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Hi, I am Jodie Luther Kofod. We appreciate the military presence in our area with the Beaufort Marine Corps Air Station and Parris Island, but the spouses of military personnel are unsung heroes.
As a tribute to military spouses, I have designed a quick and intense workout that will fit in your busy schedule. Grab a timer and let's get started.
We are going to do a circuit of jumping jacks for 20 seconds, wall sits for 20 seconds, shadow boxing for 20 seconds, 20 pushups and end with 20 seconds of V-ups for our abdominals. Take a 20-second rest and repeat the circuit.
Once you finish the first circuit of exercises, continue to rotate through the circuit of exercises until your muscles are fatigued or you run out of time.
As a military spouse, I know how hard it is. We spend many lonely months managing a family, home and job with no help while our spouses are deployed or in training.
It has been scientifically proven that exercise lowers stress and raises natural endorphins, so be good to yourself and go to blufftontoday.com/hotnhealthy a few mornings a week and choose a workout video. You will have an "in-home" personal trainer.
Treat yourself to good health and well-being. You can make a positive impact in a few minutes a day. Log your progress and let me know how you are doing. Let's get fit and healthy together!
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A cool way to update your capsule wardrobe, the classic tan and teal PU leatherette design of The Brompton provides plenty of space for all your baby essentials. It's perfect for Mums on the go - carry yours via the dark chocolate grab handle or hands-free with the detachable shoulder strap over the handle of most baby prams or cross body for an on trend look.
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MAJOR LEAGUE LACROSSE ANNOUNCES NEW LICENSE AGREEMENTWITH SKINIT, INC.Boston, MA (November 16) - Major League Lacrosse announced today that they have signed a multi year licensing agreement with Skinit, Inc., theindustry leader in on-demand personalization for electronic devices. MLL fans can now personalize their laptop, cell phone and other electronic devices with their favorite MLL team's logo and soon their favorite players in action. Along with an offering of "skins" for electronics, MLL fans can look forward to tailgate packs and MLL player growth charts as part of the emerging lacrosse product line from Skinit.
"The sport of lacrosse is one that is growing worldwide in exponential numbers. We are extremely excited to partner with Skinit to to allow our fans to be able to show their enthusiasm for MLL Teams and athletes with these customized electronic applications, "said Kerry Pucillo, MLL's Director of Business Operations.
"We view MLL as a strong and emerging sports league here in the U.S. and Canada," said Linda Castillon, VP of Licensing at Skinit, on how the deal came about.
Boasting an easy-on application as well as a "residue-free removal," Skinit allows you to personalize devices such as cell phones, laptops, mp3 players and many other products. Skinit has licensed designs from the top professional sports leagues in North America including MLB, MLS, NBA, NFL, NHL, NASCAR, and over 200 of the nation's top colleges and universities.
MLL Skins are now available online at www.skinit.com.
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Skinit, Inc. is the industry leader in On-Demand Personalization Technology including the manufacture and distribution of customized products for electronic devices. Skinit's online ordering and customization tools allow consumers to create branded, designed, and personalized electronic device covers, or skins, using high quality 3M products. Skinit also offers B2B On-Demand Personalization Platforms as complete turn-key or stand-alone hosted software and service solutions which drive manufacturing technologies such as laser etching, paint on-demand, digital print, film conversion and others. Located in San Diego, CA USA.
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It's quiet today so I took this opportunity to go through a box of things my mother has had in her garage for who knows how long. Many years ago we found a carboard box lying open on the floor and I just knew it was filled with treasures. Several months ago my sister boxed everything up and sent it to me and after a quick look-through, off it went to the upstairs cavern. I found a gazillion letters that were written to and by my father when he was off in WWII, a bunch of newspaper clippings, and various other things that were just waiting to get out of that box. So today is the day and here's a few things I've found.
|My Dad - Gordon Levy
March, 1942
Here's his discharge papers from the Army. I requested this information from St. Louis a year or so ago and got something back that I could barely read. I knew this had to be around somewhere and now I've found it!
And here's Mom and Dad on vacation. I'm guessing it was about 1960-1965. I love seeing how happy they were!
These weren't in the box but because I'm being sentimental, I decided to scan them and add them here.
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Did you notice the question mark next to his occupation as former federal agent?Not even the production believes him. He really is delusional.
It's a FEDERAL crime to impersonate any FEDERAL OFFICER in any capacity..
Quote from: ugot2bekidinmeny on February 17, 2011, 11:11:49 AM It's a FEDERAL crime to impersonate any FEDERAL OFFICER in any capacity.. This is not true. If it was, then they would arrest the casts of Criminal Minds, NCIS and all the others. In this case, he is a contract actor. The real problem is, he is not a very good actor.
Guess we'll never know till the end or someoen that knows him comes foward! Either way that's gonna be a topic at the finale!
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The results of a long-awaited election are in, and it turns out few could bear the thought of revamping, renewing or updating in any way the blueprint of the entryway sign that greets southbound traffic heading into Ocean Beach on Sunset Cliffs Boulevard. After nearly a year of discussion, eligible members of the Ocean Beach Town Council have overwhelmingly decided to stay with the familiar, and keep the sign just the way it is.
Nearly 58 percent of voters preferred the design that has been in place since the Town Council put the sign up in 1984. That's more than three times the support of the option that came in second, a design virtually identical but for the addition of two parrots.
In all, 76 voters — roughly 52 percent of those eligible — spread their votes among the five designs in an email election held April 1-8. To be eligible, voters were required to have their $20 annual dues paid up as of
March 30 and live in the 92107 ZIP code. Results were released at the Town Council's monthly meeting April 24.
After nearly three decades of relentless sun, ocean air, termites and rot, the sign has not aged gracefully. A decision was made last year to replace it, and a request for help from the community generated 20 designs. By year's end, that total was whittled down to four, plus the original design. The five finalists were posted on the Town Council's website for several months before being taken down last week.
"I think having the designs available on our website for several months gave everyone in Ocean Beach the opportunity to review and comment on their preferences," said Town Council president Dave Martin in an email. "It also served to offer guidance to our members in voting for the most popular option. It was overwhelmingly obvious the most folks wished to maintain OB's identity as it is."
To generate interest in the vote, the sign was covered up with a tarp containing a red question mark and the Town Council web address. The tactic worked. In March, membership enjoy-ed its largest-ever one-month spike.
Now that a design has been selected, the hard part begins in terms of raising the estimated $10,000 to construct and install it. That is triple what it cost to install the old sign, said Jim Musgrove, who chairs the council's Community Enhancement Committee.
