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Hey. Just curious if anyone's using g+ yet and what you think of it. I guess businesses have not been invited into the inner sanctum yet. Do you think there will be a shift when/if businesses are? Is the value more about personal interaction, over FB business pages?
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The great thing about Google+ is that you can put people in circles so that you select who gets to see which messages. For instance, I have my husband in Friends, Following, and Family. He also sees anything I post going to Extended Circles or Public. My work friends are in my Work Friends circle and would see special posts related to them and not see things I share with my family and friends unless they are also in those circles.
This feature will be especially helpful for my twenty-something son! Though personally, I'd love to see everything he posts... :)
Yes, you can just select circles like Family and Friends and it will only be seen by people in those groups. But...I want to see your book stuff even tho I'm a work friend... :)
Saw this on a forum for business testing: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=d...
If you want a short url (vanity url) to your Google + page, go to glpus.to & you can cretae one quickly enough, mine is http://gplus.to/htrc
I do like the idea of the circles (whether personal or business) --- this info can go to everyone, maybe I will ask a tricky question just to fellow auditors & this special is for past customers only, etc...
I did a test post from my blog today - liked the layout & description it automatically gives when you add the link (funny though how it didn't grab the proper picture, but as with everything google - its always in beta / fix mode
Another interesting rumor I heard is that if you tie your Picasa site into it, it automatically goes unlimited for no additional charge
from my enewsletter from usefulsocialmedia.com
and I quote:
(and yes, there's nothing on Google+ but that's because we don't have much info on business pages etc at this stage):
So Jennifer, your instincts are correct.
Google+ doesn't offer pages for businesses yet, but you adding their +1 button to your current web site can help you get more clicks. Now users who are signed in to Google when they search will see which of their Google contacts have +1'ed a web page on their search results, adding instant social credibility to your site/page.
Google+ has caused a bunch of headaches for us (at the Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance), mainly with duplicate/additional pages:
- when they merged with YouTube, we now have 2 YouTube channels, one with all our videos and views (http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3BBUwnJ7EcR6YC8OqXfkSw), and the other with no videos and no views that is connected to our Google+ profile (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRZftyI2bugK6UHroY3F9Gg). I think we're just going to delete the old and re-upload the videos to the linked one and take the hit for views.
- there is a 'local' page (created from Google maps? (https://plus.google.com/109152577969081099453/about)) that isn't our Google+ page (https://plus.google.com/+GreaterceaOrg/posts)
Anyone else have any struggles with this?
Hey Joshua, we've had the same problem with YouTube and Google+. It is infuriating! In fact, we have two Google+ accounts and two YouTube accounts, and of course they don't match up in terms of activity. I'm still trying to decide how to handle it. I don't want to sacrifice the history I've built on YouTube. I think my duplicate (and inactive) Google+ account can go away. It's just a matter of finding out HOW to delete the duplicate Google+ page, how to delete the duplicate YouTube page, and how to tie together the two active accounts. Oy vey!
Good to hear we're not alone. I think it was such a headache for us that we shelved dealing with it for the time being.
haha I totally understand! This has been on my radar for the past 6 months, and I get filled with such a rage every time I attempt to resolve the issue. I'm hoping the video below provides the final piece of clarification I need to put this to rest. Thank you, Diane, for posting it!
How to delete extra google+ pages.
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No. 5 Florida falters down stretch against Missouri before falling 63-60
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – Florida let Missouri hang around just long enough for the Tigers to finally take advantage.
The fifth-ranked Gators lead most of the game and held a 13-point advantage in the second half before the Tigers rallied for the win.
Trailing by three, Florida had one last chance, but Mike Rosario's 3-pointer from the corner missed and Missouri walked away with the 63-60 victory Tuesday night.
Rosario finished with 14 points and Florida led for more than 30 consecutive minutes before the Tigers' Phil Pressey gave his team its first lead of the night with a three-point play with 2:51 remaining.
Coach Billy Donovan thought Rosario had a good look, unlike Kenny Boynton's 3-point attempt with Florida down a point and about a minute to go.
"No, did not want that at all," Donovan said. "I would have liked to have had some action driven to the basket. When you're down one, you at least want to create some penetration."
Pressey added 10 assists, seven points, six rebounds and three steals for Missouri (19-7, 8-5 SEC). Pressey, whose wild play has contributed to the Tigers 1-5 road record, was conscious about distributing the ball instead of doing it all himself and didn't take a shot the first half.
"I feel like I can affect the game without shooting as much," Pressey said. "They haven't been harping on me about not shooting."
Pressey had 10 turnovers and two points with six assists the first meeting.
"The guy I was really impressed with was Pressey, because I thought he was, at our place, crazy," Donovan said. "I really thought he did a terrific job of running his team."
Laurence Bowers played his best game of the season with 17 points and 10 rebounds, plus the go-ahead shot with 1:15 to play, helping the Tigers erase a 13-point deficit midway through the second half.
Bowers missed five games with a strained right knee at the start of conference play. Before Tuesday, he hadn't been quite the same player in six games back and missed nine of 10 shots in a two-point loss at Arkansas on Saturday.
He played most of the final five minutes with four fouls.
"I just needed to play with nothing on my mind, just worrying about defense and rebounding," Bowers said. "I shot a few shots, but I promise you my approach was on the defensive end. And it just paid off."
The Gators had won 13 of 14 and led 49-36 with 10:51 left, then hurt themselves at the foul line.
Florida missed five straight free throws in the second half, three times on the front end of one-and-ones. The slump ended when Rosario hit the second of two with 5:10 to go for a 54-50 lead.
The Gators made six of 12 foul shots overall. Missouri was 12 of 15.
"I haven't seen it in a while from my team, but you know, you have games like this," Boynton said. "Honestly, we had possessions where we could have overcome it."
The Tigers improved to 15-0 at home this season. They are 30-1 the last two seasons under coach Frank Haith and beat their first ranked opponent while out of the Top 25 since knocking off No. 15 Texas in 2010.
"The thing we did, we took it one possession at a time," Haith said. "When you get down 13, there's not a 13-point shot and I thought our guys did a great job of understanding that."
Haith said after the game he had received a "notice of allegation" from the NCAA and didn't seem worried.
"Contrary to what was reported, there was no unethical conduct in my notice," Haith said. "And it is just an allegation, so we get a chance to defend ourselves."
Keion Bell came up with the ball after it was tipped around following Boynton's 3-point miss and made two free throws with 3.1 seconds left.
Bowers' jumper from the key put Missouri up for good at 61-60 with 1:15 to go. Pressey's three-point play with 2:51 to go gave Missouri its first lead at 59-57. Scottie Wilkekin's 3 put Florida back up with about 1 1/2 minutes to go.
Pressey opened the second half with his first two points on free throws after getting fouled on a drive, and made his first shot from the wing with just over 14 minutes to go.
Pressey is just 1 for 23 on 3-pointers on the road in conference play, 10 for 26 at home.
Two dazzling assists by Pressey, the second wrapping around a defender to set up Bowers' dunk, capped a 12-0 run that cut Florida's lead to 49-48 with 8:02 to go.
Florida, averaging an SEC-leading 10 3-pointers in conference play, was 4 for 6 the first 7 1/2 minutes while grabbing an 18-6 lead. The Gators made just one of their last 11 3-point attempts of the half, going scoreless the final 4:39 while Missouri ended with an 8-0 run to cut the deficit to 29-26.


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Man City baptism for Chelsea new man Benitez
Rafael Benitez's hopes of winning over the Chelsea supporters face a stern test when his new side take on champions Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
Chelsea fans have not universally welcomed Benitez's appointment as Roberto Di Matteo's interim successor, after the frequent spats that accompanied clashes between Benitez's Liverpool and Jose Mourinho's Chelsea.
The Spaniard's response has been to confidently declare he will gain acceptance through success on the pitch and there is no doubt victory over the reigning Premier League champions would be a step in the right direction.
Benitez has been appointed until the end of the season but has talked of impressing the Chelsea hierarchy sufficiently to convince them to shelve any plans of pursuing former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, who has also been linked with a move to City.
And the new manager has already received first-hand experience of dealing with the kind of off-field issues that have become a feature of life at Stamford Bridge in recent years.
The announcement by the Football Association that referee Mark Clattenburg had been cleared of racially abusing Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel threatened to overshadow the new manager's first media briefing on Friday.
Mikel is now facing a charge relating to his behaviour after the 3-2 home defeat by Manchester United, but is available for the visit of City.
