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http://prosandcons.us/?p=4196 PROJECT 2996 (2006)
9/11 Tribute: Pablo Ortiz
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As part of the 2,996 Project it is my pleasure and honor to pay tribute to Pablo Ortiz, a true American hero. This man's life has humbled and inspired me. I hope it does the same for you. Always remember, never forget 9/11.
Mr. Ortiz was a second-generation immigrant from Puerto Rico. He left his hardscrabble childhood in a tough section of New York for the Navy, becoming a Navy Seal and serving in Vietnam. Although suffering flashbacks for the rest of his life, Mr. Ortiz was proud of his service. Those who know him describe a conscientious man who demanded things be done right, especially from himself. These traits made him an outstanding Superintendant of Construction for the Port Authority of New York.
At least 50 people stuck on the 88th and 89th floors of the north tower were able to walk out of the building because Mr. De Martini, Mr. Ortiz and others tore away rubble, broke down doors and answered calls for help. Everyone above the 91st floor died.
In the most essential ways, these men, employees of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, pushed back the boundary line between life and death in favor of the living. Both Mr. De Martini and Mr. Ortiz, who continued to help other trapped people, died in the building.
Edna Ortiz remembers her husband as a very human man. ''I'm very proud of what he did.'' she says. ''But I wish he had come home.''
Mr Ortiz divorced five years ago (199 after a 16-year marriage to Maureen Foo-Van Natten, a secretary for Community Hospice. Their two children, Justina 19 and 12-year-old JaShingiz (ages as of 2003), live with their mother in Schenectady.
The headstone has an etched cross and reads: "Pablo Ortiz. Father. Hero. Always in our hearts. 1/25/52 - 9/11/01."
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He was a corporate cowboy. Gary Bird worked in risk management, but his great joy was riding horses. He was practically born in the saddle. His mother was riding horses when she was eight months pregnant with him, until her doctor stopped her.
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Gary Bird had just been promoted to Vice President at Marsh Inc, was on the 99th floor, Tower 2, WTC attending a meeting on his 2nd day as VP.
He is survived by his wife Donna, daughter Amanda, and son Andrew.
I guess to really honor him, we should go ride a horse.
Please visit the other 2996 Bloggers more...
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Project 2996 - Please help keep the memories of the victims of 9/11 alive - goto Project2996.wordpress.com and volunteer to honor one.
I will be honoring Gary Bird.
Project Valour-IT - I'm a member of Team Navy.
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August 10, 2009
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Date: Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:53 PM
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May 28, 2009
I found that I like Twitter more than blogging.
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May 08, 2009
2pm Pacific on a Friday
Which is
5pm Eastern Time on a Friday
10/11 pm in Europe on a Friday
11am in Hawaii on a Friday
6am in Australia on a Saturday
5am in Japan on a Saturday
Scheduling a 'downtime' for a global service is difficult, but I doubt if most of Twitter's user are in Central Asia.
Of course, the one hour downtime is really several hours of downtime for most users. Because everybody is logging back into Twitter.
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It Is Time For A Tea Party!
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April 23, 2009
She is under attack because the leftist cannot allow any statement they consider to be not 'politically correct' to be heard.
The leftist attack all conservative speakers, because they have no arguments only brute force to impose their dogma.
This is Carrie's exact words:
The young lady stated her opinion.
She did not insult or attack those who disagree with her.
But the leftist/politically correct thugs, do not want to hear any speech they do not agree with.
It is disgusing that the left preaches tolerance but practices intolerance.
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April 18, 2009
Capt Richard Phillips
M/V Maersk Alabama
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April 12, 2009
The first two questioners were sick.
Reuters asked for more details, the Admiral can not give them, at this time.
OK fine
The follow up question: What action was taken that led to the deaths of the 3 pirates? The tone of the question implies that the US Navy wrongfully killed those poor pirates.
Reuters is not an American agency, so naturally, they root for the pirates.
But NPR (National Public Radio) is funded by the US Government, my tax dollars pay the salary of Tom Bowman, the NPR reporter.
NPR: There was one pirate on the Bainbridge, what was he saying?
US Navy: Can not disclose that at this time.
NPR: How did the On Scene Commander know Capt Phillips' life was in danger?
US Navy: The pirates were pointing an AK-47 and a couple of handguns at him.
NPR: Was this the first time that had happened? How did this escalate?
Both Reuters and NPR were implying that the US Navy wrongfully shot those terrorists/pirates/criminals.
Why do reporters work so hard to protect terrorists/pirates?
Why do news agencies support the murderers?
Why does NPR, which is funded by the US Government, want to accuse the US Navy of murder?
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Captain Phillips, of the Maersk Alabama, is free.
from CNN.com
Bainbridge has dealt with the pirates.
