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Not so long ago, those countries designated as "low-income countries" (LICs) in the World Bank's World Development Indicators accounted for the bulk of the world's poor, such as by the $1.25 a day standard. Today many very poor people live instead in what are called "middle-income countries" (MICs). The change seems dramatic. Almost all (94%) of those below $1.25 a day in 1990 lived in LICs. By 2008 the proportion was down to 26%, with the rest in MICs. Andy Sumner attracted much attention to this aspect of how the global profile of poverty has changed in his paper "Where do the Poor Live?." Amanda Glassman, Denizhan Duran and Sumner dub this emergence of large poverty counts in MICs as the "new bottom billion."
There has been much discussion about the implications of this change for overseas development assistance (ODA) and development policy more broadly. In particular, there have been calls for concentrating ODA on the LICs, assuming that the MICs can now look after their own poor.
But we need to look more closely at this "LIC-MIC" distinction, to understand why we have seen this change in the global poverty profile, and what relevance it might have for development policy.
An influential but aging classification of uncertain origin
The World Bank assigns "LIC" and "MIC" status based on countries' gross national income (GNI) per capita, using the so-called "Atlas method." (This is based on a moving average of official exchange rates adjusted for inflation relative to the G5 countries. It is unclear why the Bank does not use its own PPP exchange rates for this purpose.) As best I can determine, the graduation threshold for going from LIC to MIC, as given here, was officially set in 1988 at the value of the Bank's "Civil Works Preference" (CWP), which had been set at a GNI of $200 per capita in 1971. The threshold has only been updated over time for global inflation.
So this widely-used income threshold for becoming a "MIC" has been essentially fixed in real terms for over 40 years! Knowing this, it can hardly be surprising that the share of the poor (and, indeed, of the whole population) in LICs has declined over time. Naturally, the fact that the two most populous countries, China and India, recently crossed the threshold magnifies the effect dramatically.
And yet the relevance of this old MIC threshold to the development aid debate is far from clear. CWP status means that eligible domestic contractors from that country can be given preference in evaluating civil works bids for World Bank projects under international competitive bidding. It is unclear why the MIC threshold was tied to the CWP. It just seems to have been a convenient number on hand at the time. It is unclear why "arcane concerns with civil works preference" (as Charles Kenny has put it) are salient to development assistance choices.
Putting aside these issues, the question remains as to why we should treat equally poor people differently, depending on differences in the assigned status of the countries they live in. The "new bottom billion" are not really so new. People living below $1.25 a day in "middle-income" India and China are not some new set of families that have recently emerged. Roughly speaking, they are just as poor as before their countries graduated to MIC status. Why should we treat them any differently?
In response, one might argue that past economic growth points to lower expected future poverty, and that external development assistance would thus be better placed where there has been little or no such growth. (We can probably put aside theoretically possible but practically doubtful concerns about perverse incentive effects.) But then we still don't have a rationale for using this "LIC-MIC" distinction. Would not this logic apply with equal force within these categories? We can measure growth at country level.
A deeper argument might be found in the fact that the nation state has a clear role in efforts to fight poverty, and states differ in their capacities for doing this well. The task of fighting poverty in MICs might then be seen as largely a matter of domestic policy—that MICs should typically be left to look after their own poor, with ODA focusing more on LICs.
But why is the fact of crossing this arbitrary old threshold of relevance to the capacity of countries for looking after their own poor? More careful treatments of the topic acknowledge MIC heterogeneity, though the nature of the differences relevant to aid allocations is rarely articulated. In a briefing note for the Center for Global Development, Andy Sumner points to India as an example of a MIC that has (he claims) "little need for ODA" despite having many very poor people. But it is not clear why he puts India in this category. (In fairness to Sumner, his recent paper, "Poor Countries or Poor People?" with Ravi Kanbur, provides a nuanced discussion of the reasons for caution in arguing that MICs can be safely left to tend to their own poor. But this does not tell us whether India, or some other MIC, does or does not need external assistance for fighting poverty.)
Some evidence on domestic capacity for redistribution
To inform discussions of aid policy, a better approach is to look instead at more direct measures of domestic capacity for fighting poverty. There are many aspects of that capacity one might focus on. (The World Bank's allocations of its concessional lending use numerous indicators of domestic capacity and the quality of policies and institutions.) However, since much of the recent debate has concerned domestic capacity for directly intervening to help poor people, it is of interest to look more closely at this aspect. Is average income an adequate proxy for domestic capacity for fighting poverty through income redistribution?
In thinking about how one might address that question, we can reasonably assume that aid donors will not be indifferent to how incomes are distributed above the $1.25 poverty line when assessing a developing country's capacity for redistribution to its own poor. It is clearly not acceptable to say that a country has a high capacity if (given its income distribution) redistribution would require putting almost all the tax burden on people living just above $1.25 a day. Some countries have greater affluence—with more people living well above the poverty line—than others, and this must be brought into the picture.
To help identify a defensible measure of domestic capacity for redistribution, it can be assumed that citizens of a rich country would find it intrinsically (ethically or politically) unacceptable to expect a developing country to address its poverty problem by taxing people who would be considered poor in the rich country. This leads us to focus on the capacity for redistribution from the "rich" to the "poor" within developing countries, with middle-incomes untouched.