Benitez must tighten up a defence that has looked shaky without John Terry — missing again with a knee injury — and, perhaps more dauntingly, attempt to coax striker Fernando Torres back into the form he showed when they worked together at Liverpool.
The manager insists, though, that only minor tweaks are needed to a side that lost 3-0 at Juventus this week — a result that triggered Di Matteo's departure and seriously undermined their hopes of progressing in the Champions League.
Describing his first meeting with his players, Benitez said: "We didn't talk about the Champions League or the next game but about little things I saw and we could improve a bit, and things they were doing well, which Roberto Di Matteo was doing.
"It's a good squad, a good team. If I'm here, it's because I think we can win with them. If we can improve by training hard, we will."
The events at Chelsea this week have helped deflect some of the attention away from City's failure to reach the Champions League knockout rounds for the second successive season.
Manager Roberto Mancini knows his expensively-assembled side must respond to their European demise with a positive result at Stamford Bridge to appease fans restless at the club's lack of progress against the continent's best teams.
Mancini is clearly frustrated at City's abrupt Champions League exit and was annoyed by the comments of Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho, who had claimed City's struggles were "not normal" for a big team.
The City manager spent part of his pre-match press conference on Friday discussing Mourinho.
"Mourinho is not my chairman, he is not my owner," said Mancini. "What Mourinho said is for me not interesting.
"Mourinho wants to talk about everything, but for me it is not important."
Mancini also praised City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak for his patience, in a week that saw Di Matteo fired six months after masterminding Chelsea's Champions League triumph.
"I don't know (Chelsea owner Roman) Abramovich, I don't know that situation," added the Italian.
"All I can say is that I am happy to work with my owners and my chairman. They are good men, they understand the situation. They know it is impossible to win every game.
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Manufacture and sell funeral related products to funeral directors and coffins makers. We produce and supply products such as casket handles, memorial books and mortuary products.
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We need a simple, clean, professional design. A photo banner positioned near the top of the page, possibly with the catch phrase "Our Strength is in Our Product" positioned over it or nearby.
We would like a generic background image which is light and easy on the eyes. Possibly some sort of design or pattern.
Menu needs to be simple and professional. The product pages could have categories displayed down the left side of the page in a menu of their own.
Even though the logo is yellow and blue we would prefer if you didn't use too many brights colours - the design needs to be kept simple and professional.
Home Page - Would like information boxes in the content area similar to http://www.globalfuturesolutions.com. The menu buttons which we will require are:
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Product Page - Can you please produce a design for a clean, simple product layout page. This page could have categories in their own menu down the left side of the page. The website will simply be listing products which are available and you wont be able to purchase from the website. For this reason we wont need any shopping cart links etc on this page.
http://www.globalfuturesolutions.com - Simple layout and design. We like the photo banner and the information boxes in the content area. The information boxes could work well on our home page.


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There have been a lot of people who have wished to uncover what earliest Buddhism was, be it out of purely historical interest or some desire to practice the forms of Buddhism that represented the earliest Buddhist communities. So it seems there are people who care.Malcolm wrote: Who cares? "Early" Buddhism is not the standard of what Buddhadharma is. "Early Buddhism" is a pedantic reconstruction.
Do you say early Buddhism is not the standard of what Buddhadharma is and that attempting to discern earliest Buddhism is a pedantic reconstruction because you sincerely believe that or because the tradition you belong to is among the most different to earliest Buddhism? I don't have anything against it for this reason, but it seems to me that the tantra of Vajrayana is derived from Shaivist rather than Buddhist sources as Alexis Sanderson points out in this article:
http://www.alexissanderson.com/uploads/ ... rayana.pdf
Daniel Odier in his book "Yoga Spandakarika" points this out as well:
I took it a step further and grasped the impact of the Kashmiri siddhas on Tibetan Buddhism, which, by the way, "Buddhafies" the siddhas to such a degree that Alain Danielou would go on to write that "Tibetan Buddhism is Shaivism in disguise." One of the most striking examples is Saraha's "Queen Doha," which includes the following stanzas:
A [Saivite] yogi in whom a [pseudoexistential] pristine
awareness [allegedly imparted to him by Siva himself] has
come about, [and hence] in whom there is no fear,
will, whilst wearing the insignia of Siva [as a charm], look for
a woman born in the outskirts.
. . . Taking in her qualities he will [reciprocate by] offering his
pristine awareness,
Reverberating within the intensity of immediate experience,
For the time being, he will take this pristine awareness -
heightened in its sensibility through Being's genuineness
[operating in it], approximating in flavor,
[Being's nothingness replete with everything in highest
perfection] - as the Mahamudra experience.
Scholars with Buddhist tendencies, uncomfortable with this passage, have it follow, or replace it with, similar verses - sometimes in parentheses, it is true - removing the allusion to Shaivism, just as they often delete, purely and simply, all allusion to Saraha's master, who was a Shaivite yogini.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Athenahealth Inc. sank Tuesday after hedge fund manager David Einhorn said he was shorting the stock while Twitter Inc. fell for a third day on jitters over the expiration of its lockup period.
Athenahealth ATHN, -1.45% skidded 18%, in a pattern similar to other stocks that Einhorn has shorted in the past such as Keurig Green Mountain Inc. and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. The steep drop in shares after Einhorn singled them out as shorts has been dubbed "Einhorned" by some in the media which he has referenced in his presentations. The big-name investor said the stock of the health-information technology company is likely to fall 80%, calling it "caught up in a bubble."
Twitter TWTR, -1.57% shares tumbled 16% with the expiration of the lockup period, making hundreds of millions of shares held by key insiders available for sale in the market. The microblogging company had sought to minimize investors' concerns by announcing last month that big investors were not planning to sell any large amounts.
Office Depot Inc. ODP, -4.68% spiked 15% after the company raised its outlook for operating profit in the current fiscal year to $160 million from $140 million. The company also said in its earnings report that it would close 400 stores in the U.S. by the end of 2016, which would begin bolstering earnings next year.
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. APC, -0.75% beat earnings estimates for its fiscal first quarter late Monday, pushing the stock up 3%. The oil and gas exploration company said it had adjusted profit of $1.26 last quarter, compared with forecasts of $1.13, according to analysts polled by FactSet.
DirecTV DTV, +1.06% shares rose 2.7%. The satellite-television provider on Tuesday reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.63 a share, beating the average estimate of $1.51 a share forecast by analysts in a FactSet poll.
EOG Resources Inc. EOG, -0.74% shares gained 4%, placing it among the best performers in the S&P 500 SPX, -0.04% the natural-gas and oil producer benefited from higher production. The company on Tuesday reported a strong increase in first-quarter profit on the back of higher production.
Moody's Corp. MCO, +0.95% shares advanced 2.9%. The stock got a boost from Chris Shumway of Shumway Capital who on Monday described the credit rating company as competitive and shareholder friendly.
Forest Oil Corp. US:FST surged 16% after the firm said it was merging with Sabine Oil.
Momentum stocks Netflix Inc. NFLX, -4.05% and Facebook Inc. FB, -0.56% shares declined sharply, weighing on the worst loser in both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. Netflix fell 4.5% and Facebook lost 3.8%.
Yelp Inc. YELP, -0.21% shares plummeted 12%. Shareholders rights law firm of Johnson & Weaver LLP said it is investigating Yelp for "potential violations of the federal securities laws" to determine "whether certain statements regarding the company's business practices, prospects, and financial condition were false and misleading when made." It is also looking into the veracity of the reviews on the company's website.
Discovery Communications Inc. DISCA, +0.81% shares dropped 4%. The company that owns the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet on Tuesday reported its first-quarter profit fell marginally on higher expenses.
TripAdvisor Inc. TRIP, +0.47% shares fell 4.2%. The online travel site company is slated to release quarterly earnings after the bell. Analysts expect TripAdvisor to earn 55 cents a share in the first quarter.
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Last weekend Terry Teachout devoted his Saturday Wall Street Journal column to a consideration of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Teachout disussed his deep enjoyment of Billie Holiday's work by contrast with that of Ella and Sarah. I quoted at length from Teachout's column and expressed my disagreement in "Billie, Ella or Sarah?" I invited readers with thoughts on Teachout's column to send us a message. The messages rolled in over the next several days — thoughtful, impassioned, knowledgeable, interesting. Who could ask for anything more?
Among them were two that I know were from working musicians (Tom Spaulding and Joe Vass) and one from a self-identified horn player (Brian Adams). Almost everyone who wrote had something of interest to say. In the continuation of this post, I simply quote the messages verbatim after the name of the author. Sincere thanks to all who wrote, and to Terry Teachout — a guy who must be the best working critic in the country — for provoking my post. Teachout is the regular theater critic for the Journal and the regular music critic for Commentary; he blogs at About Last Night.