The first mission of the US Navy, the very reason, President Jefferson formed the US Navy, was to defeat Moslem Piracy. Commodore Bainbridge commanded that first task force.
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April 08, 2009
UPDATE: The Captain of the Maersk Alabama is still a hostage onboard his ship. The crew has control of the ship and are holding one pirate. The US Navy ships are enroute (but where 300 NM away at the time of the attack).
according to the BBC:
The Associated Press quoted a defence official as saying: "The crew is back in control of the ship.
"It's reported that one pirate is on board under crew control - the other three were trying to flee."
Reports suggest the other three pirates jumped overboard."Lesson for pirates,
Don't Mess With Alabama.
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March 30, 2009
The North Koreans successfully launched their missile/satellite.
Japan and the USA sat back and watched the show.
Gates: U.S. Not Prepared to Respond to North Korea Missile Launch.
I hope that Adm. Keating has not been handcuffed.
The United States can do nothing to stop North Korea from breaking international law in the next 10 days by firing a missile that is unlikely to be shot down by the U.S. or its allies, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
Appearing on "FOX News Sunday," Gates said North Korea "probably will" fire the missile, prompting host Chris Wallace to ask: "And there's nothing we can do about it?"
"No," Gates answered, adding, "I would say we're not prepared to do anything about it."
Last week, Admiral Timothy Keating, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, said the U.S. is "fully prepared" to shoot down the missile. But Gates said such a response is unlikely.
"I think if we had an aberrant missile, one that was headed for Hawaii, that looked like it was headed for Hawaii or something like that, we might consider it," Gates said. "But I don't think we have any plans to do anything like that at this point."
I hope that Adm. Keating can still protect America and our ally, Japan.
And if Adm. Keating has been handcuffed, I hope he will still issue the order to protect America and our ally, Japan.
I would stand on his side at his Courts Martial.
Granted, this is a delicate situation. But the UN has limited North Korea,
but BO is not asking the UN Security Council for permission to act,
and BO appears to be spineless and does not want to act.
But to allow innocent civilians to die, whether in Japan, Alaska, or Hawaii,
when we have the means to prevent it,
is stupidity.
To allow them to die, because you do not want to acknowledge that the Ballistic Missile Defense system of the US Navy works,
is murder.
To encourage these deaths, by announcing we are not prepared (a lie),
is pre-mediated murder.
To want an incident that triggers a war,
is mass-murder.
Yes, BO is like FDR.
FDR did not go all out to protect Pearl Harbor, FDR needed that attack to enter the war, a war he knew the US had to enter.
BO is retreating from all combat, BO is surrendering.
Why does BO want to surrender to North Korea?
To allow the death of innocent civilians, in order to surrender to a third rate nation,
is treason.
Adm. Keating has a difficult decision;
and stands down the fleet,
and take the blame for allowing civilians to die.
(if people die)
does he protect the innocent
and allow the fleet to shoot the missile down,
and take the blame for resulting international incident.
(if the missile is downed by the US Navy)
Choose Wisely
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I recently came across some bizarre yet interesting reading from a study carried out at end of last year which looked at geographical differences in mortality. The study looked at how mortality varied by postcode.
The study highlights the worst, or "shortest lived", towns, and the best or "longest lived" towns. The differences are such that some of the shortest lived towns should probably carry a Government health warning!
The study, carried out by Towers Watson ranked localities across the UK. A score of ten, the UK average, means that actuaries expect ten in every thousand males aged 65 to die in the next 12 months. The higher the score, the more deaths expected. The study showed that the ten 'shortest-lived' towns are as follows:-
|Mortality Rating
|Kilbirnie, Ayrshire
|Bootle, Merseyside
|Lochgelly, Fife
|Kyle, Ross-shire
|Queenborough, Kent
|Arisaig, Inverness-shire
|Castlederg, Co Tyrone
|Cumnock, Ayrshire
|Mayport, Cumbria
|Sanquar, Dumfriesshire
Kilbirnie, the least healthy place in the UK to live, has a mortality rating of 15.4%. Its population of approximately 8,000 people are served by no fewer than 3 firms of Funeral Directors!! This means that there are more firms of Funeral Directors than Banks or Grocery Stores in the town. Sorry to break this news to you, Kilbirnie residents!
What this means is that a 65 year old Kilbirnie male will live on average a further 17 years – 3 years fewer than the national average and 8 years fewer than people in postcode areas identified as the longest-lived postcodes; or to put it another way a male aged 65 living in Kilbirnie is more than twice as likely to die within the next 12 months than a person living in one of the healthier towns. Grim?
