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Carphone Warehouse has cut the price of the Z10 on the 3 network to £29 up front on a £29 per month, two-year contract. Previously the contract cost £36 per month with a free handset, so the total reduction is around £139.
James Faucette, an analyst at Pacific Crest, said the cuts were a sign that the Z10, the first handset to run the radically redesign BB10 operating system, was not a good sign for BlackBerry's recovery hopes.
Although probably instigated by operators rather than BlackBerry itself, they position the Z10 as a mid-level device rather than a competitor to the iPhone and Galaxy SIII, which target the top end where profit margins are biggest, he claimed.
"The case for [BlackBerry's] recovery has been that in the long run, the company could return to selling high-end handsets that would feature enough profitability that handset profits could more than offset long-term declines in the highly profitable service business," he said.
"We believe that meaningful price cuts so soon after launch, while probably at the initial discretion of the carriers, is likely to relegate the Z10 to being a mid-tier device with very low gross margins."
However, last week it was claimed that an internal company report showed one third of British Z10 buyers were not previously BlackBerry owners, which will be seen as good news by a firm heavily dependent on loyal corporate users.
BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins was quick to declare the introduction of the Z10 a success last month. He claimed stocks were low or sold out days after the launch, but shops insisted they had "plenty left".
The new BlackBerry software and hardware received generally warm reception from reviewers but many industry observers voiced concerns the delayed fight back was too little and too late to regain ground lost to rivals.


text: Become the next Top Producer of the Year September 1, 2010 11:30 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By AgWeb.com Editors Email Mark your calendar now for Top Producer Seminar: Sharpen Your Competitive Edge, held January 26-28, 2011, in downtown Chicago at the Hotel InterContinental. Download the Top Producer of the Year Application. January is the perfect time of year to sharpen your competitive edge for the next farming season with information on the shifting credit situation, new technology, global infrastructure changes, risk management in volatile markets and new profit opportunities. This year's seminar also features an industry-wide roundtable discussion on Defining Sustainability in Agriculture: From Economics to Environmental. This roundtable will include the nation's top thought leaders on the subject of sustainability in agriculture. You have a chance to win a free trip to Top Producer Seminar by becoming one of the three finalists for the Top Producer of the Year award. This award recognizes producers who demonstrate excellence in the business of farming, including marketing, farm finance, family and employee relations, technology and environmental stewardship. Any farmer or rancher who derives half of his or her income from farming is eligible, as are multi-partner farm business. Don't delay! The deadline for the Top Producer of the Year award is September 30, 2010. You can download an application from our web site at www.TopProducer-Online.com. Click on the "Initiatives" section and then select "Top Producer of the Year". For more information on the 2011 Top Producer Seminar, visit www.topproducerseminar.com. Back to news

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Critical Care Unit
Previously called the ICU or Intensive Care Unit, the new state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit is now housed on the 2nd Floor of the E Tower at Penrose Hospital. The Critical Care Unit offers the best of recent technology and design to enhance and advance the care of our patients.
Housing 27 private patient rooms, this new unit is double the size of the previous unit. Each room has a Hill-Rom hydraulic boom - a suspended, movable column outfitted with essential tools and equipment like suction and oxygen hookups. This allows medical staff to have better access to treat patients and gives them the option of moving the patient about the room.
The rooms are also equipped with Hill-Rom Sports beds capable of delivering continuous lateral rotation therapy, along with vibration and percussion therapies, which can be programmed to meet specific patients' needs.
Computer access for nurses and other patient caregivers is available between every two rooms which allows for easier charting, notation of physician orders and communication with the patient's physician. This unit is locked for added security. Visitors must check in at the front desk. On the floor is the family waiting area with coffee and snack machines, comfortable seating, television, and a view of the waterfalls in the new courtyard.
Our Critical Care Units are proud of the following awards from HealthGrades:
Recipient of the HealthGrades Critical Care Excellence Award™ for 10 Years in a Row (2005-2014)
Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Critical Care for 10 Years in a Row (2005-2014)
Ranked #5 in CO for Critical Care in 2013
Ranked Among the Top 5 in CO for Critical Care for 8 Years in a Row (2006-2013) (Ranked 5 in 2013)
Five-Star Recipient for Overall Critical Care for 9 Years in a Row (2005-2013)
Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Sepsis for 11 Years in a Row (2004-2014)
Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism for 10 Years in a Row (2005-2014)
Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Respiratory Failure for 10 Years in a Row (2005-2014)


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Based on their common interest for sustainable deepwater fisheries, IUCN and the Southern Indian Ocean Deepsea Fishers Association (SIODFA) have entered into a cooperation agreement.
Through collaborative initiatives, this new partnership aims at developing and promoting means for the long-term sustainability of deep-sea fish stocks; minimising the impact of fishing activities on the marine environment and other species; and conservation measures such as protected areas.
"Fisheries in the high seas remain a great concern to us. Especially in the Indian Ocean, where they are not subject to multilaterally agreed measures due to the lack of an operating Regional Fisheries Management Organisation", says Carl Gustaf Lundin, Head of the Global Marine Programme. "We are pleased to enter into a dialogue with the industry and hope to find pragmatic solutions to improve the governance and management of deepwater resources in that area".
SIODFA, set up in 2006, is an association of four fishing companies and represents the majority of deepwater fleet in the southern Indian Ocean. Its primary goals are to maintain unsubsidised, profitable and environmentally sustainable fisheries and to set international best practice for responsible deep-sea fishery management. In 2006, SIODFA voluntarily closed more than 300 000 km2 to trawling, by creating 11 benthic protected areas (BPAs). The announcement of this global first initiative was made jointly with IUCN, Global Marine Programme.
"A major stimulus for the creation of the SIODFA was to resolve management issues in a management void and it has been of considerable concern to SIODFA that ratification of the Regional Fisheries Agreement has been so slow", says Ross Shotton, Executive Secretary, SIODFA. "SIODFA looks forward to regulatory actions once the Agreement comes into force that learn from policies adopted in countries with successful fisheries governance."
Due to their life histories and low productivity, marine resources exploited by deep-sea fisheries in the high seas represent a specific challenge for their sustainable exploitation, and most species only sustain low exploitation rates. In addition, bottom fishing gear typically used to fish deep-water species can cause damage to fragile deep-seabed communities such as corals, sponges and other animals.
Over the last few years, there has been growing concern about the conservation and sustainable management of high seas biodiversity. In 2006, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution (61/105) urging States and Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) to take measures to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems, including seamounts, hydrothermal vents and cold water corals. To assist States and RFMOs implement this resolution, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation developed international guidelines for deep-sea fisheries in the high seas. However, progress has been slow, and many deep-water fisheries in the high seas remain poorly regulated and managed.
Based on these developments, IUCN and SIODFA are looking forward to collaborate and support the sustainable development of deep-sea fisheries in the high seas.


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Bills tight end Scott Chandler tore his ACL in Week 16 of last season, timing that made his availability for the start of training camp a risky proposition.
With camp right around the corner, the risk has pretty much evaporated from the scene. Chandler did individual work during OTAs, running routes and catching passes without suffering any setback in his rehab. That's left him feeling confident about everything except his conditioning as the team heads into camp.
"My guess I'm not just going to go in there all the way," Chandler said, via the team's website. "I'm just worried about getting my lungs in shape and my legs. That's what this next month and a half is for. It's not vacation. It's nothing like that. I'm going to be working just as hard as I have been and I'm going to be ready to go."
Asuming he's able to get his lungs up to speed in a timely fashion, the rapid recovery should serve the tight end well. Chandler was a reliable target for Ryan Fitzpatrick in the last two seasons and he'll stand a better chance of remaining in that role with a full camp and preseason to work with Kevin Kolb and E.J. Manuel.


