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Special Programs and Events Program Manager
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Program Manager
The Special Programs and Events Program Manager is a position of responsibility appointed by the Captain who coordinates team attendance to community and Scouting special programs and events for this field of emphasis.
Position description
The Special Programs and Events Program Manager is an appointed leader who helps team members take advantage of opportunities outside the team's local activities. He seeks outside information on what's available in the local community as well as the Scout district, the council and the national level, and encourages team members to take advantage of them. He works with an adult Special Programs and Events Program Adviser to plan and perform primary leadership for team special programs and events. He usually serves a 6- or 12-month term.
Multiple concurrent program managers for this field
With approval of the Team Coach, the team captain may optionally appoint multiple concurrent special program and events program managers. When this is the case, each program manager will perform primary leadership for his own planned activity.
Reports to
- Coordinates speical programs and events for the team.
- Communicates with team members to determine the needs regarding program events.
- Cooperate with with other program managers to maximize the effectiveness of programs and events.
- Coordinate with the Order of the Arrow Team Representative on OA activities.
- Gather and share information about district, council, and national special events.
- Sets a good example for fellow team members.
- Enthusiastically and correctly wears the Scout uniform (all four parts).
- Lives by the Scout Oath and Law.
- Shows Scout spirit
The special programs and events program manager is responsible for helping team members learn about and attend worthwhile programs that may not be covered by other fields of emphasis. Choose and plan events that aren't part of the same-old routine. Select events that make the team grow or do something new. Options include visiting a community festival, a museum or exhibit, a college tour, attending a lecture or performance, or inviting an expert to talk about a subject or career.
He can involve others beyond the team. Plan an event and invite young women to attend that may be beyond the usual for them too: Take them on a 10-mile hike, go summer ice-block sliding on a grassy hill, play a coed softball game, hold a ballroom dancing lesson and follow-up practice dance, hold a demonstration on auto maintenance (changing a tire, adding fluids, detail cleaning, changing wiper blades, etc.).
Keep watch for community events and happenings with an eye for thinking how the team could volunteer or participate. Read the calendar events from the local Scout office or newsletter. Try an activity the will increase Order of the Arrow membership or participation.
Working with an adult advancement program adviser
The Special Programs and Events Program Adviser is the adult counterpart to the Scout program manager. The program adviser helps and encourages the youth program manger to:
- Expand the interests of the Varsity Scouts in worthwhile programs not covered by the other fields of emphasis.
- Develop unity among the team members through participation in these special programs and events.
- Participate in programs and causes that will lead the team members to stretch and grow beyond themselves.
- Gather information about other district, council and national events such as Scout camp and camporees, Order of the Arrow activities, and other special events.
The Special Programs and Events Program Manager is a youth special program leader in its unit. Other youth program leaders are:
Program helps
Event and ultimate adventure planning
- Varsity Scout Team Activity Planning Worksheet (25K PDF) BSA 2003.
- Varsity Scout Team Activity Planning Worksheet (33K PDF) Modified, Team 336 Omaha, NE (6/06).
- Varsity Scout Team Activity Planning Worksheet (8K PDF) Modified, Utah National Parks Council, Provo District (2001).
- Varsity Scout Sample Trip Plan (29K PDF) BSA 2003.
See also
|Varsity Scout portal
Team Positions of Responsibility and Adult Advisers
|Team Leadership:
| Captain • Cocaptain • Team Secretary • Squad Leader • Quartermaster • Chaplain Aide •
Librarian • Instructor • Den Chief • Order of the Arrow Team Representative
|Program Managers:
|Advancement • High-Adventure/Sports • Personal Development • Service • Special Programs and Events
|Other team leadership:
|Historian • Bugler
|Team Coach • Assistant Team Coach(es) • Committee Secretary • Committee Treasurer
|Program Advisers:
|Advancement • High-Adventure/Sports • Personal Development • Service • Special Programs and Events

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Reginald Bareham's show closing Rudyard Kipling
Reginald Bareham and his folk music group will close out an era in Louisville on Tuesday night by playing on the closing night of the Rudyard Kipling.
Reggie Van Stockum, aka Reginald Bareham, said in an E-mail that owners Ken and Sheila Pyle are selling the establishment and that New Year's Eve will be the last show.
Shelby Artists seeks leaders
for its new workshop series
Shelby Artists on Main Inc. is looking for artists to apply to instruct one of six workshops during the coming new year. Three of these workshops with be for adults and the others for children. Shelby Artists on Main Inc. has received a grant for these workshops, and the goal is to get the community involved either by teaching or learning.
Shelby Artists seeks artists to lead new workshop series
Shelby Artists on Main Inc. is looking for any and all artists in the area to apply to instruct one of six workshops during the coming new year.
Three of these workshops with be for adults and the others for children. Shelby Artists on Main Inc. has received a grant for these workshops, and the goal is to get the community involved either by teaching or learning.
'Hepburn Girls' to debut Dec. 15 in Henry County
SonRise Productions and Proverb Films are premiering their latest film, The Hepburn Girls at 2 p.m. Dec. 15 in the Henry County High School Fine Arts Theatre in New Castle.
The film is the second of Shelby Countians Ashley Raymer-Brown and Rachael Yeager, following on No Lost Cause. The film includes many Shelby County residents.
Pleasureville artist chosen for Kentucky Crafted group
Kathy Conroy of Pleasureville is among 21 Kentucky artists who have been accepted into the Kentucky Crafted Program, the Kentucky Arts Council's marketing assistance program that supports artisans by providing opportunities to expand their professional careers and market reach.
Artists are adjudicated into the program based on artistic excellence and market readiness as determined by an independent panel of art and craft industry professionals.
SC3 chosen to perform at Abbey Road on the River
The Shelby County Community Children's Choir, commonly called SC3, has been chosen to perform at the 2014 Abbey Road on the River, a celebration of the Beatles that is held in late May.
The group of elementary- and middle-school-aged students has performed several Beatles songs in its concerts.
Choir Director James Ray Morgan said in an E-mail to choir members' families that organizers had seen audition videos and watched SC3 on its YouTube channel.
Shelby County twins and students Gavin and Keegan Martion, active on the local acting and music scene, in August completed work on a feature movie, In Gramps' Shoes, which was filmed in Crossville, Tenn., and opens there on Saturday night.
