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More than a thousand workers were killed in Bangladesh when a building used as a garment factory collapsed. It's alleged that a factory in China making products for Apple has nets installed to stop people leaping to their deaths after 18 suicides there. And in Pakistan, 300 people burned to death when a factory caught fire. As Westerners demand cheaper goods, the use of so-called "sweatshops" abroad has rocketed. But the goods are cheaper because "[t]he global proliferation of sweatshops has driven the income and working conditions of garment, electronics and other factory workers to the absolute rock bottom," according to an article on TruthOut.org. After the Bangladesh disaster, retail giant Walmart severed its relationship with the supplier who used the factory. Other corporations have got together to fund inspections of buildings or to monitor workers' conditions. But some argue that it's too little, too late.
Q. What, if anything, can be done about the proliferation of sweatshops?
While one can blame the proliferation of overseas sweatshops on the Western world's demand for quality goods at rock-bottom prices, one must also look at the manufacturer's demands for continually widening profit margins. With American union workers still asking for such things as health care, vacation days, cost of living increases, sanitary working conditions, skilled supervision, paid pregnancy leave and humane in-house treatment, overseas sweatshops provide a much cheaper source of labor, with no labor representation to talk back to management.
Take a look at the overseas construction of popular cell phones. An iPhone 5 with 64 gigabytes retails for about $850 from some service-providers. Some sources say that the phone costs about $170, at the most, to build. That is a profit, before payouts, of 400%. Paying a dollar or so an hour to sweatshop workers to build these phones still leaves huge profits for the manufacturers.
In the early part of the 20th century, American automobile manufacturers increased their profit margins by hiring ethnic labor from the American South and paying those workers three-quarters to half of what their Anglo counterparts were making. This resulted in escalating racial tensions in the North and the 20th-century revival of the Ku Klux Klan.
Can manufacturers provide safer conditions with better pay in sweatshops? Can some of those jobs return to the United States with the manufacturers agreeing to be satisfied with lesser profit margins and without sacrificing the quality of the product or without raising the price? The answer really could be "Yes," if those in charge of production understood their job of privilege and responsibility as "stewardship for the world," instead of chiefly "taking from the world."
The Rev. Dr. William Thomas Jr.
Little White Chapel
This question is being directed at spiritual leaders regarding the economic practices of corporations that hardly concern themselves with moral or spiritual laws. Human laws they are very interested in, since the violation of those can quell production and incur hefty financial penalties, so the most we can do here is speak from our own traditions and hope there is a listening ear in the world of industry.
Perhaps the best advice from my own faith that I can suggest would be the words of Christ in his so-called "Golden Rule." Jesus said, "Do to others what you would have them do to you" (Matthew 7:12). This is the "Do unto others...." inexact quote that is often repeated in modern conversation of which we are all familiar, but probably don't realize that its sentiment finds itself expressed in quite a few religions, albeit in the negative. What I mean is that in most religions, the idea is expressed as, "Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you," or something to that effect. Jesus makes it proactive: "Do."
Perhaps this is what must be emphasized with these corporations that seek only the bottom dollar to maximize profits at all of our expense. It's not a matter of simply saying, "We didn't construct the unstable factory buildings," or "We weren't in charge of the working conditions," it's about being proactive in taking responsibility. If we doubt humane working conditions, what we "do" is we build the factories and we post American bosses, and we do what ensures the well-being of even the least-significant workers. Maybe the floor sweeper earns less than those soldering circuit boards, but none should remotely consider their employment a death sentence. Of course, something we could all "do" is buy American.
The Rev. Bryan Griem
Montrose Community Church
As people of faith, our "personal holiness" (as Methodist founder John Wesley called it) should turn us outward, joining us together in the work of "social holiness." In other words, as I receive Jesus' compassion and mercy for myself, I begin to live out that compassion and mercy for others. These incidents hold us accountable. Where do our clothes come from? Where does our food come from? We — and I fully confess my own complicity — live in an unfaithful ignorance and can be happy to do so.
When factories collapse overseas, recalling a similar tragedy in this country more than 100 years ago, we see with sadness that morally bankrupt conditions proliferate across the Global South. We begin to understand that there are "monitoring organizations" that are complicit in perpetuating these injustices, and we see that other organizations have arisen to monitor with greater integrity and transparency. I was inspired to explore the Worker Rights Consortium website and see how universities have collaborated to monitor and change working conditions in factories around the world. Sweatshops stop proliferating when consumers shop with awareness and support organizations that actively publicize bad management and pursue improved conditions.
In Los Angeles, Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice organizes alongside L.A. workers to bring about needed changes in wages and working conditions, as injustices are not in any way limited to the Global South. United Methodists have agreed that we support collective bargaining and workers' rights, so you will always find a lot of us gathered when CLUE sounds the call. Awareness starts at home and spreads across the globe.
The Rev. Paige Eaves
Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church
I'm absolutely appalled and horrified by the revelations that have surfaced regarding the proliferation of sweatshops in many third-world countries. The continuation of such inhumane working conditions into the 21st century is inexcusable. There can be no reason to treat fellow human beings this way, let alone for the sake of saving a few dollars or euros to maintain our extravagant Western lifestyles. We should feel a sense of shame for creating an environment so fixated on cheap consumer goods that it sets the stage for these tragedies.
When properly regulated, capitalism can be a remarkable tool for common prosperity. The free market system has created unprecedented health, wealth and positive living standards in the United States, the European Union and beyond. It has reduced our country's mortality rate and increased our average longevity by many years. Our economic structure has enabled America to become a beacon of opportunity for others and given us the strength to be a worldwide force for good.
However, the fact is that the needs of wealthy societies are often met at the expense of other less fortunate nations. Because they offer cheap labor and abundant raw materials, many third-world countries are vulnerable to exploitation; they present ripe opportunities for unscrupulous businesses. We must remain cognizant of this and strive to never take unfair advantage of poorer nations.