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Polish Worcester
I grew up in a culture that was uprooted from rural villages in partitioned Poland, packed into trunks, carried across the Atlantic in steerage, and re-created in the three-decker-lined streets of Worcester, Massachusetts. An industrial city, the second largest in New England, Worcester in 1920 was home to about 180,000 people, 72 percent of them either foreign-born or the children of foreigners. People of nearly 30 nationalities became U.S. citizens in Worcester in the early 1940s. Through the 1960s at least, the dominant ethnic groups—the Irish, Swedes, French Canadian, Italians, Poles, Lithuanians, Jews, Armenians, and Greeks—all laid claim to their own fairly clearly demarcated neighborhoods, typically centered around churches and synagogues. To me, this multicultural city was a magical place, rich in exotic foods, traditions, and languages. I felt like I was growing up in Europe.
Close enough. I grew up in a bilingual household, all of us speaking Polish with my babcia (grandmother), who shared our home. My parents were the first members of their respective families to own property in America. In 1941, they bought a small home on Pakachoag Hill in Quinsigamond Village, a Swedish neighborhood (though in point of fact, 5 of the original 14 households on our street were Polish American) at the southern end of the city near Auburn and Millbury. The Polish neighborhood was a two-mile car or bus ride north. Its heart was Millbury Street and its soul, Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish, aka St. Mary's. Millbury Street was the hub of social, retail, and business life for the thousands of Poles and Polish Americans who lived in its two neighborhoods, The Island and Vernon Hill. My family has belonged to Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish and its various organizations for nearly a century. Several generations of us have graduated from St. Mary's Elementary and High Schools; we're proud to have been educated by the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth at New England's only co-ed Polish secondary school.
I am descended from two apparently unrelated Prokopowicz clans. Hopefully, DNA someday will establish whether any blood ties link these two families, who for hundreds of years lived within 35 miles of each other in the Lida district of the kresy (Poland's eastern borderlands), then independently crossed an ocean to settle within 5 blocks of each other in Worcester. If they are related, I may be my own cousin. (This I hope would prompt a call from Oprah.)
While my father's and mother's Prokopowicz families shared the same surname, the circumstances of their lives bore little similarity to each other.
My Maternal Prokopowicz Family
My maternal grandparents, Aleksandr Prokopowicz and Stefania Ruscik, both born ca. 1880, were from small farming villages near Szczuczyn, about 35 miles east of Grodno and southwest of Wilno. They entered an arranged marriage at ages 20 and 16 or so, respectively. By all accounts (including that of my grandmother herself, who told me she had been in love with the village schoolteacher), they had an incompatible, unhappy marriage. Their first child was born ca. 1899. A daughter and son followed. In 1910/11, Aleksandr and his older brother, Jozef, sold the family farm to their two younger sisters and used the money for ship's passage to America. After brief stints in Maynard and New Braintree, Massachusetts, the brothers took factory jobs in Worcester. Their wives and children followed in 1913. More children were born here. My mother, baptized Josefa (but known as Josephine), was the youngest of five siblings. All were educated at the Polish parish school. Alek and Stefania worked steadily in Worcester's industries and resided in the same Meade Street three-decker for about 25 years. They never became American citizens. When Alek died unexpectedly in 1939, he was buried in his brother's family plot in a tree-shaded older section of Notre Dame Cemetery in Worcester. Stefania never remarried, and never wavered from her desire to be laid to rest in a single grave of her own there; her instructions were followed when she died in 1962.
My Paternal Prokopowicz Family
My paternal grandparents, Julian Prokopowicz and Anna Blaszko, both born ca. 1895, were from small farming villages a few miles outside Radun, which in turn is 18 miles northwest of Lida and approximately 40 miles south of Wilno (today Vilnius, Lithuania). It is likely that Julian and Anna knew each other, since they grew up in the same parish. Both were single when they left their parents and siblings behind and immigrated in 1913/14. Julian's destination was Worcester, where he reconnected with the Linga family of Kiwance; Anna's was Lowell, where her Kulikowski cousins had settled. Julian and Anna were married in Lowell in 1916 and established in Worcester before their first child's birth a year later. My father, Alphonse, was the oldest of their nine children; he was 18 when his youngest sister was born in 1935. Julian, his name Americanized to Julius, was a wire drawer at American Steel & Wire South Works for his entire adult life. The family's first home was on Millbury Street, within easy walking distance of the wire mill. They moved three more times over the years, but always stayed on Millbury Street, by 1940 settling into the first floor of a three-decker near Crompton Park. The children attended Millbury Street School and Boys' and Girls' Trade and Commerce High Schools. Julius and Anna became U.S. citizens in the early 1940s. Julius died suddenly in 1951, and Anna remarried within months. She died in 1976. Julius, Anna, and some of their descendants are buried in a family plot at Notre Dame Cemetery.
Relationships, Memories, & the Lack Thereof
My babcia Stefania (also known as Stella) was the only grandparent I was close to. Aleksandr died before I was born, and Julius when I was 4 years old. Though I probably passed Anna's home nearly every day of my life, I never knew her. Perhaps it is not unusual that relationships sometimes get skewed in favor of one side of a family. Whatever the reasons, it is painfully sad. Stefania, a force of nature by any standards, played a major role in my life. I knew Alek and Julius only second-hand, from older family members' stories, and Anna only from occasional phone calls in which I never knew what to say. I have no photos of Stefania before she was in her 50s, and only one of Alek, taken in his coffin. I am grateful to have several photos of Julius and Anna, including their wedding photo, which I treasure.
As a child, I spent a great deal of time with my babcia Stefania. I begged her to tell me stories about her life, especially the farm where she grew up. In retrospect, of course, I wish I had asked more about wedding and baptismal dates and village names and siblings and ancestors, and less about gardens and animals. I did ask better questions as a teenager: Why didn't she wear a wedding ring? Why didn't she ever learn English? I deeply regret never having forged a relationship with Anna. Unlike Stefania, who was given to tearing up photographs and documents, Anna valued hers: the trunk she carried from Poland and an old suitcase held an abundance of photos, greeting cards, letters, notebooks, and other memorabilia. I could have learned so much from her. I could have been as close to Grandma as I was to Babcia.
And so my curiosity about my family's past was fed by the stories Stefania told me, and the stories I never had a chance to hear from Alek and Julius, and the stories I failed to seek from Anna. I was fortunate to have grown up in the midst of a huge extended family (my astrological birth chart has Jupiter in the fourth house—essentially, an abundance of family and blessings related to family; that really resonates with me). My dozens of aunts and uncles and cousins shared many memories and details that augmented what I learned from my parents. A maternal cousin, A. John Prokopowicz, began working on our shared roots in the early 1980s; he became my mentor in genealogy in 1997, encouraging me to research my paternal family lines. Since his death only too soon thereafter, I have often felt his spirit guiding and encouraging me in this quest.
Thanks to LDS microfilms, the resources of countless archives and libraries, helpful listserv "gen-pals," and serendipity, I have traced Alek and Stefania's families to the 1700s and Anna's to the early 1800s. I have visited my ancestral villages, which today lie within the borders of western Belarus, and met long-lost cousins who live there still. But I remain challenged by two major goals: to trace Julian's family roots (his father's family does not appear in the Radun parish records), and to find a photograph of Aleksandr actually taken during his lifetime. The search continues.


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Last week we published the first part of Mick Brooks' article on the Labour Theory of Value An introduction to Marx's Labour Theory of Value (Part One). Today we are publishing the second and final part in which he concentrates mainly on the Marxist concept of exploitation.
Workers are exploited under capitalism. But how? What does this mean? The law of value analyses the circulation of commodities as an exchange of equivalents. Marx poses the problem this way (Capital Vol. 1) "The transformation of money into capital is to be explained…in such a way that the starting point is an exchange of equivalents. Mr. Moneybags, who is as yet only an embryo capitalist, must buy his commodities at their value and must sell them at their value; and nevertheless at the end of the process he must draw more value out of circulation than he puts into it at starting…This is the nut we have to crack!"