Here we go…listen up!
Dr. Stephen Marmer:
I'm a big fan of Ella Fitzgerald too. I've always considered her the best female non-opera singer ever. Her pitch was flawless; her rhythmic sense superb; her enthusiasm infectious. I respect Terry Teachout very much and always find his insights rewarding. I would never disparage Billie Holiday. But I still think Ella is tops.
One brief story about her character. In college I was a member of the University of California Men's Glee Club, then a true "Ivy League Style" singing group that was separate from the music department. Every year on the Thursday prior to the Christmas break we would go into San Francisco and tape a Christmas TV show. Following the show we would go from store to store and hotel to hotel serenading passers-by with Christmas and Chanukah songs. We learned that Ella always played the Venetian Room of the Fairmont Hotel that season. We managed to find out when she would emerge from her room and which elevator she would take to her performance. We lined the hallway and when she got out of the elevator we began to sing to her. She was thrilled and invited our entire group to see her show as her guests. We even got to go to the front of the room to sing three numbers with her. What a great lady!
When it comes to male singers the choices are both larger and more difficult. Nat King Cole has always been my top choice. But how can anyone ignore Tony Bennett, Fred Astaire (whose voice was idiosyncratic but whose musicality was peerless), Bing Crosby, and yes, Frank Sinatra.
Yet for me the absolutely finest non-classical musician of the twentieth century, both for sheer ability and for his impact on music itself, was Louis Armstrong. One can argue among Caruso, Chaliapin, and Callas as the most important opera stars, Toscannini or Furtwaengler as the most important conductors, Heifitz, Kreisler, or Oistrach as the greatest violinist, Rubenstein or Horowitz as the preeminent pianist. But in the popular realm my votes go to Ella, Nat, and Satchmo.
P.S. With the encouragement and urging of Hugh Hewitt, I will be starting my own modest blog in a few weeks. I'll keep you posted.
Thomas Grahame:
A quick comment on these great singers.
I had always thought of Ella Fitzgerald, from seeing her in the early 1960s, to whenever I heard her, as a singer with a great voice but one who didn't really appeal that much, because the music was no more than upbeat popular jazz with lyrics that didn't amount to much. In retrospect, the lyrics weren't interesting enough to try to find real meaning to express. And there was better music for dancing, so I never really listened to her much.
In contrast, Billie Holiday always had lyrics worthy of finding ways to identify with and express, and many of her songs were the opposite of pop jazz, you really couldn't dance to them. But if I wanted to hear something soulful, Billie would be near the top of the list. (Ray Charles' music of the 1950s, the Atlantic years, was the music that expressed soulfulness the most for me at the time, partly because it was so searing as expressed by his voice, and partly because a lot of it was upbeat, and I was in my early teens at the time.)
So it was much later that I discovered how wonderfully expressive Ella could be, how she could make a lyric hers, make a great singing performance sound almost like she was talking to you. It just had to
do with her material. I highly recommend you listen to "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" and "Lush Life."
P.S. About Sarah Vaughn: I agree that despite her great voice, she doesn't really express lyrics in an interesting way. I bought a couple of her CDs after watching Ken Burns' Jazz series, but don't play them. The only song of hers I really enjoy, but I enjoy it a very great deal, is "Broken Hearted Melody." Her version of "Lullaby of Birdland" is good, but so is most everyone else's, it's just a great song.
Joe Vass:
No, not Billie Holiday–who squawked a miserable impersonation of a singer. (I acknowledge I'm a heretic on this one). She never gave any sign she understood the actual music of the songs she sang. She just knocked off Louis Armstrong's mannerisms without any touch of his genius, including his ability to get inside the song and then elevate it.
No also to Sarah, who indulged the egoistic fallacy that flourished during the "bebop" era and still infects jazz playing to this day. A true musician understands that music is not about the performer and her tricks. She was the true forerunner of all the American Idol wailers and National Anthem wreckers whose sheer awfulness requires that I clap my hands over my ears even in public (thus making me embarrass my wife yet again).
Yes to Ella Fitzgerald, who sings the song so beautifully we naturally recognize the beauty of the singer as well. She doesn't have to work to be noticed; she gives no sign she cares about that. She glories in the music, and that becomes her glory.
(While we're on the subject, Terry Teachout also fails to understand Ira Gershwin's lyrics and the ways they served the songs to which they were so integral.)
Terry Teachout does good work in general; that's why it's so surprising how often he's wrong on the particulars.
Elizabeth Duran:
I read with interest the posts on three of my favorite female jazz artists. There is no doubt in my mind but that the crown belongs to Ella. I think it's interesting that music critics can downplay Ella's body of work while her singing colleagues can't speak highly enough of her (Sinatra, Torme, Bennett, and so on rate her the very best, as I'm sure you know). As for myself, I always believed that since Ella made happy art, as opposed to the tortured drama of Billie or the operatic virtuosity of Sarah, she was just too accessible to be counted on their level. (I guess my cynicism is showing.)
Contrast those happy Ella sounds though with the often tragic events of her life and listeners might rate her skills higher. It could actually have been easier to sing the blues rather than the generally optimistic Great American Song Book. Or maybe we fans like Ella so much because of the three, she's the easiest to sing along to. Deceptively so. Ever notice there are no real Ella imitators?
There have been times in my life when Billie's slow, dark and rough style really spoke to me and others when Sarah's fancy flights thrilled me, but I always come back to Ella. Is that what makes it art?
Janet Beihoffer:
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Monthly Employment Survey, 1982 [Brazil]
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|PME is a monthly survey on labor and income from work in Brazil. The survey follows the recommendations of the International Labor Organization and intends to produce results to help the analysis of its series together with the national accounts, making possible comparisons at international level. Thus methodological procedures aim at separating individuals who work from those who do not work (those who are looking for work and those who are non-active).
Provides indicators of the labor market about the employment status of the resident population 10 years old and over, employment and unemployment of the economically active people, nominal and real average income, classes of worker and formal work contract for people employed, and open unemployment rate, following the conjunctural dynamics of employment and unemployment having as collecting unit the household. The survey began in 1980.
For the persons who work, the survey investigates the occupation, the branch of economic activity, the class of worker, those having more than one job, the income actually earned in the previous month, the number of hours actually worked etc. For the individuals looking for work the survey investigates the steps taken, the time spent, if they had worked before with or without remuneration, the occupation, the branch of economic activity and the class of worker in the last job. For those who are non-active, it investigates if they had looked for work in a 30 or 60 day period of reference.
|Data are obtained from a probability sample of, approximately, 38,500 households located in the Metropolitan Areas of Recife, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Porto Alegre.


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By By Andrew Drwiega, Military Editor | March 1, 2013
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Helicopters were much in the news at the 9th Aero India show, the biennial event held at the Yelahanka Air Base on the outskirts of Bangalore from Feb. 6-10, 2013. While there are certainly enough helicopter procurement projects progressing at various speeds in chameleon-like forms, some of the headlines were made after the event had closed.
The sudden arrest of Finmeccanica chairman and CEO Giuseppe Orsi on Tuesday, Feb. 12 in Italy on corruption charges came amid ongoing reports that AgustaWestland's successful bid to supply 12 AW101 helicopters to the IAF for VVIP roles during Orsi's tunure of CEO at Finmeccanica's helicopter subsidiary was being investigated.
The first three aircraft have already been delivered but India's defense ministry has announced that it intends to cancel the $748-million deal and has initiated its own investigation through the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). At time of writing, AgustaWestland's current CEO Bruno Spagnolini was also under house arrest. Orsi has now reportedly resigned his leadership at Finmeccanica as well as his board directorship. The company's board of directors moved swiftly to appoint Alessandro Pansa as Orsi's replacement with the title of CEO and COO.
This development is bound to have a consequential knock-on effect for the international aerospace community as they continue to search for potentially lucrative orders. As if this was not enough, there had been a sober warning from the Indian Minister for Defence, AK Anthony, even before the crowds had gathered on the first day. He directly addressed the question of India's financial muscle to continue to spin out procurement projects. He argued that while India's military "will not cut the expenditure on operational preparedness," there would not a major increase in the defense budget anytime soon.