At the other end of the spectrum, the ten 'longest-lived' towns are as follows:-
|Mortality Rating
|Montacute, Somerset
|Brockenhurst, Hampshire
|Aldeburgh, Suffolk
|Church Stretton, Shropshire
|Colyton, Devon
|Lyme Regis, Dorset
|Lymington, Hampshire
|Budleigh Salterton, Devon
|Hinton St George, Somerset
|Verwood, Dorset
If you take Montactute as an example, a male aged 65 can expect to live 25 more years! As unbelievable as it may seem, residents have been known to live in the town to a grand old age of 106! Whether this is a good thing or not, is a question for the residents of Montacute.
Obviously Kilbirnie, the place itself, is not the cause of these excess deaths. It's clear that there are other factors which such as the populations general health & wellbeing, lifestyle, diet, perhaps education, occupation (stress) and wealth/poverty but to name a few.
Equally, there is nothing magical about a certain postcode that ensures longer life. However, the Mortality Map, does show a clear North-South split with people in Scotland and the industrial North East and North West of England tending to be shorter-lived, whereas people in East Anglia, the South East and South West, with exception of Cornwall, generally living longer.
Research suggests that mortality is linked to socio-economic factors rather than geography – the old industrial heartlands having a higher proportion of the population in "lower" socio-economic groups.
However the significance to individuals is that many pension providers, notably L&G, Aviva and Prudential, take into account postcode location when pricing annuities.
Therefore if you are a resident of Montacute looking to purchase an annuity you are going to get a much poorer deal than the average because of your postcode. Perhaps it's time to check out a move to Kilbirnie in search of a better annuity rate!

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State Audit: Public Company's Dollars Used For "Excessive" Spending
JEFFERSON CITY - A state audit of Missouri Employers Mutual claimed Monday the public insurance company spent money "excessively" for six-figure executive salaries, trips to Hawaii and thousands of dollars in Democratic campaign contributions.
Pointing to MEM's approval process by Gov. Jay Nixon for board members, the audit claimed the worker's compensation company acts as a public agency and thus spends recklessly. The audit further expands on that idea, claiming the spending gives MEM an advantage over other insurance companies. State auditor Tom Schweich, a Republican, said the company's expenditures would be questionable even for a private corporation, a sentiment MEM CEO Jim Owen wholeheartedly disagreed with.
"That is very surprising [for Schweich to say that], because like you said, this is the first insurance company the state auditor has ever audited," Owen said. "And [Schweich] admitted that it was unique for the state auditor to ever be in an insurance company. That's highly questionable."
How MEM Spends Money
According to the audit, salaries of top executives at MEM average around $250,000 annually. The company spent more than $300,000 on a vacation to Hawaii in February 2010 called the "President's Trip," aimed to reward top performers in the company. Among thousands of dollars in other expenditures included trips to St. Louis Cardinals games ($17,000) and MU sporting events ($77,000).
Owen, who described his company as an independent public corporation and not a state agency, defended high salaries and expenditures on vacations and sporting event tickets. He said they are simply used for business purposes to compete in the insurance market. He also said his company has remained in the 50th percentile for expenditures compared to other corporations in the market, with the exception of one year. In 2007, Owen said MEM ranked in the 90th percentile for expenditures, but he explained that spending as a reaction to a strong revenue year.
"The figures [Schweich] used were comparing us to a state agency. And that's where we differ. Our compensation is based on comparisons with private insurance companies," Owen said. "We are an independent company set up to compete with private insurance companies."
After Schweich accused MEM's spending as "unreasonable" even if it were a private company, he told KOMU he did not actually compare MEM to any other private corporations.
"We have enough experience to know the answer to that question," Schweich said.
Owen said he would ask Missouri's Democratic party to return his company's campaign contributions. He then said he would not comment further due to an investigation by the FBI.
Approval vs. Appointment
With regards to the approval process, Owen said Nixon has almost no role in the appointments of board members. He said Nixon simply signs off on candidates voted on by policyholders. Thus, according to Owen, MEM is an independent public company with the ability to spend money to keep up with competitors, rather than a public agency responsible to the state.
Schweich said it is the General Assembly's job to determine whether or not the approval process violates state law. He said the auditor's office does not take an official position on the matter. However, according to Schweich's actual report, "this practice and MEM bylaws conflict with" state law.
When KOMU asked Schweich to explain whether the word "conflict" meant the process violated the law, he said it was a matter of semantics.
"Well, there's two different words," Schweich said. "There's no doubt about that."
The Next Step
Schweich deferred to the General Assembly several times Monday, claiming the legislature must now act to determine whether MEM is a public agency. Sen. Jim Lembke (R-St. Louis) has already introduced a bill to privatize MEM, a move Owen said his company would stand against.