The last sign was about 80 percent funded by private donations, Musgrove said. District 2 City Councilman Kevin Faulconer and District 4 County Supervisor Ron Roberts have also expressed interest in locating funds. Musgrove suggested one idea that may remind some of the Berlin Wall: sell off pieces of the old sign as souvenirs.
The project has already benefited from this bit of good news. The upright posts holding the sign are in good shape. Not only does that save money — replacing the posts would have triggered a requirement to reapply for permits, Musgrove said.
In other Town Council news
• Faulconer aide John Ly, a San Diego State graduate and one-time Ocean Beach resident, introduced himself to board members. Ly replaces Mike Patton, who has accepted a job with a New York public relations firm. Ly can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, or by calling (619) 236-6622.
• Ocean Beach businesses are leading the way when it comes to making sure smokers have a place to dispose of their butts, according to Dukes Wooters, coordinator of the Surfrider Foundation's Hold On To Your Butt campaign. Of the roughly 150 Surfrider-installed ashcans outside bars, restaurants and other locations throughout the county, more than two dozen are in OB — the highest concentration of any community, Wooters said.
• A proposal to construct a 185-square-foot sidewalk cafe outside the OB Noodle House, 2218 Cable St., could come before the City Council as early as May 14, said Chris Duggan, director of local government affairs for the California Restaurant Association. The association has been advocating for lower permit fees for the cafes, which can require a deposit as high as $16,000, Duggan said. Restaurant owner Steve Yeng said he's eager to add the space and take advantage of the buzz created by being featured on the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."


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Teamwork has been fundamental in humanity's greatest achievements but scientists have found that working together has its evolutionary roots in our nearest primate relatives – chimpanzees.
David McGavock's curator insight, December 22, 2013 9:32 PM
Perhaps we should send some Chimps to congress - "This study provides the first evidence that one of our closest primate relatives, the chimpanzees, not only intentionally coordinate actions with each other but that they even understand the necessity to help a partner performing her role in order to achieve the common goal."
New research from an international team of scientists suggests evolution, or basic survival techniques adapted by early humans, influences the decisions gamblers make when placing bets.
The Guardian has a video about the collaboration between neuroscientist Hana Ros and artist Matteo Farinella as they've been working on the neurocomicproject to create a brain science graphic novel.
The finished project isn't quite out yet but the artwork is looking amazing.
The perennial stress-buster – a deep breath – could become stress-detector, claims a team of researchers from the UK.
Lately, I've been honing in on the notion that you can't expect others to save you, you have to save yourself. First. I tend to think that sometimes people
New findings have implications for translational research into brain-mediated immune defenses, infection control practices and cognitive rehabilitation strategies after stroke and brain injury.
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Cocktail parties, busy streets, and other noisy environments pose a difficult challenge to the auditory system: how to focus attention on selected sounds while ignoring others?
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Psychology professors are making their courses a feature of their students' Facebook feeds in an effort to enliven class and enhance learning.
Does advertising influence society, or is it merely a reflection of society's pre-existing norms?
A new study by Columbia Engineering researchers finds that the infant brain does not control its blood flow in the same way as the adult brain.
A study of eye movements in schizophrenia patients provides new evidence of impaired reading fluency in individuals with the mental illness. The findings could open avenues to earlier detection and intervention for people with the illness.
Clearly, we are bombarded by aggression and violence in various media and entertainment outlets depicting serial killing and mass murders. I will outline subtypes of human aggression and violence and suggest when they are necessary for survival and adaptation.
Differences in the physical connections of the brain are at the root of what make people think and behave differently from one another. Researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Neuron
Eli Levine's curator insight, April 30, 2014 7:30 PM
So, if I'm reading this right, it means that it's not necessarily variability in the way we receive information from the outside world, but in the places where we synthesize the information.
While a certain amount of variability is likely to be healthy for the species as a whole, there are some views of the world that are entirely inaccurate to how things work in common reality. The human brain, as it is, is susceptible to so many illusions, delusions and tricks from the outside and inner world that we rationalize, explain and entrench in our ways of thinking and feeling. Everything from the belief that we see Jesus's face in a cheese sandwich to the illusion that financial wealth that comes at the expense of social and ecological costs is worth pursuing, to the notion that any of us have any real power on this plane of existence that is not received from another to the false beliefs about how the world works and what the world consists of; it's all coming from within our brains, even if you buy into the notion that there is something external to our brains present. That external thing, whatever it may be, still has to flow through the neural networks of the brain that it finds itself entombed in.
So, what does this mean for us?
It means that we can begin discovering who has healthier and functional regions of the brain for processing and synthesizing information, which give us a more accurate perception of ourselves and our world, thus making us be better decision makers, in comparison to those who have less functional brains that we can, hopefully, one day correct with the patient's permission and the necessary technology that would put glasses on our mind's eyes, such that we all can see, enjoy and be competant reality sensors and decision makers vis a vis common reality. Could you imagine if a majority of people adopted the technology and, thus, achieved clairvoyance? Imagine what else we could do to help each other, ourselves and all of life on this planet and others.
Yet, I have a hunch that fate, (call it the petty jealousy of God or the gods) would deny humanity that capability, such that we remain stuck in our existing situation, unable to advance the universal consciousness to the next level of being. We're looming on civil war in America; the build is happening. This research needs to be taken somewhere else, where it can be safely stored and worked on while people fight over petty little seats of power, glory that is only relevant amongst their own tribe and ideological beliefs and principles that have no bearing in common reality.
This whole line of research could probably lead to the most significant advances for humanity, technoloogically, sociologically, politically, economically, environmentally, cosmologically. It could possibly be done within the course of this present century, if everything works out. And it could lead to a permanent improvement of our species' capabilities and competencies.
Imagine if we could live in a world without the actual mental illnesses, presently diagnosed or otherwise, which cause harm to our species. Imagine if we could eliminate major depression, schizophrenia, persistent ideological belief, lack of perception, hatred, greed, psychopathy, etc.
It's all in the brain, that much is for sure.
Let's start there.
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Ero~Kairin! ^-^ Yeay!