Several arguments support this characterization of the capacity for redistribution. Popular judgments about "inequality" appear to give greater weight to redistributions from the rich to the poor than redistributions amongst the middle class or from the middle class to the poor. There are also instrumental arguments that point to the expected role of the middle class as agents of progress and also the likely incentive effects on those near the poverty line. One can also question the political feasibility within a given developing country of asking middle-income groups to shoulder the burden of poverty relief. Redistribution from the "rich" to the "poor," without involving middle-incomes, can also emerge as a public choice equilibrium. This would require the usual conditions for the median voter theorem—namely that the issue to be voted on is one dimensional and the utility function is single-peaked in that dimension—plus the assumption that the decisive voters care sufficiently about poverty and are concentrated around the median, which is (invariably) below the mean.
Following this idea, the "capacity for redistribution" of any developing country can be measured by the marginal tax rate (MTR) on those who are not poor by rich-country standards that is needed to cover the domestic poverty gap—the aggregate deficit of poor people relative to the poverty line. I have proposed such a measure, in "Do Poorer Countries Have Less Capacity for Redistribution?." The "non-poor" by Western standards are identified as those living above the US poverty line of $13 a day in 2005. And the poverty gap is judged by the $1.25 a day standard. So an MTR of (say) 25% means that a tax of $1 for each $4 of extra income above $13 a day would generate sufficient revenue to cover the poverty gap relative to $1.25 a day. Figure 1 shows how my calculated value of this marginal tax rate varies across countries, according to their mean consumption. (Whether one uses mean consumption or mean income is unlikely to make much difference for this purpose.)
This suggests that there is a positive correlation between domestic capacity for redistribution (as indicated by a low required MTR) and average income. I find that for most (but not all) countries with annual consumption per capita under $2,000 the required tax burdens are prohibitive—often calling for marginal tax rates of 100 percent or more. By contrast, the required tax rates are very low (1% on average) among all countries with consumption per capita over $4,000, as well as some poorer countries.
Figure 1: Marginal tax rates on the non-poor by US standards needed to cover the poverty gap by poor country standards across developing countries
Note: MTR's are truncated at 100%. Source: www.degruyter.com
However, notice how much the marginal tax rates vary across countries at a given mean consumption (or income). For countries in the region $1,000-2,000 per year, the tax rates vary from close to zero to 100%. Average consumption or income is clearly not a good proxy for a country's capacity for fighting poverty through internal redistribution.
It is instructive to see where India is found. My calculations indicate that the tax on the non-poor (by Western standards) needed to cover India's poverty gap would be truly prohibitive. Not even a tax rate of 100% would be sufficient! Indeed, appropriating all of the incomes of those living in India above the US poverty line would cover only a modest fraction of the country's aggregate poverty gap.
This simple arithmetic leads me to question whether India can yet be considered to have ample capacity for eliminating poverty by domestic redistribution. By contrast, China could generate revenue sufficient to cover the poverty gap with a more modest (though hardly small) marginal tax rate of 37% on incomes of the non-poor by US standards. (Although in some provinces of China, the required tax rates could well be much higher.)
In conclusion
The global community would not need to worry so much about the many very poor people living in "middle-income countries" if it could be reasonably confident that any country attaining such a designation is capable of tackling its own poverty without external help. But that is plainly not the case. Merely knowing whether a country's average income puts it above or below the arbitrary historical threshold used to delineate "low-income" from "middle-income" countries tells us rather little about key aspects of the country's capacity for fighting poverty, including through domestic redistribution.
Future success against poverty will depend heavily on the policies adopted by governments in developing countries, at all income levels. While there is scope for better redistributive policies even if they can't reasonably be expected to solve the poverty problem, supporting economic growth will continue to play an important role in fighting poverty. Domestic policy changes will often be needed to assure higher growth. And in many countries, those changes will have to include effective efforts to redress the pervasive inequalities that constrain the economic opportunities of poor people.
While such domestic policies will continue to play a crucial role in fighting poverty, external development assistance can still help, including in the so-called "middle-income countries." This includes assistance for developing the analytic and administrative capacity for designing and implementing better domestic policies.
And, by the way, is it not time for these arcane income thresholds for "graduating" from "low-income" status to be laid to rest?
I agree...
Andy, tThanks for the
Query for Dr Ravallion
Redistribution through the provision of free public services
yes to Q1, yes to Q2
Is distinction useful?
Very convincing and solid
How should we measure capacity to redistribute
Martin adopts the US poverty line as a standard against which to measure countries' capacity to redistribute from rich to poor on pragmatic grounds: it might be easier to explain to a US citizen why a country that cannot reach even the US poverty line needs some further assistance. But the result of his own analysis is to leave a large group of undifferentiated countries "censored" at the 100 percent line. And it may be no easier to engage a US or European legislator in a discussion over setting a floor of $13 a day for the incomes of developing country citizens. As Branko Milanovic notes in his recent working paper (WPS 6269) "Those who are considered nationally poor in the United States or the European Union have incomes which are many times greater than the incomes of the poor people in poor countries and moreover often greater than the incomes of the middle class in poor countries. "
Martin's analysis seems to overlook his oft cited finding that above an absolute minimum (currently estimated at $1.25 per person per day in 2005 prices)national poverty lines rise with income. Taking this line as an international standard, it would be interesting to recalculate the capacity of countries at each income level to redistribute income to the poor. In other words, assess their effort by their own standards, not those of rich countries. Given the nature of regression lines, we would expected to find as many countries above as below it and only a few topped out at 100 percent. But the size of the gaps might reveal interesting information about the poltical economy of each country.
Does this help us to reset the income clusters currently used by the World Bank? I'm not sure that it does. That requires another discussion, which is already underway.