The bill would require MEM to establish a private "successor" company by January 2014, and it would erase the prior legislation which created the company in 1993. Currently, under that law, MEM does not pay federal taxes and did not need to report expenditures.
Schweich's office struck a deal with MEM for a one-time audit, though. An MEM spokesperson said the company had already conducted internal audits. Now that he has announced the results, Schweich said the situation is out of his hands.
"Really, this is an issue that has to be resolved by the General Assembly. Should MEM maintain its tax-exempt status? That's a policy question," Schweich said.


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As over 12,000 prisoners continue their hunger strike at prisons across California, supporters gear up for a state-wide rally at the 'maximum security' Corcoran State Prison Saturday to stand with those on the inside who are putting their bodies on the line.
Prisoners at two thirds of California's 33 prisons are going without food to demand an end to the 'state-sanctioned torture' that plagues the California prison system, including long-term solitary confinement spanning decades.
"This moment is historic in the ability of comunities inside prison to work with communities outside of prison towards common goals," Isaac Ontiveros of the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition—which includes scores of prisoner advocacy and prison abolition groups, loved ones, and civil rights lawyers—told Common Dreams.
"[The mobilization] is really profound. It pushes forward the spirit of humanity prisons are meant to crush and opens a wide range of possibilities in which winning the demands of hunger strikers is something we can do together," he adds.
Organizers with the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition—which formed in collaboration with California state prisoners during the 2011 hunger strikes—expect supporters from across the state to converge at the Saturday solidarity protest that is open to anyone who wishes to show support for the hunger strikers.
This mobilization is part of an outpouring of public support for the over 12,000 prisoners nearing the end of their first week without food, with a thousand also on a prison work and school strike. Supporters have also signed pledges of support, circulated petitions, levied pressure on California governor Jerry Brown and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and organized solidarity events across the United States, pressure that organizers say is crucial for victory on the inside.
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Yet corrections authorities on the inside are threatening retaliation against the hunger strikers, including destructive cell searches, mental health evaluations, and more harsh solitary confinement measures for those who go without food, the LA Times reports.
The hunger strike, which launched July 8 in Pelican Bay State Prison, is the third major prisoner hunger strike in the state since 2011. In addition to demanding an end to solitary confinement, prisoners are calling for a halt to collective punishments, harsh crackdowns under the auspices of 'stopping gang activies,' and access to education, healthcare, and healthy food.
Over 10,000 California prisoners currently sit in solitary confinement units, and dozens have spent over 20 years of their lives in solitary cells.
In a June 20 statement, Pelican Bay prisoners declared:
We are certain that we will prevail…. the only questions being: How many will die starvation-related deaths before state officials sign the agreement [to our demands]?
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From Gibbon to Auden: Essays on the Classical Tradition. By G.W. BOWERSOCK.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. ix + 240. Cloth, $45.00. ISBN
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There must be very few classicists who do not know the name of Glen
Bowersock (hereafter B.), who has, over a half century, become one of the
preeminent figures of our profession. A product of Harvard and Oxford, his
first books, benefiting from the influence of Sir Ronald Syme, were devoted
to the relations of Rome and its Greek-speaking peoples. [[1]] From Harvard
B. moved in 1980 to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton as
Professor of Ancient History, where he became emeritus a few years ago.
B.'s interests expanded widely over the years; I remember stories he told
when he was preparing his book on Roman Arabia, which appeared in 1983.
What is of interest in the present discussion is his concern for the
classical tradition, the impact and survival of antiquity in later eras.
This book contains seventeen essays, which originally appeared in a great
variety of publications over a span of more than thirty years. They are
presented in three parts. The first (with six essays) deals with the 18th
Century, the second (with four) the 19th, and the last (with seven) the
20th. There is thus something likely to appeal to every reader's taste.
The book has been elegantly, almost impeccably produced, although some may
lament the rather small typeface. I noted only four typos. [[2]] None
affects meaning, and there are very few places where one might wish to
disagree with B. or expand his discussion.
The first part begins with four essays on Gibbon and The Decline and Fall.