In fact this may be more corporate strategic rather then financially enforced tactic. While spending delays can be blamed on the global economic situation, it could also give India's manufacturing industry more time to gear-up for the expected increase in spending across the board when it comes. India's burning ambition is to grow its national capability to design, develop and manufacture across the board and in spite of HAL's obvious status and success, it is becoming obvious that it is not sufficient on its own. One comment overheard at Aero India was that India "needed more than one HAL." In fact, during a media briefing on the second day of the show HAL's chairman Tyagi (himself referenced in the AW101 investigation) was asked by several journalists why his company seemed to be taking on more and more projects while others continued to see delay and a lack of rapid development. His reply concluded that it was an exciting time for the company with many opportunities, which largely dodged the question.
The Indian defense requirement is for at least 900 to 1,000 helicopters, although the process to acquire these continues to be dogged by controversy of various forms. Industrialists at the show who did not wish to be named said it was a very difficult market to penetrate and that even after supposed "official" procurement announcements are made, the "goalposts" can still change.
At the end of 2012 the Indian Air Force named Boeing as the L1 vendor for the acquisition of 15 the latest CH-47F Chinooks and 22 AH-64E Apaches ($1.4 billion) ahead of Russian Mi-26T2 and Mi-28 Night Hunters. Final contract negotiations have still to be completed.
The competition that has the interest of many helicopter OEMs is requirement for 197 light reconnaissance and surveillance helicopters (RSH) for the Army and Air Force. These will replace the aged and obsolete Chetak and Cheetah helicopters that have served Indian forces so well, but need to be replaced as a matter of great urgency. The replacements need to be suitable for high altitude tasks supporting the army as well as other general multi role missions. There are two main contenders, Eurocopter and Kamov, who have been playing a waiting game after numerous time extensions on their bids. Flight trials were conducted last year but recent comments before the airshow by IAF Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne hinted that the delay shows no sign being resolved quickly.
Home Advantage
Aero India is considered to be home "turf" for HAL with perhaps the highlight of the organization's participation was the hand-over ceremony of the first Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), the Rudra, to the Indian Army.
HAL Chairman RK Tyagi and Managing Director Shri Soundara Rajan hosted the event, with senior guests from the Army including Lt. Gen. Narendra Singh, Deputy Chief of the Army Staff and Maj. Gen. PK Bharali, ADG Army Aviation. Gen. Singh accepted aircraft IA-2101, which had received its initial operating certification (IOC) at the beginning of the month, over five years since the first flight of the helicopter. Tyagi said that India had now joined an elite international band of manufacturers that could "design, develop, manufacture and certify" a helicopter of this type.
The Rudra's weapons systems comprise a 20mm turret gun, 70mm rockets and Mistral II air-to-air and air-to-ground guided weapons. It has apparently been an uphill struggle to integrate multiple weapon systems simultaneously on the helicopter, with the complex assignment involving four major groups of systems and weapons. Participating nations include Israel, France, Belgium, South Africa, Germany, Italy and the U.S., according to P. Soundara Rajan, managing director of HAL's helicopter division. More than 14 miles of cables were laid and hundreds of hours of flight and ground tests were carried out, he explained.
Sighting systems, such as electro-optical pod and helmet-pointing systems, have been integrated to augment target-aiming capabilities. The Rudra has a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) and thermal imaging sights interface, integrated defensive aids suite (IDAS) and an automatic flight control system. It is to be equipped with anti-tank guided missiles, which apparently have not yet been chosen.
The Rudra is the Mk-IV variant of HAL's light combat helicopter family and is powered by two Shakti engines (a joint venture between HAL and Turbomecca. The first 20 aircraft will go into service with the Indian Army and according to officials, will be able to operate up to 20,000 feet in India's mountainous regions.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) Sarang display team held an aerial demonstration of HAL's Dhruv. HAL's light combat helicopter (LCH) was also on static display as was an armed rocket-version of the Russian Mil-17V5. India has recently signed an agreement to take delivery of a further 70 Mi-17V-5's to add to the fleet it already operates.


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Maybe it's time for a new set of Fourth of July orations. Only at first blush is there silliness to the idea of the United States–the nation of the Minutemen, John and Samuel Adams and Thomas Jefferson–becoming a hereditary economic aristocracy. When you think about it, there is evidence for serious concern.
More than a decade ago, the United States passed France to have the highest inequality ratios of any major Western nation. More and more of the country's richest clans have been setting up family offices, captive trust companies and other devices to manage and entrench their swelling fortunes. The elimination of the inheritance tax being sought by the Bush Administration will only make that entrenchment easier.
Politically, we already have a dynasty at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the first son ever to take the presidency just eight years after it was held by his father, with the same party label. This dynasticism also has its economic side: both Bushes, père et fils, having been closely involved with the rise of Enron, another first for a presidential family, more on which shortly.
If we lack an official House of Lords, there are Bushes, Tafts, Simons, Rockefellers, Gores, Kennedys and Bayhs out to create a kindred phenomenon. Laura Bush is the only wife of a 1996 or 2000 major-party presidential nominee who has not yet entertained seeking a US Senate seat in her own right. The duchesses of Clinton, Dole and Gore have already considered (or acted).
A soft, blurry kind of cultural corruption has all but muted discussion. Dynasty is no longer a bad word, and in the wake of this semantic revision, the inheritance tax supported by Presidents from Lincoln to FDR has been renamed the "death tax" by George II and may be heading toward extinction. Small-business men from Maine to San Diego are already dreaming of founding personal dynasties, built on lobsters-by-mail or Buick dealerships.
Progressive taxation–only a memory for most–died in the 1980s as regressive FICA taxes replaced income levies as the heaviest tax paid by a majority of American families. The First Amendment to the US Constitution, in turn, is not far from being twisted by the courts to include fat-cat political donations within the protection of free speech. Cynics might suggest that George Orwell set his book 1984 two decades too early.
But democracy is being eroded more by money and its power than by skilled semantics. For want of insights and data often unobtainable from the corporate media, the public opinion vital to US democracy has trouble remaining vigorous and informed. Many politicians are themselves part of the national economic elite, and others depend on that elite for campaign funding. History tells us that America overcame kindred problems in the Progressive era a century ago. The national will to do so again, however, is hardly clear.


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Steve and Sandra Jones of Havelock celebrated 50 years of marriage on April 7, 2013. They were married at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mallard on April 7, 1963. They have two children and six granddaughters. Their daughter, Stacy (Jones) McDermott and husband Alan of LeMars, have 3 daughters, Blair Syndergaard and Rachel and Breanna McDermott. Their son, Scott Jones and wife Carla of Marcus, have 3 daughters, Jordan, Tana and Brynn.
Sandy, daughter of Eddie and Dorothy Johnson of Mallard, is retired and enjoys quilting while Steve, son of Jim and Elva Jones of Havelock, was a farmer for many years. He still drives semi part-time and enjoys woodworking and gardening in his spare time. Both were married after high school as they were high school sweethearts.


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Tax fraud screening aims to save state $8.5 million
Hartford - The commissioner of revenue services and the attorney general plan to save the state $8.5 million by screening for fraudulent tax refunds this fiscal year, thanks to a new initiative supported by the General Assembly.
Whether the department can save an additional $1 million in Earned Income Tax Credit fraud as proposed in the deficit mitigation bill last week is another question.
"While I am skeptical that there is another million dollars in that initiative, I am committed to the $8.5 million that we did propose could be saved though a general program of enhanced screening for fraud and theft," said Kevin B. Sullivan, revenue services commissioner.
In 2012, the department stopped more than $7 million in fraudulent refunds. "But cyber criminals become more sophisticated all the time," Sullivan said.
He and Attorney General George Jepsen explained their efforts to prevent fraud and provided ways for citizens to avoid becoming victims of tax fraud and identity theft.
Links to free credit reports and identity theft prevention were added to the department's website and its call center was improved, Sullivan said. The department also has asked for about $500,000 from the State Bond Commission to improve hardware and software needed to protect taxpayer identity.
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Most importantly, taxpayers should file early, especially if there has been a death in the family, Sullivan said.
The federal government releases a taxpayer's identity and Social Security information at the time of death, he said.
"Data becomes available and, needless to say, crooks are quick to jump on that," Sullivan said. "One of the biggest forms of identity theft in tax fraud are simply individuals filing as quickly as possible on the basis of stolen information before you ever get around to doing it."
That person gets to claim a refund in someone else's name and a check is issued, he said.
It is also important for people who have their taxes prepared by a "fly-by-night preparer" to read every word of the completed tax form before they sign anything. Taxpayers should know who and what are being claimed and should verify that the refund is being sent directly to them, not to the entity preparing the return, he said.
Other ways to protect oneself include:
• When asked to give out a Social Security number or tax ID number, ask why it is needed. In many cases, it is not required.
