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|India Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj addresses the 72nd Session of the United Nations General assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 23, 2017.
In response to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's address at the UN General Assembly in which he renewed the offer for dialogue with India on all thorny issues, India's External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said on Saturday Narendra Modi has always sought dialogue and peace but Pakistan has turned its back on the offer.
"Mr Modi, "from the moment he took his oath of office, offered the hand of peace and friendship [to Pakistan]," Sushma told the UNGA. Pakistan must answer why it spurned this offer, she added, according to The Hindu.
Sushma said India and Pakistan have mutually agreed to resolve all issues bilaterally, in the Shimla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration.
Pakistan, she said, had allowed the joint decision in 2015 to have a "Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue", which was proposed by former PM Nawaz Sharif. "Pakistan is responsible for aborting that peace process," she alleged.
Sushma said Pakistanis should look at the progress India had made since the two countries emerged on independence from Britain in 1947.
"We are completely engaged in fighting poverty; alas, our neighbour Pakistan seems only engaged in fighting us," she said. "Why it is that today India is a recognised IT superpower in the world, and Pakistan is recognised only as the pre-eminent export factory for terror?"
On Thursday in New York, PM Abbasi had also urged the UN secretary general to appoint a special envoy for Kashmir and accused India's military of brutality in a crackdown against anti-India activists. He said hundreds of Kashmiris had been killed or injured and shotgun pellets have blinded and maimed others.
"This dialogue must be accompanied by an end to India's campaign of subversion and state-sponsored terrorism against Pakistan, including from across our western border," he told the world leaders attending the 72nd General Assembly session at the UN.


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WWE Mayhem
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-Very good concept. For all the WWE fans this game is a treat. TBH there was lack of a true WWE game where we could use the legit moves. I mean WWE superstars is there but it is a puzzle game. So this one should be a hit in no time. But given all that there are still some bugs. Like inspite of having Wi-Fi and good connection I am often showed that there is no connection. So please I request you to fix these small issues. Otherwise this game should really be a hit in no time This is my new review. Previously rated it 4 stars because of the issues I had when the game got jammed in the start page. But the now the issue is
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-This is already a great game heaps to do and heaps of fun. Very upset though. I purchased the starter pack for $7.49. The 1st time it failed so i did it a 2nd time. It said payment successful then went back into the game. and it said payment failed. I did it for a 3rd time and the same thing happened. then i looked at my account and I've seen I've been charged 3 times and received nothing. Very very upsetting

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text: Joanna Engelman came to New York in 1995 to be an actress in the theater. She received an MA in Educational Theater from NYU, and has acted in Dinner Theaters, off off Broadway, in Cabarets, and solo shows in New York City. After working various jobs, she auditioned to become a licensed NYC tour guide, and fell in love with the work. Here, Joanna could combine her love of travel, history, performing, educating, and meeting interesting people from all over the world! She has also worked as a theatrical teaching artist, bringing drama to the public schools, and she is currently finishing her final semester in an MSW program at Touro college. After living in New York for seventeen years, Joanna has developed a deep love for the city. There is no place like New York. In her cabaret show, she sings songs about her creative journey in the big apple.


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Converted Six Sigma instructor-led courses to eLearning courses. Managed team of four writers and coordinated work with technical team, creative team, and QA team. Established design guidelines. Personally developed and delivered two modules. Developed and delivered training assessments. Developed in LMS tool Performance1. Total content: 1626 pages 160 seat time hours.
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Computer Lab
The computer lab is capable of holding 70 students in one sitting, at JPI we have one of the best stocked computer laboratories with over 70 computers specifically for students.
The software available also ranges from commercial packages like Microsoft Office to Educational Software specifically designed to help the learner solve numerous problems ranging from Mathematics, Sciences and even relaxing (Games).
The computers are networked with High Speed Internet available to all learners.
The following are some of the subjects we offer at the computer lab:
- Windows XP Professional
- Word processing (Microsoft Word 2010)
- Spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel 2010)
- Presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint 2010)
- Databases (Microsoft Access 2010)
- Graphics (Paint shop Pro and Adobe Photoshop)
- Internet (ADSL)
- Games
- Computer Based Training Mathematics software
Apart from that, these students are able to type their home work and print using networked printer provided. In future we are intending to provide fax and photocopy facilities.
Mr. Gabby, HOD Computer Department, sees a very bright future for students undertaking Information Technology as a career. All the teachers from primary to high school are computer literate and the department is also responsible for continuous professional development of the teachers to keep them abreast with changing technology. After all we at JPI believe in the street township street lingo…"Walala Wasala" translated "you snooze, you loose!"
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The final day of Costa Rica's Envision Festival took a tragic turn as a death was reported at the beach just outside the festival grounds.
An attendee, reportedly a volunteer, passed away at Uvita Beach in Puntarenas. The man, identified as 32-year-old Wesner Chavarría Camareno, was pronounced dead the morning of Sunday, Feb. 25. Camareno was transferred to a local hospital but had expired by the time of his arrival. Security personnel for the festival declined to comment on the situation, though witness reports state that Camareno was in the water up to his knees before suddenly disappearing. A festival source informed Dancing Astronaut that drowning was the cause of death, though further details were not forthcoming.
Envision Festival is a four-day music and arts event that has taken place at Rancho la Merced in Uvita for the past eight years. Envision personnel told Dancing Astronaut that this is the first death to take place at the festival since its founding in 2011.
Envision Festival has yet to make an official response to the reports.
Users have taken to Envision's Instagram account to voice their displeasure with the lack of response from the festival.
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So amid the torrential rain, I thought I'd take a few pics of my latest completed minis. First up is another base of Macedonian Companion cavalry. These minis are all Foundry.
Next up is a large transport for my Full Thrust US Fleet. This mini is from Ground Zero Games.
Finally there is a small space station. This mini is also a Ground Zero Games mini.
Presently I'm working on a baggage train base for my Macedonian army. Now if only this damn rain would stop...
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Hi everyone! This is a look I did but never did credits because i was sick and lazy and blah! Anyway! I think you guys should all go to *tea time* it is actually such a good store ooooh my gosh! It is beautiful and delicious and wah ❤ anyway! I have blogged these beautiful pants and necklace by them! wahhh so cute! GO THERE OKAY!
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Last night I decided that was me.
I've spent the last 2+ months on my own. I didn't think that was enough time to get really used to it. But apparently it is.
Last night, when I went to bed, I was talking to myself. Well actually just thinking to myself. I am ready for J to go back to Oklahoma for the rest of his training. He hasn't even been home a week and I'm done.