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@ Shay Obviously a dark one. You seem to shallow between fun and death, life and calomnie. Anyway your subjects are always pretty suprising. Its intresting to see it change. I wonder if the changes has anything to do with the way you feel. Anyway when you get less lazy talk to me again if you have any specific request for sig work. I have Gigs of random pics. Feel free to ask. ^^ Anyway your sig is good and fits well your avi. I do prefer you bright side though lol. ^^
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Location: In solitude, where we are least alone
Pellissier: Those are nice set of eyes. And it's animated 9/10
Torrencee: Shana with cat-ears and eating a melon bread! Very cute! 9/10
lavielove: I like your other ones better. But this one is not bad. Good job! 8/10
JOJOS'STAR: lol that was funny. looks like she was in shock. Excellent designs and very original too 9/10
|2006-03-22, 22:15
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
so heres the story: we were going to drive to florida over the march break so i needed an anime to watch in the car. i saw wingdarkness's sig and said o hey maybe i should watch dnangel all over again. so now im back and i made a sig from it. the only problem is that i have no clue where to put my name, so i was hoping you guys can help me
also can one of you experts tell me how to make their skin look lighter? they seem so orangy...D:
please still rate my shana sig. thanks!well since im here, i probably should at least rate one sig.
shay- i love the eyes, and how its so plain but theres so much in it that makes it look good!! 10/10!!!
|2006-03-22, 23:12
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Eien no ai~
torrencee, it's a cute, clean picture, and the ears don't look entirely out of place (the paw's kinda weird, though), but it's way too tall for its width. It looks like it should be an avatar, not a banner. 8/10 for appearance, I suppose.
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torrencee - Cute, but the neko ears, I don't like how they square off at the top. Otherwise it's extemely cute.
¤ Naruto ¤ - I don't really like Naruto, not a bad sig though.
Cyz - I don't remember if I've said anything about that sig before, but I like it a lot.
JOJOS'STAR - Awesome.
|2006-03-23, 02:08
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Funny sig btw. 8/10
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Kira_Naruto, the ecchi
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@ Shay Maybe its her eyes.. maybe its her pose .. but something in it that fail to attract me @_@ .. Overall 80%
@ Jojos OMG, What have you done !!!!! .. Dont let that beauty fall to that monster ... I'd used exclamation marks instead of dot after G but thats personal preferences .. For suggestive idea on what happened to that girl >.< you get a highly 92%
@ Twin ^^ .. Use Hue & Saturation (Ctrl + U) .. Nice, urmm drawing? Made me laugh ^^.. you get bonus 5 points extra . 85%
@ xNarutox ... >.< Your name is a pain to spell >.< .. A tad over limit .. Nice work on chibi's collection .. the BG is a bit pain to my eyes >.< 85%
@ Ikumdo .. o_o;; Lost point for using kanji that cant be read -.- Lost point for using non-anime as sig (None anime sig is reserved for Sakura-chan ) . That being said.. nothing stands out to me to rake up points... 70% ... ... ... Actually I'm just picking on you
@ KiNA .. Its hard to let go ecchi theme for my sig >__<.. Its between DN and mushishi, but I've decided to go for DN in the end because .. I cant find a good mushishi source to begin with.
The quote was not from the manga tho .. totaly original idea from me
No test till monday... yippie!!!!!!! -_-'
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Italy
KiNa: uhm.. intriguing.. kinda reminds me of Jigoku Shoujo, but there's no Emma Ai in it. Anyway, the overall effect is quite good hence 9/10
iKumdo: too small.. and it doesn't really succeed in communicating anything, I think. 6/10
¤ Naruto ¤: severely lacks of quality, and of a border as well. But it is a nice sign with a well done background. 7,5/10
KiLa: LOL at the handmade job ^^ , the starting source was already nice and makes a good combo with the avatar. 8,5/10
JOJO'S: that's quite an outstanding sign ^^ , very good choice of the elements and colours. Final result very high. 9/10
To reply to your comments to my sign: I used 5 frames (in such large gifs dropping the quality would be much more painful that in the avatars, so having to keep it high, I have to use few frames ^^). As for my name.. it wouldn't be a big deal to add it, but where? (doko doko? ^^) Honestly I like the clean Momo's face enough to not want to pollute it with some text.
lavielove: nice blending of the components, all in all it's a nice looking sign. 8/10
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: In solitude, where we are least alone
torrencee: with regards to the d.n.angel sig, well, im a big fan of d.n.angel so it's nice to see another dnangel related here anyway, the designs are..a little plain. it doesn't stand out that much. also, the image, i think you can find a better pic of the harada twins out there. but i give you credit for the shape of the sig 8/10
naruto: i like those chibi characters the bg and color is nice and it suits the theme. the only drawback of your sig is there's no border. 9/10
ikumdo: no offense but i don't get the theme. ninjas fighting? or was it a kendo match? besides to that, there's no border and some of the pictures are blurry 6/10
KiNa: hmm, too much red (like i would one to talk ). i still like those ecchi and sexy sigs you make and use before. but this one is not that bad. 8/10
|2006-03-23, 18:26
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Cardboard Box
Age: 35
@Pelissier - It's not bad, I see you've gotten into animation. A nice focus on momo's head. I like it. 8/10
@Cyz - Your sigs have gotten alot better. I can't really tell who that is but I'm guessing she's from Shakugana no Shana? Very nice stocks and overlays are nicely done. 9/10
@Tabris - Rather simplistic. But, I like it. Ilya ftw . 7.5/10
@Shay - I forget the inspector's name off the top of my head but she's REALLY hot. Again, rather simplistic, but just for using her, 8/10.
Anyways, it's been a while and I've just finished watching gungrave so I figured 'hey, why not?', and so I did.
It came out pretty well, although using a white border wasn't a smart idea of me =.=;
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|2006-03-24, 16:14
|Link #513
The Hawqman
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ottawa Ontario
Age: 28
Kira naruto- I like it, the blending looks awsome 9.2/10
Forevergone-Being biased, here since gungrave is my second favourite show of all time, and it is an awsome show, you get extra points. Anyways the sig itself looks great, nice backround, maybe you can change the font of "gungrave" 9.5/10
Shay-I like the crop, looks simple, and matches 8.2/10
Jojo stars-pretty nice and empty backroumd, I like how you put "omg" and the girl blushing like that. 8.6/10
Naruto-nice. the backround looks pretty good,although I'm not really into the chibi formated characters, but pretty good. 8.4/10
ikumdo-nice and simple 8/10
|2006-03-25, 04:03
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King of Braves
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Toronto, ON
Age: 39
Pinklynx: 7/10 for Gundam content. Loses points for being SEED.
aahhsin: 7/10 for crazy armoured Mewtwo content.
KainDragon: 5/10 for Super Kuroyanagi! Loses points for being other non-yakitate stuff that I don't care about.
