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Continuing to explore international schools in Manila, I have met some truly inspiring educators in surprising corners of Manila…
The Australian International School (AIS)
'Like a seed, in every child lies the promise of a fruitful tomorrow' ~ E.P. Esteban, Founder
The Australian International School, formerly Esteban School, is a non-denominational, family-run, private school, the only international school in the Philippines to offer the Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE), recognized by both the Australian and Philippine Departments of Education. AIS even observes the Australian school year in Grades 11 and 12 (February to November), in order to make transition to Australian universities easier.
The Australian school was originally a pre-school born in Dasmariñas in 1964. Founded by educator Eleanor Esteban, she initially ran it from her front porch. As the Eleanor Esteban Learning Center, it was one of the first schools in the Philippines to focus on early years education and it t ran exclusively as a preschool for over thirty years before opening its first Grade 1 class in the 1990s. In 2000 the school moved over to the current campus at 2332 Chino Roces Ave, Taguig in 2000 and since then has been growing up, one grade at a time. Today there are 180 students from Kindergarten to Year 12, and the first Year 12 group graduated in 2012. The student cohort has strong representation from the Philippines, as well as an eclectic mix of Australians and Americans, Uzbeks and Koreans. There is even a family from Sierra Leone. Teachers are hired locally, so the staff is mostly Filipino. Eleanor Esteban is still involved in the school as one of the Directors, but she leaves the day-to-day running of AIS in the capable hands of daughter Christine Norton (School Administrator), and sons David (coordinator of WACE), and Antonio (Business Manager).
For Australian expatriate Anastasia, AIS has been the best choice for her two daughters, Tyler and Sophia. The price was right, and they decided that following the Australian curriculum would be useful if they were to head home before the girls finished school. It also meant the sisters could stay together, while any available alternatives meant sending them to different schools.
Anastasia says she has a good relationship with Ms Norton, and always feels comfortable to approach her if they have any issues. "Tina listens to your concerns and addresses them well," she acknowledges.
Anastasia is also pleased that this family team has a vested interest in the school. She has watched closely as the school has developed over the past five years, and while she admits the location is not ideal, and 'the facilities are not at all impressive' compared with many larger schools, she is delighted with the high academic expectations, and says the girls have been very happy. They love the tiny, tight-knit school community, and feel safe here. And the smaller class sizes means greater individual attention from the teachers. Sometimes, Anastasia confesses, she worries that the small cohort can be a bit limiting, but says it has been a really caring environment for the girls.
Tina Norton and David Esteban, a warm and welcoming team, are also keen to promote the advantages of a smaller school: the family feel; the sense of belonging, and the one-on-one attention the children get from their teachers is a great bonus, they tell me.
And of course, AIS students, parents and staff are involved with community development projects that not only provide help to those in need, but teach students about being generous and involved citizens.
The recent acquisition of extra buildings and a potential sports field will give them a lot more space and allow them to increase student population to around 250, but the school has grown slowly over the years, and they say firmly that there is no sense of urgency to expand any faster, and risk losing the intimacy of the campus.
The Esteban focus on achieving international standard teaching methods at AIS has developed over the years. It began when they were establishing MBA programs from Australia and the UK here in Manila. In 2011 the school took on the Australian curriculum as a way of ensuring quality education and a clear pathway to university for their students.
"Australia is widely recognized as having one of the best educational systems in the world… and the [Australian] government ensures that quality is maintained and that research is continuously conducted to develop curriculums and best practices for learning."
david explains that the Perth link was an obvious choice, as Perth is in the same time zone as Manila, and this allowed easy communication with curriculum moderators in WA, as well as allowing exams to run concurrently with high schools in Perth.
In 2014, AIS is not only celebrating fifty years of Esteban education, but has also received the AUSTRADE-Australia Business Alliance Award from ANZCHAM in recognition of its successful efforts to forge strong links with Australia.
Veritas et lumen ~ truth and light
The Beacon is an independent, non-profit, co-educational school, for both local and international students from Kindergarten to 8th grade that opened in 2001 just next door to AIS on Chino Roces avenue.
The founding trustees were a group of parents who wanted something different: they designed a small school to provide an innovative, inquiry-based global education within a community that would foster a love for Filipino values and culture, and service to society.
Thus the student cohort of 280 is largely Filipino, with less than 10% transient families. Yet there are still severeal expatriate families who, for a number of reasons, chose to send their children here, and have been pleased with their decision.
I spoke with Linda, a New Zealander who has already spent four year in Manila, and has a daughter at Beacon, in Grade 3. Waiting list issues originally led her to Beacon with her four year old, and she has never looked back.
Thanks to the small class sizes (limited to sixteen in the lower years, and a maximum of twenty in grades 6-8) her daughter, Teuila, settled in quickly. Linda likes the strong foundation of Filipino culture, and the fact that all the children learn Tagalog from Kindergarten to Grade 8. "I didn't want [Teulia] to grow up in bubble," she says honestly.
"Some people will make a judgement on looks," she admits, but she believes aesthetics is a Western hang-up and shouldn't be the deciding factor when choosing a school. Beacon "has everything, except swimming," she adds firmly, and she is happy to supplement when necessary with outside clubs.
The school is also very inclusive of parents, who were recently involved in a unit on migration, several parents coming to speak to the children about why they moved countries. In recognition of Manila's first migrant population, this unit also included a trip to Chinatown, the Chinese-Filipino museum, and a Chinese temple, as well as an opportunity to taste Chinese food. Beacon consciously seeks out the wider community for its students, and takes a number of classes off campus.
The school is non-secular, so all students study either world religion or Christian Living Education. The school can also prepare children for first communion and confirmation. Given that we are living in a Catholic country, Linda likes the fact that religious education is part of the curriculum. While she says there is no pressure on her daughter to follow Catholic strictures, she thinks 'it's nice to say a prayer,' and is happy that her daughter is learning different ways people celebrate Christianity 'without any judgement call.'
The gently spoken School Dean, Ms Mary Catherine Chua, explains later that students are taught sensitivity and awareness of differences, but also explore an awareness of commonality.
As I follow Community Relations Coordinator, Amaya Aboitiz, through corridors filled with bright and cheerful student artwork, she laughingly tells me she cannot stay away from the school. Amaya has worked at Beacon as both a teacher and in administration, and keeps coming back, after several stints abroad. She takes me on a tour of the school that finishes in the auditorium, where the year sixes (11-12 year olds) are completing a research project in which the children may choose to research anyone who has made an impact on the world. Tonight they will all be making a presentation to staff and parents entitled Night of the Notables.
Long-term American expatriate, Mary Chua, arrived at Beacon in January 2012 to work as Assistant to the Headmaster. Just over eighteen months later, in August 2013, she was made Dean. Mary explains that Beacon celebrates learning, and firmly believes in expanding the children's capabilities. "Kids are more open to learning, and we cannot limit them by dictating what they can learn or telling them how much they will understand."