Nothing could be simpler than to explain the profits of the capitalist in terms of them adding a bit on the price for themselves. And capitalists like the ballpoint magnate Reynolds probably did operate with the notion of a standard mark-up. However Reynolds and the other market leaders had to drastically revise their notion of what that mark-up might be as they were confronted with the prospect of a full-scale price war in the 1940s, as the technology for producing ballpoints became standardised. Capitalists continually try to rip each other and the working class off by pushing up their prices, and therefore their profits. But first they come up against limits imposed by the law of value, the regulator of their system. Secondly marking-up prices is quite simply a zero-sum game for the boss class as a whole. What one gains, the other loses. It just cannot explain the steady unremitting flow of new income into the pockets of the rich, as they sit at home and wait for the dividends to plop on to their doormats.
The historic dispossession of the ancestors of the modern working class, such as peasants and artisans, from their means of making a living gives the capitalists the whip hand. Marx goes on, "If, then, the owner of money is to transform his money into capital, he must find in the commodity market a free worker, free in a double sense. The worker must be able to dispose of his labour power as his own commodity; and, on the other hand he must have no other commodities for sale, must be 'free' from everything that is essential for the realisation of his labour power."
Labour power
What is all this about labour power? We have all been led to believe we are paid for the work we put in. After all, if we work overtime or weekends, we expect to get paid more. If we're put on short time or laid off, we expect to lose money. Some of us are on piece work, where what's in our pay packet is directly linked to the effort we put in. That's certainly the way it looks. We'll be investigating the wages form later on. But Marx's discovery was that capitalists don't buy a determinate lump of work done. What they buy is a capacity, and they have to sweat the most out of it they can. Modern bourgeois economists use an efficiency wage theory to explain why some workers are paid more than the minimum market rate. It's because the bosses want to hang on to scarce skills. In turn workers may accord the firm some loyalty and commitment if they think they have a secure future there. Efficiency wage theory accepts that what the boss is getting is a capacity. It also argues that productivity can depend on the wage level paid. This turns neo-classical theory (which attempts to relate wages to productivity, so 'we get paid what we're worth') completely on its head.
Marx explains, "I use the term labour power or capacity for labour, to denote the aggregate of those bodily and mental capabilities existing in a human being, which he exercises whenever he produces a use-value of any kind"… "The value of labour power, like that of every other commodity, is determined by the labour time necessary for the production, and consequently for the reproduction as well, of this specific article as well. In so far as it has value, labour power itself represents nothing more than a definite amount of average social labour which has been incorporated in it. Labour power only exists as a capacity of a living individual; its production presupposed his existence; and therefore the production of labour is dependent upon the worker's reproduction of himself, upon the worker's maintenance."
What the worker is being paid for is not the work he or she does. It is his/her keep. In a market economy everything is swapped around with money. The capitalist comes along with money hires the worker and puts her to work. He can do this because the worker has no independent access to the means of production, owned by the capitalist class as a whole. The worker is paid a sum of money, enough to keep body and soul together at whatever had become the normal standard of living for workers in that society. For workers in an advanced capitalist country that standard might be quite high by historic standards - a nice house full of electronic kit, a car in the driveway and a freezer full of food. But however much living standards may have improved over time and in the course of struggle, the gap between workers and capitalists in the age of Bill Gates is more than it ever was before. Workers will hang on to that standard of life only so long as they hold on to that job with the capitalists, in so doing providing the latter with a never-ending stream of unearned income.
The value of labour embodied in the product of our labour and the value of the labour power, the worker's subsistence, are two different things. Imagine a farmer who keeps a horse to plough a field and sow oats. The farmer feeds the horse some of the oats and sells the rest. It would be pointless for the farmer to keep a horse if it only ploughed up enough soil to feed itself. Horses have traditionally been used in agriculture because they can provide farmers with a surplus above their own subsistence. That is also why capitalists employ workers. It's easy to see what's happening in the case of the horse; you can actually divide a crop up into oats for subsistence and oats for sale. It's more difficult with the worker. The worker comes in to produce commodities, which very often are consumed neither by labourers or capitalists. The commodities are sold on the open market. The worker is paid off with a wage, which he or she is free to spend as he/she thinks fit. That's the theory. Really you have to pay the rent, and you have to eat. By the time you've paid out on essentials all you have left is pocket money. Meanwhile the boss trousers the surplus left over in money form.
The worker adds value in the process of production. That is a well recognised fact. The Inland Revenue can compute value added in order to calculate how much VAT they should be getting. This product of the worker's labour undergoes a two way split. If we look at every day, every hour, every minute of time or every piece of work done value added can be divided in two. Marx called these necessary and surplus labour. Necessary labour is what goes to maintain the workers' labour power - it is paid labour and goes towards the workers' wage. Surplus labour is labour which goes to keep not just your immediate boss, but the whole class of hangers on, in idleness. This is unpaid labour.
Hostile commentators often attribute to Marx the notion that workers could only get an absolute subsistence minimum wage. This, of course, is the prelude to 'proving' that Marx was wrong, or at least completely out of date. Actually Marx and Engels were scornful of contemporary theories of the 'iron law of wages' as was put forward by Lassalle, an opponent of theirs in the German labour movement. Quite logically Lassalle contested that, since wages were fixed, trade union activity and strikes were a waste of time. Marx, as head of the International Working Men's Association, vigorously argued the opposite. The International actually spent most of its time and effort raising funds for workers on strike and issuing leaflets in different languages and appeals against the danger of international scabbing. Marx was also one of the nineteenth century economists most aware of rising standards of living for the workers. Moreover he saw these early faltering steps of the labour movement in gaining an improved standard of living through struggle as the necessary first stage in the process of self-emancipation of the working class. "The comprehensiveness of what are called 'needs', and the method of their satisfaction, are likewise historical products, depending upon the stage of civilisation a country has reached; and depending, moreover, to a very considerable extent upon what conditions, and therefore with what habits and claims, the class of free workers has come into existence. Thus the value of labour power includes… a historical and a moral factor."
Paid and unpaid labour
The division of the working time into paid and unpaid labour is not a feature of capitalism alone. All ruling classes in history have maintained themselves by exploiting the oppressed class. "Surplus labour was not a new discovery made by capital. Wherever a part of society has a monopoly of the means of production the worker, whether free or bond, must supplement the labour time necessary for his own maintenance by surplus labour time in which he produces the means of subsistence for the owner of the means of production, whether this owner be an Athenian devotee of the Good and the Beautiful, an Etruscan theocrat, a Roman citizen, a Norman baron, an American slave owner, a Wallachian boyar, a modern landlord or a capitalist." The difference is that, under capitalism, exploitation is not obvious. Under feudalism the peasants often worked three days on their own strips of land and three days on the lord's land. The product of the first three days' work would be consumed in the peasant household while the product of the next three days labour was harvested and taken to the castle for the lord and his retainers. Whatever the contemporary religious or traditional justification of this practice, it would not have been necessary for medieval revolutionaries to have written erudite tomes explaining that this was exploitation. Likewise with the slave. Actually it would seem here that all the slave's labour was unpaid. In fact if the slave was producing a commercial crop such as cotton or tobacco, the slave owner would have to put aside a part of his revenue to buy food for the slaves. The same division of the product of work into paid and unpaid portion takes place in all forms of class society.
The reality of exploitation under capitalism is complicated by several other factors. First the medieval peasant is likely to harvest a crop with his own hands. It is obvious that the food he eats is the fruit of his own labour. Under capitalism there is a division of labour within the workplace as well as the division of labour imposed by production for the market. No one worker can point to the product and say 'this is mine'. A commodity such as a mass-produced car passes through the hands of hundreds of detail workers. It is the product of the collective labour of the factory 'hands'. This is a broader concept than just assembly-line workers. A big factory is likely to hire separate cleaning staff. The alternative, of course, would be to stop work while the production line workers clean up. Likewise the Coventry toolroom agreement recognises maintenance engineers as productive workers by cutting them in on any bonuses or piece work agreements.
