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Daily Service Report for Monday, November 25, 2019
5:05 a.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Blue Line train at Van Dorn Street did not service the station due to an operational problem. Passengers experienced an 8-minute delay.
5:22 a.m. A Glenmont-bound Red Line train at Twinbrook did not service the station due to an operational problem. Passengers experienced an 8-minute delay.
5:31 a.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Blue Line train at Pentagon was offloaded due to a brake problem. Passengers experienced an 8-minute delay.
5:48 a.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Blue Line train at Franconia-Springfield did not operate, resulting in an 8-minute gap in service.
6:07 a.m. A New Carrollton-bound Orange Line train at Ballston-MU was offloaded due to an equipment problem. Passengers experienced an 8-minute delay.
6:57 a.m. A Greenbelt-bound Green Line train at Branch Avenue did not operate, resulting in an 8-minute gap in service.
8:00 a.m. A Greenbelt-bound Green Line train at Greenbelt did not operate, resulting in a 4-minute gap in service.
8:53 a.m. A Greenbelt-bound Yellow Line train at College Park-U of MD was expressed for schedule adherence/improved train spacing.
8:53 a.m. A Shady Grove-bound Red Line train at Takoma was delayed 4 minutes due to a medical emergency.
3:33 p.m. A Shady Grove-bound Red Line train at Brookland-CUA was offloaded due to an unauthorized person on the track. Passengers experienced an 18-minute delay.
4:10 p.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Silver Line train at Federal Triangle was rerouted to New Carrollton for schedule adherence/improved train spacing. Passengers experienced a 4-minute delay.
4:44 p.m. A Greenbelt-bound Green Line train at College Park-U of MD was delayed 9 minutes due to a brake problem.
4:46 p.m. A New Carrollton-bound Orange Line train at West Falls Church was delayed 8 minutes due to police activity.
4:54 p.m. A Largo Town Center-bound Blue Line train at Farragut West was delayed 4 minutes due to police activity.
5:05 p.m. A Branch Avenue-bound Green Line train at Branch Avenue was delayed 18 minutes due to a signal problem.
5:21 p.m. A Glenmont-bound Red Line train at Dupont Circle was delayed 4 minutes due to an operational problem.
5:53 p.m. A Vienna-bound Orange Line train at Metro Center was delayed 6 minutes due to police activity.
6:48 p.m. A Shady Grove-bound Red Line train at Dupont Circle was delayed 12 minutes due to police activity.
7:11 p.m. A New Carrollton-bound Orange Line train at Vienna was delayed 7 minutes due to maintenance activity.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using GoogleApi.Entities.Common;
using GoogleApi.Entities.Common.Enums;
using GoogleApi.Entities.Common.Enums.Extensions;
using GoogleApi.Entities.Common.Extensions;

namespace GoogleApi.Entities.Places.QueryAutoComplete.Request
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Places QueryAutoComplete Request.
    /// </summary>
    public class PlacesQueryAutoCompleteRequest : BasePlacesRequest
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Base Url.
        /// </summary>
        protected internal override string BaseUrl => base.BaseUrl + "queryautocomplete/json";

        /// <summary>
        /// The text string on which to search.
        /// The Place service will return candidate matches based on this string and order results based on their perceived relevance.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual string Input { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The character position in the input term at which the service uses text for predictions. For example,
        /// if the input is 'Googl' and the completion point is 3, the service will match on 'Goo'. The offset should generally be set to the position of the text caret.
        /// If no offset is supplied, the service will use the entire term.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual string Offset { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The point around which you wish to retrieve Place information. Must be specified as latitude,longitude.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual Location Location { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The distance (in meters) within which to return Place results. Note that setting a radius biases results to the indicated area,
        /// but may not fully restrict results to the specified area. See Location Biasing below.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual double? Radius { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The language in which to return results. See the supported list of domain languages.
        /// Note that we often update supported languages so this list may not be exhaustive. If language is not supplied, the Place service will attempt to use the native language of the domain from which the request is sent.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual Language Language { get; set; } = Language.English;

        /// <summary>
        /// See <see cref="BasePlacesRequest.GetQueryStringParameters()"/>.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A <see cref="IList{KeyValuePair}"/> collection.</returns>
        public override IList<KeyValuePair<string, string>> GetQueryStringParameters()
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.Input))
                throw new ArgumentException("Input is required");

            if (this.Radius.HasValue && (this.Radius > 50000 || this.Radius < 1))
                throw new ArgumentException("Radius must be greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 50.000");

            var parameters = base.GetQueryStringParameters();

            parameters.Add("input", this.Input);
            parameters.Add("language", this.Language.ToCode());

            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.Offset))
                parameters.Add("offset", this.Offset);

            if (this.Location != null)
                parameters.Add("location", this.Location.ToString());

            if (this.Radius.HasValue)
                parameters.Add("radius", this.Radius.Value.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));

            return parameters;
        }
    }
}

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Apparently the Trump campaign and Ms. Flowers had second thoughts. She will not be part of the invited guests in tonight's visceral debate.
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The 90-minute face-off in Hempstead, LI — the first of three planned presidential debates — begins at 9 p.m. Monday, moderated by NBC's Lester Holt. Click here for the story brought to you by the New York Post.


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Preston est une census-designated place du comté d'Okmulgee, dans l'État d'Oklahoma, aux États-Unis. En 2020, elle compte une population de .

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Comté d'Okmulgee
Census-designated place en Oklahoma

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The publication of President Trump's falsehood-ridden healthcare op-ed sparked fierce backlash but there has yet to be any comment from USA TODAY's parent company.
On Wednesday, USA TODAY published an op-ed by Donald Trump, slandering Democrats with lies about Medicare and immigration policies. Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler wrote, "almost every sentence contained a misleading statement or a falsehood.
USA TODAY editors also chose to ignore the facts — at potential peril to its parent company.
USA TODAY is owned by Gannett Company, a publicly traded corporation. (NYSE: GCI). As such, they must adhere to rules of corporate governance. More on this in a moment.
Most criticism of USA TODAY's handling of Trump's op-ed has focused on journalism practices and ethics. But what role does the newspaper's parent company play, if any, in holding the paper accountable?
On Wednesday, I reached out to Gannett and asked about the company's fiduciary duty to shareholders to protect the reputation of the company.
Sternberg's statement was subsequently posted as an Editor's Note on Trump's op-ed.
As of this writing, Sternberg's Editor's Note has apparently been removed from Trump's op-ed — without mention of USA TODAY's subsequent findings of falsifications.
Journalism experts again roundly criticized USA TODAY for fact-checking after publishing Trump's op-ed. Also, the paper's new statement seemed to contradict Sternberg's Editor's Note that the op-ed had previously been fact-checked.
"The statement is nonsensical, because adherence to facts has no right, left or middle.
let's be clear: USA Today is now touting the (after the fact) fact-checking of a lie-filled op-ed that the editorial page editor insisted had already been fact-checked before publication. They're digging themselves deeper and deeper.
Trump's op-ed is now absent of any Editor's Note, despite USA TODAY's own debunking of false statements in it.
What are the editorial norms for publishing an Editor's Note? Instead of removing Sternberg's Editor's Note on Trump's op-ed, should USA TODAY update the note to include mention of their findings of falsehoods in Trump's piece?
But in these crazy times, some corporate governance experts disagree.
Steve Coll sits on the board of directors of Gannett. He's also dean of the Journalism School at Columbia University. Coll has a fiduciary responsibility to shareholders of Gannett to protect the reputation of the company. As a journalism leader, presumably, he has a responsibility to promote sound journalistic practices.
Coll has not responded to inquiries about USA TODAY's handling of Trump's op-ed. Board members are typically well compensated in cash and stock for very part-time work. In April, Coll acquired 16,664 shares of Gannett stock (worth $158,141 at today's price per share). Priced at "zero" at time of purchase suggests Coll may have exercised a stock option grant.
Does Coll have a responsibility to comment on USA TODAY's handling of Trump's op-ed? Some corporate governance experts think he does.
USA TODAY's handling of Trump's op-ed has arguably nicked the newspaper's trustworthiness. Should investors and shareholders of Gannett be concerned about potential harm to the company's reputation?
Gannett's largest investors may be keeping tabs on USA TODAY's Trump op-ed firestorm.
Michael Gordon said, "Those with financial ties to Gannett may find USA TODAY's [Trump] op-ed to be a 'blip.' None of its investors is likely to withdraw its support based on this alone. But Blackrock, its largest institutional investor, and among the most influential in the world, is on the record as saying it will remove support for companies that fail to contribute to society.
Steve Coll did not respond to inquiries.
Nancy Levine is a freelance writer. Her bylines include Sports Illustrated, Salon, AlterNet, NewsHounds, Feminine Collective, etc. She's the author of the bestselling four-book series starting with The Tao of Pug (Penguin/Skyhorse). Nancy spent 20 years as an executive recruiter, starting her career at American Express Company in New York.