The IB based Primary Years and Middle Years Programs originated in Geneva and Singapore, and provides a curriculum framework based on eight subject areas, enhanced by concepts of intercultural awareness, integrated learning and communication. The program is rigorous, but inclusive, she explains, and there is no ranking, to avoid competitiveness. Nor is the curriculum content-driven, but is, instead, a conceptual linking of cross-disciplinary skills and knowledge which help the children to retain more and stay more enthusiastic and engaged.
At the end of Year 8, many students choose to move on to the High School. Beacon Academy, forty five minutes away in Laguna, travelling down on school buses to this beautiful, purpose-built campus.
The British School Manila (BSM)
The British School began its life in the old Union Church in 1976. It travelled to Merville in 1980, and finally settled in Taguig in 2002, on a new, purpose-built campus. Almost forty years since its humble beginnings, BSM has grown exponentially from a tiny primary school of thirty six students to a thriving school of 930 students, aged 3-18. While BSM has always given priority to British passport holders and families from Commonwealth embassies, there is also a strong local cohort.
In 2013-14 it is full to capacity and sporting a smart new logo. Headmaster, Simon Mann, assured me that there is no desire to expand either the population or the school building any further, and risk losing its sense of a close-knit, family community. The building of a new library with learning support and multi-purpose space is currently underway, but any further growth will simply enhance what already exists, and while there are plans afoot to develop the site over the next two or three years, there will be no building on the existing recreational land. He acknowledges that the school is well-equipped with classrooms, but he wants to see existing classrooms adapted to reflect a far more open environment, to enhance opportunities for a more collaborative education style. And he admits he would also like to add an auditorium.
Simon Mann had already spent a decade in South East Asia when he took on the role of headmaster at BSM in 2012, and has proceeded to broaden the horizons of the school with the aid of staff, parents and students, with a firm eye on redesigning the school for the future. Students and parents have always cherished the sense of family and community that is an inherent part of life at BSM, and Mr Mann is keen to make the education as inclusive as the environment.
"It's not about facilities and it's not about image," Simon says, "it's about learning, and taking the children on a journey."
To this end, he has held forums with parents, including them in the process of developing the school, and has taken heed of the feedback. Already he has worked with staff and parents to broaden co-curricular opportunities, and integrate all the students into the various sports programs, previously considered a little exclusive.
Mr Mann believes the twenty first century will need to introduce a more skills-based curriculum, one that works at developing interpersonal skills, problem-solving and collaboration. "We need independent, problem solving, critical thinkers who have a breadth of opportunity previously unrealized."
He has therefore started introducing these concepts, already inherent in the IB curriculum in years 11 and 12, to all year groups, 'so that these things come naturally to the kids by the time they reach the top of the school.'
So why would parents choose BSM? I ask. "Why wouldn't you?" is his simple, smiling response.
Diana moved her daughter Aurora to BSM in Year 3 (2nd Grade). She felt that the British school would provide a good education for their daughter, even though she will eventually go to the USA.
"We had heard BSM had an excellent primary department," she told me, and says they have been "pleasantly surprised and impressed by the quality of education, and continue to be impressed by quality of teachers and their credentials."
She tells me that in past couple of years there have been several positive developments at BSM. Firstly, the career counselling with Paul Yap and his team is great and it seems that BSM is no longer predominantly focused on British universities but is also happy to facilitate applications to American colleges.
Secondly, BSM has started to set up procedures and mechanisms to facilitate communication between parents and school about syllabi, marking guides, assessments and homework. It has a long way to go, Diana says, as it's still not consistent or updated regularly, but it is getting there.
She also praises the availability of teachers to discuss any issues, and the fact that they always respond immediately.
Her only real complaint is that parking continues to be a nightmare – "it is not getting better and it has yet to be properly addressed." She says she has watched the sudden growth of the school in the last couple of years and does worry that the higgledy-piggledy campus seems to have grown beyond its capacity.
Yet fifteen year old Aurora still believes the smaller size of BSM compares favourably to larger high schools. She says she loves the fact that the teachers know all their students so well, they give really good feedback. And it cannot have grown so large, she feels, as she still knows every kid in the school.


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In the past two months, the Land Agency of Colliers International Romania mediated the sale of three land plots located in Aviatiei area in Bucharest, at the aggregate value of 16 million euro.
Colliers International Romania mediated the leasing transaction in which the local subsidiary of Danish pharmaceutical producer Leo Pharma took a 300 sqm. space in the Lakeview office building, located on Barbu Vacarescu boulevard in Bucharest.
Mega Mall project to be developed by Real 4 You Group in Romania has obtained the building permit which allows the Austrian developer to start construction of the center during the next year. Mega Mall is one of the largest retail projects in Bucharest comprising ca. 70,000 m² of leasable area (please check this)
Average vacancy rate for Bucharest remained stable in the third quarter of 2012, but differences registered between sub-market rates illustrate that competition between office buildings located in central and semi-central areas will increase in the following period – according to Colliers International Romania's recently published quarterly market update.
Bucharest, September 24th, 2012 – Colliers International Romania succeeded in offering integrated services – office leasing, warehouse leasing and architectural planning – for RADCOM, one of the biggest providers of telecommunication solutions in Romania.
A number of transactions were initiated in the first six months of 2012 but debt markets continued to constrain the investment activity, according to the 2012 Mid-Year Research and Forecast Report recently published by Colliers International in Romania. A continuing yield gap persisted on the market by up to 50 bps (0,5%) in negotiations for prime products but the gap showed evidence of reducing and, as a result, several deals are scheduled to close in the next 6 months.
Approximately 130,000 m2 of office space are actively under construction and expected to be delivered in the following 18 months in Bucharest, according to the 2012 Mid-Year Research and Forecast Report recently published by Colliers International in Romania.
The Property Management Services team of Colliers International Romania ended the first half of 2012 with a 100% increase of its portfolio, reflected in a double number of projects compared to the end of 2011.
Ana Tower, a Class A office building developed by GTC Romania in partnership with Ana Holding, has successfully finalized the first phase of the green certification process by obtaining LEED Gold Core &Shell Precertification. Colliers International advises in the certification process.
Colliers International took home the awards in three categories at the 2012 CEE Quality Awards gala. The jury awarded Colliers International: Industrial Agency of the Year, Office Agency of the Year and Property Management Company of the Year.
The Valuation and Advisory Services team of Colliers International Romania accomplished the appraisal of 7 billion euros worth-of real estate properties in 2011, representing a 10% increase compared to 2010.