Secondly the surplus is not all consumed by your direct employer. Marxists have used the formula - rent, interest and profit - to explain the division of surplus value among the different fractions of the capitalist. Actually it's even more complicated than that, as we shall see. But if the banks raise interest rates or industrial rents go up, that will hit the industrialist's profits quite independently of the struggle of the workers for higher wages, for a bigger share of what they produce.
Finally the capitalist has other costs than labour. For a modern multinational, wages may represent no more than 5-10% of total costs. Though the value added by the worker may be divided into necessary and surplus labour, the value of the commodity comes in three parts. There is surplus value, the unpaid labour of the working class that the capitalists all feed off. Then there is the time put in by the worker to reproduce the elements of his or her own wages. When the capitalist 'advances' this to the worker in the form of a wage, Marx calls this variable capital. It is variable because it is part of the money capital, which is capable of yielding a surplus in the process of production. All the other outlays by the boss, for raw materials, machinery heating light and power, and so on, are called constant capital by Marx. These are called constant capital because they pass their value unchanged to the final product. They contain surplus value from workers further down the chain of production. This is easy to see in the case of raw materials. Nobody thinks that the chocolate coating to a sweet adds any value apart from its cost for the capitalist who buys it. Machinery does aid the productivity of labour but does not itself add value. To take the simplest case, the capitalists (or rather their managers) know a machine will produce one million widgets over a ten year period, by which time it will be clapped out. If the machine costs £1 million they will assess the depreciation on the machine embodied in each widget at £1. So if they put £1 aside every time they sell a widget they will have £1 million when it's time to buy a new machine. In practice capitalists will have to take account of the fact that the machine will probably be obsolescent and have to be scrapped before it is physically worn out, but the principle is clear. Machinery just passes its value unchanged to the final product to the extent that it depreciates. It aids the worker in creating surplus value but does not itself create new value. That is why all the other elements of the production process apart from labour power count for the capitalist as constant capital.
Exploitation in action
Let's look at exploitation in practice. Figures come from the research department of the American textile workers' union, UNITE. If an American woman spends $100 on a dress:-
$54 goes to the shop. But all the retailer does is pass the goods along and hang them up for people to look at. Where does the money come from? The sales effort squanders huge resources in modern capitalism. These resources can only come from the surplus value generated in the productive part of the economy.
$18 goes on materials. The manufacturing firm just buys these in.
$16 is manufacturing overheads and profit. This is a tricky one to analyse in Marxist terms. Heating and lighting are costs, just like fabrics and zip fasteners. But some of the 'costs' will really be a share of the profits. Rent, for instance, is really siphoned off by another section of the property owning class. To keep it simple, we'll assume that $15 of those $16 really are costs and the poor old manufacturer only makes $1 on a $100 dress (a rate of profit of just 1%).
The worker who makes the dress gets $12 back in wages.
Now let's look at this in Marxist terms:-
Constant capital is $33 - $18 for materials, $15 for other production costs.
Variable capital is $12
Surplus value is $55, of which $1 goes to the immediate boss and $54 on Oxford Street rents and the pay of salespeople, who no doubt work very hard, but do not generate new values through their work.
The rate of surplus value or rate of exploitation is the amount of time the worker puts in to reproduce the elements of her wages compared with the amount of time the worker devotes to enriching the capitalist class. In this case the rate of exploitation is more than 450%!
Here's how the rich get rich and the poor stay poor. And it's true whether you work on a farm or in a factory, and whether you dish up burgers or write computer programmes. The rich get rich off our unpaid labour.
Don't you think a rate of exploitation of 450% is good enough for the bosses? Don't you think they'd be happy getting a worker to put in about 11 minutes every hour to get his or her wages back while he/she works the other 49 minutes to keep the capitalist class in clover? Not on your nelly! It's never enough. There is a compulsion on individual capitalists to squeeze more and more out of you. In part the whip is supplied by competition with other firms. If you have to beat the opposition, the best way is to sell the stuff cheaper. The best way to sell cheaper is to make it cheaper - that is with less labour. They call it cutting costs, but that's what it is. Let's see what this race does for the development of the system as a whole.
Absolute surplus value
The bosses are always out to get that little bit more out of the workers. One obvious way they do that is to get you to work longer hours. Let's stick with the garment industry.
Lina Rodriguez Meza, a clothing worker in New York explains. "When it's busy, we work up to sixty to sixty-three hours. The conditions in the factory are not good. In the factory where I work, almost everyone is from Ecuador. Those people work hard. And since they come very far from their land, they come and are afraid of losing their jobs, so they enslave themselves."
Lina's in a difficult position. Nobody wants to put in over sixty hours in a week. But the basic rate is so low. And in the fashion industry work is completely casual, as she explains. "Last week we only worked for fifteen hours. And now we worked two days in a row, but it seems like we're going to be off again."
Lina actually needs the overtime to make ends meet. She is a worker in the richest country in the world.
What's going on here? As we have seen, there is a compulsion on the capitalist class to try to get more and more out of us, to raise the rate of exploitation. One way to do this is what Marx called the extraction of absolute surplus value. This means exploiting the worker over a longer time. For instance if a worker does four hours to earn their keep and then puts in another four hours to help the boss out, the rate of exploitation is 100%. But if the worker can be induced to slave for ten hours a day, then that extra two hours is a free lunch for their boss. In Marx's time the capitalists just used their class power to lengthen the working day. Since workers were usually paid by the day, the struggle over the length of the working day was a basic form of class struggle.
Critics of Marx say that's all out of date. What is happening to Lina and millions like her shows that the extraction of absolute surplus value is still a very effective way of lining the bosses' pockets. That's why it's still going on in the new millennium - in the heart of New York. We all know the jobs - security guards, caterers, cleaners, drivers, railway workers - where it's understood that you'll have to work overtime to make enough to feed a family on because the basic rate is so low.
Most workers in the United States and the other rich countries did gain better wages and conditions - for a time. They did it by organising in trade unions and threatening the strike weapon. Any strike shows that when the workers stop working, nothing gets done. It's us that produce the wealth.
But now big business is trying to take back all the gains of past struggles. Why? - because they can. Because they can roam the world looking for cheap labour to exploit. Because they can sniff out and batten on to low pay pockets in rich countries. Because if they can use child labour, they will use child labour. Because if they can use slave labour, they will use slave labour.
How does all this affect workers in rich countries such as the United States. In 1973 there were nearly 1.5 million clothing and textile workers in the USA. Some of them have lost their jobs as firms like Nike pull up stakes and go where they can get away with paying workers less. While only 4% of clothing was imported into the States in the 1960s, it's now gone up to 60%.
But 860,000 still work in the rag trade in the United States. American bosses have responded to foreign competition in different ways. One response of textile and clothing companies in the rich countries to foreign competitors has been to make sure that, if they're paying you more than workers in Pakistan or El Salvador, they get more out of you.
Relative surplus value
American clothing bosses have cut costs by mechanising. Whereas only 6% of clothing production in the United States used modern machinery in the 1960s, twenty years later the business was 40% automated. As a result productivity in clothing manufacture has doubled in the rich countries over a twenty year period. In other words workers are producing twice as much as they did before. As a result they are working less time to make up the value of their wages and more time for the boss class. This is what Marx called the production of relative surplus value. Relative surplus value can be increased by raising the intensity of labour (which is what bosses were trying to do to British textile workers in the 1930s - as we see below) or by raising the productivity of labour through mechanisation.
What has happened to American workers' wages as a result of mechanisation? Clothing workers' wages in the USA buy exactly the same as they did twenty years ago. The entire benefits of this increased productivity has gone to the clothing employers.