Celebration of Lights starts Christmas season
The Celebration of Lights, the lighting of downtown Shelbyville for the start of the Christmas shopping season, will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Nov. 9.
The festival, between 3rd and 9th streets in downtown Shelbyville, will include food, crafts, shops open late and the lighting of the Shelbyville Christmas tree at 6 p.m. Performances will be at the Shelby County Courthouse steps, starting at 4 p.m.
Variety show coming to community theater
Reggie Van Stockum is bringing together his eclectic group of entertainers for a show at the Shelby County Community Theatre.
The Reginald Bareham Variety Show will be at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 as part of the theater's Upstairs at 801 Series.
Featured at the event are the Funky GroundH2O Bluegrass Band and other local singers and musicians.
Tickets are adults $15, seniors $12 and students $10 and will be available at the door.
Shelby-managed band
plays at Kosair event
My Band, a group of musicians based in Louisville and managed by Shelby County resident Amy Kaufman, is part of the lineup for Saturday's Kosair Charities Fall Fest, which takes place at 10 a.m.-11 p.m. on the lawn at 982 Eastern Parkway in Louisville.
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Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, one of the most influential Texas politicians of the modern era, has joined the Houston-based law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.
The law firm announced this morning that Hutchison, who retired from the Senate in January, is working out of its Dallas office as senior counsel. Bracewell Giuliani employs 470 lawyers in Texas, New York, Washington, D.C., Connecticut, Seattle, Dubai and London.
"I'm really pleased," Hutchison said in a telephone interview, "and I am very pleased to start life after (the Senate)."
Hutchison, 69, made history in 1993 when she became the first woman to represent Texas in the Senate following her landslide special election runoff win over interim Sen. Bob Krueger. During her 19 years in the Senate, she served as the fourth-ranking Republican leader, a member of the Senate Banking Committee and the top Republican on the Senate Commerce, Space and Science Committee.
According to the law firm, Hutchison "will apply her years in public service to her new role, consulting with clients, particularly those in the banking, energy, transportation, and telecommunications sectors."
"We are absolutely thrilled to have Sen. Hutchison on board," Bracewell Managing Partner Mark C. Evans said in an interview. "She is going to be so helpful to our top clients as well as to her fellow attorneys at the firm."
The former senator said she was attracted to Bracewell Giuliani's "deep Texas roots" and noted that "their client base works so well with my areas of experience."
She said she would not work as a lobbyist but will "give advice and counsel on public policy" to clients and colleagues.
"I'm not going to lobby," she said. "I can't lobby (for a period of time, due to federal ethics laws). I don't want to, even after the ban is lifted."
Hutchison said her acceptance of the law firm job should put an end to speculation about her political future.
"I hope that it says that I am not in the political world, that I am in the private sector," she said. "I like the private sector, the people in the private sector."
Bracewell Giuliani's energy practice is considered one of the most well-connected in Washington. Hutchison brings a wealth of political connections of her own, having worked closely with lawmakers from both parties during her decades in the Senate and quarterbacked the bipartisan "Team Texas" on issues of special interest to the Lone Star State.
"Our firm has a strong presence in Dallas, so adding Sen. Hutchison provides a great asset, not only in Dallas, but in all of our offices," said Bracewell Giuliani partner Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and GOP presidential candidate.
Hutchison was born in Galveston and graduated from high school in La Marque, where she also was active in the Houston Youth Symphony Ballet. She represented Houston as a Republican in the Texas House of Representatives before moving to Dallas and winning election as Texas State Treasurer and senator. She was defeated in the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary by Gov. Rick Perry.
A graduate of the University of Texas and UT law school, she worked as a television journalist at KPRC in Houston before entering politics. In the interview, Hutchison said she planned to be active in Houston, as well as in her home base of Dallas.
"The senator and I have been friends for many years and I know she will be an immense addition to the firm," said Bracewell Chairman Patrick C. Oxford, a longtime Hutchison ally in Texas political wars. "Her years of experience and legal and political acumen, will be valuable for both our clients and attorneys."


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I know how to appreciate a great biker jacket when I see one, and it feels like I've been searching around forever for a more oversized model with a little length. So when I came across this beauty by Joseph on sales the other day I didn't hesitate very long. Except for the soft leather I guess I fell for the collar which makes it a little more snuggy and dressy in a way. As for the oversize feature I have no other choice than wait until my pregnancy is over, oh mid February may you come quicker than soon!
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A restoration project near Port Fourchon will provide a safe haven for birds and important research data, officials said.
A restoration project near Port Fourchon will provide a safe haven for birds and important research data, officials said.
The project would build 6,000 feet of ridges north of the port in what was once open water. The ridge protects the coastline from storm surge, provides much-needed habitat for migratory birds and a place to test wetland rehabilitation strategies, according to Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program Director Kerry St. Pe.
St. Pe stressed the project is a collaboration between multiple entities, including Port Fourchon.
The sediment used to build the ridge comes from dredging at Fourchon, St. Pe said.
The project has been going on for years, but research tied to it was recently paid using Lafourche's share of $1 million in federal coastal-restoration money, said Lafourche Coastal Zone Manager Archie Chiasson III.
The agreement to spend the money was set to expire this year, but that date will now be extended as there is more coastal restoration money remaining than originally estimated.
St. Pe said a portion of the coastal-restoration money was to be used to reshape the ridge, but Port Fourchon got money to do it, allowing the earmarked money to be spent elsewhere.
The new agreement between Lafourche government and the Estuary Program extends the $400,000 remaining through 2015, Chiasson said.
St. Pe said the project has restored hundreds of acres of wetlands since its inception.
Before the Mississippi River was contained with levees, such ridges were more commonly created from the river's sediment, St. Pe explained.
The ridge is a testing ground and example of restoration that can be done with local dredge sediment as opposed to sediment piped in from the Mississippi River.
Researchers and coastal restoration activists plant trees on the ridge, St. Pe said.
The trees and their root systems help hold the land together. The trees also provide habitat for migratory birds traveling from South America, St. Pe said.
The birds "search for these forest areas because they need a place where they can rest and hide from predators," he said. "This is an attempt to restore these natural ridges."
The trees also let researchers determine which plants take to salty sediments best and how the sediment can be augmented to foster plant growth.
"We know these trees are very attractive to nesting birds, they need these trees to live in," St. Pe said. "These trials are trying different things in the sediment to get these things to grow."