Total market activity mediated by real estate agents in 2011 reached more than 76,000 m2 in Bucharest, out of which a third represented renewals and renegotiations, according to a recent study of Colliers International. With nearly 35,000 m2 of leases mediated throughout the past year, the Industrial Office Agency of Colliers International Romania reached a market share of more than 70% in Bucharest, consolidating its position as leader of the class A industrial market.
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(Seguin) -- One of the largest crimes in identity theft and fraud ever uncovered in Guadalupe County appears to be headed to an end with next week's sentencing by a federal court and other local state charges headed to before a judge this summer. It was May 2017, when investigators with the Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office say they first stumbled across one of the most unusual and even perhaps questionable criminals ever to live in this community.
Sgt. Zach McBride says they began an investigation into fraud at the Zion Hill Baptist Church located on Zion Hill Road on the county's southeast side. Church members told investigators that some money was missing from their account and had gone to a credit card in the name and address of Daniel Walker who lived across the street. Upon digging deeper, investigators quickly found that Daniel Walker is actually Gary Albro and found that the money missing from Zion Hill went to pay off his credit card.
"He identified himself as Gary Albro living there but Daniel Walker was his landlord. He was renting from Daniel Walker who doesn't live here. He just comes and checks on the property every now and then I take care of it. 'I have no knowledge of what Daniel Walker does.' So he was trying to separate himself, but we what we found was when we did some research into Daniel Walker, how he bought the property -- he used his passport to purchase the property, Daniel Walker did. Well, we ran the passport number through homeland security. I said 'no, that's Gary Albro's passport.' So what he had done was take a copy of his passport, put the name Daniel Walker, sent that in as his I.D. to purchase the property and that was the link," said McBride.
McBride says it was then that investigators quickly learned that Albro was indeed a professional when it came to stealing personal identification information-- living off of other people's hard work for years.
"Rarely, do we actually catch the identity thief. So to catch someone like this, Mr. Albro, with all the evil that he was doing with the amount -- over 300 pieces were found on his property -- the mail, the prescriptions that were stolen from a local pharmacy, a lot of local people's names were on those prescriptions. The victims at the Zion Hill Baptist Church, now obviously people weren't named on that, it was the actual church that was the victim, but like you said a local congregation -- the significant part of this was we have shut down a major identity thief that was doing this nationwide, affecting people from across the country. That doesn't happen that often. We rarely catch them," said McBride.
McBride says perhaps the most bizarre twist in this case is the list of other things uncovered in Albro's home throughout their initial investigation.
"What we did is we started the search warrant looking for items related to the fraud, the initial fraud -- what we knew what was going on. What it branched out to was we found computer equipment, just stacks and stacks of hard drives, memory sticks, things like that. We know that people who traffic in that -- (there) might be contraband information on there such as other people's identification, child pornography, who knows what could be on that. We found violent and very graphic pornography that depicted sexual torture of women and case studies on sexual assault and homicide. I mean we're talking an entire book shelf of this type of material that really gave us concern, because why would somebody want to collect that? We found items that we thought that he might be able to carry out some of those things, stun guns, hand cuffs, gloves, just weird stuff you wouldn't think that a normal person would possess," said McBride.
Gathering these other findings just led investigators toward probable cause for other more serious crimes -- crimes that McBride says could have even involved radioactive material.
"That's why we got another search warrant to search the grounds for any evidence of homicide, sexual assault or that somebody had been tortured and killed. We found no evidence or indication that that had happened. In addition to all of that stuff, we found radioactive material. He actually alerted this to us when we served the initial search warrant. We asked him, 'is there anything dangerous in the house?' 'Yeah there's some radioactive material. It's in a lead line can up on the bookshelf in there, don't open it, it's radioactive.' Sure enough, we went and looked and there was a big yellow can that had a radiation symbol on the side and inside (there) was a substance that appeared to be radioactive. Not only that, there was a World War II German detonator equipment. It looked like mine detonators or something. They ended up being inert, but they look like collector's items obviously. But out of an abundance of caution, we contacted SAPD (San Antonio Police Department) Bomb Squad and told them what they had. They came out for that, but they also contacted the FBI and other federal agencies who came out and investigated the radiation side of it, obviously as a counter terrorism aspect just to be sure that there was nothing there," said McBride.
McBride says while their investigation led to no evidence of other crimes, filtering through it all has been quite interesting for the sheriff's office.
"We never found anything that he was actively engaged in -- in any sort of terrorist activity or wanting to construct dirty bombs or any of that stuff, but possessing the radioactive material is definitely unusual. It's a first of a kind for us because we don't run across that in this part of the state that often. So for somebody to have that, for him, it appears to just be a collector's item and infatuation. Just a kind of curiosity type deal, but the potential for criminal use -- I mean put that in a pipe bomb or car bomb or something, all of a sudden you've got a nuclear disaster on your hands. Fortunately for this case, that does not appear to be his motive," said McBride.
In the end, McBride says they uncovered no evidence to support additional charges for these other items found in the home. But while most people would classify these areas of interest as "disturbing," McBride says Albro had his own answers as to why.
"We talked with him and of course asked him about them, yeah, that was his purely artistic infatuations and he didn't have anything better to do. He didn't work. So what else are you going to do? You get to study different things," said McBride.
McBride says he is proud of the team effort that made Albro's capture possible. He says Albro has been in jail for the duration of this entire investigation -- keeping other people's personal information out of his hands. Again, McBride says this is the most unusual case of how he -- just based on the level of sophistication what was able to obtain everything he possessed through a fraudulent purchase or by defrauding a person.
"Well what he would do is he would apply for credit, under using false information. He would piece together an identity out of, say he would take (her) name, my date of birth and her social and make up a person and apply for credit. He would run up the credit card and then either say he didn't get it, it was stolen, something happened, he didn't receive it and then the credit card company would charge it off, but he still had it. But he would do this over and over again. That was one of the schemes that we came across on how we was able to afford his property. None of the property was in his name. None of the vehicles were in his name. In fact, they were all stolen. Brand new computer equipment, brand new tools, he had to pay for them because he was using other people's credit to do it," said McBride.
Albro, who was already a convicted felon for wire/bank fraud, faces a federal charge of felon in possession of a firearm for weapons found in the home at the time of their search. He is set for sentencing before a federal court next week in San Antonio.
McBride says although the sheriff's office forwarded several potential charges to the federal government such as fraudulent use of a passport and aggravated identity theft crossing state lines, felon with a firearms was no doubt probably the easiest charge for them to go with. He says after he is sentenced in the federal case, Albro will go on to face a pair of state charges. The first charge is fraudulent use of possession of identifying information over 50 pieces, a first degree felony. The second charge is theft of a non-profit, a third degree felony.
If convicted, Albro faces anywhere from five to 99 years or life in prison and or a $10,000 fine. Officials say they are expected to seize real property both in Guadalupe County and in Bandera County where he was also able to defraud people.