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Speechley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Anne Elizabeth Speechley (1903–1992), Australian politician
Jim Speechley, former Conservative Party councillor and leader of the Lincolnshire County Council
Michael Speechley (born 1964), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
William Speechley (1906–1982), British ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics

See also
Schley (disambiguation)
Speech


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We left our last American port of call today, Dutch Harbor, home of the Discovery Channel show The Deadliest Catch, on the island of Unalaska. The TV show has definitely made an impact there. The shuttle bus driver couldn't stop talking about it. "And over there are the crab pots they use on Deadliest Catch. And here's where the crew of Deadliest Catch drank a beer once." And so on. We did see a bald eagle sitting on a street light, which was kind of cool. Not the sort of thing you normally see in SoCal. But that was pretty much the highlight of the visit. I wouldn't really recommend going out of your way to visit Unalaska unless you're really passionate about fishing or bird watching.
We are now out on the Bering Sea heading towards Russia. Our luck with the weather is holding. The sea is (mostly) calm and the skies are partly cloudy, which is exceptionally good weather in these parts for this time of year. We have two days at sea. I'm hoping I'll be able to focus enough to actually get a little work done.
We've been warned not to expect too much from our port of call in Russia. The last time it took six hours (out of an eight-hour-long stop) just to clear the ship through immigration.
We're blasting through time zones like they were popcorn. The clocks are going back an hour each day. Tomorrow we cross the international date line and lose a full day, which we'll get back at the end of the trip. When you fly to LA from Sydney you land five hours before you take off, which always seems kind of freaky. (The time warp effect is even more pronounced if you go to LA from New Zealand.) But there probably won't be much new to tell for a couple of days.


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House Energy And Commerce Committee Calls For Modernizing The TCPA
Third Circuit Finds Jurisdiction Despite Anti-Aggregation Rule, Holds TCPA Class Settlement Is Not Covered by Insurance Agreement
Wireless Communications Trade Group Opposes FCC Petition Seeking Declaration That Text Messages Are Subject to the FCC's Open Internet Order
PROFESSIONAL PLAINTIFFS BEWARE: COURTS DISMISS TCPA CLAIMS ON STANDING GROUNDS
Tagged with Legislation
By Pamela J. Garvie, Andrew C. Glass, Gregory N. Blase, Peter V. Nelson, and Elana R. Reman
On September 22, 2016, the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on modernizing the TCPA. The hearing is significant because it marks the first time that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have said the TCPA needs to be updated to reflect changing technology and business practices and to draw a distinction between "harassing, malicious" calls from "bad actors" and "legitimate, informational calls that consumers want." Republican members of the Subcommittee have raised concerns about the TCPA during past FCC oversight hearings, but this hearing actually was held at the request of full Committee Ranking Democrat Member Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ), Subcommittee Ranking Democrat Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL).
Tagged with Class Actions, Damages
By Andrew C. Glass, Gregory N. Blase, Roger L. Smerage, and Eric W. Lee
In a precedential but split ruling, the Third Circuit recently held that diversity jurisdiction existed over a declaratory judgment action seeking insurance coverage for a classwide settlement of Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") claims even though no individual member of the underlying class had a claim in excess of the required $75,000 amount in controversy. See Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Stevens & Ricci Inc., No. 15-2080, — F.3d — (3rd. Cir. 2016). The court also affirmed that the TCPA class settlement did not constitute covered "property damage" or "advertising injury" under the terms of the subject insurance policy.
The case arose when an insurance company sought a declaratory judgment that it had no obligation to defend or indemnify an insured law firm in connection with a class action lawsuit alleging TCPA violations. The named plaintiff in the underlying the class action lawsuit had alleged that the law firm violated the TCPA by sending unsolicited fax advertisements. The insurance company sought a declaratory judgment in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against both the law firm and the named plaintiff in the underlying class action. At summary judgment, the district court concluded that the sending of unsolicited fax advertisements in violation of the TCPA did not fall within the terms of the applicable insurance policy.
Tagged with Rulemaking, Text
By Andrew C. Glass, Gregory N. Blase, Roger L. Smerage, and
Eric W. Lee
The wireless trade group CTIA–The Wireless Association recently asked the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") to reject a petition that asks the agency to declare that text messages fall under the FCC's Open Internet Order. Twilio, Inc., a cloud-based company that manages and facilitates the sending of automated text messages, filed the petition, which seeks to have the FCC confirm that text messages are telecommunication services subject to Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 and the protections of the Open Internet Order. The petition argues that wireless carriers use imprecise filtering systems to block millions of text messages that people have asked to receive, including critical information from their schools. It also claims that wireless carriers are violating the FCC's rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227, by blocking text messages without giving consumers a choice or making them aware of the practice.
Tagged with Cell Call, Class Actions, Consent/Revocation, Damages, VoIP
By Joseph C. Wylie II, Molly K. McGinley, Nora E. Becerra
At least two courts have recently dismissed TPCA claims where the plaintiffs appeared to manufacture standing. In Telephone Science Corp. v. Asset Recovery Solutions, the Northern District of Illinois dismissed a TCPA complaint brought by a plaintiff whose business model involved the intentional receipt of autodialed or prerecorded calls. There, the plaintiff, Telephone Science Corp. ("TSC"), operated a service called "Nomorobo," designed to block certain unwanted calls. TSC uses a "honeypot" of telephone numbers, analyzes calls made to those numbers to identify numbers that TSC's service identifies as being made using an autodialer or artificial or prerecorded voice calls, and then blocks calls made to Nomorobo subscribers made using those identified numbers.
Eleventh Circuit Holds That a Single, Unsolicited Text Message Does Not Confer Article III Standing Under the TCPA
Circuit Court Affirms Holding Reducing TCPA Award by 98%
Supreme Court Declines to Define Scope of Deference Courts Should Apply to FCC TCPA Orders
Attorneys General Express Widespread Support for TRACED Act Reintroduced in the Senate to Stop Illegal Robocall Scams
FCC Votes to Create Reassigned Numbers Database
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La Mata o Zona dos Cocais és un espai de transició brasiler, una selva d'ombra oberta que queda entre la selva amazònica, el Cerrado i la Caatinga, i ocupa els estats de Maranhão i Piauí, al Mig-Nord brasiler, i també parts del Ceará, Pará i Tocantins. Té aquest nom per l'alta quantitat de palmeres.

Àrea de transició
A Mata dos Cocais se situa entre una zona de transició entre els biomes de l'Amazònia (a l'oest), del Cerrado (al sud) i de la Caatinga (a l'est), als estats del Maranhão, centre-nord del Piauí, petites àrees a l'extrem oest del Ceará, est del Pará i nord de Tocantins, on hi ha predomini d'espècies típiques d'aquestes tres formacions, com ara el gènere Orbignya.

Relleu
La Zona dos Cocais s'assenta en una estructura rocosa formada per la conca sedimentària del riu Parnaíba, i inclou diferents formes de relleu.

Hi ha una extensa plana al nord del Maranhâo que correspon als terrenys amb amplituds altimètriques inferiors a 200 m, que penetren a l'interior, acompanyant les valls dels rius, i formen planes al·luvials (Mearim, Itapecuru i Parnaíba).

L'altiplà comprèn les àrees més altes del centre-sud de l'estat, amb altures entre 200 i 800 m.

Considerant l'extensió territorial del Maranhão i observant el mapa de sòls del Brasil es percep la varietat de sòls d'aquest estat. Per la seua posició geogràfica, hi predominen sòls tropicals. Per l'abundància de roques sedimentàries, són grans les extensions cobertes per sòls àcids, a la conca del Tocantins i de l'Itapecuru), acrisols (mig Mearim i vall de l'Itapecuru), plintosols (est i Baixada de Maranhâo), neosols (riu Mearim), entre altres.

Es nota també, en raó de la meteorització i trasllat d'òxids i hidròxids d'alumini, ferro i manganés, sòls de perfil laterític, com entre els rius Gurupi, Pindaré, Buriticupu, Zutiua i Grajaú.

Vegetació
A la Mata dos Cocais, predomina una vegetació de transició entre el Cerrado, la selva Amazònica i la Caatinga, rica en palmereas, en especial Attalea speciosa i la carandaí.