St. Pe said the research is timely given the amount of coastal restoration likely to take place via BP oil-spill fines.
The state's coastal-restoration master plan includes numerous projects that use sediment to restore wetlands and coastal areas.
"The long-term vision is to provide access and a place for people to park to go out to the ridge and do bird watching," St. Pe said. "Hopefully we can continue to get money to work with that. The overall goal is to provide access to the public."


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I've wondered the same before... Do they just ensure it will corrupt within a couple years just so you can buy more... Ugh and feature creeping as well - makes me sick.
IDK base, but it's a bit outta hand.
its happening again with the new flash malware thingy i saw a story on
warrior_7 for that, it's like a million or so phones with a backdoor, different from the "flash thingy."
DipStick I think you guys mean FalseGuide: http://thehackernews.com/2017/04/android-malware-playstore.html
allurbase Thanks, I think that was it.
Oh I get it... Well that's just rude!
It still fails to make sense that malware can get onto Linux... where's the explanation in that?
does this affect the iphone?????
bingdom I don't think this one does, bing.
MightyMouse ok thx
bingdom yw
serves em right... Androids need to be more secure
hagoromo yeah they do... if there is a vulnerability... someone will come along and find it eventually I'm sure
IndyPhone thanks... yeah it's getting odd that updates aren't coming to my phone anymore. :}
kchallenger You should have seen my first phone... a $40 phone... I ended up having over half of the space taken up by crap apps, and could only install at most 6 apps. Unbelievable!
Rykosuke yikes... sorry to hear that
Wow, thanks for the info guys
kchallenger it's okay bud
Seems the same cycle of viruses has been going on for the past 20 years... Oh when will it end...
nougatmagnet I know.. when? Ugh
nougatmagnet really? scary then... i don't think it'll stop... if real viruses never stop, then maybe digital ones just as bad or worse
hagoromo it happens, especially as phones get older, the support cycle ends


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Home > Patients & Visitors > Health Library > Ventilation Options for COPD
Mechanical ventilation means having a machine help you breathe. If you have COPD, you may need this treatment when your breathing problems suddenly get worse and stay worse. These breathing attacks are called COPD exacerbations or flare-ups.
This treatment is usually used until you are able to breathe better. In rare cases, it is used as long-term therapy in your home or a care facility.
There are two kinds of ventilation:
Noninvasive ventilation
The full name for this is noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation, sometimes shortened to NPPV. A machine pushes air into your lungs through a mask that covers your nose or your nose and mouth.
This treatment generally is recommended when you're having a very hard time breathing because of a COPD attack and sudden lung failure.footnote 1, footnote 2
Studies show that this treatment:footnote 1, footnote 2
But studies also show that people with only mild COPD attacks aren't helped by this treatment.footnote 1
It's not clear whether this treatment helps people with severe stable COPD. Studies have shown conflicting results. Some research shows a possible positive benefit. Other research shows no benefit.footnote 3 More study needs to be done.
People who have very low blood pressure, are not breathing on their own, and are not fully able to think and interact with caregivers are not considered good candidates for this treatment. For them, invasive mechanical ventilation is considered safer.
Invasive ventilation
In invasive mechanical ventilation, a breathing tube is inserted into your windpipe, and a machine forces air into your lungs.
Although this can save your life during a COPD attack, it doesn't always help. Consider talking with your doctor and your family ahead of time about what kind of treatment you want.
Consider that:
Keenan SP, et al. (2003). Which patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease benefit from noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation? Annals of Internal Medicine, 138: 861–870.
Ram FSF, et al. (2005). Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for treatment of respiratory failure due to exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2). Oxford: Update Software.
Wijkstra PJ, et al. (2005). Nocturnal non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for stable chronic obstructive disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2). Oxford: Update Software.
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Leggy Nicki Minaj + Kobe Bryant Cover ESPN's Music Issue [PHOTO]
ESPN magazine has put out its music issue and gracing the cover is none other than a leggy and platinum wig-wearing Nicki Minaj, who is draped against NBA superstar Kobe Bryant.
Her Minajesty is perched on an amp, wearing super cute, bow accessorized platforms and a huge smile, while a white blazer wearing Bryant is leaning against the same amp, as Minaj holds onto his shoulders.
If we didn't know any better, we'd think that they were the first couple of hip-hop.
Other artists and athletes are tagged on the cover, as well. But we are definitely curious as to why the mag chose Minaj to rep its music issue. She looks damn fine, though!
Well, whatever the case, Minaj and Bryant are a striking pair, even if just for a mag photo opp.


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Adrian Walls, Denbighshire County Council wrote:
The Highways Unit who are responsible for the maintenance of this Unclassified Road, not the Public Rights of Way Unit, have become concerned at a number of areas of structural damage to the road. These require repair and until they are completed any further use of the road by vehicles will not only lead to further damage of the road, increasing the cost of any repair, but it may impact on the safety of users and their vehicles. Since current funding to maintain roads is limited and fully committed in current road repair programme, the Council is unable to attend to the very costly repair that is required immediately and so has had no choice but to put in place a temporary prohibition on vehicular traffic until the road is fixed. Because of the nature of winter weather and financial budgets works to re-open the road may be unlikely to result in the way reopening until at the earliest next spring.
I hope this answers you enquiry. I am asking those responsible for providing the Sign to make sure the legal notices, that should have been put alongside this notice explaining the purpose of the sign, are in place.
Thank you for taking the time to contact the Council with your query
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AVEDA and ADELE WECHSLER ECO COUTURE PARTNER FOR GREEN WEDDING EVENTS
"Go Green, Why Knot!" event raises awareness for eco-conscious wedding planning and preparation
WHAT: Aveda and Adele Wechsler Eco Couture host regional eco-wedding bridal events.
WHY: Aveda and Adele Wechsler are partnering to co-host regional bridal events during the months of April, May and June at participating Aveda salons across the country. Brides-to-be and their guests will receive tips from Aveda experts on picture perfect wedding day makeup, fool-proof skin care regimes and the latest bridal hair trends. Attendees will also preview new gown designs by Adele Wechsler Eco Couture, and eco-wedding service providers will also be represented, from local green bakeries and caterers to florists, photographers and printers. Guests at each event will have a chance to win Aveda service or product packages, eco-vendor products, and one lucky bride will take home her very own Adele Wechsler veil or headpiece. In addition, brides may enter to win national grand prizes: an Adele Wechsler Eco Couture wedding gown, or a honeymoon vacation at the Hamanasi Adventure and Dive Resort, an eco-friendly destination hotel in Belize.