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Atsuko Hosoi
Atsuko Hosoi makes stained glass kaleidoscopes.
In 1999 she was intrigued with a beautiful kaleidoscope and decided to make them on her own with the guidance of Koji Yamami.
She got 2 prizes at a juried exhibition, Japan Kaleidoscope Grand Prix ( 2000 &2001 ).
Since then her unique kaleidoscopes have attracted many kaleidoscope lovers.
She makes each kaleidoscope with a theme. Her style is modest and quiet.
She likes to produce quiet, peaceful images. She also tries to avoid too much decoration.
The following poem shows her love for kaleidoscopes.
Passing time
unheard music
inexpressible feeling
sorrows gradually healed....
kaleidoscopes are embodiment
of these invisible feelings within myself.


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in this complex Universe.
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at these unending mysteries
we realize that knowledge was built on itself
shaping our minds to comprehend what little we can
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Considering the Apple's latest release, the fresh iPhone 5, many jokes have emerged on the Internet about the iPhone of the future and how it will look like. I remember the same jokes about the iPad, and even so, it was a huge success. Let's wait and see the iPhone 5 sales and see if I was right.
The Lightning Connector is the perfect tool to transform 2 future iPhones into a pair of cool Nunchucks. Bruce Lee can play Angry Birds while he's defeating his enemies on this one.
iPhone 101 is the tallest iPhone in the world. It's so tall that you can see it from a plane. I wonder how tall is iPhone 102. But, you can still hold it with one hand perfectly, even if you can't move it anymore.
The difference? I can see the cat's ears. That's what I was waiting for…
Future Smartphones: iPhone 6, iPhone7, iPhone 8
The iPhones of the future will no longer feature multiple screens, because all the apps you can install fits perfectly in the main screen (because it's so large). Too bad the phone does not fit in the pocket anymore.
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Special Guest: Jeff Quintana (Impromedy, Miami) joins Mod 27's final show on 6/27.
Mod 27's (the improv troupe) Final Show
For nearly 7 years Mod 27 has blazed new trails in South Florida Improv. Featuring innovative milestones such as being the first South Florida troupe to continuously perform long form shows (since 2003), first troupe to bring national attention to South Florida by touring to Toronto, New York, Chicago, Austin, Phoenix, and other locations (since 2004), and the first South Florida troupe to develop and produce other improv troupes (since 2004).
On June 27, 2009, an era comes to an end as Mod 27 performs their final show at the Palm Beach Convention Center – Room 1A, 650 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Tickets are $10. Join us in saying goodbye.
In conjunction with this show we will also be hosting a goodbye roast for Dustin Sharpe (Mod 27 cast member). Dustin will be moving to Chicago, IL in July '09. Special guests will include:
David Christopher (Just the Funny, Miami)
Steve Cohen (Steveocalyps!, WPB)
Sam Delima (Stankonia j/k)
Krys Parker (Cheese & Crackers, WPB)
Todd Rice (They Improv & Laughing Gas, Miami)
Carlos Rivera (Just the Funny, Miami)
We highly encourage purchasing tickets in advance for this show as it will likely sell out. For tix visit:
Rescheduled Shows Released
Thank you all for your patience. We proudly announce our revised schedule for our two remaining June '09 shows.
- June 27 2009 @ 7:45 PM: Mod 27 the Final Show and the Roast of Dustin Sharpe @ The Palm Beach Convention Center, Room 1A – 650 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Tix $10 General.
- July 2, 2009 @ 7:45 PM: A.I.T., Cheese and Crackers, and the Long Form Workshop @ Palm Beach Community College – Lake Worth Campus, Humanities Building Room HU 114 – 4200 Congress Ave, Lake Worth, FL 33461. Tix $10 General.
A Pair of Nuts
Looking for comedy to fill the void left after Mod 27's shows were canceled? We've got your solution: Check out the great sketch comedy of A Pair of Nuts @ the Palm Beach Improv – Wed, June 17, 2009 @ 8:02 PM. Get your tickets on-line @ palmbeachimprov.com or call the box office @ (561)833-1812. For more information visit nutscomedy.com. A Pair of Nuts puts on a great show, we recommend them!
Show Rescheduling to be Announced Tomorrow
Hi! We anticipate making an announcement regarding the rescheduling of our June shows by Thursday, 6/11/ 2009.
Unfortunate News: Venue Closure
Dear friends, family, and fans
On Tuesday, June 2, 2009, we received word from our venue (the Cuillo Centre) that their theater will be closing effective immediately. Due to these unforeseen circumstances we will unfortunately have to reschedule our remaining AIT (originally 6/13) and Mod 27 (originally 6/27) shows. If you pre-purchased tickets to either of these shows please contact us.
We are diligently searching for alternate venues to house us. With a goal to solidify a space and a revised schedule by early next week. Wish us luck!
Please understand that the notification of the Cuillo's closing came as a complete surprise to not only us but the Cuillo staff. Our thoughts go out to our friends at the Cuillo who have lost their jobs.
We appreciate your patience during this time and ask that you trust that we will resolve this minor setback quickly.
Should any of you have questions regarding this information feel free to email us at email@example.com
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Description of problem:
between dhcp-3.0.2-22 and dhcp-3.0.2-24 some code was moved around and i think this had an undesired side-effect. i tried to find the exact spot, but couldn't find it.
The release notes say:
>"append"ing a string onto the end of a "t" type option (such as the
>domain-name field) that had been improperly NULL-terminated by the
>DHCP server will no longer result in a truncated string containing
>only the option from the server, and not the expected appended value.
For me it has the opposite effect.
See the attached logfile.
Notice how 3.0.2-24 says only BOOLE while 3.0.2-22 says BOOLE.creaholic.com.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. set up a dhcp-server for dynamic dns updates
2. have a nt-client
3. in a dos-shell release ip ("ipconfig /release")
4. in a dos-shell renew ip ("ipconfig /renew")
Actual Results: logfile on dhcp-server shows error:
Unable to add forward map from BOOLE to 192.168.131.226: timed out
zonefiles on dns-server has no records for BOOLE
Expected Results: logfile should show:
Added new forward map from BOOLE.creaholic.com. to 192.168.131.226
added reverse map from 184.108.40.206.in-addr.arpa. to BOOLE.creaholic.com.
zonefiles on dns-server should have forward and reverse records for BOOLE
Additional info:
notice in attached logfile how it uses the fqdn to remove the dns-records, but uses the hostname without domainname to add dns-records.
Created attachment 122601 [details]
logfile showing good and bad behaviour
I'm investigating this now.
Did you try the latest dhcp-3.0.2-28.FC4 release now in updates/testing
(and being moved to updates/final today) ? This release has the complete
upstream patch for the null termination issue.