El poeta del Maranhâo Antônio Gonçalves Dias esmenta les palmeres en el famós poema Cançó de l'exili, en el fragment "La meua terra té palmeres, en què canta el sabiá; les aus que ací refilen, no refilen com allà".

El bosc d'Attalea speciosa té una major resistència que altres espècies tropicals, i predomina a les valls dels rius Parnaíba i Itapecuru. Attalea speciosa és la palmera més important econòmicament per al territori pel potencial dels seus productes, en especial per als pobles tradicionals que en cullen els fruits.

Attalea speciosa és protegida per diverses normes, com la llei del Maranhão núm. 4.734/86, per la Constitució del Maranhão (article 196) i altres.

Altres espècies de palmeres de la regió són l'oiticica, el buriti (Mauritia flexuosa) i l'açaí (a la part oest de l'ecosistema).

 Les altituds menors són riques en espècies nadiues d'arbusts.
 Les espècies d'ús alimentari i artesà com el bacuri, açaí i altres tenen importància econòmica per als pobles tradicionals, però una distribució irregular i poblacions reduïdes.
 En relació amb la flora medicinal, se n'han catalogat 58 espècies de 31 famílies. Aquesta vegetació original, però, està sent suprimida per empreses de canya de sucre i eucaliptus, i els municipis de Caxias, Aldeias Altas, Coelho Neto i Duque Bacelar són els més alterats per la transformació del paisatge pels monocultius.

Clima

Aquest ecosistema té diferències de clima, i se n'observen tres tipus: equatorial, tropical semihumit (sabana) i tropical semidesert.

 Equatorial: comprén el 20% de la Mata dos Cocais, a l'extrem oest, i és calent i plujós, regit pel desplaçament de la Zona de Convergència Intertropical (ZCIT) i per la Massa Equatorial Continental (mEc), ambdues molt actives a la tardor i hivern. Es registra un curt període sec d'hivern i part de la primavera, variant de dos a tres mesos. La pluviositat n'és de 2.000 a 2.500 mm a l'any.
 Tropical semihumit: amb més del 65% del clima d'aquest formació vegetal, a la regió central, presenta un període sec de cinc a sis mesos, entre l'hivern i la primavera. El règim pluviomètric n'és de 1.000 a 1.200 mm a l'any.
 Tropical semidesert: ocupa el 15% de la Mata dos Cocais, és el clima més sec, i es dona a l'estat del Piauí, amb precipitació de 500 a 1.000 mil·límetres.

Hidrografia

El riu Parnaíba, que forma la Regió Hidrogràfica del Parnaíba, té una àrea de 331.441,5 km², i és la major conca hidrogràfica de la zona; ocupa àrees dels estats del Piauí (el 99%), Maranhão (el 19%) i de Ceará (el 10%). Els seus principals afluents són els rius Poti, Gurgueia, Canindé, Uruçuí-Preto, Longá, das Balsas, Igaraçu.

El Maranhão ocupa 62.936,6 km² de la conca, i els municipis que enclou són: Parnarama, Matões, Timon, Caxias, Coelho Neto, Duque Bacelar i Lagoa do Mato.

Al marge de Piauí, el riu banya les ciutats de Floriano, Buriti dels Lopes i la capital, Teresina, entre altres, i desaigua a la ciutat de Parnaíba, on forma el delta de les Amèriques.

La conca hidrogràfica del riu Mearim ocupa 99.58 km² (el 29,84% del territori del Maranhão), i naix a la serra de Menina i desaigua a la badia de Sâo Marcos, amb un recorregut de 930 km. Els seus principals afluents són els riu Pindaré i el Grajaú. A la desembocadura, ocorre el fenomen de la pororoca (gran brogit).

La conca de l'Itapecuru, amb una àrea de 52.972 km², correspon al 16% de l'estat del Maranhão. El riu Itapecuru té un règim fluvial tropical amb variacions regionals provocades pel règim de pluges. En la part mitjana i baixa, on són els municipis del Territori dels Cocais, hi ha més regularitat de pluges, amb un règim més torrencial. Aquest riu és responsable del proveïment del 65% de la població de la ciutat de Sâo Luís. Els municipis dels Cocais dins la conca són: Aldeias Altas, Caxias, Codó, Coroatá, Timbiras, Sâo João do Sóter, Fortuna, Buriti Bravo i Lagoa do Mato.

La conca hidrogràfica del riu Tocantins ocupa una àrea de 30.665,15 km² al Maranhão, i representa prop del 9,24% de l'àrea total de l'estat, i banya la ciutat d'Imperatriz. El riu Tocantins ocupa la regió del Cerrado i junt al seu afluent Manuel Alves Grande, forma la frontera amb l'estat de Tocantins, a més de formar l'aqüífer Tocantins-Araguaia.

La conca del Munim, amb 2.0252 km², també integra la regió hidrogràfica de l'Atlàntic Nord-est Occidental, banya la mesoregió de l'est del Maranhâo i enclou els municipis: Afonso Cunha, Coelho Neto, Aldeias Altas, Duque Bacelar i Caxias.

Aquestes conques són importants pel proveïment de les ciutats pròximes dels marges dels rius i per a la irrigació, de manera que l'artigatge de marges i embassament dels rius contribueixen a l'acceleració de l'erosió, així com l'ús de productes tòxics en les plantacions de canya de sucre i eucaliptus embruten les aigües i redueixen la quantitat i la qualitat d'aquest bé públic vulnerable.

Fauna
La fauna n'és molt diversa, però té pocs mamífers de gran port.

N'hi ha pocs animals terrestres; la majoria viuen en les copes dels arbres: aus, micos, insectes, etc. D'entre els insectes, destaquen els escarabats en diversitat i quantitat.

Hi ha alguns animals amenaçats d'extinció com: zopilot reial, armadillo gegant i gos dels matolls. Altres espècies importants són: papagais, periquitos, perdius, cérvols, cobres, i moltes altres.

Economia
L'economia dels estats d'aquesta regió es basa en l'agricultura, indústria de minerals, química, producció alimentària i en el sector de serveis.

La dictadura militar brasilera (1964-1985) va incentivar la instal·lació del Projecte Grande Carajás, al sud-est del Pará, on hi ha la major reserva de ferro del món, a més de grans reserves de manganés, cobre i or. El projecte se centrava en el corredor d'exportació format pel ferrocarril Carajás, que recorre 890 km fins a la ciutat de Sâo Luís (MA), on és el port de Ponta da Madeira, que rep naus de fins a 280.000 tones.

També hi ha indústries d'alumina a les zones portuàries (Albrás i Alunorte a Barcarena i Alumar, a Sâo Luís), aprofitant l'energia provinent de la Fàbrica Hidroeléctrica de Tucuruí (PA), de la d'Estreito (MA) i el Complex Eòlic de Delta 1, 2 i 3, entre altres. La regió destaca en la producció d'energia eòlica i solar.

Amb el descobriment de camps de gas natural a la conca del Parnaíba, es construí el Complex Termoeléctric Parnaíba.

S'integrà econòmicament, així, les regions de l'Amazònia i de la Mata dos Cocais.

També hi ha explotació d'arena i gres.

En producció d'aliments, n'hi ha d'olis vegetals, provinents de les palmeres; i l'ocupació del territori per a la ramaderia extensiva i l'agricultura petita i mitjana (arròs, canyamel, mandioca, fesols i fruita) i gran (soia i dacsa, per a l'exportació des del Port do Itaqui).

Conservació
Mata dos Cocais pateix alguns processos de degradació ambiental, com la contaminació dels rius, la destrucció de vegetació i la retirada il·legal d'arena.

També pateix la desforestació per a la creació de ramat i la plantació d'eucaliptus, que alteren l'estructura ecològica local, fent així vulnerable la fauna i de la flora.

Algunes iniciatives protectores de la Mata dos Cocais són les lleis de protecció del palmeral (Llei del Maranhão n° 4.734/86 i lleis municipals), així com la creació d'unitats de conservació com el Parc del Mirador, on és la deu del riu Itapecuru; l'Àrea de Protecció Ambiental dels Morros Garapenses; i l'Àrea de Protecció Ambiental de la Baixada de Maranhâo, entre altres.

Desenvolupament sostenible
Un projecte de desenvolupament sostenible s'hi ha implantat des de 2001, per l'Institut Chico Mendes de Conservació de la Biodiversitat. El recurs més usat és el coco d'Attalea speciosa.