Don't get me wrong, I love him to death. But I miss being able to go to bed when I want. If I go to bed at 8 because I've had a hard day, I don't want to feel guilty about it. I want to have the bed all to myself again so I can actually stretch out and not worry about crowding someone else. I don't want someone groping me all night. I want to be able to just pack up the kids and head over to McDonald's because I don't feel like cooking that evening.
I know it takes time to readjust, but this small break just isn't enough time for that.
{Thursday, December 29, 2005} The Bad, Mean, Horrible Wife
2 Comments:
Nina said...
Sleeping Mommy said...
Nina said...
i know exactly what you mean. my dh was home for 4 days for the holiday and it was difficult. Now him and MIL are gone things will get back to normal. Don't feel bad. You are not bad, mean or horrible.
Sleeping Mommy said...
Don't feel bad, it's hard to adjust.


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Sam's Club is currently running a really neat Disney gift card promotion. If you are going to Disney any time soon, you'll definitely want to check this deal out. When you buy a Disney gift card valued at $100 for $98.87, they will also give you a $10 bonus Disney Store gift card for FREE!
Here are a some details on this deal:
The Disney gift card can be used anywhere credit cards are accepted. You can use it to pay for Disney vacation packages, hotel reservations, meals, souvenirs at the parks, or even at DisneyStore.com.
The card never expires.
The bonus $10 Disney Store gift card is only valid at Disney Store locations or online at DisneyStore.com. It is not valid in the parks.
There doesn't seem to be a limit to how many cards you can buy.
These cards can be purchased at your local Sam's Club stores so you will need to be a Sam's member to get in on it. You should be able to find the cards on special displays in the store.
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I am pleased to announce the winner of the 6th Annual Zim-Art contest. The winner is Steven Matthews of Fountain Valley, California. Steven has created a wonderful work of art that depicts the line "I'm sitting on my watch so I can be on time" from the wonderful Dylan cd "Love & Theft. Mel Prussack Curator of The Dylan Shrine "where infinity goes up on trial!" email@example.com
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Guest Reviews | Key West Hotel Reviews
The resort was in great condition all employees are very helpful and professional. The units are very clean and up to date. The house cleaning always came when we were away and left our room spotless. We would recommend this resort to anyone that wants to get away and stay at a beautiful, peaceful and clean hidden gem. Thanks for your great service.By: Russell Harding on November 9, 2017
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Ahhh good 'oul memory lane….
or should I in actual fact say street!???
Henry Street to be precise.
Henry Street, Baile Átha Cliath, 爱尔兰,Àiěrlán,
'n that's inside "The Pale"!
I love markets me, something about the Sights, the Sounds, the Smells…..
All that good stuff and more!!!
Being in Hong Kong most definitely heightens the Market Senses!
'n instead of hearing, in a lovely jublie Northsider accent,
"Get yer apples, come 'n get yer apples!",
in your ear is an "accent" or "language" of a slightly different variety,
Guǎngdōnghuà 或者,huòzhě, dialect of some sort.
You want fresh, good quality produce,
some belly pork or a horse's tail… perhaps!!!???
This is where it's at.
Market deals are a, taking place.
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1/2 pound lentils, cooked and drained
1 onion, diced
1/2 teaspoon crumbled fresh sage
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 pinch dried oregano
1 teaspoon salt
dash cayenne pepper
3 large potatoes, cooked
1/2 to 1 cup hot soy milk
margarine to taste
Pre-heat the oven to 400ºF.
In a large mixing bowl, mash the cooked lentils thoroughly and add the onion and seasonings.
Put the lentil mixture in a lightly oiled casserole dish.
In a separate bowl, mash the potatoes and add the hot soy milk, margarine and salt.
Beat by hand or with an electric mixer until fluffy.
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How competitive is Russian economy?
Concept of competitiveness and competition, models. RussiaТs endowment. Engendered structural dominance and performance. The state of Russian competitiveness according to the Global Competitiveness Index. Place in the world, main growth in detail.
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How competitive is Russian economy?
The Russian economy has been studied by numerous international organizations, academics, and other analysts. And consequently there are strongly divergent views about the state of Russian competitiveness. Strong economic growth, fiscal surpluses, and reforms in some areas of the business environment are compared with huge continuing challenges in doing business in Russia as well as rising government intervention in the market, especially in energy. This mixed evidence has been interpreted very differently. Within Russia (including many foreign companies operating in the country), there is optimism about the progress of the nation's economy. Outside of Russia, there is deep scepticism about whether the current economic success of Russia extends beyond high oil prices, and whether the increasing concentration of economic (and political) power in the central government has changed the course of Russia's reforms for the worse. There is some truth in each of these perspectives, but a deeper analysis is needed to truly understand where Russia stands and to guide future policy.
In this coursework it will be proved that modern Russia has no inherent reason for not entering a period of high and sustained growth and that it can join the ranks of the most competitive economies in the world in the near future.
The coursework is organized in three sections. First, the assessment of Russia's current competitiveness is presented, highlighting the roles of the country's legacy, its broad economic context, microeconomic conditions, and current market structure. Second, the evaluation of Russia's economic performance on micro level is introduced with description of current market structure's effect on business environment. This part also introduces overall performance assessment. Third, the competitiveness of Russian economy on the global arena is presented and broadly evaluated.
1. Theoretical background to the market structure and competition
1.1 Concept of competitiveness and competition
endowment russian economy
Competitiveness can be defined at the firm level, the industry level, and the national level. At the firm level, competitiveness is the ability to provide products and services more effectively and efficiently than relevant competitors. This includes sustained success in international markets without protection or subsidies.
At the industry level, competitiveness is the ability of the nation's firms to achieve sustained success versus foreign competitors, without protection or subsidies.
At the national level, competitiveness means the citizens' ability to achieve a high, and constantly rising, standard of living. In most countries, the standard of living is determined by productivity, which deploys national resources and the output of the economy per unit of labour and/or capital employed.
Competition in economics is the rivalry between two or more businesses to gain as much of the total market sales or customer acceptance as possible. It helps to maintain reasonable prices, provides consumers with new and improved products, forces businesses to operate efficiently and results in a wide selection of products from which to choose.
Competition was described by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations (1776) and later economists as allocating productive resources to their most highly-valued uses and encouraging efficiency. Smith and other classical economists before Cournot were referring to price and non-price rivalry among producers to sell their goods on best terms by bidding of buyers, not necessarily to a large number of sellers nor to a market in final equilibrium.
Later microeconomic theory distinguished between perfect competition and imperfect competition, concluding that no system of resource allocation is more Pareto efficient than perfect competition. Competition, according to the theory, causes commercial firms to develop new products, services and technologies, which would give consumers greater selection and better products. The greater selection typically causes lower prices for the products, compared to what the price would be if there was no competition (monopoly) or little competition (oligopoly).