It would also be most helpful if you could gather a tcpdump of the server/client
traffic on the server:
# tcpdump -nl -i any -vvv -s 4096 -X port bootps or port bootpc \
>/tmp/dhcp.tcpdump.log 2>&1
Then boot the client, duplicating the problem, 'pkill tcpdump', and append
the /tmp/dhcp.tcpdump.log contents to this bug report - thank you.
I cannot reproduce this issue with dhcp-3.0.2-28.FC4, or with dhcp-3.0.1-52.EL4
in RHEL-4, both of which have the latest upstream fix for the trailing NUL
removal issue.
I was using a Windows-XP-Professional client, which had the option
"Register this connection's addresses in DNS" checked (selected) in the
"DNS" tab of the "Advanced TCP/IP Settings" dialog, reached by clicking on
the "Advanced" button of the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties" dialog
of the "Local Area Connection Properties" dialog.
NOTE: Windows has several options regarding DDNS updates :
o "Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes" -
The "connection specific DNS suffix" comes from the DHCP 'domain-name'
option, and is listed in the 'ipconfig' output.
The "primary" suffix is the suffix of the primary DNS server (which may
or may not be in the DHCP 'domain-name-servers' option).
o "Append these DNS suffixes" -
A list of domain name suffixes to update can be specified explicitly.
o "DNS suffix for this connection" -
A DNS suffix can be explicitly specified for the connection.
Note also that the dhcp server can request the client to do the DNS updates
by sending the a 'fqdn.server-update' value of 0 (false) ( or by setting the
'allow client-updates' option ) (but I'm not sure how you'd tell windows about
the DNS zone keys).
If you still have problems with dhcp-3.0.2-28.FC4, please gather the tcpdump
output requested above, and send me it along with your dhcpd.conf file -
thank you.
Can you reproduce this problem with dhcp-3.0.2-28.FC4 ? I've not been able to.
If you can, please send me the tcpdump and dhcpd.conf data requested above,
and re-open this bug - thank you.
Created attachment 123200 [details]
tcpdump of dhcp client/server communication
Created attachment 123201 [details]
(stripped) dhcpd.conf
Problem still persists with dhcp-3.0.2-28.FC4.
please note:
-dhcp-client ist windows nt (not xp)
-dhcp-server is set to do the ddns-update.
-the dhcp-client doesn't know anything about ddns.
Created attachment 123202 [details]
tcpdump of dhcp-server to dns-server traffic
note how dhcpd sends only TAYLOR not taylor.creaholic.com to the dns.
Many thanks for appending the client->server dhcp traffic - I've found and
fixed the problem now.
This bug is fixed with dhcp-3.0.2-30.FC4, to be release to FC-4/Updates/Testing
today, and dhcp-3.0.3-20.FC5 in Rawhide.
Please try out the new version and let me know of any issues - thanks .
From User-Agent: XML-RPC
dhcp-3.0.2-30.FC4 has been pushed for FC4, which should resolve this issue. If these problems are still present in this version, then please make note of it in this bug report.
we tested dhcp-3.0.2-30.FC4 and it seems to work fine.
thanks a lot for fixing it!


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Monday, February 23, 2009
Ahhhh...home sweet home...doggy kisses and LAUNDRY!
We got in this afternoon and I'm already washing clothes. I've got to jump right back to work tomorrow, no rest for me (I've got to make up for lost time).
I just have to share this photo with you of one of my most favorite young Englishmen. This is Graeme, we met several years ago, he came for a visit in the states one summer and stayed with us. He took us bowling in the UK, such fun!!!
I'll post more tomorrow once I get my mind sorted out.
4 comments :
- Cathy A said...
Glad you made it home safely. Uggh isn't that washing thing a real drudge after a lovely trip?
- February 24, 2009 10:17 AM
- Lisa Olson said...
Glad you made it home okay!! Love the piccie of you and your English gent.
Can't wait to see you next great creations!!
- February 24, 2009 10:51 AM
- Jana said...
Welcome home!
- February 24, 2009 8:37 PM
- Paul B said...
Glad to hear you made it home safe and sound :) Really enjoyed the classes you taught and spent a fortune on HA stamps :D Don't envy you the post-travel washing & agree, it's a great pic of you and Graeme :) Ahh there's nothing like the warmth of returning home :)
Take care
- February 25, 2009 2:46 AM
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I seriously wonder how AMD will respond to this. Probably with something in regard to anti-trust / unfair trade. I think the argument that Vista / Microsoft catered to Intel over AMD to help Intel make a profit, similarly when AMD wasn't doing as hot, could turn into another lawsuit.
I've really started to have enough with Vista.
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How Even a 'Well-Trained Narcotics Detection Dog' Can Be Wrong 84 Percent of the Time
In my column today, I note that the Supreme Court, ruling for the first time that a drug-detecting dog's alert is by itself enough to justify a vehicle search, discounted the relevance of a dog's track record in the field, saying its performance in "controlled testing environments" is a better measure of reliability. One problem with that position is that such tests are often so poorly designed that it's impossible to say whether the dog is detecting drugs or reacting to its handler's cues. But even well-designed, double-blind tests grossly exaggerate a dog's ability to provide probable cause for searches in real-world conditions. As University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law professor Richard E. Myers explains in a 2006 George Mason Law Review article, the basic problem is that drugs are always present in the testing situation but rarely present in people's cars. So even a dog that is very good at finding drugs in a "controlled testing environment" will generate a lot of false positives when sniffing randomly selected cars. In fact, Myers says, it is easy to imagine how even a well-trained drug-detecting dog could generate many more false positives than true positives.
Myers asks us to consider a dog who performs well in testing, failing to alert in the presence of drugs just 5 percent of the time. Furthermore, when this dog does alert, it is wrong just 10 percent of the time. The latter number sounds like a solid basis for probable cause—which, according to the Supreme Court, requires a "fair probability" that evidence of a crime will be discovered. But if this dog works at a checkpoint where cars are stopped at random, and if 2 percent of cars contain drugs, he will alert erroneously much more often than he alerts correctly:
With a pretty good dog, but a largely innocent population, a dog alert will signal drugs only about sixteen percent of the time. The reason is this: Because the officer is stopping mostly innocent people, one has to be more concerned about the false positive error (alerting when there are no drugs). Because there are more cars without drugs in them, the gross number of searches that result from the error rate will be higher than the gross number of searches that result from correct alerts. Overall, there will be many more searches of innocent people than there will be searches of guilty people.
You can click through to see Myers' math, which is based on a Bayesian probability formula. The results depend, of course, on exactly how good the dog is and what percentage of cars actually are carrying drugs. But assuming the percentage is low, the basic point remains: Even the "well-trained narcotics detection dog" of the Supreme Court's imagination will be wrong in this situation much more often than he is right. Given this reality, you can start to see how actual police dogs, who perhaps are not quite as well-trained as the Court assumes, could be wrong more than nine times out of 10 when they alert to randomly stopped cars, as they were at roadblocks set up by Florida state police in 1984.