Hi ha grups formats per dones de comunitats extractores de Maranhão, Tocantins, Pará i Piauí, que posen en pràctica maneres peculiars de treballar la terra, a més d'un codi propi d'organització.

De la fulla d'aquesta palmera, que pot arribar a 20 m d'alçada, es fan teulades, cistelles i altres objectes artesans; també adob i estructura de construccions; de la corfa del coco es fa carbó per al foc i, del seu mesocarp farinetes en la nutrició infantil; de l'ametla se n'obté oli, emprat sobretot en l'alimentació però també com a combustible i lubricant, i en la fabricació de sabó.

Galeria d'imatges

Referències

Bibliografia
 PIRES, J. M. Sobre el concepte "zona dels cocais" de Sampaio. In: Anais del XIII Congrés de la Societat de Botânica del Brasil, 1962, Recife. Recife: Universitat del Recife, Institut de Micologia, 1964, p. 271-275.
 SAMPAIO, A.J. La zona dels cocais i la seva individualização en la phytogeographia. Annais Acad. Bras. Ciències, v. 5, n. 2, p. 61-65, 1933.
 SANTS FILL, F. S. et al. Cocais: zona ecotonal natural o artificial? Revista Equador, UFPI, vol. 1, n. 1, p. 2-13, 2013. link.

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Oregon gas terminals' futures hang on global supplies
Updated Jan 10, 2019; Posted Jan 24, 2010
By Ted Sickinger| The Oregonian/OregonLive
Five years after energy developers started sniffing around Oregon as a likely spot to build an import terminal for liquefied natural gas, the air has come flooding out of the gas market like a whoopee cushion, making such proposals sound economically reckless.
With a worldwide recession in full swing, there's LNG to be had. More cargoes are expected to land this year in the U.S. -- the industry's market of last resort -- even though demand is low and gas prices have cratered.
Yet existing U.S. LNG import terminals are operating at a fraction of their capacity. New terminals, including one in Mexico's Baja California, are sitting virtually idle. And the forecast for U.S. gas production and reserves is robust, thanks to new drilling techniques that allow producers to tap unconventional reserves.
The new market realities raise questions about the viability of the three LNG terminals proposed in Oregon. Analysts are skeptical there will be enough supply in the Pacific Basin to assure a regular flow to the Northwest, or that gas prices will be consistently high enough to make it attractive to land cargoes here. They're not sure who would finance a billion dollar terminal in Oregon, or spend hundreds of millions more on a pipeline.
"I don't see it at all," said Andrew Flower, a United Kingdom-based LNG consultant who follows industry facilities around the world. "I don't see how these projects work or where the need is for them. I'm amazed at the tenacity of some of these people who are still pushing forward."
Yet push forward they do. Developers of three terminals in Oregon have already sunk tens of millions of dollars into their quest to reach the regulatory finish line. Ready licenses could be gold if the economic equation ever pencils out, though developers still insist their projects make sense now, for both themselves and consumers.
As they see it, the supply of LNG supply in the Pacific Basin is about to go from chronic shortage to surplus -- at least on a seasonal basis. And in that scenario, there are going to be enough LNG cargoes in excess of what the traditional market can absorb that a terminal here makes sense.
Part of their business model is to offer gas producers a way to take advantage of short-term swings in the market. While opponents of the projects in Oregon insist the region doesn't need more gas supply, energy producers view the question differently. In the commodity market, need is a function of price and the ability to exploit small spreads to drive big profits.
"If you are an LNG cargo holder who has that optionality, there will be an opportunity to place that cargo into the Pacific Northwest for your economic gain," said Bob Braddock, project manager of the proposed Jordan Cove Terminal in Coos Bay.
"Market of last resort"
LNG is natural gas that has been super-chilled to a dense liquid for transportation on ocean- going tankers, then regasified and shipped via pipeline for local consumption or storage.
LNG accounts for only a puff of the natural gas consumed in the United States today -- just 1.5 percent in 2008 according to the Energy Information Administration. That's because LNG imports historically can't compete with low-price domestic and Canadian pipeline gas.
Indeed, producers refer to the United States as "the market of last resort." It's so big it can always absorb a spare cargo, but it's by no means the most profitable.
That view temporarily changed during 2000-2001 energy crisis, when spiking prices suddenly made the United States look like a vast promised land for LNG rather than a relief valve.
The result was a raft of proposals for new regasification terminals, including the three in Oregon. Congress eased the way, preempting state authority for siting this "national energy infrastucture" in favor of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Since 2005, five new U.S. import terminals have been built, with a sixth just south of the border in Baja Mexico. The EIA says U.S. LNG import capacity has increased sixfold since the beginning of 2000.
That doesn't mean that LNG imports have spiked, however. U.S. LNG imports are still small by Asian standards, and after increasing to a record 771 billion cubic feet in 2007, plummeted to half that level in 2008 as higher international prices attracted cargoes elsewhere.
The EIA still figures LNG imports will increase to 1 trillion cubic feet by 2015 and 2.8 trillion cubic feet by 2030, but the agency says the global LNG market is one of the key uncertainties in its energy forecasts.
The situation in the Pacific Basin, where any Oregon terminal would get its supply, is particularly unpredictable.
Historically, nearly all Pacific basin LNG has been locked up in long-term contracts. Big Asian buyers such as Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, with no production or pipeline imports to speak of, were willing to sign onerous take-or-pay contracts, with prices linked to crude oil and no ability to divert unneeded cargoes.
As the Pacific LNG production increases, the market has loosened up, according to James Jensen, a Massachusetts-based energy consultant who tracks LNG markets. Buyers are getting better prices and more flexibility in their contracts. And sellers are taking on their own market risks, buying their own regasification capacity in target markets, and shipping gas wherever it will fetch the best return.
The market is still subject to upheaval. China and India are big X factors. Japan suddenly went into a panic buying mode in 2007 when a major earthquake knocked nuclear plants off line. Indonesia's LNG production is in decline, while Australia's is subject to environmental and cost pressures.
But after years of shortages, Jensen said, Pacific Basin supply has recently come into better balance with demand. One upshot is a more active short-term market, and the possibility that more LNG will start heading to the United States.
How it pencils out
An LNG terminal operates like a pipeline. Terminal operators don't typically own the gas. They simply rent capacity to buyers and sellers, storing, regasifying and shipping the cargoes as instructed.
The rent gets paid whether the terminal is used or not, and users pay a variable charge based on utilization.
Peter Hansen, chief executive of Oregon LNG in Warrenton, says he's not focused on generating maximum volume for his facility per se. Foremost, he wants to sell enough capacity to make his mortgage payment and a reasonable rate of return, regardless of how much gas flows through it.
It's the same story at the Jordan Cove project in Coos Bay. To attract construction financing, says Braddock, the project manager, any terminal operator in Oregon will need to negotiate long-term contracts for 100 percent of their capacity.
"That doesn't mean that these folks will be bringing cargoes day in and day out," he said. "It means that in their crystal ball, there would be points in time when it would be economically advantageous to bring cargoes into the Pacific Northwest."
One prime market for U.S. terminal capacity is producers such as Shell and Exxon Mobil, Australian LNG giant Woodside Petroleum, or state-owned companies such as Qatar Petroleum, which controls vast Middle East gas reserves.
The producers need outlets for 100 percent of their gas, and want a variety of conduits all the way from wellhead to customer. The cost of terminal capacity is only a small percentage of the overall supply chain, and major gas producers have purchased regasification capacity in terminals in the Gulf of Mexico, the East Coast and in Baja Mexico.
A Pacific Northwest terminal would provide the only outlet on the West Coast of the United States, providing the potential to exploit attractive prices at gas hubs in Washington, Oregon and Wyoming.
One cargo of LNG is a huge amount of gas. Even a $1 difference per million BTU translates to $3 million per cargo, Braddock said.