I believe our society has an ethical responsibility to start categorizing clothing to make it clear whether slave labor was involved in the manufacturing process. I feel that the clergy and religious organizations can play a large part in encouraging people to only buy items that pass the "humane" test and are produced in factories where the workers are treated properly. For decades, we have implemented standards for the food industry to ensure the humane treatment of animals — can we do anything less when it comes to regulating industries that rely on the labor of our fellow human beings?
Rabbi Simcha Backman
Chabad Jewish Center
There is an expression that people can vote with their feet. In the case of sweatshops, people can vote with their pocketbooks. The point is, if sensitive consumers really are concerned about the rights of others, even those in other countries, they can try hard to be sure that they are not patronizing businesses that use sweatshop labor. I know that may sound a little bit like "Write your Congressman!" But if businesses realize that people won't buy products made by slave labor, they'll change.
The problem is, of course, that we all like a good deal, and we all want to pay as little as possible. However, the Apostle Paul, in I Corinthians 8:13, says that if eating meat causes my brother to sin, I'll eat no meat. So each of us, believer and nonbeliever alike, needs to decide that we'll drink only Fair Trade coffee, for example, and that we'll not patronize any company that uses sweatshop labor. But to be sure we don't patronize companies that don't enslave other people takes work and due diligence, and not everybody is ready to be that diligent. Also, the practice of farming out business overseas didn't happen overnight, and neither will a solution to the problem of sweatshop labor.
So my advice would be to get involved with those groups that try to stick up for sweatshop laborers and learn as much as you can about the whole issue. Also, be prepared for the complexity of the modern world. One store may feature products made for a decent wage in one department and in another part of the store sell sweatshop items. Being a responsible and humanitarian person, believer or not, requires a lot of work, and we can't say, "Oh, I didn't know!" Jesus got it right when he said we must be innocent as doves and yet wise as serpents (Matthew 10:16), and that's a tall order.
The Rev. Skip Lindeman
La Cañada Congregational Church
La Cañada Flintridge
Businesses exist to make money. Wall Street demands higher profits each quarter, otherwise stock prices tumble and chief executives lose their jobs. Retail businesses know the consumer is fickle and will turn to a competitor on a whim. As a result, they keep costs and prices low. Pay no mind to how they're kept low, just keep 'em low. "Moral hazard?" What's that?
While this may be a broad generalization, I believe it is largely true. Indeed, the inhumane and deadly conditions in sweatshops in Bangladesh and other countries bear this out.
And between the sleek retail shops that sell clothes and other products and the death traps those clothes were made in lays a chain of people who have either wittingly or unwittingly contributed to those conditions — including you and me.
To the God-conscious, turning a blind eye to these sweatshop conditions is not acceptable. However, a balance must be struck between allowing business to profit with keeping our dollars from enabling a system that indentures, or even kills, poor people.
I think a lesson can be learned from the genetically modified food-labeling movement. Much has been done to educate and spark public debate about the effects of "genetically modified" food. A "GMO" food product may be cheaper to produce, but it may be bad for business as well.
Similarly if a "humanely manufactured" certification process/campaign becomes mainstream, and where retailers see it as a business advantage demonstrating they're selling such products, then the shopping public will hopefully evolve. Consumers just may be willing to pay some extra dollars knowing they're not contributing to the cycle of despair and poverty half a world away.
Omar S. Ricci
The absolute answer to the problem of dangerous and exploitative sweatshops is a change in the hearts of those who are responsible for their existence and operation. This primarily includes the sweatshop owners but indirectly it includes the vendors who deal with them and even the final purchasers of their products. Jesus Christ taught that the summary of God's requirements of us is to love him above all else and to love all others as ourselves. If we did that, sweatshops wouldn't exist. But for people to put workers' welfare above their own profits, it will take a change of their hearts.
Legal regulations, while necessary and appropriate in this fallen world, only restrain human behavior in an external way and often leave wide loopholes. If sweatshops are banned in the U.S., uncaring manufacturers will find other countries that will allow them. So we should pass and enforce international labor laws and we should self-police our purchasing habits, but we should put our ultimate hope in Jesus Christ's ability to change people's hearts — including our own.
Pastor Jon Barta
Valley Baptist Church
There is no "if anything" about it. We have successfully eliminated a proliferation of sweatshops once already in U.S. history.
At the turn of the 20th century, another time of unrestrained capitalism, 60% of U.S. clothing was manufactured in New York City and 100% of those garments were sewn in sweatshops. In 1911 the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire galvanized workers, unions and their allies to vigorously organize workplaces and put political pressure on governments for better wage, safety, and union-rights laws.
By 1945 U.S. sweatshops were almost all gone. The following years through the 1950s (though much less so for minorities) were a high-water mark for U.S. workers, with blue collars, and the pink ones and white ones that served and administered them, enjoying home ownership, cars, vacations and setting their kids up to do even better. Boomers, I'm lookin' at us.
Fast-forwarding this broad-stroke history, today's robber barons, globalized corporations, exploit weak unions, lax government regulations and anti-worker tax laws to create our current hell for many workers and their families.
Labor and capital must be brought into a better balance on the scales of power worldwide. Not easy for sure, but take heart, we know it is possible because we have done it before.
Even the most apolitical can help: Stop buying clothes — anything with a union label excepted. Really, don't you have enough? If not, there's a yard sale nearby. Let's wear what we have and share the excess cramming our closets until the manufacturers get the message.
Roberta Medford
When I read about the working conditions in factories in third-world countries, it breaks my heart. Unfortunately, the responsibility seems to lie with those retailers in the United States and other affluent countries who are demanding goods from these sweatshop operations and turning a blind eye to the ways in which workers are being treated. So we U.S. consumers are complicit in these horrendous practices. That is certainly a sobering thought.