If we move away from random selection and consider cars that are examined by dogs based on some sort of suspicion that falls short of probable cause, the percentage carrying drugs presumably is higher than the rate for the general population of motorists. That helps explain why a 2011 Chicago Tribune analysis of data from suburban police departments found that vehicle searches justified by a dog's alert discovered drugs or drug paraphernalia 44 percent of the time—still not great, but a lot better than the 4 percent managed by those dogs in Florida. Myers argues, contrary to what the Supreme Court ruled last week, that a dog's alert by itself should never count as probable cause. If the chance of finding drugs is something like 16 percent, as in Myers' example, that does not qualify as a "fair probability." Still, Myers says, a dog's alert may justify a search when combined with other evidence:
Simply because the alert alone should not constitute probable cause does not mean that the dog's alert is not a critical piece of evidence that can combine with other evidence to constitute probable cause. Suppose instead that the police officer deploys the dog upon a suspicion, based on other factors, that suggests the presence of narcotics. If the officer has a pretty good nose of his own for narcotics dealers, then other studies on hit rates of police officers conducting searches based on factors that otherwise have been held to constitute probable cause suggest he may have a thirty percent chance of being right. In that case, the prior probability that the car contains drugs will significantly increase the importance of the detector dog's alert. Under those conditions, the Bayesian calculation, with a thirty percent prior probability and a ninety percent accurate dog, would result in a seventy-nine percent chance that there are drugs in the car—clearly probable cause.
Myers concludes that "requiring reasonable suspicion coupled with the dog sniff—whether it is found before the sniff or after—is a simple and practical safeguard for ensuring the presence of probable cause before conducting the search." Unfortunately, the Supreme Court's decision in Florida v. Harris seems to rule out this sensible, reality-based approach.
For more on how police dogs function as "search warrants on leashes," see my cover story in the March issue of Reason.
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"Those dogs can smell anything. That's why you gotta kick em in the throat!"
Looks like err was wrong.
"The fry man is not excited to see us."
Not that the polygraph is valid, but it's a hell of a lot more valid than a drug dog's "alert." How the hell can one be barred from use under all circumstances but the other is PRESUMED valid unless proven otherwise by the DEFENDANT? [Usually the burden is on the party introducing the science/evidence.]
You can't even prove that the whole science behind it is bullshit--the court presumes that the science of drug dogs is 100% validated--rather you are only allowed to show that THIS particular dog isn't adequately trained.
How the hell would you even prove that to a court's satisfaction?
And if a drug dog alerts for pot (or whatever) and then they find something else illegal, how is that probable cause for the other thing? If they'd gotten a warrant, it would have been to search for pot, not search for everything.
Also, a polygraph prints out something that 3rd parties can review. No one can review an alert. (Or even verify it if there's no camera.)
Are we supposed to subpoena the prosecution's dog and take it to a neutral testing site to examine it?
How Even a 'Well-Trained Narcotics Detection Dog' Can Be Wrong 84 Percent of the Time:
"Hey, Bullet! Do you smell something? Of course you do Bullet! Good dog!"
That's how.
Look, there's an obvious solution here, replace dogs with horses. Horses aren't ass-kissers like dogs and the have a sense of smell that is at least within the ballpark of a dogs. And cops are already riding them around. Sure they may leave a smelly calling card in high school hallways, but that's a small price to pay to keep our children safe from the scourge of pot. Also, horses already eat grass, so any evidence found can be disposed of on the spot in a ecologically healthy manner.
This is win-win all the way around.
Horses aren't ass-kissers like dogs
There's a reason the Clever Hans effect was named after a horse...
Don't you dare slay my beautiful hypothesis with ugly facts!
Maybe we need drug cats. Just don't try to smuggle catnip.
Cats would pretend to smell stuff anyways just to se your car get torn apart, because they're total dicks.
Why don't they just establish a precedent that "eeny meeny miney moe" is valid basis for reasonable suspicion?
Or drug detecting dousing rods.
I've been training gundogs as an avocation.
A while back, I was working with a very experienced trainer who does some radical things with dogs because he pays much more attention to the dog than most trainers, who just force the dog to "go through the motions" and call it a day (a red flag in itself, but others have made that point already).
We were working with my Vizsla, a dog I thought I knew pretty well. We were headed back to base camp after we'd had him find game birds in brush. The dog had been having a great time. He kept running around and sniffing, ran along the edge of a field, and suddenly locked up hard on point.
I said, "I think he's got another bird out there." The wise professor said, "Nope. He's lying. He just wants us to go out there with him some more." I didn't believe him. He said, "Well, we're the first people out in these fields today, and I can guarantee there are no birds out there. The dog already found everything we put out." I still questioned him, so he said, "Go find out!" and laughed.
So I did. I walked over to the dog, who had been furtively glancing over his shoulder at me. When I got within 10 yards or so, the dog just broke point and took off running around the field again, happy as a pig in shit.
The wise trainer was right! The dog FAKED A POINT, a beautiful point, for the sole purpose of drawing us back out in the field so he could hunt some more. I'd say that just about anyone who watched would have been fooled, as I was.
Dogs are living things, with a sense of humor (rather crude I think), a sense of fun, emotions, and drives. A dog that learns that, when he signals "I smell pot!" that's when the fun happens, is entirely capable of independently and knowingly FAKING IT. Dogs get bored, as any dog owner knows! Drug-sniffing dogs know how to keep things from getting boring.
That's why a controlled test doesn't mean much. Give the dog plenty of stuff to find, and he/she will have a good time and be satisfied. Let the dog smell 1000 cars with no drugs, and the dog will get bored. Seriously.
It doesn't even require the intervention of a handler. The dog can deceive. They are predators, after all, and deception is part of their genes just as it is part of ours.
Really good point.
Why would we humans be the only animals that get bored and look for ways to break that? Or just do things for shits and giggles? These are self-aware animals not cyborgs we are talking about.
Like I said, I've seen it happen, and it was very, very clear when I experienced it. We're talking about a top-notch bird dog here, with a lot of hunting experience. There is NO WAY he really smelled birds there, and his behavior when I approached, showed that he didn't. He consciously faked a point so he could keep on enjoying himself.
vehicle searches justified by a dog's alert discovered drugs or drug paraphernalia 44 percent of the time—
56% of the time nothing was found. A dog alert would seem to indicate that it's more likely than not that there is NOTHING in the car. They could make a better case to search the non-alerted vehicles.
We need a better method of accountability for the supreme court. Their ruling is patently absurd.