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Justin Blackmon was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars a little more than a year ago. In that brief time, he has an ugly DUI arrest to go with a four-game suspension for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.
Red flags are flapping around the talented second-year pro, but Blackmon told reporters Monday that he doesn't believe he has a drinking or substance-abuse problem.
"No, I would say I don't," Blackmon said at organized team activities, according to a transcript released by the Jaguars. "Out of this whole thing, one of the main things I would say that I had a problem with was just making a poor decision, making a selfish decision at that and not thinking about the long term of it and just thinking about at the time.
"If you want to ask if I have a problem? I have a problem with making a poor decision."
Blackmon was asked about his future intentions.
"Just lean on my support group," he said. "(General manager) David (Caldwell) and (coach) Gus (Bradley) have been very supportive ever since they've been here. I've been going in and talking to them almost every day so having them there, having the teammates that I have here have been very supportive and it feels good to have people I can lean on and talk to."
Blackmon chose not to comment when asked if he has plans to check himself into a rehabilitation clinic. He said he's "very confident" this will be the last time he encounters off-the-field issues.
For his sake, it better be. Blackmon has a ton of talent, and his statistical uptick late in his rookie season showed his substantial promise. Still, he's one slip away from putting everything in jeopardy.
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In the words of the magnificent wordsmith, Dr. Nick Riviera: "Hi, everybody!" The week has just begun (er, well it began yesterday if you want to be pedantic), but lookie what I have scored!
- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
- Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
- War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
- A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
- The Withered Arm and Other Wessex Tales by Thomas Hardy
Six books courtesy of my English teachers, all because they were clearing out their cupboard and apparently these books are too old. My immediate reaction was pfft, too old? That's the best thing about books! Only, the little monkeys in my head were just the ones who heard that — like I'm actually gonna talk back to my teachers… ;n;
Anyway, they're not the kind of books I would pick out first in a pile but you know what? I'm taking this as divine intervention and just read them all when I can. You know what they say: YOLO, carpe diem and all that jazz. Personally, I can't wait until I can get my claws into War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Apparently he's the father of steampunk?
Mood music: my OLDIES playlist over at Spotify.
Over and out.


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The IMF said on Friday that risks for Cyprus were "unusually high" given its weak banking sector and economy and the island's full adoption of an economic austerity plan was imperative.
The island's 17.5 billion euro economy faced risks from the uncertain impact of the crisis in its banking sector and the possibility that its economic contraction could be deeper than projected, the IMF said in a staff report.
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"Given substantial risks to the outlook and debt sustainability, there is no room for implementation slippages," it said.
The Fund said the impact of Cyprus's debt crisis on its economy will last longer than for other euro zone members that have had debt problems, with the exception of Greece.
The International Monetary Fund is lending Cyprus $1.3 billion for three years as part of a 10 billion euro bailout the island secured from the European Union and the IMF in March.
The Fund, in the report, said financial sector risks in Cyprus were particularly acute due to the banking sector outlook as well as the risk of capital controls being eased prematurely and the possibility that the government's resolve to implement its policy program could falter.
"Materialization of these risks could lead to a higher debt trajectory and the need for additional financing measures to ensure debt sustainability," the IMF said.
Under the bailout, Cyprus has agreed to cut its budget deficit to 2.4 percent of GDP in 2016, from an estimated 5.9 percent this year.
Cyprus, a euro zone minnow with a population of less than 1 million, has been in recession since 2011. It teetered on the brink of economic meltdown in March after its European Union partners, as a condition of the bailout, imposed losses on deposits in the island's two largest banks.
Cypriot authorities subsequently imposed capital controls, a first in the history of the euro zone, to avert a run on the island's other banks.
The island has already adopted many measures to contain spending and is due to embark on a privatization program. The IMF also notes that there is scope to cut the public sector wage bill, now accounting for 67 percent of total government expenditure, as Cypriot civil servants get paid significantly more than the EU average.
The Fund forecasts Cyprus's economy will shrink 8.7 percent this year and 3.9 percent in 2014, before seeing a modest recovery of 1.1 percent growth in 2015. But, it said the crisis was likely to have a lasting impact and hamper growth until the economy adapts its business model.
By 2020 the economy will be growing by only 1.75 percent, the IMF predicted, much lower than the 4 percent annual average of the past 30 years.
"Compared to recent crisis episodes, Cyprus's output loss is expected to be larger than most, except Greece over the long run," it said.
(Reporting By Michele Kambas; Editing by Susan Fenton)


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Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. government is not aware of any specific threat of a terrorist attack to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statement Friday.
But overseas travelers should remain wary, the State Department said in a worldwide travel alert.
"In the past, terrorist organizations have on occasion planned their attacks to coincide with significant dates on the calendar."
Ceremonies observing the anniversary of the attacks are scheduled for New York, Washington and many other communities around the country.
Napolitano reminded state and local authorities and individuals to remain watchful and to report any suspicious activities.
"While there is no specific or credible intelligence that al Qaeda or its affiliates are plotting attacks in the United States to coincide with the ten year anniversary of 9/11, we remain at a heightened state of vigilance and security measures are in place to detect and prevent plots against the United States should they emerge," she said.
The State Department travel alert adds to a July worldwide caution alerting travelers to the threats posed by the May killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. forces and the ongoing instability in several countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Such alerts are issued when short-term conditions "pose imminent risk to the security of U.S. citizens," according to a State Department explanation.