What's this all about? We know that a simple and obvious way of raising the rate of exploitation when the labour movement is weak is to make the workers put in more hours to extract more absolute surplus value. Marx showed how this strategy came up against the resistance of the working class in the cotton textile industry in the middle of the nineteenth century. The workers imposed their own limits through strike action and later won a legal limit on the working day. If capitalists can't increase hours without limits to raise the rate of exploitation then they're going to have to make the workers achieve more in the hours when they do have them at their disposal. If a worker is knocking out twice as many dresses in eight hours, then they're reproducing the elements of their wages in two hours instead of four. That leaves six hours for the production of surplus value.
One way of extracting relative surplus value is by raising the productivity of labour. This usually involves the accumulation of capital with more and more machinery behind the elbow of each worker.
Intensification of labour
Another way is by raising the intensity of labour. If you can't lengthen hours, then they make sure they get more out of you while you're there. Two classic ways of getting more sweat out of workers are speeding up the track and getting the workers to mind more machines.
This has been going on a long time. However much you produce for them they always want more. At the time of the great depression of 1929-33, the British cotton capitalists thought it was a good time to put the boot in to textile workers. They demanded that weavers mind six looms instead of four - like Japanese workers. The 'more-looms' dispute, went together with a demand for pay cuts of up to 12 ½ % - more work for less pay! This triggered a walkout of 150,000 weavers in Lancashire. After a bitter dispute in which police baton charges against picket lines became routine, the strike was sold out by the trade union tops.
The accumulation of capital
The process whereby more and more dead labour (constant capital, in Marx's term) is used relative to living labour in the production process is called the accumulation of capital. It is the curse of the individual capitalist that they cannot just consume the unpaid labour of the working class in luxury living (though they don't do badly). They are forced by competition among themselves to plough back a major part of their ill-gotten gains. This in turn raises the productivity of labour. By accumulating capital and creating a mass working class all over the world capitalism is creating the conditions for its own supercession as a system. It is taking us to the threshold of a society of abundance. Yet at the present time half the world's population lives in desperate poverty on $2 a day or less.
The accompanying diagram adapted from the Economist in 1985 shows that the productivity of labour in textile spinning has gone up two thousand times over since the industrial revolution began around 1750 - up to 1980. It's still rising, faster than ever. So they are certainly exploiting us more! We've deliberately used the old-fashioned example of spinning. The reader will probably have been told about the spinning jenny and the industrial revolution at school and Marx dealt with it extensively in his writings. But clearly the most spectacular starburst of productivity is to be seen in industries subject to computerisation. "The speed at which computers are capable of carrying immense computations is almost impossible to grasp. As long ago as the early 1960s, when the space-frame centrepiece of Expo 67 was being designed, a computer was employed for two hours. A mathematical graduate could have performed the same calculations, but would have taken about 30,000 years. This is equivalent to about 1000 mathematicians working for their entire lifetimes." (from Mike Cooley - 'Architect and bee')
Increasing organic composition of capital
So modern textile machinery makes workers enormously more productive than people with distaffs three hundred years ago. Likewise Computer Aided Design means a three dimensional design of a complex piece of machinery can be generated in an instant - whereas twenty years ago a team of draftsmen with 5H pencils and 'T' squares took a week to do the same job. The examples can be multiplied at will. But there is a fly in the ointment. Modern textile machinery costs more than distaffs. A bank of computers costs more than pencils and 'T' squares. It costs a lot more to exploit the workers more. Dead labour progressively replaces living labour in production. Marx called the secular trend for the ratio of constant capital (outlays on plant and raw materials) to rise relative to variable capital (money laid out on wages) an increase in the organic composition of capital. And it's been going on all over. One example: General Motors opened its Saturn plant on a greenfield site in Tennessee. The plant cost $5 billion - that's $5 thousand million. It will employ about 6,000 workers. That's nearly $1 million behind the elbow of each worker in the modern car industry.
You won't stop the bosses exploiting workers. As long as they are bosses, they have to do that. But you'll never stop workers fighting back against exploitation either. As long as they are wage workers they will have to fight for a better future. That means an end to the bosses' system and the socialist transformation of society.


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"[O]ne source close to the organization's leadership says a shake-up may be inevitable now that the organization has changed direction.
"'Somebody besides Nancy Brinker is going to pay for it,' the source said.
"The likely target is Vice President Karen Handel, who called for defunding Planned Parenthood during an unsuccessful run for governor of Georgia…
"Even if Handel isn't forced out, it seems likely that the reversal could lead her to resign, just as it might drive away many abortion opponents who may see Komen as more closely identified with abortion rights than it did before it attempted to sever ties with Planned Parenthood."
"[O]fficials across the organization said they were still reeling from the fallout of what many described as a public relations fiasco created by Komen's leadership.
"'I felt like we were eaten alive,' said Logan Hood, executive director of Koman's Aspen affiliate in Colorado. 'We had no advance warning. . . . We were sent into battle without armor.'…
"The affiliate has already lost $50,000 in corporate sponsorship for a Race for the Cure next fall. Farmer Sherman said she has scheduled meetings Saturday to try to make amends with supporters.
"'There are some relationships that are, perhaps, irrevocably damaged,' she said."
"The liberal blacklist. Of course I support anybody's right to withhold money or approval from any organization for any reason. But let's just be clear what's going on here. Komen broke ranks, and for the cultural left, that cannot be understood, forgiven, or overlooked; Komen must be ruined. Nothing Komen or Nancy Brinker has ever done for women in 30 years matters to these people. This is war…
"You know, the more I think about it, the more I realize this is a clarifying moment. Think of it! Three decades of service to women fighting breast cancer, and having raised and distributed … nearly $2 billion towards that goal, means absolutely nothing to these people now trying to destroy Komen. They could have denounced Komen's decision, but in light of all Komen has done, and still does for women, turned their ire on the Republicans, the Religious Right, and so forth. But no, Komen broke ranks, and it must be dealt with harshly. And the sympathetic mainstream media is helping them do the job. All this reminds one of exactly what we're dealing with here: what John Paul II called the culture of death. It is helpful to be reminded which side you're on."
"Look, the beauty of free speech is that, if you're inclined to do so, you can write a check to PP in an act of solidarity, or write a check to Komen as an expression of moral approval. That's all fine. But there's something quite a bit different, something creepy and not a little despicable, about the Planned Parenthood set's besmirching Komen's good name across a thousand platforms for having the audacity to stop giving them free money. And I don't care why that decision was made, frankly. If it was made because PP is controversial and under congressional 'investigation,' that's a perfectly valid reason for an organization to disentangle itself. If it was made because they judged that money would have a greater impact if directed toward the provision of actual mammograms and not just clinical screenings, that makes sense. And if the decision was made because a controlling faction at Komen feels a moral disgust toward the dismemberment of viable fetuses and would rather not subsidize an outfit that does that 300,000 times a year — well that's fine, too. None of those rationales justifies the outrageous non-sequiturs about how Komen 'hates poor women.'
"Imagine I volunteered to run a cub scout troop, and for years, when the annual soapbox derby came near, I knew I could count on Joe's Deli as good for a hundred dollar donation. If one year Old Man Joe decided he didn't want to donate any more — because he didn't like the design of our racer, or because he thought his hundred bucks was better spent on a little league team, or because he disapproved of the scouts' stance on gays — what on earth would justify me going on public access TV to grill Old Man Joe on why he hates kids? What would justify me hacking the Joe's Deli web site or maliciously editing Old Man Joe's Wikipedia page? What would justify me goading a handful of my city councilman into standing up at the next town meeting and publicly calling on Old Man Joe to reinstate his donation?"
"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the Susan G. Komen foundation's retreat from its decision to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood is a victory for women's health…
"'It was an unfortunate situation but it was dealt with in a short period of time, [and] I commend the Susan G. Komen foundation for seeing the light on this,' Pelosi added. '[It] just goes to show you, when women speak out, women win. Women's health has a big victory this morning.'"
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About the Author: Andrea Strano is the Assistant Information Officer at the U.S. Mission to NATO.