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In continuation of the partnership between the United Methodist Church of Liberia and several United Methodist Churches based in the United States of America, Operation Classroom-Liberia (OC) has distributed relief items to delegates who attended the 180th Annual Session of the Liberia Annual Conference held in Greenville City, Sinoe County, Liberia. Most of the items included t-shirts, Holy Bibles, school materials (notebooks, chalk, pencils/pens, text books, laboratory equipment, and teachers' plan books, etc), and health items such as tooth brushes and toothpaste.
During the Ordination Service on Saturday, February 9, 2013, over 100 Holy Bibles were distributed including the Bibles that were given to the twenty Ordained and Commissioned persons of the LAC/UMC. A specific donation of choir robes, communion sets, and Bibles were made to the First United Methodist Church and the Nimene Nah United Methodist Church joint hosst of the 180th Annual Session of the LAC/UMC.
Though the OC Coordinator, Bro. Alfred Zigbuo extended the gesture to several United Methodists and other Liberian citizens, the gift was designated for Brumskin, Ganta, Tubman Gray, College of West Africa (CWA), and St. Matthews United Methodist Schools the five Operation Classroom sponsored schools in Liberia. He said the items were donated by several United Methodist Conferences based in the United States "including those in the Indiana, Minnesota, and Maryland areas in fulfillment of the mutual friendship that exists between us."
In a related development, OC Liberia in collaboration with the Ministry to the Aged (Senior Citizens) on Friday, February 22, 2013 distributed several gift items to Senior Citizens of the United Methodist Church in Liberia and other Senior Citizens who are not United Methodist. According to several Senior Citizens, "the gifts items from their brothers and sisters overseas is an assurance that their membership and time with the UMC Liberia was well invested".
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Back in October of 2009, I wrote an article on latent defects in Washington's Limited Liability Company Act, RCW 25.15. et seq (the "Act") highlighted by Substitute House Bill 1592 and the Washington Supreme Court's May 14, 2009 decision in Chadwick Farms Owners Association v. FHC, LLC.
The article focused on inconsistencies in the Act regarding the dissolution and winding up of a Washington limited liability company ("LLC"), particularly caused by the statutory filing of a "Certificate of Cancellation" – the mechanism by which an LLC's Certificate of Formation was terminated. By filing a Certificate of Cancellation, the LLC ceased to exist as a separate legal entity, and the dissolved LLC could no longer wind up its affairs. The fact that a Certificate of Cancellation could be filed and effective at any time was in direct conflict with the Act's three-year survival of claims statute, and effectively stripped away the protections the three-year survival period provided third parties injured by the acts of the dissolved LLC. In other words, one statute in the Act took away the exact protections another statute in the Act another provided.
Without question, when the Chadwick Court spoke, the Washington Legislature got the message loud and clear. On March 6, 2010 the Washington House of Representatives unanimously passed Substitute House Bill 2657 ("SB 2657"), which had been unanimously passed by the Washington State Senate just four days earlier. Effective June 10, 2010, SB 2657 makes much needed changes in the Act, specifically dealing with the dissolution of Washington LLCs.
The most critical and drastic change made by the Washington Legislature is the termination of the "Certificate of Cancellation" and the simultaneous creation of the "Certificate of Dissolution." This is a major conceptual revision to the Act, the most important effect of which is that the critical winding-up period and the three-year survival period are no longer cut short by the filing of a Certificate of Cancellation. In short, the inconsistencies created by the Certificate of Cancellation have been canceled: Problem solved.
With the Certificate of Cancellation squarely in the rearview mirror, the Legislature moved to further clean up the dissolution and winding-up process for LLCs. The revised statute introduces a simplified new filing – the Certificate of Dissolution. A new section is added to the Act, providing that after dissolution occurs under RCW 25.15.270, a Washington LLC may deliver a Certificate of Dissolution to the Secretary of State.[1. The Certificate of Dissolution must (a) set forth the name of the dissolved LLC; and (b) state that the LLC is dissolved under RCW 25.15.270.]
While the filing of a Certificate of Dissolution is optional for dissolved LLCs, the Legislature provided clear incentives for doing so. In a new section added to the Act, a dissolved LLC that files a Certificate of Dissolution with the Secretary of State may take advantage of a new procedure for disposing of known claims. Much like the Washington Business Corporations Act and the Washington Uniform Limited Partnership Act, after filing a Certificate of Dissolution the dissolved LLC may give notice of dissolution to known claimants who then have one hundred twenty (120) days to bring a claim against the LLC, or have those claims forever barred. All unknown claims not subject to the notice period must be brought within the three-year survival period, which now begins when the Certificate of Dissolution is filed.
Implicit in the revised statutes is the fact that if a dissolved LLC never files the Certificate of Dissolution, the one hundred twenty (120) clock to bar known claims, and the three-year survival period never toll, meaning that the LLC might remain exposed to third-party claims until the expiration of any applicable Statute of Limitations, which can be much longer than three years. The "Certificate of Dissolution" concept and procedure offers much needed certainty in the laws governing Washington LLCs. For LLC management, the best practice now is to file the Certificate of Dissolution as soon as the decision is made to dissolve the company.
The revised Act now imposes express "responsibility" for winding-up the LLC upon those members or managers of the LLC who had responsibility for managing the business and affairs of the LLC before it was dissolved. Under current law, "any person" could wind up the LLC and would face personal liability for failing to wind up the LLC properly. The revisions go further and expressly assign the winding up responsibility to the controlling members or managers, who are now the ones facing personal liability if the wind up is not done properly.
Looking forward, SB 2657 appears to be a welcome evolution of LLC law in Washington, and seems to provide solid solutions for many of the defects found in the previous incarnation of the Act. However, the Act is still not without its problems. For example, the Act is still silent about fiduciary duties and conflict of interest transactions, has insufficient records inspection rights for members, and there is still not much case law to provide guidance and predictability on those issues. While my preference for Washington corporations and limited partnerships is still strong, I must commend the Washington Legislature for getting it right and fixing some major defects in the Act.