Thany: 1/10 for using orangy colour. Loses points for being very very pedo.
Pellissier: 8/10 for great use of animation.
Shay: 7/10 for enigmatic dark woman I don't know.
eLcHaKeTeRo: 2/10 for Halo. Loses points for being generic FPS skillspam.
Onibaba: 0/10 for just being very generic and blah and not at all interesting.
Ichy: 5/10 for bum-curve.
iKumdo: 8/10 for being simple yet to the point and interesting.
Now rate my sig please! YEAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
|2006-03-25, 05:58
|Link #516
Join Date: Dec 2005
@ KiNA the theme is rock.Intense.The choice of color is right too.9/10
@ jojo , hands are too big . and very eye catching 9/10 too.
@ForeverGoNe, that's a skyrocketting gungrave sig. ^_^ deducted a few pts for being borderless 8.5/10
@cyz how could you ditch Wilhelmina !? take her back here =P it's a time to change yr sig already you know, since the anime was ended.lol
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|2006-03-25, 06:06
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~Nanchatte Renai
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Australia
Age: 25
Tabris: Ilya is so cute there 9/10
Mr.Hawq: Long live Saber ^^ 9/10
ForeverGoNe: Uh who is in your sig anyway it's still nice 7/10
N-Bomb: Hey not bad 6/10
Pellissier: Aww Momo is so cute there 10/10
lavielove: Nice 8/10
torrencee: Aww it's Shana with Neko ears great try trying to put neko ears on her 8/10
As for me mine was a 5mintue job so that's why it isn't that great
|2006-03-25, 11:02
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Better than studio quality
|2006-03-25, 16:05
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: In solitude, where we are least alone
lavielove: the one in spoiler tag is much better so i'll rate that one. excellent bg and excellent image. i like the colors used and that cross name thingy is cool. good job 9/10
SweetHoney: small but it looks cool. primula looks so cute on that look (i mean that shy look to be specific ). bg is a little plain but the color matches well. 8/10
|2006-03-26, 02:38
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~Nanchatte Renai
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Australia
Age: 25
Cyz:Shana is kawaii there great colours and i love the mini saber to the right (outside of the sig)
As for mine I hope i can have it since it's not showing anything right like she's covering up so i should be allowed it
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Growth close to long-term average
Activity is expected to pick up in 2018 with growth set proving steady and close to its long-term average. The decline in mining investment should bottom, while investment in other sectors (tourism, education, research and development) will rise and the construction of public infrastructure, both at Commonwealth and State level, will continue to advance. This should offset the sharp slowdown in house building, with house prices clearly stabilising in some cities against a background of tougher prudential rules on credit imposed by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and a slowdown in immigration. 50% of bank credit is linked to residential property. Despite continued employment growth, household consumption is expected to rise more moderately than before with little wage improvement and debt levels remaining very high - a quarter of households owe the equivalent of three or four years of earnings. Retail trade is, moreover, one of the rare sectors to lag behind, posting the highest level of bankruptcies ahead of construction. However, monetary policy will remain highly accommodative (central bank key rate at 1.5% in November 2017, unchanged since August 2016), at least if inflation remains below target (2-3%). Exports, 50% of which comprise gas, coal and iron ore, are expected to grow with the completion of several liquefied natural gas terminals. Since, at the same time, the moderation in household consumption and house building will put pressure on imports, trade's contribution to growth is expected to increase. This assumes that commodity prices will not collapse should there be a slowdown in the Chinese economy.
Reasonable budget and external position
The authorities are aiming for fiscal equilibrium for the whole Commonwealth, States and local authorities by 2020-2021. Equilibrium is also the aim for the structural balance, i.e. smoothed out for cyclical effects. They expect to achieve this, while developing infrastructure, education and training (especially for the indigenous communities) and encouraging SMEs to invest in order to transition the economy from one focused on commodities to one that is diversified and to increase labour market participation and boost productivity. Moreover, the government plans to invest USD 30 billion in defence over the next ten years. Despite the fall in revenues due to to falling commodity prices, the deficit has only widened a little and the debt burden has grown only moderately, accounting for only 20% of GDP in June 2017, net of receivables.
The current account balance traditionally shows a moderate deficit, which, despite growing diversification, varies primarily in line with sales of commodities, namely with the volumes and prices, which depend above all on Chinese demand. As with goods, trade in services also shows a slight deficit. Tourism income and registration fees paid by foreign university students, especially from Asia, will not match spending by Australian tourists or ocean freight rates paid to foreign companies. The income balance also shows a deficit, more significantly because of dividend repatriation by mining companies and interest payments on external debt, mostly private (mining companies, banks, property sector) and denominated in Australian dollars, accounting for 128% of GDP (63% net of foreign assets).
A weak government
Having won 76 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Representatives, i.e. a loss of 15 seats compared with the previous term, the centre-right coalition led by Prime Minister Malcolm Bligh Turnbull and made up of liberals and nationalists was victorious but weakened after early elections in July 2016. Its tiny majority was then lost following the ruling that MPs with dual nationality were ineligible to sit in Parliament. Nor has the government majority in the Senate and the Liberal Party is riven by splits, further damaging the adoption of legislation. In these circumstances, government instability, which has prevailed since 2010 (five prime ministers in seven years), is therefore expected to last. There is little likelihood of this government holding on until the normal election date of November 2019, which could lead to a change in majority from 2018. However, this is unlikely to have much impact on the economy, given the convergence towards diversification.
Externally, Australia's policy is to align itself economically more closely with the Asia-Pacific region (especially China) and Europe, with which it has signed trade agreements while maintaining preferential relations with the United States. The authorities are paying greater attention to Chinese investments in the country, given the sectors concerned, as well as to immigration, which is not considered to sufficiently benefit the economy.
Last update: January 2018
Payment methods include:
- a) Cash: widespread payment method used by consumers for low-value transactions (37% of all transactions in 2016). Entities providing a designated service under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act must report cash transactions over AUD 10,000 to AUSTRAC.
- b) Personal cheques and bank cheques: used for domestic and international transactions. Cheque use has declined (-20% in 2016). In commercial transactions, they are generally bank cheques.
- c) Credit cards: have replaced cash as a payment method – increasing by 57% between 2010 and 2015.
- d) Electronic transactions: on its way to becoming the dominant payment process. This includes point-of-sale (POS) electronic transactions, as well as mobile apps, electronic funds transfer (EFR) and internet transactions.
- e) EFT electronic funds and SWIFT bank transfers: the most commonly used payment method for international transactions. The majority of banks are connected to the SWIFT electronic network.