1.2 Models of Competition
Economists classify markets according to conditions that prevail in them. They determine market structure, or the nature and degree of competition among firms operating in the same market. Economists have names for these different market structures. They are Pure Competition, Monopolistic Competition, Monopoly and Oligopoly.
Pure Competition
Pure competition is a market scenario that includes a large number of autonomous and knowledgeable buyers and sellers of an identical product. Yet none of which are capable of influencing the price. There are five major conditions, which characterize purely competitive markets.
1. There are a large number of buyers and sellers. No single buyer or seller is large enough or powerful enough to affect the price of the product.
2. Buyers and sellers deal with identical products. Therefore buyers do not prefer one seller's merchandise over another's because there is no brand names, and no need to advertise.
3. Each buyer and seller acts autonomously, there must be no collusion. If such a situation occurs, sellers would compete against one another for the consumer's dollar. Buyers also compete against each other and against the seller to obtain the best price.
4. The buyers and sellers are knowledgeable about the items for sale. Because all products are exactly the same, customers would have little reason to remain loyal to one seller.
5. The buyers and sellers are free to get into, conduct, and get out of business; thus making it difficult for a single producer to keep the market just to itself.
Monopolistic Competition
Since we live in a society where the five elements of pure competition are not available to us, then we are clearly operating in a state other than pure competition. Instead we operate under a different model of competition known as monopolistic competition. Any time the elements of pure competition are not met the existing model is monopolistic competition.
The fundamental difference between a pure competitor and a monopolistic competitor is that the latter refrains from selling identical products. By employing product differentiation, the monopolistic competitor is trying to establish a comparison between its product and another competitor's product.
Oligopoly - a few large sellers dominate and have the ability to affect prices in the industry. Because of the fact that in an oligopoly there are very few firms, whenever one firm does something, the others follow suit. Since all the firms have considerable power and influence, firms tend to act together. There are times when the interdependent behaviour of the firms results in a formal agreement to set prices; this is termed лcollusion╗. Price-fixing, a type of collusion, is the action taken by an oligopoly to charge the same or similar prices for a product. The firms must also agree to divide the market so that each is guaranteed to sell a certain amount. Yet collusion is against the law because it restrains trade. Price wars are also common in oligopolies. When one firm lowers prices, it leads to a series of price cuts by all producers that may lead to unusually low prices in the industry. Raising prices is also risky unless the firm knows that rivals will follow suit. Otherwise, the higher priced firm will lose out on sales. An example might be Coca Cola and Pepsi which dominate the soft drink market.
Pure Monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity. Thus, the main characteristics of monopoly include profit maximizing orientation; a monopolistic enterprise decides the price of the good or product to be sold; there are tough barriers to entry - other sellers are unable to enter the market of the monopoly. As in a monopoly there is one seller of the good which produces all the output, the whole market is being served by a single company, and for practical purposes, the company is the same as the industry. A monopolist can change the price and quality of the product. He sells more quantities charging fewer prices for the product in a very elastic market and sells less quantities charging high price in a less elastic market.
1.3 Russia's endowment
Russia faces complex endowments that create unusual challenges for competitiveness. These challenges-some of them unique to Russia given its recent history while others which are typical for many countries at this stage of development-must be confronted head on in economic strategy. Otherwise the performance of the country will remain below its potential and the political sustainability of economic reforms will suffer.
Russia's history as a planned economy left the country with an economic legacy that still reflects political decisions instead of economic efficiency1.
Companies grew up at locations that were determined according to political and security considerations - not by the concept of the efficient economic geography. Company units were often too large in terms of productive capacities at a given stage of the value chain, but too small in terms of presence and capability across the value chain.
Population and with it demand patterns also reflected political decisions, not individual choices. With citizens strongly influenced to live in the far north and east as well as in rural regions and smaller cities, a substantial population reallocation was inevitable2. Greater urbanization has important potential economic and social benefits for Russia, but the transition will be painful.
Russia's Soviet past, however, left the country with important assets that it can build upon. The general skill level of the population is high, and education is held in high respect. The science system consists of a large number of research institutions employing a significant number of highly educated scientists and engineers, especially in natural sciences and technologies related to military uses. The basic physical infrastructure of the country also provided a good base to build upon, though it is now increasing inadequate.
Unfortunately, Russia's early steps towards economic reforms, especially the privatizations of the mid-1990s, has left the population with a deeply cynical and biased view of the market economy. In Russia, the market economy has become associated with private monopoly, not competition.
Private ownership and wealth are seen as the result of political connections and criminal behaviour, not entrepreneurship and value creation. This is one of the reasons why the population is strongly in favour of government actions that intervene and reign into the power of business. Unfortunately, there is little public support or pressure for the government to create more room for private entrepreneurship or ensure equal treatment of all companies.
Russia's huge geographic area creates the need for effective regional governance structures to improve the business environment at lower levels of geography.
Russia's location between Europe and Asia puts it in a potentially beneficial position alongside major trade routes. However, the inaccessibility of Russia as a transit country in the past and the weaknesses in its current business environment has left this opportunity untouched. Most global trade flows are far away from Russia. Russia is also a country with only a limited share of its population in coastal regions that could easily connect to the global economy.
Russia's neighbours are largely former Communist countries that share many of the same challenges that Russia is facing now. But Russia also borders to the European Union (through borders with Finland, the Batiks, and - through Kaliningrad - Poland) and China; countries offering interesting economic opportunities if Russia can take advantage of them. So far, relationships with neighbours have been mostly negative instead of seeking opportunities for win-win economic collaboration.
Natural Resources
Russia's significant natural resource wealth has facilitated rapid wealth extraction but created political and economic challenges. Russia's oil exports per capita were at $935 in 2005, and oil production per capita at about $12903.
Russia has proven reserves of about 74m barrels oil (6.5% of total global reserves) and 48trill m2 natural gas (equivalent to 300m barrels oil; 26.7% of total global reserves),4 and these reserves represent an annual value of $3,900 per capita for the next 50 years assuming an average oil price of $75 and a stable population.
This level of resource wealth is substantial, and has fuelled a boom since 2000. However, even this level of resources will not itself make Russia a wealthy country.
At the same time, economic volatility, due to unpredictable changes in world commodity prices and upward pressure on the real exchange rate, can easily undermine business investment and the emergence of a vibrant private sector outside of natural resources.
Moreover, natural resource wealth of this size creates huge incentives to capture and utilize the power and wealth that resource abundance provides, putting pressure on Russia's fragile political structures and government institutions.