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As somebody who has only ever bought, I can attest there are some seriously dodgy sellers too.
Not a trader, more a friend of collectors and finder of 'rare' and beautiful piece's , sorry if I came across that way, I have been called 'tactless' many times :sun:cheers Chris
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Masterson's Rye is one of the latest rye whiskeys sourced from Canada. It's a 100% rye, which is tough as hell to distill. The distiller that makes this juice is said to be the same that produced Whistlepig and Jeffereson's Rye. The family resemblance among them is very apparent, but each of these whiskeys differ in the flavor delivery department.
Masterson's is sourced and then bottled by 35 Maple Street, a new spirits company based out of Sonoma, CA. The operation is a division of The Other Guys, a wine company with an ever growing portfolio of wine brands. Started by siblings, Mia and August Sebastiani (of the Sebastiani wine family), 35 Maple Street has plans to produce a gin, and have also put out a small batch bourbon recently (review coming soon).
Masterson's was named after Bat Masterson, who was an old west lawman. August Sebastiani says he was fascinated by the Wild West and thought the name was fitting for their first whiskey. I suppose the name is meant to conjure up images of the frontier and gun slingers, but that's all about the marketers. How does it taste?
Masterson's Rye Whiskey, 45% abv (90 proof), $70
Color: Deep Golden
Nose: Bright and floral rye grain, juniper, crushed green herbs (cilantro, dill, and spearmint), a touch of menthol and then the woody spice notes from clove and nutmeg. A bit of sour apple fruitiness tries to break through late in the nose, but the spice and grain chokes it out. This is not a particularly sweet nose. It's laden with crisp and clean spices.
Palate: Again – crisp and sharp as a razor blade. Brittle burned caramel provides restrained sweetness, quickly shattered by the onslaught of spices – mint, chili flake, vanilla, anise, and pine. The influence of the barrel adds dryness, accentuating the prickle and heat halfway through the sip. Spicy and beautiful stuff, but a shade one sided and requiring a bit more sweetness to balance things out.
Finish: Long waves of dry, spicy rye grain, some heat, and bitterness.
Overall: Masterson's rye is an excellent rye whiskey busting with character. It's bright and well spiced on the nose and palate. However, it falls short of its sibling, Whistlepig, which manages to bring similar layers of spice (albeit restrained slightly), but does so with more balance, sweetness, and depth of flavor. At virtually the same price, my pick would be Whistlepig, but Masterson's may be more appropriate for you if you like your rye's spicier, drier, and crisper.
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NCAA First Four Game Analysis – WednesdayPosted by rtmsf on March 16th, 2011
Last night went from 68 to 66 at the First Four in Dayton (we're 2-0!), and here's our analysis for tonight's two games.
#16 UT-San Antonio vs. #16 Alabama State – East Region First Round (at Dayton, OH) – 6:30 pm ET on truTV.
The UT-San Antonio Roadrunners finished just 9-7 in the Southland, but enter the NCAA Tournament winning six of their last seven games after pulling off an upset of favorite McNeese State in the final. UTSA boasts one of the best guards in the conference in Devin Gibson, a 17 PPG scorer who also ranks 30th in the nation in assist rate and lives at the free throw line. He's clearly the centerpiece of the Roadrunner attack and will be vital to contain if Alabama State hopes to pull off the upset. The SWAC champion ranks in the 300s in both points per game and offensive efficiency, but they do enter the tournament just as hot as their opponent, having won 11 of 12. The Hornets employ an incredible rotation of 13 players averaging double-digit minutes, the most effective weapon being senior forward Tramayne Moyer, a 12.5 PPG scorer who shoots 50% from the floor but only plays 21 minutes per contest. Alabama State does grab an astounding 37% of their misses. If UTSA just limits that strength, they should be in the clear to advance and take on Ohio State in Cleveland on Friday. UTSA shoots fairly well from both the three point and free throw line at 36% and 72%, respectively, while Alabama State is incredibly porous at defending both. Despite their hockey-line style substitution patterns, the Hornets simply don't have the firepower to down the Roadrunners.
The RTC Certified Pick: UT-San Antonio.
#11 USC vs. #11 VCU – Southwest Region First Round (at Dayton, OH) – 9 pm ET on truTV.
These two teams were undoubtedly surprised to not only see their names on the bracket released Sunday, but also as #11 seeds. USC and VCU — the battle of the acronyms — come into tonight's game on decidedly different paths. The Pac-10 Trojans came on strong in the second half of the season, winning seven on their last ten games including nice victories over conference leaders Arizona and Washington. They doing so through the play of the best power conference big man you've never heard of, Nikola Vucevic (17/10), and the steady guardplay of mid-season transfer Jio Fontan (4 APG, 1.6:1 ATO ratio). Head coach Kevin O'Neill has his team playing its typically sturdy defense, and they'll need it to counter the offensive talents of the Shaka Smart's quartet of double-figure scorers, Jamie Skeen (15 PPG), Bradford Burgess (14 PPG), Brandon Rozzell (11 PPG) and Joey Rodriguez (11 PPG). The matchup between Fontan and Rodriguez is particularly interesting because both players are the centerpieces of their respective offense, and while not big individual scorers, they make their systems run smoothly. The question is whether the VCU team that ran through the CAA Tournament to the finals before bowing out to Old Dominion will show up, or will it be the Ram team that lost four of five to close the regular season? It says here that with VCU's inability to defend the post or the perimeter very well, USC will advance on the back of Vucevic's talents inside and just enough support from his guards.
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I've been collecting French eggcorns (poteaux roses1) on my blog. Now via the referrer links I found a site which seems to have a page about eggcorns in Danish—if I read it correctly.
1 ... as I call them, i.e. "pink posts" or "pink poles", from a pun or non-standard form of the idiom "découvrir le pot aux roses". Mark Liberman explains it better than I've ever done in English.
[CW: This was not posted by me but by Gordon, who hit "report this post"—an button that is meant for offensive posts and spam—instead of "post reply". I'll see if I can move it to his user name.]