However, one of the problems for the consumer is the recognition that it is almost impossible to find goods that are not produced in third-world countries or to determine whether they are being created by workers who are being humanely treated.
But we cannot simply make excuses. One thing we can do is research the practices of the companies who sell products we buy and refuse to purchase from those who treat their workers, either foreign or domestic, in unacceptable ways. There are some stores where I refuse to shop because of what I know about how they treat their workers. My boycott of these companies may not make a huge difference to their bottom lines, but at least I can feel that I have done something.
Another thing we can do is join others in putting pressure on retailers to investigate the manufacturers who supply them with goods to be sure they are treating their workers fairly. Or we can get lawmakers to enact legislation that protects workers and forces suppliers to set standards of treatment for their workers. If enough of us did that, I believe we could make a difference.
For those of us who are a part of spiritual communities, I believe we must act with integrity and compassion for the protection of all workers, in the U.S. or abroad. To do less is to negate the moral values that we claim to support.
The Rev. Dr. Betty Stapleford
Unitarian Universalist Church of the Verdugo Hills
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Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, England. His mother was an accomplished pianist and a devout evangelical Christian. His father, who worked as a bank clerk, was also an artist, scholar, antiquarian, and collector of books and pictures. His rare book collection of more than 6,000 volumes included works in Greek, Hebrew, Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish. Much of Browning's education came from his well-read father. It is believed that he was already proficient at reading and writing by the age of five. A bright and anxious student, Browning learned Latin, Greek, and French by the time he was fourteen. From fourteen to sixteen he was educated at home, attended to by various tutors in music, drawing, dancing, and horsemanship. At the age of twelve he wrote a volume of Byronic verse entitled Incondita, which his parents attempted, unsuccessfully, to have published. In 1825, a cousin gave Browning a collection of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poetry; Browning was so taken with the book that he asked for the rest of Shelley's works for his thirteenth birthday, and declared himself a vegetarian and an atheist in emulation of the poet. Despite this early passion, he apparently wrote no poems between the ages of thirteen and twenty. In 1828, Browning enrolled at the University of London, but he soon left, anxious to read and learn at his own pace. The random nature of his education later surfaced in his writing, leading to criticism of his poems' obscurities.
In 1833, Browning anonymously published his first major published work, Pauline, and in 1840 he published Sordello, which was widely regarded as a failure. He also tried his hand at drama, but his plays, including Strafford, which ran for five nights in 1837, and the Bells and Pomegranates series, were for the most part unsuccessful. Nevertheless, the techniques he developed through his dramatic monologues—especially his use of diction, rhythm, and symbol—are regarded as his most important contribution to poetry, influencing such major poets of the twentieth century as Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, and Robert Frost.
After reading Elizabeth Barrett's Poems (1844) and corresponding with her for a few months, Browning met her in 1845. They were married in 1846, against the wishes of Barrett's father. The couple moved to Pisa and then Florence, where they continued to write. They had a son, Robert "Pen" Browning, in 1849, the same year his Collected Poems was published. Elizabeth inspired Robert's collection of poems Men and Women (1855), which he dedicated to her. Now regarded as one of Browning's best works, the book was received with little notice at the time; its author was then primarily known as Elizabeth Barrett's husband.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in 1861, and Robert and Pen Browning soon moved to London. Browning went on to publish Dramatis Personae (1864), and The Ring and the Book (1868–1869). The latter, based on a seventeenth-century Italian murder trial, received wide critical acclaim, finally earning a twilight of reknown and respect in Browning's career. The Browning Society was founded while he still lived, in 1881, and he was awarded honorary degrees by Oxford University in 1882 and the University of Edinburgh in 1884. Robert Browning died on the same day that his final volume of verse, Asolando: Fancies and Facts, was published, in 1889.
A Selected Bibliography
Asolando: Fancies and Facts (1889)
Christmas-Eve and Easter-Day (1850)
Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning (1895)
Dramatic Idyls (1879)
Dramatic Idyls: Second Series (1880)
Ferishtah's Fancies (1884)
Jocoseria (1883)
La Saisiaz, and The Two Poets of Croisicv (1878)
Men and Women (1855)
New Poems by Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1914)
Pacchiarotto and How He Worked in Distemper, with Other Poems (1876)
Paracelsus (1835)
Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in Their Day (1887)
Pauline: A Fragment of a Confession (1833)
Red Cotton Night-Cap Country; or, Turf and Towers (1873)
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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso called for more European integration to help tackle the euro zone debt crisis in his State of the Union speech on Wednesday through the creation of a "federation of nation states".
"I call for a federation of nation states. Not a superstate. A democratic federation of nation states that can tackle our common problems, through the sharing of sovereignty in a way that each country and its citizens are better equipped to control their own destiny," Barroso said.
He added that the creation of such a federation would ultimately require a new treaty.
The Commission will present ideas for changes to the existing treaty before 2014, he said.
In his speech, Barroso called for a full fiscal union and was critical of member states who did not fully support decisions taken to stem the debt crisis.
"On too many occasions we have seen a vicious spiral. First very important decisions for our future are taken at European summits, but then the next day we see some of those very same people who took those decisions undermining them," he said.
Karsten Schroeder, CEO of Amplitude Capital told CNBC, Barroso was "probably right" in calling for more integration to save the euro and fix the debt crisis.
"When you see the comments from the U.S. and from Asia it's the same direction – they want to see Europe operate as one big ship. Because what's happening now is not only posing a big threat to the European economy but to the global economy, if we see a very uncoordinated disintegration of the euro," he said.
"So I think given the situation we're in, we need more European leadership, we need more power to the central European organizations, otherwise we cannot solve this crisis," he said.