2. Russia's microeconomic environment
2.1 Engendered structural dominance
At the national level, the degree of concentration of industrial output in Russia does not indicate that the lack of competition is a structural problem. The four-firm concentration ratio5 many industries averages about 60 percent, which is similar to that in the United States, and the largest Russian manufacturing enterprises (measured by number of employees) are not unusually large, compared with U.S. firms. However, this analysis of structural dominance masks three underlying attributes of Russia's industrial landscape.
First, large Russian enterprises tend to be organized as single, integrated, multiplant establishments often located in or near the same city, whereas enterprises in industrial countries usually have multiple establishments at several different locations domestically and, often, abroad as well. Thus, the establishments of the largest Russian enterprises are, on average, significantly larger (in terms of number of employees) than their counterparts in other countries, including the United States. Although the existing level of horizontal integration in Russian manufacturing is largely a legacy of Soviet central planning, such integration appears to be increasing. The increase is due not to new corporate expansion, however, but to mergers and acquisitions.
Second, many of the dominant enterprises in Russia are also highly vertically integrated (or have exclusive buyer-seller relationships). To be sure, putting successive stages of production under one corporate roof can result in economies of scale and reduce transaction costs. But in most industries, such vertical efficiencies exist only up to a certain point. Indeed, in many product markets throughout the world, it is increasingly cheaper for a firm to buy inputs (or sell outputs) on the open market than to produce them internally.
In Russia, because the enforceability of contracts still cannot be taken for granted, there are strong incentives for vertical integration. The uncertainties and chronic shortages of the old Soviet supply system encouraged a high degree of vertical integration, which has persisted, in part, because of inertia. Moreover, vertical integration, like horizontal dominance, is increasing-again, usually through mergers and acquisitions rather than expansion. Importantly, excessive vertical integration superimposed on horizontally concentrated product markets can hinder the entry of rival firms.
Third, significant political and economic power is wielded by regional authorities in Russia, a feature of other large transition economies, such as China. This is evident in the tight control of important economic activities within a region. Such control, in combination with vertical integration, helps freeze the high degree of structural autarky that appeared under the Soviet system, when producing consumer goods was a local responsibility and enterprises served only local markets. Worse, it strengthens administrative-as opposed to economic-geographic market boundaries and fosters the regional segmentation of the Russian economy, hampering the establishment of a unified economic space, strong interregional competition, and natural economies of scale.
Local authorities engage in a variety of practices to limit the interregional movement of goods and services, including charging duties on the лimport╗ or лexport╗ of certain alcoholic beverages; maintaining regional price controls on some agricultural products; imposing registration fees on workers from other regions; granting tax or credit preferences to support the building of local лbusiness champions╗; and supporting arbitrarily exclusive licensing. In this regard, it is telling that in recent years some of the most frequent violations dealt with by the Ministry of Antimonopoly Policy and Support for Entrepreneurship have been anticompetitive actions by local governments.
2.2 Russian economic performance
The most important single element explaining a country's medium-term growth performance is productivity. While economic growth can be based on many sources, for example capital accumulation or population growth, it is sustainable only if complemented by an increase in productivity. With a GDP per capita of US$10,521 in 2010 (international $15,806 in purchasing parity terms), over the 2000-09 period Russia achieved a relatively high GDP growth rate of 5.5 percent, which put the country on the path toward convergence with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) levels (see Figure 1).
Figure 1: Russia GDP Growth Rate
However, despite this positive development over the past decade, the gap between Russia and OECD economies in terms of GDP per capita remains sizeable, amounting to about 47 percent.
Although some structural factors-such as demography, the employment structure, and above all the number of hours worked per person-contribute to closing the gap, the large difference in prosperity can be clearly attributed to differences in labour productivity (see Figure 2).
Figure 2:Disaggregation of difference in GDP per capita in the Russian Federation and the OECD, 2010
Indeed, Russia's solid GDP growth over the past decades has been accompanied by growing productivity. In transition economies, productivity growth is often a reflection of increasing capacity utilization; this is also the case in Russia.
However, after correcting for capacity utilization, out of the 6.5 percent growth achieved on average during 1999-2005, about 4.15 percent was attributable to gains from resources that were used6.
Much of this growth in productivity has been the result of efficiency gains within sectors rather than reallocation among sectors. Overall, productivity growth that took place within the firms-that is, growth that occurred through greater efficiency in production processes, the shedding of surplus labour in the course of the privatization process, and better organization of administrative functions-explains the largest share of efficiency gains, accounting for about 30 percent of total manufacturing productivity growth from 2001 to 2004.2 Much of this was a result of labour shedding in the initial transition period.
Although the shrinking of the manufacturing sectors is a process that most transition economies have undergone, the decline of Russian manufacturing beyond the initial transition period remains a worrying trend for a number of reasons.
The most important is that, while the number of jobs in manufacturing is declining, employment in the government sector is growing, pointing to a move toward a growing role of the state that is built on the redistribution of resources rather than creation of value. Furthermore, the Russian Federation is well positioned to be competitive in high-end manufacturing sectors. It could aim at improving the business environment and creating favourable conditions for the development of these industries.
A number of studies show that the decline in manufacturing competitiveness in Russia is due to the combination of an increase in real wages and shortcomings of the business climate7, which puts Russia at a disadvantage in international comparison.
Although productivity in the country is higher than in India and China, high Russian salaries mean that for each dollar of wage, a Russian worker produces half the output of his or her Chinese or Indian peers. Competitiveness enhancing reforms will improve the business environment, strengthen efficiency, and align manufacturing productivity better with international wage-productivity ratios. This will make Russia more attractive as an exporter of goods and tradable services as well as a destination for foreign direct investment (FDI).
3. Global competitiveness assertion
3.1 The state of Russian competitiveness according to the Global Competitiveness Index
Russia ranks 66rd out of 139 countries covered by the GCI 2010-2011 (See figure 3). The country lags behind the OECD member countries on average (on a scale of 1 to 7, Russia achieves a score of 4.2 against 4.9 for the OECD) as well as the BIC economies (score of 4.5)8. The country remains stable compared to the previous year, keeping the same rank.
However, in the course of the past five years, Russia's performance in the GCI stagnated and the country remained in the 5th deciles of the GCI sample. A considerable improvement was observed prior to the financial crisis (in the 2008-09 edition), although it deteriorated the following year.
Among the challenges that Russia will have to address in order to raise productivity are above all the poorly functioning institutional framework, as it belongs to both public as well as private institutions.
In addition, competition and demand conditions do not contribute to the efficiency of goods markets to the same degree as in OECD and BIC economies. Furthermore, financial markets trail the two comparator groups in terms of efficiency as well as trustworthiness and confidence.