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dunno..i love thm cz i gt to sleep lyk 16-18 hrs...my state ov aestivation (u cnt really hibernate in sg) but simultaneously hate 'em cz i dnt hv mch stuff to do...sighhhhhh
like ppl ask - "are u kinda demented ?"
my answer - no, i'm not . I am a workaholic and its not cz ov my current state ov being in my coccon...I've always been like this and no matter what, i cnt and wnt change.
gosh,i didnt realise....i hv a business law assignmnt and tutorial due and the one i did wasnt needed to be dealt wif at this point of time...darn
this weekend i really wasted time or like ppl say chilled out and relaxed...hmm
exactly a year ago, lots of things happened...cant really write abt 'em all bt loads of things happened(takes a deep breath)
i was in bugis yday.....fooling arnd as usual, when i saw arjun...wt a small world it is..
looked cute as usual...man (another deep breath)
i slept fr like 16 arnd hrs today...wao felt gud bt now wide awake...thts y m scribbling in
clue to my schedule...whenever i scribble in..it means m dying of boredom and m jobless
i finally gt in touch with munchkin aftr such a loooong time...i ws missing him soo much...love my munchkin...god bless our frndship
mrids planning to cum to sg fr her undergrad..i hate to be- your guide to admission in sg
f**k, cnt u do sumthing as simple as tht all by urslf
the floor seems to be dead,its almost pin drop silence....wonder whr evrybdy vanished..no points fr guessing must be saving water by living on alcohol in sum corner of sg or gambling playing poker or flash..wateva
m workaholic bt tht doesnt mean u can treat me like a mule
i wrk my ass off fr peanuts, no actually nt evn tht..i hv a threshold n now it is it
ppl r getting a taste of my agitation and it will continue fr a while...


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When people talk about Climate Change, and the detrimental effects to human populations in general, we tend to focus on overarching themes: The world is using too many resources, big businesses are producing too many carbon emissions. What we sometimes tend to forget is how poverty, apathy, and indifference are some of the three biggest enemies to activism and change. When we address and alleviate poverty, we are leaps and bounds closer to adapting to, and maybe even reversing climate change.
Poverty is a tricky subject because it brings up feelings of entitlement, failure, and disgust. It's one of those issues that we want to just pretend it doesn't exist so we can go on living our middle-class lives, grumbling about tax season. However, there are many problems in this world, including climate change, that the small collective of middle class and upper class people keep trying to address, and we still haven't come up with a good solution, besides actions like cutting productivity in factories to reduce carbon emissions.
What if the person had answers to climate change are actually out there, but are too impoverished to come forth with a solution? According to the psychological theory: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, "People are motivated to achieve certain needs. When one need is met, they seek to meet the next need, and so on.[1]" Physiological and security needs fall at the bottom of the hierarchy, while Social Networks, Esteem, and Self-Actualization Needs are at the top. One cannot move on to a higher level need without the lower needs being satisfied. Battling poverty tends to keep people perpetually seeking so satisfy their Physiological and Security needs. Some people may never think about complex problems, like climate change, because addressing those problems requires people to ascend to seek self-actualization.
Think about the probability of at least one person, out of 322,000,000[2] in America, some day having a wonderful idea that could solve the problems caused by climate change. Even if it's not one big solid idea, there may be tens or hundreds or even thousands of people with bits of an idea that can be collaborated to solve problems caused by climate change. However, what if those people are stuck fending for their lives in poverty, domestic abuse, and hunger? The last thing on their minds might never come close to these complex problems because they are still seeking to satisfy physiological and security needs.
In a common pro-life argument, in regards to forcing women to give birth to unwanted children when they seek an abortion, "what if you just aborted the person who went on to cure cancer?" Taking that argument one step further: What if you prevented an already alive person, with untapped potential, from discovering the cure to cancer because they were too busy fending off hunger and poverty? Currently, "22% of all American children live in poverty, while 45% of children live in low income families.[3]" Talk about untapped potential. What if one of those impoverished children could go on to find the best solution to climate change?
This is where the situation gets tricky, because discussions of poverty turn to a who lives and who dies argument. Personal biases, classism, racism, and homophobia may come into discussion, but they all have two things in common: fear and a sense of entitlement. We live in a country founded on capitalism, and an ideology from Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, where common people are inherently "slothful, lazy, and incapable of any vigorous application even on the most pressing occasions.[4]" With a pessimistic view on the basis of human life as we know it, one could easily develop a superiority complex over poor people: If only they weren't lazy, they wouldn't be so poor. They don't deserve my hard earned tax dollars for sitting around doing nothing. Get a real job! etc.
However, in the same exact book, Adam Smith contradicts himself arguing, along the lines of: "People who work by completing monotonous, mind numbing tasks, over time become less engaged in completing tasks for sense of accomplishment. They become motivated by external rewards, and become lazier.[5]" By stating this argument, Smith points out his own flaw by believing that all people are inherently lazy. Considering this is a gaping hole in fundamental beliefs about human behavior that fuel at least half of the political ideology in this country, we should at least look at how we treat the impoverished with a critical eye. Since external conditions, such as being forced to complete monotonous tasks or face destitution, can cause laziness, and still lead to destitute. What if we were to change that insidious environment into something more encouraging?
Currently the minimum wage in America is at $7.25 an hour. That number hasn't risen "since 2009, when it was only at $6.55 an hour; prior to 2007, the minimum wage was at $5.15 an hour and had not raised in over ten years.[6]" Contrary to popular belief, the minimum wage was intended to be a living wage, not students looking to make a couple bucks in the summer. In 1933, President FDR stated in regards to setting up the minimum wage "No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country."
He went on to argue: "By 'business' I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level — I mean the wages of decent living.[7]" The federal minimum wage was not enacted until five years later, but it set in stone the intentions of the federal minimum wage: a living wage.
There are ways to address poverty, like raising the minimum wage to the current living wage of $15 an hour. No one should have to work more than 40 hours a week just to survive. Once people have the ability to think about things other than where they are going to find their next meal, we will start to see amazing things happen. We will start to see more of the currently untapped potential start to flourish.
Someone fiscally conservative might argue that all of this seems like Liberal Socialism. Why is it a bad thing to help people? During the Cold War, terms like Socialism and Communism became 'devil terms' or terms which are perceived by a culture as absolutely abhorrent. However, America can already be considered as a socialist country, with government programs like Medicaid, Social Security, the Interstate Highway System, Minimum Wage Standards, etc.
In order to address greater problems in the world, society as a whole need to reassess poverty. Untapped human potential from people too poor to feed themselves can bring new solutions, ideas, and changes. These solutions can shape the world for a better future. When thinking about solutions for the world problems, like climate change, poverty needs to be alleviated in order to bring more contributions to the table.
Works Cited
- "Child Poverty." NCCP. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
- McLeod, Saul. "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs." Simply Psychology. Simply Phycology, 17 Sept. 2007. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
- "Minimum Wage Question and Answer." Minimum Wage Question and Answer. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
- Olsen, Hannah. "It Was Always Supposed To Be A Living Wage." The Billfold. Billfold, 29 July 2015. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
- Smith, Adam, and Andrew S. Skinner. The Wealth of Nations. London: Penguin, 1999. 7+. Print.
- "U.S. and World Population Clock." Population Clock. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct. 2015.
[1] (McLeod, 2015)
[2] (Census Population Clock, 2015)
[3] (Child Poverty, 2015)
[4] (Smith, 2015; 7)
[5] (Smith, 2015; 124)
[6] (Minimum Wage Question and Answer, 2015)
[7] (Olsen, 2015)