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In his speech, Barroso also outlined proposals to move towards a European banking union under which the ECB would monitor all euro zone banks.
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"We want to break the vicious link between sovereigns and their banks. In the future, bankers' losses should no longer become the people's debt, putting into doubt the financial stability of whole countries."
Barroso want the European supervisor in place by the start of next year.
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Hello Fellow Atheists: So here's a question. It's been bothering me for some time now and I just want to get your perspectives. When I first became a believer I was handed the book "The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel. I read it and at the time it made sense to me. I didn't question it much at the time. Now that I am an Atheist I'm curious what others think about it. There are only three options given in this book. Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic, or the true son of God. Of course I know some of you believe that he never existed at all, (I do not). So I want to explore this further.
Which is it?
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Why? (back yourself up with evidence)...
I hope this discussion can be educational in nature for those of us who are still learning. Thanks!
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Hi Belle
Can I just ask you why you believe he really existed?
I think he would not say that Jesus was anything unless he had no doubt that the Gospels are true records of things that actually happened -- and yet he has plenty of doubt.
Why did Jesus (either a real person or a imagined character), and not someone else, rise to proeminence? The answer may well be "for casual factors at casually appropriate moments". Do you know about chaos theory? Have you heard about the butterfly effect? That's a way to explain lots of things, including "why did it rain today" or "why did Katrina strike". Consider James Gleick's book about Chaos Theory.
This "why him" discussion may be quite absurd. To see how, consider: why did John Frumm (and not Frank Miles, or Benny Mack, or anyone else) become a deity?
Because the story of his life, Belle, was written with those prophecies in mind, not that he fulfilled them, but that his biographers did in the telling of his story.
For example, the temple sheep, that were born and raised for the sole purpose of sacrifice, were raised in a special room in a stone tower, called a Migdala, by temple priests in Bethlehem, and since Yeshua was intended by god to be a sacrifice to himself (try and figure THAT one out!) it was important that, like the sacrificial sheep, who were wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger for the first few hours of their lives to make sure they didn't injure themselves before they gained enough strength to walk well, so it was prophesied that the Jewish messiah would be born there. There is no record, and the Romans were excellent record keepers, of a Roman census that required Jewish men to go to the city of their birth to be counted, but since it was important for Yeshua to be born in Bethlehem, his biographers made up the story about the census, so there would be a reason why he would be born there, then return to Nazareth.
"Most scholars would agree. His existence is pretty solid."
Really - I wasnt aware of that.
Which scholars would those be, Belle?
@Belle:The butterfly effect ties in with the question you posed: "Why do you believe he of all people has become a deity as opposed to merely a man who taught?" Clearing that up a bit before proceding: since you are an atheist you must mean "he of all people has become perceived as a deity".
Anyway, chaos theory says that there are some systems (chaotic systems) in which no change in parameters is too small not to influence the outcome in a great manner.. Small things have great effects. So, if human nature is chaotic (mathematically speaking it most certainly is) then there's no point in asking why X (rather than Y) was believed to be a deity. It just was. The flap of a butterfly wing may be as important to explain as anything else.
Life is chaotic. Try to answer "Why did Arnold Schwarznegger become Governor of California". It may be even more pointless if we are talking about a character in fiction "Why did Frodo and not any other hobbit get picked to carry the ring?"
So, Belle, the Butterfly effect ties in with any question similar to the one you posed initially, "Why do you believe he of all people has become (perceived as) a deity as opposed to merely a man who taught?" The answer is "Butterfly effect".
"Why did Katrina strike South Florida (of all places) on August 25, 2005 (of all dates)?" The answer is, likewise, "Butterfly effect".
Belle, multi-faceted dynamics working at the same time is exactly what Chaos Theory talks about. That is exactly how one would describe the climate system, human history and, some would even say, human thought itself. The fact that trends emerge and run through months, years, centuries or millenia doesn't change their chaotic nature.
There are many, many different world views that have Jesus at or near the center, and just as many that don't -- all these world views are, themselves, part of the multi-faceted dynamics you talk about.
Here's another "interesting perspective" for you, Belle - what do you think of the "Fishers of Men" story in Mark? Rather dramatic, wouldn't you say? Yeshua says, "Come with me, and I will make you fishers of men --" and Peter, and his brother, Andrew from one boat, and the brothers, John and James, from another, both sons of Zebedee, the fisherman, illiterate fishermen all, drop their nets and go off, following this stranger, while poor old Zebedee, now finding himself shorthanded, was stuck with running down to the Home Depot parking lot, in hope of finding a couple of day laborers who knew anything about fishing.
Makes a good story, doesn't it? Dramatic reading. And Matthew, Mark and Luke all swear it happened, although none of the three are listed as being there at the time.
But the Gospel of John is attributed to John, the actual son of Zebedee, and if anyone should know, it should certainly be he, wouldn't you think? Read John - he says he and his brother James were followers of John the Baptist, and that he saw Yeshua walking on the other side of the Jordan River one day, and waded across to chat with him. Yesuha suggested John go with him to the home of a friend and spend the night. John did, and the next morning, they returned to the Jordan, where John picked up his brother James and they became followers of Yeshuah.
Both stories, involving the same person, can not have happened, so which did? And if one part of the NT is not true, what's to keep another part from being equally false, where does it end, and how can you tell? Sometimes it IS better to throw the baby out with the bathwater, especially if it's been in there too long - who needs a wrinkled kid?
What the bible does document very well are the stories told by the cult of Jesus. Although plenty of different stories developed, everyone seemed to agree on the twelve apostles. Now perhaps 11 guys got together and made the whole thing up, inventing a twelfth apostle who killed himself for betraying the central figure of their story. Those eleven guys not only invented Jesus, but did so without writing anything down because they weren't actually trying to start a church - uhm, that sounds a lot more complicated than just thinking there was a Jesus character in the mix somewhere.