Last but not least, the country's business sector is significantly less sophisticated than enterprises in peer economies or OECD member states. The following sections of the chapter explore in more detail the competitive strengths and weaknesses of the Russian Federation identified by the GCI analysis as the key areas for policy reform.
They can be summarized in a simple лthree-plus-five formula╗ - building on three strengths and addressing five priority challenges, the Russian Federation could reap considerable productivity gains. Improvements in these five areas by 2030 would lead to improved competitiveness by this time, which would correspond to a significant increase in prosperity in Russia.
3.2 Russian growth in detail: exploring performance at the industry level
The productivity gap between Russia and the OECD countries is determined by the level of productivity in individual industries and the variation in industry structure. When we take a closer look at the industry structure, three groups of industry sectors can be determined: basic, supporting, and infrastructure sectors.
Basic sectors are agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and software development-that is, those industries that produce goods that are traded globally and therefore often face real competition. Supporting sectors are the market sectors that either facilitate the distribution of goods (such as wholesale and retail trade), support production (for example, business services), or produce goods and services that can be traded only locally (construction, real estate, hospitality, etc.). Infrastructure sectors are non-market services and production, such as government services, education and health, utilities, transport, and communications9.
If to explore growth in the Russian economy between 2003 and 2009 according to sector groups, the analysis shows that growth was higher in those sectors with a greater intensity of competition (Figure 4). Productivity in supporting sectors (which are mostly market services) grew faster than in many basic sectors (where the government is the main proponent and owner) and in most infrastructure sectors (which are non-market services). In basic sectors-both manufacturing and resources-productivity grew moderately while employment declined. Infrastructure sectors did not grow in employment, while productivity grew slowly.
Figure 4: Productivity and employment growth; source: Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012
Overall, infrastructure productivity in Russia was three times lower than it was in OECD countries. In recent years, productivity growth has not been realized in Russian infrastructure sectors. Furthermore, the government share in total employment was constantly growing (Figure 5).
Figure 5: Productivity and employment in infrastructure sectors; Source: Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012
Structural transformation is not occurring in any infrastructure sector, and such fundamental change is essential for further development of these sectors.
Supporting sectors were fast growing in both productivity and employment, with finance leading the growth (Figure 6). This sector has been, and is still, emerging and its growth fills an лempty space╗ and promotes the underdeveloped distribution function in the economy. The productivity gap in supporting sectors remains large (47 percent of the total gap) and further rapid growth is necessary for productivity improvements. More than half of this gap is determined by low productivity in the labor-intensive construction and real estate sectors. Productivity is gradually improving there but many problems still persist.
Most basic producing sectors in Russia demonstrated some growth in productivity and decline in employment (Figure 8). Resource sectors raise productivity but do not create net new jobs. Among the manufacturing (including software) sectors, the best performing were computer activities, fabricated metal products, and rubber and plastic.
Figure 7: Employment and productivity in basic sectors; Source: Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012
Productivity also grew rapidly in oil and gas refinery, metallurgy, coal mining, food processing, chemicals (except pharmaceuticals), tobacco, and pulp and paper. Most of these are characterized by intensive market competition.
In machinery, equipment, and transport equipment, both employment and productivity decreased. These sectors were the most seriously affected by the economic crisis of 2008-09. The government is the most important player in these industries.
Productivity gaps in machinery and equipment and transport equipment account for 40 percent of the total productivity gap between basic sectors in Russia and those of the OECD countries. Another 40 percent is the result of lower productivity in the oil and gas, mining and refinery, chemicals, and agriculture and food sectors.
There are different perspectives on the development of basic sectors. Some experts propose abandoning manufacturing and instead using natural resource rents for the development of sophisticated market services; others insist that industry development, especially manufacturing, should be the highest priority. Statistics and cross country analysis, however, show that the truth is somewhere in the middle: manufacturing still matters for economic development and countries create new jobs in competence-driven manufacturing.
According to statistics, as countries proceed to the next stages of development, per capita manufacturing value-added increases. This is proportional to per capita GDP. Although it is well known that the employment share in industry tends to decrease after some critical point, the employment decline is compensated by productivity gains. These gains include both an increase in productivity at the individual industry level and the shift up the value chain to sectors that depend less on natural resources and are more competence based.
3.3 Place in the world
The Russian Federation drops three ranks to 66th position this year10. The drop reflects the fact that an improvement in macroeconomic stability was outweighed by deterioration in other areas, notably the quality of institutions, labour market efficiency, business sophistication, and innovation. The lack of progress with respect to the institutional framework is of particular concern, as this area is likely to be among the most significant constraints to Russia's competitiveness.
Strengthening the rule of law and the protection of property rights, improving the functioning of the judiciary, and raising security levels across the country would greatly benefit the economy and would provide for spill over effects into other areas. In addition to its weak institutional framework, Russia's competitiveness remains negatively affected by the low efficiency of its goods market. Competition, both domestic as well as foreign, is stifled by market structures dominated by a few large firms, inefficient anti-monopoly policies, and restrictions on trade and foreign ownership.
And despite many efforts, its financial markets remain unstable, with banks assessed very poorly (129th). Taken together, these challenges reduce the country's ability to take advantage of some of its strengths-particularly its high innovation potential (38th for capacity for innovation), its large and growing market size (8th), and its solid performance in higher education and training (27th for the quantity of education)11. The full information may be found in the Appendix 1.
So, there is no doubt that Russia is a country of great-and unrealized-potential. But despite its well-educated population, the abundance of its natural resources and its favourable geographical location it has not yet grown at the same pace as many other emerging markets.
It was proved that there is no inherent reason why the Russian economy could not enter a period of high, sustained growth in coming years. It has a number of structural features which create the conditions for rapid growth: it is likely to benefit from gains in efficiency associated with the continued elimination of remaining distortions from its central planning past; it has an impressive natural resource endowment which is likely to stimulate continued and growing interest among foreign investors, particularly in the all-important energy sector. The human capital stock is on balance, a competitive advantage, and remaining skills shortages-while sharply limiting in many ways in the public sector-are gradually being addressed.
Russia has an impressive tradition of world-class research in the basic sciences, including seminal contributions to mathematics and physics. But the brain drain has been a blow to the country's ability to quickly move back to the outer limits of the technology frontier. The basic machinery to do so, in the form of higher education establishments that support scientific research, and the commitment to excellence that was the distinguishing feature of Russian culture and science during much of the past century will have to be revitalized.
Tight conditions in the global oil markets suggest that the external environment is likely to remain favourable to Russia, creating an ideal opportunity to push ahead with structural and institutional reforms. The alternative is to pursue these in the middle of an economic downturn or a crisis, a scenario that is traditionally more difficult.