Even though Mark Liberman in his Language Log posting of July 22 http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/language … 02350.html correctly characterized /poteau roses/ as part of the
bq. French idiom /découvrir le pot aux roses/, literally "discover (or uncover) the rose pot", used to mean "to find out what's going on" or "to accidentally uncover a scandal". ...
I'd differ mildly with the idea that:
bq. ... the role of the rose pot in this idiom is fairly opaque … .
As Chris notes,
bq. TLF and the Robert Historique de la Langue Française agree that the original meaning was récipient contenant de l'essence de roses, i.e. a recipient for rose essence or perfume.
The authorities may choose to present the most delicate interpretation, but the idiomatic usage probably would be better but more loosely translated as a reference to—merde alors!—a "honey-bucket", which of course reeks other-wise. Prof. Liberman's citation of the French idiom's ultimate translation is accurate (of course!), but the idiom is simply an ironic opposite reference.
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Here's a link to a list I've started of eggcorns in Hebrew, for those of you who read the language:
I call them פטפוטי ביצים, pronounced "pit-poo-TEY bey-TZEEM". Spelled correctly, this phrase is an archaic synonym for "scrambled eggs", and is used in similar contexts to the English "hogwash". Spelled incorrectly, the phrase means "egg chatter" or possibly "bollocks chatter", which I think makes more sense, no?
gilibug, this is great! Now that I think of it, Hebrew, with its wild plenty of homophones, is probably the best breeding ground for eggcorns anywhere, at least until someone comes up with a Chinese eggcorn collection.
In Spanish there is a smaller number of sounds that can be confused, but people manage to confuse them quite a bit, considering. So we definitely need a word for this…
My literary-minded and highly intelligent South American husband suffers from what he calls "horrores de ortografía" ("spelling horrors", for "spelling errors" ... with the added meaning of "errors, only worse!"). I wonder if that would fit? I think a variation is "horrorgrafía" (for ortografía), but not sure if I am spelling that right. (jaja)
Not sure if I know any egg-corns in Spanish, but I can think of many examples of at least homophones causing confusion:
There are lots of words where LL/Y or B/V are substituted for each other, or silent H's are added or subtracted, sometimes producing different meanings in the process.
The other day he showed me a lot of confusions of "ballenato" (the young of a "ballena", or whale) with "Vallenato" ("born in the valley" ~ the name of a style of music). You will see both, and it's even used in jokes along the lines of "Q: What kind of music do the young whales listen to? A: Vallenato!"
I have seen in a newspaper "malla" (mesh or screening) written as "maya" (the culture). Did that ever confuse the student who was supposed to be translating it!
I want to think of more later… and maybe find some real Spanish-language eggcorns.
polyglots of the world, unite ~ we have nothing to lose but our accents!
I know just enough of Portuguese to be competent to spawn eggcorns unwittingly, but not to recognize them or search for them. But it is fun to see the lists that others have put together. There was a list of both malaprops and eggcorns collected by journalists, from São Paulo in 1995. A few of these are easy enough to understand that we can enjoy them too.
First, in Portuguese, the suprasumo of anything is its sine qua non, quintessence, non plus ultra, best of the best. It derives from supra- and sumo, the latter being related to our summit, so together it means "beyond the top". It is not unusual to be misconstrued as a super-heavyweight, or "super-sumo", as in "That guy is not exactly a super-sumo of analysis", or , of a politician, "He thought he was a super sumo".
Another I liked is the misconstrual of the word presuntuoso, as in "he's very presuntuoso" to describe someone who thinks a lot of himself and takes liberties. It looks like he's very presumptuous, wouldn't you think? Except that "presumptuous" should have been presunçoso. Presunto is ham, so presuntuoso is hammy.
Na franca decadência means "in steep decline"; na franga decadência would be "decadent as a young hen" or maybe "in pullet decay".
A holofote is a spotlight, as in "single light"; it is sometimes described as an olhoforte, or "strong eye".
Finally, a knife edge is a gume, from the same root as our acumen. A two-edged sword, or a knife that cuts both ways, is a "faca de dois gumes". You have a quite different image in mind if you think it's a "faca de dois legumes", or a two-vegetable knife. It is an arcane bit of biological trivia to know that a legume makes reference to the way the pea pod splits down both sides.
Incidentally, I've been forced temporarily to resort to the burred monica; my alto ego has become inaccessible in my home computer.


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text: If you turned 70½ last year, you have until April 1 to take your first required minimum distribution. By Kimberly Lankford, Contributing Editor March 12, 2013 I turned 70½ in 2012, but I didn't take the required minimum distribution from my IRA at the end of the year. Will I be assessed a penalty?SEE ALSO: Tax-Free Transfers From IRAs to Charities Still Allowed No. There's a special rule for the year you turn age 70½: You have until April 1 of the following year to make the first required withdrawal from your traditional IRAs, 401(k)s, 403(b)s and other retirement plans (you may not need to take RMDs from an employer plan if you're still working in that job, and Roth IRAs have no RMDs). After that, you generally have until December 31 of each year to take your required minimum distributions. Many people take advantage of this first-year extension. As of December 31, 2012, 42% of Fidelity's IRA customers who turned 70½ in 2012 had not yet taken their full RMD. But if you forget to take the required withdrawal by April 1, you could owe a penalty: up to 50% of the amount you should have taken but didn't. Advertisement To calculate your 2012 RMD, take your account balance as of December 31, 2011, and divide it by your life expectancy number in the appendix to IRS Publication 590 (most people should use Table III, the Uniform Lifetime table, unless your sole beneficiary is your spouse and he or she is more than ten years younger than you). Or you can use our RMD calculator. Your IRA plan administrator will usually help you with the calculations. Fidelity, for example, has a special RMD resource page. You'll have to do the whole thing again by December 31, 2013, for your age 71 RMD, then take your RMD by December 31 of every year after that. For more information about taking your RMD, see Answers to Questions About Required IRA Distributions and Easy Ways to Calculate Required Minimum Distributions. Got a question? Ask Kim at email@example.com. Show comments


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As wonderful as the Simpsons are, I never anticipated they'd be having such a street fashion moment. If you're a Simpsons fan, now's the time to stock up, because the internet is currently brimming with unique and affordable designs.
As a kid I watched The Simpsons religiously, collected the kid's meal toys, and this year I rediscovered the comics (along with my other love, Betty & Veronica), so I was happy to rep my Springfield fandom and add a bit of much-needed color to my wardrobe.