"It's a big deal," he said. "You don't have to get too many cargoes a year to pay for renting a terminal over what you normally use."
Other groups of potential buyers include market aggregators who sell gas to utilities and industrial users; financial outfits such as J.P. Morgan, who have become physical traders in the gas market; as well as foreign gas marketers who want a seasonal outlet for excess gas they can't use or store.
In the Northwest, peak use could come during the summer, when big Asian customers with take-or-pay contracts can't soak up any more gas and need to divert supply. California, Oregon and Washington alone have more than 300 billion cubic feet of gas storage -- about a 40-day supply for the three states.
Paul Soanes, president of the Houston-based company looking to build the Bradwood Landing terminal on the Columbia River, says Bradwood would always have the option of picking up the occasional diverted cargo. But he says anyone who buys capacity will want to use it regularly. Bradwood's users, he envisions, will bring regular cargoes under a long-term supply contract.
"There's a significant amount of new gas under development in the Asia Pacific region," he said. "In the 2014 time frame, you'll see a lot of projects that haven't been fully contracted. The great benefit of our facility is that it allows projects to find that last increment. We feel confident we'll secure commitments from those projects."
The developers' scenario
The original rationale for an LNG terminal in Oregon was all about coming supply scarcity. Many analysts now fundamentally disagree with it, but the scenario plays like this:
Canadian exports, which meet two thirds of the Northwest's demand, are going to decline as conventional gas production diminishes after years of heavy production, and domestic consumption increases for electricity generation and oil production from tar sands.
Meanwhile, more Rocky Mountain gas, about a third of the Northwest supply, is headed eastward on the newly constructed Rockies Express pipeline.
Finally, natural gas demand in the Northwest is growing. The region continues to see slow population growth. It's hydro system is tapped out. And utilities are expected to use more natural gas for electricity generation, both to replace coal and firm up intermittent supplies from renewable energy sources.
"In 20 years, the highest gas prices in the U.S. are going to be in the Pacific Northwest," said Dale Nesbitt, president of Altos Management Partners, an industry consultant. "The existence of a terminal will keep gas prices from going much higher than they otherwise would. It will displace very high cost gas that would otherwise have to be produced."
The scarcity argument looked unassailable during the energy crisis in 2000. But the story has changed considerably since.
"The big surprise is shale gas," said Jensen. "It's a game changer, to be sure."
Driven by some of the same pricing pressures that drove LNG development, U.S. production of gas from unconventional sources has surged thanks to technology improvements -- horizontal drilling and fracturing -- that have made it economic to tap gas trapped in impermeable shale formations.
In British Columbia, one proposed LNG terminal has converted to an export facility, and plans to send gas from B.C.'s Horn River shale formation to buyers in Asia.
Shale drilling can be expensive and environmentally invasive, and questions persist about how quickly production falls off. Yet early results and the sheer magnitude of the resource have fundamentally altered industry forecasts, lightening pressure on Rocky Mountain supplies and putting less pressure to supplement it with LNG.
Developers make the case that their terminals will still be competitive with shale gas.
Indeed, they say LNG producers can profitably land cargoes in the United States even when the gas market is glutted and prices have tanked. That's because the production cost of the actual gas is often close to zero, either because it's produced as a byproduct of oil or other valuable condensates, or because the marginal cost of producing another boatload after satisfying long-term contracts is nominal. The cost of the cargo, in this case, is the cost of bringing it to market.
Yet analysts are still skeptical that the United States will be the place to send those cargoes.
Flower, the U.K.-based LNG consultant doesn't see any spare production capacity around the 2014 time frame, when the terminals in Oregon would be coming on line.
Jensen, the LNG analyst in Massachusetts, concurs. Today's international buyers of LNG are benefiting from supply decision made four years ago. That's how long its takes new production to come on line. With a recession today, he sees few new projects being financed, and little spare capacity when Oregon's terminals would be looking for supply or commitments to demonstrate their viability to a bank.
Murray Douglas, an analyst with the energy consulting firm Wood MacKenzie, thinks the flexibility in the Pacific Basin LNG market is overstated. The capital costs of supply projects, he says, are sky high and suppliers still need to underpin those costs with long-term contracts. To support the economics, the contracts will need to be signed with a high linkage to oil prices.
"You can't do that against an import terminal in the U.S., where gas price is set by gas-to-gas competition, he said.
One reason for the developers to push ahead with permitting is they've already invested so much money. If they abandon their projects now, they face certain losses.
Douglas says there are dozens or proposals for new terminals out there.
"We see a lot of them staying on the books with regulators rather than the developers writing them off," he said. "If there's a change in the market in five years, or something unexpected, they can dust off the permits and they're ready to go."
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By the time I got married, my white prayer book was yellowed, the lace slightly torn. I carried it with flowers down the aisle. I wasn't Catholic yet but if I was going somewhere new, that prayer book was coming with me. I had found a novena in there by then that I was almost afraid to pray. It had cost me a job once, and moved me ten hours away another time. Both had saved me. I've never regretted praying the novena, but I don't pick it up unless I'm desperate either.
In the sixteen years of marriage since then, more physically usable prayer books have come my way. I keep my original prayer book nearby, but I don't want it rendered unusable before I am. Everything is frayed and worn. I use it sparingly.
Under the bridge of years since then, my mother whom I dearly loved but didn't always understand, died of a rare form of cancer. My father, of the rocky relationship kind, and I have come to what is a delicate peace perhaps, but brooked up by goodwill on both sides. Friends, jobs, and homes have come and gone. Babies have been lost to miscarriage. Children have been born and fill our home with much life.
I believed that. I went back every week just to say it. Why it took me so long is complicated, but since I first heard the prayer of the Centurion connected to the Mass, there was never any doubt as to where I was headed. You could say it was the presence of Christ in the Eucharist that made me ache to be Catholic, because it was. But I don't think that 1962 St. John's Prayer Book that ended up in my hands did any harm either.
Simply lovely. And I want to know what that novena was!
What an interesting spiritual journey so beautiful, soulful and honestly written.
Will be sharing your heart-felt thoughts with our CWL members!
Immaculate Heart of Mary, my Mother, I come to you this day as a little child in prayer. I beg to make this offering of my heart as simple and childlike as I can. The three little ones of Fatima have taught us what it is that pleases your maternal heart.
I earnestly desire that all the people of the world be brought back to a humble knowledge and love of the Sacred Heart of your dear Son. I pray, dear Mother of my God, that the indescribable beauty and the glow-white purity of your own Immaculate Heart may so captivate our souls that we will detest all sin and dedicate our lives to the honor and glory of the God Who created us.
As much as I feel the need of many things, I do not dare in this novena, Mother Mary, to ask one selfish petition for myself. You revealed the secrets of your own sad heart at Fatima and begged for the restoration of the world to God. What can I ask of greater good than to unite my heart to yours in this great yearning? What can I add but the fervent prayer that all the world may listen to your pleading?
I give my heart to you, my heavenly Queen, and in utmost confidence I leave to you the choice of what is best for me in answer to my prayer of love and reparation. Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, I give you my heart. Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, I put my trust entirely in you.
Immaculate Heart of the Mother of my God, we implore, through your powerful intercession the conversion of the hearts of men, complete victory over sin and the return of peace which you have promised.