On p. 5, B. remarks that Theodor Mommsen "won the Nobel Prize for
literature in 1902, just a few months before his death." One may debate
"a few months," since Mommsen died on November 1, 1903; "about a
year" would perhaps give a better sense. I wish that B. had included the
lecture on Gibbon which he presented at Stanford University in 1987, on the
occasion of the 250th anniversary of Gibbon's birth (Gibbon's
Historical Imagination). The remaining two essays deal with "Suetonius in
the Eighteenth Century" and "The Rediscovery of Herculaneum and
Part II is extremely varied: "Sign Language," "Berlioz, Virgil, and
Rome," "Edward Lear in Petra," and "Burckhardt on Late Antiquity
from the Constantin to the Griechische Kulturgeschichte." I found the
Berlioz paper, which was presented at a symposium at the Metropolitan Opera
in February 2003, when Les Troyens were being performed, the most
interesting. B. writes (p. 90) that "By the 1820s Rome had nearly
disappeared as an operatic subject." The theme of Arminius, Thusnelda,
and Varus, which had been extremely popular for far more than a century
(including an opera by Händel in 1737), retained its popularity until well
into the 19th century, with a roster over the years of more than seventy
The discussion of Burckhardt is informative and sensitive. He was a great
scholar, but prided himself on being unlike Mommsen and other German
historians. He was also Swiss, and in this regard as well an outsider to
the German historical scene.
Part III begins with a review of Caroline Winterer's The Culture of
Classicism: Ancient Greece and Rome in American Intellectual Life. B.
basically argues that the impact of the classics remained steady throughout
the 19th century, although emphasis shifted from Rome to Greece. Not every
scholar has been so sanguine; I think of Meyer Reinhold and his essay on
"the silver age." [[3]] Polybius, a Greek historian, merits a place
among the Latin authors, such as Cicero and Tacitus, who had great impact
upon the Founding Fathers.
The next three essays deal with Cavafy, followed by an appreciation of
Momigliano and a discussion of "A Modern Aesop," Ryszard
Kapuscinski's description of himself in his Travels with Herodotus.
Kapuscinski was a Polish international reporter who grew up under the
Communist regime. The final contribution, "Auden on the Fall of Rome,"
offers an introduction to and text of an essay on Rome that Auden wrote for
Life magazine in 1966, but which the editors rejected. B. presented it to
the public for the first time in 1995. This is the longest essay in the
Satis superque. Bowersock has brought forth another splendid volume, which
enlightens and informs in many different ways. We may all be grateful to
Emory University
[[1]] Augustus and the Greek World and Greek Sophists in the Roman Empire,
both published by Oxford University Press (1965 and 1969).
[[2]] P. 80, line 2, "This" for "Thus"; p. 121, second line of the
Biographical Note, "Gesamtausgabe"; p. 128, "Briggs'" for
"Brigg's"; and p. 222, "Keeley" for "Keely."
[[3]] "The Silver Age of Classical Studies in America, 1790-1830," in
Classica Americana (Detroit 1984) 174–203.
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I've had it on my list to do for oh, so long. I have intended to get to that store, to buy those shoes, and I am so thankful that I did. My old running shoes have lost much of their tread and are tired and worn out, yet I love to lace them up each morning (well, the mornings that I can muster getting out of bed early enough to run).
Those soles show the wear on my soul. As I have beat out the miles on those shoes I have mourned the loss of my grandmother, weathered a hurricane, held out hope for healing, prayed for my dear children back at home in their snug beds, prayed for Handsome, begged God for respite from the chaos that is sometimes life with four children only to find that respite back at home amidst the chaos, thanked God for healing and hope, and watched many a sunrise.
"Those should last you another few hundred miles!" he said with a smile, as he handed me the brown box with my new treasures inside.
And I thought, "Oh, these will last so much more than that!"


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This page is about the noun "vision", which can be both countable and uncountable
vision → uncountable
Meaning: the sense of sight, or the ability to see
Example sentence: Grandma's vision is still perfect, but her hearing is getting weaker.
vision → countable
Meaning: an idea of what the future could be like
Example sentence: To succeed, a company needs people who share a vision of its future direction.
Note: In religion, a "vision" can be a mental image of a god or other supernatural being. This meaning is countable.
Quick Quiz:
In which sentence is the word "vision" countable?
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The People's Bank of China is poised to become the first major central bank to issue a digital version of its currency, the yuan, seeking to keep up with -- and control of -- a rapidly digitizing economy. Unlike cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, though, dealing in the digital yuan won't have any presumption of total anonymity, and its value will be as stable as the physical yuan, which will be sticking around too. Some questions remain, including the impact on commercial banks as well as Big Tech companies such as Ant Financial and Tencent Holdings Ltd. that already offer payment services. Behind China's rush is a desire to manage technological change on its own terms. As one PBOC official put it, currency isn't only an economic issue, it's also about sovereignty.
The People's Bank of China wants to issue its own digital currency, but it's likely to be significantly different from the cryptocurrencies you know. (Picture: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
1. What's the plan?
Not all the details are out, but according to new patents registered by the PBOC and official speeches, it could work something like this: Consumers and businesses would download a digital wallet on their mobile phone and load the digital cash from their account at a commercial bank -- similar to going to an ATM. They then use that like cash to make and receive payments with anyone else who also has a digital wallet.