"While we have not identified any specific threats from (al Qaeda) affiliates and allies to attack the United States or our interests on the 9/11 anniversary, U.S. citizens should be aware that (al Qaeda) affiliates and allies have demonstrated the intent and capability to carry out attacks against the United States and our interests around the world," the State Department said in its alert.
U.S. defense officials also will be "keenly aware, watching closely" for possible threats against military installations, said Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan.
"After the raid on the bin Laden compound we turned up information that suggested that attacks around the anniversary of 9/11 are something they were pursuing but again that is very general," he said. "There is nothing specific or credible at this point."
CNN's Charley Keyes contributed to this report.


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Cambridge 4 March 1795
Rev. Sir,
Yesterday I was favored with your queries, & take the
first opportunity to associate give you all the intelligence I am possessed
of on the subject of the Slave trade. --
1 -- I do not know when that trade begun among the citizens of this
State, but acts are were passed for the regulation of Negroes, and their manu-
2 -- mission, as early as 1703, when a duty of £4, was exacted for every ne-
2. gro imported; for the payment whereof both master & vessel were
answerable. The whole duty was refunded on re-exportation I have no certain information, but believe it never
was carried on to any considerable extent but by way of Rhode --
3 -- Island. During the late War I have been told that an act
was passed in that State for the emancipation of such negroes
as should inlist into the Army; but what consideration was
paid to the Master exceeds my information --
4. -- Slaves were probably most numerous just before the
lution. After the Commencement of hostilities, the depreciation
of the paper currency, & a supposed inconsistency between
fighting for liberty & restraining others in servitude, prevented
them from increasing. Their proportion to the White people at
different periods will most probably be ascertained by the returns
of population in the Secretary's office --
5 -- By a Misconstruction of our State Constitution, which declares all men
by nature free & equal, a number of citizens have been deprived of
property formerly acquired under the protection of law. The Constitu-
6. -- tion begun to operate in 1780. --
7 -- There being now no slavery known here, the negroes generally get
a living by entering into domestic service, & one or two in Boston
have acquired decent property. At the time of the Insurrections in
1786, they offered their service to Governor Bowdoin to the
number of 700, but the Council did not think fit to accept of
their aid, as the white officers might be unwilling to serve
8 with them. They are as much under the protection of government
and have the same privileges of schooling as other people, but
they can neither elect or be elected to offices of government.
9. There are a few instances of their appearing as authors, &
some of their productions are not contemptible. I have not heard
of their dipping into the more abstruse parts of Science, & in
general they are not estimated for speculative abilities.
10 -- An act was passed 1705 at the October Session of the General Court
to prevent mixing breeds. It established a penalty of £50 for
every person officiating to marry a white person & negro, but
did not annul the marriage. For fornication both parties were
to be whipped & the negro sold out of the Province. If the Man
was white a fine of £5 was required of him. The same act
11. required a negro to be whipped, if he presumed to strike a
christian, at the directio They were expressly allowed to marry
among their own color. By an act passed in 1703 Slaves were
required to be at home by nine o'clock in the evening, under the
penalty of being whipped at the discretion of a Justice of the
peace, not exceeding 10 stripes. As Slavery is now at an end
this act of course ceases, but that relating to marriages remains.
5 Acts passed on
25 &
26 March 1788 prohibit the Slave trade,
& the construction of the act is such that it must extend the
prohibition to every part of the world. The person receiving aboard
his vessel a subject of any State in Africa with a view to
transport him to any other part of the World (as a slave) is to pay
£ 50 for every person so taken aboard, and the Owner is answerable
for £200 for every vessel fitted out & employed in that service. Kid-
8 napping for exportation Negroes resident here is forbidden, & a
remedy given to the family of the person injured. All Negroes
8 not citizens of any State in the Union, but resident here, are
required to depart within two months or apprehended, whip-
ped, & ordered to depart; the process & punishment to be re-
newed every two months.
I do not recollect any thing further on this subject, but
I cannot forbear adding, that it would be more worthy of an
enlightened Legislature to regulate a trade which is woven into
our Nature, & has been carried on, & considered as lawful, from
the earliest antiquity, than to try to abolish it. If abuses
have crept in, they ought to be guarded against; but abuse alone
will not justify abolishing a trade which manifestly tends to
preserve life and to increase the quantity of productive
degree be promoted by the trade, but the lives of the prisoners are
Your most obedient servant


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I need a password crack for Crack for AWARD Modular BIOS 6.0, if anyone has one or knows where to get it please help
Hmmm....how about a reason or a scenario in which you can explain why you would need a program like this
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. - Murphy
you can "crack" the bios on any system by following this procedure:
attach 18 gauge wires to a 9 volt battery
touch wire to negative terminal on battery to pin 1 of BIOs chip
touch wire to positive terminal on battery to pin 9 of BOIS chip..
your bios is cracked...
you're welcome
I used to be With IT. But then they changed what IT was. Now what I'm with isn't IT, and what's IT seems scary and weird." - Abe Simpson
Gawd damn... you're still at it? Haven't you learned from your previous three threads about the same thing? Asking it in a different way isn't going to make any difference. Some good responses have already been posted to your other threads. Why not read those? If those don't help with what you want to do, then you're probably doing something you shouldn't be, in which case you might as well turn yourself into whoever administers the machine your trying to crack so they can send you to the appropriate authorities. :-D
Why would you want to crack the bios? I think you just wanna crack the password of some public pc or a pc at school but I'll help you though because I once forgot the password of my BIOS and needed to reset it too. Just search for a bios resetter on google or something...