• Shred papers with account numbers or other personal information.
• Put mail that contains sensitive financial information in a post office drop box or go to the post office.
• Select secure passwords or personal identification numbers and guard these codes from public view when using them.
• Do not give personal information over the phone or in an email unless you are confident of the security.
• Verify contact information to make sure you are on an official website before giving out your personal information.
• Never type personal information into an insecure website. A website without an "s" after the http in the address bar is not secure, Jepsen said.
• Do not carry your Social Security card in your wallet or purse.
If someone's personal information has been compromised, he or she should quickly file a police report, contact bank and credit card companies and place a fraud alert on his or her file with one of the three credit bureaus, Jepsen said.
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Sullivan said he is "skeptical" of finding $1 million worth of tax fraud in the state Earned Income Tax Credit created last year. "The revenue mitigation package reflects the negotiation of the governor's office and the four (party) caucuses," Sullivan said.
"And for some interesting reason, ever since working poor families received the
EITC benefit, some portions of the Republican caucuses have had concern about taxpayer fraud."
The tax credit was designed to help low-income working families, who pay a greater percentage of their disposable income in income tax, sales and property taxes than higher wage earners do, according to a revenue department press release. The credit is intended to help low-income working families pay for items such as medical care, car repairs and clothing for their children.
James Horan, executive director of the Connecticut Association for Human Services, told The Connecticut Mirror website, "it would be incorrect to imply significant fraud exists in the new system."
"It was very political that this was put in the final agreement," he said.
Pat O'Neil, spokesman for the House Republican caucus, said Republicans opposed this program in general and proposed heightened "fraud catching."
"This is one of the most abused, fraudulent programs on the federal level in the last decades," O'Neil said. "That is why it became a red flag. That is why it was put in the bipartisan debt mitigation bill."
Sullivan said he has not seen any evidence of fraud in the program, but that he is "committed to the secretary and the Office of Policy Management to the best efforts of my department to reach whatever that budget number is."
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Editor's noteThe printed version of this publication includes an "Input data form for calf crop record" and a sample "Output performance record for weaning and yearling information."
Individual performance records are useful for selecting superior performing cows and bulls and for culling undesirable animals from the herd. The Missouri Beef Cattle Improvement Programs are available to beef cattle breeders through your local MU Extension center.
Flexibility of the programs helps both purebred and commercial breeders in their selection and breeding programs. The cow/calf producer can use these programs as tools to check the performance of each animal from birth until it is added to the herd or slaughtered. By using these programs, you can evaluate an individual animal's genetic merit within a herd. This is important because herd superiority comes from measuring economic traits and selecting genetically superior individuals.
These programs are not designed for the purpose of comparing one herd with another or one breed with another as environmental conditions vary from herd to herd and from breed to breed.
Records may be used to:
The major objective of all beef cattle breeders, whether purebred or commercial, should be to increase genetically the producing ability of each cow in the herd and, as a result, to increase profit.
The beef cattle industry contributes the largest percentage of agricultural income in the United States, and beef is highest on the priority list for the consumer's food dollar. Segmental changes should be made to improve the total industry's economy. The producer's share of the consumer's dollar is distributed in the following manner:
Purebred breeders, who get the least amount of the consumer's dollar, probably have the greatest impact on the total industry because they determine the genetic merit of the animals to be consumed as beef. The past success of most breeds has been determined by the total number of commercial cows of the breed in the industry. This is not likely to be as great a factor in the success of a breed in the future because there likely will be a lot more crossbreeding in the beef cattle industry. The commercial cow producer can pick up a 5 to 7 percent increase in weaning weight with production of crossbred calves and a 15 to 18 percent increase when both the cow and calf are crossbred.
The purpose of individual beef cattle performance testing records is to measure differences between individuals. Weaning weight, for example, may vary as much as 200 pounds within the same herd and under the same environmental conditions. These differences result from three major causes: genetics, environment, and interaction between genetics and environment.
Trait differences can and should be exploited by the purebred breeder through appropriate trait evaluation and selection programs. If these differences did not exist and were not inherited, there would be no market for highly superior or outstanding purebred animals. The pedigree is essential in the beef cattle industry. However, it has also probably caused more confusion in evaluation of potential performance than any other factor because a family line may be excellent by name, but all the cattle in the line are not likely to be good performers.
Traits of high economic value to the industry are: ability of cattle to grow rapidly, mature early and convert feed to meat efficiently; longevity; reproductive efficiency; structural soundness; and desirable carcass quality and quantity.
The greatest advantage for a record of performance should be in the purebred herds for the foregoing traits because purebred herds produce most herd sires. The adoption by the purebred breeder of a record of performance on each individual calf will have great impact on the beef cattle industry, and the purebred breeder needs to observe all these traits in his selection program because they are essential to the industry.
Commercial producers, in selecting a herd sire (or sires), should place emphasis on those economically important traits identified in their herds as being in greatest need of improvement. Generally 80 to 85 percent of the selection pressure put on traits comes through sire selection. Heifer replacements in commercial herds generally come from within the producer's own herd and will usually be from the top 10 to 25 percent of the heifers produced in any given year. Selection within the cow herd should most probably emphasize fertility and maternal traits.
Beef cattle breeders have many options in terms of the traits and numbers of traits they might consider in a selection program. In most programs, however, breeders are forced to consider multi-trait selection because the practical value of their animals is almost always a function of more than one trait.
Breeders also have options regarding the general method of selection they might employ. One of these is the "tandem" method, in which selection is on the basis of one trait until satisfactory improvement is attained and then on the basis of a second trait, disregarding the first, until its improvement is satisfactory.
A second general method of selection is called the method of independent culling levels. With this method, a level of merit is assigned to each trait under consideration, and only those animals attaining the designated level of merit for each trait are kept for breeding.
The third general method of selection open to the breeder is the "total score" or "index" method. With this method, there is simultaneous selection for a number of traits. Each trait is given an appropriate "weight" after mathematical consideration of its heritability, phenotypic variance and economic value, and the genetic and phenotypic associations among the traits in the index. This latter method is generally considered the most efficient, but there are advantages and disadvantages to each.
It should be emphasized that regardless of the method of selection, increasing the number of traits considered automatically reduces the amount of selection pressure possible on all traits. For this reason, it is important to carefully consider which trait modifications will produce the greatest economic gain.
In evaluating the progress that can be expected for a single trait, the producer figures the difference between the bull and the average performance level of the cow herd for a given trait. This difference, known as the "selection differential" or "reach" between the sire and the cow herd average, is divided by two because the bull contributes only one-half the genetic material to the calf crop. The one-half difference is multiplied by the heritability estimate, and that value is then added back to the cow herd average to get an estimate of the genetic progress in one generation of selection for a given trait. This is illustrated with weaning weight in Table 1.
Table 1Example
Estimates of expected progress from selection for other economically important traits can be made this same way. Appropriate estimates of selection differentials for these traits should be obtained from individual producer herds. Table 2 shows average heritability estimates for some economically important beef cattle traits.
Table 2Heritability estimates
When more than one trait is considered, potential change per trait is reduced in accordance with the number of traits considered. For example, with the method of independent culling levels, the intensity of selection for each trait is the same as if selection were directed at each trait alone, but the proportion kept for breeding is increased in accordance with the expression p1/n. In this formula, "n" is the number of traits (assumed independent) and "p" is the proportion of animals that will be kept by the producer for breeding purposes.
It is possible to estimate general intensities of selection using a table of normal distribution and related functions if one knows the proportion of animals to be kept for breeding. The general selection intensity is in terms of the amount of variation associated with the specific trait or traits concerned.
In general, the intensity of selection, i, equals Z/P, where P equals the proportion to be kept for breeding and Z equals the height of the ordinate (a tabular value) at a point equal to P. For illustration, the reduction in selection intensity in going from a consideration of one trait to two traits will be shown in detail. In this example, it is assumed that the proportion saved for breeding is 25 percent.
One trait
P = 25 percent, then i = 0.3177 ÷ 0.25 = 1.2708 standard deviations
Two traits
P = 0.251/2 = 0.5, then i = 0.3989 ÷ 0.5 = 0.7978 standard deviation
The reduction in intensity of selection when considering two traits instead of one is 1.2708 standard deviations minus 0.7978 standard deviation, which equals 0.4730 standard deviation or 37 percent (0.4730 ÷ 1.2708 = 37 percent). Selection intensity for each of the two traits, then, is only 63 percent (100 percent - 37 percent) of that possible when selecting for each trait alone.
Similarly, it can be shown that selection intensity for three traits is only 47 percent and for four traits 38 percent of that possible when selecting for each trait alone.