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All types of meetings, business lunches, gala dinners, lectures … we organize all kinds of events, which can be spiced up with outstanding cuisine and excellent offer for receptions, according to your wishes. We offer more than 3.000 m2 of multifunctional halls and salons, where you and your guests will feel great. We organize over 700 events yearly. Let us organize one for you, too!
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The Grand Hotel Union offers 21 halls and salons that radiate elegance and a century old tradition. Especially popular are the White Hall and the Union Hall, which has long been famous for its balls, weddings and special events. We will be pleased to plan, advise, organize and hold the event for you so you can simply enjoy your big day and close it in the wedding suite.
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UMIP is an open source implementation of Mobile IPv6 and NEMO Basic Support for Linux. It is released under the GPLv2 license. It supports the following IETF RFC: RFC6275 (Mobile IPv6), RFC3963 (NEMO), RFC3776 and RFC4877 (IPsec and IKEv2).
Latest news on UMIP (you can get the complete history here):
- 2017/02/01: After some time of
unavailibility, the UMIP.org source repository have been restored.
UMIP.org hosting has been moved to a new server. Some utilities may not have
been restored yet, any suggestions and remarks are welcomed, please contact
us at contact(at)umip.org.
The git repository is now available at git.umip.org.
The apt repository is not available.
- 2013/12/30: OAI PMIPv6 has been ported to UMIP 1.0, and is now avsailable from UMIP.org. See the contribution page here.
- 2013/05/01: UMIP debian packages are now available via our Debian package repository.
- 2013/04/23: An MCoA and DSMIPv6 implementation has been contributed by Toyota InfoTechnology Center, USA, Inc. See the contribution page here.
- 2013/04/23: UMIP is tested on nighlty builds of the net-next kernel and results are available on this webpage (courtesy to Hajime Tazaki). This can help you to decide whether it is safe to run UMIP on net-next kernel.
- 2013/03/27: TAHI conformance test results for UMIP 1.0 are available here.
- 2013/03/22: UMIP has been tagged to version 1.0. UMIP now runs fine on 3.8.2 kernels (and higher) and passes the TAHI tests with flying colors! Debian packages and TAHI test results will be setup soon. Documentation has been updated accordingly.
Debian packages
Debian packages are available for UMIP. Check our Debian repository page for more information.
Source code
Our source code is maintained usit git and is available here. The currently maintained repositories are:
- umip.git: the core UMIP repository which contains the latest stable code. This code is regularly tested against the TAHI conformance test suite for Mobile IPv6: you can see the test results here.
- patches.git: a set of experimental patches that can be applied against the umip.git repository. These patches may find their way in the umip.git repository in the future once they have proven to be stable.
- debian.git: a repository that contains all the necessary files to build custom Debian packages.
Other (currently unmaintained) repositories are:
- racoon/patches.git: a set of patches for racoon to work with UMIP.
- racoon/debian.git: a repository that contains the files to build the racoon Debian packages.
- migrate2_kernel_patches.git: a set of kernel patches for MIGRATEv2 support.
The documentation section below provides all the necessary resources to use these repositories.
A number of features (PMIPv6, MCoA, DSMIPv6, FMIPv6) have also been contributed to UMIP but not yet integrated to our repositories. See our contribution page for more information and resources about these contributions.
We actively look for contributors. In case you are interested to participate UMIP maintainancy, feel free to subscribe to the users(at)umip.org mailing list or to contact us at contact(at)umip.org.
All the necessary documentations to use our source repositories, install and configure UMIP, or setup your own TAHI unit tests, are available on our documentation page.
You can get support by subscribing to the users(at)umip.org mailing list. Feel free to describe your problems, report bugs or send patches on this mailing list. You can check the archives of this ML here.
The code available on UMIP.org is based on the original UMIP 0.4 release from the USAGI website. Compared to UMIP 0.4, the releases proposed on UMIP.org integrates the NEMO Basic Support protocol, support for recent kernels, new features, bugfixes and code simplifications.


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After putting her three children though school in Queens, she decided it was time to further her own education and enrolled in school for the first time at Metropolitan Learning Institute (MLI) in Rego Park to strengthen her computer skills and become more marketable to employers.
During the 15-month program, Elshatanofy studied medical billing, criminology, business collaboration and took several courses in accounting.
"Because we are from a different country, nobody really helped us. It was just me and my husband," she said. "This is supposed to be the future for our kids, so that is why I focused on them first."
At a graduation ceremony last Wednesday at the Jewish Center at 97-30 Queens Blvd., Elshatanofy joined nearly 50 of her fellow graduates in receiving her diploma.
"I started the program and I love it," she said. "I enjoyed everything about it. I went to high school and then I came here to further my education even more."
In the final weeks of the program, Elshatanofy and her peers at MLI went to a job fair where she landed a position with Aflac.
Shakila Hamidi, a representative of MLI, said the program is an ideal opportunity for adults with a tight schedule who wants to master the English language and get a job in a highly competitive city.
"We have morning and evening programs for low income and people who are not working," Hamidi said of the program. "We have English and computer courses, especially for adults that are coming from a different country."
A majority of the graduating students from the Rego Park campus are from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Spain, China and Russia, according to Hamidi. And like Elshatanofy, many of them are also women and stay-at-home moms.
"A majority of these students are women and I'm so glad for them," she said.
Keynote speaker Dr. Ghassan Elcheikhali, a professor at the Razi School at 55-11 Queens Blvd. in Woodside, congratulated the students on their hard work and completing the program.
"It provides the opportunity for the families and the individuals that they think they have the power and the will to change their lives," Elcheikhali said.
Before the students received their diplomas and moved on to the next phase of their lives, Elcheikhali reminded them of the significance of furthering their education.
"This is part of the long process that will continue throughout our lives," he said.


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Dated Methods Mean Slow Return For Fallen Soldiers — Or None At All
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.
Eighty-three thousand American service members who died in wars overseas are still missing. The Pentagon believes the remains of about half are recoverable. It spends more than $100 million a year trying to find them. But a joint investigation by NPR and the independent news organization ProPublica, has found that the agencies tasked with the job are inefficient and their methods are outdated. In fact, the relatives of some of these lost Americans feel they have to do the work themselves.