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A new trailer for Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes gives us a preview of the revamped gameplay and outs the game's release date.
The rather lengthy trailer comes to us from Xbox and features gameplay from Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, the prologue to Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Our guide on this tour of tactical espionage dos and don'ts is Assistant Producer at Kojima Productions, Sean Eyestone.
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Docter, S. (2010). Blogging and journalism: Extending shield law protection to new media forms. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 54, 588-602.
Docter, S. (2005). The regulation of indecency in electronic communications Revisited: The CDA, COPA and CIPA. In S.J. Drucker and G. Gumpert (Eds.) Real Law @ Virtual Space (2nd ed). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc.
Metzger, M. and Docter, S. (2003). Public opinion and policy initiatives for online privacy protection. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 47, 350-374.
Docter, S., Dutton, W.H. and Elberse, A. (1999). An American Democracy Network:Factors Shaping the Future of On-line Political Campaigns. Parliamentary Affairs, 52, 535-552.
Docter, S. & Dutton, W.H. (1999). The Social Shaping of Digital Democracy: The Democracy Network. In B.D. Loader and B. Hague (Eds.) Digital Democracy. London: Routledge.
Docter, S. (1999). The Regulation of Indecency in Electronic Communications. In S.J. Drucker and G. Gumpert (Eds.) Real Law @ Virtual Space. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, Inc.
Docter, S. & Dutton, W.H. (1998). The First Amendment On-Line: Santa Monica's Public Electronic Network. In R. Tsagarousianou, D. Tambini and C. Bryan (Eds.) Cyberdemocracy: Technology, Cities and Civic Networks. London: Routledge.
Katz, E., Docter, S., Gusek, J., Metzger, M., O'Connell, J. and Stokes, J. (1998). Press-conversation-opinion-action: Gabriel's Tarde's public sphere. In J. Lautman and B. Lecuyer (Eds.) Paul Lazarsfeld. Paris: L'Harmattan.
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October 23, 2006
CSU Presidents
Charles B. Reed
Financing and Debt Management Policy - Project Development and the Systemwide
Revenue Bond Program Executive Order No 994
Attached is a copy of Executive Order No 994 relating to the CSU's Financing and Debt Management Policy.
In accordance with policy of the California State University, the campus president has the responsibility for implementing executive orders where applicable and for maintaining the campus repository and index for all executive orders.
If you have questions regarding this executive order, please contact Colleen Nickles, Senior Director, Financing & Treasury, at (562) 951-4570 or email@example.com.
Executive Order 994
Office of the Chancellor
401 Golden Shore
Long Beach, California 90802-4210
(562) 951-4570
Executive Order:
Financing and Debt Management Policy — Project
Development and the Systemwide Revenue Bond Program
Effective Date:
October 23, 2006
Executive Order No. 876
Section 1: General Policies Regarding Financing Activities of the CSU
1.1 Authority: This
policy statement provides information and procedures in connection with
financing activities of campuses and auxiliary organizations. It is issued
pursuant to Standing Orders of the Board of Trustees, Section 2, and the
authority delegated to the Chancellor in the Trustees CSU Policy for Financing
Activities, (RFIN 03-02-02; see Attachment B).
1.3 Types of Debt: The Trustees have traditionally issued variable-rate, short-term commercial paper for the construction period of a project, and fixed-rate, long-term debt for the permanent financing of a project.� With the introduction of the commercial paper program use for personal property financing, the Trustees may not refinance these commercial paper issuances with long-term, fixed-rate debt, and the financed amounts will be amortized while the issuance remains in commercial paper.
Given this change in approach,
the Trustees will establish a parameter
that not more than 25% of its debt be unhedged variable rate debt, including
commercial paper, to be consistent with rating agency expectations and
market targets appropriate for the CSU�s debt rating.
1.4 Alternative Financing Activities: An alternative financing structure to Section 1.2 above may be utilized if the Chancellor�s Office or the campus is able to demonstrate significant benefits and if the Trustees approve the alternative structure. The Chancellor�s Office or campus must not only demonstrate benefits for the use of an alternative structure, but must also identify the detailed structure of the proposed financing. In reviewing the proposed structure, the Trustees shall evaluate such things as 1) impacts on the CSU's financial statements, 2) the extent to which the financing will be counted as a use of the Trustees' credit, 3) the relative cost of the proposed financing, 4) the proposed use of financing techniques that involve greater repayment risk than are typically used in the SRB Program, and 5) any other short-term or long-term impacts to the Trustees' credit profile.
Section 2: Definitions
2.1 "Project":
Construction of a facility or group of facilities related to the same use and
constructed at the same approximate time (example; one or more dormitories
constructed with one construction contract).�
Project may also be defined as personal property with a dollar value
greater than $100,000.
� Parking Fees (Education Code Section 89701)
� Rental Housing Fees (Education Code Section 89703)
� Continuing Education Revenue Fund Fees (Education Code Section 89704)
2.5 "Net Revenue Debt Service Coverage Ratios" (DSCR): A DSCR consists of annual gross revenue, less annual operating expenses divided by annual debt service. This ratio serves as a benchmark at the systemwide and campus level for decisions about new debt and the management of debt (See Section 4).
2.6 �Operating Expenses�:� For a Project or Program, Operating Expenses are defined as all costs related to providing a good or service, including regular maintenance charges, expenses of reasonable upkeep, a properly allocated share of charges for insurance, direct or special administrative expenses directly chargeable to the Project or Program, and all other expenses incident to the operation of the Project or Program, but excluding depreciation expense and other non-cash charges, general administrative expenses of the Board or the State, Extraordinary Expenses and Major Maintenance and Repairs, and Debt Service.�
2.7 �Extraordinary Expenses and Major Maintenance and Repairs�:� For a Project or Program, Extraordinary Expenses and Major Maintenance and Repairs will not be included in the DSCR, and the expenses are expected to be paid from Building Maintenance and Equipment Reserves or from Prior Year Fund Balances.