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A lawyer got married to a woman who had previously been married 12 times. On their wedding night, they settled into the bridal suite at their hotel and the bride said to her new groom, "Please, promise to be gentle. I am still a virgin."
This puzzled the groom since, after 12 marriages, he thought that at least one of her husbands would have been able to perform. He asked his new bride to explain the phenomenon.
"My first husband was a Sales Representative who spent the entire marriage telling me, in grandiose terms, how great it was going to be."
"My second husband was from Software Services; he was never quite sure how it was supposed to function, but he promised he would send me the documentation."
"My third husband was from Field Services and repeatedly said that everything was diagnostically OK, but couldn't get the system up."
"My fourth husband was from Educational Services, and you know the old saying - 'Those who CAN, DO; those who can't, teach."
"My fifth husband was from the Telemarketing Department. He knew he had the order, but he wasn't quite sure when he was going to be able to deliver."
"My sixth husband was an Engineer. He told me that he understood the basic process but needed three years to research, implement, and design a new state-of-the-art method."
"My seventh husband was from Finance and administration. He knew how, but he just wasn't sure whether it was his job or not."
"My eighth husband was from Standards and Regulations, and he told me that he met the minimum standards but regulations weren't clear on how to do it."
"My ninth husband was a Marketing Manager. Even though he had the product, he just wasn't sure how to position it."
"My tenth husband was a psychiatrist. All he ever wanted to do was talk about it".
"My eleventh husband was a gynecologist, and all he ever wanted to do was look at it."
"My twelfth husband was a stamp collector, and all he ever wanted to do was.....God I miss him!"
"So now I've married you, and I'm really excited."
"Why is that," asked the lawyer.
"Well, it should be obvious! You're a lawyer!! I just know I'm going to get screwed this time!!!!"
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Elgin Industries Earns Top Supplier Recognition from General Motors
Elgin, IL…Elgin Industries, a leading global manufacturer of engine and chassis components, has again earned Platinum Supplier status from the General Motors Customer Care and Aftersales organization. Platinum status, GM's top supplier level, is awarded only to manufacturers that have maintained 100-percent on-time delivery over the course of a year.
In announcing the award, GM representatives applauded Elgin for its "dedication and commitment to consistently perform above expectations."
Elgin manufactures a variety of engine components that are installed as original equipment and/or distributed through the automaker's Customer Care and Aftersales organization.
"We are proud to build on our 100-year heritage of product and service excellence for all customers, including the world's largest engine and vehicle manufacturers," said Elgin Industries President Bill Skok. "Everyone on our team here in Elgin, Illinois, is focused on putting the customer first in everything they do."
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Elgin Industries is a Tier One supplier of original equipment engine and chassis components to organizations such as Fiat Chrysler, Deere & Company, Ford, General Motors, Harley-Davidson, Mack and Navistar. Elgin has earned dozens of quality awards and received its certificates of registration to the IATF16949:2009 Quality Management System and ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System. It also has achieved Ford Q1 Quality Certification. To learn more about Elgin please call 1-800-323-6764, email sales@elginind.com and visit www.elginind.com.
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Eight Straight: Elgin Industries Again Named John Deere 'Partner-Level Supplier'
Elgin, IL…Deere & Company for the eighth consecutive year has recognized Elgin Industries as a Partner-Level Supplier in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. Deere & Company representatives presented the award to Elgin during a recent ceremony in Bettendorf, Iowa.
Partner-Level status is Deere & Company's highest supplier rating, awarded to companies that exceed expectations for product and service quality and are dedicated to continuous improvement. In addition to achieving Partner-Level Status for the past eight years, Elgin was Deere & Company's 2018 Supplier of the Year and has been inducted into the John Deere Supplier Hall of Fame.
A leading global manufacturer of engine and chassis components, Elgin supplies precision-engineered piston pins and push rods to John Deere production facilities around the world. Elgin products are engineered and manufactured in Elgin, Ill.
"One of the characteristics that sets us apart in today's market is that we treat every customer as though they are a part of our family," said Bill Skok, a member of the third generation of Skok family members to operate the 100-year-old business. "Deere & Company has been an outstanding business partner, and each of our team members is proud to design, build and deliver parts that help power John Deere equipment."
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Over two years ago now I began a series of articles titled SDR's and the New Bretton Woods. The ten post series focused on the SDR and its eventual evolution into an internationally traded asset. There was very little information out there at the time on this future transformation of the IMF's Special Drawing Right currency, and POM broke new ground on many of the facts, trends, and methodologies behind the transition to a multilateral monetary framework.
Each month more and more information and confirmation of the POM thesis emerges which further validates much of what has been presented to readers for over two years. The latest validation comes from the G20 Communique from last weekend's summit in Shanghai.
This one statement provides the largest validation yet for POM readers that we are in fact on the correct course with this thesis. What isn't clear in the statement is whether July is the deadline for the report to be presented, or when the broader use of the SDR should begin. Considering the time it takes to decide on changes and implement them, it would be my interpretation that it is only the report which is meant to be completed by July.
What started as a recreational analysis on the Federal Reserve, China, and a new monetary framework, has morphed into a full time obsession which has defined a new path in my life. The evolution of my understanding and comprehension surrounding this transition has increased by hundreds of multiples. Presenting this information to the tens of thousands of readers out there who are interested in such things has been one of the greatest honors of my life.
But it is now time to increase awareness on both the SDR and the multilateral transition itself. Which is why I recently started another series titled The Fundamentals of Multilateral Investing. The lessons in this series will increase understanding around investing and markets, and provide the know-how to apply those learnings to both comprehension and utilization of the emerging monetary framework and its associated markets.
One aspect of the SDR transition from IMF book keeping unit of account, to becoming a true internationally traded asset and unit of account used in banking and finance, is the much used concept of problem/reaction/ solution.
This Hegelian Dialectic had been discussed here on POM relentlessly in the first year. The second year I focused more on the actual details and methodologies which would define and determine the path of the transition.
Two years ago we reviewed how the problem of global deflation and contracting growth would be used to promote the concept of a large issuance of SDR denominated bonds. The reaction to this contraction in global growth has now been unfolding for some time. The recent POM article titled No G20 Stimulus Sets the Stage for Structural Reforms does a good job of summarising this reaction and clearly interpreting what the G20 Communique was really about.
It has always been a major part of the POM thesis that the monetary policies of low interest rates, quantitative easing, and other stimulus measures were only temporary responses to the deflationary dollar crisis of 2008. U.S. monetary authorities led the charge down the stimulus path and are now leading the charge back to monetary policy normalization.
As the G20 communicated last weekend, stimulus is now off the radar and the next phase of structural reforms will need to accelerate. Some of the reforms involved the 2010 IMF Quota and Governance Reforms, which is one of the first things we began discussing back in January of 2014. These reforms have now been passed.
Another aspect of what we had previously discussed was the inclusion of the Chinese currency in the SDR basket composition itself. The effective date for this new SDR is this October.
It can be expected that at some point in the near future, perhaps before the end of this year, the International Monetary Fund will address the problem of slow global growth with a large issuance of SDR bonds. I would encourage readers to thoroughly read the past material here on POM as this strategy has been well reviewed.
But don't think for a second that the SDR is going to replace the US dollar as the reserve asset any time soon. This will take years to develop and in the meantime there will be a functioning multi-currency reserve system which is based on the dollar, the euro, and the Chinese renminbi. That was the importance of having the RMB included in the SDR for this year.
The forthcoming large issuance of SDR will likely be connected to Chinese's large foreign exchange reserve position. The transfer of USD denominated financial obligations through substitution accounts will facilitate the transition from stimulus to structural reform.
The international use of SDR bonds to increase global growth will only act as one part of the solution. There are many other changes which need to take place. The gradual replacement of national currency liquidity with SDR liquidity will take years. The issuance of SDR bonds will increase incrementally in parallel with the expansion and implementation of negotiated structural reforms on a region by region basis.
Some nations will embrace structural reforms immediately while others will drag stimulus out for a short while longer. But the transition points are clear and coming more into focus with each passing month.
I should also make it clear that I am only explaining and describing the process and methodology which is being used to correct global imbalances and promote growth in a multilateral monetary framework. I am not promoting such a system, merely describing it, because the reality of the transition from the unipolar USD based system to the multi-currency based system can no longer be denied.
Over the last two years I have been attacked and marginalized by so many who said nothing of the POM thesis would ever happen. The fact that most of the predictions have become reality, especially those around the BRICS institutions and the Chinese currency, should solidify the trend in the minds of most.