- f) The Australian dollar is now also part of the Continuous Linked Settlement System (CLS), a highly automated interbank transfer system for processing both legs of foreign exchange transactions simultaneously.
Debt collection
Amicable phase
Parties are encouraged to negotiate and take "genuine steps" to settle commercial disputes prior to commencing certain legal proceedings in the Federal Court and Federal Circuit Court. Examples of such steps include notifying the debtor of the issues and offering discussions in view of resolving the dispute, and providing relevant information and documents to the other person in order to solve the dispute. These steps are largely dependent on the amount of the claim, with greater success seen in disputes where the value is less than about AUD 50,000. With larger matters involving debtor companies with more than one director, attempts by the creditor to enter into settlement negotiations are ultimately unsuccessful.
Legal proceedings
Australian law does not provide for fast track legal proceedings as such. If the amicable phase fails, ordinary proceedings will take place. However, the New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court has a special list for commercial disputes: once a matter is identified as being appropriate for that list, it will be proactively managed by the court to try and ensure an efficient resolution. Similar lists also operate for commercial disputes in the Supreme Courts of Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland.
If a corporate debt remains unpaid and the creditor's claim is due for payment, uncontested, and over AUD 2,000, the creditor may issue a creditor's statutory demand for payment of debt demanding payment within 21 days. Unless the debtor settles the claim within the required timeframe to the creditor's satisfaction, or applies to the Court to have the statutory demand set aside, the creditor may lodge a petition for winding-up of the debtor's company, The latter is presumed insolvent three months following the company's failure to comply with the statutory demand. For individuals, the process is similar , but ,proceedings are required to be commenced in the Fed Circuit Court.
In NSW, under ordinary debt recovery proceedings, a statement of claim must be personally delivered and served to the debtor, who must then pay the debt, or file a defence on the creditor within 28 days. Failure to do so may result in a default judgment being entered against the debtor. It is worth nothing that there are different time frames for different states. If the debtor does not pay the debt and files a defence, orders will be made by the court to prepare the matter for hearing. This will ordinarily involve activities such as discovery and the preparation and exchange of evidence that will be relied upon at the hearing.
During the preliminary phase, the parties may request and exchange particulars of the claim or defence made by the other party. This may involve the exchange of documents referred to in the claim or defence, including copies of the relevant unpaid invoices and statements of account. If discovery is ordered, the parties will be required to exchange all documents that are relevant to their case. Otherwise, all documents which the parties wish to rely upon at the hearing must be included in the evidence of the parties. Before handing down its judgment, the court will examine the case and hold an adversarial hearing in which the witnesses of each party may be cross-examined by the other parties' lawyers. In most cases, straightforward claims are likely to be settled within two to four months but more disputed claims may last more than a year.
If a party is not satisfied with the judgment awarded by the court, it may appeal the decision. In general, appeals lodged against Supreme Court decisions are heard by the Court of Appeal in that state/territory. Any further appeal thereafter is heard by the High Court of Australia, the party seeking to appeal must seek leave and persuade the court in a preliminary hearing that there is a special basis for the appeal, as the High Court will only re-examine cases of clear legal merit.
Local Courts or Magistrates Courts (depending on the state/territory) hear minor disputes involving amounts ranging up to a maximum of AUD 100,000 (NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory, Western Australia, and Tasmania), AUD 150,000 (Queensland) or AUD 250,000 (Australian Capital Territory). Beyond these various thresholds, disputes involving financial claims up to AUD 750,000 in NSW, Western Australia, South Australia or Queensland are heard either by the County Court or District Court. There is no County Court or District Court in Tasmania, Northern Territory or Australian Capital Territory.Claims greater than AUD 750,000 in NSW, Queensland, Southern Australia, and Western Australia are heard by the Supreme Court of each State. The Victorian County Court and Supreme Court have an unlimited jurisdiction. In the other states and territories, the Supreme Court hears claims greater than: AUD 100,000 in the Northern Territory; AUD 250,000 in Australian Capital Territory; and AUD 50,000 in Tasmania.
Enforcement of a legal decision
A judgment is enforceable as soon as it is rendered by the court. The plaintiff has up to fifteen years following the entry of judgment to pursue enforcement of an Australian judgment through Examination Notices, Garnishee Orders or Writs of Execution. Examination Notices force the debtor to provide information on its financial situation and assets, helping to establish a recovery strategy. It must be requested from the court after judgment has been entered. The Garnishee Order allows the creditor to recover its debt directly from the debtor's bank account or salary as well as from the debtor's debtors, until the principal and interest are paid off. Finally, the Writ of Execution orders a sheriff to seize and sell the debtor's property to the benefit of the creditor in payment of the debt (together with interest and costs) owing to the creditor. As for foreign awards, enforcement in Australia is governed predominantly by statutory regimes (Pt 6 of the Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 (Cth) for judgments given in Australia and Foreign Judgments Act 1992 (Cth) for judgments given outside Australia) and common law principles, such as the exequatur procedure. Furthermore, recognition depends on whether a reciprocal recognition and enforcement agreement exists between Australia and the issuing country.
Insolvency procedures
Administration: A debtor company can be placed into administration by its directors, or by creditors that are owed money. The administrator will take full control of the company, and investigate and report to creditors as to the company's business, property, affairs, and financial circumstances. There are three options available to creditors: end the administration and return the company to the director(s); approve a deed of company arrangement through which the company will pay all or part of its debts; or wind up the company.
Receivership: A receiver is appointed by a secured creditor who holds security or a charge over some or all of the company's assets. His primary role is to collect and the company's assets to repay the debt owed to the secured creditor. If the process fails, a liquidation procedure may be initiated.
Liquidation: Creditors or a court may wind up a company, and appoint a liquidator who collects, protects, and realises the company's assets into cash, keep the creditors informed about the company's affairs and distribute any proceeds of sale of company assets. Upon completion of the liquidation, the company is then deregistered.


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Freelance Whales Evolve on 'Diluvia' [1]
Battlestar Galactica—not the first thing you think of while mining the vast array of influences on an indie rock record. Even more surprising might be Carl Sagan's The Cosmos or the History Channel's Ancient Alien Theory. But all three shows played vital parts in inspiring Freelance Whales' newest record Diluvia.
"All three of those shows have an abundance of emotional storytelling that we just found really inspiring," said Chuck Criss, who plays banjo, bass, synthesizer, glockenspiel, harmonium, acoustic and electric guitar, and provides vocals for the band. "[But] I don't want to give the impression that we made a Bowie sci-fi record."