Note:� Operating Expenses, as defined in the SRB indenture, include extraordinary repairs in the calculation of debt service coverage; the indenture requires the Board to set rates, charges, and fees for all Projects so that Net Income Available for Debt Service is at least equal to Aggregate Debt Service for all indebtedness.� Sections 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 are intended for internal operations purposes and shall not result in a conflict with indenture requirements.� Campuses are expected to monitor their Programs to ensure overall compliance with the indenture requirements for annual DSCR tests.
Section 3: Systemwide Revenue
3.1 Trustee Approval: Each issuance of debt
instruments under the SRB Program shall be approved by the Trustees.
3.2 Gross Revenue Pledge: Bonds issued under the SRB Program are secured by a gross revenue pledge of all Established CSU Fees.
3.2.1 Lawfully available revenue may be pledged from a campus, auxiliary, or other organization through a formal binding agreement if approved by the Trustees.
3.3 Commercial Paper Program: Within
the capacity of the CSU Chancellor's Office commercial paper program, each
non-state funded capital outlay or personal property project may receive acquisition
or construction funding through the issuance of commercial paper.
3.4.1 Each auxiliary or other organization SRB project financing shall be supported by the execution of a financing lease between the auxiliary organization and the CSU with a legal structure that is permitted by the provisions of the State University Bond Act and the SRB Master Resolution.
188.8.131.52 For auxiliary or other
organizations with no existing debt obligations, the lease shall contain
provisions that 1) pledge all available corporation revenue to the Trustees for
payment of the lease obligations; 2) require deposit of all pledged revenues
(i.e., all revenues) into a pledged "gross revenue fund" bank
account; 3) establish criteria for issuance of additional bonds; and 4)
covenant that the auxiliary or other organization will set rates or otherwise
maintain pledged income that will generate the required net revenue (See
Section 4.4).
184.108.40.206 The financing lease shall be
considered parity debt with all other, existing auxiliary or other organization
3.4.2 At each campus the aggregate annual direct and
indirect debt service for other third-party financings and for auxiliary or
other financings that are either part of or separate from the SRB Program is
limited to a maximum amount of 25% of the respective allocation of debt
capacity to the respective campus (See Section 5).
3.5 Structure and Timing of
4.1 Systemwide (DSCR): For the system, the DSCR is computed using the total of the gross revenue of the Established CSU Fee plus any pledged revenue supporting SRB capital lease payments from auxiliary or other organizations. Operating expenses and debt service for the computation consist of the total operating expenses and debt service relating to these programs. The systemwide DSCR should be maintained at or above 1.45. If the SRB systemwide DSCR falls below 1.45, the campus benchmarks may be changed to strengthen the credit position of the Program. (See also Attachment A)
4.2 Combined Campus and Auxiliary Organizations (DSCR):� At the combined campus and auxiliary organization level, the DSCR is similar to the systemwide DSCR test except that the amounts of pledged revenue, operating expenses, and debt service are related to the combined pledged revenues of the campus and auxiliary organizations� Established CSU Fees plus pledged revenue, operating expense and debt service that is related to the specific auxiliary organization Debt Program.� The minimum requirement of the DSCR for a Combined Campus and its Auxiliary Organizations is 1.35.
4.3 Campus Debt Program (DSCR): The
DSCR for a campus Debt Program must be equal to a minimum of 1.10. The DSCR for
a campus Stand-alone Project must be equal to a minimum of 1.10. For these
requirements the DSCR is computed from pledged revenue, operating expense and
debt service that is related to the specific Debt Program or the Stand-alone
4.5 DSCR and Effective Year: The
chief financial officer of a campus is responsible to implement plans and
budgets so that the required DSCRs for campus CSU Established Fee programs and
campus auxiliary organizations be supportable and maintained at or above the
minimum level for the first operating year, and at or above the minimum for all
subsequent years of operation for Stand-alone or Debt Program Projects.
Section 5: Debt Capacity
5.1 General Rule: Financing shall not be
recommended by the Chancellor's Office if the issuance of new bonds will cause
the total amount of issued and outstanding SRB bonds to exceed the CSU's debt
capacity as determined by the Trustees.
5.3.1 Campus
general allocation: The aggregate debt service related to a campus' individual
projects shall not exceed an amount computed from its net unrestricted
expenditures times two-thirds (2/3) of the same ratio that the Trustees have
recognized as appropriate for the system.
Section 6: General Financial Planning Principles For Projects
6.1 Project Size: The CSU SRB Program is intended
to provide a mechanism to finance revenue based, and in some limited cases,
non-revenue-based non-state capital outlay projects pursuant to the State
University Revenue Bond Act of 1947 and the issuance of debt to the public
through a complex legal structure and financial marketing process. As such, the
Program is suitable for projects of greater than $3 million, and with a useful
life of greater than ten years. For personal property financed through the
commercial paper program, financings should be $100,000 to $5,000,000, with a
useful life of 1-8 years.� See Section 7
for program-related costs that should be funded through a reserve plan rather
than through the issuance of debt.
6.5 Consistency of Computations: Upon
request the Chancellor's Office will provide the debt service information to be
used in all financial plans relating to debt issuance in order to ensure that
information regarding the debt is consistently prepared.