Other hackers: don't give me negative antipoints because I helped this dude, it's possible he needs it for his own pc...like me once
I don't know if what you want to do is legal or not, but I found myself in the same situation once so presuming what you are doing is legal I will help you. In the command prompt type 'debug' and hit enter. Then type o 70 2e and hit enter. Type o 71 ff, hit enter and then type q. Voila! your bios password has been reset. I'm not sure if this method works properly in Windows XP though.
If one third of the brain was only 10% used and only 99% of that was on how to use the search function.. ALL of the helpful answers and more would have been revealed had he just did a search..
Gee after scanning through some of the results, a few pages in I even found out how to.... ahh better not say here but needless to say .. I thought it could be done now I know how..
Oh and I didn't check the tutorials forum, I know there is a ripper link's Post there that is handy as well .. I may even check that out .. later
"Consumer technology now exceeds the average persons ability to comprehend how to use it..give up hope of them being able to understand how it works." - Me http://www.cybercrypt.co.nr
sharpshooter....tried it ...work on XP very nice
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Don Monson has made a huge mark on Vandal basketball, first as a player then a coach. Monson letter four times for the Vandal basketball squad from 1952-55, but it was his coaching that left the greatest mark. The 1981-82 Kodak Division I Coach of the Year took


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So, while out on my daily workout, I came upon some interesting things….
First: Bad fences. There were two of those…
Then, there was this house with two gates on their home… The second gate is not in such an ideal spot dontcha think? I would have a very hard time reaching my key in there to get that sucker open! I suppose that would be good.
And finally… Superdog. This little half-pint of solid muscle literally rocketed straight up this vertical cliff all the way to the top! I was amazed how strong this pooch was! I would not want to meet him in the wrong mood I tell you!
Well, there you have it folks! Another exciting workout in the wilds of San Francisco!!


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Many geeky women are pretty excited about the two "heroine" T's that Thinkgeek is offering: Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie are currently featured. I'm a big fan of these because I love seeing more pretty, wear-anywhere designs on geeky shirts. The Open Solaris shirt I got at Grace Hopper is similarly pretty and as a result is among my most-used pieces of conference swag!
Someone pointed out to me that regular mortals can now buy the excellent Yahoo Code like a girl t-shirts. Can't argue with text when it's that much fun! Or what about ZaReason's adorable "Friends Help Friends Use Linux" shirt? Perfect wear while you're voting in the Ubuntu Women World Play Day Photo competition.
We often complain about the lack of options in geeky women's shirts, and I know that's a problem but it's one we've discussed relatively recently, so let's try to think positively: what shirts have you seen that are awesome and you'd like to own? Links to pictures encouraged!
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For vegans, gluten-free eaters, allergy sufferers, and those concerned about added hormones and antibiotics, going out to eat must be like stepping into a mine field. Is the food truly toxin-free? Has there been cross-contamination? For sufferers of celiac and other diseases, the threat of a negative reaction is very real.
Enter Green Corner Cafe. This little restaurant in the corner of a mini-mall doesn't just pay lip service to clean eating. They're serious about all their food being organic with no antibiotics, hormones, steroids, animal by-products or GMOs. Every food category including sandwiches, pizzas, crepes and salads, comes with gluten-free options. Many dishes are vegan or vegetarian and all are clearly labeled. They use stevia instead of white sugar and only Himalayan pink or sea salt. On top of that, the chef knows how to properly cook with unconventional ingredients creating tasty dishes that seem to radiate vitality. It's a clean eater's paradise.
The cafe itself is painted in warm colors with pretty artwork on the walls and classical music on the sound system. It was empty save for my friend and me so we got the full attention of our young waiter. He was well-versed on the menu and asked the chef when he wasn't. We started off with iced tea and hot tea. I was a little surprised that the house iced tea was yerba mate in a bottle, which luckily my friend prefers. I was able to choose from a wide range of hot teas.
Next we tried the butternut squash soup ($4). Creamy and full-bodied, we scraped the bottom of the bowl. I had heard that the service was slow so we were delighted when all of our dishes came out in a timely fashion. The grilled chicken pesto panini ($12) featured slices of hormone-free, delicately flavored chicken on thin slippers of fragrant whole-grain bread cross-hatched with attractive grill marks. They promise me the gluten-free bread is just as delicious. Inside was gently wilted fresh spinach, organic provolone cheese and homemade pesto sauce. Every panini (and other type of sandwich) comes with field greens and homemade dressing. We enjoyed the honey-garlic. It's a little sweet and a little spicy.
The quinoa tabule salad — vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free — is a top seller ($11). It sparkles with lemon, mint, red onion and Persian cucumber. However, it's the rare person who can finish a full platter of tabule. I asked to go half and half with another similarly priced salad but they were unwilling. I was also disappointed to learn they were out of gluten-free pizza and gano coffee with reishi (a mushroom extract).
The Green Corner Crepe ($11) stuffed with chicken, spinach and vegan mozzarella had a nice floppy quality to it with an airiness from what must be whipped egg whites. The side of grilled sweet potato ($4) come shredded like carrot peelings then grilled on a dry griddle. They're fun to eat with your fingers or fork. Any oil that might be added comes after cooking to preserve the beneficial properties of the oil. The "fries" were good as is but adding a sprinkle of pink Himalayan salt took them into home-run territory.
We were charmed by complementary slices of piping hot quesadilla on vegan organic tortillas with organic mozzarella. Like most other dishes it came sprinkled with impossibly tiny bits of fresh parsley.