While they may not have set out to make another soundtrack to 2001: A Space Odyssey, the sci-fi influences are definitely apparent on Diluvia, particularly in the twitchy electronic sounds that open and close most of the album's songs as well as the ambient, spacey atmosphere permeating Diluvia. Both are a far cry from the quintet from the Queens' opening album, Weathervanes (2009), which they described as "layered, textured pop music. [4]"
"Our first album was made to feel like you were inside a small house, maybe in a dream," Criss said. "So musically it was very enclosed. Our new record deals with a much bigger universe, and we wanted to make it feel like outer space. We used a lot of bigger ambient sounds to get that effect."
Thus, it comes as no surprise nearly halfway through the album on "Locked Out" when frontman Judah Dadone chants what seems to have fueled Diluvia: "We have the rations to go anywhere."
Freelance Whales didn't just go to a new frontier — they went for the final frontier.
The album's title, not coincidentally, echoes a similar sentiment and may even be a metaphor for the band itself. "Diluvia" happens when a glacier shifts or moves as a result of a great flood. The floodgates of possibility opened up after Weathervanes, and Freelance Whales felt free to explore. Such exploration is inherently risky.
"The biggest risk we took is that it doesn't sound like our first record," Criss said. "We use a lot of the same instruments, but we played a lot more with sonic expansiveness. I feel like it's a good progression and accompaniment to Weathervanes. However, it's always a risk. There are always going to be people who wish bands just made the same album every two years."
I know I certainly don't really like it when a musician goes a completely new direction and abandons that particular brand of music I came to love. But, thankfully, Freelance Whales tried to do something different.
Some of the songs, such as "Spitting Image," have more of an 80s, reminiscent of The Arcade Fire's latest album, The Suburbs.
The new songs are also much longer and significantly less dependent on hooks. The nearly 8-minute epic, "DNA Banks," can be compared to Weathervanes favorite "Ghosting," but the new tune takes much longer to build and incorporates more horns and faded background vocals (think Bon Iver's "Lump Sum" off of For Emma). The song opens up about halfway through, moving from ethereal, water-like sounds drowned in reverb (accompanied by banjo, of course) to strings and a repetitive, hopeful chant accented by a triumphant horn line. The song has Sigur Ros written all over it.
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Despite its shortcomings (no album is perfect), Diluvia is distinct from Weathervanes. It manages to be almost entirely different yet still distinctly Freelance Whales — a feat not many bands can pull off (or try to). Darwin is in the DNA of this album.
"I would describe our song-writing process as Darwinian," Criss said. "The strongest ideas survive. We write individually and collaboratively, but we try to not to get too personally attached to any one idea. We just evolution take its course."
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As it has been mentioned above, storage containers for commercial use are strongly made. The manufacturers are quite aware of the fact that items stored in them are of great valuable. So, necessary security features are made available in these storage containers. Various types of locks are provided. Some have fire alarm systems as well as other security alert system. So, it is secure keeping your business valuable items and files in these storage containers.
Buying and keeping these storage containers can be costly. It is even more expensive to build concrete storage space in your office. But there is a way out for businesses that have high storage needs. There are a number of storage facilities that offer storage containers for commercial purposes. If your business requires extra storage space, you may consider hiring storage facility rather than building one for your business.
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An alloy of which the chief seat of the manufacture is the city of Bider, near Hyderabad, India.
verb bides, biding, bided, bode or bided
Word Origin for bide
Old English bidan "to stay, continue, live, remain," also "to trust, rely" (cognate with Old Norse biða, Old Saxon bidan, Old Frisian bidia, Middle Dutch biden, Old High German bitan, Gothic beidan "to wait"), apparently from PIE *bheidh-, an extended stem of one root of Old English biddan (see bid (v.)), the original sense of which was "to command," and "to trust" (cf. Greek peithein "to persuade," pistis "faith;" Latin fidere "to trust," foedus "compact, treaty," Old Church Slavonic beda "need"). Perhaps the sense evolved in prehistoric times through "endure," and "endure a wait," to "to wait." Preserved in Scotland and northern England, replaced elsewhere by abide in all senses except to bide one's time. Related: Bided; biding.


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Will The NAB Agree To A Performance Rights Tax In Exchange For Having RIAA Support Mandatory FM Radio In Mobile Phones?
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After years and years fighting this, we should have known that the NAB would come up with some ridiculous idea in the end. The NAB, which represents broadcasters, is almost always on the wrong side of policy debates (that's what happens when your job is to protect a dying industry), but on this one issue we agreed... until now. Rumors are circulating that the NAB is willing to cave on performance rights, if the RIAA, in exchange, supports a totally wasteful plan to require FM radio receivers be placed in mobile phones, MP3 players and other digital devices. Now, everyone involved says no deal is done yet, but there are multiple indications that this is exactly where the conversation is heading.
The NAB tries to defend this by comparing FM radio -- a dying technology -- to federal mandates on digital television tuners. That, of course, was entirely different in so many ways. It involved attempts to move the country forward to a new technology, not mandating an obsolete one. It also was done for a very specific reason: to try to recapture tons of valuable spectrum that could be put to much more valuable and practical use. Mandating FM tuners is just a waste of time and money in a quixotic attempt by broadcasters to prop up FM radio. My mobile phone has an FM receiver today, and I've never even looked at it. Some manufacturers have chosen to put this technology into devices today -- and that's fine, if they choose to do so. But, mandating it as part of a backroom political deal? No thanks.


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China Will Cut Off Your Phone Call If You Say The Word 'Protest' [Updated]
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It's no secret that the Chinese government is exceptionally fearful that citizens there may take notice of the uprisings and protests in the middle east and try to do something similar at home. It's also no secret that the government goes to great lengths to try to control certain forms of communication inside the country. However, it seems to be getting ever more hamfisted and ridiculous in how it does so. Take, for example, reports that phone calls where people say the word "protest" are leading to calls automatically being cut off, even if the call has nothing to do with anti-government protests:
A Beijing entrepreneur, discussing restaurant choices with his fiancee over their cellphones last week, quoted Queen Gertrude's response to Hamlet: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." The second time he said the word "protest," her phone cut off.What really has me scratching my head, however, is how anyone thinks that this form of censorship is effective. Is cutting off someone's phone call when they say "protest" really going to make them think "oh well, I guess I won't protest now"?
He spoke English, but another caller, repeating the same phrase on Monday in Chinese over a different phone, was also cut off in midsentence.