The IMF is certainly correct in suggesting that a loosening of fiscal policy-particularly one aimed at boosting public sector wages and pensions, not investments in education, public health, and infrastructure, all of which would boost productivity and thus enhance the permissible level of real appreciation of the rubble-will лstrengthen tensions between exchange rate and inflation objectives.╗
But beyond these issues, it is put on the authorities to broaden their focus, and deal with a broad range of emerging stresses. Foremost among these are how to arrest the disturbing demographic trends, how to better utilize surplus public resources to enhance the economy's capacity for innovation, and how to put the country back on a path of world-class scientific and technological achievement, so that Russia may join the ranks of the most competitive economies in the world.
1. Ahrend, Jurgen (2004), Accounting for Russia's Post-Crisis Growth, Economics Department Working Paper No. 404, ECO/WKP(2004) 27, OECD: Paris.
2. Aslund, Anders (2006), The Hunt for Russia's Riches, Foreign Policy, January/February
2006, pp. 42 - 48.
3. Balakrishnan, R., S. Danninger, S. Elekdag, and I. Tytell. 2009. лThe Transmission of Financial Stress from Advanced to Emerging Economies.╗ IMF Working Paper No. WP/09/133, June. Washington DC: IMF.
4. Broadman, H.G. (2000). лReducing Structural Dominance and Entry barriers in Russian Industry,╗ The Review of Industrial Organization (in press).
5. Brown, A. and Brown, J. (1998) лDoes Market Structure Matter? New Evidence from Russia,╗ mimeo, Western Michigan University.
6. Competitiveness at the Crossroads: Choosing the Future Direction of the Russian Economy, by Michael E. Porter and Christian Ketels, with Mercedes Delgado and Richard Bryden
7. Desai, R.M. 2008. лImproving the Investment Climate.╗ In Can Russia Compete? ed. R.M. Desai and I. Goldberg. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press. 91-121.
8. Dezhina, Irina (2005), Reform of Federally Funded Research and Development
Institutions, Problems of Economic Transition, Vol. 48, No. 7, pp. 67 - 81.
9. Economic Competitiveness Rating - Russia Compared to Continent - http://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Europe/Russia/competitiveness
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A Grateful People
by Watermark
Have we waited far too long to surrender
Forgive us Oh God the years
We failed to seek your face
Oh Lord, your mercy turns us into
Grateful people
We can't seem to find the words
So take our lives that there might be enough
To tell you how grateful
Lord, we are grateful
The lyrics and the song are one of the most beautiful, powerful, moving songs I've heard and it is my Thanksgiving sentiment to everyone. You can listen here.
It is on the Watermark CD "a grateful people".
Off to spend the day with family! Love and gratitude to all who love with genuine hearts, all my friends and family. Thanks to God for all the beauty in the natural world, for wildlife, for children, for laughter, for the ability to make a difference in the world and for all those who fight the good fight despite seemingly overwhelming odds sometimes. Peace!
Thursday, November 23, 2006
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In some DUI cases, the arresting officer will request a blood sample. It is likely the officer will request a blood sample if an accident occurred, especially if the driver or another person is taken to the hospital for injuries. If an officer suspects a driver may face felony DUI charges because of past convictions, a blood test also may be used.
If you submit to a breath or urine test, you also have the right to request an independent blood test. If the officer refuses to accommodate that request, your breath or urine test might be excluded from evidence. A driver might also be asked to submit to
Strict rules apply for this invasive form of testing. The blood can only be taken by a nurse, doctor, paramedic other qualified medical professional. The blood can only be taken if you go to the hospital or an ambulance for medical treatment. The blood test can detect the presence of alcohol or any chemical or controlled substance. Drivers who use drugs, including prescription medication, still can be charged with DUI for being under the influence of drugs. This form of DUI is often called "drugged driving" in Florida.
The officer can only legally obtain a legal blood test if you either consent or if exigent circumstances provide an exception to the warrant requirement. These issues are usually highly contested in court. In many cases, if the officer did not obtain a warrant, your blood test will be suppressed as being taken in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
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When a driver submits to a breath test and blows under the legal limit of 0.08, the arresting officer may request the driver submit to a urine test or a blood test. Often times the officer suspects the driver is drugged driving, meaning driving under the influence of drugs, rather than alcohol.
If the driver submits to the blood test, the sample is sent to Florida's crime labs where tests are performed to look for the presence of certain drugs that could inhibit a person's normal faculties, such as:
Florida's crime labs typically run certain "immunoassay" tests as a preliminary screening process. The tests can determine the presence of certain types of drugs but not the quantity, which is important for concluding the driver would have been under the influence of the drugs at the time of driving. If such drugs are determined to be present, the crime lab may order additional testing on the sample.
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When the blood sample is examined to find the presence of drugs during the preliminary "immunoassay" testing, a different type of testing is used called gas chromatography mass spectrophotometry or "GC-MS" for short. This form of analysis produces a graph of data points containing certain "peaks." The chemist with the crime lab can compare this data with known standards to determine the presence of certain illegal or prescription drugs.
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"But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life." Mark 10:30
It was what God called an evil report of GIANTS that kept Israel out of the land of promise (Numbers 13). It is still GIANTS that keep Christians from receiving the promises of God in their lives.
SPIRITUAL GIANTS are big, obvious problems. If you RUN FROM them or learn to TOLERATE them, therein lies the problem. You will never CHANGE what you RUN FROM or TOLERATE!
It has always been God's plan for His people to challenge and overcome the GIANTS. God's land of promise must be cleared of GIANTS. Along with the hundredfold blessings mentioned in Mark 10:30, note the word "persecutions"! This life is not heaven . . . just the land of promise. . . and there are GIANTS that must be overcome.
GIANTS of lingering illness, habit, secret sin, fear, doubt, insecurity, disappointment, discouragement, bitterness, stress, financial pressure.. . ALL OF THESE MUST GO! Believe for it. . . face up to it . . do not tolerate it. Attack and overcome the GIANTS in your land with the good report of the Word of God! IT WORKS!
"Father, I refuse to run from or tolerate the attacks of the enemy any longer. Let faith and hope in Your promises spring forth in my life to defeat my GIANTS. I pray in the Name of Jesus. Amen."


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To cater to the holistic learning needs of the children who are mostly first-generation English learners, St. Thomas English Medium School (STEMS) is striving to create an environment where children pick up language skills through multiple means. Towards this end, STEMS is creating a library for children in its Kolwadi campus. (Kolwadi is a small village in Maval Taluka in Pune District of Maharashtra).