Their homemade gluten-free brownie ($3) is indeed brown but not all that chocolatey. Coconut sugar, coconut oil and coconut flour are used along with cranberries rendering something more like a carrot cake. The vegan cream cheese frosting brings it all together.
As delicious as everything was, I knew my son would prefer a wrap from Best Shawarma next door so I popped in for some take-out. Best Shawarma is the delicious antithesis to Green Corner Cafe. Processed white flour, meats of undeclared origin and mayonnaise abound. But the wrap with its sliced tender lamb, onions, tomatoes and sauce of red pepper and tomato paste is awesome, according to him ($7.99).
This mini-mall in fact has many options for takeout: Hungry Howie's Pizza, Yum-Yum Donuts, Middle Eastern wraps and for some of the tastiest, healthful food around, Green Corner Cafe.
What: Green Corner Cafe
Where: 604 W. Glenoaks Blvd., Glendale
When: Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Prices: Breakfast, $5 to $13; Panini, wraps, salads, pizzas, $9 to $15; sides, $4 to $6
More info: (818) 507-5003, organicgreencornercafe.com
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High school senior Benjamin Tarasewicz is comfortable in front of an audience and comfortable in his own skin.
He sings in the choir at Fairview High School, acts in theater camp and talks about his life during a 45-minute presentation that includes numerous jokes and a lot of explanations.
"I'm a public speaker and autism advocate, and I love theater," he says.
Benjamin was honored in November as the Association of Community Living's Self Advocate of the Year for the multimedia presentation, "Living with Autism: Breaking Through Barriers," which he has given at high schools, education-related government agencies and colleges.
The presentation was created with help from his mother, Malva Tarasewicz. In the talk, an excerpt of which is available on You Tube, Benjamin charms the audience, although like many people living with autism he has difficulty reading how people respond to him.
"I'm not so sure I see the immediate reaction as I'm speaking," he says.
But some things are obvious.
"Telling jokes, I always get so much laughter," he says. "At the end, there are so many heartfelt comments, (with people) saying how touched they are. It makes me feel very honored and well appreciated."
Malva Tarasewicz, who has written a book about her approach to dealing with Benjamin's autism, says she helped him put together the talk, partly as a response to bullying he began to experience in middle school.
"There's plenty to pick on with a kid that's different," Malva says, but she adds that bullying can be relatively subtle — subtle enough, in fact, that Benjamin didn't intially realize what was going on.
For example, classmates used against him the fact that Benjamin loves birds and likes to talk about them at length, telling him a girl liked him and wanted to hear about his interest.
"They were actually taking advantage of his social blindness," Malva says. "They'd put him in an awkward situation the onlookers thought was amusing."
Or knowing that he loved grasshoppers, they might smash one in front of him.
The bullying gave Malva the idea of having Benjamin talk about his issues.
"It's not like it fixed the problem (entirely), but it gave him the beginning tools for self -advocacy," she says, adding that in middle school he also began to connect with kindhearted classmates who were drawn to him.
"He began to start feeling like he had a bit of a social network, (kids who) liked him for who he was and the talent he had," she says.
Malva's method for dealing with Benjamin's bullying difficulties mirrors the way she chose to deal with his autism from the time of his diagnosis, shortly after he had turned 2. The approach, which you might call informed experimentation, is detailed in her book, "Benjamin Breaking Barriers: Autism — A Journey of Hope."
She used behavioral therapy, which is commonly recommended for autism, but with a very close monitoring of his responses and emotional reactions, informed by her love for him.
"There's enormous value in the structured programming of behavioral therapy," she says, "except that a lot of times the therapsit can forget that underneath you're dealing with a human heart and soul."
In addition to behavioral therapy, she used "alternative" therapies such as cranial-sacral therapy, homeopathy and changes in diet. She continually exposed Benjamin to nature and to music, one of her talents and passions. As he began to slowly acquire language, she sang the repetitive lessons to him.
"Using song and simple rhythm is such a direct way to the heart and soul," she says.
When something didn't work, Malva kept the basic teaching structure but tried different ways of reaching her son.
She says the experience changed her in unexpected ways. Rather than constantly setting goals, she began to let life unfold in a more organic way.
"Concidences happen," she says. "They can develop into something you didn't have on your goal list," Malva says. "Watching how he lives his life at so much a slower pace ... being successful is more about the quality of experience, doing something that leaves him feeling happy and satisfied and fulfilled."
Benjamin went to a Waldorf preschool, a place he speaks of fondly.
"I remember preschool like yesterday," he says. "My teacher made an enormous difference in my life. She taught me how to play and interact with other children. There was lots of poetry. My mom and I would even work on poetry from my preschool teacher during our walks. We go for walks every day."
His mother also taught him how to play the violin — she had previously been a violin teacher, publishing articles on teaching methods and ergonomic adjustments.
Malva believes her book is useful to parents of typical children, as well as those with autism.
"I want to inspire parents to honor their own knowing and intuition, to be open and learn as much as they can," she says. "Don't discount what you know in your heart."
Malva says people have remarked upon the deep connection she and Benjamin have, something she hadn't seen as unusual. On reflection, she says she believes she and her son have what she describes as a "deep soul connection."
"He has shaped my life in ways that make me a much better person," she says. "Likewise, I'm giving him the tools to blossom into who he really is."
The result of her efforts — and his: a 19-year-old who loves singing in the choir and choral music.
"There are various songs for choir that struck me to my very soul and heart," Benjamin says. He particularly likes choral composer Eric Whitacre, whose works contain "dissonances inside the harmonies."
"It floats into the heavens.