2. Aren't most transactions already electronic?
Yes. China is increasingly a cashless society. Even street-food sellers in small towns will prefer to use a mobile payment app than make actual change. In the first quarter of 2019, such apps handled 59 trillion yuan ($8.3 trillion) of transactions in China, up 15% from a year earlier, according to research firm Analysys. Ant Financial's Alipay handled almost half of that, followed by Tencent's WeChat Pay with a third. The PBOC says all non-cash transactions (which also includes such things as credit, debit and stored-value cards, bank transfers and checks) totaled 3.8 quadrillion yuan in 2018. The trend is hardly unique to China: A central bank survey in Sweden found that only 13% of people in 2018 paid for their most-recent purchase in cash, down from 39% in 2010.
3. So why is the PBOC doing this?
There are important regulatory and political considerations. Having the ability to track money electronically as it changes hands would be useful in combating money laundering and other illegal activities. The project was started by former PBOC Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, who retired in March 2018. He wanted to protect China from having to some day adopt a standard, like Bitcoin, designed and controlled by others. Facebook Inc.'s push to introduce its own digital coin, called Libra, in 2020 may be speeding things up, as it could end up strengthening the dollar's dominance -- and weakening China's capital controls. As the head of the PBOC's research bureau, Wang Xin, put it in July, that could have "economic, financial and even international political consequences."
4. Is it a cryptocurrency?
Probably not. When we say cryptocurrency, we usually mean an offering such as Bitcoin that uses decentralized, online ledgers known as blockchain to verify and record transactions. It and others such as Ethereum support anonymous transfers without the need for a middleman -- or a central bank. The wild volatility in their value, however, makes them ill-suited for use as a means of payment. Libra will also be a cryptocurrency, but a so-called stablecoin, 100% backed by a basket of securities and real-life currencies such as the dollar, euro, pound and yen. Because those don't fluctuate much, Libra's value should be steady as well. Initially at least, Libra will be run by private companies including Facebook, Visa and Uber. The PBOC will, of course, back the digital yuan, making the currency the opposite of decentralized. It's also not certain that it will use blockchain, either.
5. Why not use existing coins?
China banned cryptocurrency exchanges and so-called initial coin offerings in 2017 amid a broad effort to cleanse risk from its financial system and clamp down on so-called shadow banking. They can still be traded, but through a slower, more restrictive process. Digital currencies also could provide a way to move money out of China, potentially adding to capital outflows that would undermine the yuan's value. Even though Libra isn't out yet, Chinese officials have called for oversight by monetary authorities. (Facebook's website is banned in China, but many Chinese access it via a work-around called a virtual private network, or VPN.)
6. Why not use blockchain?
The PBOC has considered it, but researchers have expressed doubts about whether the technology would be able to support a large volume of simultaneous transactions. China's annual Singles' Day shopping gala in 2018 had payment demand peaking at 92,771 transactions per second, far above what Bitcoin's blockchain could support, according to another central bank official, Mu Changchun.
7. How about privacy?
The bank wants to "strike a balance" between anonymity and the need to crack down on financial crimes, Mu said, but it's unclear what that means. The PBOC has said that user information won't be completely exposed to banks. But user identities will likely be tied to individual wallets, giving authorities another window into people's lives. PBOC Deputy Governor Fan Yifei suggested in an article in 2018 that banks may need to submit daily information on transactions and that there could be caps on transactions by individuals.
8. When's it coming?
Soon, it seems. Mu said in August that the digital cash is "close to being out." The PBOC has been looking into a digital currency since at least 2014, and it's been recruiting staff for a dedicated institute. Research and innovation regarding digital currencies was mentioned in the grand plan to make Shenzhen, the technology hub next to Hong Kong, into a world-class city by 2025.
9. Will people use it?
It's hard to say. The PBOC's digital wallet is just a wallet, at least for now, whereas the incumbents Alipay and WeChat Pay are deeply embedded in a whole world of social media, e-commerce, ride-hailing, bill-paying, investments and other functions. Da Hongfei, the Shanghai-based founder of open-sourced blockchain platform Neo, said he can't see why the general public would choose the PBOC's digital currency over something as handy as Alipay.
10. How will banks be affected?
Mainly in bookkeeping. Digital cash would have to be kept separate from regular savings, because it represents money in actual circulation (known in central banking parlance as M0), not the so-called demand deposits (M1) which banks use to lend out again to companies and households. Commercial lenders would deposit 100% worth of reserves at the central bank in exchange for digital currency, which it then distributes to retail users. The two-tier system also reduces the burden on the PBOC to perform due diligence, revamp IT systems and answer client requests.
