more complete -- apology there would have been calls for resignation?
*** But is it the tone or the policy? Yet as Republicans try to improve their standing with Latinos, this LA Times piece is a sobering reminder for them. "Latinos, who have the lowest rates of health coverage in the country, are among the strongest backers of President Obama's healthcare law. In a recent national poll, supporters outnumbered detractors by more than 2 to 1. Latinos also overwhelmingly see guaranteeing healthcare as a core government responsibility, surveys show. Yet congressional Republicans continue to make repeal of the 2010 Affordable Care Act a top agenda item and have renewed calls for deep cuts in health programs such as Medicaid, which are very popular with Latinos." And that raises this important question to consider: What's more important for Republicans as they try to win over minority voters -- tone or policy?
*** SC-1 run-off takes place tomorrow: Tomorrow brings us the special GOP congressional primary run-off in South Carolina featuring former Gov. Mark Sanford vs. Curtis Bostic. And more and more, it looks like Sanford is well on his way toward winning the run-off. But does Sanford winning give Democrats a better-than-expected chance in the May 7 general? That's a question that both Democrats and Republicans are asking themselves.
*** Senate Madness -- the 2nd round begins: Our Senate Madness contest continues, this time with second-round match-ups from our 19th Century and Mixed Era brackets. In the 19th Century, it's #1 Daniel Webster vs. #8 William Seward, #4 Stephen Douglas vs. #5 Sam Houston, #3 Charles Sumner vs. #11 James Buchanan, and #2 John C. Calhoun vs. #7 Thomas Hart Benton… In the Mixed Era, it's #1 Henry Clay vs. #9 Sam Ervin, #4 Robert La Follette vs. #12 George Norris, #6 William Borah vs. #14 Scoop Jackson, and #2 Henry Cabot Lodge vs. #7 Arthur Vandenberg. Tomorrow, we'll feature the 2nd-round match-ups from the 20th Century and Modern Era brackets.
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Seventeen years after a merger made it a powerhouse gallery, PaceWildenstein is splitting and returning to the original brands. "There was no logic in keeping it going," said Arne Glimcher, chairman of Pace, which was partnered with Wildenstein & Company. "We are not exchanging clients in the way we once were."
But in 1993, when the venture began, it seemed like an ideal way to offer collectors one-stop shopping. Pace specializes in modern and contemporary art, representing an all-star cast that includes Robert Rauschenberg, David Hockney, Chuck Close and Agnes Martin. Wildenstein is an international gallery known for its inventory of old master, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings: Michelangelo and Monet.
Over the years, however, the trend toward more specialized collecting grew, and the two businesses felt it was time to call it quits.
The separation is amicable, both sides said. Pace will go back to being the Pace Gallery, the original name it had when it was founded in 1960. It will continue to operate the spaces on East 57th Street and in Chelsea that had become PaceWildenstein, as well as Pace Beijing, which opened in 2008. (Mr. Glimcher would not comment on speculation that Pace is also opening a gallery in London.) The Wildenstein headquarters on East 64th Street in Manhattan had never taken Pace's name and will continue to run as before.
Guy Wildenstein, president of the company that bears his name, said that although he was still interested in contemporary art (the Wildenstein Institute, an art-historical research and publishing arm of the business, has long overseen catalogues raisonnés like that of Jasper Johns), it had never represented living artists. Since the firm was founded in 1875, it has built its reputation on selling major works of art by the likes of Ingres, Goya, Monet and Cézanne to collectors and major museums.
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Even though they will no longer formally run a company as one, "we will continue to keep working together," Mr. Glimcher said.
Scull Collection on View
It used to be that museums were the only place to see blockbuster exhibitions, but recently dealers have been organizing them too. Last year the Gagosian Gallery presented "Mosqueteros," a show of Picasso's late paintings, as well as a retrospective devoted to the Italian artist Piero Manzoni. Each had loans from museums and collectors, along with hefty catalogs that included scholarly essays and lavish illustrations. In both cases fewer than 10 percent of the works were for sale.