In the meantime, I'm hoping this leads to a new game in China, where people try to figure out the right words and phrases to get the government to cut off your phone call midsentence. It could even be a drinking game.


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Donatos founder Jim Grote started making pizzas at a time when Americans were just beginning to fall in love with the pepperoni-and-cheese-topped pies.
Donatos founder Jim Grote started making pizzas at a time when Americans were just beginning to fall in love with the pepperoni-and-cheese-topped pies.
"My first lesson was, make a good pizza and be nice to the customers, and they'll line up out the door," Grote said, recalling his first pizza job as a teenager: cutting pepperoni sticks at a pizzeria on the South Side of Columbus.
Grote's thin-crust pizzas made with provolone (not mozzarella) and cut in squares instead of wedges, as well as his friendly, generous nature, have made Donatos a favorite in the Columbus area and beyond.
His Gahanna-based company, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is poised at the top of the fast-casual pizza industry, and it's using market research and product innovation to make sure it stays on top.
CEO Tom Krouse said he'd like the company to stay on top by being "a principle-based, prosperous company built to last for 50 years and beyond."
"Donatos is one of the more original fast-casual pizza players," said Darren Tristano, executive vice president of Technomic, the Chicago restaurant- and food-research firm, acknowledging the company's pioneer status in the pizza industry. "But today, we're seeing a real redefinition of fast-casual pizza."
"Fast-casual" restaurants offer fresh, made-to-order, innovative food that costs a bit more than fast food, according to Technomic. Chipotle and Panera are examples of the restaurant segment that grew throughout the recent recession, unlike other segments, which shrank.
Donatos was the leading pizza chain last year in Technomic's Top 150 Fast-Casual Chain Restaurant Report with $166 million in sales and 153 units, even though the local company's sales fell 9 percent from 2011.
Wolfgang Puck Express was a distant No. 2 in the fast-casual pizza category, with sales of $63 million, according to Technomic.
However, Donatos sees its real competition as Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's and the like, which Technomic puts in the separate class of fast-food pizza.
The top three fast-food pizza companies dwarf Donatos with 2012 U.S. sales of $5.7 billion, $3.5 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively, according to Technomic.
But there's no doubt that a new generation of fast-casual pizza competitors - including Pies & Pints Pizzeria, which has a Worthington location- will pose some challenges to the hometown pizza chain.
"There are 15 different, made-to-order, individual pizza concepts in fast-casual," Tristano said. "How Donatos chooses to acknowledge the trends and move forward is going to be critical to its success in the future."
The Donatos story began in 1963 when Grote (pronounced "grow-tee") paid insurance salesman Donald Potts $1,300 for his pizza shop on the South Side.
Loosely translated from Latin, donatos means "to give a good thing," said Tom Santor, executive director of brand marketing and public relations for the pizza company. That fit Grote's philosophy, so he kept the pizzeria's name.
By then, the Ohio State University sophomore had learned pizza operations and marketing. He also had developed his mission: create a superior product, hire good people and "treat others the way I would like to be treated," he said.
Grote developed a "system" for making each pizza the same as the last. "I was after consistency," he said. "We put 100 pieces of pepperoni on our 14-inch pizza. Still do."
Doug Whitmer, an owner of the Donatos franchise in Raleigh, N.C. - one of two new markets in the past month for the company - appreciates that system.
"We've got a process for everything from the dough and the crust right down to how you cut it."
In 1974, after more than a decade of getting the system just right, Grote built his first Donatos store in front of his family home on Thurman Avenue. All four Grote children - Tom, Jane, Kate and Kyle - as well as several other relatives, have worked in the business over the years, though only Jane Grote Abell works there now.
Grote Abell, Grote's daughter who is chairwoman of the closely held pizza company, led the effort to franchise Donatos pizza stores in the early 1990s. Now, the company has 101 franchised locations in seven states.
Donatos recently opened the Raleigh and Newport News, Va., markets with new franchisees, and the company expects to open five stores in their markets this year.
"Next year, we will build on that," Krouse said. "We are growing in geographic regions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, working out from our core versus crisscrossing the United States."
Grote Abell also led the 2003 effort to buy back Donatos from McDonald's, which had purchased it in 1999 as a way to get into the pizza business. A handful of years later, the fast-food giant sold Donatos and other companies, such as Chipotle, to focus on its namesake business.
During its McDonald's stint, Donatos grew too quickly and began operating in the red. But the pizza company also hired Krouse, formerly Wendy's marketing vice president. Krouse was named chief executive officer in 2010, the same year Grote Abell became chairwoman of Donatos.
Meanwhile, founder Grote, 69, shows no signs of slowing down or retiring. "I think we have the perfect combination of family and non-family" leadership, Krouse said.
Now, Donatos is growing slowly, adding franchisees and tapping the potential in the specialty-products arena through its Jane's Dough Foods unit. That division is named for Grote Abell and was started in 2008 to make pizzas for grocery, natural-food and convenience stores, as well as institutions.
Efforts also are focused on differentiating the Donatos product from its competitors' and staying current with the demands of the marketplace.
"We're the only ones who have fresh mozzarella balls, Asiago cheese, and toppings like cinnamon and almonds," Krouse said. "People's tastes are getting more demanding," he added, so Donatos is working on more fresh, unique toppings, as well as a whole-wheat crust.
The ordering process is another area of attention for Donatos."We have Web and mobile now, and we are working on enhancements to the process to make it even easier to order online," Krouse said.
The company is constantly trying to improve its pizza-making system. Through a recent collaboration with OSU engineering students, Donatos was able to shave 12 minutes off its kitchen production time and cut its inaccurate orders in half at test restaurants, Krouse said.
More growth is coming from its Jane's Dough business, which grew to 1,400 retail accounts by 2010 under Krouse's watch. The unit makes Fresh Bake pizzas, often sold in grocery store deli departments, as well as Fast Break pizzas for convenience stores and vending machines at universities and other institutions. Donatos engineered the Fast Break packaging to yield a crispy crust when the pizzas are heated in microwaves.
The unit's Sonoma Flatbreads, sold at natural-foods grocers such as Raisin Rack in Westerville, start with multigrain or gluten-free crusts, and are made with ingredients free of hormones and preservatives.
Krouse expects Jane's Dough, which sells products in more than 26 states and Japan, to expand to as many as 40 states by the end of the year.