Reductions in selection intensity, of course, will be slightly different when different proportions are kept for breeding purposes.
Because profit or loss of a cow herd operation is determined by each individual cow and bull in the herd, breeders should keep exact calf production records on each cow and bull within their herds. Often we remember only the cows that produce a highly superior calf. Many times a cow is kept that produces a superior calf only once in six or seven years and a relatively poor calf the other five or six years. Remembering the exact past performance of each animal in a herd is nearly impossible, yet breeders must have this information if they want to improve their herds and the breed.
Because of inflation in fixed production costs during the past half decade, a commercial breeder must wean at least 50 pounds more beef of the same quality to obtain the same net income. The following records should be permanent on progeny of each cow: weaning weight, grade, yearling weight and adjusted height at 205 and 365 days, plus additional carcass information if obtainable. Without actual adjusted performance records, a breeder may cull superior producing cows with poor conformation without knowing it.
The most important single weight to both the purebred and commercial breeder would likely be the 365-day weight. It has a heritability estimate of approximately 60 percent. The genetic association between yearling weight, weaning weight and birth weight is 0.6 to 0.8 (genetic association may range from -1 to +1).
The yearling weight, however, has very little meaning in selecting herd bulls from different herds unless the bull has been pushed to his maximum growth potential. The ratio of the individual bull's 365-day weight to his management group's average weight is more meaningful than yearling weight. In herds where bulls are grown out but not fattened, their yearling weight would be much lower than in another herd where the bulls are allowed maximum growth. In many cases, the bull placed on a growing ration and allowed to reach only 75 percent of his growth potential may be genetically superior to the bull permitted maximum growth.
To evaluate bulls for replacements, select bulls based on their superiority to the average performance of the herd or breed. Many breed associations are reporting Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) with accuracy values for many of the economic traits; they should be reviewed before purchasing the next herd bull or making heifer selections within the herd.
There is a high positive correlation between height and weight for bulls on full feed from 180 to 440 days. Data indicate that for each pound increase in on-test weight, height increases 0.010 to 0.016 of an inch, while for each inch height increase, weight increases 29 to 33 pounds with a correlation of 0.8 to 0.9.
The best indication of a young bull's breeding potential is his own individual performance while maturing. Once the bull has produced progeny, however, they are the better measure of his breeding ability. Without performance testing records on a bull's offspring showing weaning weight, yearling weight, frame and conformation score in comparison with offspring from other bulls, predicting breeding merit is impossible.
Four essential tools in selecting a herd bull are:
In most cases the latter would not be applicable because most breeders select young herd bulls. If you can get the pedigree plus individual record for EPD with relatively high accuracy value on a prospective herd bull, this will ensure a more reliable selection than pedigree alone.
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Criterion January Releases (US - DVD R1 | BD RA)
Criterion announces more Hitchcock and Tarkovsky, among other titles..
Two-Lane Blacktop
Quote: Release Date: 8 Jan 2013
Synopsis: Drag racing east from L.A. in a souped-up '55 Chevy are the wayward Driver and Mechanic (singer/songwriter James Taylor and the Beach Boys' Dennis Wilson, in their only acting roles), accompanied by a tagalong Girl (Laurie Bird). Along the way, they meet Warren Oates's Pontiac GTO–driving wanderer and challenge him to a cross-country race—the prize: their cars' pink slips. But no summary can do justice to the existential punch of Two-Lane Blacktop. With its gorgeous widescreen compositions and sophisticated look at American male obsession, this stripped-down narrative from maverick director Monte Hellman is one of the artistic high points of 1970s cinema, and possibly the greatest road movie ever made.
Disc Features
-Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Monte Hellman, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, supervised by Hellman, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
-Two audio commentaries: one by Hellman and filmmaker Allison Anders and one by screenwriter Rudolph Wurlitzer and author David N. Meyer
-Interviews with Hellman, actor James Taylor, musician Kris Kristofferson, producer Michael Laughlin, and production manager Walter Coblenz
-Screen test outtakes
- Performance and Image, a look at the restoration of a '55 Chevy used in the movie and the film's locations today
- Color Me Gone, photos and publicity from Two-Lane Blacktop
-Rudy Wurlitzer's screenplay, reprinted specially for this release; new essay by Kent Jones, appreciations by Richard Linklater and Tom Waits; and a reprint of the 1970 Rolling Stone article "On Route 66, Filming Two-Lane Blacktop"; ; the DVD edition also features Wurlitzer's screenplay
The Tin Drum
Quote: Release Date: 15 Jan 2013
Synopsis: Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday. While the chaotic world around him careers toward the madness and folly of World War II, Oskar pounds incessantly on his beloved tin drum and perfects his uncannily piercing shrieks. The Tin Drum, which earned the Palme d'Or at Cannes and the Academy Award for best foreign-language film, is a visionary adaptation from Volker Schlöndorff of Nobel laureate Günter Grass's acclaimed novel, characterized by surreal imagery, arresting eroticism, and clear-eyed satire.
Disc Features
-New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the complete version, approved by director Volker Schlöndorff
-Newly remastered 5.1 surround soundtrack, approved by Schlöndorff and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
-New interview with Schlöndorff about the making of The Tin Drum and the creation of the 2010 restored, complete version
-New interview with film scholar Timothy Corrigan
-German audio recording from 1987 of author Günter Grass reading an excerpt from his novel The Tin Drum with musical accompaniment, illustrated with the corresponding scene from the film
-Television interview excerpts featuring Schlöndorff, Grass, actors David Bennent and Mario Adorf, and cowriter Jean-Claude Carrière reflecting on their experiences making the film
-New English subtitle translation
-A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Atkinson and 1978 statements by Grass about the adaptation of his novel
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Quote: Release Date: 15 Jan 2013
Synopsis: An ordinary British couple vacationing in Switzerland suddenly find themselves embroiled in a case of international intrigue when their daughter is kidnapped by spies plotting a political assassination. This fleet and gripping early thriller from the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was the first film the director made after signing to the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation. Besides affirming Hitchcock's brilliance, it gave the brilliant Peter Lorre his first English-speaking role, as a slithery villain. With its tension and gallows humor, it's pure Hitchcock, and it set the tone for films like The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes.
Disc Features
-New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
-New audio commentary featuring film historian Philip Kemp
-New interview with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
- The Illustrated Hitchcock, an extensive interview with director Alfred Hitchcock from 1972, conducted by journalist Pia Lindstrom and film historian William Everson
-Audio excerpts from filmmaker François Truffaut's legendary 1962 interviews with Hitchcock
-Restoration demonstration
-A booklet featuring an essay by critic Farran Smith Nehme
Quote: Release Date: 22 Jan 2013
Synopsis: The boundless imagination and physical marvels of the work of the German modern-dance pioneer Pina Bausch leap off the screen in this exuberant tribute by Wim Wenders. A long-planned film collaboration between the director and the choreographer was in preproduction when Bausch died in 2009. Two years later, Wenders decided to go ahead with the project, reconceiving it as an homage to his late friend. The result, shot in stunning 3D, is a remarkable visual experience and a vivid representation of Bausch's art, enacted by a group of staggeringly talented dancers from her company, the Tanztheater Wuppertal. Pina is an adventurous work of cinema that highlights the bold legacy of one of the world's true creative visionaries.
Disc Features
-High-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Wim Wenders, presented in two editions: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray combo, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, and DVD
-Audio commentary featuring Wenders
- The Making of "Pina" (available in 3D)
-Deleted scenes with commentary by Wenders (available in 3D)
-Behind-the-scenes footage
-Interview with Wenders
-English subtitle translation
-A booklet featuring a piece by novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt; reprinted pieces by Wenders and choreographer Pina Bausch; information on the dances featured in the film; and portraits of the dancers
Ivan's Childhood
Quote: Release Date: 22 Jan 2013
Synopsis: The debut feature by the great Andrei Tarkovsky, Ivan's Childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy's war-ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of World War II and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky's film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of war on children.
Disc Features
-High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
-Appreciation of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky and Ivan's Childhood featuring Vida T. Johnson, coauthor of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue
-Interviews with cinematographer Vadim Yusov and actor Nikolai Burlyaev
-A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova; "Between Two Films," Tarkovsky's essay on Ivan's Childhood; and "Ivan's Willow," a poem by the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky
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I isn't Gabe who spends ages deleting the bloody things, it's me. These scumbags have been targeting us for a while and are registering dozens of accounts to post this c**p.
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Russell78 wrote: Gabe, please delete the comment above and ban this user above for posting scam/spam links in the comments. Thanks.