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Taulava scores inside; 53-48 NLEX.
Cervantes scores on a step back jumper; Kia still down 50-53.
Cardona makes it 55-50 for NLEX.
Cervantes converts 1 of 2 free throws; Kia down 51-55.
Buensuceso knocks the jumper; Kia within two, 53-55.
Bagatsing drives for a layup; Kia down by a point.
Bagatsing scores again as Kia back on top, 57-56.
R. Villanueva scores with the runner; NLEX up 58-57.
J. Villanueva scores with the layup; NLEX with a 60-57 lead.
R. Villanueva sinks 2 free throws as NLEX takes a 62-57 lead into the fourth quarter.
End of Q3: NLEX 62 - Kia 57.
J. Villanueva scores with the layup; NLEX with a 64-57 lead.
Canaleta nails the 3; NLEX up by 10 points.
Thiele scores inside; Kia down 59-67.
Cervantes scores with a layup and Buensuceso with a follow up as Kia pulls within 63-67.


Three little words. They are spoken in moments when our emotions run high, when our hearts race and our stomachs clench tight and our cheeks are flushed pink. Three little words. They often sort of spill out of our mouths in a rush, popping out when we least expect them. Sometimes we whisper them; sometimes we mumble them. They often sound breathy, or overly loud or…whiny. That's right: whiny. Because I'm not talking about those three little words – not "I love you" – I'm talking about the other favorite three word combination in the English language: it's not fair.
I don't know why we humans always seem to look for the world to be fair. I don't know if this is something we learn in childhood, or if we actually come out of the womb looking for the tallies to be even on either side of life's ledger. I don't know if the alarm that goes off in our minds when we see the scales tilted towards one side or the other (an alarm that goes off with the most enthusiasm whenever those scales seems to be tilted away from us) – I don't know if that alarm is genetic or simply handed down by our parents. Maybe the eternal quest to find fair is simply an American thing. I just don't know. What I do know is that the search for fair – and the crying and whining when we discover something that is not fair – begins at a very early age, and it lurks around the edges of our personalities through all of the stages of our lives. It's not fair: Billy got two blue m-n-m's, and I only got one. It's not fair: Anjel got first seat in the trumpet section and he doesn't practice nearly as much as I do. It's not fair: Julia's mom says that she can stay out until 1:00 instead of 12:30. It's not fair: I've worked really hard in school but my parents can't afford to send me to college. It's not fair: all of my friends are married by now. It's not fair: my sister can't get pregnant when I have five children. It's not fair: I've been loyal to this company through all of the takeover transition and I'm the one who's losing my job. It's not fair: I've never smoked a day in my life, and I'm the one who ends up with lung cancer. It's not fair: you don't love me the way that I love you. It's not fair: I've lived a good life, loved long and hard, and now I end up alone and unvisited in a nursing home where no one seems to know my name.
Now sometimes when we say, "It's not fair," it means that there's something in the world that needs to be changed. And so we go about trying to change it: we write "when in the course of human events" and "[bring] forth upon this continent a new nation," we publish abolitionist newspapers and shepherd slaves on the Underground Railroad, we protest about women's abolition outside the White House until we are thrown in prison, we board a bus with both white and black students and ride to Mississippi. Sometimes we see the scales of justice tipped so badly to one side or the other that we have to – we simply must – stand up and start pushing them back into place. We cook soup and feed it to all takers on Saturday morning; we travel to Honduras with approximately 8 tons of medication and even more love and care; we unlock the gate on a school in West Allegheny.
But most of the time, most of the time, when we say, "It's not fair," it doesn't have to do with questions of true justice; we simply mean that it's not going our way, that our life isn't the way we envisioned it, that our expectations of the universe aren't being met. It's not fair. And what is it that our moms and our best friends and our work colleagues always say back to us? What is that phrase? Oh, yes. Life isn't fair. That's right. Life isn't fair. Don't expect things always to go your way. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. Sometimes you get the short end of the stick. Because mostly, life doesn't turn out like you expect it to; it isn't fair, and it's often not nearly as good as you'd hoped. These aren't exactly comfortable words, but they're intended to help us toughen up, adjust our hopes and dreams, and live in the real world.
Well, we have got two classic cases of "It's not fair" whining in our readings this morning. First we have Jonah, this unlikely and unwilling prophet, who has finally spoken his word of warning to the people of Nineveh. And – lo and behold – they actually listened. They changed their evil ways, dressed themselves (and their animals) in ash and sackcloth and repented and returned to the Lord. And so – lo and behold – the Lord actually pardons them. And that's when Jonah starts up with the whining. I knew this is what was going to happen; I never really liked these Ninevites anyway and then you made me come preach to them and because of me they decide to try to be good Jews for a second and a half…and you go and forgive them. It's not fair! I've been living the hard life of the Torah for ever, and they put some soot on their goats' heads and you decide to pardon the whole lot. I'm just going to go sit by myself in the corner and sulk, because you are so not fair!!
Compare that classic whining to the whining of the early workers in today's parable from Matthew. These are the people who were recruited by the landowner to come work in his vineyard very first thing in the morning. The landowner promised to pay them a good day's wage, and so they've worked hard, all day, sweating in the sun, pushing through the after-lunch drowsies, hour after hour until all the work is done. When evening comes, they go to the landowner's manager to get their pay. But then, wait a minute – they're told to get at the back of the line. They have to wait while all of the people who worked less than they did (some a lot less than they did) get their pay. Well, that's not fair, they should have been paid first! But then they see that the people who worked only an hour or so got paid a full day's wage; so they start to think that they must be getting some kind of special vineyard-laborer-of-the-week bonus. But when they get to the head of the line, they are paid exactly what the landowner said he was going to pay them, exactly the same as the slackers who didn't start work until 5 pm. One day's wage. It's not fair, the early workers say, those guys over there got paid the same as we did, when they spent most of the day loitering in the Wawa parking lot and we're going home with farmer's tans and palms full of calluses. Not fair!
Now what's really interesting is how the Jonah's Lord God and Matthew's Lord Landowner respond to these whiners. They say essentially the same thing – the same thing that our parents and friends have been telling us for years. You think I'm not being fair? Guess what. Life's not fair. Don't always expect life to go the way you're expecting it to go. Life isn't balanced; life isn't fair. Sometimes you win and sometimes I help other people to win too. Sometimes you get the prize and sometimes I give the prize to a whole lot of other people too. Life isn't always what you expect it to be: sometimes it's a whole lot better than you'd hoped.
Life isn't fair. And in the sinful, human world that we live in, this usually means that hearts will be broken. In this world, "life isn't fair" usually means that there isn't enough for everyone and that we need to compete for everything we have – jobs, love, security, peace, family. But Jonah and Matthew remind us that we don't live in just this world. We also live in the kingdom of God, here and now. And if we are able to see into that kingdom, and, as today's collect says, to hold fast those things that shall endure even as we sit here among things that are passing away, how much easier we can be. If we plant our expectation and hope in those things heavenly, how much less anxious we can be about earthly things, for in the kingdom of God, all of their brutal power fades away. Because in that heavenly kingdom, life, true life, the life given to us by God and redeemed by His only Son, is absolutely not fair. In that kingdom, we all get far better than we deserve. We get the gifts of God's love even when we don't love Him back. We get God's forgiveness even when we sin repeatedly and terrifically. We get the inspiration of the Holy Spirit even when we aren't really looking for it; we get the gifts of bread and wine even when we have little faith.
And all we have to do to receive these radical, life-changing, unfair gifts is to accept that God gives them to everyone else too – to admit that we are all made equal by God's infinite blessings. And so if we want to receive God's forgiveness, we have to accept that God is also forgiving corporate CEO's who are living high on the hog while their companies lay off more and more people. If we want to receive God's inspiration, we have to accept that God is helping other people's creativity too. If we want to receive God's love and healing, we have to accept that God is loving and healing those people we most dislike too. All we have to do is to accept that God will do with God's Grace and God's Love and God's Mercy and God's Patience whatever God wants to do, which is always to give generously. To you. And to me. And to everybody else. And that just isn't fair. Thanks be to God.
Posted on September 18, 2011 by Erika Takacs.


We are constantly suggesting the best meals to eat and the ones to ignore for diabetics as well as suggesting low calorie food options. You can find selected restaurants offering diabetic meals as well as low calorie diet food options. if you are concerned about foods with high sugar or high cholesterol levels. You can also find instructions on picking the right food from the menus while looking for the best restaurants in North Bergen, NJ.
I just ate here for the first time. I ordered the boco burger with french fries and it was absolutely fabulous, the best french fries I have ever had. Highly recommended.
Great burgers. Prices are great. Service is good. English is not their first language. They usually play cool retro Colombian music from the 60s and 70s.
Great quick food with attentive staff. The serving lady was very accommodating to our vegetarian request and allowed us to sample from several items of the hot buffet selection. I loved their chickpea salad and plantains, but the red beans tasted a bit like out of the can. They could amp up the flavor. Overall a good experience at a reasonable price.
3.5 stars This review is only for the pasta and chicken entree. I am definitely going back soon to try their pies,salads and seafood offerings. Good: Neighborhood gem serving traditional family style Italian food. This place is known for its pies and seafood and silly us, we ordered chicken Alfredo Pasta and Chicken with Mushroom. Once seated we were served warm baked bread which was so flavorful, crusty on the outside and soft on the inside. We enjoyed the bread with some olive oil. Portion sizes: Entrees and pasta dishes can easily feed 3-4 people. Vibe: All the servers look straight out of the Goodfellas movie :) super slick gelled hair and speaking in fluent italian. Next to a great dessert place that opened up just 6 months back and a homemade gelato store right across the store. ======================================================== Dishes we ordered: - Chicken Alfredo Pasta: had grilled chicken with fettuccine in Alfredo sauce. The dish was very one note and i didn't enjoy it very much. It wasn't bad, but wasn't great either. - Chicken with mushrooms in lemon sauce: This was a a tasty dish, but floating in a lot of butter and oil. The mushrooms used were canned and not fresh so one star knocked down. The dish also had some wilted greens as well, which actually i was glad about, since both he dishes that we ordered were totally lacking vegetables and crunch of any kind. Tables next to us ordered mostly pies, salads and seafood. I think those are better options than getting chicken entrees and pastas. I will definitely go back for them. Bad: may get crowded on weekends, but that is a good sign of a restaurant serving good food :) Ugly: nothing.
Wowzers!! This place is absolutely delicious. I've been here a few times and have never had a disappointing meal. Their pizza is delicious and just the perfect crispy crust. Their salads are huge and filled of big pieces of chicken and tomatoes, etc. Its a great size for two people. In my most recent visit we went for a family celebration and they were able to sit a family of 7 right away. **NOTE** we also came in at 5:30pm and beat the crowd. This place gets packed quickly! They have a great selection of wine and beers. Started off with their yummy bread and oil and it was heaven. The bread is crunchy and a great texture of softness inside. We ordered the calamari and octopus as appetizer. Both really great and perfectly cooked. I order their oven baked salmon with salad. It was sooo yummy and such a large portion. I highly recommend this place to others. Worth the money and even wait depending on what time you show up.
The food is amazing: fresh, authentic, large portions. The menu was very simple, and the flavors immense. Our table got the veal ptarmigan, tortellini, ravioli, and spaghetti with meatballs. One of the plates, the pasta was a little hard, but the rest were great. I really recommend the tortellini, it was filled with meat, and had a huge dollop of riccotta in the center. A great find, thanks to yelp!