11. Any economic impact?
Probably not immediately. As the PBOC's digital money is designed to replace cash, it won't have a big impact on the broad money supply, and thereby its affect on monetary policy will likely be neutral. If the digital currency is widely accepted and people are encouraged to hold more cash, bank deposits could decline, but the impact will be manageable, according to a 2018 article from the PBOC's digital currency research institute. In a more distant future, the central bank might use digital currency to help steer the economy. Patent filings made public in October 2018 described a currency that would require banks making loans to input details about borrowers and interest rates before funds could be transferred. That could allow the PBOC to more proactively control bank lending and direct funding where it deems appropriate. Furthermore, should there be a need for China to turn to an unconventional monetary policy toolkit, digitized currency would allow it to apply negative rates even for people holding digital cash.
12. What are other central banks doing?
Uruguay has done a pilot program, called e-Peso, that was praised by the International Monetary Fund. Venezuela has a controversial offering called the petro, and Sweden's Riksbank is exploring an e-krona. Last month, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney called for Libra-like reserve currency to end the dollar's dominance. An anonymous survey by the Bank for International Settlements in early 2019 showed most of the global central banks are participating in theoretical and conceptual research.
source: abacusnews.com


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Posts tagged 'HTML'
Web design made easy
I recently attended a seminar called "Web site Design Made Easy" taught by Smat Webdesign and was inspired to share some of the things I learned, as well as some tips of my own.
As an up-and-coming Web designer, you have to know the good, the bad and the ugly of the field.
Let's start with the bad: Murphy's Law is the reality of web design. The law states that if something can go wrong, then it will. From experience, when you first start in Web design, you'll find that about 97 percent of the time, nothing will work the first time around. Now here's the good news: Web design is all about practice, patience and most importantly, learning from mistakes.
Before you run and scream at the sight of HTML code, relax, grab some coffee and start by reading the tips below.
- Plan out your Web site on paper. What will be its purpose? Who will your audience be? Write down the pages you will include (i.e. About, History, Products, Contact, etc.).
- Once you have an idea of what the content will be, start to plan the layout and look of your site. I highly recommend to research, research, research! Go online to different Web sites so you can see what you like and what you don't. Inspiration is the key ingredient to web design.
- Draw a rough sketch of each page and try your best to be as detailed as possible. It isn't necessarily how your Web site has to look in the end, but it will serve as a guide. This step is crucial because it will save you time later.
- Now you're ready to get on the computer and work your heart out. There are countless resources that will guide you through HTML and CSS – I've listed some of my favorites below. Start with HTML, which will be the basic structure of your Web site. Learn what the basic tags are, what they do and how they will look on a browser. Then move on to CSS, which will control the design of your Web site. After you have a basic knowledge of what to do, it's all about trial and error.
Here are some useful resources to get you started:
» http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp
» http://html-tags.info/
» http://www.websitebeginner.com/
» http://htmldog.com/
The last piece of advice I can give you is don't be afraid to start! Begin with the most basic designs and you'll see that, as long as you keep using your resources, you will keep learning and most importantly, improving.
You can't expect to build a beautiful Web site overnight. It's going to take time, research and dedication.
Good luck!


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Solving rainwater drainage issues: a lesson from Kaposvár
See how the Hungarian city managed to tackle a common challenge thanks to EU funding
- May 27, 2019 09:30
- Aseniya Dimitrova
European funding has helped the Hungarian city of Kaposvár tackle the challenge of rainwater drainage. Previously in the city centre on the Buda Nagy Antal Street, the falling rainwater used to be funneled into the Kapos river by just three closed channels. The latter overpassed under degraded railway tracks crossing the river and were not enough to deal with increased water levels. As a result, this has led to more than a few accidents and hazards resulting from flooding.
Accordingly, with a recent project, the Municipality of Kaposvár set out to fix the issue as the overpass channel has been replaced by one with a larger diameter. A fourth channel with a larger diameter was built with reinforced concrete. With four channels under the rails sudden abundant rainfall should no longer represent an issue and will make it so that rain does not cause damage to the rails, as it was the case before.
The solution to the existing problem is seen as the basic precondition for launching an urban development investment, such as the development of the Kaposvár Transport Center (utilization of freed areas, bus station, station building), the NOSTRA area, the renovation of the Csiky Gergely Theatre and the reconstruction of green areas (renewal of parks, streets).
The project "Construction and renovation of Kaposvár rainwater drainage networks in Budai Nagy Antal street" is worth 206 million HUF. It is implemented in the framework of the Széchenyi 2020 program with the support of the European Union and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
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Psoriasis is a red, scaly, skin condition that generally appears in teens and adults, although children may sometimes be affected by it. Many cases of psoriasis are familial. Psoriasis is believed to develop when a person's immune system sends faulty signals that tell skin cells to grow too quickly. The body does not shed these excess skin cells and they pile up on the surface of the skin, causing patches of psoriasis to appear.