I should have recorded the miles. Imagine working for two days at an international expo site that spans four buildings and is the width and length of an entire city block. Then picture having to navigate that expanse back and forth, back and forth, as you perform tasks for the event. Now imagine having to work in that huge site with mobility issues, such as those often caused by multiple sclerosis. Now go do your job.
For the 2010 summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), held November 19-20 in Lisbon, Portugal, my colleagues and I worked with more than 50 American journalists who traveled to Lisbon to cover President Obama's meetings and remarks at the NATO Summit, as well as hundreds of press from international newswires and single-country news organizations.
In all, more than 1,800 media representatives from 67 countries attended the two-day event, including journalists, photographers, and videographers -- all whom had their own opinions about how the NATO Summit was important to their countries.
While the press was busy covering dignitaries from some 50 countries, I covered the movements of the press. With the help of my colleagues in administrative services at U.S. Embassy-Lisbon and the U.S. Mission to NATO, as well as the support of the State Department's Employee Relations office, I had the use of a scooter to cover the distances. As you will see in the attached video, I had the opportunity to speak with some of the press as I moved in my scooter to all places in the vast expo site where I needed to go.


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The birds are singing again. The mornings are glorious. The sunshine makes a daily appearance, often warming the whole day with its light. When the rain comes it is warm and wonderful and the smell of wet cement is just intoxicating, isn't it? I love springtime! I hope it's making its way to your neck of the woods, too.
I don't know about you, but a change of seasons always makes me feel like I need a few new items in my wardrobe, something fresh to welcome the weather. And doesn't a new dress seem just the right way to greet spring?
This morning we are excited to tell you that Shabby Apple is offering a $50 gift certificate to one lucky Bloomer! Shabby Apple is an online dress boutique that specializes in vintage and retro dresses. Check out their lovely collection of vintage dresses; I'm particularly fond of the Animalia (pictured above).
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There's nothing particularly pleasant about diaper duty — no matter how cute your baby's little bottom is… but these all natural diaper creams sweeten the ordeal with their healing, therapeutic properties — and their ability to reach far beyond the changing table to provide nourishment and tender loving care to babies and the entire family. Read after the jump to learn about our top 5 picks for the best all natural diaper creams!
Angel Baby Bottom Balm
Earth Mama Angel Baby organic products boast the unbeatable safety rating of zero on The Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep website — which rates personal care products with regard to their toxicity levels. The extensive collection of Earth Mama Angel Baby's completely pure and non-toxic products includes this gem of a diaper cream: Angel Baby Bottom Balm. This vegan salve is made with "organic olive oil infused with a proprietary blend of naturally antibacterial and antifungal organic herbs, shea butter and pure essential oils." In addition to being used to protect and treat against diaper rash, this amazing balm may be used to soothe cradle cap, bug bites, scrapes and chicken pox, minor rashes and burns.
+ Angel Baby Bottom Balm $9.95/1 oz. $14.95/2 oz.
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BABYBEARSHOP's Cheeky Baby Butter is 99% organic, 100% natural and made from 100% plant derived ingredients including nourishing shea butter and soothing lavender oil. Containing no parabens or artificial ingredients, Cheeky Baby Butter goes above and beyond diaper duty by soothing dry skin and providing exceptional healing for eczema and red patches. A teeny bit of this cream goes a long way, and it may also be used by mamas for wrinkles, scars and stretchmarks.
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Erbaviva Diaper Cream had a spot on our Green Holiday Gifts for New Parents List, and it's truly the gift that keeps on giving year round. Featuring Echinacea as a main ingredient — which is known for its healing properties and ability to reduce redness, inflammation and pain — Erbaviva diaper cream is scented with lavender and chamomile essential oils to help soothe baby during a diaper change.
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California Baby Calming Diaper Rash Cream
California Baby products are a favorite of the Inhabitots editors. Their Calming Diaper Rash Cream, which contains an essential oil blend including French lavender and organic Tea Tree oil, as well as healing ingredients such as Aloe Vera and Vitamin E, not only soothes baby's bottom, it may also be applied as a natural remedy for minor cuts and burns. The ingredients in this cream also work together to act as a barrier to prevent future diaper rash outbreaks.
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If you're one of the lucky ones, and your sweet babe doesn't suffer from diaper rash, you'll still be thrilled to have L'occitane's Shea Butter Mom and Baby Balm on hand — literally. We all know the amount of hand-washing that goes along with diaper changes, and this rich and creamy balm (which doesn't leave hands with a greasy residue) is based on an ancient tradition of African mothers massaging their babies with "magical" Shea Butter to welcome them to the world. The purest blend of all natural ingredients including calendula, oats, and grape vine add up to make this Mom and Baby Balm a treasured tin.
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The UNESCO Prize on ICT use in education
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The winners for 2009, announced back in December, will receive their awards in a ceremony at UNESCO headquarters in Paris next week. The latest winners are Dr. Alexei Semenov, Rector of the Moscow Institute of Open Education, Russian Federation, and Jordan's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (acknowledging its work in leading the Jordan Education Initiative).
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One last thought about the sounds around you. Sit back and listen. What do you hear? The fitness facility is home to numerous noises not experienced in most settings. Just think about it. As you walk the aisles of your grocery store, do you routinely hear men huffing and puffing as if they're in a Lamaze class? I hope not! But you do hear those sounds emanating from the muscle-pumping dudes on the weight-room floor. Do you hear ear-splitting techno at the dry cleaners? Again, not usually, unless you go to some really hip, new dry cleaners that is part dance club and part laundry facility. Ever been in the post office and heard the sound of 200 pounds dropping on the floor? Nope, you don't usually hear that while buying a book of stamps.
Fitness facilities are unique places. And we should enjoy the zoo-like environment. Now, I'm not calling the club a zoo because it holds a lot of sweaty, and sometimes stinky, mammals (although that it true occasionally); I'm calling it a zoo because on most days it sounds like a jungle. And I'm not just talking about roars coming from childcare.
That's right, most of the time it's the grown men and women on the treadmill, in the locker room and on the free weights. They're the ones that have an odd inclination to become noise-producers — especially during busy times when the gym is packed with life.
How many stories could I, a group exerciser and personal trainer, recount about weird noises at the gym? Plenty. And as a fitness professional yourself, I'm sure you have a mountain more. But, regardless, here are some of my favorites. See if you can identify these and other species native to your club.
Hard-of Hearing Elephant - This is a rare breed of mammal that ignores all signs on televisions reading, "Please Do NOT Change the Channel." This persistent member also pays no heed to messages about keeping the volume of the televisions to a minimum, if any sound at all. Beware of the Hard-of Hearing Elephant — they do not listen to requests made by the staff to follow the rules. They'll go right back to their usual habits once you walk away.
The Grunting Gorilla - You can easily spot the Grunting Gorilla. He is commonly male, but can also be female. He/she enjoys sitting in the focal part of the weight room, usually near a mirror. The Grunting Gorilla then picks up an inconceivable amount of weight and while lifting it, begins to turn so red that it looks like they may explode, followed by heavy breathing, panting and then, on their last rep, a long, drawn-out release of a grunt varying in tone and pitch.
The Crooning Chimp - This animal doesn't just walk around singing to the music (there isn't anything wrong with that, is there?); this member gets so wrapped up in his workout that he forgets that the entire gym even exists. The in-the-moment thinking absorbs the member in his pace and music. The Crooning Chimp gets so fired up that he begins singing to his portable music device without realizing it. Take heed of the Crooning Chimp though. It's best to ignore his singing because he is easily embarrassed and may try to escape when he becomes aware of what he is doing.
Chatty Birds - This breed of animal travels in pairs. They walk away on their side-by-side treadmills discussing their latest dilemmas for all to hear. From problems with their children to boss issues to their latest doctor's visit, these Chatty Birds seem not to care who can hear the most intimate details of their conversation. Zoologists think that the rhythmic sound of the treadmill lulls these creatures into a false sense that they are the only two creatures at the gym that day.