I deleted it just so nobody clicks the links. Somebody else will have to ban the account though.
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Gabe, please delete the comment above and ban this user above for posting scam/spam links in the comments. Thanks.
Yeah I have had this exact edition of the Criterion DVD of Two-Lane Blacktop for years now, but this is the first time it's being released on Blu-Ray.
Didn't Criterion already release "Two-Lane Blacktop" or is it just making its Blu-ray debut?
David Blackwell wrote: Is Criterion ever going to get the rights to release Tarkovsky's Stalker to Bluray? It would be great.
I really, really hope so. Wouldn't mind an update of Andrei Rublev while they're at it.
I really, really hope so. Wouldn't mind an update of Andrei Rublev while they're at it.
I wanted to see Pina and I haven't seen Ivan's Childhood. Is Criterion ever going to get the rights to release Tarkovsky's Stalker to Bluray? It would be great.
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Bill Gross overhauled the Pimco Unconstrained Bond Fund after replacing Chris Dialynas as manager, taking control of Pacific Investment Management Co.'s best-selling alternative to traditional fixed income.
The $25.6 billion fund jettisoned 30-year Treasuries and most of its agency mortgage bonds, increased a wager on corporate debt through credit-default swaps, and ended bets that the U.S. dollar would appreciate against the Chinese yuan, according to data on Pimco's website. The effective duration, a measure of sensitivity to interest rate changes, more than doubled in December, when Gross assumed control of the unconstrained fund.
"We became more credit friendly in anticipation of an improving economy and a positive stock market," Gross said in a telephone interview. Gross said he extended the fund's duration in light of "an undervalued Treasury market which was too high yielding," adding that "Mr. Dialynas might have done the same thing."
Dialynas joined Pimco in 1980 and had managed the Unconstrained fund since its inception in June 2008. Pimco announced his plan to take a sabbatical in the beginning of December, a month before the abrupt resignation of Chief Executive Officer Mohamed El-Erian spurred leadership changes at the $1.9 trillion investment firm.
Gross Differences
The management switch raises questions over whether there would be wholesale changes at Pimco Unconstrained, said Eric Jacobson, a research analyst at Chicago-based Morningstar Inc. Gross is a "glass-half-full" kind of investor while Dialynas is more of a "sky-is-falling" type manager.
Gross is taking charge of Pimco Unconstrained as investors flock to flexible go-anywhere strategies while fleeing core fixed income in anticipation of rising interest rates. Pimco Unconstrained attracted $8.7 billion in 2013, according to Morningstar, with some of that money coming from Gross's flagship Pimco Total Return, which had a record $41 billion of net redemptions last year.
Unconstrained funds can invest across a broad array of fixed-income securities, regardless of maturity, credit quality and geographic origin of the issuer. They can also shield themselves from the impact of rising interest rates by adjusting duration.
One potential advantage is that the funds seek absolute returns rather than to outperform the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index, the benchmark for core bond funds such as Pimco Total Return.
Government Debt
In a March presentation for the State Universities Retirement System of Illinois, Pimco said the market for U.S. government debt had increased by $6 trillion since the financial crisis, forcing the Barclays Aggregate to load up on interest- rate-sensitive Treasuries.
According to Pimco, U.S. Treasuries comprised some 36 percent of the Barclays Aggregate in 2012, up from 25 percent in 2008. Pimco included a headline in the March 2013 presentation that asked "Do you want the U.S. government deciding your asset allocation?"
Pimco also said in the presentation that future gains from core bonds such as Pimco Total Return are "likely to be challenged" and suggested Illinois move some money to an unconstrained strategy. The university withdrew about $432 million from Pimco Total Return and moved it to Pimco Unconstrained, according to a June 30 report.
Lackluster Returns
The fund has attracted cash despite lackluster returns. Pimco Unconstrained fell 2.6 percent to trail 84 percent of peers in 2013, and has lagged behind 67 percent of rivals over the past five years, according to Morningstar. This year through March 3, the fund returned 1.2 percent, putting it ahead of 71 percent of other nontraditional funds, Morningstar data show.
Sabrina Callin, the product manager for Pimco's unconstrained bond strategy, said Morningstar includes a variety of funds within its unconstrained category, some of which are highly correlated with high-yield bonds. That makes comparisons difficult, she added.
"It's a very heterogeneous universe" in which the various funds aren't necessarily seeking similar returns or risk objectives, Callin said. "One of the objectives we are seeking is to limit downside risk to preserve capital."
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2003-01-27 22:00 UTC The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS international partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan) operations team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for ARISS school contacts. This schedule is very fluid and may change at the last minute. Remember that amateur radio use on the ISS is considered secondary. Please check the various AMSAT and ARISS webpages for the latest announcements. Changes from the last announcement are noted with (***). Also, please check MSNBC.com for possible live retransmissions (http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/default.asp). Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.80 MHz. For information about educational materials available from ISS partner space Agencies, please refer to links on the ARISS Frequently Asked Questions page. If you are interested in supporting an ARISS contact, then you must fill in an application. The ARISS operations mentor team will not accept a direct request to support an ARISS contact. You should also note that many schools think that they can request a specific date and time. It does not work that way. Once an application has been accepted, the ARISS mentors will work with the school to determine a mutually agreeable date. Websites that may be of interest include: http://www.arrl.org/sarex http://www.arrl.org/ariss http://www.amsat.org http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov http://spacelink.nasa.gov/index.html http://ehb2.gsfc.nasa.gov/edcats/educator_guide/ Your completely filled out application should be returned to the nearest coordinating ARISS region if your specific region is not listed. E-mail is the preferred method of submitting an application. Here are the email addresses: ARISS-Canada and all other countries not covered: firstname.lastname@example.com (Daniel Lamoureux VE2KA) ARISS-Europe: firstname.lastname@example.com (J. Hahn, DL3LUM / PA1MUC) ARISS-Japan and all Region 3 countries: firstname.lastname@example.com (Keigo Komuro JA1KAB) ARISS-Russia: firstname.lastname@example.com (Valerie Agabekov N2WW/UA6HZ) ARISS-USA: email@example.com (The American Radio Relay League) ISS Expedition 6 crew: Kenneth Bowersox KD5JBP Nikolai Budarin RV3FB Donald Pettit KD5MDT Field School Park Ridge, Illinois Contact is for 2003-01-31 18:59 UTC telebridge via VK5ZAI (***) Proposed questions for Field School are: 1. What do thunderstorms look like for the ISS? 2. Do you ever get claustrophobic in the ISS? 3. What did the Leonid meteor shower look like from the space station? 4. Why did you want to become an astronaut? 5. What is your diet like in space? 6. Can we talk to you only when you are above us? 7. What changes in the Earth have you seen from photos you have taken? 8. Which of your experiments is your favorite and why? 9. How do you keep the things that you use in the space station from floating away? 10. During a shuttle launch, "lift off" is straight up. On an airplane, "take off" is at an angle. Why is there a difference? 11. How do you sleep in space? 12. Do you ever get dizzy in the space station? 13. Will any of the ISS experiments help the military to learn how to make better weapons? 14. What kind of experiment are you doing on kidney stones? 15. What does it feel like to be in zero gravity? 16. Is it hard to get around in the space station? 17. Is brushing your teeth in space just like brushing your teeth on Earth? If not, how do you brush your teeth? 18. How do the astronauts get from the space shuttle onto the space station, and how do the astronauts exit the space station to get back to earth? 19. How long does it take to orbit the world? 20. Is it difficult to move around in the space station? 21. Have the space station experiments led to any surprises or accidental discoveries? 22. What is your opinion of civilians going to space? 23. Have you noticed any changes in your own body from having been in space? 24. Do you ever get homesick? Hochwald-Gymnasium, Wadern, Germany, Direct via DN1TA Contact is for 2003-02-06 15:45 UTC (***) Hirano Elementary School, Kobe, Japan direct via 8N3HES TBD Proposed questions for Hirano Elementary are: (***) 1. How do you dump your garbage? 2. Is it hot or cold in the space? 3. What do you do when you become sick? 4. How many people can the international spade station hold at maximum? 5. Is it possible for children and old people to go to the space station? 6. How do you take a bath? 7. What will you bring with you if you have to live in the space for your whole life? 8. How long have you been trained before going to the space? 9. Are the moon and stars beautiful from the space? 10. What is the temperature at the space station? 11. What kind of canned food do you eat? 12. What's the most amazing in the space? 13. What will you do if you're hit by meteors? 14. What is the convenient living in the space? 15. Was going to the space your dream in the childhood? 16. Do you believe in the existence of ETs and UFOs? 17. What is the most enjoyable event in the space station? 18. Can you swallow property under zero gravity? 19. Can you throw a ball faster in the space than on the earth? 20. What time is it now at the space station? Cowichan Secondary School, Duncan, BC, Canada, Direct via VE7POH TBD 2003-02 Proposed questions for Cowichan are: (***) 1. Seeing the earth from space, without borders, racial or cultural divisions, on an International Space Station, must be an incredible experience. What impact has this had on your life? 2. Why did you want to become an astronaut? 3. Is it scary living so far away from earth? Do you get lonely? 4. How does the body know that it is time to go to sleep went there is no day or night? 5. What do you think the next step in manned space exploration will be? 6. Could you choose one of the experiments that you are doing and explain why it is an advantage to do it in space? 7. Technology and Science are advancing so rapidly that it almost seems routine to go to the International Space Station. How is the International Space Station unique in providing a path for space exploration into the future? 8. Being up in space months at a time, have you seen or experienced anything that cannot be explained by current science? 9. A focus of previous missions has been to study how the human body adapts in space. How do you personally find your physical well-being affects your mental and behavioural state? 10. Has the experience of being and working in space lived up to your expectations, and if so, in what ways? 11. Being in space is such an awe-inspiring experience; which life lessons have kept you on track to achieve your stellar status? 12. When you sleep in space, do you dream, and if so, have your dreams changed? Oregon State University TBD 2003-02 ISIS Malignani, Cervignano del Friuli, Italy TBD Lounsberry Hollow Middle School, New Jersey TBD Porin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu, Pori Senior High school, Finland TBD Krueger School of Applied Technology, San Antonio, Texas TBD Saint Ursula's College, Toowoomba, Australia TBD The latest ARISS announcement and successful school list in now available on the ARISS web site. Several ways to get there. http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov click on English (sorry I don't know French) you are now at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/ click on News Currently the ARISS operations team has a list of over 60 schools that we hope will be able to have a contact during 2003. As the schedule becomes more solidified, we will be letting everyone know. Current plans call for an average of one scheduled school contact per week. 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ---- Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. 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We had 50+ sheep in attendance with one new member, Mary Jo P., and two visitors, Karen F., and Denise W. Welcome to all, hope you enjoyed yourselves.