It is the 71st morning in my parents' basement with my wife and four children. 71 days since we returned from four months on the road in a big blue bus. I wake up early and creep from the dark bedroom, trying not to wake Maile or our two youngest children asleep in the small bedroom with us. The door creaks behind me.
I sit at the small table in the main area of the basement without turning on the light and open up my laptop. It is the moon, and I make a list of the things I need to take on my upcoming trip to Sri Lanka.
You can find the rest of today's post over at my friend Michelle DeRusha's blog. While you're there, look around – she's a fabulous, inspiring person.
Tomorrow I leave for Sri Lanka! Join me on the trip right here at the blog.


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Education about religion needs to start early
Cara Modisett
Journalist Linda K. [not the NPR personality] Wertheimer has written a column for Time.com on why children need to start learning about world religions from an early age. Her column was prompted by a recent high school basketball game in which Catholic fans and predominately Jewish fans for respective teams traded anti-Semitic and homophobic insults across the court.
Some people, based on comments on Facebook and newspaper and television stories, link the teens' behavior to a natural outgrowth of seeing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and/or his supporters publicly spout racist, anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric. I don't. I think the teens' behavior stems from something more systemic in our society.
Long before Trump hit the scene, children were hurting each other with anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic, anti-Sikh, and anti-Hindu statements or references. Christian children, such as Jehovah's Witnesses, haven't been immune from being picked on because they don't fit into the so-called norm of the majority in the U.S. Neither have atheists and agnostics.
Wertheimer, who is author of the book Faith Ed: Teaching About Religion in an Age of Intolerance, says it's connected to an absence of early education and the resulting discrimination and hatred toward anyone different.
In public schools, since the late 1990s and early 2000s, most state standards have required teaching about the world's religions as a part of history or geography in middle and high school. That's too late. Some private and public schools, such as the roughly 1,200 using the Core Knowledge curriculum founded by researcher E.D. Hirsch Jr., teach about world religions to children as early as first grade. But most schools shy away from such lessons because teachers lack training about religion or educators fear backlash from parents.
But schools, using Core Knowledge's approach as a model, can incorporate simple lessons about religion with very young children. In the first grade Core Knowledge curriculum, children receive lessons on Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They learn to identify different houses of worship like a church, mosque or synagogue. They cut out and color symbols for each faith, such as a Star of David for Judaism and a cross for Christianity. They learn, too, that Jesus is a Jew, a fact that sometimes helps prevent anti-Semitism. It's teaching, not preaching.
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How do I contact Mrs. Sears?
Please feel free to email me at psears@usd268.org or call the school office at 542-3137.
What do I do if my child will be absent from school?
When does homework come home?
Homework will come home on Friday in the Friday Folder. It will be due on the following Friday.
What is the difference between homework and classwork?
Weekly homework consists of the poem for the week, reading log, and xtra math. These will come home on Friday in the Friday Folder.
Classwork is work that your child did not finish during the day.
What comes home in the Friday Folder?
In your child's Friday Folder you will find their homework, reading log, poem, graded work, reminders, and notes from the teacher.
What is my responsibility as a parent with the Friday Folder?
Please look through the papers with your child. This will give you an idea of how they are performing academically. Keep the papers.
What are the requirements for the Great Poetry Race?
Each Friday, your child will receive a poem in their Friday folder. Their goal is to read the poem to as many different people as they can. Each time your child reads this poem to someone, the listener needs to sign the back of the poem. The person who reads the poem to the most people by the following Friday will get to keep a furry friend at their desk for the day! Remember, one reading is equal to one signature, even if more than one person is listening!
You may read it to the same person on a differentday.
*14 signatures are required each week.
What is Daily 5 and C.A.F.E?
The Daily 5 is framework that helps best organize time during reading/literacy block to ensure students are engaged in meaningful reading and writing activities. This framework encourages reading independence and gives children the skills needed to create a lifetime love of reading and writing. It consists of five tasks that are introduced individually. It is modeled and supported by teachers throughout implementation.
CAFE is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding Vocabulary. It includes goal-setting with students in individual conferences, posting strategies on a whole-class board, and developing small group instruction based on clusters of students with similar goals.
Many of you are familiar with Rocket Math already. The second grade teachers use the program as well. This year Rocket Math is available in an app on the students' iPads! Rocket Math only takes a few minutes each day of class time. The students work on a couple facts at a time. The program allows each child to go at his or her own pace, taking as many days to master those two facts as needed. Students are given an opportunity daily to show they have learned a set of facts by passing a test. A test is considered passed if the child meets their individual goal missing only 0 or 1.
You can help your child progress and learn faster by practicing at home.
Our spelling program this year may be different from what you've come to expect as "spelling." Instead of a weekly list of words to memorize, this program emphasizes the learning of important words, not for a Friday test, but for a lifetime of spelling in the real world—that is, spelling correctly in writing.
Spelling Practice: A list of words for each week are on the third grade website.
Here is a link to common questions about Common Core.
What is the discipline plan?
Student choices are tracked on a Clip Chart. The chart is similar to the color cards you've seen in the past. All students begin the day on green in the middle of the chart. Clothespins are moved up or down depending on choices. All clothespins are moved back to green at the end of the day.
Your child receives two fifteen minute recesses a day, one before lunch and the other in the afternoon. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather.
How does snack time work?
· The snack should not be part of their lunch. In the past, some students decided to eat 1/2 of their sandwich at snack time and then didn't have enough to eat at lunchtime.
· The snack must be nutritious.
· It should be easy to eat in 10 minutes or less.
· Please do not send candy, cookies or chips.
What is the 3rd grade water bottle policy?
This year we ask that no water bottles be brought to school because we are implementing Ipads.
Ipads and water bottles do not mix.
Your child may celebrate his/her birthday at school. It is appropriate to send or bring treats to school on or around your child's birthday. We usually hold the celebration at the end of the day. If your child has a summer birthday, choose another day to celebrate. If you are planning a birthday party at home and have invitations to send, I ask that they be sent outside of school unless the whole class is invited. This will save hurt feelings.


To view an obituary for Benjamin Conley, see the Digital Library of Georgia.
Businessman and politician Benjamin Conley died in Atlanta. Born March 1, 1815 in Newark, New Jersey, he moved to Augusta, Ga. at age 15. Conley began work as a store clerk and soon proved very adept at business. During the 1840s and 1850s, he became one of Augusta's most prosperous merchants. He also became involved in local politics – serving as city council member and mayor. As the secession crisis grew in Georgia, Conley took a staunch Unionist stand – even after Georgia seceded from the Union. Conley refused to become involved in the Civil War; he spent those years on a farm in Alabama. After the war, he returned to Augusta to resume his business pursuits. Just as he had been a minority voice in opposing secession, Conley also was in the minority in supporting Radical Republican Reconstruction. In 1868, he was elected to the state constitutional convention, along with Rufus Bullock. Bullock was subsequently elected governor, with Conley elected to the Georgia Senate, where he was chosen as Senate president. When Democrats regained control of the legislature upon withdrawal of federal troops, Gov. Bullock (whose administration was rife with controversy) resigned and fled the state, fearing impeachment. As president of the Senate, Conley became Georgia's chief executive on Oct. 30, 1871. He served for just over two months before James M. Smith was chosen governor in a special election. Conley was conciliatory in defeat, and earned the respect even of his opponents by his fair leadership after the turmoil of the Bullock administration. Conley returned to Augusta until he was appointed Atlanta postmaster by Pres. Grant in 1875. As postmaster, Conley became a popular Atlanta civic leader before his death in 1886.