Psoriasis may be triggered by infection or incited by certain medications. It may
be mild, moderate, or severe. A small percentage of people may also develop psoriatic arthritis. Although there is no cure for psoriasis, many therapies exist.
The most common treatments are topical medications and phototherapy. Excimer Laser may be helpful for hard-to-treat, localized areas. Oral or injectable medications are reserved for more severe cases.
The treatment of psoriasis and its associated arthritis is an active area of research within dermatology and new therapies are on the clinical horizon.
Learn more at http://www.aad.org/skin-conditions/dermatology-a-to-z/psoriasis
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|Me and Hubby!
|Receiving my belt
|With our instructor
|My fellow club members
|The whole grading group!
A blog to plan, document and analyse my training as I countdown to my karate shodan grading in 2011
|Me and Hubby!
|Receiving my belt
|With our instructor
|My fellow club members
|The whole grading group!
Oh, Sue! Congratulations on receiving a well-earned black belt! You rock, honey! So very happy for you :-)
Glad you were well-fueled and hydrated and your leg held up. Sounds like an exhausting day - one that you were obviously well-prepped for...
Know that I high-fived my computer screen when I saw your post! Whoo-Hoo - and welcome to yudansha :-) (and a hearty high-five to your hubby as well!)...
Congratulations again!
I almost forgot to congratulate your husband as well. It's an amazing accomplishment for both of you. Congratulations again to you both.ReplyDelete
CONGRATULATIONS!!! :) To both of you. Must be super exciting to be two-black-belt family. LOL.
I'm really glad it went so well, you've trained so hard and prepared so well for this, you absolutely deserve it.
I wonder how strange it will feel stepping out onto that mats with that black belts for the first time? I bet that's a really weird feeling.
I'm really over the moon for you, I was thinking of you all day Sunday, hoping it was going well.
Did I mention Congratulations :) :)
Congratulations Sue!ReplyDelete
WOOHOO!!! Sorry to be so belated in my congratulations, but I was on the road and only just got back. It sounds like a great time, and you've been such a dedicated karateka you've definitely earned it.ReplyDelete
Thanks Cindy, I think I've just about come down to earth again now!ReplyDelete


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Irish indie-pop quintet September Girls are touring the UK this may, promoting their soulful yet gothic début album Cursing the Sea whilst also attempting to create the same buzz in the UK as they have back home in Dublin.
I am planning to see the girls when the come to Birmingham on the 7th of May, hoping to catch some of their gritty, cliché free noise pop songs, reminding me a little of an early Vivan Girls or an edgier version of The Bangles.
Date: 07/05/14
Doors: 20.00
Venue: Hare & Hounds
Tickets: £7 Adv (Click Here)
Other Dates
18/04/14 – Wales Goes Pop, Cardiff
19/04/14 – Hoxton Square Bar, London
08/05/14 – The Great Escape, Brighton
20/06/14 – Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek
For more information, check out the bands Facebook or Twitter.


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Briefly: I was born in Liverpool in 1959, and lived in Halewood Drive, Woolton. From 1964 until 1971, I attended Woolton County Primary School in Out Lane, Woolton. Then from 1971 until 1977 I went to the Liverpool Blue Coat School.
From 1977 until 1983 I worked in the South Division Schedules Office of Merseyside Transport, located at 24 Hatton Garden until 1981, then at Prince Alfred Road depot.
From 1983 until 1987 I drove buses at Merseyside Transport's Green Lane depot. From 1987 until 1989 I drove for Amberline Coaches and Liverline, whilst running a driving school (for cars), then I left Liverpool for pastures new..... Since 1989 I have been driving at Dewsbury Depot for Yorkshire Buses, taken over in 1997 by Arriva.
In 2007 I was baptised into the Christian faith, and I now live in a 19th century miner's cottage in the village of Grange Moor, five miles from Dewsbury. I have five children - ages 39, 37, 33, 15 and 13 - as well as a total of six grandchildren. I am secretary of the Liverpool Blue Coat Old Blues' Association (formerly The Brotherly Society) and I am actively involved in Dewsbury Evangelical Church, The North West Vehicle Restoration Trust and The Merseyside Transport Trust.
A review of "Winning Here" - a recently published book by Lord Rennard.
Lord Rennard was in my class at The Liverpool Blue Coat School back in the 1970s, and became the top election campaign organiser for the Liberal Democrats.
Click HERE to read what I thought of his book.
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