St. Thomas English Medium School (STEMS) is a non-profit educational initiative of the Western India Zonal Assembly (WIZA) of The Mar Thoma Church.
STEMS is a rural school catering to the quality education needs of villages around Kamshet in Pune district. STEMS is the only English medium school in a radius of 10-11 kms.
The funds raised will be used for building up a library for the use of children and teachers. The primary focus is on developing language skills through an interactive and fun approach using simple story books. This will also aid in improving the creativity and imagination skills of children.


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Founded in 1988, First Cash owns and operates roughly 400 retail locations in 13 states and Mexico. The company also has 50% interest in Cash & Go, which operates 40 check-cashing kiosks in convenience stores. More recently, First Cash has begun operating auto dealerships focused on the buy-here/pay-here segment for used vehicles.
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Frog Night
So it was a loud night, and we have been waiting for it for almost three months. Waiting for it, because the Louisiana Amphibian Monitoring Program is trying to monitor the populations of frogs in Louisiana, together with many other states that are concerned about the same thing – declining amphibians worldwide. The volunteer surveyors do night surveys three times a year to put data together that will soon be able to describe what exists now in Louisiana – in terms of baseline numbers. Without that it would be impossible to tell if the numbers are going up, or down, over time. So, that's why we welcome the loud nights, and why we hope not too many people object to them. One day these frogs could warn us of environmental issues before those issues become harmful to humans – much like the canaries do for coal miners, and if the frogs are declining they could be warning us already and we can't tell.
Friday night much of Louisiana received considerable rain. Here in Butte La Rose we got almost four inches in about three hours. That more than doubled what we had received since the beginning of the year, and together with the couple inches we got last week the frog frenzy was set to begin. And it did. Sunday night Dugan and I ran the Bayou Sorrel survey route and heard many thousands of frogs calling all over the woods, bayous, ditches and even roadside puddles. The survey considers a Code 3 chorus to be so many frogs that you can't hear any individuals, just the wall of sound they make, and there were many Code 3's Sunday night. It was awesome! But that's not all. When I got home about 11:30 pm, the small, shallow borrow pits along the levee on highway 3177 had literally come alive. Certain species of frogs are "supposed" to breed in the winter months, and others in the spring and others in the summer. Well, they forgot about the dates and all came together in the same pools to breed at the same time – 11 species all calling together at once. Think what that would do to a backyard pool next to a bedroom window. Just for the fun of it I will list all the frogs that were calling from the little borrow pits: northern chorus frog; spring peeper; southern leopard frog (these are the three "winter" species); then, bronze frog (top); green treefrog; squirrel treefrog (above right); gray treefrog; Fowler's toad; Gulf Coast toad (left); cricket frog; and narrowmouth toad. All of these together at high volume and high numbers. What a glorious thing to hear, although some folks might have wanted earplugs. Now, we will hope there is enough subsequent rain to sustain enough water in the borrow pits long enough for the tadpoles to mature and grow into next year's frogs.
A short bird note: the first young yellow-billed cuckoo was out of the nest and looking to momma for food two days ago. That's sure wasting no time migrating here, building a nest, laying eggs, incubating them and raising young by May 1!
The river is at 7.9 on the Butte La Rose gauge and will stay there for several days. The Ohio and Mississippi are not doing anything to cause a rise any time soon. The manager of the hydroelectric plant told me this morning that the Mississippi river temperature is up to 68 degrees F, which means it warming up pretty fast. Warmer water is not what we want in rising water because it carries less oxygen and could do more harm than good if it gets back into the swamp. But, not much likelihood of that this year, it seems.
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This is a blog by Maine Skaters for Maine Skaters! We don't have a large community so we must do everything to make it the best it can be please summit any photos, footage, spots, etc to email@example.com
Thursday, April 29, 2010
David Labbe's Name Drop
David goes nuts. He can wallride anything and does polejams with the monster pop I'm really excited to see more footage of him.
Abe Pieciak's Name drop!
Abe is the best he can become anyones best friend after chillin for a night. Dude rips and doesn't care. He's like on that Penny and Gino level. Proud to say Abe Pieciak is a Mainer
kyle Down's Name Drop
Kyle is the best we grew up together getting in trouble and skating all the time. He rips tranny like no one else he's got it when it comes to park skating- Travis
Jimmy Collins Name Drop
Here's the creator of Maine and Simple. It should be done soon. We asked a few questions on his filming and photography.
Alex Winslow's Name Drop
Alex rips he's so humble and will throw down all the time. Can't wait to see his part in Maine and Simple.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Matt Seavy's Name Drop
Erich Koehler's Name drop
Erich's a regular on the site he's part of the grew if he wasn't a lazy ass he could get mad shit done
Sam McKenna photographer Name Drop
Sam a photographer out of Portland he's eager to film contact him on facebook check his flickr page he's ready to do work.
The Alphanumeric team hits up Arizona
Alphanumeric In Arizona from Danny Wallace on Vimeo.
The Alphanumeric team hit up Arizona a couple weeks ago for the Phoenix Am. They got their fill of the parks and street spots in AZ in this clip featuring Jimmy Cao, Ben Skrzypek, and Mark Suciu. a couple weeks ago for the Phoenix Am. They got their fill of the parks and street spots in AZ in this clip featuring Jimmy Cao, Ben Skrzypek, and Mark Suciu.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Mainetaining Remix
Here's a shorter version of the video some of the footage is older but most of it is from this winter.
Mainetaining remix from Travis Storer on Vimeo.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Cory Iles Bath part
Maine Skateboarding - Cory Iles bath footage from Travis Storer on Vimeo.
I misplaced some of Cory's footage for Mainetaining so I decided to make his own part hope you like it
Erich Koehler's Bath Footage 2010
When editing Mainetaining I misplaced half of Erich's footage so i decided to put it all together and make a short part
Maine Skateboardng- Erich Koehler from Travis Storer on Vimeo.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Chris Martin doing an article for tws
Check this article fro New York form my man Cmart
Check this article fro New York form my man Cmart
Monday, April 19, 2010
"Mainetiness" is finally finished
We've been working on a short video for the Bath Skate Park it's nice to have it finished
Mainetaining from Travis Storer on Vimeo.
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entire entourage of trusty supporters along with him. Now the ladies also followed and provided delightful diversion, which lent spice to the whole affair.
From the residence of the bishop the path led to a nearby meadow in the forest. Here there were scarcely any footpaths such as there were in Radeberger-Bade or Seifersdorf Valley. There were no golden clusters of grapes hanging from dark vines such as those in Hoflösnitz. Here the branches of ancient oak and beech trees rustled. Sumptuous moss beckoned one to welcome rest and shrubbery covered the spaces between giant trees. Here a perfect peace prevailed and only the lowing of free-roaming cattle penetrated the nocturnal calm. Even the rays of the fullest moon could not stream past the thick leaf canape and there were no curious gendarmes following the happy strollers.