Section 7: Reserves
7.1 Reserve Development: The campus president and chief financial officer are responsible for developing and maintaining a campus policy to provide reserves from Project revenues for projects funded by debt issued by the Board of Trustees. The campus reserve policies, at a minimum, should address the following needs:
� Major Maintenance and Repair/Capital Renovation and Upgrade
� Working Capital
� Capital Development for New Projects
� Catastrophic Events
7.2 Reserve Review: At a minimum of once every three years, each campus shall conduct an in-depth review to assess the adequacy of the reserves and the campus reserve policies applicable to the projects funded by debt, and shall make necessary adjustments and changes to account for changing conditions. For Major Maintenance and Repair/Capital Renovation and Upgrade Reserves, the reviews should include formal studies of facility systems and necessary funding levels to cover all aspects of cost of replacement through the reserve-funding plan.
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Date:� October 23, 2006
Attachment A
Attachment B


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YARMOUTH — Two legislators have joined forces to support a single bill to establish ranked-choice voting in Maine.
The election-law bill submitted by Sen. Dick Woodbury, U-Yarmouth, is now co-sponsored by Rep. Janice Cooper, D-Yarmouth, who submitted similar draft legislation at the beginning of the year.
Woodbury said the bill has generated notable public interest.
"I think the fact that the next govorner's race is shaping up to have Eliot Cutler as a prominent independent is increasing people's interest in making sure there is some kind of narrowing down of the system, so that the ultimate winner of that race has the majority support of the people," he said.
Under the bill, candidates running for statewide offices would be ranked by voters on Election Day, similar to Portland's mayoral elections, where voters enacted a ranked-choice system in 2011.
Ranked-choice voting asks voters to rank candidates according to their preference: first, second, third, etc., until they no longer have a preference or all candidates have been given a ranking.
If on Election Day no candidate receives a majority of votes, an instant runoff election occurs. Candidates with the fewest first-choice votes are eliminated, with their votes redistributed among the remaining candidates. Successive rounds continue until a candidate receives a majority.
Woodbury said the bill's language has now been finalized and will soon have a number, but it probably won't have a hearing for at least another month.
Over the course of the next week, he said, the two legislators plan to solicit co-sponsors.
The bill will face significant challenges, including how it deals with the logistics of organizing returns from all of the nearly 500 municipalities in the state, with 330 different ballot styles. The ballots would have to be delivered to Augusta to be counted, and then would have to be returned to each municipality for a retention period, as required under election law.
Similar bills have made appearances in previous sessions, but none have made it out of committee.
In Portland's 2011 mayoral election, the first ranked-choice voting election in the state, 15 candidates ran for mayor. Michael Brennan, who held an 850-vote lead in the popular vote, was elected in the 14th run-off round, about 24 hours after the polls closed.
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Daughters in My Kingdom
This book is an important resource to help Relief Society sisters learn together on Sundays and on others days of the week. The teachings, examples, and patterns of faith in the book can strengthen you as a leader and inspire the sisters you lead, as well as their families.
1st Sundays
Approved resources for first-Sunday lessons include the scriptures, Church magazines, Daughters in My Kingdom, and the resources listed to the side. A member of the ward Relief Society presidency teaches this lesson.
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Adult Church members will study theTeachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson in 2015.
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Fourth-Sunday lessons are to be taught from selected addresses in the latest conference issue of the Ensign or Liahona. Stake presidents may choose which conference addresses should be used, or they may assign bishops to select the addresses.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church in East Hampton will celebrate the life and mark the death of Clifford Parker Robertson III, known professionally as Cliff Robertson, tomorrow. A Water Mill resident, he died on Saturday at Stony Brook University Medical Center, a day after his 88th birthday.
Mr. Robertson was known as an Academy Award-winning actor, a pilot, and a whistleblower, who ended up being blackballed in Hollywood for several years for reporting a studio executive's misdeed to local and federal authorities.
In 1963, he was chosen by President John F. Kennedy to play him as a torpedo boat captain in the film "PT 109," based on the president's World War II experiences. His Oscar, in 1969, was for his role as a mentally disabled man in "Charly." He also won an Emmy Award, Theater World Award, and Advertising Age Award. In addition to acting, Mr. Robertson had been a screenwriter and director. In all, he had a hand in more than 70 films. Other titles included "The Best Man," "Devil's Brigade," "633 Squadron," "Too Late The Hero," "The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid," "Three Days of the Condor," and "Obsession." More recently, he was in "Escape from L.A." and the first two "Spiderman" movies.
Mr. Robertson was no stranger to the South Fork, where he participated in many programs and was seen at many events during the years he lived in East Hampton with Dina Merrill, his second wife. They were divorced in 1988.
Mr. Robertson was born in La Jolla, Calif., on Sept. 9, 1923. His mother, Audrey Winningham Robertson, died when he was only 2. She and his father, Clifford Parker Robertson II, had been divorced the previous year, and he was raised by his maternal grandmother.
After high school, he served in the merchant marine and then attended Antioch College in Ohio. He worked for a time as a stringer for a paper in Springfield, Ohio, but soon tried his hand at acting and went to New York with the initial intent of becoming a playwright. He studied at the Actors Studio, and, as a young man, had some success on the stage. This led to a string of parts in plays produced for early television. He often noted that he had lost many television roles that were made into films to other actors, and that he then wound up in a number of movies that were mediocre.
Mr. Robertson is remembered here for his passion for flying, which began at age 14. In East Hampton, Jim Brundige, the airport manager, said Mr. Robertson piloted his own twin-engine plane and restored and collected antique planes. In an interview with The East Hampton Star in the 1970s, Mr. Robertson said, "There's a hangar in Santa Paula, Calif., about 60 miles north of Los Angeles. It's a haven for nuts like me. . . . It's my Walden Pond. I say the blooming words in a film or work on a script, and get out there and fly those old birds."