"I'm being poetic," he says.
Malva describes working with Benjamin as peeling back the autism.
"He would have been a performer and (had a) sunshine personality," she says.
But getting there continues to be a journey of working around roadblocks that autism puts in the way.
The presentations, in their current form, came about partially because the hormonal changes in puberty caused Benjamin to have anxiety and tics that made performing suddenly frightening.
"It destroyed his self-confidence," Malva says.
She thought having a script might help Benjamin relax. Thus, she worked with him to create a scripted presentation. She describes her role as ghostwriting.
"We had a fair amount of discussion," she says.
However, he didn't have the organizational skills to write a 40-minute program.
"He had input. I used his thoughts and used them the way he would say things. I wrote the way a ghostwriter would write. I reflected the things that are important to him. At the same time, there's important information (about autism) embedded."
Benjamin's talk has had a meaningful impact on the community, says Fred Hobbs, director of public relations at Imagine!, a local agency that works with people who have cognitive disabilities
"His unique worldview opens eyes," Hobbs says, "not only to the challenges that can come with living with autism but also to the distinctive contributions people with autism are bringing to their communities every day."
Benjamin likes that his presentation makes autism easier to understand. And he enjoys performing.
"I feel like it's something very easy for me to do. It's worth doing to make the world a better place," he says. "It makes me feel like a leader or rather a king."
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2015 Mustang Meets NYC
Ford pulled the wraps off the sixth generation Mustang in a worldwide media takeover.
It was an event that spanned the globe as Ford has gone worldwide with the America's iconic Mustang brand. Six cities—three located in the United States with New York City, Los Angeles, and Detroit along with launch parties in Sydney, Australia; Barcelona, Spain; and Shanghai pulled the wraps off the much-anticipated 2015 Mustang. It has been a marketing hype for over a year as rumors, renderings, and all sorts of speculation surrounding one of the most anticipated car launches of this year. We were fortunate enough to have a front row seat to the New York City launch.
There is no mistaking the 2015 Mustang for anything but a Mustang, kudos to the design team as they've captured the visual emotion of the brand. Consistently throughout the presentation Ford reps called the design evolutionary, not retro. That is a completely accurate assessment since you immediately know it's a Mustang, but it's not a refreshed old car. It is different but recognizable. As Ford's chief of design, Moray Callum said, "it has a sleek, low feeling to it." The numbers back that up with the 2015 featuring a roofline that is 38mm lower than the 2014 model. The hood sits 32mm below its predecessor and the decklid is a whopping 70mm lower. The car is not only lower and wider, but the team had "shrunk the metal in around the mechanics," Callum explained. The wheelbase remains consistent with the 2005-2014 models at 107.1 inches. The final weight of the vehicle has not been released yet.
Callum told the standing room only crowd that the goal was to make the vehicle look longer and tougher. He expanded on that comment during a post-briefing discussion by using the rear "shoulder" area as example. He point out that the rear 3/4 glass has been pulled in to give it that aggressive stance. Lest you think the 2015 model will be all looks and no brawn—the usual V-6 and V-8 offerings are joined by a third engine, a 2.3L EcoBoost. Ford Mustang chief engineer, Dave Pericak, was quick to mention the 2.3L is a completely new design specific for this application. The turbocharged engine is said to boast at least 305 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque, though no final numbers have been declared with either the EcoBoost nor the 5.0L V-8 option. He did specifically mention that the 2.3L EcoBoost engine features a lot of upgraded parts for durability like a steel crankshaft, our first thought was more boost! Some enthusiasts might look at the turbo four-cylinder as being an extension of the SVO branding from the mid-80s. It is more to satisfy the fuel economy requirements for European sales due to high fuel costs.
We do know that the Coyote 5.0L has been warmed over with better breathing and horsepower north of the car's current 420hp rating. Pericak said that the team used the BOSS 302 engine from the previous model as a guide in designing the new base V-8 engine for 2015. The team was silent on actual horsepower of the Coyote 5.0L, so we assume that the package is still being developed. The IRS rear suspension has probably been the most reliable rumor through 2015 Mustang hype. Pericak said that by going to the IRS it forced the team to redesign the front suspension to match the handling prowess. One area that blew us away was in the braking department. The standard 14-inch brakes feature four piston calipers and Pericak says it has better braking capabilities than the optional Brembo brakes on the previous generation. Ford will also offer an optional 15-inch rotor package with six-piston calipers.
The interior once again inherits the evolution not retro theme, and it carries an "aircraft feel and cockpit concept," according to Callum. The interior panels, leather, and even the aluminum on the dashboard feature increased quality. Keys are out and a key-fob is in with push-button start. The GT convertible we saw featured a row of toggle switches, which allow different driving modes. The toggle switches represent normal, sport, and track modes of which the electric power steering, stability control, and throttle calibration are manipulated based on which mode the driver has selected. The transmission choices will remain with the six-speed automatic or manual, but with beefier parts to better handle the increased power under the hood. We liked the paddle shifter feature with the automatic transmission.
Ford has definitely done its homework like in previous models by keeping the Mustang theme consistent and alive. You will not mistake the 2015 Mustang for another sports car as it continues to build on the fifty-year American icon heritage.
Our friend and man on the ground, Anthony Giagnacovo also grabbed these images and video of the unveiling in New York City.