RAFFLE: Winner of the BSKG Retreat raffle was Sarah T.
There were 7 raffle items this month. Donors were: Kim W., Chris H., Stacey T. and Audrey H. Thanks to all of you for your generosity.
|some of the lovely raffle items
And the happy winners were:Suzanne S. - Keychain sock blocker with sock yarn
Noreen K. - Soap Bag with yarn and soap
Helga M. - Yarn with knitting needles
Diane D. - Highland wool, fingering wgt. 494 yds.
Dawn L. - Highland wool, fingering wgt. 494 yds.
Patricia S. - Sirdar, 4 skeins, 2 colors, bulky
Marie W. - Mirasol yarn, 4 skeins,
Hope all you winners enjoy your prizes.
CHARITY KNITTING: Judith Davis, Charity Knitting Chair, assembled kits for new born baby hats, complete with pattern and yarn. There was a choice of 3 different kits. The baby hats will go to Providence Hospital.
SHOW & SHARE: in which we get to show off FOs. Thanks to all who shared.
PROGRAM: crafts always sure to please a flock. There was a beaded row counter, hanger sock blockers and a double point holder thingy. Thank you, Erika P., Heather P. and Rita P. for your crafting wizardry. Meanwhile, others were working on their UFOs.
Next month's meeting on April 8th will be a trunk show by Merritt Scott-Collins, and techniques of free form knitting. Will be very interesting and informative, I am sure.
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Opportunity Commission
Meeting of February 25, 2009 - on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Implementation of Title II of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008
Good morning and thank you for inviting me to speak with you today. My name is Jeremy Gruber and I am the President and Executive Director of the Council for Responsible Genetics and the former legal director of the National Workrights Institute. I am also a member of the Pew working group on GINA and a founder and executive committee member of the Coalition for Genetic Fairness.
When we founded the Coalition for Genetic Fairness almost 12 years ago, it was with the hope that we could organize the myriad organizations that were working independently on genetic non-discrimination legislation into a single organization to represent our combined interest and the hope that such an organization could help advance this legislation through the Congress. Little did we imagine the roller coaster journey we would be undertaking, but little did we also imagine the strong new law that would eventually emerge through the combined efforts of so many.
I am particularly excited to be here today, for as many of you remember there was once a question as to whether employment would even be covered under a Federal genetic non-discrimination law and as an employee rights' advocate it has been particularly exhilarating to have watched the Congress pass, and President sign, a new genetic non-discrimination law with such strong protections for employees.
Indeed, with GINA this is really the first time that the Congress has passed such legislation before the covered discrimination has become completely ingrained in the social fabric and in that respect, I think we should all be proud.
Title II of GINA is a relatively commonsense law; my hope and expectation is that the regulations under Title II of GINA reflect the intent of Congress that employees enjoy strong protections under the law not just to protect them from discrimination but from access to and disclosure of their personal genetic information as well. Under the best of circumstances discrimination cases are difficult to prove. Employers are often the only party with access to information supporting a discrimination claim; indeed employees are often unaware, let alone able to prove that discrimination has occurred. Preventing access to information that can lead to discrimination is the best way to ensure discrimination never happens.
It is with these thoughts in mind that we hope the regulations address the following:
In terms of acquisition of genetic information generally:
GINA prohibits employers from requesting genetic information even in the rare case where it is arguably job related (though examples to date of such have been extremely difficult to demonstrate). Nevertheless in terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act, for example, this poses a change to the authorized collection of medical information relevant to meeting a reasonable accommodation request. Employers will need to modify their requests for medical information under these circumstances to remain in compliance with GINA. Similarly under the ADA there is virtually no limit to the scope of post conditional offer of employment medical evaluations. Given that most individuals' medical files include such things as family history and may even have genetic test information, an employer that requires access to a large amount of information may run afoul of GINA. Employers will have to modify their medical release forms to minimize this risk. Our hope is that the regulations will provide some guidance in these areas.
In terms of the exceptions to the rule prohibiting acquisition of genetic information, it is our belief that such exceptions should be interpreted in the strictest sense possible to ensure employee privacy and Congressional intent.
With regards to the inadvertent acquisition or so called water-cooler exception:
It is clear that it protects the employer when an employee spontaneously volunteers their family history. It isn't clear, however, how this exception applies when an employer begins asking probing questions that may or may not be innocent. Nor does it specifically address situations where an employer acquires information more broadly where they should know that family history would likely be included. We hope that some guidance can be provided to protect both employers and employees in this situation.
With regards to the exception allowing for acquisition of genetic information where health or genetic services are provided by the employer:
Under GINA employers can ask for genetic information as part of a wellness program as long as it is voluntary (along with other requirements.). It is unclear, however, at what point the voluntary requirement is met. Can an employer condition participation in a voluntary wellness program on completing an often standard health risk assessment including questions regarding family history or must the employer allow participation in the program for an employee who refuses to complete elements of the questionnaire dealing with potential genetic information?
Additionally there has been much discussion regarding the HIPAA nondiscrimination rules which currently permit a great deal of discrimination based on health status. It is our hope that the EEOC will consider whether such wellness programs currently authorized under HIPAA qualify as "voluntary" wellness programs under federal employment law and how this rule intersects with this exception. Furthermore it is our hope that the regulations provide guidance as to when such programs are governed by Title I as opposed to Title II.
With regards to the exception related to monitoring for toxic exposure:
Some employers have programs which conduct genetic tests of workers in specific hazardous environments to determine if they need to be reassigned before symptoms of adverse affects even appear. Such genetic monitoring programs are allowed under GINA. However, GINA makes an important change in the law on this subject. Currently, employers can require employees to be tested. Under GINA, participation in such programs must be voluntary. If the employee wants to keep working in the hazardous area (perhaps because of a pay differential), the employer cannot force him to submit to testing, no matter how benevolent their intentions. Under such situations can an employer transfer the employee to another part of the facility and if so under what conditions?
In terms of disclosure:
GINA permits disclosure of genetic information in response to a court order (as long as additional requirements are met). A general reading of this language would prohibit disclosure for related procedures such as subpoenas and discovery requests. Will the regulations make this distinction clear?
And finally in terms of construction, what if any steps will the regulations take to further refine the firewall between Titles I and II of GINA?
Thank you again and I welcome any questions you may have.


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