While it may sound like a zoo at times, remember that your facility is a place where members can come in, relax and work on their own personal goals, both physical and mental. So, go ahead and let them make a whole lot of interesting noises in the process, just as long as they're being safe and not endangering your other members. You may be surprised and frightened at times by the random noises, but you sure can have fun observing them.


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Remember, not everyone drinks. Specifically, 68 percent of incoming Clemson University freshmen students in 2013 did not drink (Alcohol Edu, Clemson University, 2013).
In addition, 42 percent of Clemson first-year students reported not drinking in the past 30 days in their second semester at Clemson (Core, 2014).
They may not drink because they are not 21 years of age, health concerns, or personal and cultural values and beliefs. There are many ways to have fun and socialize at Clemson University.
Death: 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries.
Assault: More than 690,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking.
Sexual Abuse: More than 97,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or acquaintance rape.
Injury: 599,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 receive unintentional injuries while under the influence of alcohol.
Academic Problems: About 25 percent of college students report academic consequences of their drinking including missing class, falling behind, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.
It's not just alcohol but drugs too. Only 21.7 percent of Clemson students reported they are current users of an illegal drug in the past year (including marijuana), but 44.9 percent of students believe the average student on this campus uses some form of illegal drug at least once a week (Core, 2014).
Clemson University is committed to maintaining an environment that is healthy, safe and attractive for all members of the community. Students who choose to use alcohol and other drugs assume a responsibility to comply with South Carolina laws and University policies, to make decisions that reduce their personal risks, and to consider the health and safety risks posed to others. The University provides education, programs, and policies to empower students to make responsible decisions relating to alcohol and other drug consumption. Students who choose to violate University policy related to alcohol and other drug use are subject to discipline as outlined in the student code of conduct. Where those actions also violate state and/or federal law, students are subject to legal consequences as well.
In the spring 2014, Clemson University and community stakeholders developed the Alcohol and Other Drug Strategic Plan. Clemson University's Alcohol and Other Drug Strategic Plan includes targets set for 10% improvement by 2020 as compared to 2010 national baseline, established as a composite of CORE data from 2009-2011, in the following measures:
High-risk drinking and illegal drug use
Consequences of alcohol and drug use
Protective behaviors
Strategic focus areas include
intervention and treatment,
environmental management, and
protective measures.
The amount of liquid in your glass, can or bottle does not necessarily match up to how much alcohol is actually in your drink. Different types of beer, wine or malt liquor can have very different amounts of alcohol content. In the United States, one "standard" drink contains roughly 14 grams of pure alcohol, which is found in
12 ounces of regular beer, which is usually about 5% alcohol;
5 ounces of wine, which is typically about 12% alcohol;
1.5 ounces of distilled spirits, which is about 40% alcohol.
How do you know how much alcohol is in your drink?
Even though they come in different sizes, the drinks below are each examples of one standard drink:
What Is A Standard Drink? (n.d.). Retrieved from URL
Alternate alcohol and non-alcoholic drinks (water or even fizzy water that looks like a drink to take pressure off of not drinking)
Stay with the same group of friends the entire time of drinking
Choose not to drink alcohol
Take an intoxicated friend's keys
Don't drive/use a designated driver (Aspire to Be Safe - Use the Safety section of the my.Clemson app)
Avoid drinking games
Pace drinks to one or fewer an hour
Do not accept an open container of alcohol
Plan your way home before you go out
Although alcohol can create a relaxed and "up" feeling, many students incorrectly assume the more alcohol they consume, the better they will feel, when it is actually just the opposite. The effect is known as the point of diminishing return.
When you pass a 0.06 BAC level, negative effects begin. These symptoms include fatigue, impaired sexual performance, inappropriate social behavior and over-expressed emotions (Adapted from the University of Rochester).
The body can process about one standard drink per hour. If you drink more than one drink per hour, such as taking shots, your BAC will rise and your body will begin to shut down.
It is important to note that the physiological differences between men and women affect the way alcohol is processed through the body. Even if a man and a woman are the same size and drink the same number and type of drinks, the woman's BAC level will be higher due to the body's ability to dilute alcohol and metabolize alcohol differently as well as hormonal factors.
.08 BAC Legal Limit. (n.d.). Retrieved from URL
Alcohol depresses nerves that control involuntary actions such as breathing and the gag reflex (which prevents choking). A fatal dose of alcohol will eventually stop these functions.
It is common for someone who drank excessive alcohol to vomit since alcohol is an irritant to the stomach. There is then the danger of choking on vomit, which could cause death by asphyxiation in a person who is not conscious because of intoxication.
You should also know that a person's blood alcohol concentration (BAC) could continue to rise even while he or she is passed out. Even after a person stops drinking, alcohol in the stomach and intestine continues to enter the bloodstream and circulate throughout the body. It is dangerous to assume the person will be fine by sleeping it off.
Mental confusion, stupor, coma or person cannot be roused
Slow breathing (fewer than eight breaths per minute)
Irregular breathing (10 seconds or more between breaths)
Hypothermia (low body temperature), bluish skin color, paleness
Know the danger signals.
Do not wait for all symptoms to be present.
Be aware that a person who has passed out may die.
If there is any suspicion of an alcohol overdose, call 911 for help. Don't try to guess the level of drunkenness.
Roll them over to prevent choking – see the BACCHUS Maneuver video below
Alcohol poisoning is a medical emergency. Our first priority is the safety of our students. If you think a friend might have alcohol poisoning, please get help. The Clemson University Police Department (864-656-2222) or 911 are the quickest resources to help a friend in need.
Facts About Alcohol Poisoning. (n.d.). Retrieved from URL
Make no mistake about it: alcohol poisoning is a medical emergency. Our first priority is the safety of our students. If you think a friend might have alcohol poisoning, please get help. The Clemson University Police Department (864-656-2222) or 911 are the quickest resources to help a friend in need.
Clemson University has a Medical Alcohol Amnesty Policy (MAAP) that provides amnesty for students who need medical attention as well as the students who make the call for help. Those students who utilize MAAP will be contacted by someone from the Dean of Students Office to ensure that they have the resources they need in order to be a successful Clemson student.
Clemson also has a CARE Network in place to help students experiencing difficulties. If you feel a friend has a problem with drugs or alcohol and it is not an emergency, you can submit a CARE report or contact Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at 864-656-2451. These and other resources are available on the go in the Safety section of the my.Clemson app.
Remember: Dont worry about the consequences of helping someone. Were all Clemson Tigers. Look out for one another.
The four big points you need to know about Clemson University and drug use are as follows:
Deaths from drug overdose have been rising steadily over the past two decades and have become the leading cause of injury death in the United States.
*More DEATHS from accidental drug overdose than car accidents
The danger is that many over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription drugs, especially when mixed with alcohol, have synergistic effect. For example, prescription pain relievers and alcohol both slow breathing. By ingesting too much of both, someone can literally stop breathing. Read the labels and check with the pharmacist before combining any medications and/or drugs.
Many drugs are not regulated by the FDA; therefore, there is no way to know what is actually in them. Remember, if you do not know what is in it or the concentration, neither will the emergency medical personnel.
Adderall, Vyvanse, Dexedrine, Ritalin and Concerta are classified as Schedule II drugs. Possessing these drugs without a prescription, even in small quantities, is considered a crime. If the authorities believe you are intending to distribute these drugs, it is a felony, and you can face up to five to twenty years in prison, a $250,000 to $5 million fine, or both.
Street Names: dope, ganja, grass, herb, mary jane, pot, reefer, weed, 420
Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used in the United States. After a period of decline in the last decade, its use has been increasing among young people since 2007, corresponding to a diminishing perception of the drug's risks that may be associated with increased public debate over the drug's legal status.