NPR's Kelly McEvers has the story of one family's quest to find their World War II soldier and bring him home.
KELLY MCEVERS, BYLINE: The soldier's name was Arthur Kelder, known to his family as Bud. He was a good-looking kid who grew up in Chicago. As the family tells it, Bud enlisted in 1941, figuring he'd served his time then come home and work at the family's fruit and vegetable stand. Bud was stationed in a hospital in Manila. Then in December 1941, the Japanese attacked the U.S. in Pearl Harbor and the Philippines. Bud and thousands of other soldiers were ordered to fall back to a place called Bataan. I went there to try to retrace his steps.
So here we are at the edge of the Bataan Peninsula. In April 1942, more than 10,000 American soldiers and more than 60,000 Filipino soldiers were stationed here. And on April 9th, they surrendered to Japanese forces. And so began the Bataan Death March. The Japanese ordered U.S. and Filipino soldiers to walk, at gunpoint, with little food and water for 65 miles. In four days, about 800 Americans and 10,000 Filipinos died, died of starvation, disease or were killed.
Two days into the march, Bud Kelder was ordered to be a driver for the Japanese. The final entry in his Army file is from a POW camp in the Philippines. I went there, too.
We are now at the site of the Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp. So, in late May 1942 or early June, Bud Kelder was sent here. The site is now a monument. All that's left of the original camp is the face of a water tower. So, Bud Kelder was here for several months. And then, all we know is that on November 19th, according to a handwritten note in his file, he died of a disease called pellagra which is a niacin deficiency.
My guide to these sites is retired airman Dave Metherall. He lives in the Philippines and researches war history. I asked him how many people died at the camp.
DAVE METHERALL: Over 3,000 people died here. They day went for a burial from noon to noon. That's everybody who died noon on one day till noon the next were all buried in a single grave.
MCEVERS: This is the problem: Because so many soldiers were buried together, it wasn't clear years later who was whom. U.S. Army Rangers famously liberated Cabanatuan in 1945. Several hundred POWs were still alive. But for the thousands who died, all the Army had was burial rosters, lists of men who'd been placed in each grave. Bud was one of 14 men buried in grave 717, says John Eakin one of Bud's cousins.
JOHN EAKIN: When they opened grave 717, one of the sets of remains had a dog tag. He was immediately identified. The next three, they eventually identified them and returned them to their families.
MCEVERS: That's because those men had dental records on file that could be matched with their actual teeth. The other 10 men in that grave, including Bud, were labeled unknowns. The Army created an X file for each soldier, X for an unknown. And then they were reburied in the Philippines, eventually in a U.S. military cemetery.
John Eakin knows all this because for years he's done his own research, sent freedom of information requests and scoured through the files to try to figure out where Bud is. Eakin knows how to do this work. He makes a living analyzing government aviation data.
EAKIN: I found this in the Army's Individual Deceased Personnel records. It's written by Bud's father. It's written to the quartermaster general. And he says: Can you give me any information regarding his remains? We would be thankful to have his remains at home.
MCEVERS: That letter was dated 1949. More than six decades later, John Eakin is working to honor Bud's parents' wishes and bring Bud's remains home. To do that he needed to figure out which of those 10 soldiers from that group grave was Bud. He needed some detail that would set Bud apart from the others. Then one day, four years ago, he got it. Bud's family gave him an audiotape of Bud's brother recording himself and his memories.
It's a little hard to hear. The brother is talking about setting up a dental practice and about doing work on Bud's teeth.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Before I got so busy I took and put in some gold inlays in his mouth, where he had some silver fillings...
MCEVERS: I put some gold inlays in his mouth, the brother says. He's talking about Bud. John Eakin went to work. He requested the X files for all 10 men in Bud's grave. In them, were descriptions of their teeth when their bodies were found.
EAKIN: They all had dental charts in them. And only one of them, X816, showed any gold inlays on the dental charts. Seemed like a slam dunk to me.
MCEVERS: X816, Eakin believes, is Bud Kelder. But he can't go dig them up himself. Bud is buried in a U.S. military grave, only the U.S. government can dig him up. So, two years ago, Eakin met representatives from the three top federal agencies tasked with finding, identifying and returning the remains of soldiers from past wars. Eakin presented what he found about Bud and asked them to dig him up, identify him with DNA and bring him home.
The answer from a deputy commander at the lead agency, the joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, known as JPAC...
EAKIN: He told me that he was the decision-maker for all those agencies. And it was his decision that they were not going to pursue the investigation of Bud Kelder's case.
MCEVERS: In our investigation with ProPublica, it's a phrase we heard over and over from families: JPAC won't take my case. Or, if they do, they're going too slowly. In fact, our reporting found that while JPAC and its sister agencies spent more than $100 million every year, they make about 72 IDs a year on average, even though Congress has mandated they ID 200 each year by 2015. One reason we found it to be so slow, JPAC uses an outdated scientific method, not the DNA-led method used by most missing persons' labs worldwide. Add to that a crippling bureaucracy that slows cases down, plus scientists who are so risk-averse they'd rather leave people in the ground than make a false ID.
JPAC won't comment specifically on Bud Kelder's case. But officials there did tell us the standard to disinter serviceman who've already been buried and test them for DNA is very high. In other words, they don't want to dig someone up unless they're confident who it is.
JPAC lab director Tom Holland told us he only approves about four percent of the requests to disinter.
TOM HOLLAND: Our credibility is only as good as our last misidentification. It doesn't matter that I've identified 500 people correctly. If I misidentify one that's what's going to be the focus. That's what's going to be on the news. That's what is going to erode the credibility. So that's what I go home with every night.
MCEVERS: Court documents show JPAC also believes Bud Kelder's files are not as clear-cut as John Eakin thinks, and that his bones might be co-mingled with the bones of other soldiers. But a memo leaked to NPR and ProPublica showed at least one JPAC scientist thought there was enough evidence to dig up Bud and the other men from his group grave and test their DNA against their family's DNA. Yet somehow along the way, the case was dropped.
I asked John Eakin what's happened in Bud's case since his meeting with JPAC two years ago.
EAKIN: Nothing.
EAKIN: We really haven't progressed much from there.
MCEVERS: John Eakin has sued JPAC and the other agencies, asking them to reopen Bud Kelder's file. The case is still in federal court.