The whistleblowing affair began in 1977 when his accountant discovered that a $10,000 check in Mr. Robertson's name had been reported to the government by Columbia Pictures. Mr. Robertson had not worked for the studio that year. It was soon discovered that the studio president, David Begelman, had cashed the check, one of a series of financial misdeeds he later admitted were committed to support a drug habit. Mr. Begelman was fired, paid a fine, and was sentenced to three years' probation. He was subsequently hired at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer while Mr. Robertson could not find film or television work for several years. His return to the screen was in the film "Brainstorm" in 1981.
Mr. Robertson was married first to Cynthia Stone, an actress who had previously been married to Jack Lemmon. A daughter, Stephanie Robertson Saunders of Charleston, S.C., survives from that marriage as does a granddaughter. A daughter from his marriage to Dina Merrill, Heather Merriweather Robertson, died in 2007.
The St. Luke's service will begin at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow. Burial with full military honors will follow at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton. Additional memorial events will be held in New York City and Los Angeles on dates to be announced.
Memorial contributions have been suggested to the Experimental Aircraft Association, Young Eagles Academy, "Cliff Robertson Work Experience Program," P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, Wisc. 54903-3086, or to the Lance Armstrong Foundation, Livestrong, in memory of Heather Merriweather Robertson. Its address is 2201 East Sixth Street, Austin, Tex. 78702.


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Here is an article about a conviction that merits a closer look at how our military justice is treating sexual assault.
Using the most recent AF Times article and this article regarding the conviction, a reader who is familiar with military justice can discern that a woman who lived with Maj. Anderson accused him of abuse both of a physical and sexual nature, kidnapping, and threats of grievous bodily harm occurring across three states from 2009 through 2013. The Government called at least one witness who testified for the complaining witness.
At his trial, he chose to be tried by military judge alone and not to have a panel of officers determine his guilt and sentence, if convicted. The military judge convicted Anderson of six of the charged offenses and acquitted him of three offenses. All of the charges involve one woman, so there might have been issued regarding her credibility or issues the way the Government drafted those charges for which he was acquitted.
On December 14, 2015, the court-martial convened again to hear a motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence that a witness who testified for the complaining witness had been paid $10,000.00. The judge said that if the witness had been paid, then it "probably would not produce a substantially more favorable result," had the evidence been presented at trial.
Having practiced military law for more than a decade and seeing the changes made to the UCMJ, I have serious doubts about this conviction. Maybe there is very strong evidence of this Officer's guilt that has not been reported. But, there is an equally strong possibility that other evidence of innocence has not been reported, either. From what has been reported, I find it difficult to believe that a reasonable factfinder would not have a reasonable doubt as to Maj. Anderson's guilt.
Reading between the lines and using my experience with Servicemembers who have been wrongly accused, I have many questions. Did these allegations manifest during a divorce or break up? Was evidence presented that the complaining witness has a borderline personality disorder? Has the complaining witness been married before? Has the complaining witness falsely accused anyone else of a crime? Did the Accused take the stand to testify where he would have been subjected to cross examination? Were these charges based solely on witness testimony, or was there evidence to corroborate the complaining witness's story such as pictures, audio, fresh medical evidence, or written evidence from the Accused?
Considering that Ft. Leavenworth has a policy against inmates speaking to the media, I really begin to wonder what they do not want the public to hear about the case from this man who could be wrongfully convicted.
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ALLISON PARK, Pa. (AP) - A Pittsburgh-area elementary school has a novel way to acclimate its kindergartners to the school experience - but it's not a technique that can be easily shared with other schools.
It's the fact that Burchfield Elementary School's brand-new kindergarten class has 10 sets of twins. That means 20 out of 100 pupils in the Allison Park school's kindergarten program started the year with at least one close friend.
Principal Jeff Rojik tells KDKA-TV (http://cbsloc.al/16Y7WWD ) that kindergartners are often nervous about starting school but says, so far, with so many twins "it's a nice transition."
Sally Engel says it's nice to have her brother, Cy, in the same class, saying, "Whenever you want someone to play with and you don't have anybody else, you've got somebody in your family - you have a twin."
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I played at Drexel University for 2 years and am taking a year off in Cincinnati at home to look for a new school(financial and scholarship issues). Anyways I need a higher level 4.5 to 5.0 player to hit with on a regular basis! I am free most evenings and early afternoons and know of a lot of places to hit for free or very cheap, even indoor! I have been playing since I have been 5 years old and really need to get back in the swing of things!
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Darius, my son could play from time to time. He is a HS senior and plays at that level. Won his conference title last year and was all city and has options to play college ball. Hes pretty flexible and hes a good kid. Send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and I can get you guys in touch with each other if that works.
Hello Darius,
My name's Luc and I'd be happy to hit. I am available weekdays after 5,30 pm and flexible on weekends.
I don't know my level in US yet but It should be fine for what you're looking for.
Let me know if you're interested.
I started playing about the same age all through highschool and was ranked number one in Georgia until I had a knee injury, I am looking to get back into the game as well, but I haven't played in a few years so it's going to be a slow start for me getting that muscle memory working. If your not interested I completely understand and my feelings won't be hurt. I am meeting someone to play with this week but it's kind of a drive for me. I live in the cheviot/westwood/Clifton area if your interested.
Hey Darius I sent you an email to your gmail account. I know you posted this a while back but if you are still looking for someone to hit with I am available regularly. I am a solid 4.5 and play both 4.5 and 4.5/5.0 interclub in the Cincy area.Thanks.
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Indeed now we shall find out what cold is; no matter how much carbon dioxide in atmosphere increases. And carbon dioxide will increase, if eco-history is any indication. But who cares about eco-history? It's harder to make a profit from eco-history. Our government is not interested in eco-history. Carbon dioxide is a much richer fraud. Now, as punishment, we enter the Al Gore Minimum; God help us; and God help our children.
Nothing has been done to improve cold-weather farming! Nothing.
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