An article by preacher Benjamin Kurtz in an American newspaper caused quite a sensation. This man was famous in Dresden by 1826 and it was there he met Martin Stephan. He trumpeted Stephan's praises and could not say enough about the man's virtues. Among other things, he said that it was a sad day for Germany when Stephan left its shores but it was a cause for celebration in the State of Missouri when Stephan arrived in St. Louis. The article was written in English and
was read to the astonished Stephanists in German translation.
A noble carriage brought from Germany for the bishop by Dr. St*** proved to be useless because of its weight so a lighter one, like the ones used in St. Louis, was procured for the bishop.
Meanwhile a rebuttal to the article by Mr. Koch (page 50) was written by the aforementioned Dr. Gempp, who now served as physician to the congregation.
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If the reasonable public had hoped to find a way to put to rest the affair of the immigrant Old Lutheran congregation and its leader, Bishop Stephan, through the articles written by "A Tolerant Man" in issue 19, then thoses hopes were dashed to bits by the article written by Mr. H. Koch in the last issue. The "Tolerant Man" writes as any reasonable person would concerning the affair and yet not only is he slandered without provocation by the literary claptrap of the intolerant man but also new fuel is added to the heap of insults piled upon the immigrant community and its leader. The intolerant man proves that he is ignorant of the facts, therefore it is unnecessary for reasonable people to refute his accusations. I merely refer to them to the extent that I wish to express my scorn for such baying at the moon. The purpose of these lines shall merely be
to shed light upon the facts, which have been so thoroughly distorted for the public by the description of the all-knowing Mr. H. Koch, who so far has not revealed the motives for his interest in the matter. First of all let me dispel the accusation of bias, which will be hurled against me because I am physician to this congregation and have its precious trust in tending to the sick. It is just this position which gives me the opportunity to observe the inner and outer workings of this group in a way which no outsider can have. The following assertions are based on the truth.
"Individuals allow themselves to be rented out for 25 cents per day by the ministers and are forced to hand over their hard-earned wages." In many cases the ministers find employable people from the congregation and contract them out for wages because in the past these people have seen that their pastors are best able to assess their work skills; they have found that it is often difficult to find work on their own and thus with the ministers acting as employment agents they are able to obtain appropriate positions. Individuals may work for 25 cents a day because at the time higher wages may not be available
and these people would rather work for a meagre wage than remain idle, as so many others might elect to do. Among these people there may also be a lack of awareness concerning costs in this country; the people were happy to be earning wages comparable to the highest rates paid in Germany. In most cases these people earned more than double the rate listed and often times more. If in some cases these honorable people gave their earnings to the ministers, in turn these were handed over to the elected administrators of the community funds who had been entrusted to care for the maintenance of the community since the time of the voyage. In this way other members of the community could benefit from his donation. Some were paying off a portion of the debt incurred for their passage and here we see a form of honesty so often missing from today's world. We cannot sufficiently praise its presence here.
"They went to sympathetic people for their daily bread." If this truly occurred, it must have been done by certain completely impoverished people who could not be considered members of the congregation. There were individuals of this description who were brought along on the voyage free of charge because they were poor and asked for help. Once they arrived here however, they proved themselves unworthy of the community's generousity because of their conduct and the community has taken steps to distance themselves from these individuals. Even now such people prefer to help themselves by begging,
as is the custom among the poor in Germany. The community faithfully provides for its truly poor members. It's also possible that other beggars have passed themselves off as members of the congregation to appear virtuous.
With regard to the usage of the term "meat which cannot be sold at market," I can assure you that as a physician going to the residences of these people daily, I have never found a meal made from spoiled food.
"Women tethered to carts." I myself have never seen a Saxon woman tethered to a cart and in making inquiries I have found no one who has made such an observation. However I will concede that Mr. H. Koch may have witnessed a woman pulling a wagon under the following circumstances. Among some people many changes in residence often occur, in which case I have observed that in their spare time men transport their trunks in small two-wheeled carts to their new homes to save themselves the cost of a moving crew — and rightly so! It may very well have happened that a woman lent a hand in such transport because in Germany women of the working classes are used to dealing with heavy loads in push carts and other conveyances, not giving a thought to creating an spectacle "of dismay and sympathy" from people. The newly arrived poorer Germans are usually unfamiliar with what is considered unseemly,
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This is actually the first half of the Reverb game, a great and interesting RPG combined with well thought puzzles that will put your mind to work and will give your heart palpitations. The story is very complex and catchy for a flash game, you wake up in complete darkness with nothing but a flashlight, you have to figure out who you are, where are you and what's happening, your life depends on it.
The story is intriguing and will keep you curious throughout the whole gome, especially since this is only the first half of the game. The game becomes pretty addictive, mostly because of the intriguing plot of the game, you will want to know what happens next and how will the story end. Finishing the game will not be easy, you will most likely die and checkpoints are not too often, so arm yourself with patience because you'll need it.
If you enjoyed Reverb, make sure to check the second part of the game too and find out how the story end and what will become of our mysterious guy.
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So many of you have asked me about my exchange, so today I want to answer some of your questions.
The association which allowed me to be here in Mexico now is Rotary.
Rotary is a charity organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services. The exchange is one of the many things that Rotary do.
After this introducion I'll answer the question you ask me with more frequency.
You have to be a member of Rotary to do the exchange?
No, you don't. The exchange program is open to everybody
How long does the exchange last?
You can choose between two types: the long exchange and the short one. The long exchange is the one I'm doing now, which is for 1 year (10-11 months). The short exchange last for 6 months.
Why did you choose Mexico for your exchange?
At the beginning I wasn't sure about my decision and my mom and my dad were both scared about it. The truth is that I really wanted to learn Spanish, but at the same time I didn't wanted to go to Spain because is too near from Italy. I've chosen Mexico also because their colture is similar to mine but at the same time I dicover new things everyday. Now I couldn't be happier to be here.
Was it hard at first? Don't you miss your family?
Of course I do, the first 2 weeks were super hard form me. I still miss my friend and my family but I'm getting used to it.
Are you allowed to return to Italy on Christmas?
No, you have to spend an entire year in the country you have chosen.
What about the school?
I'm currently going to school here in Mexico, but this doesn't mean I'll lose my year in Italy. I'll do some exams in September to attest I have the same level as my classmates.
If you have more questions to ask me I'll be happy to answer and clear all your doubts about my exchange.