Bud is still in the Philippines buried in a cemetery in the capital, Manila, that's maintained by the U.S. I went there to see that cemetery. Like the gravestones of so many unknown soldiers, the gravestone where they think Bud is buried has no name. All it says on the cross is: Here rests in honored glory a comrade in arms known but to God.
By John's calculations, this exact grave where I'm standing, grave number A-12-195, is where Bud Kelder is buried. Now, whether or not he's exactly right, at the very least, he says, the accounting agencies in the federal government should check and see if he's right, should disinter this grave, check it against the family's DNA and see.
Thousands of miles away, Bud Kelder's first cousin takes me to the cemetery where the family wants Bud to be buried. Ron Kelder shows me a mausoleum in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago.
We're standing here at this mausoleum looking where the family wants Bud to be, yeah?
RON KELDER: Yeah.
MCEVERS: And there are people who would say, look. He had an honorable burial. He's in a wonderful, beautiful cemetery in the Philippines. What would you say to that?
KELDER: What I would say to that is that Bud lived through hell. Of his 26 years of life, the last seven months was sheer hell. That's not where Bud would want to be. Our government has a policy of returning everybody, leave nobody behind. I think they should honor it. I think we should do no less.
MCEVERS: Kelly McEvers, NPR News.
CORNISH: Tomorrow, we'll visit the agency tasked with recovering and identifying fallen servicemen, and hear why critics say the policy of leave no one behind has gone wrong. This investigation was reported in partnership with the independent news agency ProPublica. For a link to their report, go to our website: npr.org.
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Online voting has just closed with the organizers of the awards having encouraged both trade and consumers to submit votes in order to determine those companies and organizations who excel in travel, tourism and hospitality in the Africa region.
According to the organizers" Awards are to find the leading companies and organizations across different categories including "Leading Airline", "Leading Tourist Board", "Leading Destination", "Leading Boutique Hotel Brand", "Leading Golf Resort", "Leading Business Hotel" and "Leading Safari Company" and "Leading Safari Lodge" and many others.
World Travel Awards is celebrating a landmark 20th year as the Oscars of the Travel Industry. In the Africa region, travel, tourism and hospitality companies from 31 countries will compete for the prestigious top accolades culminating in a glittering Gala Presentation Ceremony in Kenya fully endorsed by the Kenya Tourism Board.
Besides Kidepo, other African parks nominated for the awards include: Central Kalahari Game reserve in Botswana, Etosha National Park, Namibia, and Kruger National Park in South Africa, Masai Mara National Reserve-Kenya, National Park-Rwanda and National Park Tanzania
World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.


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Eurocopter has extended contracts with two Abu Dhabi-based companies to continue providing product support for operations in the Middle East. The agreements with Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) and Falcon Aviation Services (FAS) were signed at the Dubai Airshow.
The manufacturer re-upped its customer support services contract with GAL "to further strengthen Eurocopter's profile in the United Arab Emirates and enhance the company's capability to served the UAE Armed Forces," according to a statement. GAL supplies aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services in the Middle East, and provides daily operational and intermediate aviation maintenance for Eurocopter helicopters flown by the UAE's Joint Aviation Command, to include spare parts, repairs, training and technical publications.
Created in 2006, FAS operates a fleet of helicopters for missions ranging from offshore to charter and aerial photography. It also has a service center at Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi, providing maintenance for its own aircraft as well as third-party MRO.
Eurocopter displayed the EC175 at the show, along with the EC145 T2. Olivier Lambert, Eurocopter's senior vice-president for sales and customer relations, said that the company's "strategy of innovation" has been applied to Eurocopter helicopters "specifically tailored to the Middle East region's demanding operating requirements."


text: This post was written by Maureen Maryanski, Reference Librarian for Printed Collections. One of the best known American photographers of the early 20th century, Arnold Genthe (1869-1942) taught himself photography, experimenting with focus, retouching, and color processes along the way. Trained as an academic in his native Germany, it wasn't until he moved to San…Read More


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September 14, 2001
Los Angeles — The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have taken an horrific human toll, but they will have little impact on the national economy, which was already reeling from the burst of the technology bubble and headed toward a recession, according to economic forecasters for UCLA Anderson.
In a report published today on the UCLA Anderson Forecast Web site at http://forecast.anderson.ucla.edu, economists Edward E. Leamer and Christopher Thornberg argue that history suggests that these terrorist attacks will have only brief and limited economic consequences for the United States overall. Historically, natural disasters with comparable damages have not pushed any of the U.S. states into recession. Neither have previous declarations of war.
Leamer is director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast and an economics professor at UCLA Anderson, and Thornberg is a senior economist with the forecast.
While the sheer scope of the New York bombings far exceeds any previous terrorist attack, nature has provided many tests of economic resilience with calamities of such magnitude, according to the economists. Such tests were the Northridge earthquake, Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Floyd. A full recovery of Gross State Product after each of these catastrophes took only a single quarter.
Leamer and Thornberg further argue that the business cycle is not driven by a social-psychological malaise among consumers. Neither the University of Michigan nor the Conference Board's measures of consumer confidence help to predict an oncoming recession.
"After all, for more than six months consumers have been expressing a lack of confidence to these poll takers, but they are saying something else with their pocketbooks as they continue to buy cars and homes," the economists write.
It has been widely reported in the press that the 1990-1991 recession was induced by a drop in consumer confidence brought about by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent Gulf War.
Not so, argue these economists. They contend that the recession was caused by a spike in crude oil prices and uncertainty about supplies from the Middle East, which together produced the appropriate rational reaction- postponement of business investment and consumer durable purchases until the uncertainty could be relieved.
Leamer and Thornberg maintain that the current recession resulted from "very disappointing profits that have come from the extraordinarily high level of IT investments made during the Internet Rush from 1996 to 2000."
As indicated in their September quarterly forecast, released Wednesday, they say "slow or negative growth will be with us until businesses can figure out how to squeeze reasonable levels of profits from IT investments, or until the excess IT capacity is eliminated by depreciation and technological obsolescence."
Finally, Leamer and Thornberg caution that a sharp but uncertain increase in the cost of doing business, such as a doubling of crude oil prices, can cause a recession. Since business travel is essential to making and closing deals, "we need to ensure that new airport security measures do not cause the same economic costs as the doubling of crude oil prices."
To view the complete report, please visit http://forecast.anderson.ucla.edu.