Now Acquavella Galleries is presenting "Robert and Ethel Scull: Portrait of a Collection," which chronicles the world-class holdings in Pop, Conceptual and Minimalist art that had been amassed by these collectors. Robert C. Scull was a taxicab tycoon who died in 1986; his wife, Ethel, died in 2001.
The show, which will be on view at the Acquavella Galleries on East 79th Street in Manhattan from April 13 through May 27, is the brainchild of Judith Goldman, a former curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art and a writer. William Acquavella, the gallery's founder, and Ms. Goldman, the show's organizer, have secured loans from institutions like the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Whitney and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Prominent collectors like the Miami philanthropist Norman Braman and his wife, Irma; Steven A. Cohen, the hedge-fund billionaire, and his wife, Alexandra; and Stefan T. Edlis, the Chicago collector, have also lent works.
"Nothing is for sale," Mr. Acquavella said. His gallery has built its reputation on handling important works of Impressionist and modern art, and Mr. Acquavella said mounting this kind of an exhibition "shows that we're moving more towards postwar art."
The Sculls "were the kind of collectors that don't exist anymore," Ms. Goldman said. "They were driven by pure passion with no plan at all." Their first purchase was a fake Utrillo, she said. But they soon fell in love with the Abstract Expressionists, and "by the time Bob Scull saw the works of Johns and Rauschenberg, his entire world changed," she added. At one point Mr. Scull owned 22 major works by Mr. Johns.
On view will be many seminal paintings and sculptures, including Mr. Johns's "Map" (1961), from the Modern, and de Kooning's "Police Gazette" (1955), which is being lent by the Cohens, as well as Warhol's "Ethel Scull 36 Times" (1963), owned jointly by the Whitney and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In 1965 the Sculls auctioned off part of their Abstract Expressionist collection at Sotheby's the first of many auctions and used the proceeds to start the Robert and Ethel Scull Foundation, which supported unknown artists. It commissioned environmental works from Walter de Maria and Michael Heizer, who were at the time emerging figures. "He was a real patron," Ms. Goldman said, referring to Mr. Scull.
Holding the exhibition at the height of the New York spring auctions will be an introduction of sorts for many buyers of contemporary art.
"These new collectors never knew the Sculls," Ms. Goldman said. "They tell the story of a couple who simply collected with their gut."
Early Tablets at Morgan
Here's a little-known fact about the Morgan Library & Museum: It has a collection of about 1,000 ancient and Middle Eastern seals and tablets, largely assembled by its founder, Pierpont Morgan. "People don't realize we have them," said William M. Griswold, the Morgan's director.
Now a group of these objects, including a stone bowl from about the 25th century B.C. with a dedication in Sumerian, will go on view in the Morgan's Gilbert Court from April 13 through Sept. 5 as part of "Written in Stone: Historic Inscriptions from the Ancient Near East, Circa 2500 B.C.-550 B.C."
The institution decided to hold the show after receiving the long-term loan of an inscribed tablet from the Middle Assyrian period of Mesopotamia. The tablet commemorates the restoration of the temple of the goddess Ishtar in the capital city Assur. The loan is from an anonymous collector who bought it at Sotheby's.
The alabaster tablet records King Ur-Namma's deeds and describes the ruined state of the temple and its restoration, concluding with a curse on anyone who would try to remove the king's name from the tablet.
Yale's Friedlanders
In an effort to beef up its photography holdings, the Yale University Art Gallery and its Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library have announced the joint acquisition of the photographer Lee Friedlander's archives as well as 2,000 prints from his collection. Mr. Friedlander is perhaps best known for recording American life in street scenes and landscapes, portraits and shots of everyday images.
The gallery will get 1,800 prints, including every image in Mr. Friedlander's monographs since 1996. The library will house the archive and photographs of Western landscapes.


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