Marijuana also affects brain development, and when it is used heavily by young people, its effects on thinking and memory may last a long time or even be permanent. A recent study of marijuana users who began using in adolescence revealed substantially reduced connectivity among brain areas responsible for learning and memory. A large long-term study in New Zealand showed that people who began smoking marijuana heavily in their teens lost an average of eight points in IQ between age 13 and age 38. Importantly, the lost cognitive abilities were not fully restored in those who quit smoking marijuana as adults. Those who started smoking marijuana in adulthood did not show significant IQ declines.
Associations have also been found between marijuana use and other mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts among adolescents and personality disturbances, including a lack of motivation to engage in typically rewarding activities. More research is still needed to confirm and better understand these linkages.
DrugFacts: Marijuana. (n.d.). Retrieved from URL
Prescription drug abuse is the use of a prescription medication in a way not intended by the prescribing doctor, such as for the feelings you get from the drug.
The classes of prescription drugs most commonly abused are: opioid pain relievers, such as Vicodin or Oxycontin; stimulants for treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), such as Adderall, Concerta or Ritalin; and central nervous system (CNS) depressants for relieving anxiety, such as Valium or Xanax. The most commonly abused over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are cough and cold remedies containing dextromethorphan.
People often think that prescription and OTC drugs are safer than illicit drugs, but that's only true when they are taken exactly as prescribed and for the purpose intended. When abused, prescription and OTC drugs can be addictive and put abusers at risk for other adverse health effects, including overdose—especially when taken along with other drugs or alcohol.
If you or a friend would like to dispose of unused or unwanted prescription medications, you can do so 24 hours a day/seven days a week at the City of Clemson Police Department at 1198 Tiger Boulevard, Clemson, SC. LEARN MORE
DrugFacts: Prescription and Over-the-Counter Medications. (n.d.). Retrieved from URL


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Journal your way to success!
Special *extended* edition: don't let the word "journal" put you off! Regardless of whether you've not put pen to paper for decades, and the idea of writing without a computer keyboard seems a crime – it is still possible to make journaling work for you. So why should you bother? What are the benefits?
This is a longer podcast than normal because whilst Gina & Sam are very passionate about their own daily journals, they realise that not everyone will be as excited or comfortable with the idea
… so they start by exploring some tips for people who might experience strong resistance to the idea of writing down their thoughts every day. The process of writing in this way can skyrocket your success and happiness: and alongside discussing the many benefits of journaling, they also explore some of the ways to make it work best for you.[Gina & Sam both use a form of journaling from The Artist's Way called Morning Pages – for more info have a look here.]


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BMW has gone a bit, how do I put this lightly, nuts, when it comes to nomenclature and segmenting of its cars. What's next? A 3-series coupe? An X6 with a bigger trunk?
With the 4-series Gran Coupe, BMW will introduce the four door version of the two door version of a four door car. That's kind of nuts. We want to know what you think is next for BMW.
The i3 Gran Coupe? 435i xDrive Gran Saloon M Sport Active Hybrid? X5 Gran Turismo? XZ4? Go crazy.


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The brand new 1,000 piece Wasgij puzzles available now are the Original 26: Celebrity Chief Chef! and Back to…? 3: Barbers and Beehives?, plus the Special Edition Original 27: The 20th Party Parade! and Christmas 13: Turkey's Delight, which both include a FREE 1,000 piece puzzle!
The brilliantly funny 1,000 piece Original 26: Celebrity Chief Chef! shows the start of a brand new series of 'Celebrity Chief Chef' and the contestants are busy creating their masterpieces to impress the judges. As the first celebrity has stepped up, the judges are looking very surprised, so what has this celebrity and his fellow contestants created to get this reaction? Try to imagine you are the Health and Safety manager in the blue spotty dress and piece together what she can see.
Another fantastic 1,000 piece June release is the special edition Wasgij Original 27: The 20th Party Parade! that depicts crowds of familiar-faced fans who have all rushed out to buy the special edition Wasgij jigsaw puzzle! While everyone scrambles to grab their favourite Wasgij puzzles, something has caught there eye outside of the store. Who or what could be outside of the shop to make so many Wasgij fans so delighted? Try to imagine you are the Vicar in the black top and piece together what he can see. Plus once you have finished puzzling together the fantastic 1,000 piece Wasgij solution puzzle, you can then puzzle together the FREE 1,000 piece box image puzzle!
The hilarious 1,000 piece Wasgij Back to…? 3 is sure to get you reminiscing about your childhood trip to get your haircut, with customers now being pampered with food and drinks, and the latest hair cutting technology being used to keep up with the current trends, how different would this scene be back in the swinging sixties? Try to imagine this hair salon 50 years ago, how would the shop have looked and what were the fashionable hairstyles back then? This is the scene you will have to puzzle.
And finally, the fantastic Wasgij Christmas 13: Turkey's Delight! 1,000 piece puzzle sees Christmas dinner being hosted at the Claus household, but after some cookbook inspiration Father Christmas has decided to make a last minute change to the menu. Use your imagination, and the clues provided on the box, to find our why everyone is looking so shocked. Try to imagine you are the Snowman and piece together what he can see. Plus once you have finished puzzling together the fantastic 1,000 piece Wasgij solution puzzle, you can then puzzle together the FREE 1,000 piece box image puzzle
All four of the brand new Wasgij puzzles are available from Argos, www.alljigsawpuzzles.co.uk, www.jigsawpuzzlesdirect.co.uk, www.asteriskjigsawpuzzles.co.uk, Amazon.co.uk and other puzzle specialists.
For more information and to enter our 20th Anniversary Promotion to win a Limited Edition 'money can't buy' Wasgij Original Puzzle visit www.wasgij.co.uk
We're hugely excited to announce the launch of our brand new range of Disney/Pixar Cars 3 game & puzzles!
The fun and entertaining Piston Cup Race Game gives children the chance to win the prestigious Piston Cup, just like Lightening McQueen! During the race they'll need to use the exciting rotating race track to speed past your opponents and collect and activate the five different pit-stop cards! The first driver to collect and activate all five pit-stop cards wins the Piston Cup! This game is suitable for 2-4 players and children aged 4 and above.
The fun-fuelled range also features brightly coloured puzzles that children are sure to enjoy. The Cars 3 Puzzle & Colour is a creative, 18-piece double-sided puzzle that children can piece together, then flip over and colour in the black & white picture on the back, using the FREE crayons included. Also in the range is the 4in1 Bumper Pack, Giant Floor Puzzle, 4in1 Shaped Puzzles and 4in1 Puzzle Set that all feature characters and scenes from the brand-new movie.
You can find these Cars 3 game and puzzles in Toys R Us, Smyths, Debenhams & Amazon.co.uk
Thomas & Friends Foam Puzzles have arrived!
Perfect for your little ones to get into puzzling and exploring their building skills is the brightly coloured 18-piece Large Foam Floor Puzzle. The foam jigsaw pieces are extra-thick, extremely durable and measures 60x35cm when complete.
To make bath time even more fun and special, children can now enjoy playing with their favourite characters with the new 4in1 Shaped Foam Bath Puzzles. As well as floating on the water, the puzzles can be stuck to the inside of the bath tub or any tiled service surrounding the bath and easily peeled off afterwards – leaving no stains or marks.
As the puzzles are made completely from large soft foam pieces, it means that as well as puzzling inside it can also be used outside because of the durability - meaning that these puzzles are not just for a rainy day but can be enjoyed in whatever weather.
The exciting Thomas & Friends Foam Puzzles are suitable for children aged 3 years and above.
Available from Toys R Us, Boots, John Lewis and Amazon.co.uk
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sp-303 or 505. no (legit) pitch on those though (if you need that feature.) but you can actually make songs on those stand-alone.ryryoftokyo wrote:I just saw this last night, and I'm into the idea, but is there anything a bit more full featured for a similar price (between $100 and $200)? Or should I just grab this? Sampler n00b.
sp-505 can be had under 150 if you keep your eyes open. 303 can also be had on the cheap.


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