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"Voyager 2's flight data system, which formats information before beaming it back to Earth, has experienced a hiccup that has altered the pattern in which it sends updates home, preventing mission managers from decoding the science data beamed to Earth from Voyager 2. The spacecraft, which is currently 8.6 billion miles (13.8 billion km) from Earth, is apparently still in overall good health, according to the latest engineering data received on May 1. 'Voyager 2's initial mission was a four-year journey to Saturn, but it is still returning data 33 years later,' said Voyager project scientist Ed Stone of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. 'It has already given us remarkable views of Uranus and Neptune, planets we had never seen close-up before. We will know soon what it will take for it to continue its epic journey of discovery.' The space probe and its twin Voyager 1 are flying through the bubble-like heliosphere, created by the sun, which surrounds our solar system."
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iPad mini has a stunning 7.9-inch Retina display with over 3.1 million pixels. It also comes with the A7 chip with 64-bit architecture, ultra-fast wireless, iSight and FaceTime HD cameras, powerful apps and up to 10 hours of battery life.2 Yet it still fits easily in one hand.
iPad Air weighs less than half a kilo, and it's 20 per cent thinner.1 But even though it's extremely light, it has an aluminium unibody enclosure that feels solid and durable in your hand.
Photos and videos look incredibly detailed and text is razor sharp on the stunning Retina display. It features over 3.1 million pixels — a million more than an HDTV.
The powerful and power-efficient A7 chip with 64-bit architecture makes everything remarkably responsive — while still delivering up to 10 hours of battery life.2
Now you can get up to 2x faster Wi-Fi performance using 802.11n with MIMO.1 And the Wi-Fi + Cellular model supports more bands for fast connections the world over.3
iPad comes with great apps for sending email, browsing the web and making video calls. It also includes apps that let you edit photos and videos, create documents, build presentations and more. And over 475,000 apps in the App Store are made specifically for iPad.4
iOS is even easier to use with features like Control Centre, AirDrop and smarter multitasking. And because it's designed for iPad, everything not only looks beautiful, it runs beautifully.
The perfect companions for iPad Air. They instantly wake your iPad when opened and fold into a stand for reading, viewing or typing. (Sold separately.)4
iPad mini has a beautiful 7.9-inch LED-backlit display, the A5 chip, ultra-fast wireless, iSight and FaceTime HD cameras, powerful apps and up to 10 hours of battery life.1 So it's an iPad in every way, shape and slightly smaller form.
Content is available on iTunes. Title availability is subject to change. 1 Compared with iPad (4th generation). 2 Battery life varies by use and configuration. See www.apple.com/uk/batteries for more information. 3 Mobile data service is available only on Wi-Fi + Cellular models. Data plan required. Check with your carrier for details. Speeds will vary based on site conditions. 4 Refers to the total number worldwide. Not all content is available in all countries. TM and © 2013 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.


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New Foyer Light, aka How to Reinforce Packrat Tendencies
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The Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Breast Center is committed to providing comprehensive and coordinated health services to women and their families.
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You benefit from the most technologically advanced services available, state-of-the-art equipment, and individualized management by clinical experts — for the highest quality care.
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I'm working on a function that requires me to pass around an array of 100 or so structs. (simple Point structs with just an x and y slot)
My question is how does CL handle passing arrays by parameter?
I know some languages pass by value and others by pointers.
I really hope that when passing this huge array of structures I'm not passing by copy each function I put it through.
Is there much overhead when passing around large arrays of structures?


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Mah Jongg
October 28, 2020 @ 9:00 AM - 11:30 PM
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An event every week that begins at 9:00 AM on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, repeating indefinitely
Fee: none. No registration.
Membership Required
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 9 – 11:30 AM on the mezzanine
Center members are invited to join The Center's Mah Jongg group! Mah Jongg is a game of Chinese origin usually played by four people with tiles resembling dominoes and bearing various designs. Similar to the Western game gin rummy, Mah Jongg is a game of skill, strategy, and calculation and involves a certain degree of chance. The Senior Center Mah Jongg group plays the National Mah Jongg League style. Beginners are welcome, and instruction will be offered by more experienced players.


text: On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Joachim Worringen wrote: > Rob Ross wrote: > > Making a sequence of MPI_Isends followed by a MPI_Wait go faster than a > > sequence of MPI_Sends isn't hard, particularly if the messages are to > > different ranks. I would guess that every implementation will provide > > better performance in the case where the user tells the implementation > > about all these concurrent operations and then MPI_Waits on the bunch. > > In this case, the user should think about MPI_Alltoall(v) - there are > MPI implementations which do this in a smarter way than > Isend/Irecv/Waitall to achieve much better performance than using the > naive approach. Especially if you go to large process numbers, some > coordination can help a lot, even for a full bisection network like a > single-stage full crossbar... Yes! We don't see nearly enough of this I think. > Generally, collectives are there to let the library know what kind of > communication is coming next. All speculations in the library based on > monitoring and predicting non-collective communication will probably > only do good in the matching micro-benchmark (my personal experience). I agree. Which is why we don't tend to try to figure out what the user is trying to do, and instead just implement an algorithm to get things done as quickly as we can. Rob


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Bully Gets Taught a Lesson
A woman in Utah found out that her fiance's 10-year-old daughter was bullying a kid at school because of how she dressed. As a result, the victim no longer wanted to come to school. So the woman decided to do something about it.
Now there are many things that she could have done - hold up a sign in public, post videos on YouTube, but this 41-year-old mother got creative.
With $50 in her pocket, she went to the local thrift shop and bought cloths and sneakers and had the child wear them to school for two days. The girl said she heard other students talking about her behind her back when she wore the clothes. She said she learned her lesson.