Donatos' efforts in innovation are particularly appreciated by families such as the Fullens of New Albany. Dominic Fullen, 8, no longer consumes gluten, the protein in wheat that can trigger food allergies. His family stopped eating out because Dominic didn't want to call attention to his special diet.
"Gluten-friendly" crusts made by Donatos, as well as certified gluten-free crusts made by partner Udi's Gluten Free Foods, enabled Dominic to again eat pizza with friends, said his mother, Katina Fullen.
"I think it's a really big deal for families to have options, particularly for working parents," she said. "Now, we order the gluten-free pizza because we like it."


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(Re: "Nipping 4/20 in the bud," cover story, April 12.) To all CU campus administrators involved in 4/20 planning: As a CU alum I would like you to know that the majority of CU students disagree with your approach to the 4/20 event.
Your attempts to suppress civil disobedience and free speech against unjust laws only shows how out of touch you are with the feelings and desires of your student body. Imprisoning people for non-violent protest and ruining your students' future job prospects is rooted in an antiquated and tragically misinformed view of the marijuana plant, which has been proven safe over 50 years of scientific study.
If the CU administration wishes to stop destructive drug abuse on campus, alcohol abuse is clearly the area to address.
Let's compare, shall we? A handful of students have literally died directly due to alcohol poisoning on campus in the past decade. The number of students who have died as a result of 4/20 or as a result of marijuana use is, of course, zero. Rape and domestic violence, both major problems on campus, have been linked to alcohol abuse time and time again.
If CU wants to improve its reputation as an academic institution, the university should address the far more dangerous and destructive habit of alcohol abuse on campus, not marijuana.
Let's be realistic: alcohol is killing your students, not pot!
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(Re: "Chasing the White Horse," Adventure, April 5.) With a gracious heart, I want to thank Elizabeth Miller for sharing such a beautiful story surrounding the life of Micah True.
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Aeron Hodges is a small woman, but if she stretches out both arms she can embrace the whole kitchen in the compact "innovation unit" Mayor Menino is promoting to attract young workers to Boston's newest neighborhood. Designed by the architecture firm ADD Inc, the apartment is sleek and sculpted, with cool features like convertible storage and a wall mount for the inevitable Geekhouse bicycle. It's likely to be popular with young, single employees of the biotech and financial companies coming to the Innovation District, and with retirees looking for an urban pied-à-terre. What it is less likely to be, regrettably, is affordable.
A full-scale model of the micro unit — all 300 square feet of it — was on display recently at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Hodges and her colleagues built the model in conjunction with Menino's "ONEin3'' initiative (named for the 30 percent of city residents who are between the ages of 20 and 34). "The most exciting part of the process is the collaborative nature of the construction itself," she said, perfectly summarizing the culture of this demographic.
Over several months, the ADD Inc team asked young professionals what they would sacrifice to afford living downtown. Few wanted granite countertops or hardwood floors. Only 30 percent said they thought 300 square feet was too small; most would trade space for a shorter commute. They wanted to be close to public transit, hip restaurants, and their jobs.
These "creative economy" pioneers are redefining the relationship between public and private space. They want privacy for the essentials — bed and bath — but beyond that they are willing to share. The city is their living room. The local bistro is their kitchen.
ADD Inc senior associate principal Tamara Roy likens the micro unit to the Smart Car or Mini Cooper: products the auto industry recognized would appeal to people looking for affordability, good design, and a lighter environmental footprint. "Kudos to the mayor for encouraging developers to do a different housing model," says Roy. "It increases supply and diversifies the market. But it's not going to answer the affordability question."
The units — often so small that Menino needed to exempt them from city codes — respond to changes in demographics and consumer attitudes. According to the annual housing report card by the Dukakis Center at Northeastern University, 12,000 new units a year are needed to meet projected population growth in metro Boston, and much of the demand will be in the city core.
The study's author, Barry Bluestone, said housing starts will be driven by two groups at opposite ends of the demographic spectrum: older retirees with significant assets looking to downsize, and recent college graduates with significant debt. Both could be attracted to the new micro units. But one group can pay a lot more.
Fifty mini units, which are closer to 450 square feet, are planned for the residential tower on the former site of Anthony's Pier Four. There are no cost controls; the units will command whatever the market will bear. No one knows for sure, but estimates range around $1,500 a month. Reasonable? You'd need to earn $72,000 a year for that rent to be 25 percent of gross income, the usual goal.
As always with real estate, the issue is location, location, location. Land in the Seaport is expensive; construction is costly and difficult. "We should be thinking more broadly, beyond the waterfront," said Bluestone. For now, however, the micro units are only approved for the Innovation District.
Before the housing crash in 2008, Boston's political and business communities were united in pushing for affordable housing. The Chamber of Commerce listed high housing costs as a top impediment to economic growth. Then the collapse of the market gave some a false sense that prices would "normalize" in Boston. But they didn't. According to Bluestone's report, only New York and San Francisco outpace Boston in rental housing costs.
Just increasing supply won't be enough. What is needed is a recommitment by government and the private sector, with cross-subsidies or direct housing stipends, if necessary, to keep the micro units below $1,000 a month. Otherwise the city's hottest new neighborhood will be very small place indeed.Renée Loth's column appears regularly in the Globe.
Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Tamara Roy's position with Add Inc. She is a senior associate principal.


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April 14, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - For the second time in three weeks, Emily Hwang has been named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Field Athlete of the Week after improving upon her own MIT record in the pole vault. Hwang helped the Engineers capture first place in a meet with Colby and Bates over the weekend.
Hwang led a one-two-three sweep of the pole vault for the Cardinal and Grey, earning crucial first-place points in a closely contested meet. The senior, who has already achieved the NCAA provisional qualifying height, vaulted 12-3.50 feet on Saturday, 2.75 inches better than her previous Institute standard. With that effort Hwang now owns the highest mark in the country thus far.
In addition to Hwang's honor, teammate Portia Jones was also named the NEWMAC Track Athlete of the Week on Monday, as Tech swept the conference awards.


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Knicks Crush Raps to Continue Road Streak
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Riding a 6 game road win streak, the Knicks faced off against the Raptors in Toronto. New York got off to a hot start, erupting for 33 points in the first quarter. They pushed the pace with Felton at the helm, recording 9 assists in the quarter. Chandler led all scorers with 12 first-quarter points, while Felton and Fields contributed 7 apiece. The Knicks hit 4 of 11 from 3-point range as well. In the second, with Amar'e on the bench, the Raptors gained some ground. Leandro Barbosa served as the facilitator, while Jerryd Bayless was feeling it from outside …continue reading